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Drafted men & substitutes : 152d Regiment, Penn'a Volunteers, 3d Heavy Artillery Col. Herman Segebarth. An excellent opportunity is now offered to persons wishing to join a company in this regiment, now quartered at Camp Ruff, Camden, N.J., and for servic
The 152nd Regiment, 3rd Artillery of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was authorized in Aug. 1862 and mustered out of service in July and Nov. 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 4, p. 698, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 152., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Drugs and medicines. : F.L. Allen, wholesale and retail dealer in drugs, medicines, paints, oils, dye stuffs, perfumery, camphene, burning fluid, &c., No. 33 State-Street, New-London, Conn. ... Phoenix Guano, from McKean's Island. ... Combined Guano, ...
A leaf removed from The New-England almanac, and farmer's friend, for the year of our Lord Christ, 1863 (New London : Printed by Starr & Farnham, 1862)., On verso: Dr. Sweet's Infallible Liniment, the great external remedy, ... Richardson & Co., proprietors, Norwich Ct. ..., 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.

E. Horton's patent geared screw chuck.
Caption title., Signed at foot: E. Horton & Son, Windsor Locks, Conn., Includes "List of prices.", Library Company copy has prices amended in MS. with MS. note: June 1, 1863., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Eighteen 100 sixty 1. Multum in parvo. Read this carefully before laying it aside! : As you will find something that will interest, and possibly benefit you. The people of France, Germany, Prussia, and other states of the Old World, have used Rosenberger'
German text on verso: Achtzehn 100 sechzig 1. Multum in parvo. (Viel im Kleinen.), 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.

Eighth Ward. Philadelphia, January 19th, 1864. : As a citizen of the Eighth Ward, you are earnestly solicited to give your attention to the matter of this communication. The opportunity now exists of deciding whether the draft for United States soldiers,
The Committee on Collection, divided into six precincts, lists 33 names; the Executive Committee lists eight names., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Eleventh annual fair of the Illinois State Agricultural Soc'y will be held at Decatur! : Commencing on Monday, Sept. 28th, 1863, and continuing for six days. 1863. 1863. The fair grounds are unexcelled for beauty & convenience, and contain four large spri
Printed in green, red, blue, and black., The illustration is an eagle, with the banner: State sovereignty & national union!, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Library Company copy mutilated at foot, removing some text and any existing imprint., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Elfelt's Union Dry Goods Store : The greatest bargains in St. Paul! Third St., near the church.
Printed in red and blue., The illustration shows a man waving his hat and holding a large U.S. flag., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Ellsworth's Zouave drill.
Printed vertically along left margin of p. [1]: Col. Ellsworth's Zouave drill. Price 25 cents., At foot of p. [1]: Price 25 cents, and sent to any one, free of postage., This and three other military books are advertised on p. [4]; all four were copyrighted in 1861., Printed in red and blue; printed on p. [1] and p. [4] only., 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.

Emancipation Proclamation : Carpenter's great national picture, the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet! Painted on a canvas measuring 14 1/2 by 9 feet, and containing full length and life-size portraits of President Lincoln, Secretaries Seward,
The painting was unveiled July 22, 1864 at the White House., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Embalming the dead. Preserving and petrifying the dead : The undersigned will attend in all the details to the preservation of the bodies of the dead entrusted to their charge, and every embalment will be conducted under the supervision of a skillful surg
Simon Gartland, undertaker, is listed at this address in Philadelphia directories from 1858 to 1874., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Embalming the dead. Preserving and petrifying the dead : The undersigned will attend in all the details to the preservation of the bodies of the dead entrusted to their charge, and every embalment will be conducted under the supervision of a skillful surg
Simon Gartland, undertaker, is listed at this address in Philadelphia directories from 1858 to 1874., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

The Empty sleeve.
Verse in ten stanzas., At foot of poem: David Gingry, Jr., A prose account of Gingry's service in the Army of the Potomac, during the Civil War, precedes the poem; Gingry was severely wounded and sold the poem to support his family., At head of title: Price ten cents each side., Printed side-by-side with The Wounded soldier's appeal, then separated for sale., Printed in two columns separated by a vertical rule; the printed area, including ornamental border, measures 24.2 x 12.1 cm., Library Company copy was pasted into a scrapbook, then removed; newspaper clippings of other poems are pasted to the verso., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

End the war! To strike now is to crush the foe! : Men wanted for Co. E., Camden Guards, attached to the Twelfth New Jersey Regiment, Col. Robert C. Johnson. $150 bounty $88 advance. Premium of two dollars will be paid for each accepted recruit. One month'
The 12th Regiment New Jersey Infantry was mustered in Sept. 4, 1862 and mustered out July 15, 1865., Printed in red and blue., The illustrations are a farmer holding a flag and a gun in front of a plow, a soldier in uniform holding a gun in front of a cannon and the flag, and one, signed L. Johnson & Co., an eagle on a shield with the banner: The Union now and forever!, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.



Epitaph.
Broadside continues: Mr. Cox, member of Congress from Ohio, concluded his speech of June 6, 1862, with the following: Weary in watching its mad designs of revolution--and its crazy crotchets of Black freedom--and for the self preservation of my native state and the north from the Black immigration with which it is threatened, I shall go to my home and ask the ballot to speak its denunciation ... the people will write the epitaph of this Congress ..., Authorship and imprint statements from text., Includes caustic poem on the XXXVII Congress., Variants printed on pink, yellow, or white paper., Acc. no. 71187.O.1 printed on yellow paper; Acc. no. 71187.O.2 printed on white paper., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

The Evening bulletin 1862-'63. Carriers' address.
Verse in fourteen stanzas, printed in three columns; first line: Peculiar joy and blessing, At head of title: Merry Christmas! Happy New Year, Printed area, including ruled border, measures 28.8 x 22.0 cm., Includes a calendar for 1863., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

E.W. Carryl & Co. No. 715 Chestnut Street, Masonic Hall, Philadelphia. Silver plated wares and house furnishing goods. : Army and navy goods, and camp utensils of every description, fire arms, swords, etc. United States government depot for furnishing sol
Edward W. Carryl & Co. were listed in Philadelphia directories from 1860 to 1863., Printer's name from colophon., Printed in red and blue., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Extra bounty! : Families of recruits provided for. By the liberal contribution of the Grocers' Committee, the Fifth Metropolitan Guard Col. T.W. Parmele, is enabled to offer an extra cash bounty of $10 for each recruit in addition to other bounties. The f
The 5th Metropolitan Guard, the 174th Regiment of New York Infantry, was mustered in Nov. 13, 1862 and consolidated with 162nd New York Infantry Feb. 17, 1864., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Extra news! Philadelphia in no danger of invasion from the rebels! : The largest battery in the city! Recruits wanted, from 2 to 60 years of age, at J.B. Shannon's rendezvous, 1009 Market Street, married or unmarried, to purchase field pieces, in large or
Jacob B. Shannon, locksmith and hardware manufacturer, is listed in Philadelphia directories at this address beginning in 1860., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Extracts from recent correspondence in relation to fugitives from slavery in America..
Docket title. (Appears on bottom half of p. 4; reads perpendicular to text of p. 4.), Caption title: Fugitives from slavery., Introductory paragraph "Signed on behalf of the Committee of the Coloured Refugee Fund, Joseph Crosfield."


Fair for the Cooper Shop Hospital and Soldiers' Home, : to be held at Concert Hall, commencing Monday, June 9th, at 7 o'clock, and continue during the week. Season tickets, 25 cents. Single tickets, 10 cents. For sale by the conductor.
June 9 fell on a Monday in 1862., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; printer's MS. note: 100 May 24., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Fair for the Cooper Shop Hospital and Soldiers' Home. : At Concert Hall, commencing Monday, June 9th, at 7 o'clock, and continue during the week. Season tickets 25 cents. Single tickets 10 cents. For sale by the conductor.
June 9 fell on a Monday in 1862., Printed in red and blue, on card stock the shape of a shield., The illustration shows a U.S. flag and a crowd in front of a building, with the banner: Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon free., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; "by the conductor" is crossed out, and MS. note makes it "For sale here.", Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Fair for the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. To the citizens of the United States. : The Ladies Visiting Committee of the Soldiers' Home, in the city of Philadelphia, propose to open a national fair at the Academy of Music, on the twenty-third day of October
Caption title, with first lines of text., Signed on p. [3] by forty-four prominent Pennsylvania men, and dated: Philadelphia, April 14th, 1865., "Donations in money for the fair may be sent to Wm. Struthers, treasurer, No. 1022 Market Street. Donations in goods, provisions, &c., may be sent to the Soldiers' Home, corner of Race and Crown Streets, Philadelphia, marked to care of Mrs. D. Haddock, Jr., president, or Mrs. J. Horner, secretary. All donations duly acknowledged. Philadelphia, May 23d, 1865."--p. [3]., Printer's name from p. [3]., Head-piece on p. [1] shows a disabled soldier and a disabled sailor flanking a sick room scene., Printed on p. [1] and [3] only., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Fair in aid of the sick & wounded soldiers, : will be held in Bromley's Hall, Baker and Mulberry streets, Manayunk, to commence on Tuesday, the 11th of Nov., and continue until Saturday afternoon, the 15th.
Nov. 11 fell on a Tuesday in 1862., The illustration shows an eagle clutching arrows, on a shield propped up by a cornucopia., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Fair The children of Mount Vernon, : intend opening a fair on Monday, November 3d, 1862, in the Manayunk Engine House for the benefit of the sick & wounded soldiers.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.



Fall in, Company F, Cameron Light Guard Regiment, Col. G.P. M'Lean. : The undersigned, recruiting to full Company F in the above regiment, have opened their head quarters at the Lyceum Hall, in Port Providence. This regiment has been accepted by the War D
The Cameron Light Guards, 88th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, were organized in Aug. and Sept. 1861 and mustered out June 30, 1865; George P. McLean resigned Dec. 1, 1862. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 67, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 106., Printed in red., The illustration shows four soldiers marching in single file., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Fall in! Fall in! : Recruits wanted for Company "K" Commercial Regiment, Colonel Letcher, for 100 days' service. $50 and all other bounties, as soon as mustered in. Head quarters, 112 S. Fourth Street, and Commissioners' Hall, 37th & Market Sts., West Phi
George W. Mulfrey was mustered in Sept. 13, 1864 as Captain of Co. C of the 198th Pennsylvania Volunteers, and died at Lewis Farm, Va. March 29, 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 472., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.

Fall in! Fall in! Fall in!!! The long roll is beating us to arms! to hurl back the invaders from our soil! Russell Light Infantry. : This regiment is being organized under the recent proclamation of the president, and is to be officered by soldiers of abi
The illustration, signed L. Johnson & Co., shows an eagle on a shield with a blank banner., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Fall in! Fall in! Last chance for bounty before draft. : $502 bounty $602 $275 cash. Co. F. Co. F. Co. F. 183d Regiment, P.V. Col. Geo. P. McLean. Twenty men wanted to complete the company. Recruits clothed and placed in barracks in the city at once. / Al
The Fourth Union League Regiment, 183rd Infantry Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, began recruiting in the fall of 1863 and was mustered out in July 1865; Col. George P. McLean was mustered in March 8 and resigned May 3, 1864. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 128, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 141., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.


Fall in Fifth Ward : Captain Thos. H. Taylor, late of the 69th P.V. is now organizing a company, at New Market Hall, Second & Pine Sts. for the Union League Brigade! Third Regiment, Colonel George P. McLean, com'dg. late of the 88th P.V. for state defence
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., The illustration, signed L. Johnson & Co., in an eagle on a shield, with the banner: Our country and our flag., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Fall in, "I" First Coal Regiment. : $50 city bounty $50 Recruits wanted for Comp'y "I!" 1st Coal Reg't for 100 days! / Capt. H. Rudolph. 1st Lieut. [blank] 2d Lieut., H. Campion.
Henry Rudolph was in Company I of the 51st Regiment Infantry of the Ninety-Day Militia, called the Second Coal Trade Regiment, under command of Col. Oliver Hopkinson; was mustered into service July 3 and discharged Sept. 2, 1863. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 1293, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 250., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Fall in! March to defend your state! : Recruits are wanted for Company C, Second Regiment, Reserve Brigade! Arms and accoutrements ready. Armory, Board of Trade Building, 505 Chestnut St., 3d story.
The Second Reserves, 31st Regiment Infantry of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was organized under the direction of Col. W.B. Mann in May 1861; the regiment was mustered out June 16, 1864. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 1, p. 575, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 67., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; inscribed: 100 Sept 17., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.

Familiar songs latinized. : Published for the benefit of the Sanitary Commission.
Two sections side by side, each printed inside ornamental borders, each with a caption title; the English language version of each song appears next to its Latin or Greek translation., Latin translations are signed J.H.A., and Greek translations are signed C.B.S., The United States Sanitary Commission was organized in June 1861 and disbanded in May 1866., Contents of Familiar songs latinized: He giveth his beloved, sleep -- The three little kittens -- Jack and Jill., Contents of Familiar songs hellenized: Home -- Uncle Ned., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.


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