Commercial Interests of the City and Harbor of Erie as Prepared for the Erie Business Directory 1868-69
Erie, PA: Dispatch Steam Printing Company, 1869. Paper wraps. 32pp. Soiling and a few small tears.
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Miniature Map of Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota: Beaumont & Gordon, 1860. Used as an advertisement for their grocery and provisions store. The pocket measures 2 1/4" x 1 3/4". The map measures 5 1/2" x 7". It has separate from the pocket with part of the map still glued to cover.
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History of the Murder of Hiram Sawtell by His Brother Issac Sawtell
Laconia, NH: John J. Lane, 1890. Paper wraps. 32pp. Good with minor chipping to covers. Isaac wanted Hiram's property and so he murdered him. Although he buried the body in Berwick, Maine, some believed the murder took place across the border in New Hampshire. See McDade 852.
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New Hampshire Court of Common Pleas Docket Sept. and March terms 1840-1841
Paper wraps. 56 pp in original blue wraps. Backstrap beginning to separate. Good condition. Printed case entries with dispositions noted in manuscript. Additional manuscript notes in the back. Frequent entries for Pierce & Fowler, which was Franklin Pierce's law firm.
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Plat Map of Thomas County, Kansas
Topeka: Hall Litho, 1895. One side has separated, other side nearly separated. See photo.
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8 page letter from Sarah (last name unknown), to her brother. Carleton, St. John: Sept. 17th, 1853
Very readable and in good condition. Over 50 lines are dedicated to the recent Railroad Jubilee or railroad demonstrations that taken place recently. The governor's wife made a speech and dug up the first sod. Between 40 and 50,000 in attendance there was a large procession made up of various tradesmen and even a float with Adam and Eve.
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Souvenir Program Indiana Federation of Colored Woman's Clubs 63rd Annual Convnetion
South Bend, IN, 1966. Paper wraps. 28pp. Some wear. Copy of Fannie Hyde with her manuscript notes. The program includes the Black Nation Anthem, "Life ev'ry voice and sing." It also includes photos of the presidents of the various clubs.
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![Annual Reports [Rockingham County] of the County Commissioners Supr. Of Count Farm and House of Corrections Physician Chaplain Sheriff and Jailer Solicitor](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/854/823/1497823854.0.l.jpg)
Annual Reports [Rockingham County] of the County Commissioners Supr. Of Count Farm and House of Corrections Physician Chaplain Sheriff and Jailer Solicitor
Portsmouth, NH: Penny Post Publishing Company, 1887. Paper wraps. Annual Reports [Rockingham County] of the County Commissioners Supr. Of Count Farm and House of Corrections Physician Chaplain Sheriff and Jailer Solicitor...1887. Portsmouth, N.H.: Printed by Penny Post Publishing Company, 1887. 62 pages. Chipping on covers. Also includes information on their Insane Asylum. $75.00.
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Life Trial and Execution of Edward H. Ruloff The Perpetrator Of Eight Murders
Philadelphia: Barclay and Co. 80 p9. Lacking pictorial wraps. Booksellers stamp on title page. Mc Dade 835. McDade writes: "Rulloff (or Ruloff; the names is spelled both ways) was one of those bizarre criminals who defy easy classification.
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Two Search and Seizure Warrants. NH Sullivan County 1899, 1902
For seizure of one galleon of spirits.
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Report of the State Commission on Prison Labor Together with the Proceedings of the Commission Minutes of the Evidence and an Index of Subjects
Albany: The Argus Company, Printers, 1871. 325pp. Paper covers chipped and off but present. The Commission likened the practice of prison labor to bribery.
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$100.00 Reward Wanted For Adultery Thomas E. Mason and Edna Leek who eloped together February 9, 1908
Thomas E. Mason is a married man. Signed in Type McBride Wilson Sheriff of Greene County and Dated Jefferson, Iowa, April 30, 1908. Measures 10 1/2 x 5 1/2. In good condition.
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Poetry Copy Book Belonging to H. [Hugh] B. Lougee of East Parsonfield, Maine
c.1880's. Twenty one pages of poetry. Among the poems is Edmund Clarance Stedman's poem in John Brown. Lougee was a framer, teacher and member of the Free Will Baptists. During his lifetime in Parsonsfield, the Free Will Baptists had a seminary that served the Underground Railroad. In the 1850's the school was burned, killing several students and enslaved people. Although they blamed the anti-abolitionists, they could never prove it.
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The Great Harry K. Thaw Song Why Don't They Set Him Free
Berstein & Co, 1913. Words by Thomas Blue, Music by Harry C. Loll. 5 pp. Closely cropped at top of first page. Thaw was a rich playboy who killed architect Stamford White to avenge advances on his wife, Evelyn Nesbit. The trial was called the Trial of the Century. A fascinating case.
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1883 Sunnyside Farm Waterville, ME. The following horses will be kept for breeding purposes at the Farm, the Season of 1883
Young Rolfe.. Signed in type C. H Nelson Proprietor. [1883] Measures 17 x 10. Sunnyside was the home of the trotting horse Nelson who was crowned King of the Stallions in 1892. Young Rolfe sired Nelson.
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Ray R. Myers World's Famous Armless Musician His Life Story As Told In Words and Pictures
Circa 1940's. 8 pp signed by Myers. With a photograph of him driving a car and also a Souvenir Folder titled Ray R. Myers. All in good condition. Myers was born without arms on a farm in Pennsylvania. He eventually was part of Ripley's Believe it Or Not.
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Department of Justice FBI Nov. 7, 1925, Re. Otto E. Hawk, Alias M.W. Wood, Alias Oliver Wentworth Hunter
Conspiracy to violate the Tariff Act Signed in type by J. E. Hoover. A photo is attached.
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Personal Memoir of Daniel Drayton, for four years and four months A prisoner (for charity's sake) in Washington Jail. Including a narrative of the voyage and capture of the schooner Pearl
Boston: Bela Marsh, 1855. 122 pp. The book is good, with minor nicks and wear to the binding. Foxing to the preliminary pages and the corner of the front flyleaf is lacking. Drayton was imprisoned in Washington, D.C., for helping enslaved people escape the South.
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Young Colebrook CT Man Goes to the California Gold Rush 1849
Two letters from S. Seymour regarding his impending trip to California. First is a two page letter dated Merchants Hotel NYC March 9th, 1849 to his friends. In the letter he talks of his group waiting for the ship to be ready, also the cost and the at he has obtained a passport. The second letter dated Merchants Hotel NYC March 15, 1849 to his father. He writes that he will be boarding the ship Monday, says "A new... Read More
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Smashing The White Slave Trade
Currier Publishing Company: Chicago, 1910. Paper wraps. Poor paper quality. Some chipping and tape repair.
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Photograph of Edward E. Hale laid down on heavy paper with Hale's autograph
Circa 1880's. Image measures 5 x 3 3/4. Small blemish at top of head which appears to be in the image. Surround measure 14 x 11. On back in a period hand, it says "Edward Everett Hale signed. Distinguished author who wrote that famous classic. The Man Without A Country
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Large Mailer Flyer Advertising a Show by Samia Gama at Ciro's in Hollywood
c.1950's. It also mentions Last Few Days to See Josephine Baker. The mailer measures 22" x 34" when un-folded. Good with a few tears along folds.
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3 Rhode Island, Massachusetts Invitations Washington Ball
Washington Ball. February 19th, 1842, Scituate. Cotillion Party. Feb. 20, 1842, Burrillville. Benefit Ball March 11th, 1842, Smithfield. All made out to John M. Eddy and Lady. Folds and a few ink stains.
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Manuscript Cook Book belonging to Emily Treadwell Salem, MA and dated Sept.10th 1876
20 pp of recipes. Binding is loose and a few pencil scribbles. Recipes include Harrison Cake, Indian Cake, Candy and others.
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Four-page legal document stating that Ebenezer Webster of Londonderry New Hampshire is indenturing his son William to Nathaniel Parker to learn the tanning and currying trade. Nov. 18, 1819
With an addendum which changes terms of the indenture regarding payment- that instead of leather and cash for payment it will be in form of clothing. Some tears and folds.
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