Revolutionary Era broadsides, 1776-1783

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

: At a General Assembly of the governor and Company of the English colony of Connecticut.; Continues: whereupon it is resolved, by this assembly, that the sum of one hundred pounds be paid out of the public treasury, of this colony, to the person or persons that shall erect proper works and fats, for the making and manufacturing common salt ..., Offering bounties for the manufacture of salt. Signed: A true copy of record, examined by George Wyllys, sec'ry., Ascribed, by Evans, to the press of Timothy Green of New London; but more likely printed at Hartford. Not in Johnson, H.A. New London., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: At a General Assembly of the governor and Company of the state of Connecticut, holden at Hartford, by special order of His Excellency the governor, on the 13th day, of August A.D. 1777.; Resolves for sending two battalions of militia to the Continental Army., Signed: A true copy of record, examin'd, by George Wyllys, sec'ry., 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.

: 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 Jonathan Trumbull, Esquire, governor and commander in chief in and over the state of Connecticut. A proclamation.; Reaffirming Connecticut's claim to the Western Reserve., Signed: Jonth. Trumbull., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: 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 His Excellency William Tryon, Esq; captain general and governor in chief, in and over the province of New-York ... A proclamation.; Signed: Wm. Tryon. By His Excellency's command, Sam. Bayard, Jun. d. secry. God save the King., Imprint from Evans., Royal arms at head of title., Watermark: crown over "GR.", N-YHS copy: wood block split in half; fabric lining.

: 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.

: Committee chamber, New-York, January 10, 1776.; First part signed: By order of the Committee, Corn. P. Low, chairman, p.t., Followed by: To the inhabitants of New-York. Signed: Lucius., Imprint from Evans., N-YHS copy with holograph signature of John M'Kesson; fabric lining.

: Committee-chamber, New-York, April 13th 1776.; Followed by a list of twenty-one names in three columns., One of 4 different tickets issued for this election., Imprint from Evans.

: 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.

: 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".

: In Committee of Safety for the state of New-York. Fish-kill, Jan. 6, 1777.; Signed: Extract from the minutes. Robert Benson, sec'ry., Calling for the reporting of monies collected in fines local and military officials., Samuel Loudon printed at Fishkill, N.Y. in 1777.

: In Committee of Safety for the state of New-York. Kingston, March 1, 1777.; Fifteen resolves concerning local elections, debt and debtors, and the fixing of grain prices., Signed: Extract from the minutes, Robert Benson, sec'ry., Ascribed to the press of Samuel Loudon by Evans., Text in three columns., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: 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, July 4, 1776.; "Signed by order and in behalf of the Congress, John Hancock, president. Attest. Charles Thomson, sec'ry.", Text printed in two columns, 70 lines in first., Watermark: A Rogge., Rehoused; mylar encapsulation., Conserved; washed; dry-cleaned; resized; deacidified-aqueous.

: In Congress, July 4, 1776.; "Signed by order and in behalf of the Congress, John Hancock, president. Attest. Charles Thomson, secretary.", Watermark: Strassburg bend and lily over "GR.", N-YHS copy presented by Lucius Wilmerding. Cf. NYHS Quarterly 32 (1948).

: In Council. Philadelphia, 28th July, 1777.; Circular letter to the county lieutenants, ordering the militia to be called out on the expected arrival of the British in Delaware Bay., Ascribed by Evans to the press of John Dunlap., N-YHS copy signed in manuscript: "I am Sir your very Hum Sert Tho Wharton jun Pres"; lengthy manuscript inscription at foot of page; fabric lining.

: In Council. Philadelphia, July 31, 1777.; Circular letter ordering militia to the defense of Philadelphia., New-York Historical Society copy signed in manuscript: Tho. Wharton jun. pres., N-YHS copy signed in manuscript: "Tho. Wharton jun. pres."; lengthy inscription at foot of page; fabric lining.

: In Provincial Congress, New-York, June 20, 1776.; Four resolutions prescribing the required loyalty oath and the means of disarming those who refuse to take the oath., Signed: Extract from the minutes, Robert Benson, secretary., Imprint from Evans., Watermark: "IV".

: In Provincial Congress, New-York, May 31, 1776.; Three resolutions concerning elections and the determination of a new government for the state of New York., Signed: Extract from the minutes, Robert Benson, sec'ry., Imprint from Evans., Two states noted, line 33, A: "whereas it appears of right ..."; B: "whereas it appertains of right ...", Watermark: Strasburg lily over "GR.", Library holds 2 copies. Copy 1 state A with "appears" crossed out and "appertains" written above in ink; right hand margin damaged, slight loss of text., Rehoused; mylar encapsulation., Conserved; dry cleaned; washed; resized; deacidified-aqueous.

: 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, 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.

: 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.

: Postscript to the Freeman's journal, Oct. 24.; The Freeman's journal was printed in Philadelphia by Francis Bailey., Includes Washington's letter to Congress, dated 19th Oct., 1781, followed by the correspondence between Washington and Cornwallis, dated 17-18th Oct., and "Articles of capitulation ... Done at York in Virginia, this 19th day of October, 1781. Cornwallis. Thomas Symonds. Published by order of Congress, Charles Thomson, sec.", Advertisement for John Oldden's store, Second Street, Philadelphia, at end., N-YHS copy damaged along creases, slightly affecting text and illustration; fabric lining.

: Proclamation.; Signed: Thomas M'Kean, president. Attest. Charles Thomson, secretary., Followed by: By His Excellency Jonathan Trumbull ... A proclamation. I have thought fit ... and do hereby appoint, the thirteenth day of December next ... as a day of thanksgiving and prayer ... Given under my hand in Lebanon, this twenty-second day of November ... one thousand, seven hundred and eighty-one ..., Evans supplies title: By His Excellency Jonathan Trumbull ... A proclamation; and enters under the heading for Connecticut., Printed area measures 37.6 x 21.8 cm.

: Proclamation. The number of fires which have appeared at the same time at very distant parts.; Signed: James Robertson, m. gen. Commanding in New-York., Mortized initial, type ornament rule., The initial and address are of Hugh Gaine, who was in Newark at this time. His press in New York was not supervised by Ambrose Serle until Sept. 30. Cf. Ford., Watermark (cropped): IV., Library copy with holograph note: Dear Sir, I have sent you three new papers the latest I could get in this city. Yours to [lent?] Gibbs Atkins. To Capt. Gay.

: Proclamation. Whereas it hath pleased Almighty God the Father of all mercies.; Signed: Samuel Huntington, president. Attest, Charles Thomson, see'ry [sic]., Followed by: By His Excellency Jonathan Trumbull, Esquire, governor, captain-general and commander in chief in and over the state of Connecticut, in America. ... I ... do hereby appoint Thursday the seventh day of December next, to be observed as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer ... Given under my hand, in the Council chamber at Hartford, this second day of November, 1780 ... Jonathan Trumbull., Ascribed to the press of Timothy Green of New London by Evans, but not listed in H.A. Johnson's Checklist of New London imprints., N-YHS copy has manuscript note at foot of page: "My soul doth magnify the Lo[rd]"; fabric lining.

: Sir, By virtue of the authority vested in us by certain resolutions of the Congress of the colony of New-York, of the [blank] day of June, in the year of our Lord, 1776, reciting, that whereas there are in this colony, divers persons, who ... have been co; Bristol imprint "Fish-Kill, S. Loudon" incorrect. Printed in New York, probably by John Holt., N-YHS copy addressed in ms. "To Mr. Solomon Fowler at East Chester", summoning him to appear at the City Hall, New York, on July 4th; dated and signed in ms. at end: "Dated the Twenty Seventh day of June 1776. Leonard Gansevort. Phil. Livingston. Thomas Tredwell. Lewis Graham. Gouv. Morris. Thos. Randall".

: Speech of William Tr--n, Esq; who was executed on Thursday the 18th of March, 1776.; Imprint from Evans., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: St. Tammany Society, no. [blank.] This is to certify, that [blank] is a member of the Society of the Sons of St. Tammany.; N-YHS copy: blank form completed in manuscript, certifying Mr. John Pintard, dated May 1, 1786; affixed embossed seal of the Society; fabric lining.

: State of Connecticut, in America. To [blank] constable of [blank] and collector of the state tax for said town, for the year 1780, greeting.; Signed: Dated at Hartford, the 21st day of June, in the year of our Lord, 1780. [blank] treasurer., Title vignette., N-YHS copy filled out in manuscript to Mr. David Baldwin of Canterbury, in the amount of five hundred and seventy-six pounds, two shillings and three pence, and signed by John Lawrence; fabric lining.

: State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, February 6, 1777.; Ordering the voters in the towns to renew the appointments mentioned., "In Council, February 7, 1777. Read and concurred. ...", Ascribed to the press of Benjamin Edes by Cushing., N-YHS copy: fabric lining., Online version available via the Witness to the Early American Experience website,

: State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, May 5, 1777.; "In Council, May 5, 1777. Read and concurred. ...", Imprint supplied by Evans., Printed area measures 28.4 x 13.1 cm., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: State of New-York.; Concerns plans to discourage the depreciation of currency in New York via taxes and loans., Dated: Poughkeepsie, July 24th, 1779. Ascribed to the press of John Holt by Bristol., N-YHS copy: left edge mutilated, not affecting text; edited in manuscript; copious manuscript annotations in the text and on verso; ink stamp: Tomlinson collection--deposited by Mercantile Library Association.

: To all adherents to the British government and followers of the British Army commonly called Tories, who are at present within the city and county of New-York.; Signed: Brutus. Poughkeepsie, August 15, 1783., Morton and Horner were located in New York City., Text in three columns., N-YHS copy damaged at creases, with slight loss of text; manuscript note on verso: "Brutus. Genl. McDougall"; fabric lining.

: To the Whig mechanicks of the city and county of New-York.; In opposition to the election of men who will pardon the Tories., Signed: A battered soldier., John Holt was the state printer.

: To the citizens of New-York.; Listing nine candidates for the New York Legislature., Signed: Mercator., Type ornament rule above imprint., N-YHS copy has name in manuscript: "McDougall".

: To the electors of the city of New-York.; Listing 18 candidates for the New York Legislature., Signed: A citizen. New-York, Dec. 26, 1783., Type ornament rule above imprint., N-YHS copy has manuscript emendations indicating the 9 winners; on verso in manuscript: "McDougall".

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