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Subject: Government Surplus

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Broadside Advertisement for Pitkin & Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1875Broadside Advertisement for Pitkin & Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1875

A two-page broadside advertisement from Pitkin & Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1875. One page advertises "Uniforms for the Presidential Campaign" (likely for Ulysses S. Grant), while the other lists surplus government property for sale, including military overcoats, jackets, blankets, and shoes. The broadside was mailed in its original envelope.