[vp: vd]. The autographs are on slips of paper of varying sizes. Very Good. "Sarah M. Grimke"; "Very truly your brother | Theodore D. Weld"; "John G. Whittier for Penn. State A.S. Society"; "Gerrit Smith"; and "Geo. Thompson," with eight lines of poetry, dated Nov. 23, 1835: "Yet..... More
Jackson TN: 1836. Folded folio sheet, ink manuscript on first two pages. Addressed for mailing to Colonel Love in Nashville, with a postmark, "Jackson Ten. Feb. 12." Old folds. Last leaf with a couple of fold splits and seal remnant. Very Good. "I this day presented to W. William Stoddart..... More
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[np]: 1843. Four manuscript lines plus signature "Wm. B. Carter," and his facsimile seal. Old folds, Very Good. "Three months after date, I Promise to Pay Robert Love twenty five hundred Pounds of merchantable bar Iron delivered at my Forge on Roanes Creek. Value received. Witness my hand & seal..... More
Hampton, New Hampshire: 28 February 1723. Folio sheet, folded to [4] pp. Entirely in manuscript on first two pages, signed by Marston with red seal remnant. Old folds, some fore-edge wear, Good+. "When Simon Marston was born on 10 October 1683, in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, his..... More
Coshocton, Ohio: 1826. Single leaf, 7-1/4" x 12-1/4." Entirely in manuscript. Folded for docketing: "John H. Hutchinson | Declaration of Intention | to become a Citizen &c. | Filed November 23 1826. Common Please Record No. 31 of November Term 1826 Recorded." Light wear, a few fold splits [repaired with..... More
Petersburg: 1864. Elephant folio broadsheet, 30-1/2" x 30-1/2." Folded multiple times. Several splits at fold intersections, as expected; repaired with archival tape. Else, Very Good This unusually detailed muster roll lists names of about 150 officers and men, with detailed manuscript "Remarks" in appropriate printed columns. It includes an interesting..... More
[Mexico]: 1866. The first item on lined paper folded to 5" x 7-1/2"; the second, 4" x 8-1/2". Both in ink manuscript, written on rectos only. Old folds, a few shallow edge splits. Else Very Good. After the Civil War some diehard southerners moved to Mexico and South America..... More
Franklin County, PA: 1844. Large sheet, folded to folio 8" x 12-1/4". [2], [2 blank] pp. Entirely in blue ink manuscript. Folded for mailing, integral blank leaf addressed to Mr. James Ewing, Burgettstown, Washington, County, Pa., with Shippensburgh postal cancel. Wax seal remnants, minimal wear, light toning. Very Good... More
2pp plus postal envelope, with cancel and 3 cent stamp. Very Good. Weaver advises that his son "George is enjoying good health, since he has returned from Dixie, he was conscripted the third time since the rebellion but has succeeded by being detailed to attend to some other duties but..... More
Texas: January 24, 1887. Folio, 3, [1-docketed] pp, completely in manuscript on lined paper. Old folds [a few short fold splits repaired with archival tape, no loss], minor toning, a few tiny edge chips. Signature of H.K. Farrar as clerk, signed by Henry with his mark and sworn to before..... More
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Middle Tennessee: 1862. Single sheet, written on recto in ink and signed "John A. Buckner, AAG." Docketed on verso, "Refers to Couriers & Blank Paroles." Very Good. Buckner sweetens his criticism of Wheeler by thanking him "for your kindness in sending late papers. We have quite a feast when they..... More
[Providence, RI? c. 1840]. [8] pp, written on two folded folio sheets in ink manuscript. A couple of closed tears, repaired with a few letters affected. This is likely Elton's draft of a final Report, as it has lines which have been crossed out and replaced with others. Very Good..... More
Navarro County, TX: 1895. Folio, 8-1/4" x 14". Five leaves bound with stick pin in top blank margin, lined paper with red margins. [4], [1-docket] pp. The first three leaves are manuscript on recto only, the fourth is a printed form, its recto defining the presumption of innocence and reasonable..... More
Belair, Maryland: July 15, 1863. Neat ink manuscript. 4pp on a sheet folded to 6-78" x 8." Very Good. Maryland -- like her sister Border States of Delaware, Missouri, and Kentucky-- was a Slave State whose government remained loyal to the Union during the War. But each of those States..... More
Single leaf, written in ink on recto and verso. First page with engraved illustration and printed letterhead of "The Cloister | Sea Island, Georgia." Stone has crossed out "The Cloister" and written above it "Cottage 71." Signed in ink "Harlan F. Stone" at bottom of the verso. Very Good. "Dear..... More
Single folio leaf, folded to [4] pp, entirely in ink manuscript on all pages and signed "M.W." Some bleedthrough but entirely legible, small loss. Very Good. The Ohioan Waite [1816-1888] was Chief Justice of the United States from 1874 until his death in 1888, by appointment of President Grant..... More
Richmond: 1865 [February 7]. Single leaf, printed on recto only, in neat ink manuscript [light fading, but easily legible]. Blank verso with mounting remnants at the four corners. Very Good. Formerly a United States Senator from Florida, and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Mallory became the Confederacy's..... More