Revolutionary Era broadsides, 1776-1783

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: 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".

: Manifesto and proclamation.; Offering terms for a general peace and pardon., Signed: Given at New-York, this third day of October, 1778. By their Excellencies command, Adam Ferguson, secretary. Carlisle (L.S.) H. Clinton (L.S.) Wm. Eden (L.S.), Imprint from Evans., "Smith sculp.": in ribbon at base of coat of arms., Text in two columns separated by a type ornament rule., N-YHS copy: watermark: HR. Cf. Gravell, T.L. Foreign watermarks 346-348., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: 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, [blank] This is to certify, that the bearer [blank] has, in my presence, subscribed to the declaration, agreeable to the terms of their Excellencies the Commissioners proclamation, dated at New-York, 30th November, 1776.; Printed form completed in manuscript., The proclamation referred to is Evans 14783: By Richard Viscount Howe of the kingdom of Ireland, and William Howe, Esq; ... the King's Commissioners for Restoring Peace to His Majesty's Colonies in North-America ... Given at New-York, this thirtieth day of November, 1776., The proclamation was printed by Macdonald and Cameron., Library copy completed in manuscript: "New-York [Suffolk County] ... the bearer [John Ketcham] ..."; signed at bottom: "Wm. Tryon."

: 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.

: Paris, May 18, 1778.; Signed: We have the honor to be, gentlemen, your most obedient humble servants, B. Franklin, John Adams. To the governor, or any counsellor, or senator, or member of any House of Representatives, in any of the thirteen United States of America., "Read in Congress, July 8, 1778, and ordered to be published. Charles Thomson, secretary.", N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: Peace. Salem, February 21, 1783.; Announcing that the preliminaries of peace were signed at Versailles Dec. 2 [i.e., Nov. 30], 1782., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: Pennsylvania War-Office, Philadelphia, May 2d, 1777.; Resolutions ordering 4000 blankets to be collected, fixing the quota for the city of Philadelphia and the several counties, and appointing commissioners to collect them., Signed: By order, Thomas Wharton, Jun. president., N-YHS copy: manuscript annotations in the text; fabric lining.

: Philadelphia, January 27, 1781.; Signed: Joseph Reed., Ascribed to the press of Francis Bailey by Evans., Text printed within ornamental border., N-YHS copy inscribed on verso: January 1781, President Reed's defense against slander.

: Philadelphia, July 20, 1776. By an express arrived yesterday from South-Carolina, we have the following important intelligence.; An account of the attack on Fort Sullivan., Ascribed to the press of Benjamin Towne by Evans., Text in two columns., N-YHS copy inscribed on verso: For Mr. John McKesson, from E.H.[?] ...; fabric lining.

: Philadelphia. 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 "In Congress" as the first words of the title., Imprint from Evans., Text includes the form of the parole for prisoners of war., Not in Sabin., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: Plan for establishing a national bank, for the United States of North-America; Followed by the resolves of Congress, dated May 26, 1781, approving the plan, and explanations., Signed and dated: Robert Morris. Philadelphia, May 28, 1781., At foot: We, the subscribers, having read the above plan ... sign our names, and opposite thereto, affix the number of shares for which we subscribe ..., Text in three columns., N-YHS copy: 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.

: Postscript to the New-York packet, of May 14, 1778.; Extracts from proceedings of Parliament for March 1778 concerning France's treaty with America, and other news from London., Printed in three columns., N-YHS copy: closely trimmed; 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.

: Proposals made to the non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the Pennsylvania Line, at Trenton, January 7, 1781.; Concessions made to the units of the Pennsylvania Line who had mutinied on January 1, 1781, at Morristown, N.J., Signed: Jos. Reed, James Potter., N-YHS copy has "Trenton" corrected to "Princeton" in manuscript; fabric lining.

: Providence, July 26, 1779. Sir; By the annexed vote of the town of Providence, you will perceive the anxious desire they possess of having the purposes therein expressed carried into execution.; Circular letter from the Providence Committee of Correspondence, followed by a resolve of the town of Providence, July 23, 1779, calling for a convention of delegates to be held at East-Greenwich on the 2d Tuesday of August in order to agree upon measures "for preventing any further depreciation of the Continental currency, and for reinstating and supporting the credit thereof" pursuant to the recommendation of Congress in their address of May 26, 1779., Text in two columns., N-YHS copy signed in manuscript: "Jabez Bowen, Chairman"; addressed in manuscript to the clerk of the town of "Exiter"; fabric lining.

: Repräsentanten der Vereinigten Staaten von America, im Congress versammelt, an das Volk überhaupt, und an die Einwohner Pennsylvaniens und der angrenzenden Staaten insbesondere.; Urging united opposition to the British forces threatening to take possession of the city of Philadelphia., Text in two columns., Signed: Gegeben zu Philadelphia, den 10ten December, 1776. Auf Verordnung des Congresses, John Hancock, Präsident., Ascribed to the press of Henry Miller by Evans., N-YHS copy: fabric lining., In German.

: Resolves of the Honourable Continental Congress.; Seven resolutions concerning American loyalists, known as the Tory act., Parentheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription., Signed: Extracts from the minutes, Charles Thompson [i.e., Thomson], secretary., Text in two columns separated by an ornamental border; initial capital "W" in type ornament border., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: Scale of depreciation.; Table includes rates from January 1777 through February 1781., Textually and typographically similar to Bristol B5369., Printed area measures 27.3 x 16.5 cm., N-YHS copy: manuscript annotations on verso; ink stamp: "Tomlinson Collection--Deposited by the Mercantile Library Association".

: 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".

: Sir, The opinion which General Washington and all the general officers of our army entertain of the designs of General Howe against this state.; Transmitting General Washington's request that the Philadelphia militia prepare to meet the English troops when they advance on the city., Signed: Philadelphia, April 16, 1777. Thomas Wharton, jun. president., N-YHS copy signed in manuscript: John Lacey, Esq. sub-lieutenant of the county of Bucks; fabric lining.

: Some observations relating to the establishment of schools.; "Signed on behalf of the committee by Anthony Benezet, Isaac Zane. 29th 9th month, 1778. The foregoing proposals are earnestly recommended to the attention and care of Friends ... agreeable to a minute of the Yearly-Meeting, dated 10 month 2d, 1778, and herewith sent. James Pemberton, clerk of said meeting this year."--p. 2., Proposals regarding the funding and establishment of schools by the Society of Friends., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: 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, General Assembly, October 23, 1777. In the Lower House, ordered, that the articles of convention between Major General Gates, and Lieutenant-General Burgoyne, be printed and dispensed to the several towns in this state.; Articles of convention concerning the quartering, transport and release of General Burgoyne's army captured at Saratoga., N-YHS copy: 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, April 30th, 1777.; Resolves calling for mandatory enlistment in order to meet the required quota of troops in the Continental Army and Massachusetts Militia., "In Council, April 30th, 1777. Read and concurr'd."--p. [2]., Imprint supplied by Evans., N-YHS copy imperfect: damaged along creases, with slight loss of text; fabric lining.

: State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, August 8, 1777. : Whereas by the loss of the important fortress of Ticonderoga, a way is open to the ravages of our cruel and inveterate enemies ... Resolve, that one sixth part of the able-bodi; "In Council, August 9, 1777. Read and concurred. ...", Imprint supplied by Evans., Printed area measures 46.7 x 15.4 cm., N-YHS copy inscribed on verso: proceeds of the council Massachusetts State.

: State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, February 3, 1778.; "In Council, February 3, 1778. Read and concurred. ...", Imprint supplied by Evans., N-YHS copy: 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, February 6, 1777.; "In Council, February 7, 1777. Read and Concurred. ...", Includes the names of those appointed as a committee to receive the clothing from the agents, and to collect receipts and pay for the same., Imprint supplied by Evans., Printed area measures 23.8 x 15.8 cm., N-YHS copy imperfect: damaged along creases, with slight loss of text; manuscript annotation in the text; fabric lining.

: State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, January 26th, 1777.; Encouragement for the Continental Congress's plan to raise eighty-eight batallions (cf. Evans 15425) and for Massachusetts residents to enlist and fulfill their quota of fifteen battalions., "In Council, January 28, 1777. Read and concurred."--p.[2]., Imprint supplied by Evans., N-YHS copy annotated at foot of sheet: The above was written by Deacon Aaron Skinner of Shelbur[ne] [signed] Charles M. Taintor - April 20th, AD 1850., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, June 10, 1778.; Resolutions for enlisting or detaching men to serve under Continental officers in Rhode Island., "In Council, June 12, 1778. Read and concurred. ..."--p. [2]., Imprint supplied by Evans., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

: State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, March 13, 1778.; Asking the public to help remedy the deficiency., "In Council, March 13, 1778. Read and concurred. ...", Ascribed to the press of Powars & Willis by Cushing., N-YHS copy: manuscript annotations in the text; fabric lining.

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