2023-03 HCA Auctions
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/7/2023
Broadside, 8" x 10", titled "CIRCULAR" Harrisburgh, May, 1812 issued by Wm. Reed, Adjt. Gen. and sent to William McClelland, Inspector of the 2nd Brigade, 7th Division at or near Chambersburg (original cover included). The circular reads in part, " "In anticipation of a further voluntary tender of service from the militia of Pennsylvania , to meet the requisition made by the President of the United States - that the spirit of '76 still exists, and that Pennsylvania will sustain the high character she acquired at the time that tried men's souls .... that while despots fill their armies by conscription and impressment ... freeman of Pennsylvania will vie with each other ... to defend its honor and its rights ....." President Madison Declared War the following month, June 1812.
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