To the rescue The state invaded! : The state capital your own homes, and property in danger. The rebels advancing in force and near Harrisburg. Freemen rally! The governor of Pennsylvania has issued a proclamation for 60,000 men, to be mustered in the state service for ninety days unless sooner discharged to drive the marauders from the state. Your county calls; let every man do his duty and shoulder his musket. There is no time for political quarrels now, let us all unite on the grand platform; our state must not be invaded. The following dispatch has been received from Adj't Gen. Russell: Harrisburg, June 28th, 1863. Under the governor's proclamation of to-day the quota for Lehigh County after deducting men mustered in for six months or emergency is nine hundred and seventy men. Communicate this to leading citizens and have it announced in your churches. A.L. Russel, Adj't General Penna. Allentown, June 28, 1863. | Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections

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Contributor	Russell, Alexander L.
	Pennsylvania. Allentown. 1863.
	McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title	To the rescue The state invaded! : The state capital your own homes, and property in danger. The rebels advancing in force and near Harrisburg. Freemen rally! The governor of Pennsylvania has issued a proclamation for 60,000 men, to be mustered in the state service for ninety days unless sooner discharged to drive the marauders from the state. Your county calls; let every man do his duty and shoulder his musket. There is no time for political quarrels now, let us all unite on the grand platform; our state must not be invaded. The following dispatch has been received from Adj't Gen. Russell: Harrisburg, June 28th, 1863. Under the governor's proclamation of to-day the quota for Lehigh County after deducting men mustered in for six months or emergency is nine hundred and seventy men. Communicate this to leading citizens and have it announced in your churches. A.L. Russel, Adj't General Penna. Allentown, June 28, 1863.
Publisher	[Allentown, Pa. : s.n]
Publisher	PA. Allentown. 1863
Date	[1863]
Physical Description	1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 51 x 34 cm.
Notes	Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
	Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject	Pennsylvania Militia -- Militia -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Geographic subject	Allentown (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century.
	Lehigh County (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century.
	Pennsylvania -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre	Broadsides.
	Recruiting posters.
Provenance	McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location	Library Company of Philadelphia\| Books & Other Texts \| Rare \| #Am 1863 To the rescue (1)5777.F.69a (McAllister)
Accession number	(1)5777.F.69a (McAllister)