[various: 1861-1865]. All uncancelled, generally 3" x 5-1/2". Occasional light wear or light dustsoiling. One has glue remnants on flaps from having been mounted. Overall, Very Good. 1. Male slave picking cotton. Captioned above, "One Of The Rebels." Printed in black ink. Weiss C-BL-9. 2. Freed male slave wearing..... More
[vp: 1861-1865]. 5-5/8" x 3-1/8". A few have minimal staining, one a chipped corner [no loss of text or caricature]. Very Good. 1. Three well-dressed male house slaves sit at a small table, one with two legs of his chair off the ground and his legs on the table's..... More
[Columbus, Ohio? 1866?]. Folio broadside printed on yellow paper, 13" x 18". A variety of bold type sizes and fonts. A couple of closed tears [no loss] which do not impair text. Else Very Good. T.W. Tallmadge of Columbus, Authorized Military Claim Agent, offers his services and explains the terms..... More
[n.p. @1861]. Small envelope, 3" x 5.5". Minor foxing and dusting. Couple of closed tears and a small chip. Good+. WRLC Digital Repository Item 1961/1942. More
[New York: 1865]. Small broadside, 5" x 7.5". Printed using different typesettings, completed in ink manuscript. Two very small holes [no text loss], a few small spots, old folds. Good+ to Very Good. More
New York: 1861. Elephant folio, 15-3/4" x 22". 8pp. Caption title [as issued], printed in six columns. Disbound, light wear and several short closed tears at outer margins, Very Good. A Civil War illustration of wishful thinking: "Your correspondent has this moment - half-past five o'clock P.M. - received..... More
[n.p. 1861-65]. All uncancelled, generally 3" x 5-1/2". Occasional light wear, a few with short splits or chips.A few have glue remnants on flaps from prior mounting. Very Good. Variants and not in Weiss are noted. The following covers listed by Weiss citation: E-R-171 - Eagle holding flag atop..... More
[n.p. 1861-1865]. All uncancelled, generally 3" x 5-1/2". Occasional light wear, occasional light dustsoiling. A few have glue remnants on flaps from having been mounted; most do not. Very Good. The following postal covers listed by Weiss citation: C-D-7. Image of the devil depicted as a gnarled tree root..... More
[n.p. 1861-65]. 3-1/4" x 5-1/2". Black ink on a white envelope. Lightly age toned, a few very tiny spots in blank area. Very Good. This interesting, detailed, rare postal cover is a caricature of a well-dressed former slave in a tall hat who stands to the left holding an..... More
[v.p. 1861-1865]. All uncanceled, generally 3" x 5-1/2". Occasional light wear, occasional light dustsoiling. A few have glue remnants on flaps from having been mounted; most do not. Overall, Very Good. The following postal covers in order [by Weiss citation]: C-P-A-4. Printed in red ink. A man in hat..... More
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[v.p. 1861-1865]. All uncanceled, generally 3" x 5-1/2". Occasional light wear, occasional small spot. A few have glue remnants on flaps from having been mounted; most do not. Overall, Very Good. The following postal covers in order [by Weiss citation]: C-P-O-4. Confederate soldier with dunce cap and sword, a...... More
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[Boston: 1865]. Broadside, 7-1/2" x 9-1/2", docketed on verso. Printed form completed in ink manuscript. Signatures of Leendert Meyer, A.R. Hawthorne and Edward A. Gibson. Old folds [a few short splits at fold edges], light toning, three very small punch holes [no loss]. Very Good. [offered with] KNOW ALL..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. 12mo. Stitched in original printed wrappers. [4], 56 pp. Wrappers with light to moderate wear and some spotting. A couple of blank margin tears, scattered text foxing. Good+. Thirty songs, with music, including 'A Mighty Fortress is Our God,' Julia Ward Howe's 'Harvard-Students' Song,'..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1868. 16pp. Original printed wrappers [moderately chipped], detached. A few old ink corrections/additions. Good. More
1862. 37th Cong., 2d Sess. Ho. of Reps. Mis. Doc. No.67. 1862. 2pp. disbound. Very Good. More
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Partly printed documents, completed in manuscript, varying sizes, measuring in the range of 7-7.5" x 9-9.75". Matted and mounted behind glass in a 17" x 34" gilt decorative frame. Very Good. Former Confederates were required to sign oaths of loyalty before regaining citizenship and voting rights. The language of these..... More
[Columbus, Ohio: 1863]. Broadsheet, 8" x 10", ordering a Descriptive List of Pay and Clothing for Wm. Harris, 44th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, who is awaiting discharge papers. Completed in manuscript, it is dated May 15, 1863, and signed by order of Brig. Genl. Mason. The verso is a printed letter..... More
39th Cong., 1st Sess. SMD77. 1866. 1, [1 blank] pp, disbound. Very Good. An argument for Congressional reconstruction, to overturn President Johnson's reconstruction policies. More
[Washington: 1895]. Original printed wrappers [some edge wear] and staples. 15pp + 12pp photo illustrations. Full-page map. Very Good. More
New York: Sinclair Tousey, 1863. Original printed glossy blue wrappers with wrapper title [as issued]. Dbd, rubberstamps, else a clean text and Very Good. 28pp. This poem is dedicated to all "who believe that all mankind are created with equal rights; that God is the common father, and holds men..... More
Washington: July 29, 1864. 76. [2] pp. Bound in modern wrappers. Short closed tear to outer margin of last leaf [no loss, no text affected]. Very Good. These regulations preceded the 1865 Freedmen's Bureau bill, which President Abraham Lincoln signed in early 1865. Pages 43-49 establish 'Freedmen's Home Colonies' "where..... More
Caernarfon, Wales: H. Humphreys. [@, 1865]. [2], 12, [2 advt] pp. Bound in modern wrappers. Very Good. The head of the title reads 'Rhif 78. Llyfrau Ceiniog Humphreys Caernarfon...' OCLC 13367468 [1- Lincoln Pres. Lib.] as of January 2020. Not in Eberstadt, Decker, Nevins, Sabin, Dornbusch, Nicholson. More
Philadelphia: 1863. Broadside, 6" x 11". Fourteen paragraphs, 87 lines of text, Very Good. An unsigned, unrecorded broadside, dated 1863 in type from Philadelphia, with space for the names of 'Committee' members. No such names are printed, an understandable precaution: imprisonment and perhaps treason trials awaited those responsible for its..... More
Philadelphia: 1864. Great Central Fair letterhead sheet folded to 5" X 8". [4] pp, manuscript on rectos only. Letterhead depicts the Fair's Seal with a vignette of a Goddess-like figure handing a chalice to two soldiers, one of whom appears wounded; surrounded by the words, "The Great Central Fair for..... More
[Virginia: 1864]. Folio, 8" x 12". Three loose leaves making [6] pp, completely in ink manuscript. Occasional short separations at folds, light age toning and soiling, some edge wear with slight loss of text. Overall, Good+. The 1st New York Infantry Regiment was mustered for two years of service..... More