Burlington, New-Jersey: Printed and Sold by Isaac Collins, 1774. Folio. xii,812,[16] pp, as issued. Original sheep with raised spine bands [rubbed, front board detached but present]. Light to moderate foxing and toning. Good+. Front pastedown with the ownership signature, "Sarah Paxson her Book 1797." The front flyleaf with a detailed..... More

[4] pp bifolium, folded. Letter written on recto of first leaf, inner pages blank, last page addressed to Fox. Old mailing folds, light margin spotting, paper loss on the blank leaf from a seal tear has been replaced with period paper. Very Good. Kentucky Revolutionary War veteran Breckinridge became Attorney..... More

[4]pp bifolium, text written on recto of first leaf, folded for mailing and addressed [with red seal] to Colonel Webb at "Head Quarters Morristown." Small tear to left margin from seal [text unaffected]. Very Good. The Massachusetts Federalist Otis [1740-1814], the first Secretary of the U.S. Senate, served as such..... More

Boston: 1871. Single leaf, folded to [4]pp, bifolium. Each page 5" x 8-1/8." The two leaves separating along the spine. Sumner's signature at the end has an ink smudge partially affecting the "C" in his first name. Because Sumner's handwriting was terrible, we have made a couple of leaps of..... More

Washington DC: Post Office Department, 1825. Single page, entirely in ink manuscript, signed at the end, "John McLean." Very Good. Future U.S. Supreme Court Justice McLean settled in Cincinnati, where he became its leading citizen, a Congressman, Judge of the Ohio Supreme Court. President Monroe appointed him Postmaster General; Andrew..... More

[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