New York: R. Spalding, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Published shortly after the ratification of Article XIII (1865), which abolished slavery, and immediately prior to the Fourteenth Amendment (1868), which granted citizenship to former slaves. Includes..... More
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
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
A three-page typed manuscript relating the story of the 1863 arrest of the unknown author’s elderly Kentucky grandfather, William Hurst, by Union soldiers during the American Civil War. The story also recalls the heroic efforts..... 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
A collection of 28 original manuscript land surveys recording the boundaries of property in Kittery, York County, Maine during the mid to late 1700s. Then located in Massachusetts, York County was established in 1652 when..... 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
An expansive, multi-generational archive of the prominent Van Wyck family of New York dating from the mid to late 19th century, documenting the formation of the New York Athletic Club, activities of the New York..... 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
1802. Five documents issued by the U.S. Treasury Department on December 29, 1802 reporting revenue from duties and licenses for everything from distilled spirits and stills to refined sugar and carriages for the conveyance of..... 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
Columbus, Ohio: College Book Co., 1950. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1890 first edition. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with gilt titles. Internally crisp and clean. A near fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket with..... 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
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