General Orders, 28 February 1919

A letter from General John J. Pershing to his "fellow soldiers" as service comes to an end. He thanks the soldiers for their "splendid service to the army and to the nation".

Accounting for Human Rights Violations Risk: Conflict Minerals Mandatory Disclosures under the Dodd Frank Act

This paper examines the equity market response to firms’ disclosure of human rights violation risk with regard to conflict mineral usage as required by Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act (the Act). This paper assesses the aggregate equity market response to regulatory events leading to the passage of the Act, the equity market reaction to voluntary early disclosures and mandatory disclosures of conflict mineral information in Form SD, as well as the determinants of the equity market response. Using a sample of 4,399 US registrants from January 1, 2008 to September 30, 2014, we document a significant negative stock market reaction to the passage of the Act and to conflict minerals disclosures on Form SD. The equity market reaction is more negative and limited to companies that source their minerals from conflict zones, companies with human rights violations, and companies with ambiguous disclosures. Taken together, the results of this study provide an economic justification for companies with poor conflict minerals practices to improve in order to avoid high costs that will arise if firms are forced to disclose human rights abuses. This paper also provides preliminary evidence that Form SD is successful in reducing the governance gap that exposes investors to unnecessary sanction, litigation and reputation risk from firms’ activities in conflict minerals usage.

Printed blank from Frank Pearce and Co. Shipping and Insurance Agents

Printed blank from Frank Pearce and Co. Shipping and Insurance Agents regarding the bill of landing for the porcelain cask, Oct. 26, 1876.

Printed blank from Frank Pearce and Co. regarding charges for shipping of the porcelain cask

Printed blank from Frank Pearce and Co. regarding charges for shipping of the porcelain cask, Oct. 26, 1876.

Vieux souvenirs, 1818-1848

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Memoirs of my Life by John Charles Frémont : Including in the narrative five journeys of western exploration, during the years 1842, 1843-4, 1845-6-7, 1848-9, 1853-4.

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Un recuerdo en memoria de los mexicanos que murierón en la guerra contra los norte-americanos en los años de 1836 a 1848

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Mensage del Exmo. Sr. Presidente provisional de la República, D. Manuel de la Peña y Peña : leído en la apertura de las sesiones del Congreso de 1848.

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Morceaux choisis D'Alphonse Daudet edited and anotated by Frank W. Freeborn

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Historia de la revolución de 1848

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Histoire de la Revolution de 1848

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La Invasión Americana, 1846 a 1848: apuntes del Subteniente de Artillería Manuel Balbontín.

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Tratado de paz, amistad, límites y arreglo definitivo entre la República Mexicana y los Estados-Unidos de América, firmado en Guadalupe Hidalgo el 2 de Febrero de 1848, con las modificaciones con que ha sido aprobado por el Senado, y retificado por el Presidente de los EstadosUnidos.

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Recuerdos de la invasión norteamericana 1846-1848

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Historia de México y del General Antonio López de Santa-Anna: comprende los acontecimientos políticos que han tenido lugar en la Nación desde el año de 1821 hasta 1848

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