Massachusetts Recruitment Broadsides, Group of Four, Ca 1862-1863

Lot 45

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Lot Description

Lot of four printed broadsides, the first approx. 14.5 x 22 in. Look Here! $1172,00 Bounty. Volunteer Now and Serve Your Country! Salisbury Mills, MA, n.d. ca early 1860s. Broadside outlines the bounties men will receive for enlisting with Captain J. A. Greely in the 2nd Regiment Heavy Artillery Massachusetts Volunteers, promising "State Aid for Families," and "872 Dollars Bounty" to new recruits.

The second approx. 12.25 x 18 in. New Nine Months Company. Worcester, MA: Chas. Hamilton, Caloric Printer, n.d. ca early 1860s. Broadside informs readers of the "Recruiting Office at City Hall, Worcester," that is "Open Day & Evening," with daily drills taking place at eight o'clock in the evening. Broadside undersigned, "T. W. Higginson." Thomas Wentworth Higginson was a Unitarian minister, an abolitionist, an author, and a soldier in the Civil War. A member of the famed "Secret Six" who helped fund John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia, Higginson served as a captain in the 51st Massachusetts Infantry and Colonel of the First South Carolina Volunteers, the first authorized regiment of freedmen in the Union Army.

The third approx. 11.75 x 16.75 in. Special Notice. Roxbury, MA: L. B. & O. E. Weston, Printers, August 23, 1862. Below title, text lists categories of persons who are required to report to the office of the Acting Provost Marshal, Major Charles F. Blake, "and receive passes," including those having furloughs, those with certificates of physical disability, and those on recruiting duty within the Commonwealth. A warning at the end of the list reads, "All officers and privates found in this City without passes will be arrested." Broadside is undersigned, "Benj. Meriam, City Marshal."

The fourth approx 19.75 x 13.5 in., announcing a meeting at the Town Hall to discuss the government quota for 300,000 men from Concord to join the Federal Army. Concord, MA: Benjamin Tolman, Printer, December 17, 1863. The broadside features bold text at the top reading, "Look Here!!" and goes on to explain the reasons for the discussion: "It is certain that a draft will be enforced in Concord on the 5th day of January next, unless the quota is procured before that day." The announcement ends with a command reading, "Therefore, Young Men of Concord!! you who are liable to the draft now near at hand...be...promptly on hand on Saturday evening next, with your minds made up to go to work for your Country's cause..." Broadside is undersigned, "Louis A. Surette, Chairman of Concord Recruiting Committee."

Massachusetts played a major role in Civil War recruitment, with recruits (most of whom were required to serve for three years) actually surpassing federal quotas in 1861. As recruiting began slowing down in 1862, Governor Andrew began requiring individual quotas to each city and town according to its population, a successful strategy which motivated local leaders and brought recruitment levels back up.
Provenance: Property of N. Flayderman & Co.

Condition

All broadsides have discoloration and brittleness with some tears around the edges, the second having significant tears on side edges and the fourth having some separation along central crease.
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