Carrie Chapman Catt Signed 1899 Receipt to Fellow Suffragette Harriet Taylor Upton
by CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT
CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT. Autograph Document Signed. Check. New York, N.Y., December 31, 1899. 1 p. "Received from Harriet Taylor Upton Eight & 75/100 Dollars balance on Indianapolis expenses… Carrie Chapman Catt" Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) was a pivotal figure in the fight for woman suffrage. She was president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, which made the final push for the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. Condition Two short fold separations, mended.
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Fourth of July Oration from Massachusetts on Eve of the Civil War
by [FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION]
"Thus it is that though the subject of Slavery is constantly agitating the minds of the people, and their opinions are wholly at variance, yet there are many important elements which tend to bind them together. And we are all hoping for a time when these elements shall so combine as to form one universal sentiment with regard to Slavery. When the North shall not only use their voices, but their hearts and their ... Read More
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Requesting Another Battery of Artillery During the Siege of Yorktown
by CHARLES SMITH HAMILTON (1822-1891)
In the middle of the Civil War Siege of Yorktown, General Charles Hamilton fruitlessly asks for more artillery. CHARLES SMITH HAMILTON (1822-1891). Autograph Letter Signed ("C. S. Hamilton"), as General U.S. Army, with additional autograph endorsements on verso by S. P. Heintzelman, James A. Hardie and William F. Barry. Div. Hd. Qrs., April 12, 1862. To Gen. S. Williams. 2 pp, 7¾ x 10 in., ruled paper, closed tear. Transcript "Div. Hd. Qrs.... Read More
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In His State of the Union Address, Thomas Jefferson Commends Lewis and Clark for Their Successful Explorations
by THOMAS JEFFERSON. LEWIS AND CLARK
THOMAS JEFFERSON. [LEWIS AND CLARK]. Newspaper. Connecticut Courant. Hartford, Conn., December 10, 1806. 4 pp, 12½ x 20½ in. After purchasing the Louisiana Territory in 1803, President Jefferson sent his former personal secretary, Meriwether Lewis and Army officer William Clark to explore the huge tract of land. In his December 2, 1806, State of the Union address, Jefferson praised the expedition's success. His address, in full on page 3, includes this important ... Read More
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Harvards 1791 Graduating Students and Theses, Dedicated to Governor John Hancock and Lieutenant Governor Samuel Adams
by HARVARD COLLEGE
Boston, Massachusetts, 1791. No binding. Very Good. Broadside. List of Graduating Students and Theses for Disputation. Boston, Massachusetts: Samuel Hall, 1791. 1 p., 18 x 22 in. Interesting broadside in Latin issued for Harvard University's 1791 commencement lists Latinized names of 27 graduating students. Among the graduates are New Hampshire Justice John Harris (1769-1845); U.S. Representative Thomas Rice (1768-1854); and Henry Dana Ward (1768-1817), youngest son of General Artemas Ward (1727-1800), who initially commanded the patriot army around Boston in... Read More
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American Christian Palestine Committee Scrapbook from 1951 Trip to Israel & Arab Lands
by AMERCAN CHRISTIAN PALESTINE COMMITEE
AMERCAN CHRISTIAN PALESTINE COMMITEE. Scrapbook compiled by Harrison Fry, Religion Editor of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, one of the twenty-two tour participants. April 1951. Items glued or stapled to several pages, with additional papers laid in. In green leatherette boards, rules and decorations in yellow. 120 pp., 9½ x 11¾ x 1 in. The American Christian Palestine Committee (ACPC) was created in 1946 by merger of the American Palestine Committee (1931-1946)... Read More
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Clothing the 1st Vermont Cavalry in the Civil War
by COMPANY D, 1st VERMONT CAVALRY. CIVIL WAR
COMPANY D, 1st VERMONT CAVALRY. [CIVIL WAR]. Manuscript Document Signed, June 1862: List of clothing distributed to 54 men, including 25 caps, 24 blouses, 50 trousers, 66 flannel shirts, 15 drawers, 19 bootees, 69 stockings, and 3 blankets. Each row signed by the soldier who received the items. 1 p., 15½ x 23¾ in. "We the undersigned Non Commissioned Officers Artificers Musicians & Privates of Company 'D' 1st Vt Cavalry do acknowledge to have received of Capt. A. W. Preston... Read More
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"The Christian Banner" - Pro-Confederate Paper From Union-Occupied Fredericksburg
by CIVIL WAR - CONFEDERACY
"The colored population of Fredericksburg are strolling about town and seem to be perfectly happy our country is ruined and slaughtered worse than beeves all on account of the negroes! Can it be possible, that man will sacrifice their country for the negro…" A fine war-date newspaper published in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Articles on the front page describe the destruction of President Jefferson Davis's Mississippi plantation, the Battle of Memphis, military actions near Richmond and an... Read More
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An Annapolis Report of the Continental Congress Deciding Legislative Terms Under the Articles of Confederation
by ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
[ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION]. Newspaper. Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, Or, The Worcester Gazette, Worcester, Mass., May 13, 1784. 4 pp., 11 x 18½ in. With a "Liberty Defended from Tyranny" masthead designed by Paul Revere, page 1 features advertisements, legal notices (the first of which is Harvard College requesting immediate payment of debts, "as money is much wanted," as well as stage coach schedules and a lengthy list of winning lottery numbers. Page 2 features a lengthy letter... Read More
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Opposing the Confederate Draft
by CIVIL WAR – CONFEDERACY
1862. No binding. Fine. Broadside. ""The Petition of Certain Non-Conscripts, Respectfully Presented to the Confederate States Congress."" Richmond, August 8, 1862. Signed in print, ""The Petitioners, By their Counsel, John H. Gilmer."" 1 p., 7 7/8 x 10 3/8 in. Petitioning against General Order No. 46 of the Confederate War Department, which rescinded the part of the Confederate Conscription Act of April 16, 1862 that mandated the discharge of all voluntary enlistees under age 18 or over age... Read More
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Continental Congress Address to the Inhabitants of the Colonies Urging Unity Against British Tyranny, and their Separate Letter to the Inhabitants of Quebec
by [CONTINENTAL CONGRESS]
"Friends and Countrymen:... we find ourselves reduced to the disagreeable alternative, of being silent and betraying the innocent, or of speaking out and censuring those we wish to revere. In making our choice of these distressing difficulties, we prefer the course dictated by honesty, and a regard for the welfare of our country...." "it is clear beyond a doubt, that a resolution is formed, and now is carrying into execution, to extinguish the freedom of these... Read More
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A History of Harvard University; North Carolina Debates Ratifying the Constitution; and a List of Newly-Minted U.S. Senators
by CONSTITUTION
Philadelphia, PA, 1788. Softcover. Fine. The Columbian Magazine. Magazine. The Columbian Magazine, Philadelphia, Pa., December, 1788. 52 pp., 5 x 8 in. Lacking plates. This title has the honor of being the first successful American magazine, having begun in September 1786 and lasting until December 1792. Although many titles existed earlier, none enjoyed the success of lasting beyond a few issues or a couple of years.Opens with five pages on ""An Account of the Ancient Colleges at Cambridge... Read More
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Iconic Pillars Illustration -- Celebrating Massachusetts’ Ratification and the Process of Erecting the “great federal superstructure”
by [CONSTITUTION]
Boston, MA, 1788. No binding. Condition: Fine. Massachusetts Centinel (illustrator). Newspaper. Massachusetts Centinel, February 13, 1788 (Volume VIII, pp. 171-174). Boston: Benjamin Russell. 4 pp., 9 5/8 x 14 7/8 in. This newspaper is replete with Constitution-related content, including minutes from the debates of Massachusetts' State Ratifying Convention - everything from discourse on standing armies to Fisher Ames' hearkening back to 1775 with, "WE MUST UNITE OR DIE"; a poem to Washington on... Read More
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Maryland Ratifies the Constitution, Suggests Amendments; and Pennsylvanians Speak Out Against the Slave Trade
by CONSTITUTION
Philadelphia, PA, 1788. No binding. Fine. Independent Gazetteer; or, The Chronicle of Freedom. Newspaper. Independent Gazetteer; or, The Chronicle of Freedom, Philadelphia, Pa., May 6, 1788. 4 pp., 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. The Maryland ratifying convention suggests some amendments along with their approval of the Constitution. ExcerptsFrom page 3:""From the MARYLAND GAZETTE, or April 29, 1788. The CONVENTION of this state, on Saturday last, determined to ratify the proposed plan of Federal Government. -YEAS 63, NAYS... Read More
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Confederation Congress sends proposed Constitution to the states for ratification
by [U.S. CONSTITUTION]
[U.S. CONSTITUTION]. Newspaper. The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser. October 1, 1787 (No. 2700), Philadelphia: John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole, including the September 28 resolution of the Confederation Congress to send to the states for ratification the recently completed U. S. Constitution. 4 pp., 12 x 18¾ in. "The United States in Congress Assembled. Friday, September 28, 1787. CONGRESS having received the Report of the CONVENTION lately assembled in Philadelphia, Resolved unanimously, THAT the... Read More
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First Edition of FDRs Committee for Civil Service Improvement Report, Signed by Three Supreme Court Justices
by FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT SUPREME COURT
[Washington, D.C.], 1941. Hardcover. Fine. Signed Book. Report of President's Committee on Civil Service Improvement. [Washington, D.C.], This presentation copy to William H. McReynolds, the Liaison Officer for Personnel Management, is signed by all the committee members, including the chairman, Justice Stanley Reed, Justice Felix Frankfurter, Justice Frank Murphy, Attorney General Robert H. Jackson, Leonard D. White, General Robert E. Wood, and Cooper Union President Gano Dunn. Historical BackgroundOn June 24, 1938, President Roosevelt extended the Civil Service... Read More
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Black bellied Yankees at The Battle of Fort Blakely
by FREDERICK MORTIMER CRANDAL
A Union colonel, in command of the 48th Regiment of U.S. Colored Troops, writes to his friend, Col. Julian E. Bryant, of the 46th Regiment of U.S.C.T., recounting his regiment's part in the Battle of Fort Blakely. "We have had hard marching & hard fighting. A week in trenches & a successful charge. The 'Black bellied Yankee' made their mark … everyone gives us credit for doing well & I think we did... Read More
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Caleb Cushing, U.S. Congressman, Calls for Annexation of Canada
by CALEB CUSHING
Newburyport, [ Massachusetts], 1839. No binding. Fine. Autograph Letter Signed, to an unidentified recipient, Newburyport, [ Massachusetts], September 28, 1839. ""I Trust We May Live To See The Stars & Stripes Floating Over The Citadel Over Quebec."" Partial Transcript In all this matter of our British relations, I think the public mind is poisoned by the undue circulation & influence of the New York newspapers...Englishmen are editors or sub-editors in several of the papers that profess to be... Read More
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Opposing the African Slave Trade - 1790 New Haven Sermon
by JAMES DANA
"Our late warfare was expressly founded on such principles as these: 'All men are created equal: They are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness'.... Those who profess to understand and regard the principles of liberty should cheerfully unite to abolish slavery...." In 1784, Connecticut passed a law that all slaves born after March 1, 1784, were to be freed before or when they reached the age of 25. In... Read More
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1865 General Orders, Including Many Regarding Lincoln's Assassination
by CIVIL WAR - WAR DEPARTMENT
1865. Hardcover. Very Good. Book. Bound collection of separately printed General Orders from the Adjutant General's office for 1865. Containing 168 of 175 consecutive orders, and a 94-page index at front. Bound for Major General William Scott Ketchum, with his name in gilt on the spine and his markings or wartime notes on numerous pages. 4 3/4 x 7 in. Early resolutions concern the rates of pay for officers' servants, equal clothing allowances for commissioned and non-commissioned officers,... Read More
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The Depression Causes Community Funds to Struggle to Meet Increased
by [GREAT DEPRESSION]
"The economic hurricane has wrecked homes, disrupted family life, destroyed health, lowered morale, crushed the spirit of courage and stifled enterprise and ambition … It has made more pitiful the plight of those many hundreds who continually are charges of the chest agencies." This small archive of pamphlets for the public and subscription cards, guidelines, and suggestions for fundraisers illustrates the tactics local Community Fund and Community Chest organizations employed across the United States from... Read More
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Feminist Anna Dickinson Refuses to Apologize
by ANNA ELIZABETH DICKINSON
ANNA ELIZABETH DICKINSON. Autograph Letter Signed, to A. Boyd. August 1, 1866. 2 pp. "Dr. Holmes somewhere says that, 'Apology is but one form of Egotism.' So I shall make none. Nevertheless, - I had I earlier seen your letter, which had been in my hands, I should have sooner answered it …" Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (1842-1932) was a gifted orator and the first woman to speak before Congress. She was removed... Read More
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Naval Commander Who Prevented Filibustering Expedition against Mexico, and Then Captured Slave Ships and Freed over 1,350 Slaves
by THOMAS A. DORNIN
THOMAS A. DORNIN. Manuscript Letter Signed, U.S.S. Portsmouth, Norfolk, Virginia, April 4, 1855, to Mid. John Walker, U.S.N. 1 p. Transcript "United States Ship Portsmouth Norfolk, Va., April 4th, 1855 Sir, Be assured that it affords me the highest pleasure, upon the termination of this cruise to inform you of the approbation I feel at your conduct official and personal during the period you have been under my command. You have in all my observations shown a... Read More
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Frederick Douglass Celebrates His Return to America a Free Man, and Reunion with His Family, While Telling of His Treatment During the Voyage
by FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Frederick Douglass Celebrates His Return to America a Free Man, and Reunion with His Family, While Telling of His Treatment During the Voyage "I caught Frederick [Jr.]in my arms, and took Lewis by the hand and pressed with all speed into the house, and relieved the anxious bosom of my Dear Anna, you must imagine my feelings, for I cannot express them. For once all public cares departed. Even the slave was forgotten, and my glad soul was thoroughly absorbed in... Read More
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The Building Blocks of Albert Einstein's Creative Mind
by ALBERT EINSTEIN
A unique and important artifact of his childhood. [ALBERT EINSTEIN]. Ephemera. Set of Anker-Steinbaukasten children's building blocks by F. Ad. Richter & Cie., Rudolstadt, [Germany], c.1880s. Approximately 160 composite quartz sand, chalk, and linseed oil blocks in red, limestone and slate gray, in various sizes and shapes, together with three or more sets of building plans, all contained in two wooden boxes with printed Anker-Steinbaukasten labels. Einstein spent his childhood building "complicated structures" with these Anker-Steinbaukasten blocks. Accepting his later theory that... Read More
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