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  • Collection: Broadsides, Posters and Printed Ephemera

Sir: The undersigned, in behalf of the Democratic party, would beg leave to call your attention to the importance of having a very large Convention at Woodstock

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Broadside asking for a political convention to be called for the state in Woodstock on the 20th of May. Removed from: Acc. no.: 13599

A Desperate Job

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Broadside features copy of letter from Barlow to editor of St. Albans Messenger.

The battle of Hoosick

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Copy of an article from the Bennington Banner of January 8, 1892.

Next! Japan, 6th war loan

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Poster shows the head of a Marine above the Japanese Islands with an inset showing bomb falling on the Japanese flag.

Prospectus of the True Democrat

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A printed prospectus for a new weekly paper titled "True Democrat" in Burlington, Vermont. A.B. Bishop, listed as the subscriber, proposes that this newspaper be "devoted to the interests of the great Republican party, and the free and fearless…

No Sales Tax in "Unspoiled" Vermont

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A poster advocating for no sales tax in Vermont.

Books are weapons in the war of ideas

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Poster showing Nazis burning books, with quotation by Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Books cannot be killed by fire ...."

O.K.! Old Chittenden Forever!, 1840

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Extra from the Burlington Free Press, dated Tuesday, September 2. This appears to be an extract from the newspaper edition published Friday, September 4, 1840, indicating that the date is incorrectly printed. The announcement details the vote counts…

Volunteers wanted (Not Enough Green Mountain Boys in the Army)

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Civil War recruiting posters are often highly local because they were produced by individuals who had been tasked to recruit in a specific territory. Many use standard language but add on some more personalized sentences or information to appeal to…