Grand celebration of the Battle of Buena Vista! : Come see it. Come see it. The slaughtering of a mammoth hog which is supposed by many good judges to wiegh 800 pounds! will take place at the house of W.S. Sager, Willow Grove on Monday, Feb. 23d, 1863, at 10 o'clock, A.M. Gentlemen, this hog is pronounced by all who have seen her, to be the best proportioned big hog exhibited to the public this season; we therefore invite you, one an all, to be in attendance on that day, as we expect to have a good time any how. The hog to be sold to the hihgest [sic] bidder after slaughtering / C.S. Clayton, auct. | Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections

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Creator	Clayton, C. S.
Contributor	Sager, W. S.
	McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
	United States Book and Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer.
Title	Grand celebration of the Battle of Buena Vista! : Come see it. Come see it. The slaughtering of a mammoth hog which is supposed by many good judges to wiegh 800 pounds! will take place at the house of W.S. Sager, Willow Grove on Monday, Feb. 23d, 1863, at 10 o'clock, A.M. Gentlemen, this hog is pronounced by all who have seen her, to be the best proportioned big hog exhibited to the public this season; we therefore invite you, one an all, to be in attendance on that day, as we expect to have a good time any how. The hog to be sold to the hihgest [sic] bidder after slaughtering / C.S. Clayton, auct.
Publisher	[Philadelphia, Pa.] : U.S. Job Print, Ledger Buildings, Philadelphia
Publisher	PA. Philadelphia. 1863
Date	[1863]
Physical Description	1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 61 x 49 cm.
Notes	Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
	Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject	Auctions -- Pennsylvania -- Willow Grove.
	Entertainment events -- Pennsylvania -- Willow Grove.
	Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- Pennsylvania -- Willow Grove.
	Swine.
Genre	Advertisements -- Auctions.
	Broadsides.
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 1863 Clayton (1)1322.F.277 (McAllister)
Accession number	(1)1322.F.277 (McAllister)