New York: 1863, 1873. 1. Catalogue of a Miscellaneous Collection of Coins and Medals, Embracing Some Very Rare English Gold and Silver Specimens, of Great Value, and a Great Variety of American Coins and Medals. . . Monday and Tuesday Afternoons, December 28th and 29th, 1863. . . New York..... More
[Hartford: 1782?]. Small broadside, 4.25" X 6.5". Contemporary endorsements written in ink on verso by Pomeroy. Printed document, completed in ink [manuscript material so indicated by underlining]. Light foxing. Very good. A Revolutionary War era payment receipt, with the signatures in ink of Connecticut General Assembly's committeemen Wadsworth and Moseley..... More
Hartford: 1780. Small broadside, oblong 6" x 7." Printed document, completed in ink manuscript. Signed in ink by Bull. Very Good. Docketed in manuscript on verso: "Elisha Mygatt's Rec't. L46.8.9. August 18th, 1780." A Revolutionary War payment receipt. Captain Frederick Bull [1753-1797] of Hartford was an original incorporator of the..... More
Hartford: 1782. Small broadside, oblong 6" x 7." Printed document, completed in ink manuscript. Signed in ink by Oliver Mather. Untrimmed margins. Very Good. Docketed in manuscript on verso, recording Bruck's receipt of the money on October 8, 1782. A Revolutionary War era payment receipt. "From 1792 to 1795 Colonel..... More
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Washington: 1816. Autograph letter signed by A.J. Dallas as Secretary of the Treasury, to the Collector of Machias, Maine. Single page, entirely in ink manuscript. Old folds, Very Good. Dallas [1759-1817] was President Madison's Secretary of the Treasury from October 1814 to October 1816. He died the following year. He..... More
[1896?]. 8pp. Tanned, some browning along edges. Several chips along top edge and fore-edge. Good+. OCLC 45110110 [2-CO College; Univ. VA]. More
New York: C. S. Westcott & Co., 1864. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title [as issued]. Disbound neatly. 254, [1] pp. Light wear, Very Good. Inscribed in an elegant hand, "Robt. L. Stuart Esq. with respects of J.W. Hunter." Hunter, Assistant Auditor at the New York Custom House, was arrested..... More
New York: Lith. & Pub. by H.R. Robinson, [1840]. Oblong broadside, 17-1/8" x 12-3/4." Mounted to a board. A few light fox spots, a couple of short closed tears laid down without loss. Blank verso with three mounting remnants and the ghost of a contemporary, macabre political broadside. Very Good..... More
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[North Carolina: 1790]. Single leaf, printed on the recto [manuscript additions in parentheses] and docketed on verso in ink manuscript, noting service of process, costs and fees. Old folds. Several short fold splits at blank margins. Good+. The printed document appears to be unrecorded. Currency is still British. Capt. Robert..... More
San Francisco: Printed at the American Flag Office, [1866]. 23, [1 blank] pp. Stitched. Each page printed in two columns. Very Good. California's Specific Contract Law required that, when a contract specified the currency in which a debtor must pay a debt, the debtor was required to pay in the..... More
[Cincinnati: 1876]. Folio, 11-3/4" x 14-1/2." 8p. Caption title, as issued. Each page printed in three columns, each column separated by a rule. Minor wear, Very Good. Schurz, a German-American, whose advocacy was important in securing German immigrants to the Republican Party, had finished his term as U.S. Senator from..... More
New York: Bullion Pub. Co., 1880. 48pp. Original printed wrappers [spine chipped with wrappers loosening], 'Compliments of Bullion Pub. Co.' stamped on front wrap, stitched. Short closed margin tear at title leaf [no loss]. Very Good. This little pamphlet provides lots of information on the mining of bullion, 'our mining..... More
Providence: Printed by Bennett Wheeler, and sold at his Office... [1786]. 24pp, stitched and untrimmed. Scattered foxing, occasional annotations in ink by a farmer about his flocks and crops. Very Good. With a several-page account of Herschel's recent planetary discovery. Also included are Court schedules, roads and distances, a table..... More
San Francisco: Whitton, Towne & Co, 1856. 52pp. Disbound with light to moderate foxing, Good+. Wiegand, who entered the copyright, was the 25-year old assayer of the U.S. Mint in San Francisco. He published this Lecture, under the pseudonym ' W. Carroll,' to answer the "vituperations" of his critics; and..... More
Boston: Torrey & Blair, Printers, 1840. 62, [2 blank] pp. Disbound with light dusting, else Very Good. Williams is a strong proponent of a new national bank and a harsh critic of existing local banks, which have failed to provide a sound and uniform currency. He rejects a metallic currency..... More
[Wisconsin? @1878-1880]. Broadsheet, 5 1/2" x 15 1/2". Docketed on verso in type, "Petition of N.H. Wood, of, Wisconsin." Very narrow area of blank margin singeing; a split in an old fold has been expertly repaired on the verso, without loss. Very Good. Wood's former broadside, to which this one..... More