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[New York Engineers Muster Roll, Petersburg 1864]:

PRINTED MUSTER ROLL FOR COMPANY B, 50TH NEW YORK ENGINEERS, "NEAR PETERSBURG, VA," COMPLETED IN MANUSCRIPT AND SIGNED BY CAPTAIN DAVID F. SCHENCK, COMMANDING, AND MAJOR WESLEY BRAINERD AS INSPECTING AND MUSTERING OFFICER, FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 30 - JUNE 30, 1864.

Petersburg: 1864. Elephant folio broadsheet, 30-1/2" x 30-1/2." Folded multiple times. Several splits at fold intersections, as expected; repaired with archival tape. Else, Very Good This unusually detailed muster roll lists names of about 150 officers and men, with detailed manuscript "Remarks" in appropriate printed columns. It includes an interesting..... More

Price: $350.00

[Confederate] Brinsmade, Allan A.:

TWO AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENTS SIGNED CONCERNING A FORMER CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY MAN WHO EXILED HIMSELF TO MEXICO TO SERVE IN THE MEXICAN ARMY: [1] AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, TO "CAPT. A.A. BRINSMADE," FROM GENERAL JOSE MARIA JESUS CARBAJAL, AT MATAMOROS 13 JULY 1866: "SIR, YOU WILL FORTH WITH TAKE COMMAND OF THE ARTILLERY AT THE FORT CALLED DE COLEGIO AND PLACE THE GUNS IN ORDER." [2] AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED, IN SPANISH, BY SERVANDO CANALES, 19 SEPTEMBER 1866: A PASS FOR CAPTAIN BRINSMADE TO TRAVEL FROM MATAMOROS ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE TO BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS.

[Mexico]: 1866. The first item on lined paper folded to 5" x 7-1/2"; the second, 4" x 8-1/2". Both in ink manuscript, written on rectos only. Old folds, a few shallow edge splits. Else Very Good. After the Civil War some diehard southerners moved to Mexico and South America..... More

Price: $750.00

[Trumbull, Benjamin]:

A LETTER, FROM THE ASSOCIATION, OF THE COUNTY OF NEW-HAVEN, TO THE REVEREND ELDERS, IN THE COLONIES OF RHODE-ISLAND, AND MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, WHO ASSISTED IN THE ORDINATION, OF THE REV. MR. JOHN HUBBARD, AT MERIDEN, JUNE 22ND, 1769. TO WHICH ARE ANNEXED, REMARKS ON THE CONFESSION OF FAITH AND EXAMINATION, OF THE SAID HUBBARD...

New Haven: Thomas and Samuel Green, [1770]. 24pp, untrimmed and stitched. Lightly toned. Very Good, in a modern cloth case. Rev. Trumbull, who was also the first great historian of Connecticut and the grandfather of Lyman Trumbull, signs this scarce pamphlet in type at page 11, as Scribe... More

Price: $375.00

Hunker, Hon. A. [pseud.]:

FOUR EPISTLES ON FREE LOVE AND MURDER.

Troy, N.Y. A.W. Scribner, 1870. Original printed wrappers [front wrapper detached but present], stitched. 16pp. Light wear, Good+. The author, who purports to write from Hunkerville in May 1870, claims that the Epistles "are valuable:- for I conscientiously desire to make a little money out of them." We have been..... More

Price: $500.00

Daggett, Naphtali:

THE GREAT AND TENDER CONCERN OF FAITHFUL MINISTERS FOR THE SOULS OF THEIR PEOPLE, SHOULD POWERFULLY EXCITE THEM ALSO, TO LABOUR AFTER THEIR OWN SALVATION. A SERMON, PREACHED AT DANBURY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, 1770, AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REVEREND EBENEZER BALDWIN. BY THE REVEREND NAPHTALI DAGGETT, PRESIDENT OF YALE-COLLEGE, IN NEW-HAVEN, AND PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY IN THE SAME.

New Haven: Printed by Thomas and Samuel Green, [1770]. 32pp, untrimmed and stitched with the half title. Toned, moderately spotted at the last several leaves. Good+. President Daggett's Sermon is from Galatians IV. 19, a discussion of the Apostle Paul, who "had been the principal instrument in spreading and planting..... More

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[Dakota Territory]:

DAKOTA PROOFS IN SUPPORT OF THE PROTEST AGAINST ITS ADMISSION AS A STATE.

[np: 1882]. Original printed wrappers bound into modern plain wrappers. Various documents, totaling about 140pp. At head of front wrapper: "The Originals of These Proofs are in the Hands of Senator Hale." The front wrapper's verso lists the contents of this pamphlet, all documents opposing South Dakota's admission as a...... More

Price: $450.00

Linn, William:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, DATED AT FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, JULY 26, 1844, TO JAMES EWING, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, DISCUSSING HIS RECENT EXPERIENCES TRAVELING AND MENTIONING THE UPCOMING WHIG MEETING. "WE HAVE HAD A DRY SEASON SINCE I RETURNED HOME THE CORN CROP IS FAILING VERY FAST BUT THIS DAY IT RAINS CONSTANT WHICH I THINK WILL MAKE A GREAT MANY THOUSAND BUSHELS OF CORN. I THINK A MUCH GREATER BLESSING THAN THE GREAT CLAY WHIG MEETING THAT IS TO TAKE PLACE IN CHAMBERSBURG TODAY. FOR MY PART I CANNOT SEE WHY ANY MORAL, GOOD MAN COULD WISH TO PLACE HENRY CLAY AT THE HEAD OF THE NATION AND LOOK FOR A BLESSING OF PROSPERITY ON THAT NATION. . . [signed] YOUR DEAR FRIEND AND WELLWISHER, WM. LINN"

Franklin County, PA: 1844. Large sheet, folded to folio 8" x 12-1/4". [2], [2 blank] pp. Entirely in blue ink manuscript. Folded for mailing, integral blank leaf addressed to Mr. James Ewing, Burgettstown, Washington, County, Pa., with Shippensburgh postal cancel. Wax seal remnants, minimal wear, light toning. Very Good... More

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[Harvard College]:

ILLUSTRISSIMO JACOBO BOWDOIN, ARMIGERO , LL.D. GUBERNATORI; THOMAE CUSHING, ARMIGERO, LL.D. VICE-GUBERNATORI; CONSILIARIIS ET SENATORIIBUS U.S. REIPUBLICAE MASSACHUSETTENSIS ... THESES HASCE, JUVENIS IN ARTIBUS INITIATI... HABITA IN COMITIIS UNIVERSITATIS, CANTABRIGIAE, MASSACHUSETTENSIS, DE JULII XIX ANNO SALUTIS MDCCLXXXVI.

Bostoniae: Typis Edmundi Freeman, 1786. Folio broadside, 15-1/2" x 22", in three columns beneath title and names of graduates. The entire broadside bordered by a rule. Old folds, small chip from each of the blank upper corners. Very Good. The names of the approximately sixty graduates are listed in Latin..... More

Price: $850.00

[Civil War Letter]:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM S. WEAVER AT GETTYSBURG, 30 MARCH 1865, TO MRS. G.W. ANDERSON OF HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND. WITH POSTAL CANCEL AND ENVELOPE ADDRESSED TO REVEREND GEO. W. ANDERSON.

2pp plus postal envelope, with cancel and 3 cent stamp. Very Good. Weaver advises that his son "George is enjoying good health, since he has returned from Dixie, he was conscripted the third time since the rebellion but has succeeded by being detailed to attend to some other duties but..... More

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[Furlough for Ailing Georgia Confederate Private] :

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. THE BEARER HEREOF ROBERT BAKER A PRIVATE IN CAPT. WHITAKERS COMPANY 2D REGT STATE GUARDS, AGE OF 33 YEARS, 5 FEET 9 INCHES HIGH FAIR COMPLEXION BLUE EYES LITE HAIR AND BY PROFESSION A FARMER BORN IN THE COUNTY OF FAYETTE STATE OF GEORGIA, AND ENLISTED AT FAYETTEVILLE GEORGIA ON THE 4TH DAY OF AUGUST 1863 TO SERVE FOR THE PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS IS HEREBY PERMITTED TO GO TO HIS HOME IN THE COUNTY OF FAYETTE STATE OF GEORGIA HE HAVING RECEVD A FURLOUGH FROM THE 11TH DAY OF NOVEMBER TO THE 20TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1863 AT WHICH PERIOD HE WILL REJOIN HIS COMPANY OR REGIMENT AT THIS PLACE OR WHEREVER THE REGIMENT MAY BE AT THAT TIME. SAID SOLDIER IS ENTITLED TO PAY FROM THE 1ST SEPT TO THE 31ST OCT. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND ... THIS 11 NOV 1863. F.T. GAYDEN 1ST LIEUT COMMANDING COMP. E.

[Georgia: 11 November 1863]. Bifolium, folded to 5" X8." Old folds, closed tears repaired without loss, a few small pinholes with minor effect on text. Good+. Written endorsement on November 11 by Surgeon J.S. Holliday finds him unfit for duty "in consequence of a severe catarrah affection with pleuritis." Surgeon..... More

Price: $275.00

Texas:

MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE FILED BY DEFENDANT, IN STATE OF TEXAS V. ALFRED HENRY, NO. 3083, NAVARRO COUNTY, DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF D.J. JOHNSON AND G.W. DUBOSE, MATERIAL WITNESSES FOR DEFENDANT WHO ARE EXPECTED TO SUPPORT DEFENDANT'S CLAIM OF INNOCENCE.

Texas: January 24, 1887. Folio, 3, [1-docketed] pp, completely in manuscript on lined paper. Old folds [a few short fold splits repaired with archival tape, no loss], minor toning, a few tiny edge chips. Signature of H.K. Farrar as clerk, signed by Henry with his mark and sworn to before..... More

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Buckner, John A.:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED FROM "HD. QTRS FORCES MIDDLE TENN. NOV. 23RD" [1862]. LT. COL. BUCKNER, GENERAL JOHN BRECKINRIDGE'S AAG, URGES BRIGADIER GENERAL AND CHIEF OF CAVALRY JOSEPH WHEELER TO "SO ARRANGE IT THAT COURIERS MAY ARRIVE EITHER BEFORE 12 M. OR AFTER DAY LIGHT. WE ARE SO SITUATED THAT EVERY ONE IN THE HOUSE IS AROUSED BY ANY COURIER THAT ARRIVES IN THE NIGHT. OF COURSE WHEN PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT SEND THEM AT ANY HOUR."

Middle Tennessee: 1862. Single sheet, written on recto in ink and signed "John A. Buckner, AAG." Docketed on verso, "Refers to Couriers & Blank Paroles." Very Good. Buckner sweetens his criticism of Wheeler by thanking him "for your kindness in sending late papers. We have quite a feast when they..... More

Price: $450.00

[Brown University] Elton, Romeo?:

"TO THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF FELLOWS TO REVISE THE COURSE OF STUDIES IN BROWN UNIVERSITY, THE PROFESSOR OF THE LATIN & GREEK LANGUAGES & LITERATURE BEGS LEAVE TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING REPORT IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTIONS WHICH THEY HAVE PROPOSED..."

[Providence, RI? c. 1840]. [8] pp, written on two folded folio sheets in ink manuscript. A couple of closed tears, repaired with a few letters affected. This is likely Elton's draft of a final Report, as it has lines which have been crossed out and replaced with others. Very Good..... More

Price: $450.00

[Texas] McCann, Ed:

JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN THE CASE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS VS. ED McCANN, CASE NO. 2343, NAVARRO COUNTY, AUGUST TERM 1895, ACCUSED OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON JIM SHAUGHNER WITH A KNIFE AND CUTTING HIM IN A MANNER TO INFLICT "SERIOUS BODILY INJURY" : "GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY THIS DEFT. ED McCANN STANDS CHARGED BY INFORMATION WITH THE OFFENSE OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND BATTERY ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN COMMITTED IN THE COUNTY OF NAVARRO AND STATE OF TEXAS ON OR ABOUT THE 13TH DAY OF FEBRUARY A.D. 1895. TO WHICH CHARGE THE DEFENDANT HAS PLEADED 'NOT GUILTY.' ... THE USE OF ANY UNLAWFUL VIOLENCE UPON THE PERSON OF ANOTHER WITH THE INTENT TO INJURE HIM WHATEVER BE THE MEANS OR DEGREE OF VIOLENCE USED IS AN ASSAULT AND BATTERY. ASSAULT AND BATTERY BECOMES AGGRAVATED WHEN A SERIOUS BODILY INJURY IS INFLICTED UPON THE PERSON ASSAULTED OR WHEN COMMITTED WITH DEADLY WEAPONS UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES NOT AMOUNTING TO AN INTENT TO MURDER OR MAIM. A DEADLY WEAPON IS ONE WHICH IN THE MANNER USED IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY. . . " SIGNED AT END "M.L. SHELTON, COUNTY JUDGE OF NAVARRO" AND DOCKETED ON FINAL PAGE "WE JUROR [SIC] FIND THE DEFENDANT GUILTY ASSESS HIS FINE $25. R.A. FIFE, FOREMAN.".

Navarro County, TX: 1895. Folio, 8-1/4" x 14". Five leaves bound with stick pin in top blank margin, lined paper with red margins. [4], [1-docket] pp. The first three leaves are manuscript on recto only, the fourth is a printed form, its recto defining the presumption of innocence and reasonable..... More

Price: $275.00

Currier & Ives:

TERRIFIC COMBAT BETWEEN THE "MONITOR" 2 GUNS & "MERRIMAC" 11 GUNS, IN HAMPTON ROADS MARCH 9TH 1862. IN WHICH THE LITTLE "MONITOR" WHIPPED THE "MERRIMAC" AND THE WHOLE "SCHOOL" OF REBEL STEAMERS.

New York: 152 Nassau Street, [1862]. Handcolored folio broadside, oblong 10" x 14." Lightly toned, a bit of foxing. Good+. Currier & Ives published several lithographs of this "terrific combat." The Monitor, mostly undamaged, is in the foreground firing deadly rounds against a heavily damaged Merrimac. Black and white smoke..... More

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[Confederate Broadside Verse]:

LINES ON THE DEATH OF THE CONFEDERATE GEN. ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON, OF KY. WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OF "SHILOH," MISS., SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 1862.

[np: 1862?]. Broadside, 4" x 9-1/4." Five eight-line stanzas, printed within a decorative border. A few light spots, trimmed closely near the border. Very Good. "Thou art gone to thy rest, / Thou brave fearless soldier." The "spirit of JOHNSTON" is "a bright ray of sunshine," despite "Lincoln's vile minions..... More

Price: $500.00

[Confederate Broadside Verse] Macarthy, Harry:

THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG.

[np: 1861?]. 4to broadside printed on brown paper. Seven stanzas, each followed by a two-line chorus. 5-5/8" X 10-1/4." Text surrounded by a decorative border. Blank upper right and lower left corners torn [the lower right taking a small portion of the border]. Good+. This popular Confederate song was printed..... More

Price: $450.00

[Confederate Broadside Verse]:

BULL RUN. TUNE- "WAIT FOR THE WAGON."

[np: 1861?]. Broadside, 4-7/8" x 8-1/4." Ten stanzas, each four lines, surrounded by ruled border. Some foxing, light wear, Good+. This is a Confederate laugh at the Union defeat at Manassas. "Says Greely to Scott, to Richmond, why not, / These Southern's are only in fun, / Your soldiers and..... More

Price: $600.00

[Civil War]:

INTERVIEW BETWEEN SHERMAN & JOHNSON [sic].

Philadelphia: P.S. Duval & Son, LIth. [1865]. Broadside lithograph, oblong 10-1/8" x 6-3/4." Some foxing at the margins, else Very Good. This is an extremely rare lithograph by Duval depicting General Joe Johnston's surrender of his army to General Sherman on April 18. "Peter Stephen Duval, the most prominent Philadelphia..... More

Price: $2,500.00

Timrod, H[enry]:

ODE ON THE MEETING OF THE SOUTHERN CONGRESS.

[Charleston? 1861]. Broadside, 8-1/4" x 10-1/2". Verse printed in two columns, separated by a double rule. Four stanzas. Blank corners with light spotting suggest prior matting on verso. Very Good. BAL's photograph depicts this broadside poem in poor condition, with much chipping, and thus does not do it justice. Timrod's..... More

Price: $3,500.00

SUNDRY VOTES PASSED BY THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN DORCHESTER, ANN. DOM. 1773. PREVIOUS TO THE...

[First Church of Christ, Dorchester]:

SUNDRY VOTES PASSED BY THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN DORCHESTER, ANN. DOM. 1773. PREVIOUS TO THE MEETING OF AN ECCLESIASTICAL COUNCIL THERE, THE RESULT OF SAID COUNCIL, &C. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF SAID CHURCH.

Boston: Printed and Sold by Mills and Hicks, 1774. 23. [1 blank] pp. Bound in later half morocco and marbled paper over boards, gilt rules, with gilt-stamped spine title. Text with some dusting, Good+. This pamphlet demonstrates the democratic, self-governing principles of American congregations, unlike the hierarchical organization of their..... More

Price: $650.00

PUBLIUS ON BANKING: OR, THE MONEY-CHANGERS' TABLES OVERTHROWN. Samuel B. Williams

[Williams, Samuel B.]:

PUBLIUS ON BANKING: OR, THE MONEY-CHANGERS' TABLES OVERTHROWN.

New York: Printed for the Author, 1849. Contemporary plain blue wrappers [a little extremity chipping], stitched. 22, [2 blanks] pp. Widely scattered foxing, light wear. Good+. Williams signs the preface, 'To the People of the United States, and more especially to the People of the State of New York.' He..... More

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[Sutro, Adolph]:

REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND EVIDENCE TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON MINES AND MINING OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN REGARD TO THE SUTRO TUNNEL, TOGETHER WITH THE ARGUMENTS AND REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDING A LOAN BY THE GOVERNMENT IN AID OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF SAID WORK.

Washington, D.C. M'Gill & Witherow, 1872. [8], 66, 988 pp. Light foxing. Bound in red pebbled cloth, with gilt-decorated title and decoration on front cover, gilt-lettered spine title. All edges gilt. Minor wear, Very Good. Sutro, a mining engineer, became fabulously wealthy by accomplishing the difficult task of building a...... More

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MANUSCRIPT LETTER, SIGNED BY "MARY," DESCRIBING THE MILITARY ARREST AND DETENTION WITHOUT TRIAL...

[Military Arrest in a Border State]:

MANUSCRIPT LETTER, SIGNED BY "MARY," DESCRIBING THE MILITARY ARREST AND DETENTION WITHOUT TRIAL OF PROFESSOR ROBERT W. NEWMAN OF BELAIR, MARYLAND, FOR ALLEGED CONFEDERATE SYMPATHIES.

Belair, Maryland: July 15, 1863. Neat ink manuscript. 4pp on a sheet folded to 6-78" x 8." Very Good. Maryland -- like her sister Border States of Delaware, Missouri, and Kentucky-- was a Slave State whose government remained loyal to the Union during the War. But each of those States..... More

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A SERMON PREACHED AT HIS MAJESTY'S CASTLE WILLIAM, MARCH 26. 1738. UPON THE MUCH LAMENTED DEATH...

Coollidge, Samuel:

A SERMON PREACHED AT HIS MAJESTY'S CASTLE WILLIAM, MARCH 26. 1738. UPON THE MUCH LAMENTED DEATH OF HER LATE MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY CAROLINE, QUEEN-CONSORT OF THE MOST PUISSANT GEORGE THE SECOND, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE AND IRELAND, KING, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, &C. BY SAMUEL COOLLIDGE, A.M. CHAPLAIN OF THE CASTLE.

Boston: N.E. Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland & T. Green, 1738. [4], 26 pp, lacking the final blank. Stitched as issued, scattered foxing, Good+, with death's head ornamentation at the head of the title. ESTC records this as Coollidge's only printed Sermon. He dedicates it to Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor..... More

Price: $750.00

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