<I>New England Loyal Publication Society No. 147</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1863
name: label: Published by
content: New England Loyal Publication Society, American, founded 1863
notes: label: Description
content: A broadside of the New England Loyal Publication Society, consisting of a single sheet of white wove rag paper with printed black ink on one side only. The top right corner has undergone a prior repair.The header across the top reads [No. 147 / NEW ENGLAND LOYAL PUBLICATION SOCIETY / OFFICE, No. 8 STUDIO BUILDING, BOSTON / DECEMBER 18, 1863.]. The text is arranged in three columns and consists of four articles: "Leasing Plantations," regarding government leased plantations along the Mississippi River and conditions for the formerly enslaved laborers including pay, housing, rations, clothing, and keeping families together; "The Solution to the Negro Question" (from the St. Joseph, Missouri Morning Herald), “the enlistment of colored men” from Boone and Calloway counties in Missouri based on Order No. 135 and arguing against reimbursement of the enslavers who are known not to be “loyal owners;" "Arkansas," about the number of new regiments for the Union being raised in Arkansas and how the tide has shifted toward the Union in that state; and "Yankee Subjugation" (from the New Orleans Era), considering the Union occupation of New Orleans which is significantly lowering the cost of living in that city. The verso has a handwritten inscription reading [N.E.L.P. Soc. / No. 147 Mar. 1864].
place: label: Place printed
content: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Commerce
label: Topic
content: Economics
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
label: Topic
content: United States Colored Troops
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Liljenquist Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.26.10
objectType: label: Type
content: broadsides
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wove rag paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 14 × 9 11/16 in. (35.5 × 24.6 cm)