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The 1947 Freedom Train

Title Page - 40 Documents of the Freedom Train

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (November 19, 1863) pg.1

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (November 19, 1863) pg.2

An Essay on the Liberty of the Press by George Hay (1799)

Back Page - Letter from Thomas D'arcy Brophy, President, The American Heritage Foundation

Benjamin Franklin's Editorial on Zenger Printed in the Pennsylvania Gazette, 1737

Benjamin Franklin's Own Epitaph in His Own Hand

Cover Letter - Douglas Manship, WBRZ President & General Manager

Fight for Freedom - World War II

First Book Printed in America

General Robert E. Lee Accepts Presidency of College (1865) pg.1

General Robert E. Lee Accepts Presidency of College (1865) pg.2

Germany Surrenders Unconditionally (May 7th, 1945) pg.1

Germany Surrenders Unconditionally (May 7th, 1945) pg.2

'Glorious News' from Yorktown

Inside Cover - Freedom Is Everybody's Job

Jefferson's Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence (June 11-28, 1776) pg.1

Jefferson's Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence (June 11-28, 1776) pg.2

John Peter Zenger's New-York Weekly Journal No. 93 (August 18, 1735)

Last Message from Corregidor (1942)

Letter by Christopher Columbus on the Discovery of America (1493)

Letter from John Paul Jones to Gouverneur Morris pg.1

Letter from John Paul Jones to Gouverneur Morris pg.2

List of Portfolio Reproductions

Log of the 'USS Missouri' - Japanese Surrender pg.1

Log of the 'USS Missouri' - Japanese Surrender pg.2

Logbook of the U.S. Frigate 'Constitution' (1815)

'Merry Christmas' from General McAuliffe

Naval Governor of the Isle of Guam, Abolishing Slavery and Peonage

Original Letter of President Theodore Roosevelt to Secretary of War William Howard Taft in Regard to Keeping Our Promise to Get Out of Cuba

Original Letter of Thaddaus Kosciuszko to General Nathanael Greene

Original Manuscript of 'The Star Spangled Banner' (September, 1814)

Paul Revere's Commission as Messenger

Petition of the National Women's Suffrage Association to Congress (1873)

President Washington's Farewell Address (1796) pg.1

President Washington's Farewell Address (1796) pg.2

President Washington's 'To Bigotry No Sanction' Letter pg.1

President Washington's 'To Bigotry No Sanction' Letter pg.2

Proclamation of the Independence of the Philippines, Signed by President Harry S. Truman (1946)

Surrender of Japanese Forces in the Ryukyus

The Bill of Rights (1789)

The Emancipation Proclamation pg.1

The Emancipation Proclamation pg.2

The Mayflower Compact (1620)

The Nineteenth Amendment

The Northest Ordinance (1787) pg.1

The Northest Ordinance (1787) pg.2

The Thanks of Congress of the United States to the French Nation (1791)

The Tribute of France to the Memory of Dr. Franklin (1790)

The United Nations Charter (1945) pg.1

The United Nations Charter (1945) pg.2

Thomas Jefferson's Statement on Rights of Colonist (1774)

Thomas Paine's 'Common Sense'

Thomas Paine's The Crisis (1776)

Washington's Own Copy of the Constitution (1787)

Washington's Revolutionary War Account Book in His Own Hand pg.1

Washington's Revolutionary War Account Book in His Own Hand pg.2

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