Correspondence of Caroline Isabel Carter Chaney, of Leominster, Massachusetts, written to her husband, Unitarian Minister George Leonard Chaney, at Atlanta, Georgia, 1887-1891
by Chaney, Caroline Isabel Carter
24 letters, 41 manuscript pp., dated 15 February 1887 to 21 December 1891, written on U.S. Letter Sheet Envelopes (self envelopes). Of the 24 letters in the collection, 13 were written in 1887; in 1888; 1 in 1889; 3 in 1890; and 1 in 1891. The earliest letter of 15 February 1887 is written in pencil, the rest are written in ink. The letters are written in a legible hand. Mrs. Chaney writes to her husband in Atlanta, while she... Read More
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Correspondence of Albert A. Chaplis, a.k.a. Albert Bundza, of Worcester, Massachusetts, and his fiancé Ingeborg Marie Backholm, of Boylston, Massachusetts, written while he was in military service at the Medical Depot, Fort Armstrong, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1935-1937
by Chaplis, Albert A.,
Group of 255 letters, 1173 pp., (250 retained mailing envelopes), dated 1935-1937, hand-written, plus 54 pieces of ephemera, in good clean legible condition. Letters written by Albert A. Chaplis to his fiancé Ingeborg "Ingee" Marie Backholm; when the correspondence begins, Chaplis is in the U.S. Army stationed at Fort Slocum, New York, having just enlisted for a second time. He then travels to Hawaii, writing from stops along the way: Cristobal and... Read More
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Collection of incoming Correspondence to Nancy Russell Sever Chase, of Kingston, Massachusetts, wife of Congregationalist clergyman Rev. Henry L. Chase, with incoming letters to her niece’s husband, Chauncey Wells Brownell, Jr., businessman and politician of Burlington, Vermont, 1870-1892
by Chase, Nancy Russell Sever
42 letters, 204 handwritten pages, with envelopes, dated 5 April 1870 to 20 February 1892, and a couple of newspaper clippings; correspondence informs of the social history of the families, sickness, deaths, work, people moving about, keeping in touch with family who moved away, etc., there are a couple of letters dealing with women's medical issues. *Quotes from the letters can be emailed on request. Nancy Russell Sever Chase (1835-1908) and husband Rev. Henry L. Chase (1832-1905) Henry L. Chase was born... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed. Oberlin, Ohio. Oct. 26-29, 1863, to Rev. E.H. Merrill, Ripon, Wisconsin
by Churchill, C[harles].H.,
octavo, 3 pages, plus retained mailing envelope, in very good, clean and legible condition. 1863 Physicist Robert Millikan's Oberlin College teacher. "Dear Bro Merrill, …I have had four hours teaching to do for the last few weeks on account of the teachers department. Besides this, every fair day, which has been every day nearly for a fortnight, I have spent the whole afternoon with squads of Sophomores or 2d yr Ladies in the field with surveying instruments…Our endowment is progressing. Mr. [Stricklin?] finally... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, Montreal, August 3, 1816, to Mrs. E. Coolidge, Boston, Massachusetts
by C., J., Jr.,
quarto, three pages, plus stamp less address leaf, formerly folded, some light damp staining, else in good, legible condition. The letter describes a journey from Burlington, Vermont to Montreal via Lake Champlain on an early steamboat. The letter writer then gives his impressions of Montreal, its people and its architecture as well as its future prospects: "Montreal Augt. 3, 1816 My dear friend, I wrote you a few lines from Burlington and the next morning by 5 o'clock we were embar'ct on board the... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, Vansburgh, Genesee County, March 12, 1830, to George W. Nesmith, Franklin, New Hampshire
by Clarke, Caleb
folio, 3 pages, plus stamp less address leaf, free franked by Clarke as postmaster of Vansburgh, some browning to paper, few splits and tears, else in very good, legible condition. Caleb Clarke, evidently a former New Hampshire resident writes a friend, describing his home in Genesee County and travels from New York to New Hampshire and return. Clarke writes: "… I regret to acknowledge that the place in which I reside is so very obscure as to be thought unworthy of a name... Read More
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Business Archive of Charles L. Clark, merchant of Westbrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut, including Correspondence, Ledgers, and Ephemera, as well as related material of William N. Kirtland, 1856-1952
by Clark, Charles L
Large archive consisting of: 138 letters (189 pp.), 28 volumes of business ledgers, accounts, and memorandum books (5,500 pp.), plus approximately 1,068 pieces of paper and manuscript ephemera, including checks, letterhead business receipts, newspaper clippings, brochures, circulars, used envelopes, post cards, etc., as well as essays and verse. Letters date from 1857 to 1939, with the bulk of the correspondence and ephemera dated between the years of 1870 and 1910. The letters tend to be mostly business and financial correspondence,... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed, as Canal Commissioner, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, February 19, 1839, to his son, James C. Clarke student at Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
by Clarke, James
quarto, three pages, plus integral address leaf, some splitting along folds, repaired with archival tissue, else in good, clean and legible condition. Clarke the newly appointed Canal Commissioner writes his son disparaging the "mass" of job applicants besieging him seeking an "office, post or place" – after which he informs his son that he had secured appointments for his son Robert, and other relatives in the canal and engineering departments. "My Dear Son, … I am well and in good spirits but am... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed as President, Pennsylvania Board of Canal Commissioners, Harrisburg, February 19, 1839, to his son, James C. Clarke, student, Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
by Clarke, James
No Binding. Very Good. quarto, three pages, plus stamp-less address leaf, separating along folds, else in good, clean and legible condition. Clarke rails against "poor, pitiable" Irish job-seekers: ". since I came here and especially since I was appointed Canal commissioner, I have been invelloped [sic] in a moving mass of importunate office hunters - and appointments are nearly all made and the crowd have pretty much dispersed. The very blind and the lame, the halt and the maimed... Read More
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Group of Letters, Papers, and Ephemera Pertaining to John Proctor Clark, the leading Jurist of his generation in New York State, 1899-1932
by Clark, John Proctor (1856-1932)
Collection of letters to Clark from leading men of New York State, including several Supreme Court justices, (Finch, Ingram, Scott etc.) There is also material written by Clark including retained copies of letters from Clark to Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft, retained copies of eulogies on Roosevelt and Wilson, retained galley of an address to the New York Bar Association, as well as other related papers and ephemera, approximately 30 items. Clark graduated from Yale (1878) along with William... Read More
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![Autograph Letter Signed, Washington City, March 31, 1880, to Hon. B.[lanche] K. Bruce, United States Senator and Former Slave, Referencing the Freedman’s Bank](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/693/268/1739268693.0.l.jpg)
Autograph Letter Signed, Washington City, March 31, 1880, to Hon. B.[lanche] K. Bruce, United States Senator and Former Slave, Referencing the Freedman’s Bank
by Clephane Lewis, (1824-1897)
Quarto, one page, separated along horizontal folds, repaired on verso with archival tissue, else in good legible condition. Clephane, a former manager of the Freedman's Bank" writes to Bruce, a former slave, and current United States Senator and chairman of the Senate Select Committee on the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, defending himself against an accusation in the press that he was "insolvent." "Hon. B. K. Bruce Chairman F. B. Com. Dear Sir, I notice in yesterday's "Evening Star" what purports to be a synopsis... Read More
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Papers of Emile-Victor Clouet, an Administrator in the French Hospital Corps, including items relating to his service in Mexico, with the Corps Expeditionnaire du Mexico, and later in Algeria, 1861-1881
by Clouet, Emile-Victor
Soft cover. Very Good. Group of 46 manuscript and partially printed items (49p.), dated 2 February 1861 to 18 October 1881. The folder that the papers are housed in measures 10"" x 13"" and has the "cover title" - ""1861-81 Lettres de Service et nominations de Mr. Clouet"" inscribed in ink on the front. All 46 items are written in ink, in legible hands. The papers are written in French. Of the 46 items, 29 are printed forms that... Read More
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Group of Three Letters by Stephen Coburn, Maine lawyer and politician, and several family letters, 1839-1849
by Coburn, Stephen (1817-1881)
Six letters, 20 pages, two letters retain their original mailing envelopes, in good, clean, and legible condition. Six letters pertaining to the Coburn family, including three letters by Stephen Coburn to his sisters, two of which were written while he was a teacher on a plantation in Tarboro, North Carolina in 1840. "Tarboro April 6, 1840 Dear Sister Elvira, … I was very anxious to learn the result of the series of meetings which you were about to hold and what was the religious... Read More
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Group of Fifty -seven Photographs of Mexico along the Line of the Mexican Railway, Largely Taken by Thomas J. Cockrell, Photographer of Laredo Texas, circa 1887-1888, Includes Rare Images of Black Seminoles, Mascogo and Kickapoo Individuals
by Cockrell, Thomas J.,
Fifty-seven albumen views, mounted on both sides of 13 quarto cardstock mounts. The images measure between 11.4 x 18.7 cm and 11 x 16 cm. Several of the images are captioned in ink underneath the photographs, others are captioned on the negative, the rest are unidentified. The images consist of views in Mexico along the line of the Mexican Railway, Native Americans including Mascogos, and members of the Kickapoo Nation, then resident in El nacienmento, Muzquiz Municipality, Mexico, including an... Read More
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Humorous Autograph Letter Signed (“James”), New York, April 14, 1851, addressed to his new brother-in-law, Robert L. Colby, Attorney at Law, Boston.
by Colgate, James Boorman
Quarto, 3 pages, plus worn original mailing envelope, letter in very good, clean, and legible condition. 1851 Colgate heir - future Wall Street financier - on the idiosyncrasies of New York (versus Boston) businessmen "My dear Robert, …as a lawyer, you should never arrive at great conclusions on premises which are too small…I would advise you not to be too fast. You very gently hint to me, as they did to the Paddy when he was thrown out of the ball-room window, because... Read More
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Typed Letter Signed, New York, January 25, 1909 to Harvey Huffman, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
by Collins, G. C.
quarto, two pages, with original mailing envelope of "Diane de Poictiers Co. Perfumers", 22 East 21 St., "removed to 10 and 12 West 22nd St." "… I'm going to take a store opposite the Waldorf-Astoria… all our fine customers live uptown and they want me to move up higher… I have been on the waiting list for a store on 33rd Street and have secured one right opposite the ladies entrance of Waldorf, and expect... Read More
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Mason & Co.’s Ninth Coin Sale. Peremptory Sale of a Collection of Coins, Medals, Relics, Minerals, &c., Consisting of Foreign and American Silver and Copper Coins, American Colonial and Washington Coins, Rare and Valuable U.S. Pattern Pieces, Miscellaneous Coins, Medals, &c. To Be Sold at the Auction Rooms of Martin Brothers, 529 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, on Tuesday, December 21, 1869 …
by Mason & Co
octavo, 26 pp., original printed paper wrappers, small hand stamp, the word priced, in upper right-hand corner of front wrap, else very good. Priced in ink. ... Read More
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, Letters Pertaining to Thomas Connolly, son of Tory Colonel John Connolly, documenting Connolly’s efforts to Recover his Father’s Extensive Northern and Southern Landholdings, dated 1814-1825
by Connolly, Thomas,
34 letters, 76 manuscript pages, in very good, clean and legible condition. Thomas Connolly (London, April 9, 1783 – October 31, 1825) son of notorious Tory Colonel – Doctor John Connolly (Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1742-43 – Montreal 1813), who was caught up in Dunmore's War, (1774) caused by encroachments by frontiersmen on Native Americans of Ohio and the tensions and rivalry between the colonies of Pennsylvania and Virginia over the site of Pittsburgh. Early in 1774 Col. John Connolly, agent of Lord... Read More
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Catalogue of a Large Collection of Medals, of Grands Hommes, Medailles Historique, Genuine Silver and Copper Roman Coin, Curious Old Religious Medals, Old European Coins, &c. Also the Collection comprises 155 Medals and Roman silver, and Copper coins, formerly belonging to the family of Louis Phillippe. To be Sold by Auction, on Tuesday, January 5, 1864. In the Library Salesroom of Leonard & Co., 49 Tremont Street …
by Cook, Henry
octavo, 6 pages, in very good clean condition. Sales results are priced in pencil.
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The Promised Seed. A Sermon Preached to God’s Ancient Israel The Jews, at Sion-Chapel, Whitechapel, On Sunday afternoon, August 26, 1796. To Which Are Added, The Hymns that were Sung, and The Prayers that were Offered up, Before and after the Sermon.
by Cooper, William
12mo, [6] 7-36 pp., removed from a bound volume of pamphlets, some light toning to text, else a very good, clean copy. One of a number of American editions, printed between 1796-1805, of this evangelizing Anglican sermon preached in London to an allegedly enthusiastic group of Jews. Evans 33570, Trumbull, List of Books printed in Connecticut…, 520, Singerman, Judaica Americana, 0117
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, Group of Three Letters written by Anthony Corkrin, Philadelphia merchant, to Vito (Victor) Viti, Fellow Merchant of Philadelphia, while Viti was traveling, in Ohio, New Orleans and New Bedford, 1840-1847
by Corkrin, Anthony
three letters, five pages, quarto, some splitting along horizontal folds, otherwise in good, legible condition. Vito (Victor) Viti is listed in the 1840 Philadelphia City Directory as a merchant at 269 S. Front Street. Ann H. Corkrin, presumably Anthony Corkrin's sister Anna, mentioned in the letters, is listed in the same directory as being in the dry goods business at S.E. 4th and Gaskill Streets. Viti and his family were early Italian settlers in Philadelphia. Viti's business... Read More
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Archive of Correspondence and Ephemera of Maud Bauer Miller, of Newark, Ohio and Oakland, California, her children and their spouses, 1881-1980
by (Miller Family Correspondence)
Collection of 123 letters, 437 manuscript and typed pages, (95 retained mailing envelopes), dated 1881-1980, the bulk dating from 1920-1949; also includes over 100 pieces of related ephemera, pertaining to the family including photographs, postcards, telegrams, family genealogy, vital records, greeting cards, etc. Maud Bauer Miller (1863-1942) and Family Maud M. Bauer was born on 15 September 1863, in Alfred Center, New York. She was the daughter of Thomas Dodson Bauer and his wife Hannah S. Sherman. Bauer and his wife... Read More
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Correspondence of Wellesley College graduate Persis Loring Conant, of Portland, Maine, and her fiancé, later husband, Law Professor Hugh Webster Babb, of Boston University, along with letters of their parents, siblings, children, Wellesley College friends, and associates, including art collector Edward Perry “Ned” Warren, author of “A Defence of Uranian Love,” 1884-1964
by (Babb – Conant Family Correspondence)
Large archive of 1507 letters, 6631 manuscript pp., dated 31 October 1884 to 19 May 1964; plus over 300 pieces of ephemera related to the Babb and Conant families. Note: A complete inventory of the collection, and biographical sketches of its main correspondents, can be emailed upon request. Persis Loring Conant (1887-1964) and Hugh Webster Babb (1887-1971) Persis Loring Conant was born on 29 May 1887. She was the daughter of merchant Frederick "Pardi" Odell Conant (1857-1928) and his wife Eva "Mardi" Merrill... Read More
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Group of Letters of Paul Arpin, (1811- 1865) French journalist in the United States, and his brother-in-law, artist Louis-Pierre Henriquel-Dupont, (1797-1892) known as Henriquel, 1846-1888
by (Henriquel – Arpin Correspondence)
A collection of manuscript letters dated 1846-1888, in French, from the family of Paul Arpin, identified as the "oldest French journalist" in the United States, and his brother-in-law Louis-Pierre Henriquel-Dupont. Paul Arpin1 (b. France 1811 – died New York, 1865), was editor of the New Orleans Bee, and later in charge of the New York Courier Des Etats Unis. He married Caroline Boyer in New Orleans. The family was well-connected in France, with social links... Read More
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Correspondence of the family of Sarah “Sally” B. Keithly, of Ringo’s Mills, Kentucky and fiancé, and later husband, William J. Hisha, of Lake Village, Indiana, including letters of family, friends, and associates, 1885-1923
by (Keithly – Hisha Correspondence)
67 letters, 225 manuscript pages, dated 3 May 1885 to 6 September 1923; the bulk of the letters date from 1885 to 1892; 2 of the letters are not dated; 50 of 68 letters were written between 1889-1890. The collection offers a late 19th Century group of letters of a family that appears to have spread out over the Midwest in Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, and elsewhere, seeking opportunity, either work, school, farming, etc., they write to each other to keep... Read More
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