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Title: Familiar songs latinized Published for the benefit of the Sanitary Commission
Description: 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.
Date: [between 1861 and 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Familiar (1)5781.F.3a (McAllister)

Title: Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission [certificate]
Description: Certificate of appreciation for work with the "Committee on the Restaurant of the Great Central Fair" containing a border of scenes and vignettes depicting the presence of the Sanitary Commission at the battlefront. Shows commission supply wagons arriving and depositing crates of goods at a campsite; soldiers assisting other soldiers in walking, receiving refreshments, and being transported by a gurney; and an unloaded crate of bottles of beverages, oranges, tins, and bandages. Also contains the seal of "The Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission." Seal depicts the female figure of Charity handing a glass to a soldier attending a wounded soldier., Not in Wainwright., Issued to Rebecca W. English on June 25, 1864. Signed by Jno. Welsh, Chairman of Executive Committee; Mary McHenry, Chairman of Ladies Committee on the Restaurant; Mrs. G. T. Lewis, Vice Chairman; F. P. Steel, Treasurer; Mary P. Norris, Treasurer., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 328, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 8 D 983, Accompanied by P.S. Duval & Son 's "Great Central Fair Buildings, Philadelphia" souvenir card.
Date: [1864]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 8 D 983

Title: For the benefit of the Sanitary Commission! The grand Wallack Combination Company will give a final exhibition on Saturday evening April 30, at Citizens' Hall! The proceeds of which will be devoted to the benefit of the sick and wounded soldiers of the state of Pennsylvania, in the hospitals of the Potomac. Those who feel for the suffering brave who have given their blood for the old flag, fathers, wives, sisters, mothers and brothers who have yielded their dear ones for the sake of their country, are respectfully invited to answer this appeal to their best sympathies. Give your mite to the suffering, aid your distressed countrymen, and enjoy a pleasant entertainment! For prices and time see small bills
Description: April 30 fell on a Saturday in 1864., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Creator: Wallack Combination Company
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1864 Wallack (1)5781.F.19 (McAllister)

Title: Catalogue of articles in the Machinery Department to be sold at public sale on Friday morning, July 1st, 1864, at 11 o'clock, at the Great Central Fair Building
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission (1864 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1864 Great (1)5781.F.63a (McAllister)

Title: New York & Boston express line! Via Springfield. Soldiers' car A railway ambulance car provided with stretchers on elastic springs as well as easy hospital chairs for sick and wounded men, and first class seats for those able to sit, exclusively for soldiers' use! Will leave N. York daily, at 8.00, A.M. on express train from station of New York & New Haven R.R. 27th St. & 4th Avenue. Each car is under charge of a military hospital steward and the supervision of the Sanitary Commission. Furloughed and discharged soldiers will find this their most desirable route! to all parts of New England. Fare at government rates. Train reaches Springfield at 1 P.M., Worcester, 3.30, and Boston 4.55 P.M., in season for connections North and East
Description: Originally 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 New York 5786.F.136a (McAllister)

Title: Foyer of the Academy Wednesday evening, April 13, 1864. Vocal & instrumental concert in aid of the Sanitary Commission. Committee--Miss Houston, Miss De Solms, F.H. Williams. Programme. ... Cards of admission--one dollar. The Steinway grand piano has been kindly offered for the occasion by Messrs. Blasius Bros. 1008 Chestnut St
Description: Printed in lavender ink., Originally 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 Foyer (1)5781.F.10b (McAllister)

Title: Soldiers Rest, Alexandria, Va. [graphic].
Description: Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events., Bird's eye view of the rest station and "lodge for invalid soldiers" operated by the U.S. Sanitary Commission, a soldier relief organization. Shows an enclosed barracks flanked by tents and railroad tracks. Soldiers walk, relax, and drill on the grounds as others disembark and arrive via locomotive. Also shows the railroad roundhouse in the far left background near signage reading "Sanitary Commission Lodge for Invalid Soldiers" and "Soldiers Rest U.S. Sanitary Commission"; horse-drawn wagons travelling past and into the barracks; and the surrounding town.
Creator: Magnus, Charles., creator
Date: c1864.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Hospitals [5779.F.57]

Title: Catalogue of fancy and miscellaneous goods articles to be sold at auction at the fair building of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, (Logan Square,) on Saturday, July 2d, 1864, at 3 o'clock, p.m. Terms,--cash on delivery. Sale in Union Avenue
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Creator: Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission, (1864 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date: 1864
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1864 Great (1)5781.F.103a (McAllister)

Title: Mammoth ox "Pride of Livingston," weighing the enormous weight of 3,602 lbs being the heaviest animal of this species on record, is now on exhibition, with other fine animals, &c., &c., at the building erected for the cattle show, on 15th St., adjacent to the machinery and ship-building departments of the Metropolitan Fair
Description: The Metropolitan Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission opened in New York in March 1864., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Metropolitan Fair (1864 : New York, N.Y.)
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1864 Metropol (6)5777.F.29c (McAllister)

Title: American Academy of Music. Saturday afternoon, May 7, 1864, grand musical festival! In aid of the Great Sanitary Fair! This Saturday afternoon, May 7th, at 2 o'clock, grand gala matinee when will be presented, for the third time, the new English opera! By Wm. Henry Fry, entitled Notre-Dame of Paris ... Admission to all parts of the house $1.00 No reserved seats. Doors open at one o'clock. Opera commences at two
Description: Printed area, including double-rule border, measures 55.5 x 19.8 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: American Academy of Music (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1864 Amer Acad (1)5781.F.17 (McAllister)

Title: Prof. C.C. Schaeffer will repeat his lecture on Hamlet the first of his course, for the benefit of U.S. Sanitary Commission, with diagrams, (free) at the hall of the university, Ninth Street, above Chestnut, on Friday, June 24, 1864, at 5 o'clock, P.M. Doors open at 4 o'clock. ... The title of the lecture at the first delivery was: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or How to set a country, "Time out of joint," right.--Lecture, one hour
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Schaeffer, C. C. (Charles C.)
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1864 Schaeff (1)5781.F.11a (McAllister)

Title: Sanitary Fair sale Catalogue of miscellaneous goods remaining from the Great Sanitary Fair, to be sold at public sale, on Tuesday, December 6, 1864, at 10 o'clock, at the auction store, No. 1110 Chestnut Street
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Birch & Son
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1864 Birch (1)5781.F.72a (McAllister)

Title: Melodeon Hall--Tuesday evening, Dec. 15, 1863 Readings by the Cincinnati Shakespeare Club, for the benefit of the Sanitary Fair. The distinguished pianist Miss Eugenie de Roode has kindly consented to appear on the occasion. ... Reading to begin at half-past seven o'clock. Tickets will be for sale at the door on the evening of the reading. Single admission, 50 cents; gentleman and two ladies, $1
Description: Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 27.5 x 12.6 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Cincinnati Shakespeare Club (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1863 Cin Sha 5781.F.10 (McAllister)

Title: What the employees of the Philadelphia Navy Yard have done for the Great Central Fair (held in Philadelphia, June, 1864.)
Description: Lists, by department, all workers who contributed to the campaign, for a total of $3,391.60., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission (1864 : Philadelphia, Pa.). Committee on Labor, Incomes and Revenues, Committee on Labor, Incomes and Revenues
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1864 Great (2)5781.F.11 (McAllister)

Title: Public sale, for the benefit of the Sanitary Fair Building lot West Street, between 19th & 20th & Coates & Brown Sts On Saturday, June 18, 1864, at 12 o'clock, noon, will be sold at public sale, without reserve, at the flag staff, on Union Avenue, in the fair buildings, the following property, presented to the Sanitary Fair, ... Clear of all incumbrance. Terms cash
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission (1864 : Philadelphia, Pa.). Committee of Auctioneers, Committee of Auctioneers
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1864 Great (1)5781.F.31b (McAllister)

Title: The Original Hutchinson Family! Old folks and young folks will give one grand concert at Concert Hall for the benefit of Committee on Labor, Income and Revenue of the Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission. On Thursday ev'g. May 12, 1864. John W. Hutchinson, will sing patriotic and other songs. Henry J. Hutchinson, will sing humorous and descriptive songs. Viola G. Hutchinson, will sing songs of home, hope and happiness. ... Tickets 25 cts. Children under 12 years, 15 cts. Doors open at 7 o'clock. Concert to commence at 8. No postponement
Description: Printed area, including double-rule border, measures 57.15 x 19.3 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1864 Original (1)5781.F.16a (McAllister)

Title: Metropolitan Fair, April, 1864 The Executive Committee would call the attention of the public to the photographic studio, Station 77 (3d story, over the Furniture Department), under the management of Messrs. Gurney & Son, who are prepared to make cartes de visite and vignettes of all favoring them with a sitting, at the liberal price of $5.00 per dozen, in aid of the Sanitary Commission
Description: Printed on card stock; printed area, including ruled border, measures 24.5 x 31.1 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Metropolitan Fair (1864 : New York, N.Y.). Executive Committee, Executive Committee
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1864 Metro (2)5781.F.130a (McAllister)

Title: Sanitary Fair Catalogue of cabinet furniture, looking-glasses, marble mantels, fonts, sewing machines, carpets, &c. to be sold at the fair building, (Logan Square.) On Friday, July 1, 1864, at 1 o'clock, p.m
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission, (1864 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1864 Great (1)5781.F.62a (McAllister)

Title: Sanitary Fair Catalogue of articles to be sold at the Restaurant Department, at the Great Central Fair buildings, on Saturday morning, July 2d, 1864, at 10 o'clock
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission, (1864 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1864 Great (1)5781.F.69a (McAllister)

Title: Lyceum Hall Grand concert in aid of the Sanitary Relief Fund by the Misses Duranci! on Monday and Tuesday evenings, May 16th and 17th Change of programme Tuesday eve'ng Miss E. Duranci, Miss Naomi Duranci, Miss Fredonia Duranci. ... Tickets of admission, 25 cents Doors open at half-past 7 oclock. Concert to commence at 8
Description: May 16 fell on a Monday in 1864., Printed area, including double-rule border, measures 56.19 x 20.3 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Duranci, E.
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1864 Duranci (27)5761.F.72b (McAllister)

Title: City Hall! Grand concert in aid of the Sanitary Relief Fund by the Misses Duranci on Thursday and Friday evenings, May 12th and 13th Change of programme Friday evening Miss E. Duranci, Miss Naomi Duranci, Miss Fredonia Duranci. Prof. Theo. Boettger, pianist ... Tickets of admission, 25 cents Doors open at half-past 7 oclock. Concert to commence at 8
Description: May 12 fell on a Thursday in 1864., Printed area, including double-rule border, measures 55.9 x 20.3 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Duranci, E.
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1864 Duranci (27)5761.F.26a (McAllister)

Title: Kennett Square! Friday evening, June 3d, 1864 One more concert, by request and for the same glorious patriotic object, the aid of the Sanitary Commission, with change of programme, and the sanguine expectation of the presence of some speakers from the Yearly Meeting at Longwood, who will be invited to take part in the exercises of the evening. The Hutchinson Family, old folks and young folks, from their late Southern successful tour to Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, will give one of their grand concerts! In this place, and will sing their songs of freedom & fraternity Gems from Longfellow, Bryant, Saxe, Hon. Mrs. Norton, and others, and various compositions of their own, rendered in their inimitable style. ... Admission, 25 cents Tickets can be had, during the day, of Benjamin P. Kirks, at Pennock's office. Doors open at 7. Concert to commence at 8 History of the family, containing popular songs, for sale. Price 10 cents. Photographs of members and groups of the family can be had at the hall, and during the meeting at Longwood
Description: The Hutchinson Family, Tribe of John, consisted of John W. Hutchinson and his children Henry John Hutchinson and Viola Gertrude Hutchinson (later Campbell)., Parentheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press from Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Hutchinson Family (Singers)
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1864 Hutch (26)5761.F.28b (McAllister)

Title: The legend of the clock
Description: Verse in eight stanzas; first line: The old clock stands in the library wall,., Caption title., Library Company copy has MS. note: This ancient clock was exhibited in the department of Relics, curiosities & autographs, & the following lines were composed & printed by its owner & sold beneath the clock for the benefit of the Sanitary Commission. It may be well to mention that it was the time keeper of the department. I.J., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Leedom, B. J. (Benjamin Jones), 1807-1883
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1864 Leedom 9982.F.16 (McAllister)

Title: Andalusian stallion Hidalgo The following letter from Mr. Sprague, American Consul in Gibraltar, gives the history of this horse: ... There are only two colts of his get now at the stables of his owner, at Tarrytown. The above horse, presented by Mr. Aspinwall to the Metropolitan Fair for the benefit of sick and wounded soldiers, will be sold at auction, by Edward Schenck, on Thursday, 21st inst., at 4 o'clock, at the fair grounds, 15th Street
Description: The Metropolitan Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission opened in New York in March 1864., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Metropolitan Fair (1864 : New York, N.Y.)
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1864 Metro (2)5781.F.136a (McAllister)

Title: Assembly Buildings corner of Tenth and Chestnut Streets. In aid of the Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission, by section E², C.H.S The original mammoth stereopticon (copyrighted by P.E. Abel, Philadelphia.) The most thrilling and comprehensive, scientific, artistic invention of the age, will be exhibited on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, March 29th, 30th and 31st, 1864, at 8 o'clock. The celebrity of this astounding combination of beauty and immensity having, through the medium of the press, become a household theme, a repetition of its grandeur is deemed superfluous. Possessing, through the agency of the powerful Drummond light the unriveled [sic] property of producing to the admiring beholder a series of gigantic stereoscopic pictures! each covering an area of over 600 square feet of brilliantly illuminated canvas! ... Remember--the original stereopticon is not a mere panorama! ... At each entertainment will be presented a choice selection, comprising the grandest and most attractive views of American and European scenery: ... The whole comprising the most noted objects of interest, as seen by travelers, in a voyage around the world Admission, 25 cents. Children, 15 cents Doors open at 7 o'clock. To commence at 8 o'clock
Description: Parentheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription., Manager, John Toy; lecturer, E.E. Hulfish., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Toy, John
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1864 Toy (26)5761.F.4a (McAllister)

Title: Charles Schmitz's grand musical soiree! In aid of the Ladies' Branch, U.S. Sanitary Commission, will take place on Tuesday evening, March 29th, 1864, at Armory "D," Grey Reserves, N.E. cor. Eighteenth and Chestnut Sts., (entrance on Eighteenth St.) The following artists have kindly volunteered their valuable services: Carl Gaertner, Charles H. Jarvis, M.H. Cross, A. Roggenburger, and Amateur Glee Club. Mr. M.H. Cross will preside at the piano ... The piano is of Steck & Co's make, and furnished by Mr. J.E. Gould Cards of admission, on dollar to be had at Andrew & Co's Music Store, No. 1104 Chestnut Street; J.E. Gould, corner Seventh and Chestnut, and at the hall door on the evening of the concert. Doors open at 7. Concert to commence at 8 o'clock. W.H. Naulty, business manager
Description: Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 24.0 x 11.0 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Schmitz, Charles
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1864 Schmitz (1)5781.F.14b (McAllister)

Title: Sanitary Fairs Collection, 1749-1867 (bulk 1864)
Description: The Sanitary Fairs Collection consists largely of ephemera and manuscripts documenting the efforts made by citizens to raise awareness and funds for the United States Sanitary Commission. Most of the material is from the Great Central Fair held in Philadelphia in June 1864, and includes circulars letters, forms, handbills, correspondence, and miscellaneous printed material generated by the various committees set up to collect objects and financial donations for the fair, and to arrange and staff the fair's sales booths and exhibits. Two additional folders of material for the Relics, Curiosities, and Autographs committee have examples of the autographs (dating 1749-1851) that were sold at their booth and remain in their special printed enclosures from the fair. The collection holds the correspondence files of one particular office, the Committee for Labor, Incomes and Revenues, whose chair and treasurer were, respectively, Philadelphia merchants L. Montgomery Bond and John W. Claghorn. The collection also contains limited ephemera from fairs in Albany, Baltimore, Brooklyn, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Elmira, Indianapolis, New York, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and Muscatine, Iowa., The McAllister Collection's Ribbons and Textiles Collection (McA 100090.F) holds a box of ribbons and badges from the Great Central Fair. The Library Company's Anne Hampton Brewster Papers has an Abraham Lincoln manuscript, with attendant donor correspondence and certificate, which Brewster acquired at the Great Central Fair's New Jersey Department, Arms and Trophies Table. The Library Company and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania each have a full run of the Great Sanitary Fair's newspaper, Our daily fare, which was published from Wednesday, June 8, through Tuesday, June 21, 1864., John A. McAllister was an antiquarian collector living in Philadelphia.
Creator: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Date: 1749
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts MSS McA 5781.F

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