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[Mathews, Samson]:

POWER OF ATTORNEY OF SAMPSON MATHEWS OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SIGNED AND DATED JANUARY 19, 1786, APPOINTING SAMUEL MCDOWELL AND CALEB WALLACE OF LINCOLN COUNTY, KENTUCKY, HIS "TRUE AND LAWFUL ATTORNIES" CHARGED WITH THE SALE OF "ALL MY LANDS IN KENTUCKY, EACH... PARCEL OF LAND FOR THREE EQUAL YEARLY PAYMENTS... TO BEAR INTEREST IF NOT PUNCTUALLY PAID, BOND AND GOOD SECURITY TO BE TAKEN & THE TITLE TO BE MADE AT THE LAST PAYMENT OF EACH SALE, PROVIDED THAT THE SALES MADE BY MY FORMER INSTRUCTIONS ARE TO BE MADE GOOD AGREEABLE TO THE CONTRACT MADE BY MY SAID ATTORNIES...." SIGNED BY SAMPSON MATHEWS AND WITNESSED BY GEORGE WINTER, BENJAMIN LOGAN, JOHN CAMPBELL, AND CHRISTOPHER GREENUP, WITH THEIR SIGNATURES. [Docketed on verso: AT A COURT HELD FOR LINCOLN COUNTY THE 18TH DAY OF JULY 1786/ THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY WAS PROVED BY THE OATHS OF BENJAMIN LOGAN AND CHRISTOPHER GREENUP, WITNESSES THERETO AND ORDERED TO BE CERTIFIED.].

[Lincoln County, Kentucky: January 19, 1786]. Single sheet, 8.75" x 10". Completely in manuscript, approximately 20 lines, signed and sealed on January 19, 1786, by Sampson Mathews, George Winter, Benjamin Logan, John Campbell and Christopher Greenup. Paper seal attached with wax near Mathews' signature. Old folds, two short fold splits..... More

Price: $450.00

McLane, Louis:

MANUSCRIPT LETTER IN SECRETARIAL HAND, SIGNED BY MCLANE AS TREASURY SECRETARY, DATED AT THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, JANUARY 14, 1832, TO UNNAMED PARTY: "SIR, I ENCLOSE A CIRCULAR LETTER DATED THE 14TH OF APRIL LAST, WHICH I HAVE TO REQUEST YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION TO, AS NO REPORT HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM YOU ON THE SUBJECT./ I AM RESPECTFULLY YOUR OBT SERVT./ LOUIS MCLANE, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY." [Docketed on verso: "FROM SECRETARY CALLING FOR REPORTS RESPECTING SALT JANUARY 14, 1832."].

[Washington, D.C.]: 1832. Folio, folded to 8" x 10". [1], [2 - blank] pages, docketed on last page. Neat ink manuscript on blue lined paper. Old folds, Very Good. Louis McLane [1786-1857], after years in Congress, became President Jackson's Secretary of the Treasury from 1831-1833. When he refused Jackson's request..... More

Price: $75.00

Item #37956 AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, BY McLEAN AS POSTMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, 8...

McLean, John:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, BY McLEAN AS POSTMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, 8 OCTOBER 1825, TO THE CASHIER OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, INQUIRING ABOUT INFORMATION CONCERNING McLEAN'S PROSECUTION OF "A CHARGE OF ROBBING THE MAIL."

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

Price: $750.00

Item #37649 AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM UNION GENERAL McLEAN TO HIS WIFE WHILE IN THE FIELD ON...

McLean, Nathaniel:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM UNION GENERAL McLEAN TO HIS WIFE WHILE IN THE FIELD ON SHERMAN'S MARCH THROUGH THE CAROLINAS, 27 MARCH 1865, DISCUSSING THE GRIM FUTURE OF LEE'S ARMY.

Headquarters, 2nd Division, 23d A.C. Camp near Moseley Hall, NC: 27 March 1865. 4pp bifolium, each page 5" x 8." Entirely in ink manuscript, signed "McLean." Very Good. With accompanying postal envelope addressed to Mrs. McLean in Glendale Ohio [postage stamp removed]. Ohio General Nathaniel McLean was the son of..... More

Price: $875.00

Item #30931 PARTIALLY PRINTED PENNSYLVANIA LAND PATENT, COMPLETED IN MANUSCRIPT, FOR A TRACT OF...

[Mifflin, Thomas]:

PARTIALLY PRINTED PENNSYLVANIA LAND PATENT, COMPLETED IN MANUSCRIPT, FOR A TRACT OF LAND CALLED 'HARTFORD' IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, CONVEYED BY THE COMMONWEALTH TO DAVID WILLIAMSON. THE COMMONWEALTH HAD PREVIOUSLY CONVEYED THE TRACT TO BENJAMIN HARVEY, WHO BY DEED OF 1791 THEN CONVEYED THE TRACT TO WILLIAMSON. SIGNED BY GOVERNOR THOMAS MIFFLIN, AND BY JAMES TRIMBLE AS DEPUTY SECRETARY, NOVEMBER 26, 1795.

Oblong 20" X 11 1/2". On parchment. In typescript, completed in manuscript. With elaborate typography. Metes and bounds described. Seal in upper left corner of recto, docketed on verso, also with seal. Very attractive. Old folds, Near Fine. During the Revolution, Mifflin had been quartermaster general of the Continental Army..... More

Price: $450.00

[Mississippi Administrator Sale of Negro Slaves]:

"ADMINISTRATORS SALE | BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE GRANTED AT THE DECEMBER TERM 1848 OF THE HONOURABLE PROBATE COURT OF HINDS COUNTY MISSISSIPPI TO THE UNDERSIGNED AS ADMINISTRATOR OF WILLIAM C. DEMOSS DECEASED HE WILL AS SUCH ADMINISTRATOR ON THE 15TH DAY OF JANUARY 1849 AT THE LATE RESIDENCE OF THE LATE WILLIAM C. DEMOSS IN THE TOWN OF RAYMOND IN HINDS COUNTY PROCEED TO SELL ALL OF THE PERSONAL ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED , CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING SLAVES, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE & C. | NEGRO SLAVES - BEDNEY & MINNEY, CHARITY & 2 CHILDREN … [signed] D.M. DANCY ADMR. RAYMOND DECR. 14TH 1848.

Hinds County, MS: 1848. Folio, 8" x 13", blue unlined paper, completely in ink manuscript. Very Good. In addition to the slaves, the inventory lists many household items, The verso is a sworn statement from C.R. Clifton that he posted notices of the Sale. Attested to and signed by J.T...... More

Price: $450.00

[Mississippi Central Railroad Company]:

LEDGER SHEET OF R.S. TAYLOR & CO. IN ACCOUNT WITH MISSISSIPPI CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, MARCH 14, 1863 TO SEPTEMBER, 1863, INCLUDING CHARGES FOR REPAIRS TO ENGINE, COSTS OF CROSS TIES, BANK TIES AND BRIDGE TIES, &C., & TWO SEPARATE ENTRIES FOR THE HIRING OF NEGROES FOR THE PERIODS OF JANUARY 1 TO APRIL 1, 1863 FOR $676.04 AND AGAIN APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1863 FOR $621.57.

[Memphis: 1863]. Broadside, 9" x 11". Lined paper with columns in blue and red inks, entirely in manuscript. Two large stains at left edge, moderate dusting to right edge on verso. A few small edge chips, old folds with archival tape repairs of short splits on verso. Good to Good+..... More

Price: $250.00

Item #31197 ALLEN W. ONEAL V. JOHN CADE, FRANKLIN CIRCUIT COURT, MISSISSIPPI, OCTOBER TERM, 1832:...

Mississippi Slave Dispute:

ALLEN W. ONEAL V. JOHN CADE, FRANKLIN CIRCUIT COURT, MISSISSIPPI, OCTOBER TERM, 1832: "ALLEN W. ONEAL BY HIS ATTORNEY COMPLAINS OF JOHN CADE... THE SAID PLAINTIFF AT THE SPECIAL INSTANCE AND REQUEST OF THE SAID DEFENDANT WOULD WITH NINE NEGROES (TO THE BENEFIT OF WHOSE LABOUR THE SAID PLAINTIFF WAS ENTITLED) PICK OUT COTTON FOR THE SAID DEFENDANT." DEFENDANT FAILED TO PAY PLAINTIFF, ALTHOUGH "HE DID WITH NINE NEGROES PICK OUT COTTON FOR THE SAID DEFENDANT FOR THE SPAN OF TWO WEEKS AND THAT HIS WORK AND LABOUR IN PICKING OUT SAID COTTON WAS REASONABLY WORTH THE SUM OF SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS, WHEREBY THE SAID DEFENDANT BECAME INDEBTED TO THE SAID PLAINTIFF..."

[Franklin County, MS: 1832]. Folio, 7.75" x 12.25". [4] pp, folded, entirely in manuscript. The writing on either side of the first leaf is visible from the other side, but everything is legible. Oneal's Complaint appears on the first two pages and on five lines of page three, where it..... More

Price: $600.00

Mississippi Slave Hire Dispute:

GABRIEL SCOTT, GUARDIAN OF DUNCAN MAGEE, VS. CLAIBORNE READ AND THOMAS LASSITER, STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, FRANKLIN COUNTY, FRANKLIN CIRCUIT COURT, OCTOBER TERM 1832: DISPUTE OVER HIRING OF PLAINTIFF'S SLAVE BY DEFENDANTS: IN JANUARY 1831 DEFENDANTS READ AND LASSITER PROMISED TO PAY PLAINTIFF SCOTT, GUARDIAN OF MAGEE, SEVENTY DOLLARS "FOR THE HIRE OF A NEGRO, ALSO TWO SUITS OF NEW CLOTHES, ONE WOOLEN AND ONE COTTON, ONE PAIR OF SHOES..."

[Franklin County, Mississippi: 1832]. Folio, 7.5" x 13". [4] pp, folded. Completely in ink manuscript, docketed on final page. Minor edgewear, old folds. The writing on either side of each leaf is visible from the other side, making the document difficult to read. Wax seal in interior blank margin of..... More

Price: $175.00

Item #39299 INVENTORY AND APPRAISAL OF JOHN ALLEN'S MISSISSIPPI ESTATE CONSISTING OF FOURTEEN...

[Mississippi Slaves]:

INVENTORY AND APPRAISAL OF JOHN ALLEN'S MISSISSIPPI ESTATE CONSISTING OF FOURTEEN SLAVES AND OTHER PROPERTY.

Hinds County, Mississippi: 1833. [4]pp. Entirely in ink manuscript, folded with expert repairs to fold splits. Good+. John W. Blunt, Justice of the Peace, takes the appraisers' oath on January 3, 1833. "In conformity to an order of the orphans cort of hinds county, we have this day appraised the..... More

Price: $850.00

Item #36229 "CLARK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC MEETING AT A RESPECTABLE MEETING OF THE DEMOCRACY OF CLARK...

[Missouri Democratic Committee]:

"CLARK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC MEETING AT A RESPECTABLE MEETING OF THE DEMOCRACY OF CLARK COUNTY MET AT WATERLOO ON THE 8TH DAY OF JUNE 1840. COL. ROBERT P. MITCHELL WAS CALLED TO THE CHAIR, AND JOHN W. LUKE APPOINTED SECRETARY WHEN THE FOLLOWING PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS WERE ACCEPTED. "WHEREAS MAJ. WM. MCDANIEL, THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR THE STATE SENATE FROM THIS DISTRICT, AND DOCT. ABRAHAM WAYLAND FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THIS COUNTY BEING BEFORE THE PEOPLE. ... RESOLVED THAT WE DO HIGHLY APPROVE OF THE ENLIGHTENED & PATRIOTIC ADMINISTRATION OF MARTIN VAN BUREN OUR PRESENT PRESIDENT..."

[Waterloo, MO]: June 8, 1840. Large folio, folded to 7-1/2" x 12-1/2". [3], [1 blank] pp. Completely in ink manuscript. Old folds, Very Good. Clark County, in farthest northeastern Missouri along the Des Moines and Mississippi Rivers, borders Iowa to the north and Illinois to the east. The County, created..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #37550 PROMISSORY NOTE IN WHICH JOHN L. HAMILTON, S.W. WOOD, AND WM. A. ROBERTSON PROMISE TO...

[Missouri Slave Hire]:

PROMISSORY NOTE IN WHICH JOHN L. HAMILTON, S.W. WOOD, AND WM. A. ROBERTSON PROMISE TO PAY WILLIAM ELLETH AS GUARDIAN OF THE NINE HEIRS OF ISAAC CROWDIN [?] THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN DOLLARS "FOR THE HIRE OF A NEGRO MAN WOMAN AND TWO CHILDREN." THEY AGREE TO PROVIDE THE SLAVES WITH BLANKETS "AND A SUFFICIENT QUANTITY OF GOOD NEW CLOTHING FOR THE YEAR." SIGNED AND DATED "AT UNION MO THIS 2ND DAY OF JANUARY AD 1843."

Union, Missouri: 1843. 7" x 7", single page. Completely in manuscript with several mathematical notations in blank bottom margin. Docketed on verso "Hamilton, Wood &c" and "Gilbert & Judy". Old folds, light tanning and wear. Very Good. John L. Hamilton [born c.1820] and William R. Robertson [born c.1800] were both..... More

Price: $600.00

New York City 1844 Election:

MANUSCRIPT LETTER ADDRESSED TO CHARLES P. BROWN, NEW YORK, SEPT. 21, 1844, FROM WM. THRONEBERRY: D. SIR, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE GRAND JURY ARE INVESTIGATING THE SUBJECT OF ILLEGAL VOTING, I REJOICE IN THIS MOVEMENT AND SHALL BE GLAD TO AIDE IN THIS INVESTIGATION. WE WERE SATISFIED THAT THERE WAS ILLEGAL VOTING IN THE 12TH WARD AND APPOINTED A COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE SUBJECT...| WM. THRONEBERRY, COR 6TH AVENUE & 43D. [On verso: MR. CHARLES P. BROWN, FORMAN OF THE GRAND JURY].

[New York: 1844]. 6.5" x 8", one leaf. Three light vertical folds. Very Good. In the 1844 election, New York City's voters cast 35% more votes than there were people. Charles P. Brown, to whom this letter was addressed, was on the Board of Assistant Aldermen for New York City..... More

Price: $125.00

Item #38631 THIS INDENTURE MADE THE THIRTIETH DAY OF APRIL IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD [1821] ...

[New York City Wharves]:

THIS INDENTURE MADE THE THIRTIETH DAY OF APRIL IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD [1821] BETWEEN THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COMMONALTY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK OF THE FIRST PART, AND EDWARD HITCHCOCK OF THE SECOND PART. WITNESSETH, THAT THE SAID PARTIES OF THE FIRST PART FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE RENTS, COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS HEREINAFTER MENTIONED HAVE DEVISED, GRANTED AND TO FARM LETTEN UNTO THE SAID PARTY OF THE SECOND PART THE RATES AND FEES WHICH NOW OR FROM TIME TO TIME SHALL BE BY LAW ESTABLISHED, OR WHICH SHALL OR MAY BECOME DUE BETWEEN THE FIRST DAY OF MAY [1821] AND THE FIRST DAY OF MAY [1822], OF AND FROM THE MASTERS, OWNERS AND POSSESSORS OF EACH AND EVERY VESSEL AND SMALL CRAFT WHICH SHALL COME INTO OR LIE AT, OR IN, ANY OF THE DOCKS, WHARVES, PIERS OR SLIPS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE SAID CITY, AND BELONGING TO THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COMMONALTY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. EXCEPTING AND RESERVING HOWEVER ALL SUCH DOCKS, WHARVES PIERS OR SHIPS, WHICH HAVE HERETOFORE BEEN RESERVED BY THE SAID PARTIES OF THE FIRST PART. YIELDING AND PAYING THEREFOR UNTO THE SAID PARTIES OF THE FIRST PART THEIR SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS THE RENT OF TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY DOLLARS LAWFUL MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE SAID TERM IN FOUR EQUAL QUARTERLY PAYMENTS ...

New York: 1822. Folio document entirely in ink manuscript, 9-1/2" x 15-1/2." Old fold splits [some repaired skilfully, minimal loss to a small amount of text], lightly foxed. Signed in neat ink manuscript at the end by Htichcock. Good+. A rare, early document explaining the manner in which the City..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #38630 THIS INDENTURE MADE THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF APRIL IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD [1822]...

[New York City Wharves]:

THIS INDENTURE MADE THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF APRIL IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD [1822] BETWEEN THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COMMONALTY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK OF THE FIRST PART, AND THOMAS R. SMITH AND JOHN K. TOWNSEND OF THE SECOND PART. WITNESSETH, THAT THE SAID PARTIES OF THE FIRST PART FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE RENTS, COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS HEREINAFTER MENTIONED DEVISE, GRANT AND TO FARM LET UNTO THE SAID PARTIES OF THE SECOND PART THE RATES AND FEES WHICH NOW OR FROM TIME TO TIME SHALL BE BY LAW ESTABLISHED, OR WHICH SHALL OR MAY BECOME DUE BETWEEN THE FIRST DAY OF MAY [1822] AND THE FIRST DAY OF MAY [1823], OF AND FROM THE MASTERS, OWNERS AND POSSESSORS OF EACH AND EVERY VESSEL AND SMALL CRAFT, WHICH SHALL COME INTO OR LIE AT, OR IN, ANY OF THE DOCKS, WHARVES, PIERS OR SLIPS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE SAID CITY, AND BELONGING TO THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COMMONALTY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. EXCEPTING AND RESERVING HOWEVER ALL SUCH DOCKS, WHARVES PIERS OR SHIPS, WHICH HAVE HERETOFORE BEEN RESERVED BY THE SAID PARTIES OF THE FIRST PART. YIELDING AND PAYING THEREFOR UNTO THE SAID PARTIES OF THE FIRST PART THEIR SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS THE RENT OF THIRTY THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS LAWFUL MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE SAID TERM IN FOUR EQUAL QUARTERLY PAYMENTS ...

New York: 1822. Folio document entirely in ink manuscript, 9-1/2" x 15-1/2." Old fold splits [some repaired skilfully, minimal loss to a small amount of text], lightly foxed. Signed in elegant ink manuscript at the end by Smith and Townsend. Good+. A rare, early document explaining the manner in which..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #37427 PRINTED MUSTER ROLL FOR COMPANY B, 50TH NEW YORK ENGINEERS, "NEAR PETERSBURG, VA,"...

[New York Engineers Muster Roll, Petersburg 1864]:

PRINTED MUSTER ROLL FOR COMPANY B, 50TH NEW YORK ENGINEERS, "NEAR PETERSBURG, VA," COMPLETED IN MANUSCRIPT AND SIGNED BY CAPTAIN DAVID F. SCHENCK, COMMANDING, AND MAJOR WESLEY BRAINERD AS INSPECTING AND MUSTERING OFFICER, FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 30 - JUNE 30, 1864.

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, 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 manuscript..... More

Price: $350.00

Item #22818 NEW YORK VOLUNTEER OFFICERS' PAYMASTER RECORD BOOK. New York in the Civil War

New York in the Civil War:

NEW YORK VOLUNTEER OFFICERS' PAYMASTER RECORD BOOK.

Folio, 18" x 20". Cream-colored cloth boards [light soil]. 450 pp, most in manuscript with names of, and payroll information for, hundreds of officers in over fifty New York infantry regiments 1861-1865: the 127th-154th, 156th-165th, 168th-170th, 173d-179th, 182d, 184th-188th. Each page divided into columns: first column for soldier's name followed..... More

Price: $1,000.00

[New York Volunteer Militia]:

MUSTER ROLL OF CAPTAIN ALBERT J. PERRY COMPANY, IN THE 30TH REGIMENT, [ BRIGADE] OF THE NEW-YORK VOLUNTEER MILITIA [__] COMMANDED BY COLONEL EDWARD FRISBY ORGANIZED UNDER A LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE EMBODYING AND EQUIPMENT OF A VOLUNTEER MILITIA, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENSE," PASSED APRIL 16, 1861; AND CALLED INTO THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES BY THE PRESIDENT... FROM THE FIRST DAY OF MAY 1861, [DATE OF THIS MUSTER] FOR THE TERM OF TWO YEARS UNLESS SOONER DISCHARGED.

[Troy, New York: 1861]. Broadsheet, 16.5" x 20". Printed muster roll for Company F, completed in manuscript in several columns: names of soldiers, rank, age, enlistment information, period of enlistment, number of miles to place of rendezvous, and remarks. Old folds. Very Good. Members of Company F of the 30th..... More

Price: $250.00

[New York Volunteer Militia]:

MUSTER ROLL OF CAPTAIN B.M. VAN VOAST, C COMPANY, IN THE 30TH REGIMENT, NEW-YORK VOLUNTEER MILITIA COMMANDED BY COLONEL EDWARD FRISBY ORGANIZED UNDER A LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE EMBODYING AND EQUIPMENT OF A VOLUNTEER MILITIA, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENSE," PASSED APRIL 16, 1861; AND CALLED INTO THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES BY THE PRESIDENT...

[Troy, New York: 1861]. Broadsheet, 16.5" x 20". Printed muster roll for Company C, completed in manuscript in several columns: names of soldiers, rank, age, enlistment information, period of enlistment [all for two years], number of miles to place of rendezvous, and remarks. Certified and signed by Barent M. Van..... More

Price: $250.00

[New York Volunteer Militia]:

MUSTER ROLL OF CAPTAIN JOHN M. LANDON'S COMPANY, IN THE THIRTIETH REGIMENT, [ BRIGADE] OF THE NEW-YORK VOLUNTEER MILITIA [FOOT] COMMANDED BY COLONEL EDWARD FRISBY ORGANIZED UNDER A LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE EMBODYING AND EQUIPMENT OF A VOLUNTEER MILITIA, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENSE," PASSED APRIL 16, 1861; AND CALLED INTO THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES BY THE PRESIDENT... FROM THE DAY OF 1861, [DATE OF THIS MUSTER] FOR THE TERM OF __ UNLESS SOONER DISCHARGED.

[Troy, New York: 1861]. Broadsheet, 16.5" x 20". Printed muster roll for Company I, completed in manuscript in several columns: names of soldiers, rank, age, enlistment information, period of enlistment, number of miles to place of rendezvous, and remarks. Old folds. Very Good. Members of Company I of the 30th..... More

Price: $250.00

Item #32782 COLLECTION OF FIFTY MANUSCRIPT LEGAL DOCUMENTS FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,...

[New York]:

COLLECTION OF FIFTY MANUSCRIPT LEGAL DOCUMENTS FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, SUPREME COURT AND COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS, OF QUEENS COUNTY, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, DATED 1798 TO 1843.

New York: 1798-1843. Sizes vary from approximately 6" x 8" to 8" x 12". Manuscript on unlined paper, several with wax seal remnants. A handful of the documents are partly printed and completed in manuscript, all with the blindstamp of the State of New York. Light wear, some splitting along..... More

Price: $750.00

Odd Fellows:

BOOK OF MEMBERSHIP PETITIONS OF THE CHRISMAN LODGE, NO. 541, JANUARY 9, 1878 THROUGH FEBRUARY 3, 1886.

Chrisman, IL: 1878-1886. Oblong 5.5" x 8.5". [90] pages printed on rectos only. [43] of those pages are completed in manuscript. Several pages have been purposely clipped to remove petitions which were started but not completed. Bound in original quarter leather with marbled boards [rubbed, front board nearly detached, spine..... More

Price: $350.00

Item #36751 EARLY PRINTED OHIO SUMMONS:, COMPLETED IN NEAT INK MANUSCRIPT "THE STATE OF OHIO,...

[Ohio]:

EARLY PRINTED OHIO SUMMONS:, COMPLETED IN NEAT INK MANUSCRIPT "THE STATE OF OHIO, WARREN COUNTY/. TO GEORGE HARLAN ESQUIRE, SHERIFF OF OUR SAID COUNTY OF WARREN GREETING. WE COMMAND YOU TO TAKE WILLIAM MCCANN IF HE MAY BE FOUND IN YOUR BAILIWICK, AND HIM SAFELY KEEP, SO THAT YOU MAY HAVE HIS BOD[Y] BEFORE THE JUDGES OF OUR COURT OF COMMON PLEAS AT LEBANON ON THE 3D TUESDAY OF SEPTEMBER NEXT, TO ANSWER UNTO JACOB WOOLF IN A PLEA THAT HE RENDERS UNTO HIM THE SUM OF EIGHTY DOLLARS TO THE DAMAGE OF THE SAID JACOB WOOLF, NINETEEN DOLLARS AS IS SAID. . . WITNESS THE HONORABLE FRANCIS DUNLAVY, ESQUIRE. . . FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT, AT LEBANON ON THIS 12TH DAY OF JUNE IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1805/ [signed] DAVID SUTTON CLERK.

[Warren County, Ohio]: 1805. Small broadside, 6-1/4" x 7-1/2". Partly printed document, completed in ink manuscript, signed in ink by David Sutton, Clerk. Paper and wax seal on recto, docketed on verso. Light tanning and foxing, center fold with two short splits at ends. Very Good. The Warren County Special..... More

Price: $175.00

Item #38014 AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM BOSTON 3 MARCH 1780, TO COLONEL SAMUEL B. WEBB,...

Otis, Samuel:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM BOSTON 3 MARCH 1780, TO COLONEL SAMUEL B. WEBB, CONTINENTAL ARMY OFFICER, AIDE DE CAMP TO GEORGE WASHINGTON, AND A PRISONER OF WAR AT THE TIME OF THIS LETTER.

[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

Price: $1,250.00

Item #36826 AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO ALABAMA GOVERNOR SHORTER, AGREEING THAT RAISING A COMPANY...

Pack, James T.:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO ALABAMA GOVERNOR SHORTER, AGREEING THAT RAISING A COMPANY OF EXEMPTS IS NECESSARY FOR PROTECTION AGAINST "INSURRECTIONARY MOVEMENTS" AND PROPOSING TO RAISE A COMPANY OF HORSEMEN "FOR HOME PROTECTION."

Hamburg, Alabama: May 17, 1862. Single leaf, in ink manuscript on recto, docketed on verso. Old folds, Near Fine. Having reviewed Governor Shorter's "proclamation calling on all exempts to form into Companies," Pack says he has "been thinking of getting up a company for Home protection, for our Country will..... More

Price: $350.00

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