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Title: Rally bush whackers! For the defence of Pennsylvania Recruits wanted for an independent company of bush whackers. $60 bounty given. Uniformed and equipped immediately. Head quarters, Nos. 721 & 732 South Front Street
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date: [between 1861 and 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 3# Am 1861 Rally (2)5777.F.36a (McAllister)

Title: Volunteers wanted for Company F to be attached to the Thomas A. Scott Regiment Col. Conroy, commanding. To be mustered in and proceed to camp at once. Rendezvous Sixth and Minor Streets and 21st and Market Streets
Description: Printed in red and blue., The illustration shows an eagle with the banner: The Union must & shall be preserved.-Jackson., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date: [between 1861 and 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1861 Volunt (2)5777.F.22l (McAllister)

Title: Flag of the Union! A few days more are all that is left to the gallant sons of Old Bucks to volunteer in one of their own companies; by doing which they will save being drafted and secure the bounty of $165.00. Young men! Rally for you altars and your fires, God! and your native land, and enlist at once in Capt. Yerkes's Bucks County company. Meetings with martial music and eloquent speakers to secure volunteers will be held at Line Lexington, Thursday evening, August 14th; at Closson's Tavern, Lower Black's Eddy, Friday evening, August 15th. Now file in! And keep step to the music of the Union. Your country calls---it is your duty to obey
Description: The illustration, signed H.L.S. L. Johnson & Co. Copyright secured, 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.
Date: [1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1862 Flag (1)5777.F.63b (McAllister)

Title: For 100 days! By order of the Secretary of War Recruits wanted to fill Company "I" 20th Regiment P.V.M. Wm. B. Thomas, Col. commanding. City bounty, "$25" when mustered in. Monthy pay now "$16." Recruits received at "McClellan House," 2d & Washington Av. and at "Head quarters," 533 Chestnut Street
Description: The 20th Pennsylvania Militia, under command of Col. William B. Thomas, was called out for the defence of the state in 1862 and again in 1863; it was reorganized and recruited in July 1864 as the 192nd Pennsylvania Infantry for 100 days' service and was mustered out Nov. 11, 1864; Captain Channing Leidy led Company I in 1864. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 341, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 277., 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, 192nd (1864), Company I.
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1864 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.34a (McAllister)

Title: Recruits wanted for 100 days' service in Company A 20th Regiment P.V.M This regiment has been accepted by the War Department for 100 days for duty in the state or elsewhere. Recruiting stations at regim'l head-quarters, No. 533 Chestnut Street, and at the Pennsylvania Bank Building, Second Street above Walnut
Description: The 20th Pennsylvania Militia, under command of Col. William B. Thomas, was called out for the defence of the state in 1862 and again in 1863; it was reorganized and recruited in July 1864 as the 192nd Pennsylvania Infantry for 100 days' service and was mustered out Nov. 11, 1864; Captain Henry J. Snyder was promoted to Major July 23, 1864. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 341, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 277., 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, 192nd (1864), Company A.
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1864 Uni Sta (3)5777.F.3 (McAllister)

Title: Recruits wanted immediately to fill up a company to be attached to the Third Regiment Reserve Brigade Col. C.M. Eakin. Now at Camp Dupont. The men will be furnished with all necessary equipments before leaving the city. The regiment is provided with Sibley tents. Apply at once at Saunders' Institute, Thirty-ninth and Market Streets. Drilling during the day & evening. This company will leave for camp on Saturday
Description: The illustration shows an eagle with a blank banner perched on a horn., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date: [between 1861 and 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1861 Recruits (2)5777.F.43g (McAllister)

Title: Turn out for state defence! Schuylkill Guards (Union League Regiment) for three months' service Men wanted to fill the above company now organizing for state defence for three months. Mustered in and equipped before leaving. Head quarters, Schuylkill Hose House Locust St. above Twelfth, or the head quarters, of the regiment
Description: Printed on rose-colored paper., The illustration, signed L. Johnson & Co., shows an eagle on a shield, with the banner: "When duty calls, 'tis ours to obey.", Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Schuylkill Guards
Date: [1862 or 1863?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1862 Schuyl (1)5777.F.58b (McAllister)

Title: Notice! A meeting of the citizens of the 4th prec., 24th Ward, will be held at the house of John Cruise, West Falls of Schuylkill, on the evening of [blank] for the purpose of forming a military organization, in accordance with the proclamation of the governor
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date: [1862 or 1863?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1862 Notice (2)5777.F.69i (McAllister)

Title: Attention! 20 more men wanted to fill Capt. Connor's Rangers attached to the Thomas A. Scott Regiment, Col. Conroy commanding. Apply at 2312 Chestnut St., and corner of Bank and South Streets
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Connor's Rangers
Date: [between 1861 and 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Connor (1)5777.F.22 (McAllister)

Title: The Artillery Corps of Philadelphia Greys, (Company D), Comd. by Capt. Geo. Cadwalader, First Regiment of Artillery, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, P. M
Description: Scene showing Captain George Cadwalader commanding a drill of the mounted artillery troop of the Pennsylvania Militia on a large field near Powelton in West Philadelphia. Shows, in the foreground, Cadwalader, seated on his stead, and signaling a change of formation with his raised saber. Two officers, one blowing a bugle, trot behind him between two lines of men mounted on horses, seated in horse-drawn carriages, or pulling canons by horse-team. Other men on mounts, in carriages, and pulling cannons have broken from the old formation and fan out alongside the lines. The militia men wear blue uniforms comprised of trousers, jackets with epaulets, and tall shakos with plumes. In the background, clusters of trees and a residence with fenced property are visible. Samuel Powel (1818-1885) for whose family the neighborhood depicted was named, was a member of the Philadelphia Greys., Artist's signature lower left corner of stone., Date from untrimmed duplicate., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 27, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb529 H711., Gift of Martin Snyder., Trimmed., Hoffy was the predominate artist of the plates used to illustrate the military fashion periodical, "U.S. Military Magazine," published 1839-1842 by Duval and Huddy.
Creator: Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790, artist
Date: [c1845]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W367 [P.9504.6]

Title: Pennsylvania. SS. In the name & by the authority of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. David R. Porter, Governor of the said Commonwealth. [Alexander C. Hart of the County] of Philadelphia, Esquire, Greeting: Know that you, the said, [Alexander C. Hart] being duly [appointed] and returned, are hereby commissioned [Surgeon of the First Regiment of Artillery] Regiment of the Militia, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the [First] Brigade of the First Division, composed of the Militia of the City and County of Philadelphia
Description: Membership certificate appointing Dr. Alexander C. Hart as a surgeon in the first regiment of artillery of the Pennsylvania militia in 1843. Alexander Chambers Hart (1811-1884) was a physician and surgeon. He helped found the Charity Hospital of Philadelphia and served during the Civil War., Title and date from item., Text printed on recto: To have and to hold this Commission, exercising all the powers and discharging all the duties thereunto lawfully belonging and attached, until the third day of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, if you shall so long behave your self well, and perform the duties required by law [unless sooner removed by the commanding officer of said Regiment.] In testimony whereof, I have set my hand, and caused the less seal of the State to be affixed to these presents, at Harrisburg, dated agreeably to law, the [first] day of [June] in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty [three] and of the Commonwealth, the sixty [seventh.] [Chas. McClure] Secretary of the Commonwealth., Contains a wax seal and the signature of the Governor of Pennsylvania, "David R. Porter.", Gift of David Doret, 2017.
Date: [ca. 1843]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Phila Certificates - Military - Hart Collection [P.2010.21.5.4]

Title: War meeting Freemen to the rescue! All persons in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the war against the rebels, will meet in [blank] on [blank] evening, September [blank] 1861, where they will have an opportunity to place their names upon the roll of honor, (muster roll.) Mr. [blank] will speak upon the occasion. H.J. Pickering, who is recruiting a company for Col. W.W.H. Davis's regiment, will be there to receive their names
Description: The 104th Infantry Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Col. W.W.H. Davis commanding, was recruited primarily in Bucks County, Pa. and mustered into service Oct. 21, 1861; it was mustered out Sept. 30, 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 733., The illustration is an eagle with the banner: Union and liberty!, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date: [1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 War (2)5777.F.61a (McAllister)

Title: Town meeting! Public notice is hereby given to the taxable citizens of the borough of Bethlehem, to meet in Citizens' Hall, on Saturday next, July 4th, at one o'clock p.m., to ratify the payment of bounty to volunteers under command of Captain F. Stout
Description: The 34th Infantry Regiment of the Pennsylvania Militia was mustered in June 3 and discharged Aug. 24, 1863; Franklin C. Stout was Captain of Company D. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 1252., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Bethlehem (Pa.), Borough Council
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1863 Bethlehem (2)5777.F.3b (McAllister)

Title: P. S. Duval's lithographic establishment & office of the U. S. Mility. Magazine by Huddy & Duval, No. 7, Bank Alley, Philadelphia
Description: Illustration printed on upper half of stationery paper pasted onto front flyleaf of magazine volume. Includes hand-written form letter under the illustration signed by William M. Huddy and P. S. Duval outlining prices of "coloured" versus "plain" plates. Illustration depicts the four-story corner lithographic establishment of P. S. Duval and the headquarters for the United States Military Magazine at the northwest corner of Bank Alley and Dock Street (i.e., 227 Dock Street). A signboard for a house painter adorns the adjacent property facing Dock Street and "Birch's Auctions" occupies the property at the west end of Bank Alley facing Third Street. A row of cavalry soldiers faces east on Dock Street, as pedestrians, soldiers on foot, and a dog congestl the sidewalks in the foreground. The portico and columns of a stately building, probably part of the Merchant's Exchange, are visible across from Duval's establishment. Dock Street building was demolished in 1924., Published in the Military magazine and record of the volunteers of the city and county (Philadelphia, Pa.: [Published by William M. Huddy], 1839)., Duval & Huddy published the military fashion periodical, "U.S. Military Magazine," between 1839 and 1842. P.S. Duval occupied 7 Bank Alley between 1835 and 1848., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 78, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: *Per M 102.3 5531.Q, vol. 1.
Date: 1839
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare W262 [*Per M 102.3 5531.Q v. 1], http://www.lcpimages.org/wainwright/W262.htm

Title: Target firing State Fencibles, Capt. J. Page, the seat of Dr. William Wetherill, Fatland (near Valley Forge) Montgomery Co. Pa. June 14th 1859
Description: Scene showing the State Fencibles militia marching past the Wetherill mansion on the Fatland estate. The men march in seven lines, led by the Fencibles marching band, followed by officers, and then four lines of enlisted men fronted by a single Fencible. All the men wear uniforms and the officers wear Hardee hats, while the enlisted men wear tall, bearskin hats. In the left foreground, a group of well-dressed men, women, and children watch the militia. In the background, other guests line the portico and verandas of the mansion. near clusters of Fencibles and spectators lining the grounds in front of the mansion. The scene also includes the trees and bushes that surround the grounds and mansion. During the 1850s, Dr. Wetherill, partner in the Wetherill & Brother White Lead Works, annually invited the Fencibles to his estate for spring target firing. The June 1859 excursion included seventy-four muskets and five officers, a lunch, dinner, and dance. The State Fencibles was a military organization raised in Philadelphia in 1813 as part of the Pennsylvania militia. In 1871, the military company, recruited under James Page, became attached to the Eighth Regiment National Guard of Pennsylvania. The Fatland seat was owned by gentleman William Bakewell beginning in 1803 before being sold to the Wetherill Family about 1821 and his death. Fatland, named for the estate's great soil fertility, remained in the Wetherill family through the early 20th century., Title from item., Date inferred from date of event depicted., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 292, Gift of David Doret., Trimmed., Title clipped and pasted on sheet with manuscript note mounted below image: To Capt. J. W. Ryan Compliments of [Chas Marshall D. Co's N.G.?] Pa., Trimmed., See Thomas S. Lanard, One hundred years with the State Fencibles : a history of the First Company State Fencibles ... (Philadelphia: Nields Co., 1913), 115-116.
Date: [ca. 1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - A-Z - State [P.2017.15.17]

Title: Civil War certificates containing patriotic designs. [graphic].
Description: Two of the certificates contain manuscript notes about prices., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Includes military enlistment certificates, a hospital discharge certificate, and a certificate of donation printed by Philadelphia printers King & Baird and Mclaughlin Brothers. Designs depict soldiers, the figure of Liberty, and the Constitution. Companies include Pennsylvania Volunteers; Philadelphia Fire Zouaves (72nd Regiment, P.V.); the 119th Regiment, P.V.; and First Regiment Reserve Brigade, P.V. Other organizations include Church of the Evangelists and Chesapeake General Hospital.
Date: 1861-ca. 1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Philadelphia certificates - Civil War [5786.F.65e&f;77b;128b&c;180a]

Title: To the rescue! Bucks County expects every man to do his duty $152 bounty! And one month's pay in advance. One flag! One country! Don't wait to be drafted, but come at once and enroll in the new Bucks Co. company now forming in Doylestown, to serve for the war. Every man as soon as sworn in will be paid $50 by Bucks county, $25 of the $100 government bounty, one month's pay in advance, and $2 enrolment fee. At the end of the war, when honorably discharged, $75, the balance of the government bounty, will be paid. This is no humbug, and the men of Bucks county should not be lured by the representations of those from a distance, who are endeavoring to enlist men for companies out of the county or state. ... Recruits will be enrolled at the office of the Democrat, and at Kulp's Hotel, Doylestown. Meetings at which speakers will be present, will be held in the evenings at the following places: at Jacoby's Hotel, Sellersville, on Tuesday, the 12th inst.; at Keelersville, on Wednesday, the 13th inst.; at Pleasant Hill, on Thursday, the 14th inst.; at Reiglesville, on Friday, the 15th inst.; at Bucksville, on Saturday, the 16th inst
Description: The illustration, signed H.L.S. L. Johnson & Co. Copyright secured, shows an eagle on a shield, with the banner: Obey the call of your country!, Originally 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 3# Am 1862 To the rescue (4)5777.F.28 (McAllister)

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