American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents

Visible 9 1/4 x 11 5/8 in. printed broadside (toned); framed to 10 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. (not examined out of frame). 

An illustrated broadside announcing the members from each district in the New Red Lion Vigilance Association, an organization incorporated in 1864 to combat horse thieves in eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware. Featuring a dramatic woodcut by engraver Reuben S. Gilbert of a thief absconding with his horse and a pursuer wearing a top hat and yelling "Stop Thief!" Though undated, an extant copy of the 1864 bylaws of the organization, which includes many of the names present on this broadside, suggests a similar date of publication. RARE: OCLC locates only 1 copy held at the Hagley Museum & Library [Wilmington, Delaware]; online records locate only 1 copy sold at auction.