Broadsides posted on walls were a vehicle for mass communications before the age of electronic media. used for a variety of purposes, including news alerts, advertisement, announcement of events and rallying of supporters of particular political views. Those sampled here include solicitations for recruits and firearms, a May 1775 appeal to powers that be in Great Britain to recognize and address the grievances of the colonies in the wake of battles at Lexington and Concord, and a nineteenth-century advertisement for souvenirs related to a carving done by British prisoners during the Revolution. A newspaper advertisement provides a description and offers a reward for the return of an enslaved young woman thought to have taken refuge with the British. To find more materials on these and other subjects related to Connecticut and the Revolution, click on or use the topic or place headings within records to extend your searches—terms such as “United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783” or "continental army" (enclosing phrases in quotes). Use the facets to the left of the results to narrow your search by selecting more terms, or add terms such as “soldier*”, to your search using an asterisk "*" to allow for singular or plural forms, or search on the names of individuals or organizations. Exploring the collections or items to which individual items belong or of which they are a part can be another way to find more resources of interest.
