Another war declared Great slaughter anticipated! "Watchword, give nor ask any quarters"! : S. Barlow Espy in the field with a terrible array of dry goods foreign and domestic. Notions, fancy goods, staples, cutlery, boots, shoes, hats and caps bonnets an
Title
Another war declared Great slaughter anticipated! "Watchword, give nor ask any quarters"! S. Barlow Espy in the field with a terrible array of dry goods foreign and domestic. Notions, fancy goods, staples, cutlery, boots, shoes, hats and caps bonnets and embroideries, every style and quality, etc., etc., right from the fountain head of the goods trade, with the following inscription on his banner--"Extermination against all high prices and undue profits." The public generally and the citizens of Shelby County particularly, read the following proclamation: Being armed and equipped with such a stock of goods as cannot fail to strike the beholder with amazement ... I am determined to repulse if not entirely vanquish the great system of montrous prices and murderous profits ... My facilities for purchasing goods in the East, gives me the advantage of the second handling from the manufacturer, instead of the third and fourth, thereby protecting my customers against the necessity of paying an extra tariff ... Wanted in exchange for goods, at the highest market price 25,000 bushels of good wheat, 30,000 bushels of corn, 10,000 lbs. of feathers, 20,000 lbs. of rags, 400,000 doz. eggs and anything else in corresponding quanities, which the people have to sell, provided a market can be found for it in the United States. Shelbyville. Ill. April, 1st, 1861
Description
Capt. Stephen Barlow Espy, of Co. G, 115th Illinois Infantry, was killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863., Text printed in red, and illustrations and their captions printed in black., Eighteen illustrations of varying sizes, mostly cartoons, surround the text., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Espy, Stephen Barlow, 1848-1863
Date
[1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 3# Am 1861 Espy (5)5777.F.56 (McAllister)