Former President Truman Praises Kennedy's Far Reaching 1960 Democratic Platform on the Rights of Man and the Need for Security; Immigration; Health Care; Minimum Wage; Equal Work for Equal Pay; Civil Rights and Voting Rights
by HARRY S. TRUMAN
Before John F. Kennedy could defeat Richard Nixon in the election of 1960, he had to win his party's nomination against veteran Senator Lyndon Johnson and perennial candidate Adlai Stevenson. Kennedy did so handily, on the first ballot of the convention. HARRY S. TRUMAN. Pamphlet Inscribed and Signed. 1960 Democratic National Convention program, Los Angeles, signed in 1964. "To Robert William Bean Kindest regards 1/22/64 Harry Truman / It's a great platform!" 3¾ x 8½ in. Excerpts: In... Read More
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Margaret Truman’s Wedding Waltz
by HARRY S. TRUMAN
1956. No binding. Fine. Typed Document Signed as former President, March 21, 1956. 1 p. ""She lived in the White House / With her Dad and Mother / For her father was President / Better than any other..."" Three years removed from the presidency, and a month before her daughter's marriage, Truman signs a lyrical tribute to Mary Margaret Truman, intended to be sung to the tune of the ""Missouri Waltz.""Historical BackgroundMissourian Harry Truman, it was widely reported,... Read More
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John Tyler Addresses Special Session of Congress soon after William Henry Harrison’s Death
by JOHN TYLER
"The States are emphatically the constituents of this Government...." JOHN TYLER. Broadside. State of the Union Message. National Intelligencer—Extra, June 1, 1841. Washington, DC: Gales and Seaton. 1 p., 18 x 23 in.William Henry Harrison took office in 1841 while the nation was still suffering from a depression sparked by the Panic of 1837, causing many banks to fail and unemployment to reach then-record levels. Though Harrison took ill almost immediately after giving his lengthy March... Read More
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Gigantic & Rare 1870 Yale University Summer Boat Races Broadside
by [YALE UNIVERSITY]
A very large letterpress broadside for three intramural Yale boat races on Lake Saltonstall in East Haven, Connecticut. Participants rowed in racing shells, double sculls, and wherries, contesting for cash prizes. Excursion trains from downtown New Haven cost 50 cents, and a band enlivened the afternoon. [YALE UNIVERSITY]. Yale Summer Races! At Lake Saltonstall, on Tuesday, June 28th, 1870. New Haven: Hoggson & Robinson. broadside, 29 x 41 inches, on yellow paper. The July 2, 1870 issue of the Yale Courant reported... Read More
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Confederate Flag Given by Infamous Spy Belle Boyd to a Union Officer
by ELEVEN-STAR FIRST NATIONAL FLAG WITH SINGLE STAR BONNIE BLUE FIRST UNOFFICIAL CONFEDEDERATE FLAG VERSO
"June 18. Reached Front Royal, & met there the famous & very handsome, rebel spy, Belle Boyd, who gave to me the rebel flag, waving which, she led the attack upon Kenly in May." The "stars and bars" circular canton pattern with eleven-stars was used for First National flags from July 2, 1861, when Tennessee and North Carolina joined the Confederacy, until November 28, 1861, when stars were added for Missouri and Kentucky. The other side of this rare two-pattern configuration... Read More
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First Army Chief of Ordnance Rails against Military Waste in a Very Modern Essay
by DECIUS WADSWORTH
"The Idea that an Army shall be entitled to receive whatever may be called for, is monstrous, and is what the Resources of no Nation can support." Colonel Wadsworth provides a lengthy critique of a Senate bill to combine the Ordnance and Artillery departments. He insists on the need to maintain uniformity in arms manufacture and the necessity to control the flow of supplies. Many of his arguments about the tendency to waste in military... Read More
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Director of Ordnance on Loan of Gunpowder to DuPont and Private Individuals; forwards Copy of Prior Letter Informing Secretary of War John Calhoun of his Objection
by DECIUS WADSWORTH
"The loaning of Munitions of War, in such large quantities from our Magazines and Arsenals is viewed by me as highly impolitic and hazardous; and it is hardly necessary for me to add, that I have had no agency in the Transaction." DECIUS WADSWORTH. Autograph Letter Signed, to Secretary of War John C. Calhoun, February 10, 1821, Washington, D.C. 2 pp., 8 x 10 in. [With] DECIUS WADSWORTH, Autograph Letter Signed, to Secretary of... Read More
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The Excursion of the Bought Nominations Showing Balloon Union League
by CIVIL WAR
[CIVIL WAR]. Broadside, "The Excursion of the Bought Nominations, The Large Balloon 'Union League,' Will Start Immediately. The Balloon is managed by the Old Hunkers in the Ring." [1864]. 4 ¾ x 8 ½ in. Historical Background The Union League Club formed in New York in 1863 to support Union troops and cultivate civil devotion. Made up of prominent citizens in New York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, New Haven, and Chicago, the clubs raised... Read More
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Hand-Made Union Patriotic and Religious Song Book
by [CIVIL WAR]
1864. No binding. Condition: Fine. Manuscript Pen and Ink Folk Art Song Book, ca. 1864. 24 pp., 6 5/8 x 8 in. This hand-sewn booklet contains eight songs popular during the Civil War era, with music and lyrics in calligraphy. Songs include "On a Green Grassy Noll" by J. D. Canning, with music by Ira Odell; "The Old Mountain Tree" by James G. Clark; "Harmonian Waltz"; "Year of Jubilee, or Kingdom has Come!"; "Squire... Read More
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The Success of Black Troops At Petersburg, Virginia, Under Butler
by CIVIL WAR
"They grinned and pushed on, and with a yell that told the southern chivalry their doom, [they] rolled irresistibly over and into the work." [CIVIL WAR]. Broadside. New England Loyal Publication Society No. 200. Boston, Mass., June 27, 1864. 1 p., 9 x 10¾ in. A New York Tribune reporter praises the performance of the USCT: "I find that in my account of the assault upon the rebel works in front of Petersburg I hardly did... Read More
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First Federal Occupation of Winchester Broadside
by CIVIL WAR
Broadside describing the first occupation of Winchester, Virginia, during the Civil War. [CIVIL WAR]. Broadside, signed in type by Colonel William D. Lewis, Winchester, Virginia, April 17, 1862, 1 p. 12½ x 11 in. Partial Transcript "HEAD QUARTERS, Commander of the Post, Winchester, Va., April 17, 1862. CITIZENS OF WINCHESTER: Upon me has devolved the duty of commanding this Post. My wish and my duty is to afford you all the liberty and protection, due to fellow citizens. The Government I... Read More
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Union Volunteers Refreshment Saloon
by [CIVIL WAR]
Showing Union troops arriving in Philadelphia from New Jersey via ferry and marching in formation towards the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, cheered on by Philadelphians. Text at the bottom lists members of the committee and men willing to accept donations for the saloon. This image became a choice souvenir for soldiers passing through Philadelphia. [CIVIL WAR]. Print. Union Volunteers Refreshment Saloon of Philadelphia. James Queen, delineator and lithographer. Philadelphia:... Read More
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Separating the Loyal from the Disloyal in Reconstruction North Carolina
by CIVIL WAR
1865. No binding. Fine. Archive of materials relating to the administering of loyalty oaths in North Carolina after the Civil War during presidential Reconstruction. 1865-1866. 21814.01. William H. Bagley, Autograph Letter Signed, as private secretary of Governor William Holden, to William Barrow, John Odom, and others. Raleigh, N.C., July 10, 1865, 1 p. quarto, on State of North Carolina, Executive Department lettersheet.Excerpt""Your Memorial ... has been received at this office, and the Governor directs me to say, in... Read More
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Ohio Reformers Use Rhode Island's Dorr Rebellion to Justify Their Own Behavior
by DORR WAR
[DORR WAR]. Pamphlet. The Dorr Movement in Ohio; Being an Examination into the Causes, Progress and Probable Effects of the Revolutionary Course of Locofocoism in the Organization of the General Assembly of This State, for the Session of 1848-49. [Columbus, Ohio]: Legg & Murray, Columbus, [1849]. Disbound. Inscribed in pencil on the title by H.A. Swift, the author, in presentation. Historical Background The Locofocos were a faction that split from... Read More
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Creating Two New Civil War Military Departments
by EDWARD DAVIS TOWNSEND. CIVIL WAR
Washington, DC, 1862. No binding. Fine. Printed Document Signed, ""General Orders No. 34."" War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D.C., April 4, 1862. 1 p., 5 x 7 1/2 in. Excerpt"" I.. That portion of Virginia and Maryland lying between the Mountain Department and the Blue Ridge, shall constitute a Military Department to be called the Department of the Shenandoah, and will be under the command of Major General Banks..."" II.. That portion of Virginia east of the... Read More
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A Scarce Record of Thomas Dorrs Trial for Treason After His Failed Revolt
by JOSEPH S. PITMAN. DORR WAR
JOSEPH S. PITMAN. [DORR WAR]. Book. Report of the Trial of Thomas Wilson Dorr, for Treason; Including the Testimony at Length...Together with the Sentence of the Court, and the Speech of Mr. Dorr Before Sentence. Providence, R.I., B.F. Moore, 1844. 1st ed., 115 pp., 5 1/3 x 8¾ in. Based on Rhode Island's colonial charter, over half of adult males were disenfranchised. Thomas W. Dorr led the effort to change Rhode Island's ... Read More
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A Revolutionary War Doctor Defends His Reputation, Pennsylvania War News, and Congress Takes a Huge Loan
by REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Philadelphia, PA, 1779. No binding. Fine. Pennsylvania Packet or General Advertiser. Newspaper. Pennsylvania Packet or General Advertiser. John Dunlap, Philadelphia, Pa., July 1, 1779. 4 pp., 10 1/2 x 17, untrimmed. Page 1-2 leads with extracts from the Journals of Congress regarding Indian Affairs and New Hampshire land disputes. Extensive content on the Revolutionary War medical department, including a lengthy, serialized ""Doctor Morgan's Vindication"" regarding the Continental Congress's dismissal of Dr. John Morgan (who had great success managing... Read More
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The Pentagon Papers: William Bundy's Annotated Copy
by VIETNAM WAR
William Bundy's 5-volume set of the "Senator Gravel Edition" of the Pentagon Papers, with annotations, marginal notes, and two legal-size pages with handwritten notes arranged chronologically. [VIETNAM WAR]. Books. The Pentagon Papers. Boston: Beacon Press, 1971-1972. First Editions. Five paperback books, volumes I-IV in green printed covers, volume V in orange. 5¾ x 9 inches each. Pages varies by volume. Volume V (Critical Essays, edited by Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn) has a Beacon Press... Read More
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An Eloquent Farewell to His Troops from a Massachusetts General Who Marched to the Sea with Sherman and Fought in the Civil Wars Last Battle
by WILLIAM COGSWELL. CIVIL WAR
Brigadier General William Cogswell offers a dramatic farewell message to the troops under his command in the Army of Georgia. A Salem, Massachusetts lawyer, Cogswell turned his law office into a recruiting station after learning the 6th Massachusetts had been attacked in Baltimore. He was first in, last out, in his Civil War service: In 24 hours, he raised the first full company of the war (Company C, 2nd Massachusetts Volunteers) and his brigade... Read More
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George Washington's "To Bigotry No Sanction" Letter to the Newport Hebrew Congregation: Exceedingly Rare Broadside in Yiddish and English
by GEORGE WASHINGTON
"All possess alike liberty of conscience, and immunities of citizenship. It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people, that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights. For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection, should demean themselves as good citizens, in giving it on all... Read More
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Rare Late 1796 Printing of George Washington's Farewell Address, by Isaiah Thomas
by GEORGE WASHINGTON
Thomas's Massachusetts... Almanack for 1797 featuring Washington's Farewell Address Worcester, MA: Isaiah Thomas, [late 1796]. [48] pages. 12mo Washington's famous September 1796 farewell address appears on pages 36-45. He urges an avoidance of foreign alliances, the importance of constitutional checks and balances, and wariness of political factions and parties. Drake 3575; Evans 31291. Overall very good condition with lovely marbled wraps.
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George Washington’s Famous Letter to American Roman Catholics: A Message of Thankfulness, Patriotism, and Inclusiveness
by [GEORGE WASHINGTON]
"As mankind become more liberal, they will be more apt to allow, that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community, are equally entitled to the protection of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations in examples of justice and liberality." [GEORGE WASHINGTON]. Newspaper. The Providence Gazette and Country Journal, "Letter to the Roman Catholics in America," ca. March 15, 1790, New York. Printed on... Read More
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1754 Volume of Gentleman's Magazine, Several Issues with Important George Washington French and Indian War Content
by [GEORGE WASHINGTON]
The July issue reports that Washington was ordered to use force to extricate the French, who "pushed their encroachments still farther, and committed yet more open hostilities..." The French "gained intelligence of them and detach'd a party of 35 men to intercept" but Washington "immediately marched with 45 men to sustain them & a skirmish ensued in which all the French were either killed or taken prisoners, except 3 who were afterwards intercepted and scalped by some Indians." (321-323). With... Read More
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Lovely mid-19th Century Hand-Painted Miniature of Martha Washington on Ivory
by MARTHA WASHINGTON
[MARTHA WASHINGTON]. Portrait Signed by the artist ("Fabre"). 2¾ x 3¾ in. This portrait of Martha Washington, hand-painted on ivory, is likely by noted Swiss/French miniaturist Louis André Fabre (1750 – 1814). The French had a penchant for painting mid-nineteenth-century miniature portraits, including images of American historical figures, on ivory. This miniature is in its original frame and back insert. Though "Mère de Washington" (Mother of Washington) is written on the reverse, the image is clearly Martha.
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A Map of the Baruch College Area of New York City
by ALEXANDER STEWART WEBB
Stewart sending thanks, urging General Walker to visit. ALEXANDER STEWART WEBB. Autograph Letter Signed "Webb," as President of City College of New York, to General F.A. Walker. New York, N.Y. March 20, 1888. 3 pp., 8⅜ x 13 in. With holograph map. "As you made a drawing for me, I now endeavor to draw [for] you by the means of the map in the next sheet." Historical Background Map shows the intersections of 23rd Street with 5th Avenue, Broadway, ... Read More
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