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Address of the convention of the New York Anti-Dramshop Party, held in the city of Syracuse, August 17th, 1870: to the people of the State of New York

Description:
  • Broadsheet printed in two columns divided by single lines.
  • Caption title.
Year:
1870
Contributor:
New York Anti-Dramshop Party Convention (1870 : Syracuse, N.Y.) (creator)
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 (attributed name)
Subject:
Anti-Dramshop Party
Temperance > New York (State)
Prohibition > New York (State)
New York (State) > Politics and government > 1865-1950
United States > Politics and government > 1869-1877
United States > New York > New York
Collection:
Brown University Library
Alcohol, Temperance & Prohibition
Full Record

An address to the people of Scituate: being an argument in favor of granting licenses to keep public houses and to sell intoxicating liquors

Description:
  • Printed area: 31 x 24 cm.
  • Printed in two columns divided by single line within ornamental border; double lines beneath title.
  • At end of text: …
Year:
1868
Contributor:
Aristides. (creator)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
n-us-ri
License system > Rhode Island > Scituate (Town)
Temperance
Rhode Island > Politics and government > 1865-1950
United States > Rhode Island > Scituate
Local ID:
RB307 1868-1877
Collection:
Brown University Library
Rider Broadsides
Full Record

An address to the people of Scituate: being an argument in favor of granting licenses to keep public houses and to sell intoxicating liquors

Description:
  • Printed area: 31 x 24 cm.
  • Printed in two columns divided by single line within ornamental border; double lines beneath title.
  • At end of text: …
Year:
1868
Contributor:
Aristides (creator)
Subject:
n-us-r
License system > Rhode Island > Scituate (Town
Temperance
Rhode Island > Politics and government > 1865-1950
United States > Rhode Island > Scituate
Collection:
Brown University Library
Alcohol, Temperance & Prohibition
Full Record

American Republicans! To the rescue!

Description:
  • Poster calling Republicans to assemble at primaries to support already-elected delegates in opposition to call in "the Journal of this morning" by the Sons of …
Year:
1870
Contributor:
Pro Bono Publico. (creator)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
n-us-ri
Independent Order of Sons of Malta.
Republican Party (R.I.) > History > Sources
Rhode Island > Politics and government > 1865-1950
Local ID:
RB310 1870-80
Collection:
Brown University Library
Rider Broadsides
Full Record

Article VIII

Description:
Ballot proposes annulment of Article V to state constitution.
Year:
1889
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Constitutional amendments > Rhode Island
Prohibition > Rhode Island
Rhode Island > Politics and government > 1865-1950
United States > Rhode Island
Local ID:
RB1137 1889
Collection:
Brown University Library
Rider Broadsides
Full Record

Article VIII

Description:
Ballot proposes annulment of Article V to state constitution.
Year:
1889
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Constitutional amendments > Rhode Island
Prohibition > Rhode Island
Rhode Island > Politics and government > 1865-1950
United States > Rhode Island > Providence
Local ID:
RB1137 1889
Collection:
Brown University Library
Rider Broadsides
Full Record

Attention!: Voters of Rhode Island

Description:
Notes that Irish flag was raised above American one at Valley Falls; urges vote for Protestants at the state election to combat "Romanist" attempts to …
Year:
1891
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Anti-Catholicism > Rhode Island
Flags > United States
Elections > Rhode Island
Campaign literature > Rhode Island
Rhode Island > Politics and government > 1865-1950
United States > Rhode Island
Local ID:
HB824 1891
Collection:
Brown University Library
Rider Broadsides
Full Record

Ballot reform

Description:
Rhode Island Ballot Reform Association urges citizens to use influence in pressing for passage of the ballot reform bill in the Rhode Island General Assembly.
Year:
1888
Contributor:
Dawson, Alfred, active 19th century (creator)
Rhode Island Ballot Reform Association (creator)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Secret ballot
Voting > Rhode Island
Rhode Island > Politics and government > 1865-1950
United States > Rhode Island > Providence
Local ID:
RB1457 1888
Collection:
Brown University Library
Rider Broadsides
Full Record

The Butler campaign

Description:
  • To be sung to the tune: Bonnie Dundee.
  • Within double line border.
  • Campaign song for Butler's victorious contest against R.H. Dana for Congressional seat in …
Year:
1868
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Dana, Richard Henry > 1815-1882 > Poetry
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) > 1818-1893 > Poetry
Campaign literature, 1868 > Democratic > Massachusetts
Political poetry
Massachusetts > Politics and government > 1865-1950 > Poetry
Local ID:
HB4235 MA
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
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The Butler campaign

Description:
  • To be sung to the tune: Bonnie Dundee.
  • Within border of type ornaments.
  • Campaign song for Butler as a candidate in Massachusetts; he ran several …
Year:
1871
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) > 1818-1893 > Poetry
Campaign literature > Democratic > Massachusetts
Political poetry
Massachusetts > Politics and government > 1865-1950 > Poetry
Local ID:
HB4235 MA
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record

Candidates of the Prohibition Party of Rhode Island

Description:
  • On page [1] photographs of five candidates, including E. A. Lewis, nominee for Governor, and C. D. Harp, J. A. Peckham, J. A. Williams and …
Year:
1898
Contributor:
Lewis, Edwin A., b. 1845 (creator)
Harp, Cyrus D., b. 1858 (creator)
Peckham, Joseph A., b. 1861 (creator)
Williams, James A., b. 1861 (creator)
Read, Elisha T., b. 1867 (creator)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Prohibition Party (R.I.)
Prohibition > Rhode Island
Campaign literature, 1898 > Prohibition > Rhode Island
Elections > Rhode Island
Rhode Island > Politics and government > 1865-1950
United States > Rhode Island > Providence
Local ID:
RB1367 1898
Collection:
Brown University Library
Rider Broadsides
Full Record

Carefully consider these facts before you vote: Thursday, June 20

Description:
  • Urges vote against prohibition in Rhode Island; claims three-year trial period has increased drunkenness.
  • At end of text: Remember the day, June twentieth, (20th) 1889. …
Year:
1889
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
n-us-ri
Prohibition > Rhode Island
Campaign literature, 1889 > Anti-Prohibition > Rhode Island
Liquor laws > Rhode Island
Rhode Island > Politics and government > 1865-1950
United States > Rhode Island
Local ID:
RB920 1889
Collection:
Brown University Library
Rider Broadsides
Full Record

Carriers' address Jan. 1st: The Iron Era 1890. John F. Maguire, Carrier

Description:
  • Poetry.
  • Cover title.
  • Tied into lettered wrapper.
  • Printed in blue within line border in two columns divided by stars; headband at top of page [1]; …
Year:
1890
Contributor:
Maguire, John F (carrier)
Subject:
Schools > New Jersey > Overcrowding
New Jersey > Politics and government > 1865-1950
Johnstown (Pa.) > History
Floods > Pennsylvania > Johnstown > Charitable contributions
Dover (N.J.) > History > Poetry
Dover (N.J.) > Societies, etc
United States > New Jersey > Dover
Local ID:
HB78
Collection:
Brown University Library
Carriers' Addresses
Full Record

Carriers' address to the patrons of the Genius of Liberty: January First, 1874

Description:
Poem offers good wishes, then mentions banking crisis and farmers' problems with railroads, Spanish oppression in Cuba and new state constitution in Pennsylvania.
Year:
1874
Subject:
New Year > Poetry
Cuba > History > Insurrection, 1868-1878 > Poetry
Pennsylvania > Politics and government > 1865-1950 > Poetry
United States > Pennsylvania > Uniontown
Local ID:
HB33136
Collection:
Brown University Library
Carriers' Addresses
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Comments of Republican newspapers upon the pending election in Rhode Island

Description:
Extracts from newspapers, including the Boston journal, Bangor Whig, New York mail and express, New York tribune and Philadelphia press, with summaries of others, all …
Year:
1886
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
n-us-ri
Wetmore, George Peabody > 1846-1921
Republican Party (R.I.)
Elections > Rhode Island
Newspapers > United States > Sections, columns, etc
Rhode Island > Politics and government > 1865-1950
United States > Rhode Island > Providence
Local ID:
RB1641 1886
Collection:
Brown University Library
Rider Broadsides
Full Record

Dear Sir, Your attention is called to the importance

Description:
Urges early vote in state election April 4.
Year:
1888
Contributor:
Woods, J. C. B. (John Carter Brown), 1851-1930 (creator)
Republican Party (R.I.) (creator)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Elections > Rhode Island
Campaign literature > Rhode Island
Rhode Island > Politics and government > 1865-1950
United States > Rhode Island > Providence
Local ID:
RB1136 1889
Collection:
Brown University Library
Rider Broadsides
Full Record

Declaration of principles of the Hancock Association of Veteran Soldiers and Sailors of Rhode Island

Description:
  • Printed area measures 25.2 x 17.1 cm.
  • Text printed below double rule in three columns divided by single lines; signed in print: By the Committee, …
Year:
1880
Contributor:
Allen, Frank (creator)
Greene, J. B. (creator)
Hancock Association of Veteran Soldiers and Sailors of Rhode Island (creator)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
n-us-ri
Hancock, Winfield Scott > 1824-1886
Campaign literature, 1880 > Democratic > Rhode Island
Presidential candidates > United States
Veterans > Political activity > Rhode Island
Veterans > Rhode Island > Societies, etc
Civil service > Veterans' preference
Rhode Island > Politics and government > 1865-1950
United States > Rhode Island
Local ID:
RB1425 1880
Collection:
Brown University Library
Rider Broadsides
Full Record

Declaration of principles of the nationalist party of Rhode Island

Description:
Attacks "brute principle of competition" and calls for industrial system based on the "nobler principle of association."
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Cooperation
Competition
Rhode Island > Politics and government > 1865-1950
United States > Rhode Island
Local ID:
RB793 188-
Collection:
Brown University Library
Rider Broadsides
Full Record

Eighth Ward

Description:
Invitation to primary meeting Nov. 19, 1878, to choose delegates to convention to nominate Mayor and other city officers.
Year:
1878
Contributor:
Field, Henry C. (creator)
Republican Party (R.I.) (creator)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Republican Party (R.I.)
Elections > Rhode Island
Rhode Island > Politics and government > 1865-1950
United States > Rhode Island > Providence
Local ID:
RB658 1878
Collection:
Brown University Library
Rider Broadsides
Full Record

For Senator and Representatives

Description:
  • At head of title cut of Rhode Island state seal, a floating anchor, in an ornamental frame, captioned: Hope.
  • Date from ms. inscription on Brown …
Year:
1872
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Voting > Rhode Island
Rhode Island > Politics and government > 1865-1950
United States > Rhode Island
Local ID:
RB1298 1872
Collection:
Brown University Library
Rider Broadsides
Full Record

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