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Lot 491
[CIVIL WAR]. Brothers in Unity. Alumni Meeting!...Per Order of Pres't. [New Haven, CT]: Yale College, 24 July 1861.
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
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[CIVIL WAR]. Brothers in Unity. Alumni Meeting!...Per Order of Pres't. [New Haven, CT]: Yale College, 24 July 1861.
12 5/8 x 14 15/16 in. letterpress broadside on blue paper (minor offsetting); framed to 16 1/4 x 18 3/4 in. (not examined out of frame).
A broadside calling for a meeting of alumni of Yale College, with the title emphasizing "Unity" as shorthand for Union supporters. It is estimated that 22% of the living Yale graduates served in the war, on both sides (Kelley, Brooks Mather. Yale; a History).
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents