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The Philadelphia inquirer. Friday, December 13, 1861. : Important from Europe. The Mason-Slidell arrest in England! How the news was received! Doings in Congress! Complaint against Gen. Stone! Rebel force at Leesburg. The war in Georgia! The fight at Fort
An advertising poster with the headlines of the day., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

The Philadelphia inquirer. Saturday, October 26, 1861. : The Battle of Balls Bluff further interesting particulars! A list of the killed, wounded and missing. Later from Gen. Banks' command! A large rebel force in view! News from Washington Latest from Mi
An advertising poster with the headlines of the day., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

The Philadelphia inquirer. Wednesday, September 25. 1861. : The Rebellion A grand review of infantry and cavalry The war in Missouri Col. Mulligan fights 59 hours without water Gen. Prentiss not heard from Gen. Fremont taking the field The Kentucky war nw
An advertising poster with the headlines of the day., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Philadelphia July 25th 1862 To the members of the bar Gentlemen : It is unnecessary to impress you with the importance of immediately furnishing our government with troops in this the hour of our country's trial. The government wants men; and money must b
Facsimile of a MS. letter., The Zouaves d'Afriques, the 114th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was mustered out in May, 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 1183, and F.H Taylor, Philadelphia in the Civil War, p. 124., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Philadelphia Light Cavalry Col. Rich'd Henry Rush, accepted by the War Department for three years or the war. : Principal rendezvous, 833 Market St. This regiment offers to active young men who desire at once to go to duty, peculiar advantages. The muster
Rush's Philadelphia Light Cavalry, the 70th Regiment, 6th Cavalry of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was organized in July 1861 and mustered out in Aug. 1865; Richard H. Rush resigned Sept. 29, 1863. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, v. 2, p. 741, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 162., Printed on yellow paper., The illustration, signed J. Spittall, is the Pennsylvania coat of arms., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.


Philadelphia, November, 1864. Sir:--On Tuesday next will be the presidential election, : and these few plain words are addressed to you in no partisan spirit, but with a deep and earnest feeling for the Union and a desire that each voter shall realize the
The list of electors includes 25 more names after Johnston; the electors are listed twice., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Philadelphia Zouave Cadets A few more men wanted! : Head quarters, S.W. corner Eighth & Sansom Streets. This company will act as skirmishers, under the command of Gen. Cadwallader. Will leave for Washington in a few days. / Capt. Dan'l F. Gillen.
Printed in red and blue., Five illustrations: the first shows four mounted officers; the second shows soldiers in camp, with tents and the flag; the third is an eagle on a shield, no banner; the fourth is an officer standing, left arm raised, telescope in right hand; the last shows three people, one holding a U.S. flag, with the banner: Attention!, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Philadelphians rally! and defend your state! : $25 bounty as soon as mustered into the service. $10 Citizens' bounty. $50 City Council bounty. $85 bounties in full! 3d Union League Reg't Colonel George P. McLean. / Captain Charles Henry, late Capt. Co. H,
The Third Union League Regiment, 59th Regiment Infantry of the Ninety-Day Militia, under command of Col. George P. McLean, was mustered into service July 1 and discharged Sept. 9, 1863. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 1311, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 251., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.


The Phillips Petroleum Company. Incorporated under the laws of the state of New York. : Capital stock, $2,500,000. Issued for the purchase of the property. Shares, 250,000. Par value $10. Subscription price, $4. Stock not liable to future assessment. Rese
Jerome Riggs & Co. are listed in the New York City directory for 1865 only., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., Digitized for AMD: Global Commodities.

Photographs! Photographs! Photographs! With all the latest improvements. : The subscriber would respectfully inform the citizens and soldiers of Chestnut Hill and vicinity, that he has located the excelsior sky and side-light photograph and ambrotype car
The Mower Hospital opened on Willow Grove Avenue in Chestnut Hill in Jan. 1863., The illustrations shows an eagle on a field of stars, with the banner: E pluribus unum., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Pike's Opera House! Reading by Mr. James E. Murdoch! : For the benefit of the sick soldiers! Under the auspices of the Ladies' Soldiers Aid Society! On Tuesday evening, Feb. 4th. Subject: The wild wagoner of the Alleghenies! A new and unpublished patrioti
Feb. 4 fell on a Tuesday in 1862., Printed in blue., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.


Plan of fair for the Soldiers & Sailors Home. : Academy of Music Philadelphia October 23. to November 4. 1865 ...
Wholly engraved., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Please call and see the new goods! Just received at Price's Cheap Cash Store Ashland, Pa. : Where all goods are sold at the lowest market prices. Small profits and quick sales is my motto. ...
Printed in red and green., The illustration, signed H.L.S. L. Johnson & Co., is an eagle on a shield with the banner: The Union must and shall be preserved., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.


Pocket calendar : describing Hunnewell's Universal Cough Remedy Hunnewell's Tolu Anodyne Hunnewell's Eclectic pills / For sale by P. Fritcher, druggist and apothedcary Fonda. N.Y.
At head of title: 1862 1862., A folded sheet with four panels on each side when unfolded. The "outside" contains a title panel, a panel certifying J.L. Hunnewell's membership in the American College of Pharmacy (with an illustration engraved by William Tyler), and two 1862 calendar panels, each with a note "Please read inside carefully." The "inside" has the caption title "Special points in Hunnewell's Triple Remedies," and three panels, numbered 2-4, with running title "Hunnewell's Triple Remedies.", "John L. Hunnewell, proprietor, practical chemist and pharmaceutist, Boston, Mass."--panel 4., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Pocket edition. Diary of the Rebellion! : A useful hand-book for soldiers & citizens. For sale here.
Bixler & Winchester of Washington, D.C. published the pocket edition of Diary of the great rebellion in 1862., Printed in green., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Portraits of Major Robert Anderson, : 1st Regiment of Artillary. ... Sent free, by mail, to address. A liberal discount to dealers. Wholesale orders should be sent in immediately. / D. Appleton & Co., 443 & 445 Broadway.
The illustration is a U.S. flag., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

A Prayer for the Southern cause.
Printed area, including double-rule border, measures 18.2 x 8.7 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; 5795.F.82a printed on yellow paper., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

A Prayer for the Southern cause.
Printed area, including double-rule border, measures 18.2 x 8.7 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; 5795.F.82a printed on yellow paper., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Preamble and resolutions.
Broadside continues: Whereas, the Union Leagues of Baltimore, organized ... in the spring of 1861 ... resolved, that the existence of the American nation is to be maintained above all local interests ... the Emancipation Proclamation ... ought to be made law by Congress ... traitors have to right to enforce the obedience of slaves ... the president should use all men, white or black, in the way they can most be useful ... slavery should cease to be recognized by the law of Maryland ..., Text suggests imprint prior to summer of 1863 when Maryland abolished slavery., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.


Presidential power over personal liberty! : A review of the Hon. Horace Binney's essay on the writ of habeas corpus. For sale here.
Presidential power over personal liberty, attributed to Isaac Myer, was "Imprinted for the author" in Philadelphia in 1862., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Prison life in the tobacco warehouse at Richmond. / By a Ball's Bluff prisoner, Lieut. Wm. C. Harris, of Col. Baker's California Regiment. Contents. ... Preface. ...Philadelphia, March 25, 1862. Complete in one volume, price 50 cts., or handsomely bound i
A publisher's advertisement., Engraved illustration at head, signed "Lauderbach sc.", has caption: Our last day in the Richmond Tobacco Warehouse Prison., Printed area measures 29.8 x 14.7 cm., Library Company has both issues, in printed paper wrapper for 50 cents, and in publisher's cloth for 75 cents., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Pro bono publico! Erect a monument to the memory of the brave & devoted fireman Samuel M'Menamin Fleetwood! : who perished in the flames of the late fire in the Second Ward, whilst endeavoring to rescue a female fellow being!
Fleetwood died Feb. 8, 1865, in a fire at 9th St. and Washington Ave., Philadelphia., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.




Programme of the order of exercises at the re-raising of the United States flag, on Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C. : April 14th, 1865, on the fourth anniversary of the evacuation of the fort.
On the program that day were prayers by the Rev. R.S. Storrs, Jr. and an address by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher., Imprint from colophon., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.







Published weekly, in Philadelphia. : Two dollars per annum, great reductions to clubs. Novel and beautiful premiums! In announcing the commencement of a new volume of The war press, it is the publisher's intention to show his appreciation of its great suc
At head of title, in an ornament: Forney's war press 1861., Printed in red and black; printed area, including double-rule border, measures 75.0 x 55.0 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.



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