Washington: Francis Preston Blair, 1834. 24pp, disbound. Scattered foxing. Good+ to Very Good. Barry was a Kentuckian who opposed Henry Clay and became a Jacksonian Democrat; the Postmaster Generalship was his reward. "He was charged with favoritism in making contracts for carrying the mails, with increasing payments to contractors far..... More

Middletown: Jan. 29th, 1846. Printed Broadside, 5-1/8" x 10," enclosed within a folded sheet for mailing to "John Warner, Esq, Wethersfield, Conn." with postal cancel "Rocky Hill CT" and ink date "Feby 9" within the postal mark. A manuscript note, evidently to Warner, is included on the verso of the..... More

One sheet, with Fremont portrait within a wreath in upper left corner. Browning along left margin, slightly touching the portrait. Else Very Good. The letter, written from North Enfield on September 19 by E.B. Hause, contains purely personal content. Milgram JF 46. More

Washington City: Dinsmore and Cooper. 1808. 38, [1], [1 blank] pp. Disbound [bit of blank inner margin wear, light rubberstamp and blindstamp. Outer edge uncut. Good+. "In this impassioned vindication of Jefferson's administration, Postmaster General Gideon Granger anonymously argued that Jefferson was a friend of commerce who, in proposing the..... More

New York: J.H. Tingley, 1861. Five postal covers, each oblong 3-1/4" x 5-7/8." The recto of each is an engraving of a Round of the boxing match. Near Fine. From the U VA description: "Five envelopes in the Champion Prize Envelope set depict a boxing match between Lincoln and Davis..... More

[Washington: 1803]. 5, [3 blanks] pp. Disbound [some loosening], Very Good. "The late cession of Louisiana by France to the United States, renders it an object of primary importance to have the nearest and most expeditious mode of communication established, between the city of Washington and the city of New..... More

[Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1848]. 8pp. Caption title [as issued], loose, untrimmed. Light wear and dust, Good+. McClernand was a contemporary of Lincoln's in Illinois. A Democratic Congressman, he was an ally of another Illinois politician, Stephen A. Douglas. As a Civil War general, a rank he..... More

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

[Lima: March 6, 1834]. Large 8vo, 2 leaves, Disbound. Caption title [as issued]. Very Good. Two systems of postal service are discussed. More

[Washington]: Senate Chamber, 1865. Letter written and signed, "Charles Sumner," in ink script on the first page of a [4] page bifolium. Folded, inner pages blank, docketed in a different hand on the last page. Very Good. "My dear Sir, | I hope that Paymaster Binney may in some way..... More