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City of Boston memorial services program in honor of Wendell Phillips. Dated April 18, 1884. This program describes the order of exercises for the memorial services for Boston orator and attorney Wendell Phillips, an American abolitionist and…

Citizens of Boston. Dated October 1863. This broadside, created in response to President Lincoln's October 1863 call for troops, petitions the citizens of Boston to “cooperate with the public authorities in every effort for the immediate…

Important, a procession of the retail tradesmen of Boston broadside. Dated August 26, 1862. This broadside calls on the retail tradesmen of Boston to rally on Franklin Street and form part of a citywide procession. The “Grand Demonstration on the…

Massachusetts volunteers officers’ roster from the Boston Saturday Evening Gazette. Dated 1861.

Letter from George Austin Bowen to Estella H. Barnes. Dated July 14, 1893. In this letter, George A. Bowen, Master of the State Grange of Connecticut, discusses the complications of holding office with Estella H. Barnes of the State Committee of…

An official copy of the records of the Convention of Delegates held at Masons’ Hall in Portland, Maine, regarding the formation of the Grand Lodge of Maine. This copy is attested by the convention’s secretary, John P. Boyd, and records the events of…

In this letter to Armand P. Pfister, the Grand Secretary for the Grand Chapter, W. R. Brown, the Secretary for Marion Chapter, No. 12, asks the Grand Secretary for a copy of his Chapter's last returns. Brown states that the Chapter's copy was burned…

Letter from President James Buchanan to Joseph M. Wilson. Dated February 11, 1860. In this letter, President James Buchanan thanks Joseph M. Wilson for sending the President a copy of Wilson's Presbyterian Historical Almanac.

Letter from Archibald Bull to John James Joseph Gourgas. Dated January 20, 1848. In this letter, Archibald Bull, a member of the Supreme Council, states to Sovereign Grand Commander Gourgas that he has seen Gourgas’ November 8th letter, which was…

Broadside thought to have been printed directly from the silver plate of the cornerstone. Printing on broadside is in reverse. Imprint at bottom of broadside: Engraved by Hazen Morse."Description of the celebration, including the text of the…