On the Day of the First Battle of Bull Run, Confederate Ordnance Chief Josiah Gorgas Orders Equipment for 100,000 Troops
by JOSIAH GORGAS. BULL RUN
JOSIAH GORGAS. [BULL RUN]. Manuscript Letter Signed, to Ira R. Foster. Richmond, Va., July 21, 1861. 1 p., 8 x 9¾ in. Complete Transcript General I have received your Letter of the 17" inst, and in reply would say that you may ratify the contract with Harris & Thrasher at $4.75. They must be cautioned however as to the quality of the articles furnished.... Read More
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Author, Educator, and Lecturer Kate Sanborn Gathers Ladies for Lunch
by KATE SANBORN
1910. No binding. Fine. Autograph Letter Signed. [New York, N.Y.?] 4 pp., 4 1/2 x 7 in. Transcript Dear Mrs. Lamb,I have just got nicely settled in my home with my brother. We left so early last summer that we invited few friends to share our pleasure with us. Now I want to see my friends around my table, and often. I started to call on you Monday but was called in another direction and Tuesday is my... Read More
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Young's Map of the United States
by S. AUGUSTUS MITCHELL, J. H. YOUNG
Philadelphia, 1831. No binding. Fine. Map of the United States. Entered according to Act of Congress in the Clerks Office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, October 10th, 1831. [Philadelphia], 1831. Folding map on four sheets joined. Folding into original covers, 8vo (binding size: 9 5/8 x 6 1/2 in.), red half morocco over marbled paper boards, upper cover with gilt-lettered title label (corner and edges worn). The map and covers now apart and separately mounted for display.... Read More
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Quaker Farmer Writes to Congressman Morgan to Condemn Stephen Douglas’ Nebraska Bill Allowing Slavery in New Territories
by JOHN SEARING
"what shall I say of Douglas's infamous Nebraska bill now I suppose pending in the Senate I feel indeed at a loss for language to convey my abhorrence of so vile a scheme.... I never knew such united indignation against any thing as pervades the community here respecting the bill…" A Quaker farmer in western New York writes to his representative in Congress, mentioning a petition (not present) and universal opposition. He praises Morgan's... Read More
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Rare document of Newport Jewish leader Moses Seixas – who wrote address that elicited George Washington’s most famous statement on religious freedom and citizenship
by MOSES SEIXAS
Seixas' 1790 letter of welcome elicited the first president's most compelling statement on religious liberty, "to bigotry no sanction." In this 1788 receipt, Seixas signs a receipt documenting payment for carpet by William Channing, the state's new attorney general. MOSES SEIXAS. Manuscript Document Signed, to William Channing, December 18, 1788. Receipt for carpeting. 1 p., 7¼ x 4 in. Complete Transcript Newport Decr 19, 1788 William Channing Esq Bot [Bought] of Moses Seixas / 17 yds Carpeting . . . . . . . .... Read More
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His Grandmother-in-Law Cant Spare a Stacker for John Augustine Washington III Letter Delivered by Freed Washington Family Slave West Ford Includes List of Mount Vernon Slaves
by SLAVERY. MOUNT VERNON. WEST FORD. MARY BOWLES ARMISTEAD SELDEN
Mary B. Selden was the grandmother of Eleanor Love Selden, who married John Augustine Washington III in 1843. She regrets not being able to furnish Washington with the services of one of her slaves as a stacker for the upcoming wheat harvest. Still a faithful employee, West Ford worked for the Washington family well into the nineteenth century, including delivering this letter. The letter includes a list of two dozen slaves written in pencil by John Augustine Washington III. [SLAVERY. MOUNT VERNON. WEST... Read More
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South Carolina Impressment Agent Negotiates With General Beauregard for the Release of Slaves to their Masters
by WILLIAM SHANNON
Shannon, a militia colonel and state agent for the impressment of slave labor, requests the discharge of a number of slaves impressed for labor on military fortifications in Charleston, from the chief of staff of General Beauregard. Local planters depended on Shannon to force the state governor and the Confederate army to abide by the terms of the legislation granting the power to impress slave labor, in this case for a month's time. A... Read More
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Civil War Veteran School Board Chair Cautions Teacher to Discipline Carefully
by [EDUCATION]. GEORGE N. SHEPARD
"...neither have the right to inflict punishment or impose restrictions that will maim, or injure the health of, the children. As to the particular case under consideration, I cannot believe that you are unduly severe or that your restrictions and exactions will hurt a robust, stubborn pupil." [EDUCATION]. GEORGE N. SHEPARD. Autograph Letter Signed, as Chairman of the School Board, to Mary D. Webster, October 5, 1891, West Epping, New Hampshire. 2 pp. and... Read More
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General Grants election has brought such actual Peace, that there is not a part of a peg even, to hang an excitement on
by WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN
Sherman turns down an invitation to a "Grand Reunion of the Western Armies at Chicago." WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN. Autograph Letter, to an unnamed general. Annapolis, Maryland, December 8, 1868. 2 pp., quarto. Sherman originally wrote this content as part of a longer letter; he marked this leaf "copy" and ends it with marks that show this section to be complete. Complete Transcript Copy U.S. Naval Academy Annapolis Md. Dec 8, 1868 Dear General, I had already received an invitation to the Grand Review of... Read More
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Carrie Chapman Catt’s Book, with editor’s letter promoting the “Co-Workers Edition” – to a noted Chicago Suffrage leader, millionaire and vice chair of Republican Party
by CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT & NETTIE ROGERS SHULER
"The gates to political enfranchisement have swung open. The women are inside." CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT & NETTIE ROGERS SHULER. Book. Woman Suffrage and Politics: The Inner Story of the Suffrage Movement. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. No. 122 of 1,000 "Co-workers edition," copy belonging to Chicago suffragist, millionaire and vice chairman of the Republican Party, Bertha Baur. 504 pp., 5¾ x 8¼ in. With: ROSE YOUNG. Typed Letter Signed, March 15, 1923, to Bertha Baur, New York, NY. On colorful... Read More
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Expansive 1738 Boston Inventory for Female Merchant Mary Grosse Phillips Blair - Wealthy Household with Two Enslaved Persons
by [SLAVERY]
Mary (Grosse) Phillips Blair (1681-1738). Manuscript Document Estate Inventory, [Boston, Mass.] November 3, 1738. 8 pp., folio. Mary Blair was widow of Capt. John Phillips and Capt. William Blair, merchant. This inventory depicts a lavishly furnished mansion, vast real estate holdings, and a rich array of items in the shop -- suggesting that Mary Blair continued the mercantile trade after her husband's death in 1736. Also of note are enslaved persons, Cato and Monday. Thomas Hancock was one of the... Read More
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Peter Cooper's Letter to Lincoln Regarding Emancipation
by PETER COOPER. SLAVERY
"It is a fact that the enslavement of human beings has so far infused its insidious poison into the very hearts of the Southern people, that they have come to believe and declare the evil of slavery to be a good, and to require the power of Government to be exerted to maintain, extend, and perpetuate an institution that enables thousands to sell their own children, to be enslaved, with all their posterity, into... Read More
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A General Account of… Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes - Association Copy
by H.D. SMYTH
A General Account of … Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes Owned by Manhattan Project Scientist, Assistant to Chief of Scientific Branch of the War Department (1946-7) and notable scientist and historian of science Erwin Hiebert. H. D. Smyth. A General Account of … Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes Under the Auspices of the United States Government 1940-1945. Written at the Request of Major General L. R. Groves, United States Army... Washington, DC: Superintendent of Documents. (1945). Book,... Read More
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Rare New York Senate Print of Proposed State Law to Combat the Dred Scott Decision
by [SLAVERY AND ABOLITION — NEW YORK STATE]
Rare New York Senate Print of Proposed State Law to Combat the Dred Scott Decision "Every slave … who shall come or be brought, or be involuntarily in this state shall be free." [SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—NEW YORK STATE.] New York Senate. "An Act To secure Freedom to all persons within this State," Edward M. Madden, April 9, 1857, Passed the Assembly on April 17; failed in the Senate. Printed with numbered lines for the use of the Senate. 1 p., 6.5 x 11.5... Read More
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Alexander Stephens, Future Confederate Vice President, Rants Against Congress Refunding Andrew Jacksons War of 1812 Fine
by ALEXANDER STEPHENS
"Today is the 'memorable 8th' and the Party in Power chose this as the day to pass in the House the Bill to refund to Genl Jackson the fine imposed on him at New Orleans. I tried hard to get the floor to make a speech upon an amendment I had proposed – which was to pay the amount of the fine without reFlection [?] upon the judge – but the Locos would not let... Read More
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"The Underground Rail Road" -- First Edition
by William Still
The Underground Railroad, by William Still, Who Personally Helped as Many as 800 Slaves on their Dangerous Journey to Freedom When the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society requested that he compile and publish his reminiscences, he drew on his meticulous notes to tell the stories of dozens of escaped slaves and the men and women who helped them, starting with his own brother, who escaped from slavery in Alabama to be reunited with his mother after forty-two years of separation. WILLIAM STILL. The Underground... Read More
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin Advertised by Local Maine Drama Club
by [HARRIET BEECHER STOWE]
[HARRIET BEECHER STOWE]. Broadside. Uncle Tom's Cabin playbill. Announcing performance by the Prospect Harbor, Maine, Dramatic Club, managed by E.W. Cleaves. Ca. 1890s. 1 p., 15⅜ x 27⅜ in. Historical Background Edwin W. Cleaves was active in Prospect Harbor's local politics and society, and kept a hotel described in 1900 as "one of the most homelike one strikes anywhere on the coast." The Prospect Harbor Dramatic Club was active in the 1890s,... Read More
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Pamphlet Quotes President Wilson to Support Woman Suffrage in New York State
by [WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE]
This pamphlet, issued by the New York State Woman Suffrage Party, quoted speeches and letters by President Woodrow Wilson to urge New York men to vote for woman suffrage on November 6, 1917. [WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE]. Pamphlet. "What President Wilson Says," New York: National Woman Suffrage Publishing Co., ca. June-October 1917. 4 pp., 5 x 7 in. Excerpts: "'We are fighting for the essential part of it all, (democracy) namely ... to have a right to a voice... Read More
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1915 Women's Suffrage Poster
by [WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE]
Woman's Suffrage failed in all three states that held suffrage referenda on November 2, 1915: New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. [WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE]. "Vote for Woman Suffrage Nov. 2nd." [New York, 1915]. 1 p., 13¾ x 20 in. Historical Background On November 2, 1915, male voters rejected women's suffrage by a majority of 58 percent in New York, 53% in Pennsylvania, and 64.5% in Massachusetts. Undaunted, the American Woman Suffrage Association continued to press their case. When asked how long the triple defeat... Read More
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Henrietta Szold asks a doctor to become a life member of Zionist Organization of America
by HENRIETTA SZOLD
"…Will you help?" HENRIETTA SZOLD. Autograph Letter Signed "Henrietta Szold", one page, 5½ x 9 in., on stationary of the Hotel Alexandria, July 28, 1927, New York, NY, addressed to Elisha Friedman. Complete Transcript July 28, 1927 Dear Mr. Friedman Am I wrong in assuming that you expressed, at least indirectly, approval of... Read More
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Significant Collection of the Worcester Magazine, Publisher Isaiah Thomas' Protest against Advertising Tax. Filled with News of Shays' Rebellion, and Federalist and Anti-Federalist Essays
by ISAIAH THOMAS
In 1785, the state of Massachusetts instituted a stamp tax on newspapers but soon replaced it with a tax on newspaper advertisements. To protest the tax on advertisements, Thomas suspended his weekly newspaper, Thomas's Massachusetts Spy; or, the Worcester Gazette, at the end of March 1786. In April 1786, Thomas began publishing the Worcester Magazine, which was not subject to the tax, as a substitute for the Massachusetts Spy. Although a magazine in name, the Worcester Magazine continued the same... Read More
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I thought Cump would advise you as to the movements here
by THOMAS EWING, JR
Washington, 1861. No binding. Fine. Autograph Letter Signed, to Thomas Ewing, his father. Washington, May 22, 1861. Written in pencil. 6 pp., 4 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. ""Genl Scott is in bad humor with the administration for appointing Reeder Brig Genl in regular army ... We have the idea he will not favor Cump's appt, except as Colonel...""Ewing informs his father of political machinations in Washington and early Civil War plans and appointments. He painstakingly weighs the... Read More
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Jefferson's Response to the New Haven Merchants' Remonstrance, and his First Inaugural Address
by THOMAS JEFFERSON, WILLIAM CRANCH
[THOMAS JEFFERSON, WILLIAM CRANCH]. Pamphlet. An Examination of The President's Reply to the New-Haven Remonstrance; with …the President's Inaugural Speech, The Remonstrance and Reply … a List of Removals from Office and New Appointments. 1801. New York: George F. Hopkins. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. 69pp. "Of the various Executive duties, no one excites more anxious concern than that of placing the interests of our fellow citizens in the hands of honest men, with understandings... Read More
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Board of Engineers to Review Sea Coast Fortifications, Including New York
by EDWARD D. TOWNSEND
EDWARD D. TOWNSEND. Document Signed, printed Special Orders No. 41, Jan. 27, 1864. Creating and Appointing Abbot to a Board of Engineers to review Sea Coast Fortifications, especially New York Harbor. Henry L. Abbott (1831-1927) commanded the Army of the Potomac's siege artillery at Petersburg. For this and other recognizable services during the war, he was brevetted brigadier general. Condition Some toning, etc.
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William Monroe Trotter - the first African American to earn a Phi Beta Kappa key at Harvard - pushes a petition calling for mercy for still imprisoned soldiers of the 24th US Colored Infantry
by WILLIAM MONROE TROTTER
"To free by pardon or on parole the Colored soldiers of the gallant 24th in Fort Leavenworth federal prison already so long for retaliation, poorly proven or not proven at all, against goading insult and provocation and insult to women of their race. We do now ask whether you will grant this special plea for clemency." The Secretary of the National Equal Rights League writes to a Massachusetts state senator asking for his support for clemency for black soldiers imprisoned at... Read More
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