(Richmond, VA): Senate Bill No. 155, Jan. 5. [1865]. 8vo. 3 pp. 58 numbered lines to the bill which raises the pay and makes other adjustments for women working in a variety of areas: clerks, matrons and nurses in hospitals, seamstresses making military clothing, those “engaged in making or preparing..... More
![Item #64772 MOUNT HOLYOKE FEMALE SEMINARY. PREPARATION FOR ADMISSION. [caption title]. Education,...](https://bartlebysbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/64772.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1590614675)
[South Hadley (MA): the college, September, 1840]. Single sheet, folded, 25 cm. [4] pp. One page of printed text, 3 blank. Ex-Harvard College Library copy (stamped at the head of the text). Old fold lines, a bit of rumpling, else a very good copy. This circular advises students seeking admission..... More
Charlestown, [MA]: Jan. 7, 1827. Single sheet, folded to 30.5 x 19 cm. (4) pp., including a one page manuscript petition signed by 14 citizens, two blank pages, and addressed on last. An appeal to the school trustees to make available a suitable building for the instruction of 50 or..... More
Twelve typed letters, including eight letters, on letterheads from various universities, signed by Merton L. Dillon, between March 1, 1961 and February 26, 1968, written to Mrs. James Durgin of New York City; one letter to Mrs. Durgin from Edward T. James, signed and dated March 6, 1961; and three..... More
![Item #66243 CALL FOR WOMEN VOTERS' CONVENTION. [caption title] Offered with, CALL TO THE THIRD...](https://bartlebysbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/66243.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1737305241)
NP: nd [1920s]. Tennessee women's suffrage, two items, including two printed announcements from the Tennessee Woman Suffrage Association and the Tennessee Women Voters League, shortly after the enactment of the 19th federal amendment. No listings found on OCLC. The first document, with the caption title "Call for Women Voters' Convention,"..... More
A few of the manuscripts show some storage wear and soiling, but a very good lot. (1) READ, Elizabeth Jeffry (1772-1855). Keeping her husband apprised of their children’s activities, her socializing, local gossip, weather, etc., in a series of autograph letters, signed by her, Jan. 4, 1801 – Feb. 13..... More
Greensboro, NC: (Jos. J. Stone & Co., Printers & Binders, 1907). First edition. Oblong 8vo (14 x 18 cm.). (34) pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates picturing college buildings and grounds. Nice promotional for the college, covering all aspects of matriculation and campus life; laid in is an unused application form..... More
Raleigh, NC: 1898. Large format photograph, 7 x 9 1/4 inches, mounted on larger card stock, 11 x 14 inches, picturing 10 older women faculty and staff members, one older man, and 44 female students, all posed in four rows in front of a campus building set among tall trees;..... More
NY: J. C. Riker, nd [ca. 1840s or 1850s]. Hand-colored engraved title page, 54 leaves of cream or blue leaves, three hand-colored floral engraved plates. This example includes 28 signed sentiments, 1855-1857, almost all in verse, from a couplet to two pages, all addressed to Milly or Millie, several adding..... More
