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[Woman Suffrage]:

WOMEN OF AMERICA SUPPORT THE NATIONAL SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT DRAFTED IN 1875 BY SUSAN B. ANTHONY. TEXT OF THE AMENDMENT. . . THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES TO VOTE SHALL NOT BE DENIED OR ABRIDGED BY THE UNITED STATES OR BY ANY STATE ON ACCOUNT OF SEX.

Washington, D.C. Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, [1915]. Broadside, 8-1/2" x 11." Illustrated with a map of the United States indicating the twelve States [uncolored], all West of the Mississippi, where women may legally vote, and the electoral votes of each such State. The Map also shows States [shaded in..... More

Price: $2,750.00

[Woman Suffrage]:

THE WOMAN'S BIBLE. EDITOR ELIZABETH CADY STANTON. CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION, ONE OF THE REVISING COMMITTEE... THIS IS THE TEACHING OF NATIONAL SUFFRAGE LEADERS. ARE YOU WILLING FOR WOMEN WHO HOLD THESE VIEWS TO BECOME POLITICAL POWERS IN OUR COUNTRY?

[np: 1920]. Folio Broadside, 16-1/2" x 9-1/2". Title and ending in bold type. Near Fine. "In the early nineties a group of leading Suffragists decided that the 'Christian Bible, the Christian religion and the Christian ministry were the greatest obstacles to the spread of woman suffrage'." To challenge the religiously..... More

Price: $1,500.00

[Baseball]:

REVISED CONSTITUTION OF THE INTER-STATE LEAGUE OF PROFESSIONAL BASE-BALL CLUBS. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION. PRESIDENT - SECRETARY - TREASURE, JOE PRITCHARD, ST. LOUIS.

St. Louis, Mo. J.W. Steele & Co., Printers, 514 Pine Street, [1890]. 12mo. 24pp. Stitched in original salmon-pink printed wrappers. The imprint is printed on the front wrapper. "1890" at top of title. Contemporary newspaper clipping and owner's note on verso of front wrapper. The clipping reports the results of..... More

Price: $3,000.00

Benjamin, Judah P.:

EXTRACTS FROM THE SPEECH OF HON. MR. BENJAMIN, OF LOUISIANA, ON THE KANSAS QUESTION: SHOWING THE TRUE MEANING OF THE KANSAS LAW, AND HIS REASONS FOR JOINING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. DELIVERED IN THE SENATE, MAY 2, 1856.

Washington: Printed at the Union Office, 1856. 8pp. Disbound, margin-spotted. Good+. Benjamin of Louisiana was the second Jew to serve in the United States Senate, after David Yulee of Florida. Benjamin's fear that the South was becoming a beleaguered minority caused him to abandon his Whig roots. "On May 2..... More

Price: $500.00

Williams, Otho Holland:

DOCUMENT SIGNED BY REVOLUTIONARY WAR GENERAL OTHO HOLLAND WILLIAMS, 11 APRIL 1788, CONVEYING A 99-YEAR LEASE OF PROPERTY "IN THE TOWN OF WILLIAMS' - PORT" MARYLAND TO JOHN NEITZEL.

Baltimore: Printed by William Goddard, [178-]. Broadside, matted and framed, 12-1/2" x 16," top edge scalloped. Some spotting and dusting, Old horizontal fold with slight effect on one line of text. Good+. Williams [1749-1794] served under George Washington during the Revolution. Founders Online prints an order from Washington to then-Colonel..... More

Price: $350.00

McIntyre, Sterling C.:

GENL. S. COOPER, C.S.A., IN NAPOLEONIC POSE.

[Richmond? Alabama?]: Published by S.C. McIntyre, [1861?]. Upper body photograph of General Cooper in civilian dress, his left hand in a Napoleonic pose. "Published by S.C. McIntyre" on left portion of the oval; "Copy right secured" on right portion of the oval [both notices faded]. Else Near Fine, Confederate General..... More

Price: $2,000.00

McIntyre, Sterling C.:

GENL. KIRBY SMITH, C.S.A., IN UNIFORM WITH TWO ROWS OF BUTTONS.

[Richmond? Alabama?]: Published by S.C. McIntyre, [1861?]. Upper body photograph of General Smith in his Confederate uniform, his two rows of buttons indicating rank of Brigadier General. 6" x 8." "Published by S.C. McIntyre" on left portion of the oval; "Copy right secured" on right portion of the oval. Near..... More

Price: $2,000.00

[Secession]:

"SECESH" TAKING A MOONLIGHT STROLL.

New York: E. & H.T. Anthony, Manufacturers of the Best Photographic Albums, [c. 1863]. Albumen photograph on a Carte de Visite mount, oblong 2-1/2" x 4." Gilt borders [lower right corner of border absent]. Imprint information on the verso. Very Good. The brothers E. and H.T. Anthony were "unquestionably the..... More

Price: $250.00

[Brownlow, William G.]:

A PATRIOTIC CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE GREAT REBELLION. PARSON BROWNLOW'S FAREWELL ADDRESS, IN VIEW OF HIS IMPRISONMENT BY THE REBELS.

Philadelphia: Published by Thomas W. Hartley, 1861. Broadside, 11" x 14." An engraved portrait of Brownlow, flanked by American flags, within the title. Beneath the portrait, a lithograph inscription, "Very Respectfully, &C. W.G. Brownlow." Matted. Several closed blank margin tears [no loss]. Very Good. This rare broadside prints Brownlow's final..... More

Price: $1,750.00

[Clark, Stephen Merrill]:

EXECUTION OF STEPHEN MERRILL CLARK, WHICH TOOK PLACE ON WINTER ISLAND, SALEM, ON THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1821. FOR THE CRIME OF ARSON.

[Salem MA: 1821]. Folio Broadside, 10-1/4" x 17-1/2." Woodcut of a coffin beneath the title. Printed in four columns beneath the title, each column separated by a rule, the whole within a black mourning border. Mounted on pale contemporary paper. Light toning and foxing. Very Good. The broadside describes the..... More

Price: $1,250.00

[Hohman, Johan] :

HIMMELS - BRIEF, WELCHER MIT GOLDENEN BUCHSTABEN GESCHRIEBEN, UND ZU SEHEN IST IN DER ST. MICHAEL'S - KIRCHE ZU ST. GERMAIN. . .

[Kutztown PA]: Gedruckt und zu haben in der "Kutztown Journal" Druckerei, [c. 1870]. Broadside, 10-1/2" x 15-1/4." Entirely in German Fraktur, with a variety of type faces and fonts. The text surrounded by a decorative border. The imprint information appears at the bottom margin, beneath the border. Very Good, with..... More

Price: $450.00

Blair, Frank:

SECRETARY CHASE SCHEMING FOR THE PRESIDENCY-- HIS INTRIGUES AND OFFICIAL ABUSES. SPEECH OF HON. F.P. BLAIR, OF MISSOURI. DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, APRIL 23, 1864.

[Washington: Towers, 1864]. 15, [1 blank] pp. Caption title, as issued. Untrimmed, partly uncut. Upper blank margin of first few leaves with foxing. Very Good. The Missouri Congressman, the second generation of the Blair clan prominent in national affairs, attacks Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase, perennial presidential candidate and enemy..... More

Price: $175.00

[Washington, George]:

WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS. TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. SEPTEMBER, 1796.

Baltimore: J. Murphy & Co., Printers, 178 Market Street, [c. 1830]. Elephant folio broadside, 19" x 24." Text printed in blue inks in four columns, each column separated by a rule. The whole surrounded by a decorative border in green and red colors. A few light fox spots, bit of..... More

Price: $2,500.00

[Southern Railway]:

SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY IN MISSISSIPPI. SCHEDULE OF RATES OF PAY, RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR TRAINMEN AND YARDMEN. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 1919. SUPERSEDING AGREEMENT DATED OCTOBER 1, 1917.

Mobile: J.E. Duval Printing Co., [1919]. Original staples and printed wrappers. [2], 40, [2] pp, as issued. Light wear, Very Good. The detailed rules and regulations encompass all aspects of the required work. Article XXXI, page 28, and Article XVI, page 38, suggest a prevailing practice of subjecting blacks to..... More

Price: $125.00

Wigham, Eliza:

THE ANTI - SLAVERY CAUSE IN AMERICA AND ITS MARTYRS.

London: A.W. Bennett, 5 Bishopsgate Street Without, 1863. vii, [1 blank], 168 pp, as issued. Endpapers and title page lightly foxed. Otherwise a clean text. Bound in contemporary publisher's half morocco and dark cloth. with gilt-decorated spine title [lettering faded]. Very Good. Wigham modestly calls her book "a little offering..... More

Price: $1,250.00

[Election of 1860]:

AN HEIR TO THE THRONE, OR THE NEXT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.

New York: Published Currier & Ives, 1860. Broadside, oblong 11" x 13." Light uniform toning. Engraved on heavy card stock, with spotted blank verso. Very Good. "The Republicans' purported support of Negro rights is taken to an extreme here. Editor Horace Greeley (left) and candidate Abraham Lincoln (resting his elbow..... More

Price: $3,000.00

[Brooklyn Whig Party]; Garrett Lansing:

FIRST DISTRICT. AT A MEETING OF A NUMBER OF ELECTORS OF THE FIRST DISTRICT, HELD AT THE HOUSE OF JOHN HUNTER, FRIDAY EVENING MAY 4, 1827, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED: RESOLVED, THAT THIS MEETING PLACE THE UTMOST CONFIDENCE IN THE HONOUR AND INTEGRITY OF ELIJAH RAYNOR, AND DO RECOMMEND HIM AS A SUITABLE PERSON FOR TRUSTEE IN THE PLACE OF HEZEKIAH B. PIERPONT. | WILLIAM THOMPSON, CHAIRMAN. | THOMAS ARMSTRONG, SECRETARY | BROOKLYN, MAY 5, 1827.

Brooklyn: Printed at the Office of the Long-Island Patriot, 1827. Folio pictorial broadside, 11-1/4" x 17-3/4." Large engraving [6-1/2" x 7"] at head of title: Lady Liberty, American shield in her right hand, affectionately puts her left arm around the iconic Screaming Eagle, who holds an E Pluribus Unum banner..... More

Price: $1,250.00

Scofield, Glenni W.:

SUFFRAGE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. SPEECH OF THE HON. GLENNI W. SCOFIELD, OF PENNSYLVANIA, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JANUARY 10, 1866.

[Washington: Gibson Brothers, Printers, 1866]. 8pp. Caption title, as issued. Mild uniform toning. Uncut, Very Good. With envelope, from Scofield to a Pennsylvania constituent. Scofield asks, now that the War is over, "What shall be done with these five millions people. . . the colored population of the United States"..... More

Price: $500.00

[Baker, Edward]:

FUNERAL MARCH TO THE MEMORY OF COLONEL BAKER COMPOSED BY GEO. FELIX BENKERT.

Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, [1861]. 4to. [2], 5, [1 blank] pp. Front wrapper with engraved portrait of Baker, surrounded by angels and the American flag [in color], by T. Sinclair of Philadelphia. Light extremity wear, light dusting, spine reinforced. Else Very Good. In the left corner of the title page..... More

Price: $250.00

[Tragedy, Mournful]:

MOURNFUL TRAGEDY OF THE MAJOR'S ONLY SON, OR CRAZY JONES:- A TRUE STORY. - HOLLIS, N.H. 1787.

[np: c. 1810-1830]. Broadside, 9-1/2" x 11." Old folds [stitched repair to one fold, with a few words crimped but legible along one line; pinholes at two fold intersections, affecting a few letters. Foxed, Good. Two hearts at the top of the text, flanked by two decorative columns, each with..... More

Price: $350.00

[Henry, Patrick]:

DOCUMENT SIGNED, AS GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA.

Richmond: 1786 [November 8]. Vellum broadside, 12-1/2" x 14." Partially-printed land grant, completed in [slightly fading] ink manuscript in a secretarial hand. Boldly signed by Founding Father Patrick Henry ["P. Henry"] as Governor of Virginia. Paper seal at bottom; old flattened folds. Several spots, a couple of shallow blank margin..... More

Price: $3,000.00

[Confederate Battle Flags]:

CIRCULAR. THE CORPS COMMANDER HAS AGAIN EXPRESSED A WISH FOR ALL CAPTURED FLAGS TO BE FORWARDED, IN ORDER THAT A CORRECT REPORT MAY BE MADE TO ARMY HEAD QUARTERS. IN INSTANCES WHERE IT IS KNOWN THAT PARTIES HAVE FLAGS AND ARE UNWILLING TO GIVE THEM UP SPECIAL APPLICATION WILL BE MADE REQUESTING THEIR RETURN TO THE CAPTORS IN PLACE OF MEDALS OR OTHER REWARDS. FOR THE HONOR OF THE CORPS, ALL OFFICERS WHO ARE COGNIZANT OF CASES SUCH AS LAST MENTIONED, SHOULD USE THEIR POWER AND INFLUENCE TO RECOVER THE FLAGS, LET THE DISPOSITION OF THEM BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT BE WHAT IT MAY. BY COMMAND OF BVT. MAJ. GENL. WHEATON | (SD) GEO. C. CLENDENIN, JR. A.A.G. OFFICIAL | CHAS H. WOODMAN A.A.A.G.

Head Qrs. 1st Division 6th Corps: 1865 [April 14]. 7-13/16" x 9-7/8." Entirely in neat ink manuscript on blue-lined paper. Docketed on verso. Signed by Geo. C. Clendenin Jr., AAG; and by Charles H. Woodman, AAAG. Very Good. General Wheaton issues his request a few days after General Lee's surrender..... More

Price: $650.00

[Dodd, John]:

XENIA HOTEL. THE SUBSCRIBER RESPECTFULLY INFORMS HIS FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC, THAT HE HAS AGAIN OPENED A HOUSE OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT, IN THE TOWN OF XENIA, AT THE SIGN OF THE COACH AND FOUR. HIS HOUSE IS LARGE AND COMMODIOUS, AND HIS STABLES EQUAL TO ANY IN THE STATE. HIS TABLE WILL BE SUPPLIED WITH THE BEST THAT THE COUNTRY AFFORDS, AND EVERY ATTENTION WILL BE PAID TO THOSE WHO MAY FAVOR HIM WITH A CALL. DURING THE SUMMER SEASON TRAVELLERS WHO ARE DESIROUS TO MAKE EXCURSIONS IN THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY, CAN BE ACCOMMODATED WITH SADDLE HORSES OR HACKS, ON THE MOST REASONABLE TERMS. HE TENDERS HIS GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO THE PUBLIC FOR FORMER FAVORS, AND FROM HIS LONG EXPERIENCE AS AN INN KEEPER, HE LOOKS CONFIDENTLY FOR A CONTINUANCE OF THEM. JANUARY 1, 1831. JOHN DODD.

[Xenia, OH? 1831]. Framed oblong broadside, 11-1/2" x 9-1/2." Illustration of four horses drawing a coach, with passengers inside, and driver using a whip. Text and illustration surrounded by decorative border. Very Good. With this broadside John Dodd, a veteran innkeeper, launched his new Hotel, which became an Ohio landmark...... More

Price: $850.00

[Inventions] Phare & Thorp:

SMITH'S PATENT VAPOR LIGHT. AFTER YEARS OF STUDY, THE INVENTOR HAS SUCCEEDED IN BRINGING BEFORE THE PUBLIC, THIS IMPORTANT INVENTION. THE LIGHT OILS, SUCH AS NAPTHA, BENZINE, AURORA, BURING FLUID, AND ALL OTHER LIGHT OILS, ARE USED WITH PERFECT SAFETY. . . CITIES, TOWNS, CHURCHES AND HOUSES CAN BE LIGHTED BY THIS PROCESS. AS A STREET LIGHT IT CANNOT BE SURPASED [sic]. WE ALSO MAKE CHANDELIERS, HALL, SIDE AND STANDING LAMPS, AND ALL KINDS OF GOODS OF ALL STYLES AND DESCRIPTIONS PERTAINING TO THIS LIGHT. AN OPPORTUNITY IS NOW OFFERED TO ENERGETIC BUSINESS MEN, AND MEN OF CAPITAL, TO ENGAGE IN THIS MONOPOLY. IT HAS ONLY TO BE SEEN TO BE APPRECIATED, AND THERE IS NO DOUBT BUT IT MUST SUPERCEDE GAS. . .

New York: Waldheimer & Zenn, Printers & Stationers, [c. 1870s]. Broadside, 9-1/2" x 12." A variety of type fonts and sizes. Housed in a wood frame. Very Good. William Phare and Thomas Thorp were partners at 146 Fulton Street, New York. They called their business the "Headquarters" of the "Mechanics'..... More

Price: $450.00

[Inventions] Towle, J.J.:

J.J. TOWLE'S COMBINED FOOT WARMER AND LANTERN IS JUST WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS WHO WISHES TO ENJOY SLEIGH RIDING IN COLD WINTER WEATHER. IT NOT ONLY KEEPS YOU WARM, BUT LIGHTS THE ROAD IN THE NIGHT, AND WHEN YOU DRIVE INTO YOUR STABLE, YOU HAVE YOUR LANTERN WITH YOU. THEY WILL NOT BURN OR INJURE THE ROBES, AND ARE NOT EXTINGUISHED EITHER BY WIND OR FAST DRIVING. . .

[Dixfield ME? Carthage ME? c. 1880's]. Broadside, 9-1/2" x 12." A variety of type fonts and sizes. Light uniform toning. Housed in a wood frame. Very Good. According to the online Maine Memory Network, Towle's Combined Foot Warmer and Lantern received a patent on June 8, 1880. Towle was one..... More

Price: $450.00

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