1850. A two-page letter written May 27, 1850 by a man named Albert to his brother back home in Oneida, New York. He writes from Mount Pleasant, Alabama, and mentions that he passed the winter..... More
Charming scrapbook of 37 leaves filled with colorful chromolithographic images and some decorative trade cards. It was assembled by Esther Anderson (1871-1958) between 1885 and 1890 while her family was living in Brooklyn, New York..... More
circa 1850. A single sheet (13" x 14 ½") printed circa 1850 of the pew floor plan for the First Baptist Meeting House in Worcester, Massachusetts. The document is hand annotated with names, indicating the..... More
A group of property and other legal documents connected to the family of Daniel Boone (1734–1820), the frontiersman whose exploits made him one of America’s first folk heroes. The earliest dates to 1779 and is..... More
Two holographic letters written in 1857 concerning the procurement of turkeys to supply Boston during the forthcoming Thanksgiving holiday. While observed by various states, it was not until 1863 that Thanksgiving was made a national..... More
1948-1949. A remarkably crafted photographic album documenting the activities of a high school drum corps in Coffeyville, Kansas during the 1948-1949 school year. In addition to nearly 150 original photographs of the Tornado Drum Corps..... More
Five promissory notes made by Henry Clay Jr. (1811-47), the Kentucky legislator and soldier who was the third son of the U.S. Senator Henry Clay. Four of the loans totaling $900 were advanced in June..... More
Twelve six percent stock certificates issued by the city of Louisville as part of a $75,000 bond issue toward the construction of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, commonly called the L&N, which operated under one..... More
An archive of photographs, ledgers, canceled checks, legal documents and other business and personal records from a Stillwater, New York family who feuded over the disposition of a lumber and coal business at the turn..... More
Raleigh, North Carolina, July 8, 1840. 8vo. 2 pp. on bifolium. An autograph letter signed (ALS) from Joseph B. Hinton (1788-1872) to H.M. Morfit, asking for prices and descriptions of lots of property offered for..... More
A handwritten letter, dated June 4, 1804, from Margaret Eustace to another woman concerning her troubles finding witnesses to support her in a legal matter. Eustace and her children were close to several U.S. founding..... More
University Park and London: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. The standard biography of George Mifflin Dallas (1792-1864), the American politican and diplomat who, as the 11th Vice President of the United..... More
Philadelphia: C. and A. Conrad and Co., 1811. First Edition. Hardcover. Tipped in on a prefatory blank leaf is a later engraved portrait of Biddle and his signature, apparently clipped from a letter. Nicholas Biddle..... More
An archive of family letters written to Gratia Turnbull Fuller Blake during the mid-19th century covering a wide range of historic topics including the U.S. Civil War, slavery, yellow fever, and a legal dispute over..... More
San Francisco: Privately Published, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 150 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Laudatory biography of James Phillips, Jr. (1848-1931), the Scottish-born American businessman whose distinguished career included successful ventures in..... More
Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. 416 p. Octavo. Original gray cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy. More
Barre, Massachusetts: Imprint Society, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. This is number 276 of 1950 copies signed by Bumgardner. A splendid selection, which is divided into eleven categories: expansion, contemporary events, patriotism, education, criminals, religion, elegies..... More
New York: Butler Brothers, 1901. Wraps. George and Edward Butler founded the wholesale mail order company Butler Brothers in Boston in 1877 and opened a Chicago warehouse in 1879. The company focused on providing inexpensive..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. 453 p. Octavo. Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt titles. Internally crisp and clean. The dust jacket is sun faded along the spine, with some occasional..... More
Dublin: Printed for S. Price, [et al], 1779. First Edition. Hardcover. Having served in a Massachusetts regiment during the French and Indian Wars, Carver was sent in 1766 by Robert Rogers, then governor of Mackinac..... More
A handwritten diary kept by James M. Chaney while he was studying at the Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey. It includes 40 pages of near daily entries between December 15, 1853 and March 18..... More
Washington, D.C. Robert Armstrong, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Laid in is the clipped Henry Clay signature, the printed invitation to a February 27, 1844 ball for Clay in Mobile, and a ticket signed by sculptor..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. In addition to writing about innovative philanthropic and social action by individuals and corporations that effect change both down the street and across the globe, the..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by William P. Gibbons, 1833. First Edition. Pamphlet: 8 p. Stitched brown paper wrappers (4 ¼” x 6 3/8”). The lower corner of p.7-8 is unevenly trimmed (no loss of text). Some minor..... More
The courtship letters of a young man and woman from Illinois written at the turn of the last century. Charles Cunningham (1870-????), a shopkeeper, is courting Hattie May Eaton (1880-1973), a school teacher, in the..... More