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Sutro, Adolph:

TYPED CONTRACT, SIGNED, BY SUTRO AND PAUL THEREUX, 1 SEPTEMBER 1896, FOR THEREUX TO FURNISH "EIGHT (8) FIRST CLASS MUSICIANS AND MEMBERS OF THE MUSICIANS UNION WHO WILL GIVE AT THE SUTRO BATHS AT LEAST TWO CONCERTS DAILY...

[San Francisco: 1896]. Legal folio document, two pages, typed on rectos only and signed in ink by Sutro and Thereux at the bottom of page [2]. Bound at the top margin in original clips with pale brown wrapper, docketed as follows: "Articles of Agreement Paul Thereux and Adolph Sutro for..... More

Price: $600.00

Mallory, Stephen:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED AS SECRETARY OF THE NAVY TO CONFEDERATE PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS, 7 FEBRUARY 1865, CONCERNING THE BATTLE OF NEW BERN AND THE GALLANT CONDUCT OF COMMANDER JOHN TAYLOR WOOD AND LIEUTENANT LOYALL.

Richmond: 1865 [February 7]. Single leaf, printed on recto only, in neat ink manuscript [light fading, but easily legible]. Blank verso with mounting remnants at the four corners. Very Good. Formerly a United States Senator from Florida, and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Mallory became the Confederacy's..... More

Price: $1,000.00

Benton, Thomas Hart:

MR. BENTON'S LETTER TO MAJ. GEN. DAVIS, OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, DECLINING THE NOMINATION OF THE CONVENTION OF THAT STATE; DEFENDING THE NOMINATION OF VAN BUREN FOR THE PRESIDENCY; AND RECOMMENDING HARMONY, CONCERT, AND UNION, TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES.

Washington: Blair & Rives, 1835. 16pp, disbound. Good+. With Benton's 'free frank' signature laid down at bottom blank margin of title page. The first great spokesman for the interests of the West, Benton was a pre-eminent Democrat and a strong supporter of Andrew Jackson, despite an early violent dispute..... More

Price: $275.00

Bradley, Joseph P.:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, AS ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, TO PUBLISHER JOEL MUNSELL, 25 SEPTEMBER 1870, REGARDING CORRECTIONS TO AN ESSAY BEFORE PUBLICATION.

Newark: 1870. 2pp. 5" x 7-3/4." Entirely in ink manuscript on lined paper and signed "Joseph P. Bradley." Munsell's name above the salutation covers The previously written name of Bradley. Very Good. Bradley, a Rutgers graduate, was a highly respected New Jersey lawyer, specializing in railroad and patent litigation..... More

Price: $850.00

Campbell, John A.:

MANUSCRIPT NOTICE OF DEATH SENTENCE, WRITTEN AND SIGNED BY CONFEDERATE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF WAR AND FORMER UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT JUSTICE JOHN A. CAMPBELL, 17 FEBY 1863.

[Richmond? 1863]. Single page, 3-1/4" x 3." February 17, 1863. Lightly toned, mounting remnants on blank verso. Very good. This brief note, written and signed by Campbell as Confederate Assistant Secretary of War, reads in full: "The sentence of death is to be executed friday 12.n. The wife of the..... More

Price: $1,000.00

NARRATIVE AND CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THE REMOVAL OF THE DEPOSITES, AND OCCURRENCES CONNECTED...

[Duane, William]:

NARRATIVE AND CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THE REMOVAL OF THE DEPOSITES, AND OCCURRENCES CONNECTED THEREWITH.

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

Price: $250.00

NEW AGE AND CONSTITUTIONAL ADVOCATE. PROVIDENCE, FRIDAY DECEMBER 3, 1841. VOL. 2. NO. 42. Peoples...

[Peoples Constitution]:

NEW AGE AND CONSTITUTIONAL ADVOCATE. PROVIDENCE, FRIDAY DECEMBER 3, 1841. VOL. 2. NO. 42.

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

Price: $450.00

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL EXTRA. Election of 1824

[Election of 1824]:

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL EXTRA.

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

Price: $600.00

ATTENTION! MILITIA-MEN OF AMHERST. ALL PERSONS LIABLE TO MILITIA DUTY IN THE COUNTY OF AMHERST...

[Virginia Militia]:

ATTENTION! MILITIA-MEN OF AMHERST. ALL PERSONS LIABLE TO MILITIA DUTY IN THE COUNTY OF AMHERST ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE TO ASSEMBLE AT AMHERST COURT HOUSE ON SATURDAY THE 7TH DAY OF AUGUST NEXT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING SUITABLE PERSONS TO FILL THE VACANCIES IN THE REGIMENTAL AND COMPANY OFFICES OF THE 90TH REGMT. JUNE 21, 1858.

[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

Price: $350.00

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 28 NOVEMBER 1859, FROM J. HENRY TIMBERLAKE TO GENERAL T.W. DILLARD,...

[Virginia Militia in Late 1859] Timberlake, J. Henry:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 28 NOVEMBER 1859, FROM J. HENRY TIMBERLAKE TO GENERAL T.W. DILLARD, CONVEYING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES THAT GENERAL DILLARD BE REAPPOINTED "TO THE OFFICE OF BRIG. GENERAL OF THE THIRD BRIGADE, SECOND DIVISION OF THE VIRGINIA MILITIA."

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

Price: $750.00

ANNUAL GREETING OF THE CARRIER TO THE PATRONS OF THE SCHENECTADY DEMOCRAT AND REFLECTOR, JANUARY...

[Carrier Address]:

ANNUAL GREETING OF THE CARRIER TO THE PATRONS OF THE SCHENECTADY DEMOCRAT AND REFLECTOR, JANUARY 1, 1862.

[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

Price: $650.00

BY INDUSTRY WE THRIVE. SAM. GIDEON ONE PRICE CLOTHING. GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS HOUSE. Samuel Gideon

Gideon, Samuel:

BY INDUSTRY WE THRIVE. SAM. GIDEON ONE PRICE CLOTHING. GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS HOUSE.

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

Price: $500.00

[Louisiana Freemasons]:

CONSTITUTION DU SUPREME CONSEIL DE LA LOUISIANE.

Nouvelle-Orleans: Au Secretariat General du Supreme Conseil, 1860. Original printed glazed yellow wrappers. 23, [1 blank] pp. Light wear, Very Good. More

Price: $75.00

[Pennsylvania]:

MINUTES OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.

[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

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MINUTES OF THE FOURTH SITTING OF THE FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA....

[Pennsylvania]:

MINUTES OF THE FOURTH SITTING OF THE FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. WHICH MET AT PHILADELPHIA, ON FRIDAY THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY.

[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

Price: $1,250.00

Democratic National Committee:

THE CAMPAIGN TEXT BOOK OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES. ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE.

[New York: 1904]. Original printed pale green wrappers, stitched. 353, [4], xi, [1 blank] pp. Light wrapper wear, Very Good. More

Price: $50.00

SPEECH OF MR. STANLY, OF NORTH CAROLINA, ON ABOLITION PETITIONS. DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF...

Stanly, [Edward]:

SPEECH OF MR. STANLY, OF NORTH CAROLINA, ON ABOLITION PETITIONS. DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JANUARY 16, 1840.

[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

Price: $125.00

Clay, Henry:

SPEECH OF THE HON. HENRY CLAY, IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, ON THE SUBJECT OF ABOLITION PETITIONS, FEBRUARY 7, 1839.

Boston: James Munroe, 1839. 42, [2 blanks] pp. Disbound, moderately foxed. Good. This is Clay's speech supporting 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

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EIGHT 1787 ISSUES OF THE INDEPENDENT GAZETTEER; OR, THE CHRONICLE OF FREEDOM. Eleazer Oswald

[Oswald, Eleazer]:

EIGHT 1787 ISSUES OF THE INDEPENDENT GAZETTEER; OR, THE CHRONICLE OF FREEDOM.

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

Price: $1,750.00

THE WESTERN JOURNAL. EXTRA. M. HENRY MONEY, PRINTER. LOCAL MATTERS. ADEL, THURSDAY, DEC., 3,...

[Money, M. Henry]:

THE WESTERN JOURNAL. EXTRA. M. HENRY MONEY, PRINTER. LOCAL MATTERS. ADEL, THURSDAY, DEC., 3, 1863.

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

Price: $500.00

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL. BOSTON, SATURDAY APRIL 8, 1809. Thomas Jefferson

[Jefferson, Thomas]:

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL. BOSTON, SATURDAY APRIL 8, 1809.

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

Price: $175.00

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS AT THE COMMENCEMENT...

Van Buren, Martin:

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

[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

Price: $750.00

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, TO JUDGE WILLIAM ROCHESTER OF BATH, STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. FROM...

Van Renssalaer, Stephen:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, TO JUDGE WILLIAM ROCHESTER OF BATH, STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. FROM WASHINGTON, 31 DECEMBER 1823, DISCUSSING POLITICAL MATTERS IN WASHINGTON AND THE UPCOMING CONTEST FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.

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

Price: $275.00

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO DR. FAIRLAMB, FROM WILLIAM HARRIS, A HARRISBURG PHYSICIAN, OPPOSING A...

[Pennsylvania Medicine] Harris, Wm:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO DR. FAIRLAMB, FROM WILLIAM HARRIS, A HARRISBURG PHYSICIAN, OPPOSING A BILL IN THE LEGISLATURE TO CREATE A NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL, WHICH WILL CAUSE THE CONFERRING OF MEDICAL DEGREES ON "MEN UNACQUAINTED WITH MEDICAL SCIENCE" AND "QUACKS."

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

Price: $375.00

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "R. MATHEWS" FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE, 12 MARCH 1841, TO "CAPT. JOHN DUNDORE,...

[Slavery] Mathews, Richard:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "R. MATHEWS" FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE, 12 MARCH 1841, TO "CAPT. JOHN DUNDORE, PORT REPUBLIC VA" DISCUSSING THE SALE OF MATHEWS' SLAVE ELLICK, A TANNER.

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

Price: $1,250.00

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