[New York, NY: np, 1856]. Single sheet, folded to 32.5 x 20.5 cm., [2] leaves. The two items, printed on pages [1] and [3], with both versos blank. Old folds (a few tiny separations), some old staining and browning, a few tiny holes. The first document, a printed broadside, is..... More
[Columbus, OH: S. Medary? 1850]. Broadside, 35 x 35 cm. Fold lines. Sheet toned, some minor chips and separations at edges. Very good. A floor plan and seating chart for the Ohio Constitutional Convention of 1850. At the head of the chart is the desk of Convention President William Medill..... More
Worcester, [MA]: Henry J. Howland, printer, 199 Main Street, November, 1849. Broadside. 25.5 x 19 cm. "Tickets for the course may be obtained of the Secretary, and at the Bookstores, at the following prices: gentlemen, $1.00. Ladies and minors, $0,50. All purchasers of tickets will be entitled to the use..... More
[Utica, NY]: 1835. Broadside, 31.5 x 22 cm. Signed in type by Rudolph Snyder, President of the convention, and nine others, at conclusion. Sheet stained and very browned, some surface abrasions. Skillfully backed. Not an especially attractive copy, but sound and textually complete. The meeting passed six resolutions, the first..... More
![Item #67642 THE LEECH. "BLOOD! IAGO! BLOOD! Vol. I, No. 1 [all]. Union College, July, 1864](/pictures/thumb/67642.jpg?v=1678830850)
[Schenectady, NY: 1864]. This issue only. 30.5 x 24.5 cm. 12 pp. Masthead with cut of two men facing away from viewer. A short tear in fore-margin throughout, one chip affecting several characters on last leaf. A fairly well-preserved copy, partly unopened. Short-lived literary magazine. Much of the content is..... More
![Item #67641 "HOME OF WASHINGTON, MOUNT VERNON, VA." [caption title]; Large Cabinet Card of...](/pictures/thumb/67641.jpg?v=1678830848)
Original photograph, image 19 x 27 cm., mounted on a backing board, 26 x 34 cm. overall. Sepia tones, slightly faded, tear on board not affecting photo. Chipping on corners of board. Printed below the photo, on the backing board: Washington, D.C: Luke C. Dillon, Office, 935 Penn. Avenue, Pullman's..... More
Washington City: 1840. Autograph letter signed "Your friend. Th. W. Williams". One sheet, folded to 26 x 20 cm., one page letter, approx. 130 words, [2] blank, and addressed on fourth page, free frank. Postmark, Washington City, 24 Jan'y, 1840. Ink strong and readable. The Hon.Thomas W. Williams advises Charles..... More
[Galesburg, IL ? np, 1851]. Broadside. 23 x 31 cm. Laid down on scrap cardboard, stained and browned. Bottom margin frayed, with loss to margin no loss of text. A fair copy only, but textually complete. Signed in type by Becker at conclusion, dated Victoria, Knox Co., Ills, February 17..... More
Single sheet, folded to 33 x 20 cm., one page a manucript, approx. 90 words, [2] blank, docketed on fourth page. Watermarked "USN" with Ship & Hudson. Ink browned. Simeon Draper, Jr., auctioneer of the city of New York, certifies that a public auction will be held at the merchants..... More
![Item #67636 SPARTA DEMOCRAT-EXTRA [Caption title]. Abraham LINCOLN](/pictures/thumb/67636.jpg?v=1678826836)
Sparta, [IL]: Friday, January 15, 1841. Single sheet. 34 x 26 cm. [2] pp., text printed in three columns on both sides. Sheet very browned, foxed, small piece (blank) gone from an upper corner. The Sparta Democrat was a successor to the Columbus Herald, the first newspaper (1838) published in..... More
Washington, [DC]: Printed at the Office of Jonathan Elliot, Pennsylvania Avenue, 1828. 22 cm. [2], 3-32 pp. Disbound. A fairly crisp copy, but fore-edge cropped close, shaving a small amount of text on pp. 5-8 still readable. Howes J11. Cohen 13619 - "An anti-Jackson campaign document, comprising a reprint, with..... More
Receipt 16.5 x 19.5 cm. Partly printed, completed in manuscript. Browned, edges uneven. Very good. Fessenden and Bailey of Medford, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County, paid the tax collector two dollars for the privilege of operating a "two wheeled carriage called a chair or (chaise?) and the harness used therefore." Levi..... More
nd [ca.1860?]. Single sheet. 33 x 21 cm. 1.5 pages. Old fold lines, short tears and small separations at folds. Original manuscript poem written by a "friend" of some talent and education, praising the attorney, George Griffin (1778-1860), of New York City, comparing him to "Great Hamilton" who had died..... More
1810. Single sheet, folded to 30 x 18 cm., [3] pp., docketed on the fourth page. Browned, slight tears at folds and edges, in ink in a legible hand. A tender copy. A list of claims against the estate of Moses Wing (1760-1809), clockmaker and jeweler, 1810. Several dozen persons..... More
Boston: September 1, 1886. Signed in ink by N.P. Hallowell. Printed circular. 20.5 x 13.5 cm. A very good copy. Norwood Penrose Hallowell (1839-1914) graduated from Harvard College in 1861. He was a member of the committee to raise money to put a memorial window in Memorial Hall at Harvard..... More
ca. 1898. Single sheet, 30 x 22.5 cm. Lyrics only, in ink. Old fold lines, multiple tears, repairs, a 3 x 4 in.section chipped away, with lyric re-written at a later date [and in a different hand?]. Stained. "4690 Geo W. Monroe," penciled at top [a previous owner and perhaps..... More
Single sheet, 22 x 17 cm., approx. 160 words. Docketed on verso, "Application for a Prop. Meeting to be held 25 Nov. 1781." Sheet a little browned, some manuscript corrections, old fold lines, tipped onto cardboard. Gorham and Longfellow were Gorham selectmen in 1781. The first article here requests that..... More
NP: np, [1850-1890?]. Broadside poem. 18 x 13.5 cm. Top and bottom margins a bit uneven. Four stanzas of six lines each, mourning the loss of two children. OCLC lists only a copy at Brown where the speculation of date is taken. More
[NP: np, 1869?]. Single sheet folded to 35.5 x 22 cm. Two printed pages. Very good. The history involves the death of the son-in-law John A. Wolfer, and the raising of the grandchildren in G.F. von Beck's home in Rondout, NY, but primarily summarizing the money dealings with one grandchild..... More
[Providence, RI ? np, 1819]. Single sheet. 35 x 21 cm. [2] pp. Printed in two columns. Old fold lines, a few separations along folds. It seems only a copy at Brown listed on OCLC. American Imprints 49750 does not list a place of publication but Brown notes it as..... More
Boston, [MA]: Gould and Lincoln, 59 Washington Street; New York: Sheldon and Company; Cincinnati: George S. Blanchard, 1860. 20 cm. xxxviii, [3], 42-537pp., [2] ads. Frontis. portrait and one plate. Dark brown pebbled cloth with blind stamping on boards.Title and author stamped in gilt on spine. Spine ends with wear..... More
Cambridge, [MA]: Riverside Press, for Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. Textured brown paper boards with paper spine label. 16.5 cm., (18), 302 pp., in text illustrations. No. 154 of 440 copies. Foxing to the outer margin of one leaf, still a crisp copy. More
NP: np, [1868?]. Broadside, 63.5 cm. x 45.5 cm. Text in eight columns printed on thin paper. Folded in quarters, erosion along one fold with slight loss, perhaps six or eight words, a few separations at margins without loss, otherwise very good. Not in OCLC which records an 1865 pamphlet..... More
Charleston, South Carolina. July 27, 1840. 25 cm. Single sheet folded. Holograph note on a printed circular concerning ship's agent business. George W. Brown (b. 1803), an attorney "formerly of Nicholasville, Ky" came to Charleston in 1840 to go into business as a ship's agent, "a general Commission and Forwarding..... More
![Item #67616 NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY A SPLENDID PREMIUM PIANO FORTE....[Caption title]. Dennis...](/pictures/thumb/67616.jpg?v=1678747273)
Rochester, [NY]: A. Strong & Co., Printers, nd [ca. 1855]. Broadside. 26.5 x 17 cm. Vignettes of two pianos, beneath the caption title. Pennell, of Honeoye, Ontario County, NY advertises that he will remain a few days at [blank left to fill in the location, this copy not used] to..... More
