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  • Collection: Broadsides, Posters and Printed Ephemera

Reparation Lottery: Class the First, Scheme

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Information on a reparation lottery in Windsor, VT in 1792. Signed by Samuel Miller, Timothy Olcott, and Martin Chittenden.

By His Excellency Martin Chittenden, Esquire, Governor, Captain General, and Commander in Chief, In and Over the State of Vermont, A Proclamation

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A proclamation made by Governor Martin Chittenden, recalling the 3rd brigade of the 3rd division to Vermont after it had been ordered to the defense of a neighbor state.

By His Excellency Thomas Chittenden, Esquire, A Warrant

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List of candidates and number of votes, followed by directions for holding town meetings for the purpose of choosing a representative for the U.S. Congress.

Building the temple

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Poem relating to poet Daniel I Cady's mausoleum on Hardtack Hill, West Windsor, Vermont.

Orange County Convention!

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Convention called by the democratic party in the town of Chelsea for opponents of the abolitionist movement.

Statement of the facts in the annexation case of Richmond and Bolton

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Act to annex part of Richmond to Bolton [No.54] was introduced to Vt. House of Rep. by Mr. Colton in 1852. (See Vt. House Journal, 1852, p.401). Vt. Senate defeated bill 23 Nov., 1852. (See Vt. Senate Journal, 1852, p.213).

Commercial Travelers for Coolidge and Dawes, 1924

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Pamphlet published by Commercial Travelers, an insurance company, endorsing Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes for President and Vice President in the 1924 election. The text describes Coolidge as maintaining "honesty, loyalty, and practical…

Platform of the Communist Party, State of Vermont, For the elections November 3, 1936

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Pamphlet published by the Communist Party of the State of Vermont, based in Barre, in support of the candidacy of Fred Gardner for Governor. The front cover of the pamphlet outlines Gardner's biography and qualifications for the job, including his…

Circular. Prospectus. Terms of the Telegraph

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Circular and prospectus for The Vermont Telegraph of Brandon, Vermont, sent by John Conant, the general agent of the newspaper, in order to solicit subscribers. This broadside was folded and addressed to Abial Richardson, Chester, Vermont.

Great Solar Eclipse of Feb. 12, 1831; A Rare and Magnificent Phenomenon

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A woodcut print published in Woodstock, Vermont showing the stages of the solar eclipse in February 1831. The calculations are credited to Marshall Conant, and the information is dated January 1831.