Revolutionary Era broadsides, 1776-1783

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: Advertisement.; Dated: July 24, 1778., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: At a general meeting of the Committee of Mechanicks, at Mrs. Van Dyke's, the 27th December, 1783.; Listing 15 candidates for the New York Legislature., "Signed by order of the chairman, Richard Kip, jun. sec'ry.", Names separated by vertical ornamental rule., N-YHS copy inscribed on verso: McDougall; fabric lining.

: At an adjourned town meeting, holden at Norwich, in Connecticut, on the 29th day of March, 1779.; "To the freemen, and other inhabitants of the state of Connecticut. Gentlemen, We, the freemen and other inhabitants of the town of Norwich, beg leave to ask your attention to the present mode of taxation in this state, at a time which, above all others, calls for equal justice in apportioning the burden of public taxes. We also beg your attention to another mode which we shall by and by propose ...", "A true copy of record, examined by Benjamin Huntington, Jun. town clerk. the above forwarded to the Selectmen of the town of [blank] by order of the town, Samuel Tracy, Zabdiel Rogers, Thomas Hyde, Jun. Samuel Lovett, Nehemiah Waterman, jun. Selectmen"., N-YHS copy damaged along creases, with slight loss of text; ink stains; fabric lining.

: Boston, September 26, 1777.; Account of the engagement at Stillwater, N.Y., Printed area measures 32.2 x 11.5 cm., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: By Commodore Sir George Collier, commander in chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels in North-America; and Major-General William Tryon.; Encouraging the inhabitants of Connecticut to end their persistent, "ruinous and ill-judged resistance," and warning those not resuming allegiance to the King not to expect continued leniency., Signed: George Collier, Wm. Tryon., Place and date of publication supplied by Alden., Text in two columns., Royal arms at head of title., N-YHS copy dated in manuscript at head of title "4 June [sic] 1779"; inscriptions on verso: "5 inhabitants", "To The honorable Continental Congress to be forwarded with all Expedit[...] Possible", and "Proclamation of General Tryon & Commoder Sir George Collier, dated 4th july 1779"; fabric lining.

: By His Excellency George Clinton, Esq; governor of the state of New-York, general of the militia, and admiral of the navy of the same. A proclamation.; Overtures intended to confirm and clarify title to disputed lands originally granted by Massachusetts or New Hampshire and occupied by tenants in Albany, Charlotte (i.e. Washington), Cumberland, and Gloucester Counties in New York, the latter two counties ultimately ceasing to exist after Vermont declared itself a republic. Additionally warns that claims to properties will not be recognized by tenants acknowledging "any allegiance or subjection to the pretended state of Vermont.", N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: By His Excellency George Clinton, Esquire, governor of the state of New-York, &c. &c. &c. To [blank] greeting.; "Given at Poughkeepsie, this [blank] day of [blank] 1781. By His Excellency's command, [blank]"., N-YHS copy has manuscript notes on leaf [2]: "Copy of Warrant to enlist Men on bounties of unappropriated lands" and "No. 1"; ink stamp: "Tomlinson Collection--Deposited by Mercantile Library Association".

: By His Excellency Sir Henry Clinton, knight of the most honourable Order of Bath, lieutenant general of his Majesty's forces, &c. Proclamation.; Royal arms at head of title., Concerns the price of grain in New York., Dated: Given under my hand at the city of New-York, the 20th day of December, 1777, in the eighteenth year of his Majesty's reign., Signed: Henry Clinton, Lieut. Gen., Type ornament band., Watermarks: [Britannia] J Taylor., Library copy imperfect: fragments brought together and silked; some text affected., Wood-block cracked through lion., Library copy stamped on back: Tomlinson collection--Deposited by Mercantile Library Association.

: By the United States in Congress assembled, April 7, 1781.; Thirteen numbered regulations governing privateers and privateering., Signed: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary., Imprint from Evans., Line endings differ from those given by the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 21, p. 1199-1200.

: Carrier's address to the generous subscribers of the Independent journal.; A carriers' address for the "Independent journal, or, The general advertiser", published in New York from 1783 to 1788., Poem in 34 lines; first line: Time posting on with full career., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: Catalogus recentium, in Collegio-Yalensi, MDCCLXXXI.; Imprint supplied by Evans., Text in two columns., N-YHS copy: closely trimmed; fabric lining.

: Chester, the 7th day of April, 1780.; Signed: Bezaleel Seely, Jun. To Nath'l. Sacket, Esq., Followed by: From this letter it evidently appears, that there is a side, and that there are principles--what this side and these principles are, none can be at a loss to determine--the public may be assured, that that worthy disinterested patriot, Judge Yates, has publicly disavowed an intention to offer himself as a candidate for the government ..., From the typeface and sizes, the printer was probably John Holt. The only other printer outside of New York City at this time was Samuel Loudon in Fishkill., N-YHS copy: the word "evidently" in "The above letter is evidently genuine ..." is crossed out in ink.

: Council-Chamber, Philadelphia, [blank] 1781.; Signed: Joseph Reed, president., The New-York Historical Society copy is dated in manuscript: July 14th., N-YHS copy dated in manuscript "July 14th" 1781; addressed to Lt. John Weidman and inscribed at foot and in left margin; fabric lining.

: Covention [sic] at Concord, Sept. 22, 1779 for stating the prices of sundry articles.; "... Resolved, at our opinion, that no article of merchandize or country produce, be sold after the first day of October next, at a higher price than the following, viz. ... Done in convention at Concord by unanimous consent, the 23d day of September, A.D. 1779.", Signed: John Langdon, president, attest, E. Thompson, secretary., Imprint supplied by Evans., Text in two columns., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: Cruel murder; or A Mournful poem.; Text within mourning border; verse in two columns divided by type ornament rule., N-YHS copy imperfect: damaged along creases, with slight loss of text; fabric lining.

: Extract of a letter from General Gates, dated camp at Saratoga, October 18, 1777.; The thirteen articles of convention are followed by: Extract of a letter from General Gates to Gen. Vaughan, dated Albany, October 20, 1777, concerning the British army's burning of Kingston, N.Y.; and a copy of the recommendation "to set apart Thursday, the 18th day of December next, for solemn thanksgiving and praise," dated "In Congress, Nov. 1, 1777.", Imprint from colophon., Text in two columns., N-YHS copy inscribed: Convention of Saratoga [...?] to Gen. Vaughan; ink marks; mounted on paper sheet.

: Extraordinary intelligencer.; Giving report of the Battle of Yorktown., "In the press, and speedily will be published ... an elegant edition of Dr. Watts's Psalms and hymns ..."--foot of sheet, preceding imprint.

: Few lines composed on the Dark Day, of May 19, 1780.; Verse in twenty-two numbered stanzas; first line: Let us adore, and bow before, the sovereign Lord of might., The darkness which extended over much of New England was presumably the result of smoke and ashes from a forest fire, trapped in the atmosphere by excessive moisture. Cf. Bumgardner, G.B. American broadsides, 1971, no. 57., Text in two columns; printed area measures 29.5 x 15.2 cm. With printers' ornaments separating title from text and at the foot of the second column. In the present edition, the title appears in two lines, the second beginning with the word "of.", N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: From the Bristol gazette of October 10, 1782.; The resignation speech of the mayor of Bristol, England., Evans entry omits "of October 10, 1782" from title, and erroneously identifies Cruger as the mayor of New York. Shipton & Mooney erroneously identify the author as John Cruger, mayor of New York 1756-1765., Imprint from Evans., Watermarks: Britannia., N-YHS copy 2 inscribed: "Walton Livingston Oakley from his dear Grandmama Matilda C. Cruger Oakley".

: Gen. Washington.; Ballad, in twelve stanzas; first line: Vain Britons boast no longer, with proud indignity., First line: Vain Britons boast no longer, with your proud indignity., This song appears, with title, "War and Washington; A song composed at the beginning of the American Revolution," in Sewall, Jonathan Mitchell. Miscellaneous poems ..., Portsmouth, N.H., 1801, p. 52-53., N-YHS copy: fabric lining, mounted on paper backing.

: His Majesty's most gracious speech to both houses of Parliament, on Friday October 27, 1775.; Concerning the rebellion in America., Imprint date from Bristol., Printed also in the New-York gazette, Jan. 8, 1776., Text in three columns.

: I [blank] being made a prisoner of war, by the Army of the Thirteen United Colonies in North-America, do promise and engage, on my word and honour, and on the faith of a gentleman, to depart from hence to [blank] in the province of [blank] being the place; Dated: A.D. 1776., N-YHS copy: mounted on paper.

: In Congress, 27th May, 1778.; Resolutions of the Continental Congress passed May 27-June 2, 1778., Signed: Extracts from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: In Congress, April 1, 1777.; Signed: Extract from the minutes. Published by order of Congress, Charles Thomson, secretary., Includes also resolutions dated April 2, 9, and 10, all concerned with the payment of the army., N-YHS copy: fabric lining., Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

: In Congress, April 14, 1779.; Signed: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary., N-YHS copy inscribed on verso: "Gen. Gates"; in another hand, "Resolve of Congress, dated 14th April, 1779"; fabric lining.

: In Congress, April 14th, 1778.; Signed: Extract from the minutes. Charles Thomson, secretary., Followed by a resolution of the Continental Congress dated Apr. 16, 1778, concerning the commissary general of purchases., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: In Congress, April 3, 1776.; Signed: By order of Congress, [blank] president., Imprint supplied from Evans., N-YHS copy signed in manuscript: "John Hancock". Fabric lining.

: In Congress, February 3, 1778.; Four resolutions of the Continental Congress concerning the loyalty oath., Signed: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary., N-YHS copy inscribed on verso: "Resolves of Congress, Officers to take Oath, 3d. Feb. 1778"; fabric lining.

: In Congress, January 13, 1779.; Concerning Britain's efforts to discredit American currency. Four resolutions on taxation and withdrawing the bills of credit of the emissions of May 20, 1777 and April 11, 1778. The three resolutions dated January 2, 5, and 14, 1779, are each signed: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary., N-YHS copy inscribed on verso: resolves of Congress in January 1779; ink stamp: Tomlinson collection, deposited by the Mercantile Library Association; fabric lining.

: In Congress, May 2, 1780.; Signed on p. [2]: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary., Originally published: Philadelphia : David Claypoole, 1780., Imprint from Livingston. Probably printed about the end of April, 1781. Cf. Livingston, L.S. Franklin and his press at Passy, p. 84-86., Footnote to first article of text, at bottom of p. [1]: *This exception is taken away by an ordinance of Congress, of March the 27th, 1781, which see.

: In Congress, May 21, 1776.; Signed: Extract from the minutes, published by order of Congress, Charles Thomson, secretary., Another issue in a different setting of type has "Philadelphia" as the first word of the title., Imprint from Evans., Text includes the form of the parole for prisoners of war., Not in Sabin., N-YHS copy has manuscript corrections in the text; fabric lining.

: In Congress, May 27, 1778.; I. Infantry -- II. Artillery -- III. Cavalry -- IV. Provost -- May 29, 1778 -- June 2, 1778 -- November 24, 1778., Imprint from Evans., Signed at end: Extracts from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: In Congress, October 3d, 1776.; Resolves regarding loans, interest, and the establishment of government loan offices, followed by two resolves dated Oct. 7, 1776 and Feb. 26, 1777, concerning interest rates and penalties for the counterfeiting of Continental Loan Office bills., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: In Congress, Wednesday. April 3, 1776.; Signed: By Congress, [blank] president., "This form was reprinted, and continued to be in use ... certainly as late as 1780; the later editions being signed in ms. by the president of Congress"--Evans 15137., Imprint date based on terms of the presidents of Congress who signed extant copies: NYPL copy signed by Henry Laurens (president, Nov. 1777-Dec. 1778); LC and Rhode Island Historical Society copies signed by John Jay (president, Dec. 1778-Sept. 1779)., Not in Evans or Bristol., The third and fourth lines end: vessels, reprisal. In other editions the third and fourth lines end: vessels, them; shall, vessels; war, make., N-YHS copy singed in manuscript: John Jay; inscribed at head: instructions to commanders of privateers in 1776; fabric lining.

: Instructions to the officers appointed to recruit in New-York, for the service of the United States of America.; Concerning the enlistment of officers and soldiers for a three year term., Imprint supplied by Bristol., Text in two columns., N-YHS copy has manuscript note on verso: "1776 December Papers"; fabric lining.

: Instructions to the officers appointed to recruit in New-York, for the service of the United States of America.; Concerning the enlistment of officers and soldiers for a three year term., Text in two columns., N-YHS copy 1 signed in manuscript: "Fish-kill, Nov. 25th. 1776. By order, Robert Yates chairman of the Committee of Arrangement in the State of New-York". Damaged along creases with slight loss of text; fabric lining., N-YHS copy 2 signed in manuscript: "By order of the Committee of Arrangement, Rt Harpur [?] Chairman P.F [?]"; manuscript notes on verso. Imperfect: all before "United States of America" lacking, damaged along creases, lower left corner torn and lacking, affecting text and portion of imprint; fabric lining.

: Know all men by these presents, that we [blank] are held and firmly bound to [blank] president of the Congress of the United Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the counties of Newca; "The condition of this obligation is such, that if the above-bounden [blank] who is commander of the [blank] called [blank] belonging to [blank] of [blank] in the colony of [blank] mounting [blank] carriage guns, and navigated by [blank] men, and who hath applied for a commission or letter of marque and reprisal, to arm, equip, and set forth to sea, the said [blank] as a private ship of war ... shall not exceed or transgress the powers and authorities which shall be contained in the said commission ... then this obligation shall be void, or else remain in force".

: Meditations on death.; Printed in two columns divided by wide black rule., Printed area measures: 30.5 x 12.0 cm., Poem in 36 numbered four-line stanzas., First line: The Lord Jehovah reigns on high., Imprint supplied by Evans. Recorded as a New London imprint by Trumbull and Wegelin, but not recorded by Hazel Johnson in her Checklist of New London, Connecticut, imprints, 1709-1800., N-YHS copy inscribed: Mary Tanners[?] verses given her by her Mammaa Lydia Pierson Killingworth. April the 21st 1813; fabric lining.

: New-York, April 16, 1776.; Followed by list of names including Jacobus Van Zant, William Denning, Isaac Roosevelt, and eighteen others., One of 4 different tickets issued for this election. Cf. Becker.

: New-York, April 16, 1776. Extract of a letter from John Jay, Esq.; Concerning the dispute over the manner of appointing delegates to the Continental Congress., Evans title puts date at end.

: New-York, April 23, 1777. Song for St. George's Day. Tune, Hail England, Old England.; First line: For ages the nations beheld with surprize., Watermark: OGR (probably Onderdonk, Gaines, and Remsen, the proprietors of the Onderdonk Paper Mill in Hempstead, Long Island, New York)., Library copy with ms. note on verso: Supposed--by the Revd. Mr. Odell, late Episl minister at Burlington in New Jersey driven to N York by the violent [rulers?] of the day. At the close of the Am. War, he went to the province of New Brunswick shamefully relinguished his profession & was appointed Secy of that province.

: New-York, Dec. 13, 1776. To the public.; A loyalist tract., Signed: Camillus., Type ornament rule and border., N-YHS copy: torn at upper right corner and damaged at creases, slightly affecting text; fabric lining.

: New-York, October 30, 1776. To the King's Most Excellent Majesty.; Ascribed to the press of Donald Macdonald and Alexander Cameron by Bristol., Type ornament rule above imprint., Conserved; dry cleaned; washed; resized; deacidified-aqueous., Rehoused; mylar encapsulation.

: New-York, theatre, 1782.; Signed: H. Beaumont, E. Williams, Geo. Vallancey, Am. D'Aubant, managers., Imprint from Evans., Printed in two columns., Watermark: arms of England, script "JH"., N-YHS copy has additional sums in ms.; inscribed: "Gift of Henry Laight Esqr. 30 Nov. 1812"; right hand margin damaged, with slight loss of text.

: Newport, April 17, 1783.; Southwick was the printer of the work as subsequently published., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: News carrier, to the generous customers of the New Hampshire gazette. A New Year's wish.; Verse in eight numbered stanzas; first line: Around the circling year has whirl'd.

: News-carriers address, to his customers. January 1st, 1782.; Carrier's address for unspecified newspaper. Presumably printed late in 1781 for delivery on or about New Year's Day., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: Observations on the slaves and the indented servants, inlisted in the army, and in the navy of the United States.; Signed on p. [2]: Philadelphia, August 14, 1777. Antibiastes., Printer's name from colophon., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: On this day of renown, all joys shower down.; Eleven numbered stanzas printed in double columns divided by type ornament rule. Type ornament rule and border., Title taken from first two lines of text., Dated: New-York, April 23, 1779., Type ornaments at sides previously used by John Holt. Cf. Evans 14034 and 14325. Other ornaments used by Hugh Gaine, who probably was the printer., N-YHS copy imperfect: title cropped, missing. Ms. note on verso: [illegible] for St. Geo. Day by the Rev. Mr. Odell.

: Oppression: a poem. Or, New-England's lamentation of the dreadful extortion and other sins of the times.; Verse in twenty-seven stanzas; first line: Come all you friends to goodness, I pray you to attend., Dated [1765] by Evans. However, the theme of extortion suggests to Ford and others that the poem was written about 1777 when this evil was a topic of common concern in the colonies. Cf. Winslow, Ola E. American broadside verse ... New-Haven, 1930, no. 89., Woodcuts are the same as those used frequently by Ezekiel Russell who was located at Salem, Mass., in 1776 and early 1777. In February or March, 1777, Russell moved his printing office to nearby Danvers, Mass., The two woodcuts show an astronomer examining the heavens with a cross staff, accompanied by an armillary sphere, compasses, etc., and a town with lightning overhead., Text in two columns divided by single rule., N-YHS copy: closely trimmed, torn, with slight loss of text; fabric lining.

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