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OFFICIAL MANUSCRIPT COPY, DOCKETED ON PAGE [4], OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS'S RESOLUTION,...

[Hamilton, Alexander; Continental Congress]:

OFFICIAL MANUSCRIPT COPY, DOCKETED ON PAGE [4], OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS'S RESOLUTION, INTRODUCED BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON, PROTESTING BRITAIN'S "CARRYING AWAY" A "CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF NEGROES BELONGING TO THE CITIZENS OF THESE STATES," MAY 26, 1783.

[Philadelphia]: May 26, 1783. Folio leaf folded to [4] pp, each page 7-1/4" x 8 3/4". Several light but large spots, not affecting legibility, Very Good. Docketed on page [4]: "ACT OF CONGRESS- MAY 26TH 1783." The Resolution, entirely in manuscript, is signed in the same hand, 'Chas. Thomson, Secy.'..... More

Price: $12,500.00

GROUP OF 19 BADGES AND RIBBONS FROM VARIOUS ETHNIC ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NORTHEAST, INCLUDING...

Ethnic American Organizations:

GROUP OF 19 BADGES AND RIBBONS FROM VARIOUS ETHNIC ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NORTHEAST, INCLUDING FRENCH-CANADIAN, GREEK, ITALIAN, SCOTTISH AND SWEDISH GROUPS.

[1870s-1950s]. Various sizes, many up to 9" long. Various colors and materials, many with gilt lettering, gilt fringe and enamel buttons or pins [most enamel decorated in color]. Several ribbons have a matching "In Memoriam" black ribbon attached to the back for wear while attending funerals. Most ribbons are in..... More

Price: $850.00

NORTHERN IOWA: CONTAINING HINTS AND INFORMATION OF VALUE TO EMIGRANTS. BY A PIONEER. Dubuque...

[Dubuque Emigrant Association]:

NORTHERN IOWA: CONTAINING HINTS AND INFORMATION OF VALUE TO EMIGRANTS. BY A PIONEER.

Dubuque: W.A. Adams, Printer, Nonpareil Publishing House, 1858. 39, [1] pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers. Frontis plate of 'Dubuque, Iowa, 1858.' Plate of 'Ward School House' at page [31]. Plate of 'Dubuque Female Seminary' at page [33]. The last page is an advertisement for the 'Land Office of J.B...... More

Price: $850.00

Quincy, Josiah:

ADDRESS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE NATURE AND POWER OF THE SLAVE STATES, AND THE DUTIES OF THE FREE STATES; DELIVERED AT THE REQUEST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF QUINCY, MASS., ON THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1856. BY...ALTERED AND ENLARGED SINCE DELIVERY.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1856. 32pp. Disbound. Toned. Good+. More

Price: $25.00

Union Pacific Railroad:

LETTER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, COMMUNICATING, IN COMPLIANCE WITH A RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE OF THE 16TH INSTANT, COPIES OF ALL DOCUMENTS, PAPERS, AND MAPS RELATING TO THE BRANCH OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD FROM SIOUX CITY, IOWA.

39th Cong., 1st Sess. SED14. 1866. 17, [1 blank] pp, disbound. Very Good. More

Price: $30.00

Davis, Jefferson:

BRECKINRIDGE AND LANE CAMPAIGN DOCUMENTS, NO. 9. REPLY OF HON. JEFFERSON DAVIS, OF MISSISSIPPI, TO THE SPEECH OF SENATOR DOUGLAS, IN THE U.S. SENATE, MAY 16 AND 17, 1860.

[Baltimore: John Murphy & Co., 1860]. 16pp, disbound and mildly foxed. Trimmed closely at the bottom, shaving portions of final lines on some leaves, hence Good only. Caption title [as issued]. Printed in double columns. The pamphlet was "issued by the National Democratic Executive Committee." Davis's speech, replying to..... More

Price: $125.00

[Texas Estate Plan]:

DRAFT OF A WEALTHY TEXAN'S WILL, DISPOSING OF HIS SLAVES AT DEATH, AND CONFIRMING HIS CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN SLAVES DURING HIS LIFETIME.

Limestone County, TX: August 1860]. [4] pp, entirely in manuscript, each page 12" x 7-1/2," on one folded sheet. "Copy" written in ink at upper left corner. Small ink stain, Very Good. An early manuscript draft copy of Beden Stroud's will in August 1860. Stroud, who died five years later..... More

Price: $850.00

Paine, Thomas:

THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ENGLISH SYSTEM OF FINANCE.

Philadelphia: Printed for Robert Campbell & Co., no. 40, South Second-Street, 1796. 27, [1 publ. advt] pp. Disbound, lightly foxed and toned, else Very Good. With the ownership signature, "Mahlon Dickerson 1796," neatly inscribed on the title page. Dickerson was the prominent Jeffersonian, New Jersey Governor, Judge, Senator, and Secretary..... More

Price: $500.00

Weed Sewing Machine Company:

PRESENTED BY THE WEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, OF HARTFORD, CONN. MANUFACTURERS OF THE "HARTFORD" AND "FAVORITE" SEWING MACHINES. PRESIDENT GARFIELD AND CABINET.

New York: Root & Tinker, 1881. Oblong 4to broadsheet, 9-1/2" x 12." Light dusting, Very Good. The recto is a color Lithograph. President Garfield and his Cabinet are depicted, Garfield in the center shaking hands. The Capitol Building is in the background. At the bottom of the image, in..... More

Price: $350.00

[Clifford, J.R., Editor and Publisher]:

THE PIONEER PRESS. "BALLOTS IN TIME OF PEACE. BULLETS IN TIME OF WAR." VOL. 3. NO. 1.

Martinsburg, W. VA: April 1885. Elephant folio sheet, folded to 4pp, each 15" x 21." Each of the first three pages is printed in six columns; the final page is filled with advertisements, some illustrated. Old folds, couple of pinholes minimally affecting portion of a couple of letters. Very Good..... More

Price: $4,500.00

Clingman, Thomas Lanier:

LETTER FROM HON. T.L. CLINGMAN.

[Raleigh: 1852]. Printed Folio Broadside, 12-1/2" x 17-3/4." Printed in four columns beneath caption title. Old folds, pinhole at a fold intersection affecting portions of a couple of letters. Signed in type and dated at the end. The name of the Letter's recipient, Dr. Ladson A. Mills, is also printed..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Walker, Robert J.:

LETTER SIGNED TO HORATIO SEYMOUR, MAY 1868, URGING THE SELECTION OF GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK AS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT.

Washington, D.C. May 1868. [4] pp. Single sheet, folded to 6-3/4" x 9-7/8." Entirely in neat ink manuscript, signed in ink by Walker [a few smudges]. Very Good. Marked "Confidential" in upper left corner. Robert J. Walker [1801-1869] was a Democratic politician, lawyer, economist, U.S. Senator from Mississippi, and President..... More

Price: $750.00

[General McCook Murder Trial] Royce, M.S.:

MANUSCRIPT PETITION IN REGARD TO CAPT. F.B. GURLEY - 4TH ALA. CAV.

[np: 1864]. 4to. Written in ink, and signed at the end by Royce, on the verso of a single leaf. Several small holes [text unaffected], a few closed tears [two archival tape repairs]. Good+. This unusual, insightful document illuminates the laws of war applicable during the bitter American Conflict..... More

Price: $2,000.00

[Blockade Runner] "CSS Shenandoah":

UNITED STATES CONSULATE, LIVERPOOL, 18TH OCTOBER, 1864. SIR, THE ENGLISH SCREW STEAMER "SEA KING", BUILT AT GLASGOW IN 1863, CLEARED FOR BOMBAY, AND SAILED FROM LONDON ON THE EIGHTH INSTANT... MR. SISCO, UNITED STATES CONSULAR AGENT AT DOVER, SAYS HE HAS RELIABLE INFORMATION THAT CAPTAIN SEMMES IS TO HAVE THIS VESSEL... I HAVE NOT THE LEAST DOUBT SHE IS THE VESSEL THE STEAMER "LAUREL" IS TO MEET, AND THAT CAPTAIN SEMMES, WITH THE OFFICERS, MEN AND GUNS, TAKEN OUT IN THE "LAUREL," WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO HER. THEIR PLACE OF MEETING IS NOT KNOWN TO ME. THE "SEA KING" IS A VERY FAST, STRONG BUILT, AND FINE LOOKING SCREW STEAMER, BUILT OF WOOD WITH IRON FRAME, AND COPPERED, ABOUT ONE THOUSAND TONS BURTHEN, AND TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO FEET LONG, ONE FUNNEL, THREE BRIGHT MASTS, SHIP RIGGED, WITH WIRE RIGGING, HEAVILY SPARRED; MACHINERY ABAFT THE MAIN-MAST. NO DOUBT HER NAME WILL BE CHANGED. I AM SIR, VERY RESPECTFULLY, YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT, THOMAS H. DUDLEY, CONSUL.

Liverpool: 1864. Pale blue folio printed sheet, folded to [1], [3 blanks] pp. Signed in type at the end. Old horizontal folds, some discoloration at blank lower corner and along edge of first page. Very Good. The Civil War launched Confederate Captain Raphael Semmes's "brilliant career as one of the..... More

Price: $1,750.00

Provisional Governor of Alabama, Lewis E. Parsons:

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT OF ALABAMA, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, JULY 25, 1865. FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENABLING THOSE WHO DESIRE TO APPLY FOR PARDON, TO DO SO WITH AS LITTLE DELAY AS POSSIBLE, THEY WILL DO WELL TO NOTICE THE FOLLOWING POINTS IN THEIR APPLICATIONS...

Montgomery, AL: July 25, 1865. Printed broadside, signed in type at the end by Parsons as Provisional Governor, listing twelve "points" for applicants' consideration. One small spot, light old folds, Very Good plus. Among the inquiries are: "Have you served on any 'vigilance committee' during the war, before which persons..... More

Price: $1,750.00

[Pillow, Gideon J.]:

HEAD QUARTERS OF VOLUNTEER AND CONSCRIPT BUREAU. FAYETTEVILLE JAN. 17, 1863. CIRCULAR. YOU HAVE BEEN DETAILED TO PROCEED TO THAT SECTION OF THE STATE FROM WHICH YOUR REGIMENT WAS RAISED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS, ENROLLING CONSCRIPTS AND CONDUCTING THEM TO YOUR COMMAND...

Fayetteville [NC]: 1863. Broadside, 7" x 7." Tanned and lightly worn, Very Good. With Pillow's secretarial signature as "Brig. Gen. C.S.A. and Chief of Bureau," reflecting his demotion after having been charged with abandoning his post at Fort Donelson in early 1862. Also manuscript signature, 'H.C. Lockhart,' assistant adjutant general..... More

Price: $2,800.00

LeCompte, J.B.:

MANUSCRIPT LETTER FROM J.B. LeCOMPTE, A BLACK MAN SEEKING EMPLOYMENT WITH THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE, TO SAMUEL FESSENDEN, PROMINENT CONNECTICUT REPUBLICAN AND SECRETARY OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEES.

New York: August 15, 1884. Two leaves, written on rectos only. Docketing notes on verso of second leaf. Written on elegantly typescripted letterhead of Starin's City River and Harbor Transportation Company. Pier 18 North River, Foot of Cortlandt St., New York. Old vertical fold, Very Good. Contemporary blue grease pencil..... More

Price: $600.00

American Art Association:

RARE AMERICANA INCLUDING THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE A.R. TURNER, JR. AND SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE CHARLES A. MUNN.

New York: [Douglas McMurtrie], 1926. Original printed and decorated wrappers [nearly detached, old tape at spine ends]. Unpaginated, but a thick catalogue. 550 items, some illustrations. Thorough descriptions of the lots. Very Good. Turner was a wealthy businessman, a principal of the Standard Rope & Twine Co., and a discerning..... More

Price: $150.00

American Art Association:

THE REMAINING AMERICANA PORTION OF THE WALTER DORMITZER COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPHS INCLUDING THE "SIGNERS", UNITED STATES CABINET MEMBERS...

New York: [Douglas McMurtrie], 1925. Original printed and decorated wrappers [detached from text block but present and clean, except for a chip at spinehead]. Unpaginated, 818 items. Very Good. An enviable array of wonderful Americana from Dormitzer [1862-1935], a wealthy importer-exporter and avid collector. More

Price: $150.00

[Connecticut Democratic State Committee]:

MIDDLETOWN, JAN. 29TH, 1846. DEAR SIR:- HAVING BEEN APPOINTED A STATE COMMITTEE BY THE LAST DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION, IT BECOMES A DUTY WHICH WE OWE TO THE DEMOCRACY OF THE STATE, TO INVITE TO OUR AID SOME OF THE MOST ACTIVE, EFFICIENT, AND INFLUENTIAL MEMBERS OF THE PARTY, IN EVERY TOWN, TO ASSIST US IN DEVISING AND PERFECTING SUCH AN ORGANIZATION OF THE SAME, AS SHALL, IF POSSIBLE, SECURE TO US THE ASCENDANCY IN THE LEGISLATURE, AT THE APPROACHING ELECTION...

Middletown: Jan. 29th, 1846. Printed Broadside, 5-1/8" x 10," enclosed within a folded sheet for mailing to "John Warner, Esq, Wethersfield, Conn." with postal cancel "Rocky Hill CT" and ink date "Feby 9" within the postal mark. A manuscript note, evidently to Warner, is included on the verso of the..... More

Price: $250.00

Currier & Ives:

MAJR. GENL. GEORGE B. McCLELLAN. GENERAL IN CHIEF OF THE U.S. ARMY.

[New York]: Currier & Ives, [late 1861 or 1862]. Broadside, 11" x 15." Blank edges with shallow chipping. A three-quarter portrait of McClellan in blue uniform with gold trappings, facing right in image. Broadside toned but image is bright. Good+. A rare Currier & Ives production, commemorating McClellan's..... More

Price: $600.00

Afro-American League of Tennessee:

DUPLICATE COPY OF THE SOUVENIR FROM THE AFRO- AMERICAN LEAGUE OF TENNESSEE TO HON. JAMES M. ASHLEY OF OHIO. EDITED BY BENJAMIN W. ARNETT, ONE OF THE BISHOPS OF THE A.M.E. CHURCH, WILBERFORCE, OHIO.

Philadelphia: Publishing House of the A.M.E. Church, 1894. [4], 851, [48] pp, with frontis and original tissue guard, ten additional plates, a map, and a double facsimile. This is the "Library Edition," as stated on the leaf preceding the frontis portrait and the title page. Several blindstamps, old institutional bookplates..... More

Price: $500.00

[Seymour, Horatio]:

ORIGINAL SHEET OF FOUR 1864 ELECTION TICKETS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S NEW YORK STATE CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE.

[np: 1864]. The sheet measures 4-1/4" x 7-1/4." Each ticket headed, "DEMOCRATIC UNION TICKET. STATE. 'THE UNION AND THE CONSTITUTION.'" Verso is an attractive wallpaper-type design. Fine. Seymour, prominent Democrat-Copperhead New York politician, won his race for Governor, opposing Lincoln Administration policies, particularly the Emancipation Proclamation. His victory established him..... More

Price: $275.00

[Ohio Trade Card]:

FIRST CLASS CONFECTIONARY. "WHERE COLORED PEOPLE ARE WELCOME."

Dayton, Ohio: 1900s. Trade card from "The Station Confectionery, Tables for Ladies and Gentlemen." Pink card stock, printed with blue inks, oblong 4" x 2-1/4." Very Good, with the Union Bug of Dayton's Allied Printing Trades Council at the bottom. Dayton's Union Station opened in 1900. Legal segregation was..... More

Price: $150.00

Douglas[s], Wm.:

SERMONS PREACHED IN THE AFRICAN PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, OF ST. THOMAS', PHILADELPHIA.

Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1854. Original publisher's cloth decorated and stamped in blind, rebacked with gilt-lettered spine title. 251 pages. Several blank margin stamps of the "Afro American Book Store, 916 Locust St., Phila. Pa. Rev. D.,J. Russell, Jr., Manager." Lower blank margins of some leaves prominently spotted. Text generally..... More

Price: $2,000.00

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