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![Twelve sufficient reasons why I and my understrappers should vote for the new constitution ... [Signed A Judge & Justice of the Peace. [1820?].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MjAvMDEvMDEvdHdlbHZlLXN1ZmZpY2llbnQtcmVhc29ucy13aHktaS1hbmQtbXktdW5kZXJzdHJhcHBlcnMtc2hvdWxkLXZvdGUtZm9yLXRoZS1uZXctMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/398/jpg "Twelve sufficient reasons why I and my understrappers should vote for the new constitution ... [Signed A Judge & Justice of the Peace. [1820?].")
![To the people. How the bank and treasury "pigeons flutter!" ... R. Wickliffe. [Kentucky] July 28, 1825.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MjUvMDEvMDEvdG8tdGhlLXBlb3BsZS1ob3ctdGhlLWJhbmstYW5kLXRyZWFzdXJ5LXBpZ2VvbnMtZmx1dHRlci1yLXdpY2tsaWZmZS1rZW50dWNreS02NDAuanBn/40/61/webp "To the people. How the bank and treasury \"pigeons flutter!\" ... R. Wickliffe. [Kentucky] July 28, 1825.")
![[Letter inviting recipients to subscribe to a fund to be used towards erecting a monument to the American revolution, dated at] Philadelphia, February 14th, 1795. [Signed by] George Washington [and 60 others].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3OTUvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWludml0aW5nLXJlY2lwaWVudHMtdG8tc3Vic2NyaWJlLXRvLWEtZnVuZC10by1iZS11c2VkLXRvd2FyZHMtZXJlY3RpbmctNC02NDAuanBn/40/64/webp "[Letter inviting recipients to subscribe to a fund to be used towards erecting a monument to the American revolution, dated at] Philadelphia, February 14th, 1795. [Signed by] George Washington [and 60 others].")
![The contest for judge of the Supreme Court. Why the Hon. Henry W. Williams should be elected. [186-].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDkvdGhlLWNvbnRlc3QtZm9yLWp1ZGdlLW9mLXRoZS1zdXByZW1lLWNvdXJ0LXdoeS10aGUtaG9uLWhlbnJ5LXctd2lsbGlhbXMtc2hvdWxkLTE3MWRiNC02NDAuanBn/40/62/webp "The contest for judge of the Supreme Court. Why the Hon. Henry W. Williams should be elected. [186-].")
![Reason against any of His Majesty's Council voting, or using their influence in the ensuing election ... [New York, 1769].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTAvcmVhc29uLWFnYWluc3QtYW55LW9mLWhpcy1tYWplc3R5cy1jb3VuY2lsLXZvdGluZy1vci11c2luZy10aGVpci1pbmZsdWVuY2UtYjgwMDBjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/63/webp "Reason against any of His Majesty's Council voting, or using their influence in the ensuing election ... [New York, 1769].")
![The District government. Why General Chipman should be re-elected to Congress. Speech of Hon. Arthur Shepherd ... [Washington, D. C. July 29, 1870?].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvdGhlLWRpc3RyaWN0LWdvdmVybm1lbnQtd2h5LWdlbmVyYWwtY2hpcG1hbi1zaG91bGQtYmUtcmUtZWxlY3RlZC10by1jb25ncmVzcy05NzAyYWYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/62/webp "The District government. Why General Chipman should be re-elected to Congress. Speech of Hon. Arthur Shepherd ... [Washington, D. C. July 29, 1870?].")
![The District government. Why General Chipman should be re-elected to Congress. Speech of Hon. Arthur Shepherd ... [Washington, D. C. July 29, 1870?].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvdGhlLWRpc3RyaWN0LWdvdmVybm1lbnQtd2h5LWdlbmVyYWwtY2hpcG1hbi1zaG91bGQtYmUtcmUtZWxlY3RlZC10by1jb25ncmVzcy04ZDA1NDAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/62/webp "The District government. Why General Chipman should be re-elected to Congress. Speech of Hon. Arthur Shepherd ... [Washington, D. C. July 29, 1870?].")
