[Richmond? 1852]. Broadside, 3-3/4" x 5/1/4". Text surrounded by a decorative border. Lightly toned and dusted, Very Good. The fifteen electors included Alexander Rives, Joseph Segar, Robert Mayo Jr., Alexander Boteler, and H.H. Marshall. More
np: [1864]. Broadside, 9" x 11 1/2". Toned with old folds and short fold splits. Good+. A Republican recitation of the Democrats' Platform and the Republicans' Platform in 1864, and an analysis of their 'Points of Difference.' "The Union platform looks to the ending of the war through the... More
[New York: 1864]. Broadside wood engraving, oblong 9-5/8" x 7-7/8". Blank verso uniformly toned, Very Good. "Columbia repudiates Democratic presidential candidate George Brinton McClellan's endorsement of the platform devised at the August 1864 Democratic convention in Chicago. The text below the picture provides the dialogue, descriptive notes, and identification of... More
[Sacramento? 1868]. Electoral ticket, 2-1/2" x 7-1/2", with a color illustration of a star-studded Lady Liberty and the American Flag. One small fox spot, else Fine. The presidential electors included John B. Felton [San Francisco lawyer and future Mayor of Oakland], O.H. La Grange [who became Superintendent of the San... More
[np: nd - 1880]. 4pp, folded sheet, caption title, light upper corner spotting. Very Good. The pamphlet supports the Republican platform, urges payment in full of the public debt, and protection for the Nation's bondholders. Denouncing the Democrats for urging an infusion of paper money, which would injure the bondholders... More
[Madison, CT? 1836]. Broadside, 5-3/4" x 12". Printed in two columns separated by a rule, several type fonts and styles. Light spotting, Very Good. This rare broadside, issued by the Democratic Republicans of the Town of Madison, reports the results of their meeting on March 23, 1836. The assembled members... More
[Buffalo? 1876]. Unfolded folio sheet, two pages, each with three columns, endorsing the Republican Hayes-Wheeler ticket and the State Republican candidates, with a speech by Congressional candidate Elbridge Spaulding of Buffalo. A printed letter from George W. Curtis warns that a "United South" is "the new danger to the Republic."... More
[Elryia, OH? 1861]. Broadside, 5" x 9.75", printed on yellow paper using different sizes and typesettings. Light edgewear, some spotting [mostly in blank margins]. A few old folds, occasional very small holes along folds [no text loss]. The program lists twenty-five performances, including a 'Woman's Rights Convention,' and the names... More
[Boston: October 21, 1886]. Broadsheet, 6" x 13." Printed in double columns, Near Fine. Faxon is a "temperance Republican." Opposing the "wily" Brackett and Lodge, he says "these political aspirants have voted for whiskey." They must be taught that fame and honor do "not lie in the direction of the dram-shop." More
[Cumberland RI: October, 1839]. Broadside, printed in three columns. 8.5" x 16" with caption title [as issued]. Lightly foxed, Very Good plus. A heartfelt Jacksonian protest against banking institutions during the hard times that followed the Panic of 1837. Rhode Island's banks have "utterly refused payment of all claims... More
[Providence? 1831]. Broadside, 11" x 18". Printed in three columns. Browned uniformly. Several holes along the blank vertical line separating the second and third columns but text unaffected. Old folds, some spotting. Good to Good+ Governor Fenner, Rhode Island's leading Jacksonian, was opposed by the Whig Lemuel Arnold in the... More
[np: 1856]. Broadside, printed in two columns. 9 1/2" x 12 1/2". Several fold splits at blank margins; small holes affecting 5-6 letters. Light foxing. Good+. Former President Fillmore was the presidential candidate in 1856 of the American or Know-Nothing Party, which had formed to counter the allegedly excessive influence... More
[Philadelphia: 1791]. Small folio broadside, 7.5" x 11.25". Three paragraphs, each line numbered in the left margin. Blank edge a bit rough, Very Good. A rare, unusual imprint of the First Congress, still in slip bill form, probably for proofing by the designated Clerks before final printing. In this... More
[Philadelphia]: King & Baird Printers, [1865?]. Broadside, 7.5" x 9.25". Printed with red and blue inks. Lightly browned at top edge, Very Good. A curious item, generally agreed to have issued in the late stages of the American Civil War. But the United States Flag had 26 stars only... More
Washington: 1827. Broadside. Light tan, Very Good. More
[Jefferson County, Kentucky: January 20, 1782]. Manuscript, 8" x 12-1/2". 29 lines, plus pen and ink sketch of the property. Several short fold splits and small holes, but text preserved. This survey, a contemporary copy, was likely written by Alexander Woodrow, the deputy surveyor for Jefferson County at the time... More
[np: 1862]. Broadside, 6-1/2" x 10-1/2", printed in two columns. Light toning, Very Good. This broadside is a rare contribution to the literature on the North's use of freed slaves as soldiers. Its author may have been Forbes, who had written other material during the War under the pseudonym 'Audax'... More
[Philadelphia: 1835]. Broadside, 10" x 16". Entirely in elegant ink manuscript. A few very small edge chips [a letter or two affected at outermost edges]. Folds repaired on verso with archival tape. Blindstamp of the Franklin Institute in the bottom blank margin featuring a bust profile of Benjamin Franklin. Signed... More
[Lowell, MA? 1845?]. Broadside, 7.25" x 16". Text and illustrations within an attractive decorative border. Woodcut illustration of a kicking donkey, a top-hatted gentleman standing behind it. Light folds, Near Fine. This rare satirical broadside features ten "exercises" under "Lot. No. 1" and nine under "Lot No. 2." Some participants... More
[Hartford?]: 1848. Broadside, 8-1/4" x 13-5/8. Light margin wear. 'Released' rubberstamp of Connecticut Historical Society on blank verso. Very Good. The Meeting voted to offer these Proceedings "for publication to the Hartford Courant, the Hartford Times and the Charter Oak." Dated and signed in type at the end, "Samuel N.... More
Harpersfield [NY]: 1856. Broadside, 5" x 8". Very Good. Gibbs ran on the Free Soil ticket. "I am for FREEDOM and FREE TERRITORY, and opposed to the extension of Slavery; not for invading the constitutional rights of any State, but for keeping Slavery within its proper bounds." Gibbs's Circular reflects... More
[Portland: 1851]. Broadside, 8" x 13". Printed in two columns, "Portland Inquirer- Extra" at head of title. Light foxing, light blank margin wear, else a Very Good copy of a rare survival. "The Portland Inquirer is the last permutation of a series of anti-slavery newspapers in Portland and Maine... More
Taunton [MA]: Nov. 5th, 1850. Broadside, 9-1/4" x 17-1/2". Printed in three columns separated by a rule. Signed and dated in type at the end. A couple of blotches at the blank upper margin, else Very Good. The broadside scolds Free Soil men who rejected their Convention's nomination of Orin... More
[Concord? 1857]. Broadside, 13" x 19-1/2". Printed in four columns divided by rules. Light wear [old folds, couple of closed tears, one causing abrasion to about five words]. Good+. This broadside's publication was stimulated by "the deceptive statements and desperate falsehoods of the Opposition." After correcting the record on various... More
New York: 1856. 12" x 15" portrait on thin tissue paper, mounted to 14" x 18" paper backing. Half length portrait of John C. Fremont wearing a dark colored suit and tie. He has a full mustache and beard, his torso facing forward, head angled to the right. The copyright... More
![KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT WE THE CORPORATION BY THE NAME STYLE AND TITLE OF "THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE MECHANIC ARTS" ARE HELD AND FIRMLY BOUND UNTO GEORGE M. DALLAS, BAYSE NEWCOMB, JOSIAH RANDALL, JAMES HARPER, THOMAS KITTERA, SAMUEL BADGER AND JOHN STEELE ALL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA ESQUIRES TRUSTEES FOR AND ON BEHALF AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF "THE GRAND LODGE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND MASONIC JURISDICTION THEREUNTO BELONGING" IN THE SUM OF FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS LAWFUL SILVER MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO BE PAID TO THE SAID... TRUSTEES AFORESAID...WE DO BIND OURSELVES AND OUR SUCCESSORS AND EVERY OF THEM FIRMLY BY THESE PRESENTS. SEALED WITH THE COMMON SEAL OF OUR SAID CORPORATION. DATED THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE. 1835. THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE OBLIGATION IS SUCH THAT IF THE ABOVE-BOUNDEN THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE...[SHALL PAY THE TRUSTEES] THE JUST AND FULL SUM OF TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS...ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY [1836] TOGETHER WITH INTEREST THEREON AT THE DATE OF FIVE PER CENTUM PER ANNUM [BEING MONEYS BELONGING TO THE GRAND LODGE AFORESAID AND PART OF THE PURCHASE MONEYS PROCEEDING FROM THE SALE MADE OF THE MASONIC HALL AND LOT IN CHESTNUT STREET TO THE CORPORATION AFORESAID] WITHOUT ANY FRAUD OR FURTHER DELAY THEN THE ABOVE OBLIGATION TO BE VOID OR ELSE TO BE AND REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND VIRTUE. [signed] JAMES RONALDSON| PRESIDENT F. I. Franklin Institute.](/pictures/thumb/30749.JPG?v=1519997859)
![LITHOGRAPH : JOHN C. FREMONT/ REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY/ ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1856 BY W. SCHAUS, IN THE CLERKS OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHN. DIST. OF NEW-YORK./ PHOTOGR. BY S. ROOT/ PRINTED BY L NAGEL. [Signed in typescript C.G. CREHEN]. John C. Fremont.](/pictures/thumb/33224.JPG?v=1549381369)