Boston: Boston Commonwealth... Extra. [1852]. Broadsheet, 21-3/4" x 16". Recto printed in three columns; verso printed in five columns. Untrimmed, light edge wear, a few spots and old folds, with several light crimps and one or two small separations at fold intersection affecting three or four letters. Good+. "Boston Commonwealth........ More
[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
[Suffield, CT? 1856]. Broadside, 11-1/4" x 14-1/2". Bold and large type faces. At the head of the title is a large engraving of the iconic Screaming Eagle. Light soil, a blank upper corner chip, blank verso reinforcement of inner margin, two old tape marks on verso from early hanging. Very..... More
[New York?]: For sale by all News Agents. Price, $1 per 100, [1864]. Broadside, 9-1/4" x 12". Printed in two columns: the left column headed 'BALTIMORE' and reciting the Republican platform; the first two-thirds of the right column headed 'CHICAGO' and reciting the Democrats' platform; the rest of the right..... 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.h 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
London: Printed by Thos. Newcomb in the Savoy, From Thursday March 3. to Monday March 7. 1680. Broadsheet, 7" x 11". Printed in double columns. Small hole affecting about four letters. Overall, Very Good. The entire front page contains the announcement of new regulations of the Plantation trade with..... 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..... 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: @1850]. Broadside song, without music, in three stanzas of four lines each, plus repetitive chorus in four lines. Lightly toned, Very Good. The first line: "I once knew a darkey, and his name was Uncle Ned,/ Oh he died long ago- long ago." "A lament in memory of a...... 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