[Philadelphia: John Dunlap? 1777]. Oblong broadside, 13-1/2" x 8." Blank printed form for officers commissioned in the Continental Army, signed clearly and boldly in ink by Henry Laurens as President of the Continental Congress; and Charles Thomson as Secretary. Near Fine. Laurens of South Carolina was President of the Continental..... More

Cincinnati: Times Print, [1861-1865]. Folio broadside, 18-3/4" x 25-1/4", illustrated. Text above and below a large woodcut of a train laden with new goods to Olive Green, with tophatted onlookers, women, a dog. The front of the locomotive with sign, 'Olive Green Still Ahead.' The woodcut has the imprint 'Frazer..... More

[New York: Calvin Blanchard. 26 Ann Street, 1865?]. Broadside, 4-1/2" x 16". A couple of horizontal folds, light spotting, and a little shallow chipping at blank edges. Very Good. This satiric broadside-- a bitter rejection of leniency toward the Confederacy's president-- is a "burlesque trial of Jefferson Davis written in..... More

Philadelphia: August 18, 1864. [4] pp. 8-1/2" x 5." Repaired at blank margins, light edge wear and mild spotting. Matching English and German text. Tipped into a modern gilt morocco folder. Good+. This prospectus and circular letter, launched by the Philadelphia lodge of the Independent Order of the Benai..... More

[New York: Printed by William Bradford, 1723]. [4] pp, folio. Caption title, as issued. Loose and lightly toned, else Very Good. Housed in a modern cloth binder, with gilt-lettered spine title. This rare item is the first statute establishing New York chancery fees, thus curing "the Inconveniences that may..... More

[Hartford: early 1856]. 4to broadside. 9-3/4" x 13-1/2". Signed in type at the end by more than ninety Hartford citizens. Lightly foxed. Good+ or Very Good. This rare broadside records the beginnings of the Republican Party in Connecticut. It calls for a meeting at Union Hall in Hartford on February..... More

Richmond: Jan. 24, 1861. Broadside, 4-7/8" x 8-1/4," laid down on plain paper. Light spotting, Good+. Williams Carter Wickham reluctantly agrees to candidacy as a delegate to Virginia's upcoming Secession Convention. "Should you elect me, I will devote myself to secure all our rights as Virginians and as Southern men..... More