Autograph Letter Signed, Fayetteville, North Carolina, June 15, 1855 to Douglass
by Banks, J.
quarto, 2 pages, written in ink, on thin, blue paper stock, formerly folded, some loss of paper at intersections of fold joints, with minimal effect upon several letters of text, else in good, clean and legible condition. Discusses steam boat building and repair, and hopes that Douglass, who lives in the north, can find suitable employment for Elliott, possibly Banks' son: "Dear Douglass, ... Read More
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Description of the View of Athens, and Surrounding Country; With An Improved Explanation, Giving a Complete Outline of the Whole Picture, With Numbers and References. This Panorama was painted by Messrs. Barker and Burford from Drawings taken from the most elevated part of the Museum Hill, by Signor Pomardi, a Roman Artist, whom Mr. Dodwell employed in aiding him to form a collection of Views in Greece; which with Mr. Dodwell’s Travels in that Country, have been published in London. The point was chosen by Mr. Dodwell, as being the only one from whence all interesting objects in the vicinity of Athens could be seen. The perfect accuracy of the View has been admitted by all who have visited Athens, and seen the Panorama in progress. To Mr. Robert Cockerell, who has lately returned from Greece, Messrs. Barker and Burford were indebted for much useful information, and drawings of several of the principal figures, in their correct costume. In the following description , it is only intended to give such an accou
by Barker, Henry Aston, and Burford, Robert
[N.p., n.d., United States?, circa 1837?] octavo, folding plate, 12 pages, original plain, blue-gray paper wrappers, untrimmed, removed from bound pamphlet volume, plate somewhat foxed, and with offsetting, some minor spotting to text, else very good. The text is mainly taken up with a key describing the 67 points numbered on the folding plate with information on each point of interest. This panorama of Athens was first exhibited by Barker and Burford in London in 1818 and 1822, and first made... Read More
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Correspondence, Photographs, and Ephemera, of lumberman John C. Barline, of Spokane, Washington, with his wife Lucy Frances Dean Barline, and Family, 1914-1917
by Barline, John C.,
65 letters, 256 pp., (29 retained envelopes), dated 22 January 1914 to 6 September 1917; as follows: 31 letters by Lucy Frances Dean Barline at home in Spokane, Washington; writing to her husband John C. Barline who was then traveling for business; the letters are addressed to him at various places, including: Salt Lake City, Utah; Cleveland, Ohio; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Chicago, Illinois; Fargo, North Dakota; Great Falls; Helena, and Butte, Montana, amongst others. 3 of the letters are not dated.... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, Poland, Maine. January 16, 1809, to her cousin, James Barnes, and other relatives, in Pomfret Vermont.
by Barns, Lucy (1780-1809)
Folio, two pages, plus stampless address leaf, formerly folded, some splitting along folds, light toning to text, else very good. 1809 Lucy Barns, author of "The Female Christian", first defense of Universalist theology by an American woman, writes her cousin six months before her death at 29. Though she had never met her young cousin, Barns was happy to learn, from his father and sister, that he was "... engaged in the useful and pleasing theme of learning…I flatter myself you will... Read More
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Incoming Business and Family Correspondence of Charles C. Barrett, traveling passenger agent for the Missouri Pacific Railroad at Kansas City, Missouri; and later land developer at Edgar, Wisconsin, 1879-1918
by Barrett, Charles C.,
Collection of 255 letters, 776 manuscript pp., (164 retained mailing envelopes), dated 1 April 1879 to 19 April 1918; the bulk of correspondence dates from the 1880s and 1890s; mostly handwritten, some typed; includes correspondence of Barrett family members of Hartford, Connecticut, to their son, Charles C. Barrett, as well as incoming business letters to Barrett, who worked for the Missouri Pacific Railroad as a traveling passenger agent, and later became a land developer and realtor at Edgar, Wisconsin; the... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed. Troy, Miami County, Ohio, March 3, 1842, to Allen Latham, State Senator, Columbus, Ohio
by Barrett, Thomas S.
quarto, two pages, plus stampless address leaf, formerly folded, in very good, clean, and legible condition. 1842 Ohio Democrat - an emigrant from South Carolina - attacks his Whig opponents. "…the new banking law is received here by the whigs – the Ohio Statesman [newspaper] has been in great [suspension?] to see the bill, it passed the house last evening, there was a meeting of merchants and others to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning the legislature for a... Read More
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The Annals of Harper’s Ferry with Sketches of its Founder and Many Prominent Characters Connected with its History, Anecdotes, &c, by Josephus Junior.
by [Barry, Joseph]
Martinsburg, W. Va. Printed at the Office of the "Berkeley Union", 1872, second edition, enlarged, octavo, 126 pages, two portraits, one of John Brown, original printed pictorial wrappers, with portrait of John Brown. Some very minor wear to wrappers, occasional spotting and smudging to text, several contemporary ink corrections to text, otherwise a very good, clean copy. This is the enlarged second edition after that printed in 1869 at Hagerstown, Maryland. The work includes an important chapter, pages 29-61, on John... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed. Kingston, New Hampshire, March 16, 1829, to Rev. Martin Ruter, New Market, New Hampshire.
by Bartlett, Levi
Small folio, two pages, plus integral address leaf, in very good, clean, and legible condition. 1819 Grandson of a Signer of the Declaration of Independence supports "Toleration" School for religious liberty. The grandson of Josiah Bartlett, the fist Governor of New Hampshire and second signer (after John Hancock) of the Declaration of Independence was not as active in national politics as his brother, Josiah, Jr., who served in the New Hampshire State Senate and in the US Congress, but Levi took a... Read More
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![Autograph Letter Signed, to his sister, Dover [Delaware], March 30, 1799](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/581/288/1620288581.0.l.jpg)
Autograph Letter Signed, to his sister, Dover [Delaware], March 30, 1799
by Bayard, James A. (1767-1815) statesman, diplomat
quarto, 7 pages, formerly folded, in very good, clean and legible condition. Bayard writes in part: "… I have been constantly employed since I saw you in active business of a public or private nature. I continued on the circuit till after Congress met, and then was called to Philada. There I remained till the 5 of March & the 15th I left home on the circuit again the day before yesterday arrived here from Sussex. Ann Mary & the children spent part... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed Washington Dec. 21 1831, to Thomas H. Hubbard
by Beardsley, L.
No Binding. Very Good. Quarto, two pages, sheet tanned, upper right hand corner torn away, affecting two words of text, else in good, clean and legible condition. Dr Sir, . Your letter to S. W. Ruggles Esq. has been sent to him, but he is said to be out of business & poor, saying nothing of his utter unwillingness as is alleged, to pay his debts. Your suggestions about the President I believe to be entirely... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives, to his wife, Emma A. Bearss, Washington, August 25, 1842
by Bearss, Daniel Robert
Quarto, 4 pages, including stamp less address leaf, paper browned, some staining, two small holes from seal opening with no significant loss of text, else in good condition. 1842 Indiana politician lobbies in Washington for claims against Midwestern Tribes – and threatens violence. A merchant, farmer, and politician who had emigrated to the Midwest frontier from New York, Bearss first went to work for a firm engaged in the Indian trade until opening his own mercantile business, growing wealthy from land and... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, as Pennsylvania State Legislator, Harrisburg, Dec. 18, 1822 to William Jessup, Montrose, Pennsylvania
by Beaumont, Andrew
No Binding. Very Good. quarto, two pages, plus integral address leaf, in very good, clean and legible condition. Beaumont, a Pennsylvania legislator denounces a proposal to exempt "conscientious objectors" from jury duty in murder cases. "Dear Sir, . yesterday . a resolution was brought forward purporting to... Read More
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![Autograph Letter Signed, Union City [PA?] March 27, 1881, to his brother John](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/455/346/1167346455.0.l.jpg)
Autograph Letter Signed, Union City [PA?] March 27, 1881, to his brother John
by Beebe, R. P., M.D.
octavo, three pages, inscribed neatly in ink, very good, clean and legible condition. Dr. Beebe writes to his brother describing the difficulties of setting up a new medical practice and also comments on a "diploma mill" in Philadelphia. "Dear Brother, … I some business but my patients are not very prompt about paying their bills. It is reported that... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, American Embarkation Center Le Mans Area, March 25, 1919, to Mr. William Stamn, Myerstown, Pennsylvania, his brother-in-law
by Bellman, Pvt. Frank A.
octavo, 8 pages, written in pencil, on the letter-head of the Jewish Welfare Board, American Embarkation Center, Le Mans Area, accompanied by original mailing envelope, in good legible condition. Mr. Bellman, apparently a Jewish American soldier serving in the "MG Co 110 Inf", writes home to his sister and brother-in-law describing his thoughts just before embarking for his return home and he also describes an artillery barrage in which he was wounded and nine of... Read More
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![Autograph Letter Signed anonymously (“Enquirer”), Washington Square [New York], undated, [postmarked March 29 [1848]), to James Gordon Bennett, New York Herald](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/012/105/1654105012.0.m.jpg)
Autograph Letter Signed anonymously (“Enquirer”), Washington Square [New York], undated, [postmarked March 29 [1848]), to James Gordon Bennett, New York Herald
by (Bennett, James Gordon) “Enquirer”
Quarto, 4 pages plus stamp less address leaf, formerly folded, in very good, clean, and legible condition. "Sir, I fear you are becoming so much engrossed with the political conditions of the world as to forget the social. I should like to bring you back, as of yore, to the social, and to elicit your opinion upon many important points – one thing – what are we Americans in future to do in Paris? Or are we to go there at all... Read More
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Catalogue of That Part of the Late Dr. Bentley’s Library, Not Bequeathed to Literary Institutions, to be Sold by Auction, On Wednesday and Thursday, June 14 and 15, 1820, At 9 o’clock, A.M. and 3 P.M. at Blake & Cunningham’s Office, No. 5, Kilby Street, Boston.
by (Bentley, William)
octavo, 28 pages, disbound, retains original front plain paper wrap, ex-library, small duplicate stamp on title page, some light foxing, else good. The inside of the front wrapper contains an advertisement of books sold by Lincoln & Edmands, at their Bible Warehouse. The catalog consists of 982 lots of books, pamphlets, and newspapers on a wide range of topics and subjects. American Imprints 397, five locations, McKay, American Book Auction Catalogs, 1713-1934, 188
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![Autograph Letter Signed, Logansport [Miamiport], Indiana, September 5, 1834 to Payne Pettibone, Jr., Kingston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/406/493/1287493406.0.l.jpg)
Autograph Letter Signed, Logansport [Miamiport], Indiana, September 5, 1834 to Payne Pettibone, Jr., Kingston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
by Bird, Ochnig
Profiteering from the Indian trade in Indiana – Pennsylvania emigrant's letter, 1834. folio, two pages, plus stamp-less address leaf, in very good, clean and legible condition. Ochnig Bird, then 21 years old had just moved from Pennsylvania to Indiana, traveling a thousand miles, having seen "a grate many places", some "quite sickly", but was now in "a first rate place for merchandising… on the Wabash River where the Indiana and Erie Canal is progressing." ... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, Cornwall, New York, July 9, 1856, to Hon. Josiah Sutherland, Member of Congress
by Birdsall, D.C.
octavo, 2 pages, formerly folded, in very good, legible condition. "I am very glad to hear from you in the Old Tammany proceedings and that you are active in the good cause of Democracy. I am settled here and fighting the battle almost singlehanded against the Black R[epublicans] and K. N.s [Know Nothings] I have got up 2 meetings... Read More
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I.W.W. Deportation Cases Hearings before Subcommittee of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization House of Representatives Sixty-sixth Congress Second Session, April 27 to 30, 1920. Statement of W. A. Blackwood Reports in the cases of Various Aliens Transferred from Seattle, Wash., And Other Points to Ellis Island, N.Y., for Deportation, and Thereafter Released
by Blackwood, W. A.,
octavo, 88, [1] pp., pamphlet, ex-library, handstamps on title-page, removed from bound volume of pamphlets, text, clean, else a good copy.
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Communist Labor Party Deportation Cases Hearings before Subcommittee of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization House of Representatives Sixty-sixth Congress Second Session, May 4, 6, and 7 1920. Statement of W. A. Blackwood Decision of Secretary of Labor in Case of Carl Miller, Cases of Feeble-Minded and Insane Aliens Admitted, History of L’Era Nuova Anarchist Group of Paterson, N.J. Supplemental List of Communist Party Deportation Cases
by Blackwood, W. A.,
octavo, 63 pp., pamphlet, ex-library, handstamps on title-page, removed from bound volume of pamphlets, text, clean, else a good copy.
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Typescript Autobiography of Zenas Randall Bliss, with accounts of his service on the Texas frontier in the 1850s, the Civil War, and in Texas and elsewhere in the West during the Indian War period
by Bliss, Zenas Randall (1833–1900)
quarto, five volumes, 656 pages, typescript, and typescript carbons, with occasional manuscript corrections and emendations, bound in various boards, with handmade cloth spines, two volumes signed by Bliss, bindings with wear and rubbing, text in very good clean and legible condition. Autobiography containing valuable primary source accounts of frontier life in Texas, Texas at the outbreak of the Civil War, Bliss's extensive Civil War service, and of his later experiences as commander of the Department of Texas during the Indian War... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed (“Meyer”), Boston, 1918, to Felix Frankfurter
by Bloomfield, Meyer
quarto, one page, in very good clean condition. "Have you had a breathing spell to send me some notes of introduction – and some names? Don't you want me to do something for you in the way of confidential reports? No charge at all. I'd be happy if it can be of use." with: Frankfurter, Felix, Unsigned Telegram, Department of Labor, Washington, Oct.... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, Corpus Christi, Texas, March 14, 1846, to General and Senator, and the future Secretary of War under Lincoln, Simon Cameron, Washington, mis-sent as Cameron was in Austin, Texas at the time
by Boilvin, Nicholas, Jr.,
Quarto, 1 ¼ pages, plus stamp less address leaf, postal markings from New Orleans and Austin, heavy staining and soiling, else good. "Dear Genl, As a mark of remembrance for an old friend, I enclose a paper printed at this place. [not present] You will see how things moves in this section. I leave for the Rio Grande in a few days. The Oppening seems to be fine, and I am determined to try my chance there. I mist it here, in... Read More
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Collection of Incoming Correspondence to Edna Bokholt, of Millboro, South Dakota, from various male suitors, friends, and family, including letters of “Earl,” who writes while attending C.M.T.C. (Citizens Military Training Camp) at Ft. Snelling, Minnesota, 1936-1940
by Bokholt, Edna
28 letters, 89 pp., (19 retained mailing envelopes), the bulk of letters are handwritten, a couple are typed, dated 16 December 1936 to 23 December 1940; all of the letters were written to Edna Bokholt; there are letters from friends and family (7), from male suitors: Darl Beier of Grand Island, Nebraska (5 letters); Earl while attending C.M.T.C. at Fort Snelling, Minnesota (7 letters); and Irvin Redlinger of Millboro, South Dakota (9 letters); the collection also includes 29 photographs, 16... Read More
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Pair of Printed Ephemeral Items Relating to the Visit of Prince Napoleon to Boston, September 1861
by (Prince Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte)
Order of Exercises at the Musical Festival In Honor of Prince Napoleon and Princess Clothilde, at The Music Hall, on Wednesday, September 25th, 1861, Commencing at 5 o'clock P.M. [Boston: J.E. Farwell & Co., printers [1861] octavo, 3, [1] pp., printed program. With unused ticket of admission to the Festival, measuring 3 ¾ x 5 inches, rare ephemeral items. The American visit of Emperor Napoleon II's cousin, Prince Napoleon (nick named Plon Plon), five months after the start of the Civil War,... Read More
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