[Maryland? 1863?]. Single leaf, written in ink script on recto only. An obvious forgery: Beauregard was a passionate advocate of Negro Slavery, a general in the Confederate Army, and an adherent to the Southern Cause. The handwriting does not match that of Beauregard. Very Good. This forgery, purportedly written only..... More

Baltimore: Printed by Warner & Hanna, printers to the Corporation, 1801. 329, [1 blank], XXXI [Table of Contents], [39] [Index], [3] pp. Contemporary ink notes on front free endpaper. "Washington City Council | First Chamber" in ink script on title page. Lacking covers and rear endpapers. Text generally clean with..... More

[Washington: Buell & Blanchard, 1856]. 15, [1] pp. Disbound, else Very Good. Caption title [as issued]. The Meeting supported the new Republican Party, opposing slavery in the National Territories. Writing from his home in Silver Spring, Maryland, the venerable member of President Jackson's Kitchen Cabinet denounces his Democratic Party, which..... More

Baltimore: Publication Agency of the Johns Hopkins University, 1890. [4], 5-96, [10- publ. advts] pp. With the half title [ink manuscript note above the printed material]. Disbound, with the half title loose. Text clean. Except as noted, Very Good. This is the "Eighth Series VII-VIII-IX" publication of the Johns Hopkins..... More

[London] Philadelphia, Printed: London, Reprinted for J. Almon, 1776. [4], 47, [1- publ. advt] pp. A Fine copy in modern quarter morocco and plain paper over boards, with gilt-lettered spine title. This is the famous response by a Maryland Loyalist to Thomas Paine's 'Common Sense'. Howes calls it the "most..... More

Folio sheet, folded to [4]pp, all in manuscript. Docketed on page [4]: "Petition of Lawson Clark of Montgomery County. Presented by Archibald Van Horn. Recorded 5 June 1815." The first two pages, plus two lines on the third page, consist of Clark's Petition. Page [3] is Judge Chase's Opinion, signed..... More

Frederick: 1864. Printed document, completed in ink manuscript, oblong 6-1/2" x 8-1/2." Old folds, light dusting, Very Good. Signed in ink by the Provost Marshal and President of the Board of Enrollment; Jno. J. Thomas, a member of the Board of Enrollment; and the Surgeon of the Board of Enrollment..... More

Boston, New York, Philadelphia... 1844. 72pp. Original salmon printed wrappers [several extremity chips], with portrait of Henry Clay at center and four small vignettes at the corners. Imprint beneath front wrap portrait: "Baltimore. N. Hickman. 1844. Horton. Balt." Stitched, "Withdrawn" rubberstamp. Except as noted, Very Good. Various Whig songs, illustrations..... More

[Baltimore: Foley, 1883]. Original printed wrappers, the front wrapper with portrait of a bearded and fierce Lieut. Gen'l Jubal A. Early. The portrait repeated in the frontis. 52, [1], 38 pp, as issued. Ownership signature on front wrapper, "Wyatt Aiken, March, 1904." This is probably Congressman Wyatt Aiken [1863-1923] of..... More

Albany: Printed by Packard and Van Benthuysen, 1832. 24pp. Disbound, light fox and wear, Good+. Jackson and his first Vice President, John C. Calhoun, had become enemies in the Nullification Crisis, their polar opposition bringing them into conflict. New York's Martin Van Buren, leader of Northern Democrats and a skilled..... More

Washington: Blair & Rives, 1840. Folio, 8 3/4" x 12". 416pp. Nos. 1-27 of Volume VI; May 16, 1840 - October 26, 1840, plus No. 27, the final issue recording detailed election results, from January 1841. Boards detached, endpapers filled with local political tickets. Scattered foxing, light wear, Good+. A...... More