Printed Circular Letter Concerning the Nomination of Stephen Van Rensselaer and James Watson as the Federal Republican Candidates in the New York State Gubernatorial Election of 1801
by Stringer, Samuel
Albany: 1801, folio, one printed page of a bi-folium, folded, docketed on verso, and addressed to "Gen Jacob Morris Butternuts", bottom edge of first leaf torn away, not affecting text, some separations and tears along folds and fold joints, foredge slightly chipped and ruffled, light toning to text, else good. Samuel Stringer was chairman of the Corresponding Committee of the Federal Republican Citizens of Albany, and the circular is datelined "Committee-Room, Albany, 20th April, 1801". The circular was mailed on... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, as United States Senator from Massachusetts, Philadelphia, February 13th, 1792, to Thomas Dwight, Springfield, Massachusetts
by Strong, Caleb, (1745-1819)
quarto, two pages, plus stamp less address leaf, in very good, clean, and legible condition. Strong writes: Dear Sir, There has not been a Word of Objection to the Claime of Mr. Cotton but it was professed that a number of these cases should be provided for in the Bill some of which were very doubtful and have occasioned as lengthy Debates in the Senate as any Subject during the present Session, the Consideration of the Bill has been put off several times... Read More
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Descriptive Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Climbing-Vines, Stove and Greenhouse Plants, Including Many Very Desirable Novelties, Cultivated and for Sale by W. C. Strong & Co., at Nonantum Hill, Brighton, Mass., Horse-Cars leave Bowdoin Square, Boston at Half-Past Every Hour and Pass the Nursery and Greenhouses. Salesroom at 4 Beacon Street, Boston.
by Strong, W.C. & Co.
, 12mo, 54, 4 plates, 24 pp., original printed wrappers, ex-library, small handstamp on upper right-hand corner of front wrapper, some nicks, and chips to edges of wraps, otherwise very good. This catalog is divided into parts and carries a wide-ranging variety of plants and fruit trees, the second part consists of "new and rare varieties." The plates show examples of rustic work, trellises, and cases, which were also available from the firm.
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Autograph Letter Signed by Bradford Sumner as chairman, and Amasa Walker as corresponding secretary, American Committee for a Congress of Nations, Boston, June 11, 1849, to Rev. E. W. Jackson, Chelsea, Massachusetts
by Sumner, Bradford
Quarto, one page, formerly folded, (stamp less address leaf missing) otherwise in very good, clean condition. The letter appoints Jackson as a delegate to the Convention proposed to be held in Paris that summer. Amasa Walker was a noted economist political reformer, active in the anti-slavery crusade, being a founder of the Free Soil Party, and, during the Civil War, a US Congressman who supported the radical Republican cause of immediate slave emancipation. He had also been a delegate to the first... Read More
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A Review of the Opinion of Judge Cowen, of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, in the Case of Alexander McLeod. By a Citizen of New York.
by [Tallmadge, Daniel B.]
octavo, 28 page pamphlet, ex-library, handstamp on title page, lacking wrappers, removed from bound volume of pamphlets, else a good, clean copy. "In 1837 an attempted insurrection in Canada was put down, and the group fled to an American island in the Niagra River. A small steamer, the Caroline, brought provisions to them, and the British sent out a force to destroy it, which they did, killing Amos Durfee in the effort. The incident led to a controversy between the United... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, Houston, Texas, August 27, 1851, to her sister
by Tankersly, G. E.
quarto, 6 pages, formerly folded, some minor spotting and smudging, else in good, clean legible condition. A woman writes her sister about Texas slavery in 1851, Mrs. Tankersly writes about her purchase of a number of slaves belonging to her relation William. William was forced to sell his slaves due to his spendthrift ways, and Mrs. Tankersly urged her husband to purchase them, and keep the slaves "in the family";... Read More
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Printed report of “The Select Committee to whom were referred certain ‘Resolves’ of the State of Maine ‘relating to Slavery’ have instructed me to report the accompanying Preamble and Resolutions”.
by Tappan, Mason W.
[N.P. Concord: June 1855] octavo, 5, [1], pp., removed from pamphlet volume, slight foxing, separation at upper spine of last leaf, vertical fold, otherwise very good. Like most state legislative documents of the antebellum period, rare as a separate imprint. 1854 Anti-Slavery resolutions by a "violent abolitionist" in the New Hampshire Legislature Tappan was a prominent New Hampshire lawyer whose first foray into politics saw him elected to the New Hampshire Legislature in 1853 as a "Free Soiler". In 1854, when abolitionists... Read More
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![Autograph Letter Signed, Aug. 11-14 [1830?] to Samuel Freeman, Saratoga Springs, New York](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/869/024/1588024869.0.l.jpg)
Autograph Letter Signed, Aug. 11-14 [1830?] to Samuel Freeman, Saratoga Springs, New York
by Taylor, John W. (1784-1854)
Quarto, three pages, plus stamp less address leaf. Significant letter with several faults: Lacking a first page or pages written at an earlier date than the remaining text. Band of staining across all 3 pages some holes in the paper, affecting signature and 3 or 4 lines of text on each page with the loss of several words. 1830s Former Speaker of the House of Representatives recalls the transition from the John Quincy Adams to Andrew Jackson Administrations and the "folly to... Read More
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Manuscript Archive of the Rev. Joseph Templeton and family, of St. Louis, Missouri, including correspondence, land documents, business, legal and personal papers, dated 1810s- 1910s.
by Templeton, Joseph
Archive consisting of 166 letters (313 pages), plus approximately 560 pieces of paper ephemera, manuscript and some printed items, of which about ⅓ concerns land and properties (deeds, grants, property maps, taxes, etc) mostly in St. Louis, and elsewhere, and with about ⅔ being other business, legal, and personal papers (household and daily expenditure receipts, repairs and services receipts, insurance policies, rent receipts, estate papers, loans, etc.), all dated between the years 1819-1911. The Rev. Joseph Templeton was born at... Read More
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Manuscript Diaries of Frank Tenney, dated 1881-1929
by Tenney, Frank
Collection of 28 diaries totaling 8,106 manuscript pages, with 1 visitor's book, totaling 119 manuscript pages (There are also 49 invitations, with envelopes). The collection includes diaries for following years: 1881, 1883-1884, 1886, 1889-1902, 1904, 1908-1909, 1912, 1914, 1919, 1921, 1927 and 1929. There is also a five year diary for 1907-1911 for his wife Edith Bouve Tenney. Of the diaries, nineteen are one day per page diaries, six are two days per page diaries, and two are three days... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, Baltimore April 6, 1853 to Thomas McKeon
by (Theater) Jarrett, Henry C. (1828-1903) Theater Manager
quarto, one page, in very good clean condition. Jarrett writes from the Baltimore Museum declining the addition of specimens for his Museum. Jarrett writes that the “services of a Juvenali Man have already been secured for next season,” and continues: “We can do nothing for the “Belgian Giant” as he would not draw a dollar at our establishment. We play no star’s at our establishment but those of the 1st Class, by the way, when did Jack Weaver loom up... Read More
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Group of Mostly Incoming Letters to General Henry Goddard Thomas, Army Paymaster, while stationed in various Western Forts 1868-1889
by Thomas, Henry Goddard (1837-1897)
39 letters, 114 pages, in good, clean, and legible condition. Collection consisting mainly of incoming correspondence from a variety of military officers from many different posts on military and personal business; including General David B. McKibbin, Major John B. Furay, Col. Robert Hall, Major Fred. D. Ogilby, William A. Bell, President of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway, Nathan Myrick, fur trader and Sioux Agency Post trader, General John M. Wilson, Medal of... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, Philadelphia, Office of the Pennsylvania Rail Road Company, March 4th, 1854, to Seth Clover, President Board of Canal Commissioners
by Thomson, J. Edgar
Quarto, two pages, removed from a bound volume of letters, else in very good, clean, and legible condition. J. Edgar Thomson, the President of the Pennsylvania Railroad writes the Canal Commissioner complaining about rates, taxes, and tolls for transport of freight and emigrants on their rail lines. "Dear Sir, Will you have the goodness to inform me whether the Board has agreed to the reduction desired upon the Columbia Rail Road – say to $ 100 – for 1st class – 60 for... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Charlotte Ferrers wife of his older brother George Townshend, September 19, 1759
by Townshend, Charles (1725-1767)
quarto, one page of a bi-folium, formerly folded, in very good and clean legible condition. Letter from Charles Townshend to his sister-in-law relating the latest news from Quebec. Unbeknownst to either of them Quebec had surrendered two days earlier, and Brigadier General George Townshend had been placed in command of the forces surrounding Quebec after the death of General Wolfe on the Plains of Abraham. "Privy garden... Read More
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![Autograph Letter Signed, USS Steamship Southampton, Port Praya [Cape Verde Island, off the coast of West Africa], February 21, 1846, to Lt. Commander Henry W. Morris, Commanding USS Southampton](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/720/269/1739269720.0.l.jpg)
Autograph Letter Signed, USS Steamship Southampton, Port Praya [Cape Verde Island, off the coast of West Africa], February 21, 1846, to Lt. Commander Henry W. Morris, Commanding USS Southampton
by Tuckerman, J. Francis, Assistant Surgeon,
Quarto, one page, in good, clean and legible condition. 1846 US Navy Doctor's concern for the health of African Black sailors. "… I deem it my duty, most respectfully to suggest, that the exclusion of the Kroomen from that portion of the forehold which they have been accustomed to occupy, will probably be attended with serious consequences to their health, if by such arrangement they should be compelled to sleep on the upper deck. They... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed. (Tennessee) Sept. 14, 1829, to N. Steel
by Turk, James
folio, three pages of a bi-folium, docketed on last leaf "about a patent Lusk", formerly folded, portion of last leaf missing at lower corner, not affecting any text, else good. "Mr. Steel, Being informed by Mr. Eubank that Mr. Lusk is setting up some pretentions for the Patent Right we work on for your Satisfaction, I have thought proper to give you in as concise a manner as possible the true standing of the claims held by Hearris and myself for which... Read More
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Manuscript Diaries of William Henry Upton, for the years 1872, 1874, 1876, 1877
by Upton, William Henry
Four volumes, small quarto, 756 pages plus blanks, and several pages of accounts, bound in either original ¼ leather and marbled boards, or ¼ leather and cloth, entries written in a neat legible hand in either pencil or ink. Four diaries kept by Upton as a young man, the first dates from when he was an 18 year old in Portland, Oregon, to 1877 when he graduated from Yale. Upton's diaries contain a frank account of his activities, attending... Read More
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Manuscript Receipt Book of Gilbert Van Mater of Brooklyn, New York, 1798-1830
by Van Mater, Gilbert (1762-1832)
Gilbert Van Mater, descendant of early Dutch settlers, was born in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, June 7, 1762, and died in Brooklyn, New York, July 6, 1832. He married Margaret Sprague, a Brooklyn native (1763-1798) about 1785, the couple had three children before her death. Van Mater was a farmer and merchant in Brooklyn and was active in the business, civic and religious life of Brooklyn. He served as Overseer of the Poor for the town of Brooklyn, he was... Read More
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Letter Signed, Philadelphia, January 4, 1848, to E. F. Purdy, New York, Declining an Invitation to Address the Tammany Society and Discussing Andrew Jackson
by Vaux, Richard,
Manuscript. Very Good. one page quarto, folded, in very good clean condition. Richard Vaux, (1816-1895), lawyer, congressmen, penologist, writes to Purdy declining an invitation to address the Tammany Society or Columbian Order, at the celebration of the "Eighth of January", and he also writes extolling the virtues of Andrew Jackson: "Our country will ever remain under an enduring and unrepudiatable debt of gratitude to Andrew Jackson. As a soldier - the anniversary of the memorable day you are... Read More
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Manuscript Address to the Members of the Washington Benevolent Society, no date circa 1810
by Voorhees, James
folio, two pages, old folds, some dust soiling and tanning, else in very good, legible condition. "Gent of the Washington Benevolent Society, permit me to call your serious attention to a few observations … I presume you are all acquainted with the principles of this Society … Our great object is to support and promote Charity, Morality, Benevolence and an Union of sentiment; but more especially to preserve inviolate the true principles of our... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed to A. Ostrom, Johnstown, Fulton Co., New York, datelined Harrisburg, Pennsylvania September 13, 1842
by Wadsworth, W. G. & A., and Julia
quarto, three pages, some toning to paper, splits along folds, mainly second leaf, integral address leaf somewhat soiled, else in good legible condition. "My dear Sir, … the people of the Borough of Harrisburg are mostly dutch – their manners & customs are peculiar to themselves and somewhat singular. Some of the neighboring towns are mountainous but the valleys are rich beyond belief as a general thing the farms are in advance of N York with their left handed plows and... Read More
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Typed Letter Signed, Huntington, West Virginia, October 20, 1913, to Democratic State Chairman Stuart W. Walker, Martinsburg, West Virginia
by Wallace, George W., Attorney
quarto, one page, formerly folded, hole punches along to edge of sheet, else very good. 1913 West Virginia Gubernatorial candidate accused of aiding Black saloon and brothel owner. Letter by Wallace, the lawyer for J.H. Long, a Progressive Party newspaper editor, about the Republican Governor of West Virginia offering to his drop law suits against Democrat and Progressive opponents who had published an election campaign allegation (unstated in the letter) that he had bestowed political favors on Negro proprietor of a saloon... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, on Stationery of the Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia, August 25, 1857, to J. B. Townsend
by Wallace, Henry E., Attorney at Law
"After reading the Statement of Mr. Ware and Mr. Leaming with care I do not find any thing to satisfy me in legal point of view, that Mr. Townsend Sharpless is not the party against whom Mr. Budd's action must be brought. The Mayor has furnished a copy of his Record upon which Mr. Sharpless's liability is clear. If he can explain that away on the trial, we may be compelled to proceed against all the parties for a Conspiracy.... Read More
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Collection of Incoming Correspondence 1870-1877
by Wallace, William A. (1827-1896)
40 letters, 57 pages, octavo and quarto, some damp-staining and wear, letters written in both pencil and ink, generally in very good legible condition. The letters discuss legal matters, political affairs, especially the "nuts and bolts" of 19th century politics, partisanship, patronage, and influence. The letters are notable for their early articulation of the antagonistic relationship of Philadelphia and western Pennsylvania, and the resentment felt by the rest of the state towards its largest city: a conflict which resonates to... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, Plattsburgh, New York, May 24 1818, to Governor Dewitt Clinton, Albany
by Walworth, Reuben H.
folio, 3 pages plus stamp-less address leaf, in very good, clean and legible condition. Walworth writes in part: "… on the subject of the appointment of Judges for Clinton County. Knowing it is your wish that in all cases such persons should be recommended and appointed as are properly qualified to execute the duties to which they may be assigned. One of the greatest evils experienced in our... Read More
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