Collection of 56 Manuscript Diaries kept by Henry S. Funk of Springtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1869-1886, 1888, 1894-1905, 1907-1931
by Funk, Henry S.
56 pocket diaries, totaling approximately 6167 pages of diary entries, plus 420 pages of memoranda, accounts and notes, various bindings, entries in ink in very good, clean and legible condition. An unusually lengthy run of diaries in which Funk records the daily events of his life. He records the incidents in his many business activities, domestic and daily life, and his time in the State Legislature. The diaries present over half a century of... Read More
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Superior Court, Wednesday, March 26, 1856. Before Hon. Chief Justice Oakley, and a Jury. Richard Cox against Ellen C. Cox. Argument of J. W. Gerard, Esq. For the Defendant, On Summing Up to the Jury. Taken Down in Short Hand by the Reporters. …
by Gerard, James W.
octavo, 56 pages, front wrapper present, rear wrap missing, ex-library, handstamp on front wrapper, removed from bound volume of pamphlets, blue ink splotch on p. 5-6 affecting text slightly, else a good copy. A case of adultery and divorce.
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A Statement of the Frauds on the Elective Franchise in the City of New York, In the Fall of the Year 1838 and Spring of 1839
by Glentworth, James B.
octavo, 75 page pamphlet, ex-library, hand-stamps on title-page, titlepage loose but present, removed from bound volume of pamphlets, text foxed, else good. Concerns election fraud which occurred in the Presidential election of 1838. American Imprints 41-2125, 5 locations
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A Statement of the Frauds on the Elective Franchise in the City of New York, In the Fall of the Year 1838 and Spring of 1839
by Glentworth, James B.
octavo, 75 page pamphlet, ex-library, hand-stamps on title-page, titlepage loose but present, removed from bound volume of pamphlets, text foxed, else good. Concerns election fraud which occurred in the Presidential election of 1838. American Imprints 41-2125, 5 locations
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Autograph Letter Signed, Zanesville, Ohio, August 29, 1831, to John H. James, Urbana, Ohio
by Goddard, Charles B.
quarto, one page, plus stamp less address leaf, in very good, clean, and legible condition. 1831 Ohio Whig leaders in the Age of Jackson. "…I will hand you the dollars as a compensation for your serving when I need you, which I trust will be at the Federal Court. Our people formed a pretty good ticket last Saturday and success is possible. Levi Whippple for Senator, David Peairs and Appleton Downer for the House." In this, the third year of Andrew Jackson's... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, Columbia, Tennessee January 11, 1857 to her sister
by Goodhue, Nancy M.
This 1857 Tennessee letter was written by Nancy M. (Brown) Goodhue (1835-1917), the daughter of Abel Brown (1790-1878) and Nancy Hoyt (1796-1848) of Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Nancy became the wife of Augustus Frederick Goodhue (1829-1912) about 1856. Augustus was the son of David Payson Goodhue (b. 1803) and Octavia Tilton (b. 1805) of East Kingston Township, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Augustus was a Civil Engineer and went to Tennessee in 1856 to work on the railroads in that state.... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, Liverpool, December 3, 1846, to William H. Richards, New York, written on two-page Liverpool Prices Current printed circular
by Goodwin, John
quarto, one page letter, written on blank leaf of printed circular letter, Liverpool Prices Current, with stamp-less address leaf, well worn, with some loss of handwritten text from extensive separation along folds, repaired with archival tape. 1846, British Merchant condemns American Anti-Rent Movement Goodwin could offer no "safe encouragement for a man on your side to ship to this … it hardly ever happens that a profit is made on such business except when the shipper anticipates an increase in our prices.... Read More
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Collection of Incoming and Retained Copies of Outgoing Correspondence of Nathaniel Goodwin, Hartford City Treasurer and Probate Judge, 1810-1855
by Goodwin, Nathaniel (1782-1855)
236 letters, 312 pages, 50 deeds, receipts et cetera, in very good, clean, and legible condition. Nathaniel Goodwin was born in Hartford, Connecticut, March 5, 1782, and died there May 29, 1855. He was apprenticed to a printer in Albany, and afterward became a teacher and land-surveyor. At Hartford he was for many years City treasurer and judge of probate, and was often employed in the settlement of estates, He published Descendants of Thomas... Read More
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Collection of Incoming Correspondence to Mrs. Lettie C. Hayes Grant, of Barbours Mills, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania and Sterling Run, Cameron County, Pennsylvania, wife of Col. Robert P. Grant, banker and dairyman, 1869-1875
by Grant, Lettie C. Hayes
104 letters, 534 manuscript pp., dated 19 December 1869 to 1 March 1875, with the bulk dating from 1870-1874. 7 letters are not dated, but fall within the same general time frame of the rest of the collection. The bulk of the letters were written to Lettie C. Hayes Grant by her family: parents Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Grant, her brother O.W. Hayes, and sister Belle Hayes. There are two letters written to Lettie's husband, Col. Robert P. Grant and... Read More
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Oyer & Terminer The People vs James Gray & Elijah Gray Rumsey, Marvin, Redfield Counsels for People Brown, Chandler, Allen, Spencer & Hosmer for prisoners Jurors Obtained …
by Gray, Elijah, and James Gray
folio, 29 pages, text written in both ink and pencil, in two different, but legible hands, paper somewhat tanned, else very good. Docketed on fragment of blank, final page: "Copy of Testimony in case of Gray Taken by the Reporters E. C. Dibble & H. U. James Reporters to his Majesty Andrew the 1st" This item is a copy of the testimony, taken by two court reporters, given in the trial of James Gray and... Read More
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Greeley Illustrated.
by [Horace Greeley]
[N.p., n.d.] 1872, octavo, 8 pages, text in double columns, removed from bound volume of pamphlets, else in very good, clean condition. Illustrated with four cartoons by Thomas Nast; the first showing Greeley eating from a large bowl lettered "My Own Words and Deeds." In 1872, Horace Greeley ran unsuccessfully for President of the United States. He served as the candidate of both the Democrats and the Liberal Republicans (a breakaway party that split off from the Republican Party due to its... Read More
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Manuscript Letter Copy Book of Arthur M. Greene, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, and later the founding dean of Princeton University's Engineering School, with letter copies of his contractor father, Arthur M. Greene, also of Philadelphia, dated 1885-1902
by Greene, Arthur M.
Quarto, approximately 356 letters, on thin tissue like paper, totaling 503 pages, bound in half leather, pebbled cloth, lacks spine, boards detached, corners and edges worn, front flyleaf detached, some water staining, letters dated 28 December 1885 - 17 November 1902. Most letter copies are readable, some are readable with effort, several of the letters are not very readable. The volume begins with a 17 page index, which lists approximately 250 individuals to whom letters were... Read More
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Letters and Ephemeral material related to Hetty Green and her Howland family members in Hilo and Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, 1890-1923
by (Green, Hetty)
4 letters, 21 pp., plus 5 stock certificates, and 2 stock purchase receipts, dated 13 December 1890 to 9 February 1923. Hetty Green (1834-1916) and the Howland Family Born Henrietta Howland Robinson in 1834, she later married Edward Henry Green in 1867 and became known as Hetty Green. Her father was Edward Mott Robinson and her mother Abby Howland. Her family became wealthy in the whaling industry and the China Trade. Her mother died in 1860, her father died, five years later,... Read More
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![Autograph Letter Signed [Boston?] February 14, [1853] to “Mr. Houghton”](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/199/732/987732199.0.l.jpg)
Autograph Letter Signed [Boston?] February 14, [1853] to “Mr. Houghton”
by Greenleaf, Simon, jurist
octavo, 2 pages, few ink smudges, else in very good clean condition. Simon Greenleaf (1783-1853), founding father of Harvard Law School, completes his classic of American jurisprudence, the "Mr. Houghton" to whom the letter was addressed was very likely Henry Houghton, of Bolles & Houghton, then typesetters and printers for Little & Brown publishers, and who later founded his own publishing company, Houghton, Mifflin. Greenleaf writes: ... Read More
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![Autograph Letter Signed, New York, November 24, 1845, to Rev. [Joseph] Ransom, Westford, Otsego County, New York](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/656/903/1467903656.0.l.jpg)
Autograph Letter Signed, New York, November 24, 1845, to Rev. [Joseph] Ransom, Westford, Otsego County, New York
by Greenland, Stephen
quarto, 1 page, plus stamp less address leaf, formerly folded, in very good, clean, and legible condition. "…I must beg your kind forgiveness for my apparent neglect of your kindness, many times I have laid out in my mind the outline of a letter to you but alas imperative business during the day and excessive fatigue in the evening have prevented it…I read with pleasure your protest against the infidelity of the "Vestiges of Creation". I will send you the Review... Read More
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Collection of Correspondence, Documents, Papers, and Speeches of Pre-Eminent Career American Diplomat, Philip C. Habib, 1948-1984
by Habib, Philip C. (1920-1992)
29 letters, 38 pp., (no envelopes), dated 8 March 1851 to 26 July 1984, the bulk of the letters are incoming originals dated 1951-1957 (only one letter is post 1957); there are 3 outgoing copies of Habib's letters, the rest are incoming; letters are mostly typed and signed, only two letters are handwritten. The 3 outgoing letters are retained copies, Habib wrote 1 letter in 1952 to O.T. Foster, secretary of the Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand and... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, Buffalo, New York, April 3, 1839, to his cousin, Peter Nesbit, Pickering, Upper Canada
by Haldane, James
Scottish Immigrant in New York fears War between the US and Britain during the "Aroostook War", 1839. folio, three pages, plus stamp-less address leaf, formerly folded, some minor spotting, small tears along folds, else very good. "…I received the 21 of February giving a account of the stormes that was along the western coast of great Britain…I have had a visit from my brother from Sheldon [Valley?]. He is thinking of going home this fall. I should like very much to go... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, Buffalo, New York, April 3, 1839, to his cousin, Peter Nesbit, Pickering, Upper Canada
by Haldane, James
folio, three pages, plus stamp less address leaf, formerly folded, otherwise in very good, clean and legible condition. "…I received the 21 of February giving a account of the stormes that was along the western coast of great Britain…I have had a visit from my brother from Sheldon [Valley?]. He is thinking of going home this fall. I should like very much to go home to see my people but I have got myself much... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed as Member of Congress from Vermont. Washington, DC. February 29, 1840, to Leonard Sargent, Manchester, Vermont, a member of the state Legislature and later Lt. Governor of Vermont
by Hall, Hiland
quarto, 4 pp. including stampless address leaf with signed Free Frank, hole from seal opening with no significant loss of text, in good, clean, and legible condition. 1840 Whigs wildly optimistic about the election of General William Henry Harrison to the Presidency. "…We are all in the highest spirits on the subject of the Presidential election. I do not think there is a Whig in Congress but most truly and sincerely believes that Gen. Harrison will be elected President, and it is... Read More
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A Full Report of the Case of John Den ex dem. Thomas Gibbons Trumbull, John Heyward Trumbull, Ralph Henry Isham, and Ann his wife, Daniel Coit Ripley, and Sarah his wife, vs. William Gibbons. Decided in the Supreme Court of New Jersey, at Trenton, in the Term of April, 1849. Reported by William Halsted.
by Halsted, William
octavo, 129 page pamphlet, removed from bound volume of pamphlets, ink markings on titlepage, else a very good, clean copy.
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Autograph Letter Signed. Newfield, (Maine) Jan. 28, 1839, to Maine state Senator Samuel Mildram, Augusta, Maine
by Ham, Levi Jefferson
1839 Farsighted Corporate Reform Proposal by Former President of the Maine State Senate. Quarto, three pages, plus stamp-less address leaf, formerly folded, otherwise, in very good, clean, and legible condition. Ham congratulates Mildram, "and the Democracy of Old Wiles and of the state that you are again called to your former post of usefulness in the Ho. of Repts. "Do our friends all behave well this session or not? Are they all REAL or PRETENDED Democrats?" ... Read More
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Columbus, Ohio, Autograph Letter, to Ezekial Cox, Zanesville, Ohio, June 12, 1828
by Hamm, John, (State senator) and James Hampson, (General Assembly representative)
folio, 3 pages plus stampless address leaf, some weakness at folds and hole from seal opening with loss of a few words of text. 1828 Ohio Jacksonian Democratic Legislators fear "conspiracies and plots" by "Blue Light" ex-Federalist supporters of "King John the Second" (John Quincy Adams). An important Ohio political letter from the tumultuous months before the presidential election when a new Democratic Party was still forming around the candidacy of Andrew Jackson and supporters of his opponent, John Quincy... Read More
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Group of Four Letters by Henry L. Hammond, Treasurer of the Chicago Theological Seminary, to his cousin Mrs. Azelia Giraud Woodhull, New York City, 1863-1865
by Hammond, Rev. Henry L. (1815-1893)
4 letters, quarto, 7 pages, written on the letterhead of the Chicago Theological Seminary, of which Hammond was then treasurer, in very good, clean and legible condition. Henry L. Hammond (1815-1893) was born in Smyrna, New York; graduated from Oberlin College in 1838, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1841. He came west to Michigan in 1842, organizing the First Congregational Church of Detroit, and was its pastor until 1850. He then served... Read More
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The Closing Argument in the Case of The People vs. Reuben Dunbar, for Murder; Tried at the Late November Term of the Court of Oyer and Terminer for Albany County by S. H. Hammond, District Attorney
by Hammond, S. H.
octavo, 22 page pamphlet, lacking wrappers, ex-library, handstamp on title page, bottom 1/3 of title page torn away, and missing, with loss of imprint information, else textually complete, a good reading copy. "Dunbar, twenty-one years old, killed the nephews of his step-father, one by a blow, the other by hanging in a tree, fearing they might inherit the property which he felt should come to him." – McDade, Annals of Murder, 269
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![Autograph Letter Signed, Harmony Grove [Maryland] undated, circa 1865, to her friend Mary](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/532/085/1747085532.0.l.jpg)
Autograph Letter Signed, Harmony Grove [Maryland] undated, circa 1865, to her friend Mary
by Hanna
octavo, 4 pages, in good clean legible condition. Hanna, a young woman teaching school in Harmony Grove, Frederick County, Maryland (now a ghost town), writes her friend Mary describing a sermon eulogizing the late Abraham Lincoln, a visit to a nearby Civil War Hospital, and reflections on the terrible loss and devastation resulting from the war. "Mary Darling, … it is nearly school time. I am now teaching three miles from Frederick & board at brother Tommy's. … I am quite well, but... Read More
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