Broadsides; Cutter, G. W. (George Washington), 1801-1865; Patriotism; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Document containing the broadside entitled "E Pluribus Unum, an American National Song." This broadside makes reference to the motto of the United States of America, "E pluribus unum" ("Many in one" or "One from many"), and to its struggle against...
Broadsides; Burns, Robert, 1759-1796; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "To the Maryland Sons of Revolutionary Sires!" sung to the Robert Burns tune "Old Lang Syne." This broadside calls on those Maryland sons whose forefathers fought in the Revolutionary War to take up arms...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Flags; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "The Baltimore Rebel Song." This broadside calls on the boys of the South to rally around the Confederate flag referred to as the "Red and White," and compares the American Civil War to the American War...
Broadsides; Flags; Hanby, Benjamin Russel, 1833-1867; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Our Union Flag" sung to the B. R. Hanby tune "[Darling] Nellie Grey" (also spelled "Nelly Gray"). Written by "a lady of Baltimore," this broadside is an answer to the pro-Confederate broadside entitled...
Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Document 130 pages long that contains the report of the Committee on Fire-Resistive Construction of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Established in 1896, the NFPA publishes fire and building safety standards designed to help reduce...
Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Flags; Hanby, Benjamin Russel, 1833-1867; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Our Southern Flag" sung to the B. R. Hanby tune "[Darling] Nellie Grey" (also spelled "Nelly Gray"). Written by a "Baltimore rebel," this broadside uses the Confederate flag as a symbol of, and metaphor...
Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832; Pise, Charles Constantine, 1801-1866; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Neilson, 1809-1884; Poetry;
This document is Neilson Poe's handwritten English translation of a poem written in Latin by Charles Constantine Pise, published in the Baltimore Gazette and Daily Advertiser on September 19, 1827, and dedicated to Charles Carroll of Carrollton on...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 33 pages long that is believed to be an official copy of the act passed by the Maryland General Assembly on March 11, 1904 that created the Burnt District Commission. The Commission was to be composed of four members appointed by the Mayor...
Broadsides; Hays, Will. S. (William Shakespeare), 1837-1907; Orphans; Peters, J. L. (John L.); Poverty; Songs;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Driven From Home" from the 1868 song written by Will. S. Hays, one of the most prolific and popular songwriters of the 19th century, and published by J. L. Peters of New York. This broadside tells the...
Broadsides; Flags; Peninsular Campaign, 1862; Pennsylvania--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing an untitled broadside beginning with the words "I left New Kent Court-house, all in the month of May." This broadside, written by Edwin Rosell of Company G of the 52nd Pennsylvania Volunteers (known originally as "The Luzerne...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Patriotism; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "The Southern Matron to her Son" sung to the tune "Oh No, My Love, No." This broadside tells how a Southern mother views her son's participation in the Civil War. She says that, though saddened by his...
Broadsides; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Southern Prisoner Gives His Thanks to the Baltimore Ladies" sung to the 1851 tune "The American Boy" written by J. H. Hewitt. This broadside, which appears to be the Confederate answer to the untitled...
Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Confederate States of America; Flags; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; Ridgely, N. G. (Nicholas Greenberry), 1841-1882; United States--History--Civil War,...
Document containing the broadside entitled "There Is Life in Old Maryland Yet" written by "Cola" (a pseudonym used by Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a Baltimore satirist). Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War, this broadside employs a refrain...
Birds in literature; Broadsides; Hays, Will. S. (William Shakespeare), 1837-1907; White, C. A. (Charles Albert), 1832-1892;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Come, Birdie, Come" with Will. S. Hays listed as the author. In this broadside the speaker talks to a bird sitting in a nest nearby, asking the bird to come and live with him in his home. The bird flies...
Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Receipts (Acknowledgments);
Document showing the receipt of $1.50 in dues paid by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's father, Aug[ust] Mencken, to Boumi Temple, a Baltimore center for the fraternal A.A.O.N.M.S. (Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine) for North...
Marriage records--Maryland; Maryland--Genealogy; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Registers of births, etc.--Maryland;
Document showing the marriage certificate of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's parents, August Mencken and Anna Margareta Abhau, dated November 11, 1879. This four-page document includes a page to record their own births and the births of their...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Flags; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "The American Star" sung to the tune "Humors of Glen." The American Star in this broadside most likely refers to the Confederate flag known as the "Bonnie Blue," a flag which bore a single white star on a...
Broadsides; Hanby, Benjamin Russel, 1833-1867; Love songs; Political ballads and songs; Slavery;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Darling Nelly Gray" (also spelled "Nellie Grey"). A young man talks about the time he spent on a Kentucky shore, rowing in his canoe and strumming his banjo for his beloved Nelly Gray. As the song...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Death; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "The debt." This broadside recounts the debt that the men of Maryland who supported Southern views owe to those who betrayed them and insulted their families, threw them into prison, and fought against...
Broadsides; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Fourth of July Union Song" sung to the tune "Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled." (The lyrics to the Scottish tune were written in 1793 by the Scottish poet Robert Burns about the Battle of Bannockburn in...