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1915 Women’s Suffrage Poster
by [WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE]
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Woman's Suffrage failed in all three states that held suffrage referenda on November 2, 1915: New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. [WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE].
"Vote for Woman Suffrage Nov. 2nd." [New York, 1915]. 1 p., 13¾ x 20 in.
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On November 2, 1915, male voters rejected women's suffrage by a majority of 58 percent in New York, 53%… Read more about this item Item Price
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George Washington’s Address to the Roman Catholics in America
by [GEORGE WASHINGTON]
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- 1790
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"The prospect of national prosperity now before us is truly animating, and ought to excite the exertions of all good men to establish and secure the happiness of their Country, in the permanent duration of its Freedom and Independence. America, under the smiles of a Divine Providence—the protection of a good Government—and the cultivation of manners, morals and piety, cannot… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Gettysburg Address – November 20, 1863 Rare First Day Printing by “Lincoln’s Dog” John Forney in the Philadelphia Press
by [ABRAHAM LINCOLN]. GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
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- 1863
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"The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract…"
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is on page 2, along with Edward Everett's entire speech, and a report on the ceremonies. Printed in an important newspaper owned by John Forney, this version is in some ways more accurate than… Read more about this item Item Price
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“Cato” (William Smith, first Provost of College of Philadelphia) Opposes Common Sense, and “Cassandra” (Penn’s Professor of Mathematics) Answers
by [THOMAS PAINE]
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- 1776
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"you have only entertained us with some loose declamations upon abuses in the English government; and shocked us, for want of better arguments, by a perversion of things sacred; filling the papers with personal invectives, and calumnies against all who cannot swallow, at a venture, every crude notion, you may cook up as the politics of… Read more about this item Item Price
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John Quincy Adams’ Copy of a Scarce South Carolina Printing of the Monroe Doctrine
by [JOHN QUINCY ADAMS]. JAMES MONROE
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- 1823
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"the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers."
The Monroe Doctrine - as it is now known- was largely the creation of Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, and issued not on its own but as… Read more about this item Item Price
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George Washington’s Famous Letter to American Roman Catholics: A Message of Thankfulness, Patriotism, and Inclusiveness
by [GEORGE WASHINGTON]
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- 1790
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"As mankind become more liberal, they will be more apt to allow, that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community, are equally entitled to the protection of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations in examples of justice and liberality." [GEORGE WASHINGTON].
Newspaper. The Providence Gazette… Read more about this item Item Price
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Significant Collection of the Worcester Magazine, Publisher Isaiah Thomas’ Protest against Advertising Tax. Filled with News of Shays’ Rebellion, and Federalist and Anti-Federalist Essays
by ISAIAH THOMAS
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- 1786
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In 1785, the state of Massachusetts instituted a stamp tax on newspapers but soon replaced it with a tax on newspaper advertisements. To protest the tax on advertisements, Thomas suspended his weekly newspaper, Thomas's Massachusetts Spy; or, the Worcester Gazette, at the end of March 1786. In April 1786, Thomas began publishing the Worcester Magazine, which was… Read more about this item Item Price
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James Madison’s First Inaugural Address, Asserting Neutral Rights in Prelude to the War of 1812
by JAMES MADISON
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- 1809
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"Indulging no passions which trespass on the rights or the repose of other nations, it has been the true glory of the United States to cultivate peace by observing justice, and to entitle themselves to the respect of the nations at war by fulfilling their neutral obligations with the most scrupulous impartiality."
When President Thomas Jefferson followed… Read more about this item Item Price
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Andrew Jackson’s First Inaugural Address in Maryland Newspaper
by ANDREW JACKSON
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- 1829
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"As long as our Government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of person and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending...."
Andrew Jackson's election in 1828 over incumbent John Quincy Adams marked an… Read more about this item Item Price
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Front-Page Printing of William Henry Harrison’s Deadly Inaugural Address
by WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
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- 1841
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"If there is one measure better calculated than another to produce that state of things so much deprecated by all true republicans, by which the rich are daily adding to their hoards and the poor sinking deeper into penury, it is an exclusive metallic currency...."
On a cold, wet day, March 4, 1841, President Harrison delivered the … Read more about this item Item Price
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President Andrew Johnson’s Copy of “New-York Daily Tribune” Detailing Proposed Regulations for Alaska
by [ALASKA]
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- 1868
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This copy is stamped "THE PRESIDENT" at the top of the front page, indicating it belonged to President Andrew Johnson. The President would have read this copy of the act before Congress submitted it to him with some amendments on July 25. The report uses the early variant spelling of "Aliaska" for the territory and peninsula.… Read more about this item Item Price
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John Marshall’s Supreme Court Decides Osborn et al. v. The Bank of the United States, landmark 11th Amendment Case
by [JOHN MARSHALL]
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- 1824
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"[T]he Eleventh Amendment, which restrains the jurisdiction granted by the Constitution over suits against States, is, of necessity, limited to those suits in which a State is a party on the record."
Ohio levied taxes on each branch of the U.S. Bank in the state. The Court had already ruled in McCulloch v. Maryland
that such taxes were unconstitutional, but… Read more about this item Item Price
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An Early Olive Branch Petition - The Continental Congress Implores King George III to Intercede on Colonists’ Behalf
by [CONTINENTAL CONGRESS]
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- 1775
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"We ask but for Peace, Liberty, and Safety." [CONTINENTAL CONGRESS].
Newspaper. The Pennsylvania Gazette, January 18, 1775 (No. 2404). Philadelphia: David Hall and William Sellers. "Petition of the Continental Congress To the King's Most Excellent Majesty" (October 25, 1774). 4 pp., 10 x 16¼ in.
Many members of the Continental Congress blamed the crisis between Great Britain and the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Congress Responds to King George III’s Proclamation that the Colonies are in Rebellion
by [SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS]
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- 1775
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"We are accused of 'forgetting the allegiance which we owe to the power that has protected and sustained us.'… What allegiance is it that we forget? Allegiance to Parliament? We never owed—we never owned it. Allegiance to our King? Our words have ever avowed it...we oppose the claim and exercise of unconstitutional powers, to which neither… Read more about this item Item Price
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Newspaper Belonging to John Quincy Adams Reports Transfer of the Floridas to the U.S.
by [JOHN QUINCY ADAMS]
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- 1821
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This issue contains an inside page report of the U.S. taking possession of Florida from Spain under the terms of the Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819. This issue was owned by, delivered to, and read by John Quincy Adams (the "Adams" in the Adams-Onís Treaty) when Adams was the Secretary of State in the James Monroe administration.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Confederation Congress sends proposed Constitution to the states for ratification
by [U.S. CONSTITUTION]
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- 1787
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[U.S. CONSTITUTION].
Newspaper. The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser. October 1, 1787 (No. 2700), Philadelphia: John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole, including the September 28 resolution of the Confederation Congress to send to the states for ratification the recently completed U. S. Constitution. 4 pp., 12 x 18¾ in.
"The United States in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Iconic Pillars Illustration -- Celebrating Massachusetts’ Ratification and the Process of Erecting the “great federal superstructure”
by [CONSTITUTION]
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- 1788
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Boston, MA, 1788. No binding. Condition: Fine. Massachusetts Centinel (illustrator). Newspaper. Massachusetts Centinel, February 13, 1788 (Volume VIII, pp. 171-174). Boston: Benjamin Russell. 4 pp., 9 5/8 x 14 7/8 in. This newspaper is replete with Constitution-related content, including minutes from the debates of Massachusetts' State Ratifying Convention - everything from discourse on standing armies… Read more about this item Item Price
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Continental Congress Address to the Inhabitants of the Colonies Urging Unity Against British Tyranny, and their Separate Letter to the Inhabitants of Quebec
by [CONTINENTAL CONGRESS]
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- 1774
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"Friends and Countrymen:... we find ourselves reduced to the disagreeable alternative, of being silent and betraying the innocent, or of speaking out and censuring those we wish to revere. In making our choice of these distressing difficulties, we prefer the course dictated by honesty, and a regard for the welfare of our country...."
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The Gettysburg Address, with Full Centerfold Illustrations of the Battlefield and Lincoln's Dedication Ceremony
by ABRAHAM LINCOLN. GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
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- 1863
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"and that Government of the people, for the people, and for all people, shall not perish from earth."
As printing technology advanced through the middle decades of the nineteenth century, illustrated newspapers grew in popularity even though their engravings added a few weeks to press time. Leslie's
printing—from December 5—includes an article containing the full text of Lincoln's timeless… Read more about this item Item Price
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James Monroe's State of the Union Address
by JAMES MONROE
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- 1817
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Monroe enters office in a time of peace and prosperity well deserving of its moniker, the Era of Good Feelings. Still, the president outlines a plan for the future in his first message to Congress. [JAMES MONROE].
Newspaper. American Mercury, Hartford, Ct., December 9, 1817, 4 pp., 13 x 19½ in. With the State of the Union… Read more about this item Item Price
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