Lot 845
Unrecorded 1846 Mexican War Recruiting Broadside. May 30, 1846, Mexican War Broadside, ordering Volunteers to report to the Brigade Inspector of the Pennsylvania Militia, and requiring uniforms in accord with regulation, 9 x 12 in., Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Fine. In part: "To the Volunteers and citizens residing within the bounds of the 1st Brigade 4th Division, P.M. [Pennsylvania Militia]… notice is hereby given that all offers of services on the part of volunteer companies… must be made to the Governor of the Commonwealth through the undersigned Brigade Inspector. The laws of this State require the uniform of volunteers to be the same as that worn by the same description of force in the United States army…. The requisition upon the Governor of this Commonwealth, being for Six Regiments of Infantry, the services of no other description of volunteers will be accepted."
When war was formally declared between the U.S. and Mexico on May 13, 1846. U.S. armed forces consisted of a small regular army and an aggregate of state militias, all of which had different regulations, uniforms and chains of command. This broadside, printed on May 30, reflects the state of confusion that existed early in the conflict, as local governments scrambled to meet enlistment quotas and outfit men properly for the march south. This rare broadside is not found in either of the major collections at the University of Texas or the Library of Congress.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500.
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