Box 1
Contains 12 Results:
Enlistment Bounty, December 15, 1777 Request Item
Bounty for 74 Pounds for enlisting in The Continental Army. Rudin # M-43
John Demmon enlistment, June 27, 1776 Request Item
Soldier John Demmon enlists in the Continental Army, CT. Rudin # M-58
Lottery Ticket, November 18, 1776 Request Item
Ticket 59 m 664 Class the Fourth for the U.S. Lottery to help finance the American Revolutionary War. Signed by J. Bullock. Rudin # M-79
Ticket 28 m 820 Class the First for the U.S. Lottery to help finance the American Revolutionary War. Signed by J. Searle., November 18, 1776 Request Item
Rudin # M-80
Wallpaper enlistment, 1813 Request Item
Paper shortages necessitated use of patterned wallpaper for some military documents. Enlistment of John Coffman. Maryland. Rudin # M-99
The Star Spangled Banner, April 2, 1917 Request Item
Printed broadside announcing the bill (H.R. 91) proposing that the Star Spangled Banner be declared the National Anthem. Rudin # M-96
Prohibition prescriptions for alcohol, April 25, 1925, May 7, 1933 Request Item
Prohibition prescription for "one pint Rye Whiskey" for James Kelley. Accompanied by a second prescription for Whiskey for James Denby, this being a duplicate to be retained by the druggist. Rudin # M-89
Two lottery tickets, 1800 Request Item
Washington City Canal Lottery for cutting the canal through the city of Washington to the Eastern Branch Harbour. One ticket signed by Notley Young and one signed by Daniel Carroll. Rudin # M-81
Three almanacs, 1855, 1871, 1909 Request Item
Hagerstown, Agricultural Almanac, Hagerstown Rudin # M-105
Confederate envelopes, 1860s Request Item
Group of five Confederate hand-made adversity envelopes made from a variety of paper products including bank and legal documents, bill of lading documents, and advertising broadsides. Postally used. Rudin # M-86