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21.	Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Sale Broadside	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site;	This collection contains one broadside announcing the "Sale! of the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace" , the farmstead purchased by Lincoln's father, Thomas Lincoln in 1808 and has cabin where Lincoln was bo

22.	Abraham Lincoln: a Memorial Address Delivered before the American Society for the Extension of University Teaching, in Witherspoon Hall, Philadelphia, February 12, 1909.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Memorial rites & ceremonies;

23.	Adams Express Company contract.		This document refers to individual accounts concerning the shipment of freight. The location of the company is not stated.

24.	Address of the Carrier of the Kentucky Yeoman.	Carriers' addresses; Newspapers; Poetry	This contains a poem addressed to the subscribers of the Yeoman on the occasion of the new year. The text is presented within an ornamental border.

25.	Administrative report for the (Sixth) Kentucky Geological Survey Report...	Geology; Reports; Kentucky Geological Survey;	"...Years 1924 and 1925."

26.	Administrative report for the sixth Kentucky geological survey, years 1922 and 1923.	Kentucky Geological Survey; Geology;

27.	Advertisement for "The Opening of Spring."	Advertisements; Local businesses	These advertisements promote various Frankfort, Kentucky, businesses, whose names appear in cards around the poster. The broadside features the image of a well-dressed woman emerging from an Easter e

28.	Advertisement for Doctor J.C. Sherrill.	Advertisements; Physicians; Health care	This is a fragment of an advertisement for Dr. Sherrill, who bills himself as a German doctor in Carrollton [formerly Port William], Carroll County, Kentucky. The document apparently originated in th

29.	Advertisement, "Our Reading Room", Paducah, Kentucky.	Advertisements; Tobacco shops; Liquor stores; Poetry; Railroads;	This advertisement is a mock railroad free pass for "Our Reading Room" located on Locust Street, near Broadway in Paducah. I.B. Papy was identified as the proprietor of the establishment which sold li

30.	Amiskquew, a Menominie warrior.	Native Americans; Indians of North America; Clothing & dress; Ethnology; Headdresses; Feathers; Blankets; Neckties; Face painting;	Native American man wearing face paint, a feathered headdress, cravat, blanket and shirt.

31.	An Act Authorizing a Detachment from the Militia of the United States, May 8, 1792.	Militias; Soldiers; Military life; Arms & armament; Equipment & supplies; Wages	This federal act authorizes the U.S. president to require governors to provide soldiers for a federal militia "in readiness to march at a moment's warning". The act was good for one year plus the per

32.	An Indian with LaSalle's party, 1685.	Frontier & pioneer life; Indians of North America; Horses; Discovery & exploration	An Indian with LaSalle's party his thrown from is horse and devoured by an alligator in 1685.

33.	Anderson House: National Headquarters and Museum of the Society of the Cincinnati, Washington, D.C.	Galleries & museums; Historic house museums; Society of the Cincinnati; Anderson House Museum;

34.	Announcement about an oratorical exhibition.	Public speaking	The exhibition was to take place in a Tau Theta Kappa Hall. No further information on location is provided. The program included music, prayer, and orations from speakers from Bagdad, Louisville, Bl

35.	Announcement for a "Ladies' Fair".	Bazaars; Fund raising	This handbill announced a fair to be held by "The Ladies of the Presbyterian Church" at an unidentified courthouse. All were invited to attend, "as the proceeds are to be devoted to a very praiseworth

36.	Announcement for the Royal Popular Monthly Gift Soiries [sic], St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada.	Lotteries; Advertisements	This announced a series of lotteries, whose agent was Hugh McKay. The drawings announced were to be held December 30, 1879, January 30, February28, and March 30, 1880. The British royal coat of arms

37.	Announcement of a Public Sale.	Livestock; Announcements; Auctions; Cattle; Sheep	This is an announcement of a "Public Sale of Blooded Stock!!" to be held in Harrison County, Kentucky. The stock were to be sold on the farm of W.H. Forsythe and were cattle from the herds of Jeremia

38.	Announcement of an Administrator's sale.	Livestock; Agricultural machinery & implements; Announcements; Auctions	B.D. Wilson served as administrator for the deceased Alexander Crawley. The sale was to be held on Crawley's premises, "near the George Parker farm." The sale was to include farming implements, furn

39.	Announcemnet for the sale of summer dry goods.	Dry goods stores; Advertisements	This sale took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

40.	Annual catalogue of the officers and students of Hocker Female College, Lexington, Kentucky.	Schools; Education; Universities & colleges; Women -- Education; Women's colleges	1873-74 issue includes a two-page article about Hocker Female College, Lexington, Ky., signed "Home and School, for July, 1972." Description based on 1872-73

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