Manuscript Minute Book for the Methodist Episcopal Church of Turin, Lewis County, New York, 1833-1906

small quarto, 131 manuscript pages, plus blanks, bound in original ¼ sheep and marbled boards, binding somewhat worn and rubbed, text in very good, clean, and legible condition. Manuscript minute book containing the record of the meetings of the trustees of the Methodist Church in the small village of Turin, New York. The volume is of the greatest interest for its pages dealing with the efforts by the trustees to raise funds by subscription for the construction of the Methodist meeting... Read More

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Arret Du Conseil D'Etat Du Roi, Qui excepte de l'Entrepot accorde, par l'arret du Conseil du 29 decembre 1787, aux productions & marchandaises des Etats-unis, les poisons, Huiles & autres marchandaises provenant de leurs peches. Du 22 Fevrier 1788. Extrait des Registres du Conseil d'Etat.

Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale, 1788. No Binding. Very Good. quarto, 4 pp., some ink spotting and tanning to text, ink inscription dated 1788 in upper blank margin of first page, else good. Not in Wroth & Annan, not in Maggs, The French Colonisation of America

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No. 122 In the Supreme Court of the United States October Term, 1929 Federal Radio Commission, Petitioner v. General Electric Company and People of the State of New York On Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia Brief for Petitioner Bethuel M. Webster, Jr. General Counsel, Paul M. Segal, Assistant General Counsel

first edition, octavo, vii, 159 pp., ex-library, handstamp on front wrap, removed from bound pamphlet volume, lacking rear wrapper, else a good copy. This is the brief of The Federal Radio Commission, the petitioner in the case. The General Electric Company owned and was operating a broadcasting station at Schenectady, N. Y., when the Radio Act of 1927 went into effect. Thereafter it sought and obtained from the commission successive licenses under that act for the further operation of the station. The... Read More

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Report of the Trial of McLaurin F. Cooke, Sub-Master of the Eliot School, of the City of Boston, for An Assault and Battery upon Thomas J. Wall, A Pupil of that School. With The Arguments of Counsel, and the Opinion of the Court Reported in Full. Carefully Revised and Corrected.

octavo, 80 page pamphlet, ex-library, handstamp on titlepage, removed from bound volume of pamphlets, titlepage tanned, edges and extremities chipped, else good.

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Autograph Letter Signed, Naples December 4, 1815 to Augustus John Foster

by à Court, William (1779-1860)

quarto, three pages of a four page bi-folium, in very good clean condition. An extraordinary letter written by William à Court as Envoy Extraordinary to the Kingdom of Naples, in which he claims to be personally responsible for the execution of Joachim Murat, the just deposed King of Sicily. William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury, known as Sir William a Court, Bt., from 1817 to 1828, was a British diplomat and Conservative politician. He was Envoy Extraordinary to the Barbary States from... Read More

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Archive of Correspondence pertaining to the Development of Redondo Beach, Los Angeles County, California by the Ainsworth family, under the management of Harry Babbitt Ainsworth, including Letters dealing with his sale of the family’s Redondo Interests to Henry E. Huntington, 1897-1958

by Ainsworth, Harry B.,

Archive consists of 804 retained copies of outgoing letters, 1013 manuscript and typescript pages, (in two letter copy books and files of typescript carbons), three photograph albums, containing 160 photographs, documenting two of the family's mansions, in Los Angeles and Los Altos Hills, and their ranch in Arcadia, California, plus several related ephemeral items, newspaper clippings, et cetera. Archive dealing with southern California real estate development in the early twentieth century, particularly, the founding and development of the city of Redondo... Read More

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Vernacular Photograph Album of the Rogers Family of Mamaroneck, Westchester County, New York, 1933-1937

by (African Americans – Photograph Album)

oblong quarto, photograph album, containing 96 black and white snapshots mounted on 17 black paper leaves, images identified and captioned either in white pencil, or, in ink on the image itself, album worn, several missing images, lacking covers, some leaves dogeared, some staining, else good. The images detail the lives of the Rogers family, an African American family of Mamaroneck, Westchester, New York, as well as additional members of the African American Community of Mamaroneck and Rye, New York.There are images... Read More

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Collection of Six Photograph Albums compiled by the Firth Family of Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1908-1923 chronicling the Travels of this well-to do- family, including Hunting Trips in Wyoming, Canada, Early Motoring Trips through Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, a Trip via Motorboat to Florida and more

by Firth Family Photograph Albums

Six photograph albums, with 894 photographs, with several related ephemeral items, documenting the lives and travels of this Philadelphia family in the first quarter of the 20th century. The Firth family was a prominent Philadelphia family which had married into another one, the Livezey's, whose seat was their estate Glen Fern, in Germantown. Thomas Livezey was a miller and friend of Benjamin Franklin, and large property owner. The... Read More

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Autograph Letter unsigned, and Helen Lynde, Autograph Note Signed, St. Alban’s Vermont, March 22, 1840, to Frances Ellen Lynde c/o Dr. William Beaumont, St. Louis, Missouri

by [Aldis, Asa O]

Quarto, 4 pages, plus stamp less address leaf, in very good, clean and legible condition.1840 Letter from a future Vermont Supreme Court Justice to the young woman tutor to the children of Dr. William Beaumont, "Father of Gastric Physiology" "My dear Frances, Your letter of the 3rd instant was received…I am very glad indeed to hear that you are at St. Louis and have found a resting place so pleasant and welcome to you. How we should have felt had you died... Read More

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Group of Incoming Letters to Eli Taylor Andrews, prosperous farmer of Bethel, Connecticut, chairman of the Democratic Town Committee, and fraternally a Mason, dated 1852-1885

by Andrews, Eli Taylor

70 letters, 128 manuscript pages, (19 retained mailing envelopes), plus 4 pieces of verse and prose, 14 pages, all dated 3 January 1852 to 22 January 1885. There are 5 letters that are undated. Most of the letters are addressed to Eli Taylor Andrews, with the exception being three letters to Mrs. Jane Andrews, Eli's wife, and one letter to Oliver Bulkeley, (one of Andrews' in-laws), written by Eli Andrews, and one other. The correspondence includes letters from Andrews' family, friends,... Read More

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Engaging although Incomplete and Unsigned Letter, written by an unknown Federalist Member of Congress, Dated Washington, Dec. 4, 1811, on National Affairs

by (Anon.)

Quarto, 4 pages, formerly folded, in very good, clean and legible condition. "My dear friend, I thank you for your prompt and friendly information of the result of the election, of which Br. Baker was also good enough to inform me by the same mail. At present, however, I find myself more engaged about the report of the Committee of Foreign relations, than anything else, and therefore you must pardon me for speaking once more of it. The letters which you have... Read More

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Autograph Letter, Franklin, [Venango County, Pennsylvania] May 10th, 1862, to Theora, Describing a Trip to Pittsburg and Western Pennsylvania

by (Anon.)

octavo, 4 pages, unsigned, possible incomplete, in very good condition. The writer describes his travels in Pittsburg and other western Pennsylvania towns, he provides an epistolary tour of Pittsburg's industries of the day, an oil refinery, comments on the pollution "earth and air are impregnated with the aroma of petroleum", lumber raftsmen and iron mills, before continuing on to New Brighton, New Castle, and Franklin, in Venango County: "My dear Theora, … My letter from Pittsburg was written on Thursday morning and mailed... Read More

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Manuscript Account of Travel in Alaska July - August c. 1924

by [Anonymous]

1924. Manuscript. Good. octavo, 51 pages, written on letterhead of the Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, rectos only, neatly inscribed in pencil and ink, very good. This account appears to have been a draft and may have been intended for publication, there are numerous corrections, changes and emendations throughout the work. The unidentified author traveled by rail from Yellowstone to Seattle... Read More

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Unusual Autograph Letter Signed, from an unidentified Czech man, dated Paris, June 28, 1848 to Mons. Jean Pflanzer, Horazdiowice, Bohemia, describing his travels in America

by (Anonymous)

Quarto, three pages of a four page bi-folium, written neatly in ink on a pictorial letter-sheet, depicting the View from Near the Ferry House, U. S. Side, at Niagra Falls, small oil stain at lower right hand corner, else in very good, clean legible condition. Our knowledge both of Czech and consequently its orthography are non-existent, the identity of the writer could probably be determined by someone without these constraints. The writer has evidently just returned to Europe from America... Read More

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Manuscript “Estimate Book" for an unidentified New York City contractor, dated 1867-1873

by (Anonymous)

small quarto, 84 pages plus blanks, entries written on lined paper, in ink, bound in half black leather, marbled paper covered boards, worn at tips of spine, corners and edges of boards, boards scuffed, outside hinges of binding mostly open, but boards attached, text block good. Volume was printed by "R.C. Root, Anthony & Co., Stationers, Printers & Lithographers, No. 16 Nassau St., cor. Pine, New York." Front board contains paper label with "Estimate Book" written on it, Includes index... Read More

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Manuscript Account of Travel from England to Russia and Poland in 1872

by (Anonymous)

12mo, 68 manuscript pages, plus blanks, and 8 pages of notes, bound in contemporary embossed leather backed flexible stiff wraps, entries written in English, in pencil, in a clear and legible hand. The journal is an excellent, highly literate, well written account of the author's impressions of Russian society and his keen observations on all aspects of life in Russia, which the author refers to as "the Empire of Fear." The... Read More

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Unsigned, Intriguing, and Possibly Secret, Manuscript Note Concerning the Treaty of Paris 1782-1783

by (Anonymous)

No Binding. Very Good. small folio, one page, formerly folded, top edge lightly browned, else very good. Text neatly inscribed in ink on laid paper. The sheet, judging from the fold marks was evidently folded into a very small triangle of just over an inch in size, possibly for easy concealment and transmittal. he present document is both intriguing and curious it discusses the Treaty of Paris and contains information which poses several intriguing questions: the document states that... Read More

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Diary of Maud G. Arthur, of Baker City, Baker County, Oregon, kept while Traveling by Covered Wagon through Oregon, 1917-1918

by Arthur, Maud G.,

12mo, 122 typed pp., dated 22 August 1917 to 7 June 1918; bound in small six ring binder, limp pleather binding, measuring 4" x 6", typed, good condition. There is a title-page, a one-page preface, and a two-page epilogue at rear bringing the family story up to 1937. Title page reads: "For Clayton and Jeannie Arthur and Family / A copy of Grandmother Arthur's diary / in her own words, of the family traveling / Oregon in a covered wagon.... Read More

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Autograph Letter Signed, New Philadelphia, Ohio, January, 30, 1841, to Leander Ransom, Columbus, Ohio

by Atherton, B. M.

Folio, 3 pages, plus stamp less address leaf, separations along folds, small hole in bottom of second leaf, affecting signature, else in good legible condition. An interesting letter with various proposals to better Ohio's economic prospects, arguing that Ohio's farmers needed better mills and infrastructure to better compete with the agricultural products of western New York: "… It has long seemed to me that... Read More

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Archive of William R. Ayer, of Lincoln, Penobscot County, Maine, merchant and lumberman, includes Correspondence and Ephemera, 1807-1911

by Ayer, William R

No Binding. Very Good. 96 letters, 109 pages, plus 766 ephemeral items, all dated from 1807 to 1911. The letters are dated from 19 March 1859 to 1 September 1879. The ephemeral materials are dated from 1807 to 1911, with the bulk of the ephemera dating from the 1860s to 1870s. The letters from the 1850s- 1860s are generally one page business letters dealing mainly with Ayer's mercantile business at Lincoln, Maine. The 1870s letters are likewise mainly... Read More

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Autograph Letter Signed, Washington, April 12, 1852 to his father

by Bache, George

No Binding. Very Good. quarto, one page, formerly folded, in very good, clean and legible condition. Bache, while traveling writes his father, summing up his opinions of Millard Fillmore's Washington: "My Dear Father, Supposing that a word from me will be expected. I will write these few lines. Our visit here has been reasonably pleasant and satisfactory. . To day we visit Mt. Vernon having delayed the view till now on a/c of... Read More

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Manuscript Notebook Containing Drafts of Letters and Addresses about Eugenics and Related Topics circa 1907-1908

by Bachelard, L. H.,

octavo, 80 manuscript pages, written in ink and pencil, notebook bound in original brown cloth, materials dated 1907-1908. The author signs his name, L. H. Bachelard, to several of his effusions about eugenics and its related racialist offshoots. Bachelard was presumably an American as the first item is a letter "to the Executive Secretary of the Committee of One Hundred, New Haven, Conn." Bachelard offers here his own take on the scientifically discredited theory of Eugenics, the belief that humans can be... Read More

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Correspondence of sisters, Vesta I. and Ruth Margaret Bailey, both clerks, and stenographers, of Middlebury, Vermont and West Somerville, Massachusetts, and family, 1875 – 1957

by Bailey, Vesta I., and Ruth Margaret

369 letters, 1489 pp., dated 18 January 1875 to 31 December 1957; bulk from the 1900s-1910s; mostly handwritten, several typed; mostly incoming letters to sisters Vesta I and Ruth Margaret Bailey, with various correspondents including friends and family, or with each other; also included are approximately 300 pieces of ephemera, mostly used and addressed envelopes.Correspondence: 152 letters, 749 pp., dated 24 June 1905 to 22 October 1949; incoming letters written to Ruth Bailey, when she was either at home in West... Read More

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Autograph Letter Signed, Boston November 24, 1845 and a Printed Circular both Addressed to Cornelius Master, Penn Yan, New York

by Balch, Benjamin

quarto, two pages of four page bi-folium, formerly folded, in good legible condition. Printed circular, one page folio, in very good condition. Two items which promote both the sale of stock of the State Mutual Life Assurance Company the letter also discusses Master's involvement as an agent for the company in Yates County New York. Balch's letter wherein he relates some of the history of his business dealings certainly leaves his track record in question. ... Read More

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Collection of Letters Pertaining to Elizabeth Darling Ballantine, American Missionary to Ahmednagar, Maharatta, present day Maharashtra, India and her family of Henniker New Hampshire and later Amherst, Massachusetts, dated 1821-1874

by Ballantine, Elizabeth Darling (1812-1874)

29 letters, 84 manuscript pages, 11 related ephemeral items, manuscript and printed, in very good, clean and legible condition. Collection of letters written by and to Elizabeth Darling Ballantine, of Henniker, New Hampshire who became an early American Missionary in Ahmednagar, India, along with her husband Henry Ballantine. The letters chronicle mission life in India, where the couple ran schools for both male and female students. Elizabeth Ballantine was a student of Mary Lyons, the founder of Mount Holyoke College, at... Read More

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