Recruits wanted immediately. : Second company Hamilton Rifles now recruiting at Prof. Saunders' Institute, West Philada. Armory open day and evening. / Jos. L. Davis, Captain.

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Creator	Hamilton Rifles (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Contributor	Davis, Joseph L.
	Saunders' Collegiate Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)
	Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1861.
	McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
	L. Johnson & Co., engraver.
	United States Book and Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer.
Title	Recruits wanted immediately. : Second company Hamilton Rifles now recruiting at Prof. Saunders' Institute, West Philada. Armory open day and evening. / Jos. L. Davis, Captain.
Publisher	[Philadelphia, Pa.] : U.S. Job Print, Ledger Buildings, Philada
Publisher	PA. Philadelphia. 1861
Date	[1861]
Physical Description	1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 61 x 49 cm.
Notes	The Hamilton Rifles were one of several companies forming in Philadelphia in May and June 1861. Cf. F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 41.
	The illustration, signed L. Johnson & Co., is an eagle on a shield with the banner: "When duty calls, 'tis ours to obey."
	Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
	Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject	United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Geographic subject	Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre	Broadsides.
	Woodcuts.
	Recruiting posters.
Illustrator	L. Johnson & Co., engraver.
Printer	United States Book and Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer.
Provenance	McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location	Library Company of Philadelphia\| Books & Other Texts \| Rare \| 2# Am 1861 Hamilton (2)5777.F.20a (McAllister)
Accession number	(2)5777.F.20a (McAllister)