Philadelphia: 1838. [4], 176 pp. Disbound without covers, Good+. "In May, 1833, I was appointed secretary of the treasury; and in September following was removed from office, because I would not, prior to the meeting of Congress, transfer the public deposites from the U.S. bank to state banks... I would..... More
Providence: 1841. Elephant folio sheet folded to 16-1/4" x 21." [4] pp. A persistent but light circular spot in the center of each page. Untrimmed, a bit of crimping. Good+. The "Proposed Constitution," adopted at "the Convention of the People" on 18 November 1841 is printed. It would grant the..... More
Boston: 1824 [Thursday, October 28]. Elephant folio broadsheet, printed in four columns on recto, six columns on verso [verso consisting of many advertisements, several illustrated]. 15-1/4" x 21-1/2." Very Good. Ownership signatures at top margin: "Mr. Cleaveland," and "Brunswick." The Centinel issued this rare Extra to urge the election of..... More
[Amherst C.H. VA: 1858]. Manuscript broadside notice, oblong 7-3/4" x 4-7/8." Signed at the bottom in manuscript by T.W. Dillard, J.H. Ferguson, and R. L. Coleman, "Conductors of Elections." Discoloration at the blank bottom margin, else clear and bright. Good+. R.L. Coleman is likely Robert L. Coleman [c.1808-1894] of Amherst..... More
Greenwood Depot [VA]: 1859. [4] pp. Folio sheet, folded to 8" x 12-1/2." Timberlake's Letter, in neat ink manuscript, is on the first page. The recommendation to the House of Delegates is signed [all in Timberlake's hand] by fourteen officers of different regiments, several from the 47th Regiment Virginia Militia..... More
[Schenectady: 1861]. Folio broadside, 10-5/8" x 20." Text surrounded by decorative border. Two columns, separated by a rule. Very Good. "Old time keeps on at steady pace," is the first line of this long poem deploring "The blight that's fall'n upon this Nation." "But in vain did Statesmen strive/..... More
Huntington, WV: c. 1915. Printed folio broadside, 20" x 29-1/2", some wrinkling and dusting. Good+. This trade broadside advertises, with illustrations, the "One Price Clothing" sold at Samuel Gideon's Men's Clothing and Furniture Store, established in Huntington, West Virginia in 1915. Illustration at center depicts two lines of customers..... More
New York: [1885]. Folio broadside, printed in three columns. 13" x 19-3/4." Old folds, several short splits at fold intersections [repaired with archival tape]. Very Good. [offered with] MANUSCRIPT NOTE FROM H. WILLCOX TO A MR. WILLIAMS, ON PRINTED STATIONERY OF A.O. WILLCOX & SON, 4 APRIL 1885, CONCERNING HIS..... More
Nouvelle-Orleans: Au Secretariat General du Supreme Conseil, 1860. Original printed glazed yellow wrappers. 23, [1 blank] pp. Light wear, Very Good. More
Navarro County, Texas: Form printed by Van Beek, Barnard & Tinsley, Printers, Stationers and Blank Book Manufacturers, St. Louis, 1877. Folio, 8" x 13". Printed form completed in ink manuscript. Light toning, old folds with a few short repaired splits at fold ends. Docketed on verso "No. 129/ No. 1999/..... More
[Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1779-1780]. Folio. [1], 155-176, [1 blank] pp. Caption title, as issued. Toned, spotted, one rubberstamp, untrimmed. Several chips without taking text. Good. Bound in later buckram. Replete with Revolutionary War content. ESTC W23393 [- LCP, MA Hist. Soc]. Hildeburn 3906. Evans 16447. More
[Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1780 or 1781]. Folio. [1], 267-298, [1 blank] pages. Caption title, as issued. Lightly toned, a rubberstamp. Very Good. Bound in later buckram. ESTC W42652 [1- HSP]. Not in Evans. [bound with] MINUTES OF THE FIRST SITTING OF THE FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, WHICH..... More
[New York: 1904]. Original printed pale green wrappers, stitched. 353, [4], xi, [1 blank] pp. Light wrapper wear, Very Good. More
[Washington: 1840]. 16pp, folded and untrimmed. Some dusting, else Very Good. Stanly was an interesting man and a long-serving Whig Congressman from North Carolina. After he was defeated for re-election in 1852 he moved to California, practiced law, and became a Republican. During the Civil War he was appointed Military..... More
Boston: James Munroe, 1839. 42, [2 blanks] pp. Disbound, moderately foxed. Good. This is Clay's speech on the Gag Rule: a Resolution that Congress should refuse to receive petitions to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia. Clay detested "ultra - abolitionists." Their persistent gnawing at the divisive issue..... More
Philadelphia: Henry B. Ashmead, 1863. 15, [1 blank] pp. Stitched and lightly worn. Good+. Newman calls Hopkins "the political champion of slavery." In dissent, the author says, "I do not believe that the Bible teaches the perpetual bondage of THE NEGRO OR ANY OTHER RACE. I desire you to divest..... More
Philadelphia: Eleazer Oswald, 1787. All 1787: February 14 and 17; July 18 and 26; August 22; November 3, 14, and 16. All folio, printed in four columns per page. Disbound, with stitch-holes along left edge. Minor wear, several mended closed tears, inner blank margins reinforced. Text clean and Very Good..... More
Adel, Iowa: 1863. Folio broadside, 10-3/4" x 22." Printed in four columns. Lightly foxed, Very Good. M. Henry Money was active in Iowa's newspaper publication business during the middle 19th century. We have found little information about his WESTERN JOURNAL. Adel is the County Seat of Dallas County, Iowa... More
Elephant folio broadside, folded to 13-3/4" x 20." Each page printed in five columns. Light wear, Very Good. This issue of the Centinel reports on the London Courier's opinion of Thomas Jefferson's "farewell speech to Congress." The Courier mocks Jefferson's apparent expectation that England would "instantly accede" to his demands..... More
[Washington: 1837]. Elephant folio broadside printed in seven columns. 18-1/2" x 24-1/2." Light foxing, light wear, Good+. Dated and signed in type at the end: "Washington 4th September, 1837. M. Van Buren." A rare broadside printing of Van Buren's Address, devoted entirely to the catastrophic Panic of 1837, which he..... More
Washington: 1823 [December 31]. Folio sheet, folded for mailing to [4] pages. Red seal remnant, with a small blank tear. Several short closed tears, repaired. Final leaf cut down but not affecting any text. Addressed to "Judge Rochester | Bath." About Very Good. Van Renssalaer [1764-1839] was serving his first..... More
Harrisburg, PA: 1826 [March 30]. Folio sheet folded to [4] pp for mailing. Addressed, with Harrisburg postmark, to Dr. Fairlamb in Downingtown. With tear from seal remnant affecting a single letter. Very Good. "My Dear Fairlamb, In as much as the passage of the new Medical school bill will crowd..... More
Charlottesville, VA: 1841. Folio sheet, folded for mailing. Text in neat ink script on first page; pages 2 and 3 blank; addressed to Dundore on last page. Last leaf [seal remnant] spotted with small holes along folds [no effect on address portion, which is toned]. Text Very Good, overall Good+..... More
Matted and framed in white card stock. From Harriet Beecher Stowe's MEN OF OUR TIMES [Hartford: 1868]. Very Good. More
Each document a single manuscript page, 8-1/2" x 12-1/2." Each with official stamp, one also has a decorative illustrated green stamp at the head. Light wear and toning, Good+. Each document names the slaveholder and the enslaved person granted "libertad," and the cost in escudos or pesetas of that liberty..... More