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![Commodore Wilke's report. Special message from the Governor. To the Honorable, the General assembly of the State of North Carolina. [Raleigh] Holden & Wilson, printers to the state. [[1859].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MDkvMDEvMDEvY29tbW9kb3JlLXdpbGtlcy1yZXBvcnQtc3BlY2lhbC1tZXNzYWdlLWZyb20tdGhlLWdvdmVybm9yLXRvLXRoZS1ob25vcmFibGUtMS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/497/jpg "Commodore Wilke's report. Special message from the Governor. To the Honorable, the General assembly of the State of North Carolina. [Raleigh] Holden & Wilson, printers to the state. [[1859].")
![A bill more efectually to provide for the national defense, by establishing a uniform militia throughout the United States. [Philadelphia] Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine [1790].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3OTAvMDEvMDEvYS1iaWxsLW1vcmUtZWZlY3R1YWxseS10by1wcm92aWRlLWZvci10aGUtbmF0aW9uYWwtZGVmZW5zZS1ieS1lc3RhYmxpc2hpbmctNi02NDAuanBn/40/65/webp "A bill more efectually to provide for the national defense, by establishing a uniform militia throughout the United States. [Philadelphia] Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine [1790].")
![To the citizens of Pennsylvania. Fellow-citizens: [Regarding secession] April, 1861.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjEvMDEvMDEvdG8tdGhlLWNpdGl6ZW5zLW9mLXBlbm5zeWx2YW5pYS1mZWxsb3ctY2l0aXplbnMtcmVnYXJkaW5nLXNlY2Vzc2lvbi1hcHJpbC0xODYxLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/61/webp "To the citizens of Pennsylvania. Fellow-citizens: [Regarding secession] April, 1861.")
![Commodore Wilke's report. Special message from the Governor. To the Honorable, the General assembly of the State of North Carolina. [Raleigh] Holden & Wilson, printers to the state. [[1859].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MDkvMDEvMDEvY29tbW9kb3JlLXdpbGtlcy1yZXBvcnQtc3BlY2lhbC1tZXNzYWdlLWZyb20tdGhlLWdvdmVybm9yLXRvLXRoZS1ob25vcmFibGUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/61/webp "Commodore Wilke's report. Special message from the Governor. To the Honorable, the General assembly of the State of North Carolina. [Raleigh] Holden & Wilson, printers to the state. [[1859].")
![Lincoln & Hamlin. Ward No. 6. Republican ticket ... Boston. Wright & Potter printers. [1860].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvbGluY29sbi1hbmQtaGFtbGluLXdhcmQtbm8tNi1yZXB1YmxpY2FuLXRpY2tldC1ib3N0b24td3JpZ2h0LWFuZC1wb3R0ZXItcHJpbnRlcnMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/96/webp "Lincoln & Hamlin. Ward No. 6. Republican ticket ... Boston. Wright & Potter printers. [1860].")
