[Lecompton, Lawrence, Topeka, Leavenworth, and the "bogus legislature" from Washington]: [1856-1877]. The earliest laws of the State of Kansas [excepting the second session], with the Kansas House Journal of the first statehood legislature. Paginated variously, some volumes with institutional rubberstamps and bookplates. Otherwise, texts are clean, with bindings in various..... More
Boston: Redding and Company, 1855. [2], 91, [1 blank] pp. Disbound and lightly worn, else Very Good. This printed Letter to Doughface President Franklin Pierce is signed in type at the end, "AMERICAN CITIZEN" and dated Boston, December 1, 1854. Its message doubtless fell on deaf ears. The author, probably..... More
Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1824. Doc. 1. 19pp. Disbound, untrimmed, light toning. Good+. [offered with] DOCUMENTS ACCOMPANYING THE MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Washington: Gales & Seaton. 1824. 317pp, folding tables. Untrimmed, disbound. Scattered toning, else Very Good. The 1814 Treaty of Ghent pledged all parties to..... More
Washington: Cornelius Wendell, Printer, 1857. 35th Cong., 1st Sess. SED11. 775pp, disbound else Very Good. At midstream of the Buchanan administration, his disastrous Kansas policy alienates his Democratic support in the North; even pro-slavery northerners find it difficult to stomach the election frauds and violence necessary to sustain the Lecompton..... More
New York: Horace Greeley, 1860. Folio. Each issue 8pp, except for the 12-page May 19 issue, and printed in six columns per page. 16-1/2" x 21-3/4.". May 14, May 15, May 16, May 17, May 18, May 19. Six issues disbound, some loosening; couple of printer flaws. The May 19..... More
[South Kingston RI]: 1847 [August 11]. 12-1/2" x 19," printed broadside. Narrow portions of blank margins toned. Old folds. Very Good, with a cut of runaway slaves. Printed in three columns, this scarce broadside emphasizes its anti-slavery position with cuts of three runaway slaves. Its Whig authors denounce the War..... More
[Seguin? Austin?]: 1859 [July 5th]. Printed broadside, 8-1/4" x 13-3/4." Printed in three columns beneath caption title. Foxed, uniformly toned, Good+. Signed and dated in type at the end, "Seguin, July 5th 1859." A rare, unrecorded Texas broadside. The author, Andrew Neill (1813-1883), born in Scotland, moved to Mississippi and..... More
[Philadelphia: 1791]. 2pp, Folio. Caption title [as issued]. Light toning at horizontal folds. Very Good. This scarce Epistle acknowledges that, "The cause of the oppressed Africans hath indeed been powerfully pleaded in this nation; and one branch of the legislature hath agreed to the gradual abolition of the slave-trade; it..... More
[Philadelphia: 1791]. 2pp, Folio. Caption title [as issued]. Light toning at horizontal folds. Very Good. This scarce Epistle expresses pleasure "that your attention is still drawn towards endeavouring to promote the deliverance of the distressed Africans from slavery . . . and we believe the minds of the people of..... More
Panola County, MS: 1852. Folio, 7-12" x 12-1/2". [3], [1-docketed] pp. Completely in ink manuscript in Elijah Wilbourn's hand. Old folds, short fold splits [partly repaired with archival tape], light toning, light waterstaining at inner margin. Some bleeding through of ink. Certification and signature of Wilbourn at end. Good+. Wilbourn..... More
New York: H.R. Robinson, 1838. Oblong lithograph broadside, 11-1/2" x 18-3/4." Lightly foxed, minor blank margin wear. Else Very Good. "The major figures in American national politics in 1838 are gently satirized, each characterized as riding a favorite issue of 'hobbyhorse'." [Reilly]. Van Buren's horse is "Sub-Treasury." He calls it..... More
New York: Peter Smith [N. Currier], 1848. Lithograph folio illustrated broadside, oblong 13-5/8" x 18-5/8." Minor dusting. Handwritten depository notice at blank bottom margin; small stamp reading "Microfilmed" is near the blank bottom right corner. Prior matting remnants on blank verso, light crease laid down. The image and text are..... More
[Hartford: 1856]. 4to, folded. [3], [1 blank] pp. A few fox spots, old tape remnants, Good+. This scarce item records the beginning of the Republican Party in Connecticut. Its organizers claim that Democrats and Whigs lack acceptable programs to resolve the great questions of the day; indeed, "the Administration in..... More
New York: Peter Smith [i.e., Nathaniel Currier], 1848. Lithograph on wove paper, folio broadside. 12-3/4" x 19." A few fox spots, Very Good. "A comic portrayal of the alliance between Free Soil Democrats and Whigs and the more extremist abolitionist Liberty Party interests during the election campaign of 1848. The..... More