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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04643.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Printed circular from the Office of the Committee on Labor, Income, and Revenue |
| Date | 22 April 1864 |
| Author | Shoemaker, Robert (fl. 1864) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Distributed by the Committee on Drugs, Chemicals, Dry Salteries, and Paints, a division of the Office of the Committee on Labor, Income, and Revenue. The Committee on Drugs requests that druggists, chemists, dry salters, and paint manufacturers donate one day's labor, income, or revenue for benefit of the Great Central Fair. Created by Shoemaker as Chairman of the Committee on Drugs, and by H. B. Rosengarten as Secretary. Lists other committee members. Accompanied by an illustrated Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission envelope addressed to A. J. Everhart. Possibly transmitted in the same envelope as GLC04643.01. |
| Subjects | US Sanitary Commission Civil War Military History Union Forces Charity and Philanthropy Injury or Wound Expositions and Fairs Religion |
| People | Rosengarten, H. B. (fl. 1864) Shoemaker, Robert (fl. 1864) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine; Religion |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | The Great Central Fair for the United States Sanitary Commission opened in June 1864 in Logan Square, Philadelphia. The Fair was held to raise funds for Union soldiers in need of basic necessities and medical supplies. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |