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Raymond, Henry J.:

THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE WAR. THE DUTY OF SUPPORTING THE GOVERNMENT - ARBITRARY ARRESTS - OBJECT OF THE WAR TO SAVE THE UNION - THE QUESTION OF RECONSTRUCTION. REMARKS OF MR. H.J. RAYMOND, OF NEW YORK, AT WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, NOVEMBER 6, 1863.

[Wilmington? 1863]. 15, [1 blank] pp. Stitched, with caption title as issued. Margin toning, couple of rubberstamps on page [1], and a short closed tear [no loss]. Good+. A founder of the New York Times and a Republican politician, Raymond arraigns the Slave Power, which is responsible for the..... More

Price: $175.00

Munson, John W.:

REMINISCENCES OF A MOSBY GUERRILLA.

New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1906. Original publisher's cloth, with title stamped in gilt on front cover and spine [a bit dulled]. x, [6], 277 pp, with half title, frontis, and illustrations as issued. Very Good. I Nevins 134 ["Too much manufactured drama..."]. More

Price: $125.00

Vaux, Roberts:

MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF ANTHONY BENEZET.

Philadelphia: Parke, 1817. v, [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], 136 pp, with frontis of the 1757 Indian Peace Medal with Benezet's facsimile autograph. Bound in modern buckram, light to moderate foxing, Good+. First edition of the life of the great Quaker anti-slavery crusader and pamphleteer, by one of Philadelphia's..... More

Price: $100.00

MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF ANTHONY BENEZET. Roberts Vaux

Vaux, Roberts:

MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF ANTHONY BENEZET.

Philadelphia: Parke, 1817. v, [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], 136 pp, with frontis of the 1757 Indian Peace Medal with Benezet's facsimile autograph. Untrimmed, uncut, in original publisher's printed paper over boards [spine and joint wear]. Very Good. First edition of the life of the great Quaker anti-slavery crusader and..... More

Price: $250.00

POST-BIBLICAL HISTORY OF THE JEWS; FROM THE CLOSE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, ABOUT THE YEAR 420 B.C.E....

Raphall, Morris J.:

POST-BIBLICAL HISTORY OF THE JEWS; FROM THE CLOSE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, ABOUT THE YEAR 420 B.C.E. TILL THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SECOND TEMPLE, IN THE YEAR 70 C.E. IN TWO VOLUMES.

Philadelphia: Moss & Brother, 1855. Two volumes, bound in matching modern buckram with gilt-stamped spine titles. 405, [1 blank]; 486 pp. Volume 1 has an expertly repaired closed tear to title leaf and a clean text. Volume 2 has light scattered foxing. Good+ or better. Raphall was a...... More

Price: $375.00

THE PATH TO IMMORTALITY, AS HELD BY THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, ON REPENTANCE, A FUTURE STATE, AND THE...

Raphall, Morris J.:

THE PATH TO IMMORTALITY, AS HELD BY THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, ON REPENTANCE, A FUTURE STATE, AND THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD. AFTER THE HEBREW OF MAIMONIDES AND OTHER EMINENT RABBINS. BY MORRIS J. RAPHALL, M.A. PH. DR. RABBI-PREACHER AT THE SYNAGOGUE, GREEN STREET, NEW YORK. REPRINTED (WITH ADDENDA) FROM THE "OCCIDENT" AND "JEWISH MESSENGER."

New York: Printed for the Author, 107 Macdougal Street, 1859. 28pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers [lightly worn]. Some Hebrew text. Text lightly toned, about Very Good. Raphall was a prominent defender of Judaism in England before immigrating to America in 1849. He fought for the political rights of..... More

Price: $1,000.00

ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY 1829 I PROMISE & OBLIGE MYSELF HEIRS OR ASSIGNS TO PAY OR CAUSE TO BE...

[Slave Hire]:

ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY 1829 I PROMISE & OBLIGE MYSELF HEIRS OR ASSIGNS TO PAY OR CAUSE TO BE PAID UNTO ROBERT F. TUBMAN [---] HIS HEIRS OR ASSIGNS THE SUM OF FORTY FIVE DOLLARS IT BEING FOR THE HIRE OF NEGRO MAN ISAAC FOR THE YEAR OF 1828. I FURTHER AGREE TO FIND SAID NEGRO GOOD SUFFICIENT CLOTHES & ACCOMMODATIONS & IF NOT PAID BY THE ABOVE TIME, TO PAY INTEREST UNTIL PAID. AS WITNESS MY HAND & SEAL THIS 2ND DAY OF JANUARY 1828. NOAH RICHARDSON | WM D. BARROW | ALL SICK TIME WILL BE DEDUCTED. | INTEREST 23 CTS."

[Dorchester County, MD]: 1828. Single leaf, oblong 6-5/8" x 8." Toning, light wear, Good+. Docketed on verso. Robert Francis Tubman [1791-1864] was a farmer and physician from Cambridge, Maryland. In 1842, he bought an additional 356 acres which he split into two estates called Glasgow and Glenburn, one for..... More

Price: $375.00

AN ORATION, SPOKEN AT HARTFORD, IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN...

Brown, William:

AN ORATION, SPOKEN AT HARTFORD, IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, JULY 4TH, A.D. 1799.

Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1799. 23, [1 blank] pp. Stitched and untrimmed. Scattered foxing and spotting. Early ownership signature at head of title [loss of letter due to small tear]. Good+. A Connecticut Federalist attacks the French Revolution and the "utter depravity" of its leaders, who would foment a...... More

Price: $500.00

THE WORKS OF JOHN WOOLMAN. IN TWO PARTS. John Woolman

Woolman, John:

THE WORKS OF JOHN WOOLMAN. IN TWO PARTS.

Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Crukshank, 1774. xiv ,[ii], 436 pp. Scattered foxing and toning, Good+ in modern quarter calf, raised spine bands, gilt-lettered morocco spine title. The first part is Woolman's Journals of his Life and Travels, one of the best colonial American autobiographies. Woolman, a Quaker minister, championed abolition..... More

Price: $850.00

COLLECTION OF RELIGIOUS TRACTS, VIZ. ON THE SPIRIT OF PRAYER. ON WAR, AND ITS REPUGNANCY TO THE...

[Benezet, Anthony]:

COLLECTION OF RELIGIOUS TRACTS, VIZ. ON THE SPIRIT OF PRAYER. ON WAR, AND ITS REPUGNANCY TO THE CHRISTIAN LIFE, &C. &C. CHRISTIAN PIETY FREED FROM DELUSION, &C. DAILY CONVERSATION WITH GOD, ILLUSTRATED IN THE LIFE OF A. NICOLAS. A REPRESENTATION OF THE NEGRO-TRADE, &C.

Philadelphia: Henry Miller, [1767?]. Original calf, spine title stamped in gilt. Rebacked [some spine chipping] at an early date. Hinges starting. [2], 48, 30, [2 blanks], 22, 26, [4], 52, 4. Final pages trimmed closely at the top margin, occasionally affecting a page number. Except as noted, Very Good. The..... More

Price: $2,500.00

SOME HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF GUINEA, ITS SITUATION, PRODUCE AND THE GENERAL DISPOSITION OF ITS...

Benezet, Anthony:

SOME HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF GUINEA, ITS SITUATION, PRODUCE AND THE GENERAL DISPOSITION OF ITS INHABITANTS. WITH AN INQUIRY INTO THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE SLAVE TRADE, ITS NATURE AND LAMENTABLE EFFECTS. ALSO A RE-PUBLICATION OF THE SENTIMENTS OF SEVERAL AUTHORS OF NOTE, ON THIS INTERESTING SUBJECT; PARTICULARLY AN EXTRACT OF A TREATISE, BY GRANVILLE SHARP.

Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1771. [bound with] Sharp, Granville: EXTRACT FROM A REPRESENTATION OF THE INJUSTICE AND DANGEROUS TENDENCY OF TOLERATING SLAVERY, OR ADMITTING THE LEAST CLAIM OF PRIVATE PROPERTY IN THE PERSONS OF MEN IN ENGLAND. Philadelphia: Crukshank. 1771. [bound with] EXTRACT FROM AN ADDRESS IN THE VIRGINIA GAZETTE, OF..... More

Price: $2,500.00

A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THAT PART OF AFRICA, INHABITED BY THE NEGROES. WITH RESPECT TO THE FERTILITY...

[Benezet, Anthony]:

A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THAT PART OF AFRICA, INHABITED BY THE NEGROES. WITH RESPECT TO THE FERTILITY OF THE COUNTRY; THE GOOD DISPOSITION OF MANY OF THE NATIVES, AND THE MANNER BY WHICH THE SLAVE TRADE IS CARRIED ON...THE SECOND EDITION, WITH LARGE ADDITIONS AND AMENDMENTS.

Philadelphia: W. Dunlap, 1762. 80pp, light tanning and foxing, Very Good in later quarter calf and marbled boards. Errata statement at the bottom of page 80. A significant work by "the most determined, prolific, and successful advocate of the Negro's rights in the American colonies. Not single-handed, of course..... More

Price: $2,500.00

CLIPPED SIGNATURE: "ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS | CRAWFORDVILLE | GA" Alexander H. Stephens

Stephens, Alexander H.:

CLIPPED SIGNATURE: "ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS | CRAWFORDVILLE | GA"

np: nd. His bold signature. Very Good. More

Price: $125.00

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM THE U.S. SENATE CHAMBER, 15 DECEMBER 1865, TO AN UNKNOWN...

Sumner, Charles :

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM THE U.S. SENATE CHAMBER, 15 DECEMBER 1865, TO AN UNKNOWN RECIPIENT, EXPRESSING "HOPE THAT PAYMASTER BINNEY MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VINDICATE HIMSELF."

[Washington]: Senate Chamber, 1865. Letter written and signed, "Charles Sumner," in ink script on the first page of a [4] page bifolium. Folded, inner pages blank, docketed in a different hand on the last page. Very Good. "My dear Sir, | I hope that Paymaster Binney may in some way..... More

Price: $500.00

ADDRESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE, TO THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Democratic...

Democratic State Central Committee of Pennsylvania:

ADDRESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE, TO THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA.

[Harrisburg? 1856]. 14, [2 blanks] pp. Bound into modern plain wrappers, light foxing. Good+. This pamphlet was issued during the 1856 presidential campaign, urging election of Pennsylvania's favorite son, James Buchanan. Warning that the new Republican Party threatens the Union, the Committee argues, "Let a President of the..... More

Price: $250.00

INVENTORY OF THE ESTATE OF JEROME B. YATES, INFANT DEVISEE OF SLAVES AND REAL ESTATE FORMERLY...

[Mississippi Slaves]:

INVENTORY OF THE ESTATE OF JEROME B. YATES, INFANT DEVISEE OF SLAVES AND REAL ESTATE FORMERLY OWNED BY IGNATIUS YATES, DECEASED. FILED BY THE MINOR'S GUARDIAN, THOS. O. DAVIS

[Hinds County, Mississippi: 1849]. Single legal sheet, entirely in ink manuscript, docketed on verso in the neat hand of W.H. Hampton, Clerk of Court. "An inventory of the real and Personal Estate of Jerome B. Yates, an infant devisee of Ignatius Yates, decd, now in the hands and possession..... More

Price: $1,850.00

THE REPORT FROM THE TRUSTEES OF THE SOUTH SEA COMPANY TO THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF COMMONS;...

[South Sea Company]:

THE REPORT FROM THE TRUSTEES OF THE SOUTH SEA COMPANY TO THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF COMMONS; PRESENTED JANUARY 25, 1722. PUBLISH'D BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, Bernard Lintot, and William Taylor, 1724. [2], 8, [2] pp, as issued. Folio. Disbound with a bit of loosening, right margin trimmed near text but not affecting it. Else Very Good. The Report addresses the fallout from the economic destruction caused by the South Sea..... More

Price: $500.00

ACTS PASSED BY THE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, AT ITS FIRST AND SECOND...

[Louisiana]:

ACTS PASSED BY THE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, AT ITS FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS, HELD AND BEGUN IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, ON THE 4TH OF OCTOBER, 1864. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

New Orleans: W.R. Fish, State Printer, 1865. Original printed front yellow wrapper. Stitched. 189, [1 blank] pp. Foxed, Good+, French and English language on facing pages. Contemporary ink signature at head of front wrapper: "Bela Lovassey - Bayou Sara, La." He is listed in Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and..... More

Price: $450.00

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT I JOSIAH RAMSAY SR. [also sometimes Ramsey] OF THE COUNTY OF...

[Missouri Slave Manumission]:

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT I JOSIAH RAMSAY SR. [also sometimes Ramsey] OF THE COUNTY OF CALLAWAY IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI, FROM MOTIVES OF BENEVOLENCE, AND HUMANITY HAVE MANUMITTED AND DO HEREBY MANUMIT AND SET FREE FROM SLAVERY MY NEGRO MAN PHILIP, EPHRAIM, GEORGE, JERRY, ARCHY, TIMOTHY & REUBEN, MY NEGRO WOMEN AMY, ROSY, FLORA & RHODY, & MY NEGRO CHILDREN LEWIS, SAMUEL, MARY, FRANK, STARK, LEAH, JENNY, BETSY, MARY, EMELINE, MELFORD, AMERICA, SARAH, HETTY ANN, & JACK, AND I DO HEREBY GIVE, GRANT AND RELEASE UNTO THE SAID NEGROES ALL MY RIGHT, TITLE AND CLAIM OF IN AND TO THEIR PERSONS, LABOUR AND SERVICES, AND OF IN AND TO THE ESTATE AND PROPERTY WHICH THEY MAY HEREAFTER ACQUIRE AND OBTAIN ... THE ABOVE DEED IS MADE WITH THIS CONDITION, HOWEVER, THAT ALL THE ABOVE NAMED NEGROES MANUMITTED AND SET FREE AS AFORESAID, WHO ARE UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS SHALL BE BOUND OUT TO SERVICE UNTIL THEY ARRIVE AT THE AGE OF TWENTY ONE YEARS ... THIS DEED HOWEVER IS NOT TO TAKE EFFECT UNTIL AFTER MY DEATH.

Callaway County, Missouri: 1834. Single leaf, filled on recto and verso in neat ink manuscript in the hand of Irvine O. Hockaday, Clerk of the Callaway County, Missouri, Court. Very Good. The deed is of particular interest for the large number of slaves emancipated, as well as the various..... More

Price: $1,500.00

[Wilmot, David]:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM V.E. PIOLLET TO JOHN HASTINGS, CONCERNING THE UNSUCCESSFUL "EXTRAORDINARY EXERTIONS" IN THE 1846 ELECTION TO DEFEAT THEIR PENNSYLVANIA CONGRESSMAN DAVID WILMOT, AUTHOR OF THE CONTROVERSIAL "WILMOT PROVISO" BANNING SLAVERY FROM THE MEXICAN CESSION.

Towanda, PA: 17 October 1846. Single leaf, entirely in ink manuscript. The recto filled with Piollet's letter; folded for mailing, with address to "John Hastings Esq. | Brooksville | Jefferson County | Pa." Remnant of red seal on blank portion of verso. Light wear. Very Good. Victor E. Piollet [1812..... More

Price: $850.00

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