Former President John Tyler Eloquently Supports the Compromise of 1850, Attacking Its Opponents on Both the Pro- and Anti-Slavery Sides, and Hoping “there is still intelligence and patriotism enough in the community to baffle their narrow and illiberal designs.”
by John Tyler
12/03/1850. On southern opponents and John C. Calhoun’s speech: “It is too ultra and his ultimata impracticable. How is agitation to be quieted or an amendment to the Constitution to be obtained and how above all, can it be expected, that the North will concede a power which has grown up under the Constitution and by our own concessions?…I regard his speech as calculated to do injury to the Southern Cause, and in that view I regret its delivery…” He... Read More
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Unique Printing of William Henry Harrison’s Deadly Inaugural Address on Silk
by WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
On a cold, wet day, March 4, 1841, President Harrison delivered the longest inaugural address in history. Harrison wrote the entire speech himself, though it was edited by his soon-to-be Secretary of State, Daniel Webster. Webster said afterwards that in the process of editing the text, he had "killed seventeen Roman proconsuls." Contracting pneumonia, Harrison became the first president to die in office 31 days after delivering this address. His vice president John Tyler became the new president and served... Read More
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Daniel Webster Promotes Nationalism Over Just Sectionalism After Compromise of 1850
by Daniel Webster
14/05/1850. ""There have been those who desire to uphold all sorts of local ideas, prejudices, and animosities, by the general strength of the Whig cause. If we cannot free ourselves from these counsels, the Whig Party must inevitably cease to be the great, strong, and conservative party of the country.""The new Federal territories obtained from Mexico in 1848, and whether they were to permit slavery, brought the nation again to a crisis. The subject had immediacy because with the... Read More
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The Fly-Fisher's Entomology: with directions for making the artificial representations of each fly; and a few observations and instructions on Trout and Grayling Fishing
by Ronalds, Alfred
Liverpool: Henry Young, 1913. Limited Edition, No. 159 of 270 copies, signed by the publisher. Illustrated with 7 photogravure and 13 hand-colored etched plates; Vol. II contains 48 flies in 9 thick card mounts. 2 vols. 4to. Handsomely bound in full green crushed morocco, gilt rules on upper and lower covers, gilt panelled spine with emblematic devices, inner dentelles, t.e.g., by Birdsall. Spines uniformly faded to brown, a few tiny nicks, else fine, with ownership inscriptions and bookplates of... Read More
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Daniel Webster Details a Duel Challenge by Senator John Randolph
by DANIEL WEBSTER
Randolph twice challenged the venerable Congressmen Daniel Webster. The first was in 1816, when Randolph felt scorned by Webster's speech in a House debate over sugar duty. The second, relating to this document, was in 1825, after Randolph had seethed for eight months over Webster denying William H. Crawford "the fullest opportunity to answer the charges against him" during the election of 1824. (Register of Debates, 18th Congress, 2nd Session, 56-58). In the second... Read More
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Home, Sweet Home," an original holograph copy of the poem and ballad, signed by the author and inscribed by him at the bottom to the wife of Daniel Webster's secretary "for Mrs. Zantzinger, who knows so thoroughly the way, and exercises so sweetly the power, to render Home what Heaven meant it should be. Washington, March 28, 1851.
by Payne, John Howard (1791-1852 ; American actor, author, poet, and diplomat)
Accompanied by five autograph letters from Payne to Zantzinger, signed 27 October 1849 – 4 May 1851. Washington, DC, 1851. The poem is written on a sheet of stationery, 8 x 6 1/2 inches embossed at the edges, and mounted on a larger sheet (9 x 8 3/4 inches); a small newspaper clipping accompanies the poem and notes that this particular copy was loaned by Mrs. Zantzinger to the Smithsonian Institution to be exhibited at the National Museum. The... Read More
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Collection of Glass Plate Negative Prints of Abraham Lincoln and Civil War Figures
by MESERVE, Frederick Hill (1865-1962)
Known as "America's first great photograph collector," this pioneering figure championed the preservation of historical photographs, traveling the country to rescue original glass plate negatives from certain destruction; so little appreciated and understood were they that he occasionally found them tossed aside in barns and sometimes even reused as glass panes in windows. Meserve saved countless original negatives created by Mathew B. Brady, Alexander Gardner and other seminal photographers from certain destruction. To the Lincoln images he assigned numbers... Read More
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In a Letter to Edward Livingston From New York on His Great Tour in June 1825, Lafayette Makes Arrangements for His Reception Following the Laying of the Bunker Hill Monument Cornerstone
by Marquis de Lafayette
1825. He wonders whether he should bring a delegation of surviving military staff from the Revolutionary Warhttps://vimeo.com/947371941?share=copy In 1824, with the nation prosperous, exuberant and in the midst of the Era of Good Feelings, nostalgia was strong for the Revolutionary War generation that had made the U.S. independent and was now passing rapidly from the scene. President James Monroe invited the Marquis de Lafayette to visit the United States, and accompanied by his son, George Washington Lafayette, the old soldier... Read More
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The Gallery of Illustrious Americans, Containing the Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Twenty-four of the Most Eminent Citizens of the American Republic, Since the Death of Washington
by BRADY, Mathew B. (1823-1896, Photographer), LESTER, Charles Edwards (1815-1889, Editor), D'AVIGNON, Francis (1813-1861, Lithographer), GAMBARDELLA, Spiridione (fl.1842-1868, Artist)
New York: M. B. Brady, F. d'Avignon, C. Edwards Lester, 1850. Folio. (21 x 15 inches). Letterpress presentation leaf, title page, index, salutation leaf. 12 lithographic portraits on india paper, mounted as issued, by d'Avignon after daguerreotypes by Brady (11) and a painting by S. Gambardella (1) accompanied by biographical texts. Each plate with the publisher's blindstamp in the lower margin. Expertly bound to style in quarter red morocco with tips and publisher's original red boards, upper cover elaborately... Read More
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Vice President Richard M. Johnson's personal autograph ledger book with hundreds of signatures of Senators, Supreme Court Justices, Presidents, and more
by JOHNSON, Richard M. (1780 - 1850)
Washington, D.C., 1837. hardcover. very good(-). Museum-quality offering of Vice President Richard M. Johnson's personal autograph ledger book -- 87 leaves consisting of over 290 signatures, assembled during his tenure in office, 1837 - 1841, and containing most of the signatures of the 27th Congress, five United States Presidents, the complete Van Buren Cabinet, six Supreme Court Justices, and virtually every major national political figure of the era. More importantly, this book is a virtual roll call of... Read More
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Launches His Career: Perhaps America's First Great Lecturer, He Signs on to Give His First Ever Lecture Series
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
17/06/1835. One of the earliest letters ever to reach the public marketRalph Waldo Emerson is remembered today as an essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendental movement of the mid-19th century. His ideology is disseminated to us through his voluminous writings.To his contemporaries, he was best known as a lecturer, and he delivered some 1,500 addresses In the United States and Great Britain over the course of his career. Over the period 1833-1871, Emerson often spent... Read More
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President Millard Fillmore Writes Daniel Webster on the Compromise of 1850
by Millard Fillmore
19/12/1850. The annexation of Texas to the United States and the gain of immense new lands at the close of the Mexican War in 1848 brought to a flaming pitch the hostility between North and South concerning the extension of slavery into the territories. With the North strongly opposing the extension, the South demanded guarantees of an equal position for slavery, as well as the more active execution of fugitive slave laws. There were threats that unless the southern... Read More
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Zachary Taylor Rejoices on the Election of William Henry Harrison as President, Seeing It as a Triumph Akin to the American Revolution
by Zachary Taylor
10/02/1841. He compares the election to American independence, saying “A revolution next in importance to the country, to that of achieving by our ancestors our separation & independence from England, brought about by the force of reason through the ballot box without a drop of blood having been spilled.” He manifests his own feelings: “There are but few if a single individual in the whole land, who rejoices more sincerely in spirit & in truth than I do, at the... Read More
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The Gallery of Illustrious Americans, containing the portraits and biographical sketches of twenty-four of the most eminent citizens of the American Republic, since the death of Washington. From daguerreotypes by Brady - engraved by d'Avignon
by Brady, Mathew B. (c.1823-1896, photographer). - Charles Edwards LESTER (1815-1889, editor)
New York: M.B.Brady, F.d'Avignon, C.Edwards Lester, 1850. First edition. 1st series only (all published), Letterpress presentation, title and salutation leaves. 12 lithographic portraits on india paper, mounted as issued, by d'Avignon after daguerreotypes by Brady (11) and a painting by S. Gambardella (1). Each plate with the publisher's blindstamp in the lower margin, as issued. List of plates in the rear. Folio. Publisher's blue cloth gilt, rebacked, minor wear at board edges. Some foxing as usual. Provenance: Isaac Hutchins... Read More
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THE HOUSE SERVANT'S DIRECTORY, OR A MONITOR FOR PRIVATE FAMILIES: COMPRISING HINTS ON THE ARRANGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF SERVANTS' WORK, WITH GENERAL RULES FOR SETTING OUT TABLES AND SIDEBOARDS IN FIRST ORDER; THE ART OF WAITING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES; AND LIKEWISE HOW TO CONDUCT LARGE AND SMALL PARTIES WITH ORDER; WITH GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR PLACING ON TABLE ALL KINDS OF JOINTS, FISH, FOWL, &C. WITH FULL INSTRUCTIONS FOR CLEANING PLATE, BRASS, STEEL, GLASS, MAHOGANY; AND LIKEWISE ALL KINDS OF PATENT AND COMMON LAMPS: OBSERVATIONS ON SERVANTS' BEHAVIOUR TO THEIR EMPLOYERS; AND UPWARDS OF 100 VARIOUS AND USEFUL RECEIPTS, CHIEFLY COMPILED FOR THE USE OF HOUSE SERVANTS; AND IDENTICALLY MADE TO SUIT THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATES WITH FRIENDLY ADVICE TO COOKS AND HEADS OF FAMILIES; AND COMPLETE DIRECTIONS HOW TO BURN LEHIGH COAL
by ROBERTS, Robert
Boston & New York: Munroe and Francis; Charles S. Francis, 1828. Second Edition. Hardcover. A Fine example of this scarce title. Duodecimo (4-1/4" x 6-3/4") bound in contemporary calf, recently and neatly rebacked; 180 pages. A rare example of the FIRST COMMERCIALLY PUBLISHED BOOK WRITTEN BY AN AFRICAN AMERICAN IN THE UNITED STATES and THE FIRST COOKBOOK WRITTEN BY AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN. A guide for house servants to help them to understand the rules of keeping a prominent white... Read More
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A Presidential Rarity: An Autograph of William Henry Harrison Signed During His One-Month Presidency
by William Henry Harrison|Daniel Webster
03/1841. https://vimeo.com/1048137478?share=copy The Jacksonian era was one of adversity for Harrison, the military hero who had been a supporter of Henry Clay and former President John Quincy Adams, and opposed President Andrew Jackson. Having aspirations for the presidency, he promoted his candidacy by touring the country during 1835-6. This was the first time a person had campaigned for president himself, rather than through his friends. Anniversary celebrations of the battles of Tippecanoe and the Thames glorified his military career, friendly... Read More
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, And other Sketches (Presentation copy)
by Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]
New York: C. H. Webb, 1867. First edition. Good. Presentation copy, inscribed on the blank recto of the advertisement leaf: "With compliments of Mark Twain New York, May 9, 1867." The original recipient's name has been torn away (and the advertisement leaf has been repaired with a section from another first edition copy). The novel was published in April 25, 1867, making this one of the earliest presentation copies known. The copy Twain presented to his mother was... Read More
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