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Contributor General Wayne Hotel (Merion, Pa.)
Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1862.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
United States Book and Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer.
Title Attention! A meeting of the citizens of Belmont & Lower Merion, : will be held at the General Wayne Hotel on Monday evening, Sept. 15th, at 7 o'clock, for the purpose of forming a cavalry co. for state and home protection, in compliance with the order of the governor of the state. Come! Come! Come! / Signed, Many citizens.
Publisher [Philadelphia, Pa.] : U.S. Steam Job Print, Ledger Buildings, Phila
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1862
Date [1862]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 48 x 30 cm
Notes Sept. 15 fell on a Monday in 1862.
Several independent cavalry units of the Pennsylvania Militia were formed and discharged in Sept. 1862 during the crisis following the Union loss at Second Bull Run. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, v. 5, p. 1147.
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.
Cavalry.
Geographic subject Lower Merion (Pa. : Township) -- History -- 19th century.
Genre Broadsides.
Recruiting posters.
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 | #Am 1862 Attent (1)5777.F.23a (McAllister)
Accession number (1)5777.F.23a (McAllister)

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