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Item #39511 EXTRACTS FROM THE SPEECH OF HON. MR. BENJAMIN, OF LOUISIANA, ON THE KANSAS QUESTION:...

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

Item #39492 SECRETARY CHASE SCHEMING FOR THE PRESIDENCY-- HIS INTRIGUES AND OFFICIAL ABUSES....

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

Item #39490 WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS. TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. SEPTEMBER, 1796....

[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

Item #39485 AN HEIR TO THE THRONE, OR THE NEXT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE. Election of 1860

[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

Item #39467 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. James Monroe

[Monroe, James]:

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.

[Boston? Boston Patriot, 1822]. Folio broadside, 10" x 31." Printed in four columns, each column separated by a rule. Lightly toned, Very Good. Signed and dated in type at the end, "James Monroe, Washington, December 3, 1822.". We infer a Boston printing of this broadside because, beneath the Message, an..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #39448 THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD. A FULL, GRAPHIC, AND ONLY COMPLETE...

Garfield, James:

THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD. A FULL, GRAPHIC, AND ONLY COMPLETE ACCOUNT. WITH THE LIFE OF OUR PRESIDENT, AND THE LIFE OF GUITEAU, THE ASSASSIN...THE WHOLE COUNTRY STARTLED! THE PULSE OF FIFTY MILLION PEOPLE BEATS AS ONE.

Philadelphia: Barclay, 1881. Pages [17]-80, as issued. Stitched in original printed and illustrated wrappers [portraits of President Garfield and Mrs. Garfield]. Full-page illustration of the assassination scene at page [48]: "The cowardly shot! The office of a brave woman. A touching scene. Great presence of mind." Portrait of Guiteau at..... More

Price: $750.00

[Democratic National Convention of 1864]:

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, HELD IN 1864 AT CHICAGO.

Chicago: Times Steam Book and Job Printing House, 1864. 64pp. Stitched. Title leaf with some fox spots; last leaf with a small hole affecting 5-6 letters [in lists of Executive Committee and Members]. Good+. Democrats oppose continuation of the War, pledge to end it by negotiation, denounce President Lincoln for..... More

Price: $850.00

Nast, Thomas:

COMPROMISE WITH THE SOUTH. DEDICATED TO THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.

[New York? 1864]. Carte-de-visite print, oblong 4" x 2-3/8." Very Good. At a gravestone on which is printed, "In memory of the Union Heroes who died in a useless war," a wounded and utterly defeated Union soldier and a proud, energetic Confederate soldier shake hands. Flags of the United States..... More

Price: $750.00

Roosevelt, Theodore:

ARCHIVE OF NINE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT, DURING HIS PRESIDENCY AND POST-PRESIDENCY.

Various dimensions, from 3-3/4" x 4-1/2" to 8" x 10-1/4." With frequent captions or typed notes adhering to the base of the photograph describing the occasion for the photo; or notes on the blank verso. With Underwood & Underwood logo, press photographers. Occasional minor corner or edge wear. Very Good..... More

Price: $950.00

[Buchanan, James]:

A NEST OF COPPERHEADS.

[np: 186-?]. Carte-de-visite, oblong 2-1/4" x 3-3/8" depicting eight snakes with faces of Copperhead leaders. Very Good. President Buchanan's passivity in the face of southern aggression, and South Carolina's secession in December 1860, deeply angered Union men. "Copperheads" were men residing in Yankee States, but obnoxiously supporting the Rebellion. The..... More

Price: $450.00

[Harrison, William Henry] Frank, Augustus:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, TO HIS SON AUGUSTUS FRANK JR., FROM ALBANY, 8 APRIL 1841 DESCRIBING "HOW THE OFFICERS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE CITIZENS HERE MANIFEST THEIR GRIEF AND SHOW THEIR RESPECT FOR THE LATE CHIEF MAGISTRATE OF THE NATION."

Albany: 1841 [8 April]. Folio sheet, folded to [4] pp, each page 7-3/4" x 12-3/8." Entirely in neat ink manuscript. Folded for mailing, and addressed with Albany postal cancel to Junior at Warsaw, Genesee County, N.Y. Old folds, light wear, with a note in ink by a former owner. Very..... More

Price: $450.00

[Illinois]:

LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, PASSED BY THE ELEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT THEIR SPECIAL SESSION, BEGUN AND HELD AT SPRINGFIELD, ON THE NINTH OF DECEMBER, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE.

Springfield: William Walters, Public Printer, 1840. 156, [4], xxxii pp. Including the Auditor's Report and a detailed index. Original cloth, scattered light foxing, else Very Good. As a member of the Sangamon County delegation in the Illinois House of Representatives since 1837, Lincoln held his first elective office. The Session..... More

Price: $275.00

[Massachusetts]:

AN ADDRESS TO THE INDEPENDENT CITIZENS OF MASSACHUSETTS, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE APPROACHING ELECTION. EXHIBITING A VIEW OF THE LEADING MEASURES OF THE JEFFERSON & MADISON ADMINISTRATIONS.

Worcester: Published at the Spy Office, March - 1810. 23, [1 blank] pp. Stitched, untrimmed. Scattered foxing. Title page with a closed blank margin tear and chipped blank inner margin [no text affected]. Ownership stamp, "Charles D. Boynton" at blank bottom margin of title page. Good+. The anonymous author hopes..... More

Price: $250.00

[Election of 1864]:

LOYAL DEMOCRATS, READ! LETTER OE [sic] EZRA WHEELER. THE POLICY OF THE CHICAGO PLATFORM WOULD LEAD TO DISUNION.

[np. Milwaukee? Berlin WI? 1864]. Broadside, 6-1/8" x 11." Spotted, small chip to blank upper corner. Good+. Ezra Wheeler, Wisconsin Democrat, was serving his only term in Congress when he wrote this October 15 letter to his constituents in the Berlin Courant. He retired from Congress at the end of..... More

Price: $850.00

Item #39315 HYMNS SUNG AT THE CENTER CHURCH, NEW HAVEN, APRIL 17TH, 1841, AT THE FUNERAL...

[Harrison, William Henry]:

HYMNS SUNG AT THE CENTER CHURCH, NEW HAVEN, APRIL 17TH, 1841, AT THE FUNERAL SOLEMNITIES ON OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

New Haven: Printed by William Storer, Jun. [1841]. 4pp. Folded octavo sheet, untrimmed and generously margined with blank extremity chipping. Good+. With a Dirge and a Requiem by James G. Percival, a Hymn by James Montgomery, and a Mourner's Hymn by Percival. OCLC 13693368 [6], 702328440 [1] as of June..... More

Price: $150.00

Item #39306 TREASONABLE DESIGNS OF THE DEMOCRACY. THE ISSUE BEFORE THE PEOPLE- ANOTHER CIVIL WAR-...

Election of 1868:

TREASONABLE DESIGNS OF THE DEMOCRACY. THE ISSUE BEFORE THE PEOPLE- ANOTHER CIVIL WAR- THE PROOF FROM THEIR OWN RECORD.

Washington: Union Republican Congressional Committee, [1868]. Caption title [as issued], 8pp. Printed in two columns per page. Disbound and loosened. Good+. A Republican attack on the Democratic Party and its 1868 presidential ticket of Seymour and Blair, emphasizing that the disloyalty of the Democratic Party caused the Rebellion; that the..... More

Price: $175.00

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