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Contains 12 Results:

Enlistment Bounty, December 15, 1777

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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Bounty for 74 Pounds for enlisting in The Continental Army. Rudin # M-43

Dates: December 15, 1777
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6995, Gail and Stephen Rudin collection of American history miscellany

John Demmon enlistment, June 27, 1776

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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Soldier John Demmon enlists in the Continental Army, CT. Rudin # M-58

Dates: June 27, 1776
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6995, Gail and Stephen Rudin collection of American history miscellany

Lottery Ticket, November 18, 1776

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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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

Dates: November 18, 1776
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6995, Gail and Stephen Rudin collection of American history miscellany

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

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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Rudin # M-80

Dates: November 18, 1776
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6995, Gail and Stephen Rudin collection of American history miscellany

Wallpaper enlistment, 1813

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
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Paper shortages necessitated use of patterned wallpaper for some military documents. Enlistment of John Coffman. Maryland. Rudin # M-99

Dates: 1813
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6995, Gail and Stephen Rudin collection of American history miscellany

The Star Spangled Banner, April 2, 1917

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
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Printed broadside announcing the bill (H.R. 91) proposing that the Star Spangled Banner be declared the National Anthem. Rudin # M-96

Dates: April 2, 1917
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6995, Gail and Stephen Rudin collection of American history miscellany

Prohibition prescriptions for alcohol, April 25, 1925, May 7, 1933

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
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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

Dates: April 25, 1925; May 7, 1933
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6995, Gail and Stephen Rudin collection of American history miscellany

Two lottery tickets, 1800

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
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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

Dates: 1800
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6995, Gail and Stephen Rudin collection of American history miscellany

Three almanacs, 1855, 1871, 1909

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
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Hagerstown, Agricultural Almanac, Hagerstown Rudin # M-105

Dates: 1855; 1871; 1909
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6995, Gail and Stephen Rudin collection of American history miscellany

Confederate envelopes, 1860s

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
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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

Dates: 1860s
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6995, Gail and Stephen Rudin collection of American history miscellany

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