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Lot 474
[WAR OF 1812]. To Arms. ...Every recruit will receive 124 Dollars Bounty. N.p.: N.p., [1812-1814]. 
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[WAR OF 1812]. To Arms. ...Every recruit will receive 124 Dollars Bounty. N.p.: N.p., [1812-1814]. 

Approx. 9 x 11 1/8 in. printed broadside (light creasing, contemporary ink stains); framed to 13 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (not examined out of frame). 

An recruitment broadside featuring an illustration of a soldier wearing a uniform, shako, and aiming a musket. Recruiting for the 33rd Regiment of Infantry commanded by Colonel Isaac Lane and promising 124 dollars bounty and 160 acres "of good land." 

Isaac Lane (1764-1833) was a native of Maine and the son of Revolutionary War soldier Captain Jabez Lane. Isaac himself enlisted at 13 as a fifer in his father's company, serving over 4 years. During the War of 1812, he is reported to have raised over 500 volunteers to serve in the 33rd Infantry, as advertised here, his brother Daniel serving as Lieutenant Colonel. 

Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents
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