[Maryland? 1865. 20pp. Original printed wrappers [light dustsoiling and discoloration, remnant of postal stamp on rear wrap, accession number in ink at head of from wrap], stitched. Very Good. A boy was killed while trying to board a moving freight train, and another injured. "It was in proof that these..... More

1863. [n.p., 1863]. 20pp, disbound without wrappers, light margin foxing. Very Good. Blair warns of "ultra-Abolitionists", who "seek to make a caste of another color by amalgamating the black element with the free white labor of our land, and so to expand far beyond the present confines of slavery the..... More

Baltimore: John Murphy, 1846. Original printed wrappers, stitched [loosening]. 32pp, double columns. A bit of wrinkling and light wear. Old institutional rubberstamps. Good+. Campbell concedes that Kennedy is "a respectable lawyer," as well as "a polished writer, and an agreeable speaker." But Campbell hits him hard in this piece: "His..... More

Baltimore: John Murphy, 1860. 24pp, disbound. Very Good. In a deliberate scheme to bar Northern Democrats like Stephen Douglas from the Party's 1860 nomination, Jefferson Davis proposed Slave Code Resolutions which would prohibit, not merely Congress, but a territorial legislature as well, from restricting slavery; and require Congress to protect..... More

Baltimore: 1861. Folio broadside, on thin paper. 13-1/2" x 16-1/2." Significant reinforcement on blank verso, but not visible on printed recto. Small hole affecting 'th' in the word 'the;' small hole just touching the base of the final letter 'E' in the title. This rare, apparently unrecorded broadside seeks to..... More

Baltimore: Printed by John Murphy & Co., 1860. 16pp, untrimmed, stitched [loosened], scattered foxing, some wear. About Good+. As the sectional crisis heated up, Murphy's Baltimore press began a little cottage industry in pro-slavery pamphlet material, printing speeches of Clingman, Jefferson Davis, and other Southern politicians. "We shall have to..... More

Baltimore: John Murphy & Co., 1860. 15, [1 blank] pp, disbound. Spotted, about Good+. Davis's resolutions, in support of which he speaks, guaranteed a split in the National Democratic Party and the loss of the presidency in Indeed, some believed that precisely that had been Davis's purpose, as part of..... More

New York: Printed by Edward O. Jenkins, 1857. 7, [1 blank] pp. Original printed wrappers [dusted], stitched. Two contemporary ink corrections on page 3 [appear to be made by printer]. Light scattered fox and wear, Good+. "We come to celebrate a nuptial feast! The lord of the Chesapeake weds the..... More

Baltimore: Printed by Samuel Harker, Republican Office... 1831 [i.e., 1832]. 10pp, disbound, light to moderate foxing, Good+. Contemporary ink correction to the imprint, '1831' to '1832'. "Convention held May 21-23, 1832, resulting in the nomination of Martin Van Buren." [Wise & Cronin, Martin Van Buren] The names of a couple..... More

New-York: 1844. 16mo. 152 + 28 adv. pp. Sewn, lacks wraps. A bit of chipping at edges. Good to Good+. An attack on the turncoat John Tyler, who was the Whig Harrison's Vice President but betrayed the Whig cause after his own accession to the Presidency upon Harrison's death in..... More

[Baltimore? 1856]. 16pp, double columns, disbound and lightly worn. Good+. "Old Line Whigs," descendants of the Henry Clay-Daniel Webster Party favoring a national government active in commercial affairs, had nowhere obvious to go in 1856: their own Party had been destroyed by the Sectional Crisis; the new Republican Party was..... More