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THE LEGAL REMEDY; OR, THE BEAUTIES OF GOING TO LAW; AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE FAMOUS CASE OF PILKINGTON VS. POPSQUIRT. BY THE AUTHOR OF "MY MOTHER'S GOLD RING," &C. &C.

Boston: Redding and Company, 1849. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 24pp. With a humorous frontis, captioned, "What Befell Mrs. Pilkington." Several old rubberstamps; otherwise a clean text. Good+. A tale illustrating the tendency of litigation to create tempests from teapots. Sargent concludes: "What money and labor are annually sacrificed in the..... More

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CARTE DE VISITE PHOTOGRAPH OF AN UNIDENTIFIED YOUNG WOMAN, IN A LONG DRESS, WEARING A FLORAL HAT,...

CARTE DE VISITE PHOTOGRAPH OF AN UNIDENTIFIED YOUNG WOMAN, IN A LONG DRESS, WEARING A FLORAL HAT, HER ARM RESTING ON A DESK.

Demopolis or Selma, Alabama: c.1880s. 2-1/2" x 4-1/4." Light fading. with verso printed: "Rosenberger & Son, PHOTOGRAPHERS, Selma & Demopolis, Ala.," Good+. The firm of Rosenberger & Son was a father and son team, Gottlieb L. [1826-1908] and Leon G. Rosenberger, doing business in Demopolis and Selma, Alabama; and..... More

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SKETCH OF THE LIFE, PERSONAL APPEARANCE, CHARACTER AND MANNERS OF CHARLES S. STRATTON, THE MAN IN MINIATURE, KNOWN AS GENERAL TOM THUMB, AND HIS WIFE, LAVINIA WARREN STRATTON, INCLUDING THE HISTORY OF THEIR COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF REMARKABLE DWARFS, GIANTS, & OTHER HUMAN PHENOMENA, OF ANCIENT AND MODERN TIMES. ALSO, SONGS GIVEN AT THEIR PUBLIC LEVEES.

New York: Printed by Samuel Booth, 201 Centre Street, 1874. 45, [1 blank], page 46, [1 blank] pp. Original printed front wrapper [spotted and worn]. Wrapper and title page with 1874 imprint date. Good+. OCLC 647911577 [4]. More

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AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, 7 SEPTEMBER 1865, AS MAJOR GENERAL, ON "HEAD QUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION...

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, 7 SEPTEMBER 1865, AS MAJOR GENERAL, ON "HEAD QUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI" STATIONERY, TO FRIEND "PHIL", DISCUSSING THE POSSIBLE PURCHASE OF A HOUSE THAT WIFE ELLEN LIKES.

St. Louis, Mo. 1865. Autograph Letter Signed ("W.T. Sherman"), as Major General, Folded leaf, [4] pp bifolium. Written in ink manuscript on three pages, last page blank. Very Good. In June 1865, Sherman received command of the Military Division of the Mississippi, the name later changed to Military Division of..... More

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"TO THE UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY: THE UNDERSIGNED, RESIDING AT MACON GA WHO IS AN...

"TO THE UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY: THE UNDERSIGNED, RESIDING AT MACON GA WHO IS AN EX-CONFEDERATE SOLDIER AND A MEMBER OF CAMP NO. 484 U.C.VS., HEREBY, AT YOUR REQUEST, PRESENTS THIS CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR A CONFEDERATE CROSS OF HONOR. HE ENTERED THE SERVICE OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES ON THE14TH DAY OF APRIL 1863, AS A PRIVATE IN COMPANY A OF THE 3RD REGIMENT OF GA RESERVES VOLUNTEERS, C.S.A., AND WAS AT THAT TIME A RESIDENT OF MACON, GA. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM SAID SERVICE BY SURRENDER OF GEN. R.E. LEE ON THE 9TH DAY OF APRIL, 1865, AT WHICH TIME HE HELD THE RANK OF PRIVATE. "RESPECTFULLY, W.N. BELKNAP "WE ENDORSE THE ABOVE CERTIFICATE. | C.M. WILEY| ROBT. A. NISBET| "MEMBERS CAMP NO. 484, UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS| "APPROVED BY ORDER OF AFF. F. JONES| COMMANDER CAMP NO. 484 UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS. "R.W. BONNER ADJUTANT."

[Macon, Georgia]: September 19, 1901. Printed broadsheet on pale blue paper, completed in manuscript and docketed on verso. Very Good. William N. Belknap [c.1845-1911] was a farmer in Bibb County, Georgia, for much of his life. Several military pension applications filed in his later years show him financially destitute and..... More

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"TO THE UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY: THE UNDERSIGNED, RESIDING AT MACON GA WHO IS AN...

"TO THE UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY: THE UNDERSIGNED, RESIDING AT MACON GA WHO IS AN EX-CONFEDERATE SOLDIER AND A MEMBER OF CAMP NO. 484 U.C.VS., HEREBY, AT YOUR REQUEST, PRESENTS THIS CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR A CONFEDERATE CROSS OF HONOR. HE ENTERED THE SERVICE OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES ON THE 6TH DAY OF MAY, 1864, AS A PRIVATE IN COMPANY D OF THE 5TH REGIMENT OF GA RESERVES VOLUNTEERS, C.S.A., AND WAS AT THAT TIME A RESIDENT OF HANCOCK CO., GA. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM SAID SERVICE BY PAROLE ON ABOUT THE 15TH DAY OF MAY, 1865, AT WHICH TIME HE HELD THE RANK OF PRIVATE. "RESPECTFULLY, Z.T. BINION "WE ENDORSE THE ABOVE CERTIFICATE. | W.J. PARKER| C.M. WILEY| "MEMBERS CAMP NO. 484, UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS "APPROVED BY ORDER OF AB. F. JONES| COMMANDER CAMP NO. 484 UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS. "W.A. POE ADJUTANT."

[Georgia]: September 19, 1901. Printed broadsheet on pale blue paper, completed in manuscript and docketed on verso. Very Good. Zachary Taylor Binion 1846-1924] enlisted as a private with Companies D & H, 5th Regiment Georgia Reserves, in April 1864. He was a farmer in Hancock County, Georgia, for many years..... More

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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM THE WIDOW OF SENATOR STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, TO HONORABLE JOHN WISE [1846-1913], ADVISING THAT "GENL. WILLIAMS IS ABSENT FROM THE CITY BUT WILL RETURN IN A FEW DAYS WHEN HE WILL HAVE THE PLEASURE TO CALL ON YOU. IN THE MEAN TIME IF YOU HAVE EVEN AN IDLE HOUR WE WOULD BE GLAD TO SEE YOU AT OUR HOME AS YOUR NAME HAS BECOME ONE OF ADDED INTEREST TO US THROUGH YOUR ASSOCIATION WITH THE SAD TRAGEDY WHICH THREW SO MUCH UNHAPPINESS AROUND OUR HOME CIRCLE IN VIRGINIA. | VERY SINCERELY YOURS | ADELE CUTTS WILLIAMS."

Chicago: [1888]. Single page, vertical fold. Very Good. [offered with] Williams, Robert: AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM ADELE CUTTS DOUGLAS WILLIAMS'S HUSBAND, TO HON. JOHN S. WISE OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, EXPRESSING UNHAPPINESS AT BEING UNAVAILABLE WHEN WISE WAS PRESENT IN CHICAGO. "I HAVE BEEN VERY UNWELL SINCE MY RETURN FROM..... More

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YOU WILL WISH TO HEAR THE FAMOUS CANADIAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE LEADER MRS. FLORA McD. DENNISON AND MR. FRANK DUNHAM (FORMERLY OF COLORADO). ALSO THE LIBERTY LOAN SPEAKER REV. DR. J. ELLENWOOD AT THE FINAL SUFFRAGE MASS MEETING IN THE COMMON COUNCIL CHAMBER CITY HALL THURSDAY OCTOBER 25 AT 8:00 P.M. PRESIDING OFFICER MAYOR E.J. FOLEY. VOTE FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT NO. 1 NOV. 6TH.

Watervliet [NY]: Century Printing Co., Broadway, [1917]. Broadside, 6” x 8-12.” Uniformly toned, a couple of shallow blank edge chips, else Very Good. Foley was Mayor of the town of Watervliet, located near Troy and Albany. Flora MacDonald Dennison was a leader of the Canadian Woman Suffrage Association; she..... More

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