The Winterthur Library

The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware 19735

Telephone: 302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Title: Broadsides

Dates: ca. 1730-ca. 1895

Call No.: Col. 699

Acc. No.: [various]

Quantity: 2 boxes, 1 map case folder

Location: 34 C 6, and map case 6, drawer 9

SCOPE AND CONTENT

An artificial and still growing collection of broadsides relating to a wide range of subjects, but which do not advertise any products (advertisements are in Col. 214). Most of the broadsides are from the mid-Atlantic and New England states, with a few from Europe and other parts of the United States. Among the topics covered are slavery, temperance, government and taxes, railroads, the visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to New York City, fire departments, magic tricks, insurance, post offices, taverns, dance societies, the Bunker Hill Monument, religion, turnpikes, poetry (probably songs), recreational activities, slide rules, and others.

ORGANIZATION

Arranged by size and then in accession number order.

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are primarily in English, but also in German and Latin.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.

PROVENANCE

Gifts and purchases from various sources.

ACCESS POINTS

People: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.

Topics: Balls (Parties).

Bunker Hill Monument (Boston, Mass.)

Fire departments - United States.

Magic tricks.

Poetry.

Postal service - United States - History - Sources.

Railroads - United States.

Recreation.

Religion.

Anti-slavery movements - United States.

Slide-rule.

Songs - United States.

Taverns (Inns) - United States.

Taxation.

Temperance - Societies, etc.

Toll roads - United States.

Broadsides.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

BROADSIDES
CALL NUMBER	ACCESSION NUMBER	TITLE	AUTHOR	DATE	PRINTER	PLACE	SUBJECTS	DESCRIPTION	NOTES
Col. 699 box 2	82x152	Ein neur Plan zur Lauferung und Verfeinerung des Ceiders [A New Plan of Refining Cider]	John Copelin	1836		Newark, New Jersey	Beverages		Text in German
Col. 699, box 1	2019x021.2	As Man to Man	South Dakota Universal Franchise League	1919		Huron, South Dakota	Government	Promoting voting in favor of the Woman Suffrage Amendment
Col. 699, box 1	52.26	amicable society		1791		Baltimore, MD	amusements; dancing	rules for behavior at dancing society
Col. 699, box 1	65x511	list of rates for innkeepers		1797	S. & J. Adams/Newcastle	New Castle, DE	taverns; hotels; Delaware--history	rates for liquor, meals and lodgings
Col. 699, box 1	65x576	questiones pro modulo difcutientae	D. Edvardo Holyoke	1740		Cambridge, MA	education	list of speakers on philosophical subjects	in Latin; illuminated letter A
Col. 699, box 1	65x578	Anne Cheney's Cure for the flux	Anne Cheney				medicine; herbals	recipes for herbs to be used for the flux
Col. 699, box 1	65x605			1819		Wilmington, DE	slavery	handwritten notice by poor white men complaining about hiring of Blacks
Col. 699, box 1	65x670.1	The Wilmington Mercury	Thomas Mendenhall	1798	Smyth	Wilmington, DE	newspapers; Delaware--history	list of deaths and donation received
Col. 699, box 1	65x670.2	The Wilmington Mercury	Thomas Mendenhall	1798	Smyth	Wilmington, DE	newspapers; Delaware--history	list of deaths
Col. 699, box 1	65x681	a proclamation	John Montgomerie	1728	William Bradford/New Jersey	Perth Amboy, NJ	New Jersey--history	appointment of Montgomerie as captain general and governor	seal of Britain
Col. 699, box 1	66x022	to the employing cabinet makers		1844	Young	Philadelphia, PA	furniture-industry and trade; cabinet makers	establishment of association for cabinet makers including list of members
Col. 699, box 1	66x117	the use of the slide rule in measuring		[1800-1810]			mathematics; measurement	detailed rules for use of slide rule
Col. 699, box 1	66x577	address to the english colonies in north-america	Daniel Byrnes	1775		Wilmington, DE	slavery; religion	calling for an end to slavery using Biblical quotations
Col. 699, box 1	70x108.1	notice to contractors	Ashbel Welch	1852		Belvider, NJ	railroads	notice to extendend deadline for proposals
Col. 699, box 1	72x002	Bunker-Hill Monument		1838		Boston, MA	Bunker Hill Monument	report and prospectus for raising money for monument
Col. 699, box 1	73x016	George Washington		1825		Hartford, CT	history	description of Mount Vernon	handwritten
Col. 699, box 1	76x098.1011	Tricks Worth Knowing					humor	five magic tricks
Col. 699, box 1	76x098.1083-.1084	Avertissement	August Friedrich Jasper	1783		Dresden, Germany	obituaries	obituary of a doctor with no heirs	in German
Col. 699, box 1	76x098.1085						religion	Bible excerpts	in German
Col. 699, box 1	76x098.1086-.1089								in German
Col. 699, box 1	76x098.1090-.1093								in German
Col. 699, box 1	76x098.230	Fellow Democrats of Berks County				Berks Co., PA	government	plea for votes for candidates of Democratic party
Col. 699, box 1	76x098.231	Reading Silk Mill & Paint Shop Cyclone				Reading, PA	poetry	verses about cyclone that killed 30 factory employees
Col. 699, box 1	76x098.251	Epistle from the Yearly Meeting	Joseph Docwra	1775		London, England	associations	letter to friends in Great Britain, Ireland and elsewhere
Col. 699, box 1	76x098.947	Last Rose of Summer			J.G. Thackara, 8 East Chestnu St., Lancaster (Pa.)		poetry	two poems
Col. 699, box 1	76x098.948	Bonny Eloise			J. H. Johnson, 7 North 10th St., Philadelphia (Pa.)		poetry	poem
Col. 699, box 1	76x098.949	Rules for Bummers			A. W. Auner, 10th & Race Sts., Philadelphia (Pa.)		humor		three copies of same; others .950 and .951
Col. 699, box 1	76x098.952	Religious Card Player					religion	story of man who defended playing cards in church by pointing out religious significance
Col. 699, box 1	76x248	Rensselaer Polytecnic Institute	Nathan S.S. Beman	1853		Troy, NY	education	appointment of board of examiners
Col. 699, box 1	77x323	Fire Department. Return of Engine Company No. 3		1830			fire-departments	roster of fire department and list of names
Col. 699, box 1	78x004	list of members /general assembly/ state of Ohio		1856	Capital City fact job office, Columbus, O.	Colombus, OH	government--Ohio	list of senators and representatives	illustration of Ohio statehouse
Col. 699, box 1	79x297	order of the procession for the reception of General La Fayette	Dr. Nott	1825		New York, NY	Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul, 1757-1834; parades	parade order and procedures for reception	printed border
Col. 699, box 1	80x004	an act, morte effectually to provide for completing and keeping in repair the Turnpike roads in this state		1802		New York	government; roads	act appointing administrator of turnpikes and auditing of expenses
Col. 699, box 1	80x047	National Academy of Design	James Smillie	1894		Montrose, PA	National Academy of Design	purchase of buildings in Philadelphia
Col. 699, box 1	80x144	A sporting table wherein all the laws touching game are shewn...		1765		England	sports	regulations and qualifications for sports; broadside has been cut up and bound as a book	multiple illustrations of music, fish and game, and hunting scenes, some engraved by F. Patton; bookplate engraved by J. Scott
Col. 699, box 1	81x108	rules to be observed by all drivers employed on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road			William Wooddy, 6 S. Calvert St.		railroads	rules concerning switching and maintenance	illustration of horse drawn coaches
Col. 699, box 1	81x437	the duties of executors and administrators in taking and returning inventories					wills; estates (law)	definition of job and list of types of items to be included in inventory
Col. 699, box 1	82x246	articles of association	John H.Bunting, John Ball, Thomas Garrett	1818		Darby, PA?	prohibition; alcoholic beverages	meeting to establish association to discourage drinking of "ardent spirits"
Col. 699, box 1	86x012.2	Chair Manufacturers' Association	J.W. Mason	1866		South Gardner, MA	associations; furniture industry and trade	objects of organization
Col. 699, box 1	PH 1076	At a general meeting of the house joiners and cabinet makers in the county of Hampshire		1796		Hatfield, MA	associations; furniture industry and trade	price list
Col. 699, box 1	PH 1305	At a special meeting		1812		Philadelphia, PA	artists	resolutions for organization of Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Col. 699, box 1	PH 1308.11	Encouragement for apprentices to be sober, industrious and faithful during their apprenticeship			Charles Cist, no. 104 No. Second St.	Philadelphia, PA	apprentices	announcement that Benjamin Franklin set aside money to lend tools and materials to apprentices in Philadelphia and Boston who are poor
Col. 699, box 1	PH 3	Red Lion Meeting	John Way, chairman	1809		Wilmington, DE	government	about moving county seat of justice to central location in state
Col. 699, box 1	PH 4	To the honourable, the Legislature of the State of Delaware		1809		Wilmington, DE	government	petition to move county seat to central location
Col. 699, box 1	PH 5	Resolutions adopted at meeting of amicable conferees of New Castle County	Peter Williams, chairman; Richard C. Dale, secretary	[1809]	James Wilson, Market St.	Wilmington, DE	government	about voting for removal of county seat
Col. 699, box 1	PH 962	On the death of the very learned, pious and excelling Gershom Bulkley Esq. M.D.		1714	T. Green, New London	[New London, CT]	mourning	verses, some in Latin	illustration of skull and bones, skeleton with banner "Memento Mori. Remember Death."
Col. 699, box 2	55.535	tax for the year 1808	Tompson J. Skinner, treasurer	1808		Spencer, MA	taxes; government	description of tax for reimbursement of members of House of Representatives	seal of state
Col. 699, box 2	63x070	manufactures/arrest du conseil d'estat du roy	de la Tour	1733	J.David & Esprit David	France	textile fabrics	decrees that all cloth made in France be stamped with the name of the manufacturer and the town in which the factory is located	oversized
Col. 699, box 2	65x509	establishment of the mails	Robert Patton	1789		Philadelphia, PA	United States Postal Service	hours letters must be at post office and time of delivery to selected locations
Col. 699, box 2	69x028	Grand Bobalition of Slavery!!		[1818-1820]		Boston, MA	slavery; afro-americans	written in dialect supposedly a letter concerning the abolition of slavery in New England	woodcut illustration of Blacks in uniforms marching
Col. 699, box 2	70x004	Unzeige fur Deutsche und Schweizer Uusmanderer	H. Pierpont	1832	Conrad Zentler	104 N. Second St., Philadelphia, PA	immigration	notice for German & Swiss immigrants for a settlement in Turin, NY	in German
Col. 699, box 2	76x098.1062	Annual Geeting to the patrons of the News!	Weekly News	1882		Reading, PA		calendar for 1883 and 1884; poem, and list of disasters, floods and storms of 1882.	Supplement to the Weekly News
Col. 699, box 2	76x181	Description of Dartmoor Prison, England	National Advocate (publ.)	1815		England	prisons	description of prison and report of committee concerning the massacre	large; illustration of layout of prison
Col. 699, box 2	77x309	The Original Maine Law	B.E. Hale (publ.)	1851	Case, Tiffany & Co.	Hartford, CT	abolition; beverages	act for the surpression of drinking houses and tippling shops	large sized; portrait of Hon. Neal Dow
Col. 699, box 2	77x417	Tax for the Year 1800	Peleg Coffin	1800		Boston, MA	taxation	taxes for town of Brookfield	seal of the state of Massachusetts
Col. 699, box 2	77x491	proposals by the president and directors of the Massachusetts Fire and Marine Insurance Company		1795		Boston, MA	insurance	rates and conditions for fire insurance
Col. 699, box 2	77x526	Piratical Barbarity	Miss Lucretia Parker	1825			poetry; pirates	poem written by woman who was captured by pirates	woodcut illustration of battle with pirates
Col. 699, box 2	77x618	Geistlicher irrgarten		[1800-1839]		Pennsylvania	religion	labyrinth of the spiritual garden	printed as a maze; watermarked LA VAN
Col. 699, box 2	77x643.1	A note of sundry denominations and descriptions of merchandise	Tench Coxe, purveyor of public supplies	1808		Philadelphia, PA	textile fabrics,	list of fabrics, buttons, saddles, hardware
Col. 699, box 2	77x643.3	Estimates of Medicines, &c. for eighty men for one year					medicine; armed forces	list of medicines for northern and southern posts
Col. 699, box 2	78x245	Articles for the Government of the Commerical Fire-Company of Baltimore		1792	W. Goodard and J. Angell	Baltimore, MD	fire-departments	rules for firemen	large
Col. 699, box 2	79x164	list of the officers of the fire department		1829	Vanderpool & Cole	New York, NY	fire departments; government	list of names and addresses
Col. 699, box 2	79x207	Commercial Weights, Measures and Regulations	John Bell	1861		Cincinnati, OH	weights and measures; shipping	various weights and rates and tariffs	ornate border; pictures of sailing ship and steamship
Col. 699, box 2	80x217	going east	Samuel Nott, Sup't	1857		Hartford, CT	railroads	railroad schedule Hartford to Albany
Col. 699, box 2	81x146	Brandywine Association for the detection of horse thieves		1849	Village Record and Register & Examiner, West Chester	East Brandywine Township, Chester County, PA	associations	list of members and date of adoption of association	illustration of men on horses chasing thief
Col. 699, box 2	81x319	sherriff's sale	Henry Spering, sheriff	1797		Easton, PA	law	list of sheriffs sales to be held	also in German
Col. 699, box 2	82x276	The Northern Liberties Watchman's Address		1838	Massey & Boate, 48 N. 3rd St., Philadelphia	Philadelphia, PA	poetry; Christmas	poem, almanac, and regulations of the state house bell in case of fire	woodcut illustration of the elm tree, under which Wm. Penn made the treaty with indians (by Gilbert); small portrait of Washington, ornate border
Col. 699, box 2	82x277	The Northern Liberties Watchman's Address		1840	N.B. Manning, NW cor. Of 6th & Market Sts., Philadelphia	Philadelphia, PA	poetry; Christmas	poem, almanac, and regulations of the state house bell in case of fire	woodcut illustration of Capitol at Washington, portraits of Washington and Lafayette, carriage and ornate border
Col. 699, box 2	96x104.1	In Convention	Edmund Pendleton	1776		Virginia	government	call to prepare a Declaration of Rights	reproduction
Col. 699, box 2	96x104.2	The Beggar's Opera				Williamsburg, VA	amusements	presentation of Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist	reproduction; 2 copies
Col. 699, box 2	96x104.4	Robert Dinwiddie		1750s		Williamsburg, VA	government	form for appointing a sheriff	reproduction
Col. 699, box 2	96x104.6	Address of the Representatives of their Majesties		1689	William Nuthead	St. Marys, MD	government	Assembly address	reprint of the first extant issue of the Maryland Press
Col. 699, box 2	PH 1270.1-.2	Declaration of Independence		1776; 1971		Philadelphia, PA	government		reproductions
Col. 699, map case 6 dr 9	17x007.1-.2	Sun Hill Press		2012	Darrell Ryder	North Brookfield, MA	printing	two copies of poster celebrating 40 years of press.
Col. 699, map case 6 dr 9	75x025	Recruits wanted for state defence		[1860-1869]	Ringwalt & Brown	Philadephia, PA	Civil War	recruiting poster for 1st Pennsylvania's cavalry	lithograph of calvary
Col. 699, map case 6 dr 9	76x098.1058	Scenes in the Life of General Scott					history	descriptions of several battles	17 illustrations
Col. 699, map case 6 dr 9	77x487	Constitution of the United States		ca. 1825	Robert Desilver; Wm. Fry	Philadelphia, PA	government	arranged and epitomized in 12 columns under a portrait of Washington
Col. 699, map case 6 dr 9	86x065	A Balance Chart	James Bennett	1835		New York, NY	accounting;	chart showing a merchants ledger with description