8vo. 2-pages, approximately 150 words, in part: “The day after the death of our dear old friend Mr. Pierce I was taken down with a cold of the lungs, and am only now able to be about … whenever you can manage to run away from your work send me..... More

4to. (2) pp. [written rectos only]. 8 stanzas of four lines each. First line: "Oh, not the beggars who seeks your door." Folded; editor's red pencil markings at head of title, else very good. Hewitt is "chiefly known by her poetical contributions to periodicals" (Appleton's). She edited a gift-book entitled..... More

Munford was a prominent Virginian by virtue of family associations, education, land-holding, military service, and local and legislative office-holding. This document dates from the period of his Halifax County clerkship service (1760-1773) and may or may not be in his hand. Very few letters and documents identified as his are..... More

Washington, DC: 1893. 4to. Eight lines of manuscript on the letter sheet which is inlaid into heavier stock. The autograph reads in full: "Hark to an exiled son's appeal, / Maryland! / My mother-state to thee I kneel, / Maryland! / For life and death, for woe and weal, /..... More

Mercersburg, PA: 1923. 4to. One-page, in full: "My dear Mr. Newell, That was a great story of yours. I enjoyed every word of it because all my deer-hunting has been done in Carolina, in the type of country you describe. You wrote: 'A change in Missy's bark told me that..... More