Typed Letter Signed New York, May 23, 1934, on the Letterhead of the Saturday Review of Literature, to Mrs. Henry Pleasants Jr., West Chester, Pennsylvania
by Morley, Christopher (1890-1957) American writer
Octavo, one page, some tape residue to left edge of sheet, where letter was affixed in an album, else very good. Morley writes: "… I am sorry to have been tardy in answering your nice note. I was away when it arrived. "Pandora" is a secret favorite of my own. I wish it were still in print! Of course if you send along your copy I will be happy to sign it. I have just been enjoying Thomas Mason's Adventures. … Christopher... Read More
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Manuscript Estate Inventory of Pioneer American Seedsman and Gardener, George Morris of Philadelphia, 1794 – “A true and perfect inventory of all and every the goods rights & Credits of George Morris Deceased”
by Morris, George
folio, one page, formerly folded, docketed on verso: "Inventory of Geo. Morris Estate 1794". Some splits along folds, and separations at fold joints, else in good, clean legible condition. Manuscript estate inventory for little known pioneer American seedsman and gardener George Morris dated 1794. There is almost no documentation for Morris and thus he is little known today, but he sold seeds to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. The inventory lists Morris's surviving stock including" 31 Lots of Poplar Trees" "28 of... Read More
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Samuel C. Morton, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Manuscript Letter Copy Book, 1858-1865
by Morton, Samuel C., (1808-1867)
Quarto, bound in cloth, boards detached, very worn and chipped, spine lacking, first signature (unused index) loose, as is first page. Volume comprises 239 mss copied letters on 263 pre-numbered pages, all dated between January 26th, 1858 to October 25th, 1865. Blotter paper and four soiled sheets still present, chipped. Text in very good legible condition. Samuel C. Morton was a Philadelphia based merchant. He was the son of John Morton, Jr. and his wife Margaret Canby. Born in 1808... Read More
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Trade List of the Old Rochester Nurseries, for the Spring of 1861.
by Moulson, S.
sm. Quarto, 18 pages, sewn into original self-wraps, as issued, first page somewhat browned, corners slightly dogeared, else very good. The catalog carries a wide variety of evergreen, and deciduous ornamental trees and shrubs, fruit and nut trees, berries, roses, peonies, chrysanthemums, phloxes, hollyhocks, bulbs, and dahlias, with their respective prices.
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Autograph Letter Signed, New York June 27 1850(?) to cousin Miss M. J. Bartlett
by M. S. T.
No Binding. Very Good. Quarto, 1 ¼ pages, formerly folded, postmarked Dedham, Massachusetts, in very good, clean condition. The writer comments on attitudes of the day on the supposed place of women in various fields, in language that today would be found offensively condescending, to his cousin Miss Bartlett: "You seem to be very much delighted my dear Coz with the letter you read from Mr.... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, Flushing, New York, September 17, 1833 to Marcus Catlin, Hamilton College, Clinton, Oneida Co., New York
by Muhlenberg, William Augustus
quarto, 3 pages, plus stamp-less address leaf, short tear into second leaf, otherwise in very good, clean and legible condition. "Father" of American Religious Education States his Educational Principles. Muhlenberg writes, in part: "… Your letter intimating a willingness to accept of the professorship of Mathematics in the Institute of this place, was accompanied by so strong a recommendation from president Davis, that I am desirous to have further communication with you on the subject. With the view you will allow me to... Read More
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Incoming Correspondence sent to Moss M. Nash, machinist, of Martinsburgh, Lewis County, New York, and Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio, 1869-1891
by Nash, Moss M.
Collection of 114 letters, 318 pp., most with retained mailing envelopes, dated 1869-1891, with the bulk dating from the 1880s. Four of the letters are not dated, but fall within the general time frame. The collection also includes 16 postcards dated 1879-1887.All of the letters appear to be incoming correspondence to Moss M. Nash, of Martinsburgh, New York, and Lorain, Ohio. They are written by his parents, sister, cousin, and several friends from his school boy days. His father writes... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, Burlington, New Jersey, November 15, 1839, to Amory Holman, Bolton, Massachusetts
by N. Clancy & Bros.
folio, 1 page, postal markings on integral address leaf, small hole due to careless opening, in good clean, legible condition. "Dear Sir, You are a stranger to us, but believing you will gladly lend your aid in the cause we are in … induces us to introduce ourselves to you. You are one who has been... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, North Adams, Massachusetts, December 21, 1839, to his uncle, General Ransom Noble, Essex, New York
by Noble, Hiram R
quarto, two pages, plus stampless address leaf., in very good, clean, and legible condition. 1839 First great American Depression begins with factories cutting workers' wages. After discussing a real estate transaction, Noble adds: "It is very hard times about these parts as I suppose it is else where, Some of the factories in this have stopped operations entirely others have been obliged to reduce the price they have been paying their hands so as to make it possible for them to keep... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed. Vernon, New York. Feb. 4-5, 1844, To his son-in-law Wait Talcott and daughter Elizabeth Anna Talcott, Pecatonica, Illinois
by Norton, Dr. Ariel,
Quarto, 4 pages, plus stampless address leaf, few holes in least leaf, affecting text slightly, otherwise very good. 1844 Father-in-law of the Illinois emigrant who would become Abraham Lincoln's anti-slavery conscience "….The eye of God has been upon us while we surrounded the Table of the Lord…We parted with our minister for a season, not knowing whether we meet on earth again. He is going to the South on account of his wife's health….Professor Mandeville of Clinton College will supply his place….I... Read More
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Correspondence of pioneering American financial columnist, Alexander Dana Noyes, written to his family while traveling in Europe, 1884-1885
by Noyes, Alexander Dana (1862-1945)
Octavo, 35 letters, 484 manuscript pages, dated 26 October 1884 to 10 January 1885, letters mounted on stubs within a leather bound album, boards lacking, spine badly chipped, lettering on spine reads "Letters"; text block split, some leaves loose, edges of some letters chipped, several with slight tears, otherwise good, written in ink, in legible hand. Five of the letters are illustrated with cleverly rendered drawings to accompany Noyes'... Read More
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Collection of Letters to Robert J. O’Brien, of Raymond, New Hampshire, a Gay Man from his friends and associates, 1950-1954
by O’Brien, Robert J.
Group of 61 letters, 161 typescript and manuscript pages, several postcards, related ephemeral material, and clippings, most letters with their retained mailing envelopes, in good, clean legible condition. Collection of frank, and at times, sexually explicit letters sent to Robert O'Brien by his friends, many of whom were also Gay. O'Brien and his friends seem to have met while serving in the armed forces, several of his friends were still in uniform, stationed in Germany or in combat in the Korean... Read More
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El Arte En La Cocina Mexicana
by O’Gorman, Alejandro von Waberer, and Mela de la Mora von Waberer,
# 831 of 1000 copies, segunda edicion, the first edition published in 1981, large quarto, 199, [16] pp., color plates, and line drawings illustrate the text, original cloth with dust jacket, some minor wear to wrapper, else very good. A Full range of Mexican recipes are presented.
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Autograph Letter Signed, Liverpool, England, May 22, 1811 to Mrs. Peter Wainwright, Cambridge, Massachusetts
by Parke, E.[lizabeth]
quarto, 4 pages, plus stampless address leaf, formerly folded, separation along fold, small hole due to careless opening, else in very good, clean and legible condition. During the Napoleonic Wars, with coming conflict between England and America, Parke writes: "… I see you only in sleep sometimes, yet in my memory faithful to you … I can never forget... Read More
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Typescript Draft of General Ely Samuel Parker’s Narrative, of the Surrender at Appomattox, Signed by Parker, and Dated New York, March 1894
by Parker, Ely Samuel (1828-1895)
folio, 14 typescript – carbon pages, on rectos only, lacking the text of page one of Parker's account, accounting for 19 lines of text in the printed version, supplied here in facsimile, the last page is signed and dated by Parker. Typescript Draft of General Ely Samuel Parker's narrative of Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, written by Grant's military secretary who wrote out the official copy of the terms of surrender. Signed and dated by Parker in March 1894. The... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, Parkville, Missouri, March 1, 1849 to Rev. C. D. Herbert, Ellsworth, Maine
by Park, George S.
George Shepherd Park had an amazing life, first as a hero of the Texas War of Independence and then as a Missouri and Kansas pioneer who founded two cities and two colleges. Born in Grafton, Vermont, lived for a time in Maine, then taught school in Ohio and Illinois. In 1835, at age 24, he went to Texas, serving under James Fannin in the Texas War of Independence. Park joined Fannin's men at Refugio, Texas. More than 400 of Fannin's... Read More
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Group of Letters written by Giovanni Pasini, Italian Immigrant to America, written from various Locations in the American West, California, Idaho, Montana, and Nevada to his family in Italy, 1892-1919
by Pasini, Giovanni
Eight letters, 13 pages, letters are written in Italian, in both ink and pencil, some folding, staining, and dust soiling, else in good readable condition. There are no retained mailing envelopes, so determining where Pasini's family lived in Italy will require further research. Pasini lived in various obscure towns in the far west, many were former mining communities, some are currently ghost towns, or are essentially so. In 1892 Pasini wrote his brother from Markleeville, Alpine County, California. He wrote his... Read More
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Collection of Incoming Correspondence to Edward M. Paxson, Pennsylvania newspaperman, Lawyer and Supreme Court Justice, 1841-1899
by Paxson, Edward M. (1824-1905)
68 letters, 117 manuscript pages, in very good clean and legible condition. Collection of incoming letters to Pennsylvania newspaperman and printer, turned lawyer, judge and large land-owner. Edward M. Paxson, early in his career was a newspaperman and subsequently went into law, and eventually served as a Supreme Court Justice in Pennsylvania for eighteen years. Paxson was one of the largest real estate owners in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. – see Davis, William W. H., A.... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, New Orleans, December 3, 1844, to C. P. Leverick, Esqr., New York
by Payne, Geo E.
quarto, one page, folded, written in ink in a clear legible hand, postal markings on stamp-less address leaf. A business letter, on commodity prices, etc. "My Dear Sir, … I now hand you invoice … for thirty five Hhds tobacco ship to you per Cincinnati; in making the invoice I have given the inspection marks & numbers as well as... Read More
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, Address Delivered by Charles W. Peale, to the Corporation and Citizens of Philadelphia, on The 18th Day of July, in Academy Hall, Fourth Street.
by Peale, Charles Wilson
octavo, 23, [1] pp., sewn as issued, untrimmed, ex-library, hand and blind stamps on title page, text somewhat tanned, else a good copy. Peale here appeals for financial assistance for his museum founded in the 1780s, which, in 1816, like Peale himself, was in financial duress. He presents his museum as a public benefit to city; he cites its benefits as an attraction to the city as well as a place of learning. He looks back with bitterness stating that even... Read More
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Two Autograph Letters Signed. Hartford, Connecticut, May 15 and August 14, 1871, both to A. Andrews
by Pelton, Oliver
LINCOLN'S FAVORITE ENGRAVER Octavo, two letters, two pages, folded, in very good, clean, and legible condition. "…I have just sent you two more impressions of the plate of Prof. Edmund Andrews. I think [none?] the plates should be satisfactory and if so please send the thirty dolls, for engraving it and very much oblige…Have you any suggestions to make in regard to Rev. Josiah Andrews M.S. which I propose to improve if possible and send a proof?...I have about finished the engraving... Read More
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Correspondence of Beulah Irene Peters, of Parryville, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, written to Charles L. Miller, Superintendent of the Missouri Furnace Company, at St. Louis, Missouri, 1888
by Peters, Beulah
Collection of 83 letters, 502 manuscript pages, no envelopes, letters dated January 11th to November 8th, 1888. Letters are in good condition, written in ink, in a legible hand.Beulah Irene Peters was born on 17 October 1866 at Parryville, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Jacob and Mary Elizabeth Peters. The Peters were members of the United Methodist Church of Parryville. Jacob Peters was a local merchant. When Jacob died in 1917 at the age of 85, he... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, New York, November 30, 1832, to his older brother, Alexander Peterkin, Edinburgh, Scotland
by Peterkin, Hope
folio, three pages, plus stamp-less address leaf, formerly folded, in very good, legible condition. An ill-fated Scottish intellectual immigrant in New York Newly arrived in New York after 13 years wandering in North America, Peterkin had expected to meet another Scotsman, an in-law, in Canada, but " … such was the dread entertained by the country people of the cholera which then raged in N. York and in every town … that had I started…... Read More
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Collection of Incoming Correspondence to Guy R. Phelps (and others), Secretary, later President, of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co., of Hartford, Connecticut, 1847-1868
by Phelps, Guy R.
No Binding. Very Good. 431 letters, 510 pages, dated 1847 to 1868. The bulk are dated 1847-1851, with 3 letters dated 1852, and 1 letter dated 1868.Of these 431 letters, there are 380 incoming letters to Guy R. Phelps of Hartford. Phelps also wrote several of these letters. Also, there are 12 letters written to James Goodwin of Hartford, President of Connecticut Mutual; 26 letters written to one of the company's directors, James A. Ayrault of Hartford. Other directors... Read More
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Orator, Reformer, Abolitionist, Group of 1 ALS, and 2 ANS's, 1 manuscript quotation signed, 1 signed card, 1869- 1875
by Phillips, Wendell (1811-1884)
Manuscript. Good. 1 ALS, to James Redpath, Boston, 30th September, 1875, 4 pp., which discusses the lectures of Mr. Gamaliel Bradford's lectures on finance and banking, and recommends his lectures to Redpath; 1 ANS to Rev. T. L. Cuyler, July 1869, declining an invita tion to lecture on temperance; 1 ANS to H. P. Ross, no date, "acknowledging receipt of yours"; 1 signed quotation: " Peace, if Possible - Justice at any rate Wendell Phillips Oct. 69."; 1... Read More
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