Manuscript Fourth of July Oration Delivered July 4, 1845 in Hampton New York
by Jones, M. M.
quarto, 25 pages neatly inscribed in ink, with manuscript corrections. The author notes: "This oration was written for July 4, 1844 & for which I received the second prize, a silver medal from the Young Men's Association of the City of Utica – It was not delivered – M. M. Jones Delivered with the amendments in red ink at Hampton July 4, 1845"
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Manuscript Fourth of July Oration, written in 1844 and Delivered July 4, 1845
by Jones, M. M.
legible condition. A manuscript note on the last page states: "This oration was written for July 4, 1844 & for which I received the second prize, a silver medal from the Young Men's Association of the City of Utica – It was not delivered – M. M. Jones. Delivered with the amendments in red ink at Hampton July 4, 1845" Fourth of July Oration written by Jones a young man from the Utica New York area is fairly typical in its patriotic... Read More
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Pair of Autograph Letter Signed New York, April 15, 1901 and March 9, 1902, both to Ellen Ward
by Keiley, Joseph T.
two letters, four pages, one on his law firm stationery, the other in black-bordered personal mourning stationery, in very good, clean and legible condition. 1901-02 Letters by Photo-Secession Photographer Joseph Keiley Keiley writes: "… the death of my law-partner's youngest child has upset may plans", which made it "next to impossible to get to Club", but "during the coming week I hope to arrange for a glycerine demonstration and will be very glad to have you... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, Philadelphia March 22, 1794 to Jasper Yeates, Lancaster
by Kittera, John Wilkes (1752-1801)
Folio, two pages inscribed on a four page bi-folium, paper browned, some paper loss on integral address leaf, else in good, legible condition. Letter from John W. Kittera, Federalist member of Congress from Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Jasper Yeates (1745-1817) jurist and justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, also from Lancaster, in which Kittera relates some of the growing tensions arising from the Proclamation of Neutrality in 1793 after the declaration of war... Read More
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Group of Four Autograph Letters Signed by the Marquis de Lafayette, written from La Grange 1822 - 1824, plus two letters written by his son, Georges Washington Lafayette, 1823 and 1827
by Lafayette, Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de (1757-1834)
small quarto and quarto, 6 letters, 9 pages, in very good, very clean and legible condition. An interesting collection of letters by Lafayette and his son, who was sent to America during the French Revolution as a ward of George Washington, discussing political matters and Lafayette's financial affairs in his later days, dating from a period bracketing his triumphal tour in America. They were all presumably written to a Monsieur Degas, several are addressed directly to him. "During the Restoration era (1815-1830),... Read More
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The Brooklyn City and Business Directory for the Year Ending May 1st, 1876. Containing Also a Street and Avenue Directory, A Municipal Register, and a New Map of the City. Compiled by Geo. T. Lain
by Lain, G.
Brooklyn: Published by Lain and Company, 1875. Hardcover. Good. stout octavo, 14 pp., ads, lacks map, iv, [4], 987, v, 108, 36, [4 pp., ads], 18, [4 pp., ads], rebound in later linen backed boards, ex-library, hand stamps on title page, shelf label on spine, covers somewhat soiled, else a good copy. Numerous full page advertisements for Brooklyn businesses throughout the volume, one in color.
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The Brooklyn City Directory for the Year Ending May 1st, 1879. Containing a Street and Avenue Directory, A Municipal Register, and a New Map of Brooklyn and Kings County. Compiled by Geo. T. Lain
by Lain, G.
Brooklyn: Published by Lain and Company, 1878. Hardcover. Good. stout octavo, lacks map,12 pp., ads, x, [2], 1084, 20, 36, [2], re-bound in later linen backed boards, red leather spine label, ex-library, hand stamps on title-page, shelf label on spine, covers somewhat soiled, numerous full page advertisements for Brooklyn based businesses, a good copy.
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Lain's Brooklyn Directory for the Year Ending May 1st, 1888. Containing Alphabetical List of Householders and Business Houses, A Street Guide, Municipal Register and a Map of the City
by Lain, G.
Brooklyn: Published by Lain and Company, 1887. Hardcover. Good. stout octavo, portion of preliminary advts., chipped and detached, ix, 1280, 8, 42, [2], lacks map, ex-library, rebound in later linen backed boards, red leather spine label, hand stamps on title page, shelf label on spine, covers somewhat soiled, front inner hinge broken, else good.
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The Brooklyn City and Business Directory for the Year Ending May 1st, 1877. Containing als a Street and Avenue Directory, A Municipal Register, and a New Map of the City. Compiled by Geo. T. Lain.
by Lain, Geo. T.
Brooklyn: Published by Lain and Company, 1876. Hardcover. Good. stout octavo, 12 pp ads, lacking map, iv, 1015, v, 98, 36, 4 pp. ads, 16, 4 pp., ads, re-bound in later linen backed boards, red leather spine label, ex-library, hand stamps on title page, shelf label on spine, covers somewhat dust soiled, else a good copy.
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The Brooklyn City Directory for the Year Ending May 1st, 1864. Compiled by J. Lain
by Lain, J.
Brooklyn: Published by J. Lain and Company, 1863. Hardcover. Good. octavo, 518, [4], 36, 30 pp., lacks map, rebound in later linen, backed boards, red leather spine label, ex-library, hand-stamps on title-page, shelf label on spine, otherwise in good clean condition.
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Arrêt du Conseil D’état du Roi, Qui case & annulle une Ordonnance du Gouverneur General de Saint-Dominge, du 9 Mai dernier, laquelle accrodoit aux Étrangers la liberté du Commerce pour la partie du Sud de Saint-Domingue. Du 2 Juillet 1789. …
by La Luzerne, Cesar-Guillaume de
sm. Quarto, 4 pages, a fine, clean copy. Wroth and Annan 2079 Allows foreign ships into the ports of Cayes, Jeremie and Jacmel ports in southern Haiti, and the importation of: "des Noirs, (slaves) farines (from America) & autres objets."
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Autograph Letter Signed, Charleston 3d Jany 1847 to Messrs Shubeal Hutchins & Co., Providence, R. I.
by Lazarus, Michael
No Binding. Very Good. Quarto, one page, plus stamp-less address leaf, in very good clean condition. Michael Lazarus, was a family member of Marx E. Lazarus (see above) Michael Lazarus was a prominent South Carolina businessman, who built the first Reform synagogue in Charleston. This letter is all business, and discusses the sale of 10 bales of cotton, and the state of the market in Charleston. ... Read More
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Correspondence of Arthur D. Lee, of Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York to Annette "Nettie" C. Isbell, (his fiancée, later wife), and other letters of the Isbell-Lee families, 1855-1891; with Manuscript Diary (1865- 1867) of Annette ""Nettie"" C. Isbell, also of Westmoreland.
by Lee, Arthur D., and Nettie C. Isbell
Collection of 124 letters, 477 manuscript pages (no retained mailing envelopes) correspondence dated 2 August 1855 - 29 January 1891, with the bulk being from 1867-1873. With: Manuscript diary of Nettie Isbell, dated 1865-1867, small quarto, 246 pages, bound in contemporary ¼ leather and marbled boards, written in ink, in a legible hand.The 124 letters include 18 undated letters, which appear to be from the late 1860s to early 1870s time period. Besides the 124 letters, there are an additional... Read More
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Catalogue of Coins and Medals, Colonial and Continental Bills, Old Papers, Scarce Books & Engravings, to be Sold by Leonard & Co., Auctioneers, Nos. 48 & 50 Bromfield Street, On Wednesday, May 23, at 3 p.m., and Thursday, May 24, at 10 o’clock a.m. …
by Leonard & Co., Auctioneers
octavo, 25, [1] pp., sewn as issued, some minor toning to paper, else very good. The results are priced in ink. With: Leonard & Co., Additional Catalogue of Rare Coins, Valuable Medals, and Autograph Letters, to be Sold on Thursday, May 24, 1866, In Leonard & Co.'s Rooms, 50 Bromfield Street. [Boston: 1866] octavo, 11, [1] pp., sewn as issued,... Read More
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Group of Incoming Letters to Politician and Insurance Executive, Everett Chamberlin Benton, of Boston and Waverly, Massachusetts, written by his parents Charles E. and Adda C. Benton, and brother Jay B. Benton, all of Guildhall, Essex County, Vermont, 1882-1893
by (Benton Family Letters)
94 letters, 219 manuscript pages, (with 52 retained mailing envelopes), plus 3 telegrams and 1 receipt, all dated from 1882 to 1893, as follows: 41 letters, 60 pages, (with 10 mailing envelopes), written by Charles Emerson Benton to his son Everett, plus 3 telegrams, and 1 receipt, all dated 1882-1888, all of the letters are posted from Guildhall, Vermont, to Everett in Boston, or Waverly, Massachusetts. One of the letters by Charles is actually a copy written to his nephew,... Read More
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Collection of 29 manuscript Letters, primarily incoming correspondence to George Hale, of Glastonbury and briefly, Providence, Rhode Island, from family members and Yale classmates, dated 1783-1791
by (Connecticut – Hale Family Letters)
Collection of 29 manuscript letters (totaling 39 pages + address panels, mostly folio and quarto) dating 1783-1791 to George Hale (b. 1759 d. 1803) of Glastonbury, Connecticut, from various correspondents (including Yale classmates) writing to him at Glastonbury and (for awhile) Providence RI. Correspondents include: Jabez Peck, Isaac Welles, Roswell Welles, "John Hiwill," Ashbell Welles, his older brother, Elisha Hale, Nabby Kimball, Zebediah Tracy, Abner Moseley, Nathaniel Tallcott Jr., and Elijah Killack. Together with: 7 chit receipts contemporary with these... Read More
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Clark Family Archive - Raymond G. Clark, engineer, and Mrs. Phyllis Hart Clark, citizen extraordinaire, president of the Glastonbury Women's Club, and their son Philip Hart Clark, life-long bachelor, glee club singer, regional planner, of Glastonbury, Connecticut, and Fairfax, Virginia, including WWII letters of Army Nurse Esther B. Hart, Air Force pilot Lt. Donald R. Clark, and Infantryman Harold Clark, 1898-1990
by (Clark Family Letters)
No Binding. Very Good. Large archival collection consisting of: 2273 letters, 5636 pages, plus 16 diaries, and 9 banker's boxes (approximately 11 linear feet) of ephemeral materials, all dated 1898-1990, the bulk from 1920s-1960s. The correspondence centers on Phyllis Hart Clark and her family. There are 623 letters written by Phyllis (mostly retained copies) and 647 incoming letters. Her husband Raymond G. Clark writes and receives 201 letters. As a couple Phyllis and Raymond receive 450 letters, and... Read More
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Group of Five Letters written by Members of the Forster Family written from Kaskaskia, Illinois, Pittsburg, Nippinose Bottom, and Meadville, Pennsylvania and Natchez Mississippi Territory, 1806-1817
by (Forster Family Letters)
five letters, quarto and folio, 11 manuscript pages, some wear and staining, few holes at fold intersections, otherwise in very good, clean and legible condition. These letters chronicle the Forster family's movements from frontier settlements in Pennsylvania to those further west in Illinois and Indiana and as far south as Natchez, Mississippi Territory seeking better economic conditions. Stephen Forster emigrates to the river town of Kaskaskia in Illinois in 1806 where he is engaged in trade and as a wheelwright. By... Read More
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Correspondence of University of Pennsylvania graduates, science teacher Mary Gwendolyn Hunsicker, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and her fiancé medical student James Bryant Mason, of Urbana, Illinois, 1922-1934
by (Hunsicker – Mason Letters)
288 letters, 1217 manuscript and typed pp., (284 retained mailing envelopes), dated 26 June 1922 to 31 August 1934, with bulk of correspondence (284 letters) dating from 1923-1924; Also included are photographs, 3 postcards, 6 telegrams, 8 greeting cards, and 11 miscellaneous pieces of ephemera. Description of Correspondence: The 288 letters consists of the correspondence between Mary Gwendolyn Hunsicker and her future husband James Bryant Mason. The couple met while in college at the University of Pennsylvania in... Read More
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Archive of 47 letters from the family of John N Welch of Boston, and Billerica, Massachusetts, dating from 1814 to 1847.
by (Massachusetts - Welch family letters)
46 letters, 100 pages, some splits and tears along folds, some toning and damp staining, else in good, clean, and legible condition. The letters offer a view of one 19th century Massachusetts family and their lives in the state. The Welch's must have been a family of some prominence and privilege, at least for a time. John N Welch ran the customs house in Boston, and two letters show him being relieved of his position,... Read More
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Manuscript Archive of the family of Mrs. Lola Gaylord McCulloch, wife of Henry Ashby McCulloch, son of General Henry Eustace McCulloch, Texas Ranger and Confederate General, as well as her daughter Lolita McCulloch Sutherland, and grandson Ashby McCulloch Sutherland, of San Antonio, Texas, Monterrey, Mexico, and New York, New York , 1836 -1944
by McCulloch Family Letters
1433 letters, 4409 pages, (647 retained mailing envelopes), dated 1845 to 1944.The collection consists of five cartons of material. The collection includes letters of five generations of the McCulloch family written over the course of one hundred years starting with Major Alexander McCulloch (1779-1886) to his 3rd great grandson Ashby McCulloch Sutherland (1921-1998) with the bulk of the letters covering the families of Henry Ashby McCulloch, his wife Lola Gaylord, their daughter Lolita McCulloch and her husband William Alexander Sutherland,... Read More
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Letters of members of the Wheeler – Stanton family, of Newton Corner, Massachusetts, 1862-1864
by (Wheeler - Stanton Family Letters)
10 letters, 31 pages, neatly inscribed in ink, several retain original mailing envelopes, very good legible condition. Group of letters pertaining to the Wheeler and Stanton families. Daniel N. Stanton, one of the correspondents, is a distant cousin of Henry Brewster Stanton of New York, American social activist, abolitionist and reformer. Henry Stanton's wife, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was the pioneer advocate of woman's rights. Daniel N. Stanton married Harriet C. Wheeler on May 2, 1864. Harriet was born about 1839, she was... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, New Orleans, June 20, 1835 to Charles Leverick, Esqr., New York
by Leverick, James H.
quarto, one page letter, written in ink, on a two page printed letter sheet, New Orleans Wholesale Prices Current – Saturday June 20, 1835. Printed and Published Weekly by Benjamin Levy, Edited by George B. Young. Postal markings on integral address leaf, folded, in very good, clean and legible condition. A business letter, describing commodity prices and business conditions in New Orleans, written on a printed letter-sheet with a comprehensive list of wholesale prices for... Read More
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Collection of Letters by Axel Lindblom, Swedish American sailor aboard the U.S.S. Decatur, 1902, to his brother Knut
by Lindlom, Axel
sixteen letters, 51 pages, inscribed in ink and pencil, primarily dated 1902, but includes one letter dated 1894 from Knut Lindblom to his brother Axel, several letters in Swedish, some minor wear and soiling, else in good legible condition. Axel Lindblom, a Swedish immigrant to America writes to his brother and fellow immigrant Knut, describing his life as a sailor, first aboard the U.S.S. Wabash and then the Decatur. He also discusses... Read More
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Typed Letter Signed, as U.S. Senator, Washington, D.C. October 20, 1919, to Rev. Henry Hubert Smythe, Falmouth, Massachusetts
by Lodge, Henry Cabot (1850-1924)
quarto, one page, plus original mailing envelope, formerly folded, else in very good, clean condition. "…There is no doubt in my mind that the League in its present form is full of serious dangers, not only to the cause of peace but to the rights and interests of the American people, and I feel most strongly that we must have strong and effective reservations to be made a part of the ratifying resolution…." Lodge did not oppose America joining the forerunner of... Read More
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