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![[Haugg and Sebald copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvaGF1Z2ctYW5kLXNlYmFsZC1jb3B5LW9mLXRoZS1lbWFuY2lwYXRpb24tcHJvY2xhbWF0aW9uLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Haugg and Sebald copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.]")
![Late advices from London. London. Proceedings in the Lower house of assembly. February 20, 1775 … Boston: Printed by Thomas & John Fleet. [1775].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvbGF0ZS1hZHZpY2VzLWZyb20tbG9uZG9uLWxvbmRvbi1wcm9jZWVkaW5ncy1pbi10aGUtbG93ZXItaG91c2Utb2YtYXNzZW1ibHktOTNhZjIzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "Late advices from London. London. Proceedings in the Lower house of assembly. February 20, 1775 … Boston: Printed by Thomas & John Fleet. [1775].")
![A letter from General Lee. To General Burgoyne, dated June 7, 1775: received at Boston, July 5. Printed from the New-York Gazeteer, July 6. [Boston, 1775].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NzUvMDEvMDEvYS1sZXR0ZXItZnJvbS1nZW5lcmFsLWxlZS10by1nZW5lcmFsLWJ1cmdveW5lLWRhdGVkLWp1bmUtNy0xNzc1LXJlY2VpdmVkLWF0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/69/webp "A letter from General Lee. To General Burgoyne, dated June 7, 1775: received at Boston, July 5. Printed from the New-York Gazeteer, July 6. [Boston, 1775].")
![Announcement. Prof. John Tyndall of the Royal Institute, London, will deliver a course of six lectures on light ... commencing Tuesday ev'g, Dec. 3 `72 ... [Washington, D. C.] Gibson brothers, printers [1872].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzIvMDEvMDEvYW5ub3VuY2VtZW50LXByb2Ytam9obi10eW5kYWxsLW9mLXRoZS1yb3lhbC1pbnN0aXR1dGUtbG9uZG9uLXdpbGwtZGVsaXZlci1hLTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/63/webp "Announcement. Prof. John Tyndall of the Royal Institute, London, will deliver a course of six lectures on light ... commencing Tuesday ev'g, Dec. 3 `72 ... [Washington, D. C.] Gibson brothers, printers [1872].")
![Announcement. Prof. John Tyndall of the Royal Institute, London, will deliver a course of six lectures on light ... commencing Tuesday ev'g, Dec. 3 `72 ... [Washington, D. C.] Gibson brothers, printers [1872].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzIvMDEvMDEvYW5ub3VuY2VtZW50LXByb2Ytam9obi10eW5kYWxsLW9mLXRoZS1yb3lhbC1pbnN0aXR1dGUtbG9uZG9uLXdpbGwtZGVsaXZlci1hLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/64/webp "Announcement. Prof. John Tyndall of the Royal Institute, London, will deliver a course of six lectures on light ... commencing Tuesday ev'g, Dec. 3 `72 ... [Washington, D. C.] Gibson brothers, printers [1872].")
![Proclamation. State of Massachusetts-Bay. In Council, July 30, 1777. Whereas the General Assembly of this state stands adjourned to Wednesday the third day of September next ... [Boston: Printed by John Gill, 1777].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NzcvMDEvMDEvcHJvY2xhbWF0aW9uLXN0YXRlLW9mLW1hc3NhY2h1c2V0dHMtYmF5LWluLWNvdW5jaWwtanVseS0zMC0xNzc3LXdoZXJlYXMtdGhlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/60/webp "Proclamation. State of Massachusetts-Bay. In Council, July 30, 1777. Whereas the General Assembly of this state stands adjourned to Wednesday the third day of September next ... [Boston: Printed by John Gill, 1777].")
![Proclamation. State of Massachusetts-Bay. In Council, July 30, 1777. Whereas the General Assembly of this state stands adjourned to Wednesday the third day of September next ... [Boston: Printed by John Gill, 1777].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NzcvMDEvMDEvcHJvY2xhbWF0aW9uLXN0YXRlLW9mLW1hc3NhY2h1c2V0dHMtYmF5LWluLWNvdW5jaWwtanVseS0zMC0xNzc3LXdoZXJlYXMtdGhlLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/61/webp "Proclamation. State of Massachusetts-Bay. In Council, July 30, 1777. Whereas the General Assembly of this state stands adjourned to Wednesday the third day of September next ... [Boston: Printed by John Gill, 1777].")
