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  States and their capitals: Complete new song with words and music.

  Blunt, Mary M.

  4-page sheet music for the song "States and Their Capitals". Words and music by Mary M. Blunt. The cover includes Mrs. Blunt's photo and her then address. The song was copyrighted in 1944.

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  Club Plantation Souvenir Menu.

  Club Plantation

  Derogatory caricature of a black woman pouring champagne into a large glass with a heart-shaped lock holding the legs of her petti-pants together. Words "No? No? A 1000 TIMES NO!!!" written on the backside of her pants. 4-page Souvenir menu for Club Plantation in St. Louis, Mo. White-only night club that featured all black performers.

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  Sam Black gets a shot at "Br'er Rabbit".

  Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward), 1862-1922

  Color Black Americana stereographs. Set of 3. Features a black boy hunting with his dad. Entitled "Sam Black gets a shot 'Br'er Rabbit', "Lordy, Dad! Be Yous Kilt." and "Oh! Golly, But Dat Ol' Gun Done Kick".

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  Does yer Cotch on?.

  Trade Cards: Nichols and Damon Boots, Shoes, & Rubber Goods, and Choice Groceries (2 cards); T. R. Rathebun Choice Groceries, Flour of all grades, Teas, Coffees and Spices, Butter and eggs a specialty, South Main Street. Quincy, Michigan; A man and his shoes (a poem).

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  The rising sun stove polish.

  This little brochure is an amusing take on the "before and after" advertising theme applied to a product for scouring and blacking cast iron stoves. In the first illustration, the lady of the house has worked all day to clean her stove with an inferior product (no better than "mud) with poor result, and she takes out her frustration on her man, who has arrived home expecting a good dinner. The table is bare. "Look yere, old man! What kind o' stove blacking you call dat? Ise been rubbin' on dat stove all morning' an' it don't gib it a polish worf a cent. You jest git de RISING SUN STOVE POLISH right away, or dar'l be trouble. You think I got time to 'speriment with such mud?" In the second case, after the proper polish has been obtained, the lady of the house has shined up her stove in no time at all, and she has set the dinner table with quite a spread - the delicious aromas of her cooking are rising in steam from the table. Even the family cat is content, rubbing against her leg. "Com in, Ephraim! Ise not mad with you dis time, case yer sent me de genuine RISING SUN STOVE BLACKING; an' it shines de stove in good shape. An' here's yer dinner all ready. Somethin' again yer? No, deed I haven't; yer tink ise an anjul to get along without good Stove Polish?" "The Rising Sun Stove Polish. "A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever." Cautionary information regarding staining of hands and deception by other stove polishes in published here (Page 2).

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  Notes on dixie dishes.

  "Notes on dixie dishes" box of note cards with black chef on the front. Cards have illustrations and texts, entitled: "Fried Catfish", "Hush Puppies". With envelope.

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  Sapolio, Enoch Morgan & Sons.

  Sapolio, Enoch Morgan & Sons, Lauz Bros & Co. Soaps. Set of nine advertisements. In color. Each accompanies a family poem.

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  Harper's History of the Great Rebellion, May, 1865.

  Loose leaf from the newpaper Harper's Weekly. Consisting of 2 pages. The first page features "Harper's History of the Great Rebellion" with illustration "Camp of Confederate Prisoners at Elmira, New York." The other page is an illustration titled "The Conduct of The War."

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  Harper's Weekly.

  Saturday, January 16, 1864 issue of the Harper's Weekly. Featuring "Averill’s Raid" in the American Civil War. With many lithographs. Cover: Averill's Raid. Centerfold lithograph: "An Advance of the Army of the Potomac - Sketched by Alfred R. Waud. Other lithographic illustrations include: Major-General Andrew A. Humphreys; General William W. Averill; the "suck" in the Tennessee River; the wreck of the "Aquila" at San Francisco; the ironclad screw frigate "Re d'Italia;" rebel screw steamer Rappahannock; The late most reverend John Hughes, D.C., Archbishop of New York – Photographed by Brady; The rebel screw steamer "Rappahannock" lying at Calais, France; Daboll's fog trumpet in the British Channel; Rebel battery and obstructions in Charleston Harbor.

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  Harper's Weekly.

  Saturday, April 30, 1864 issue of the Harpers Weekly. Featuring poem "April 20, 1864" with illustration on cover page. Include many lithographs. Centerfold lithograph: The Press on the field. Other lithographic illustrations: In the fair, Admiral porter’s flotilla, The steam-ram “Switzerland,” The massacre at Fort Pillow, The advance signal-station near Ringgold, Georgia, and Ringgold, Georgia. Also includes “Map of Fort De Russy.”

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  Harper's Weekly.

  Saturday, May 21, 1864 issue of the Harper's Weekly. Featuring General Sherman's Advance in the American Civil War. With many lithographs. Cover lithograph: General Sherman's Advance- Buzzard's Roost Pass, Georgia. Centerfold lithograph: Grand musical festival in Philadelphia in aid of the Sanitary Commission; Departure of the Union Fleet from Newport News, Virginia, on May 4, 1864- From a sketch by a naval officer; Arrival of General Butler's advance at City Point, Virginia, on May 5, 1864- From a sketch by a naval office. Other lithographic illustrations include: The late General Wadsworth; Destruction of the East Tennessee and Virginia railroad; Destruction of Rebel Schooners off Homosassa River, Florida. Also include Map of Virginia, showing the military operations of Generals Grant and Butler, and map of Richmond, Virginia, showing the defenses and railroad connections.

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  Colonization.

  Speech on Colonization, anonymous, ca. 1863. A speech delivered on the efficacy and possibilities of emancipation with colonization, suggesting the expatriation of American slaves to the Caribbean upon emancipation (Figures 9 & 10.) A fascinating speech, not entirely without compassion, but pretty adamant about removing freed slaves from the U.S., possibly to Haiti, so it also falls within our West Indies Collection. String-tied sheets. Handwritten in cursive with some corrections and penciled annotations. Includes several brief newspaper clippings (one clipping lacking). Title at the top of the first page. Date from dealer's catalog. Author anonymous. The transcript for the Speech of Colonization is available and can be viewed by selecting "page & text" from the upper left hand "view" menu.

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  A proclamation.

  Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

  A Proclamation by President of the United States. Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation issued on January 1, 1863. "Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free..."

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  The New York Times.

  The New York Times, Vol. XI-No. 3388, Saturday, August 2, 1862. Oversized newspaper consisting of 8 pages. This issue includes headline news from the James River.

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  The New York Times.

  The New York Times, Vol. XI-No. 3283, Tuesday, April 1, 1862. Oversized newspaper consisting of 8 pages. This issue includes headline news from Washington.

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  Headquarters of Vincent Collyer, Superintendent of the poor at New Berne, N.C.: Distribution of captured confederate clothing to the contrabands.

  Loose leaf from Scenes and portraits of the Civil War: the most important events of the conflict between the states graphically pictured (New York: Mrs. Frank Leslie, 1894, and Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880). Consisting of 2 pages. Page 1: Headquarters of Vincent Collyer, Superintendent of the poor at New Berne, N.C. – Distribution of captured confederate clothing to the contrabands. Page 2: Reception by the people of New York of the sixty-ninth regiment, N. Y. S. M., on their return from the seat of war, escorted by the New York seventh regiment.

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  National Anti-Slavery Standard Vol. XXI. No. 51, Saturday, May 4, 1861.

  American Anti-Slavery Society

  The National Anti-Slavery Standard was the official weekly newspaper of the American Anti-Slavery Society, established in 1840 under the editorship of Lydia Maria Child and David Lee Child. The paper published continuously until the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1870. Its motto was “Without Concealment—Without Compromise.” It contained Volume I, number 1, June 11, 1840 through volume XXX, number 50, April 16, 1870. The digitized issue available at UCF Special Collections is: Vol. XXI. No. 51, Saturday, May 4, 1861.

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  New-York Tribune.

  New-York Tribune Vol. XVIII. No. 1797, Friday, August 15, 1862. New-York Tribune is an American daily newspaper established by Horace Greeley in 1841. From the 1840s through the 1860s it was the dominant Whig Party and then Republican newspaper in the U.S. In 1924 it was merged with the New York Herald to form the New York Herald Tribune, which in turn ceased publication in 1966.

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  The New-York Tribune.

  New York Tribune, Vol. XV. No. 1726, Tuesday, December 10, 1861. New York Tribune is an American daily newspaper established by Horace Greeley in 1841. From the 1840s through the 1860s it was the dominant Whig Party and then Republican newspaper in the U.S. In 1924 it was merged with the New York Herald to form the New York Herald Tribune, which in turn ceased publication in 1966.

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  1859 Florida Court Indictment.

  Florida. Circuit Court (Jackson County)

  1859 Florida Court Indictment reads: "To J. N. Butler, We recommend you to appear before the Judge of our Circuit Court for the County of Jackson, in the Western Circuit of the State aforesaid, at the Court House in Marianna, on the first Monday in May next, to testify and the truth to say on behalf of The State of Florida in a certain matter of indictment between said state, and James N. Egerlow, who stands indicted for receiving from slave. Defendant. And this you shall in no wise omit. Witness, John N. Proser, Clerk of our said Circuit Court, this 21st day of January A.D., 1859 and 83 year of American Independence. John N. Proser, Clerk." Includes front and back. Also contains "Certificate of Authenticity" issued by "James H. Cohen & Sons" in New Orleans, LA.

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  Speech of Hon. William A. Howard of Michigan.

  Howard, William Alanson, 1813-1880

  Speech of Hon. William A. Howard of Michigan, in the house of representatives, March 23, 1858. Consisting of 8 pages. 1 large page, printed front & back, folded to make 8 pages.

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  New-York Tribune.

  New York Tribune, Vol. XV. No. 759, Saturday, March 29, 1856. New York Tribune is an American daily newspaper established by Horace Greeley in 1841. From the 1840s through the 1860s it was the dominant Whig Party and then Republican newspaper in the U.S. In 1924 it was merged with the New York Herald to form the New York Herald Tribune, which in turn ceased publication in 1966.

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  The Crime Against Kansas: The Apologies for the Crime; The True Remedy. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner. In the Senate of the United States,19th and 20th...

  Sumner, Charles

  Loose title page and introduction page of the book: "The Crime Against Kansas: The Apologies for the Crime; The True Remedy. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner. In the Senate of the United States, 19th and 20th, May, 1856." The introduction page, however, is covered by a clipped article: "Letter of the Hon. Edward Bates of Missouri."

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  Ballou's Pictorial: Scenes in New Orleans.

  Ballou, Maturin Murray, 1820-1895

  Loose leaf from Ballou’s Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, the illustrated weekly periodical published in Boston, MA from 1800s. Consists of 4 pages (253-254, 285-286). Issue number unknown. Features engravings and sketches by Mr. F. Bellew, representing cotton loading scenes on the Alabama River, and scene on the Levee with blacks trundling cotton bales and flower girls at New Orleans. Contains text describing these sketches. Other articles include "Libraries of Messrs. Choate and Everett" and "The Shoshonee falls." Also includes Editorial Melange and covers a variety of news. Oversized.

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  Ballou's pictorial Vol. IX., No. 25, December 22, 1855.

  Ballou, Maturin Murray, 1820-1895 and Austin C. Burdick

  Ballou's Pictorial, Boston, Saturday, December 22, 1855. Loose leaf from Vol. IX., No. 25 (Whole No. 233). The back of the leaf shows page number "386." Leaf includes an emblematical picture of the great State of Louisiana and a novel written by Austin C. Burdick "The Visconti, or, Barbarigo the Stranger, a tale of Milan during the middle ages."