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American Civil War Poster

Recruiting poster from the American Civil War, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, USA, circa 1861. The poster reads: Continental Cavalry! Col. J.E. Peyton. To horse! To horse! An opportunity is offered to all bold and daring men to engage in this most attractive species of military service, armed like the regular cavalry, with Sharpi?oes carbine, Colti?oes revolver, and sabre. Bounty $315 Recruiting station, 46 S. Third St. N.S. Peterson, Captain. 1st Lieut., J. Chester White. 2d Lieut., Richard D. Pettit. The illustration shows a cavalry charge, with two buildings in the background. (Photo by Kean Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

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Coat of Arms Calvert Lord Baltimore 18th century

Engraving of the Coat of Arms Calvert Lord Baltimore, item 104 of an 18th-century publication.Text on this engraving, including motto, reads: 104. Calvert, Lord Baltimore. FATTI MASGHII, PAROLE FEMINE (Deeds are masculine, words are feminine). Baltimore is in County Longford, Ireland. Frederick Calvert, 6th Lord Baltimore, was born in 1731. Cecelius Calvert, his great-great-grandfather, is sometimes called the founder of Maryland, USA. Source: The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom, with engravings of their paternal coats of arms by John Lodge, Deputy Keeper of the Records in Birmingham Tower. Published 1789

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