Probably a political poster for the Peace Democrats., Printed in red and blue in the form of a draped American flag; the words "Victory Union Peace" are printed vertically in the white stripes of the flag., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Date
[1864?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1864 Democrat (24)1540.F.101
Printed in red and blue in the form of an American flag; "Our Union forever" appears among the stripes; a portrait of George Washington and "Philada Evening Journal Carr & Elliott publishs." appear in the blue field., Carr & Elliott published the Philadelphia evening journal in at least April 1861; by May 1863 the publisher was Pine & Lewis., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Carr & Elliott
Date
[1861 or 1862?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1861 Carr (24)1540.F.78
Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 23.7 x 13.4 cm., Printed on yellow paper., Signed at foot: Henry M. Otto, Reading, April 5, 1861., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Otto, Henry M.
Date
1861
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm# Am 1861 Otto 14259.Q (Beit- ler)
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.
Creator
E. Horton & Son
Date
[not after 1863?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1863 E.Horton 14697.Q
Verse in 18 stanzas., Printed in two columns, divided by a double rule; printed area, including ornamental border, measures 35.4 x 25.4 cm., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1862 Annual 9666.F (Rough- wood)
Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 28.2 x 17.5 cm., Presumably printed in 1862 by E.J. Saeger & E.D. Leisenring, publishers of the Friedens-Bote, Allentown, Pa. Cf. Arndt & Olson. German American newspapers and periodicals, 1732-1955., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1862?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm# Am 1862 Wand 14494.Q (Rough- wood)
On verso, printed inside ornamental border signed "Childs sc.", with an illustration signed "Childs sc.": Old castle. Old England is full of buildings like the one represented above. They are called castles, and were built a great many years ago when people were in the habit of taking refuge from their enemies, by fleeing into their houses. They are built very strong, and most of them now have a very ancient appearance., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1865?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1865 Reward 79129.O .4
On verso, printed inside ornamental border signed "Childs sc.", with an illustration signed "Childs sc.", a poem: Light house. Star of hope to the benighted, First to greet the wanderer's eye: Joy in hearts hath oft been lighted, When thy beams shone on the sky! Harbinger that bliss is coming, Glimmer by the dark blue sea! And upon the ocean roaming, I will sing in praise of thee!, Library Company copy inscribed to Mary Morgan from Carrie Smith., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1865?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1865 Reward 79129.O .3
On verso, printed inside ornamental border signed "Childs sc.": Good children. Good children are generally happy. We have seen many little boys and girls that were unhappy, simply because they were naughty. One naughtly word or deed will cast a cloud over any bright and smiling face., Library Company copy inscribed to Mary Morgan from Carrie Smith, Jan. 24, 1865., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1865?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1865 Reward 79129.O .2
Printed in gold ink., Library Company copy inscribed to Mary Morgan by C. Smith., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1865?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1865 Reward 79129.O .1
Blanks are left for the prices to be added in MS., Library Company copy dated in MS. Nov. 29, 1862, with prices supplied in MS., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Gurley, Pratt & Co.
Date
[1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 Gurley 14879.Q
The 154th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers was organized in Dec. 1862, but before commissions had been issued, seven companies were detailed for special duty, leaving only three intact; they were mustered out in Sept. and Oct. 1863. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 4, p. 795., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 154th (1862-1863)
Date
[1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.74a (McAllister)
March 21 fell on a Monday in 1864., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civl War.
Date
[1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1864 Draft (1)5777.F.70a (McAllister)
Signed: Morton McMichael, chairman [and 15 others] Executive committee of the Committee of Seventy-six., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Union League of Philadelphia
Date
[1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1864 Union 5793.F.37a (McAllister)
Caption title. Text continues: This is our golden moment. The government of the United States calls for every able-bodied colored man to enter the army for the three years' service, and join in fighting the battles of liberty and the Union. A new era is open to us ... Fail now and our race is doomed ... Strike now, and you are henceforth and forever freemen!, Signed by Frederick Douglass and 54 influential Black Philadelphians., Recruitment coordinated by the local Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments., 4to version of (4)5777.F.55; with slight textual variations., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1863 Men 13401.Q
Broadside continues: This is our golden moment! The government of the United States calls for every able-bodied colored man to enter the army for the three years' service! And join in fighting the battles of liberty and the Union. A new era is open to us ... Fail now and our race is doomed ... Strike now, and you are henceforth and forever freemen!, Signed by Frederick Douglass and 54 influential Black Philadelphians., Recruitment coordinated by the local Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments., Formerly part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Date
[1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Object storage, 3rd floor (4)5777 .F.55, http://www.librarycompany.org/mcallisterexhibition/images/3-92.jpg
Broadside continues: This is our golden moment. The government of the United States calls for every able-bodied colored man to enter the army for three years' service and join in fighting the battles of liberty and Union. A mass meeting of colored men, will be held on Friday, July 17, at 8 o'clock, P.M., at Washington Hall South Camden, N.J., to promote recruiting colored troops for three years or the war. Frederick Douglass and other distinguished speakers, will address the meeting., Recruitment coordinated by the local Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments., Formerly part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1863 Men (1)5777.F.68
Recruitment coordinated by the local Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments., Formerly part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1863 Men (1)5777.F.28v
Recruitment coordinated at this address by the local Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments., Printed on yellow paper., Formerly part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1863?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 4# Am 1863 Men (4)5777.F.56
Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 26 x 17.3 cm., Formerly part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1864?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1864 My Fri 5793.F .53a
Broadside in question and answer form accusing the Democratic Party of favoring suffrage for African Americans., Imprint date from title; imprint place and vendor from advertising at foot., First lines: Who said that all men are created equal? Thomas Jefferson, the Father of Democracy., Torn, affecting text: lacking last 3 letters of first word in title., Formerly part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., Lib. Company. Annual Report, 2016, p. 48.
Date
[1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Sm # Am 1863 Dem (2)5786 .F.36a
Broadside continues: Come all the world ... demonstration of the celebration of the emangipation [sic] ... on Tuesday evening, November 15th, 1864, for the purpose of giving vent to our feelings ... the gentlemen of south Baltimore ... call their friends together ... There will be music ... Programme ..., Formerly part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Sm # Am 1864 Free Jub (2)5786 .F.143b
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.
Creator
Union Leagues of Baltimore
Date
[1863?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1863 Uni Lea 53074.O .16 (Smith)
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."
Creator
London Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends), Meeting for Sufferings, Committee of the Coloured Refugee Fund
Date
1864
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1864 Lond Yea Meet 7285.F
In imprint, "New-York" follows street address., Spalding appears in Trow's New York city dir. 1862-3 at 48 Cedar Street, which is the address used on the advertisement; his only other appearance is in 1860, address of 30 Platt; D. Murphy & Son is not listed after 1861., Verso contains advertisements for various other products of Henry C. Spalding & Co., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Henry C. Spalding & Co.
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm# Am 1862 Henry 8231.F
Signed: Facundo Pino, President of the Council, J.M. Gallegos, Speaker of the House, Santa Fe, N.M. Jan. 29, 1862., Printed area measures 32.6 x 25.4; printed in 4 columns., Formerly part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
New Mexico, Legislative Assembly
Date
[Jan. 29, 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1862 Pino (2) 5786.F .149a
Printed area measures 20.4 x 15.1 cm., Circular letter requesting donations to provide food and clothing for newly freed slaves. Signed: Samuel R. Shipley [and 22 others]., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., Omitted from first MARC record set sent to Readex. AAI 7879 already digitized and in the product.
Creator
Friends' Association of Philadelphia and Its Vicinity, for the Relief of Colored Freedmen
Date
[1863?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1863 Phi Fri App 10507.Q .9
Publisher's call for distributors for W.D. Ritner's novel, first published 1857 under title "Juan, or The white slave," and reissued in 1865 under title "Juan, the white slave, and the rebel planter's daughter.", Prospective agents are instructed to contact W.D. Reichner, Wholesale Union Book Publishing House, no. 104 North Tenth Street, Philadelphia., Formerly part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1865?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Sm # Am 1865 Impor (2) 5786.F .38b
2 letters. The first letter is to Col. George from the Democratic committee (Joseph Robinson and 4 others) informing him of his nomination at the Democratic Convention for the Second Congressional District, held at Manchester, as a candidate for Congress. The second letter, dated "Concord, Jan. 21, 1863," is Col. George's letter of acceptance and comprises the body of the broadside., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
George, John H. (John Hatch), 1824-1888
Date
[1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1863 George 71320.O .12
Signed at foot: Geo. Snyder, recruiting agent for colored volunteers of Burlington County., Printed area measures 54.0 x 42.5 cm., Illustration signed: L. Johnson & Co., Formerly part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Snyder, George, recruiting agent
Date
[1863?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1863 Snyder (1)5777.F.16j
Printed area measures 72.2 x 48.8 cm., Formerly part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Turner, English & Co.
Date
[between 1861 and 1865?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1861 Turner (1)5777.F.16k
Broadside advertisement for The rebel pirate's fatal prize (life story of the steward William Tillman [i.e., Billy Tilghman], a "brave and daring negro") and, on verso, The rival rebel cousins., "Sold by agents only.", Formerly part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1862 Und (2) 5786.F .46e
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.
Creator
Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1889
Date
[1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Sm # Am 1862 Cox 71187.O .1, Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Sm # Am 1862 Cox 71187.O .2
Reprints a letter to the editor requesting an accounting of the Committee's funds. Signed: One of the contributors to the fund., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
One of the contributors to the fund
Date
[1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1865 One of (2) 5726.F .27f (McAllister)
Verse in four unnumbered stanzas., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 22.6 x 7.7 cm., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Date
[ca. 1865?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm# Am 1865 Foster 13944.Q (Stod- dard)
