NY: Endicott & Co., 59 Beekman St. nd [1853?]. Broadside, 44 x 38 cm. Bond No. 891. Old fold lines, blue paper seal of the Galveston Houston and Henderson Rail Road Company at right margin. Vignette of a train chugging across a landscape, trees in the foreground, mountains in the..... More
Single sheet, folded to 32 x 20 cm., 3 1/2 pp. of text, approx. 800 words, in two different hands [one clerical, the other presumably Scott]. Old fold lines, two holes in one leaf (likely from ink burn) carefully repaired, affecting a few letters, paper age toned. Signed by Scott..... More
Single sheet, 32 x 19 cm., approx. 400 words. Stationery blindstamp of "Ames / Springfield" [paper mill?] in upper left corner of page. George C. Lucas petitions the court of San Augustine County for redress, stating that he and John S. Ford had entered into an agreement on July 12..... More
Single sheet of blue paper, folded to 25 x 20 cm. Manuscript certificate for Hannah Brown's rights to land in Texas as a citizen of the Republic. Signed by Wm. McFarland, Chief Justice and Notary Ex-Officio. Docketed on fourth page: "Mrs. Mooney [sp?], Letter of Citizenship." Hannah Brown was granted..... More
Manuscript document, 17 x 21 cm. Republic of Texas, County of Matagorda, No. 161, 2nd Class, 320 acres. Claus Hanson was to receive 320 acres, "agreeably to the provisions of an act passed January 4th, 1839 extending donations of land to late emigrants. Signed by E.R. Wightman and H.L. Cook..... More
Single sheet of lined paper, 30 x 20 cm., [2] pp. manuscript agreement, approx. 360 words. Signed by both Wm. V. Hefley and J.M. Hefley, and attested to by J.E. Marsh. Docketed on the second page. Old fold lines, text appears to be in two different hands (one clerical?). William..... More
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Raleigh, NC: E.M. Uzzell, Printer and Binder, nd [ca.1888]. Printed broadside, 28 x 21 cm. Signed in type by Creech & Co., and in ink by Joseph A. Creech, Atty. & Gen. Manager. One manuscript correction to text. A few shallow chips to left margin, else very good. With many..... More
Single sheet, 34 x 21 cm., approx. 160 words. State of Texas, County of Comal (?), signed by McCulloch and Judson, and witnessed by Ferdinand J. Lindheimer, J.P. Docketed on verso. In the document, McCulloch, of Guadalupe County, bound himself to Shaw in the sum of $120, on condition that..... More
Single sheet, folded to 32 x 20 cm. Two leaves, approx. 350 words, docketed on the verso of the second leaf. Hendrickson agrees to commence work on an addition to the Salado College building, "to be built of the best building stone and of first class rubble masonry...." Robertson agrees..... More
San Antonio, Texas: [the magazine], May 1922. This issue only. 31 cm. 40 pp. Vol. 1, No. 2. Red and green lettered glossy buff paperwraps (soiled); photo illustration of the new Scottish Rite Cathedral in San Antonio on front cover. Photo illustrations throughout. Ex-library copy with small round stamps on..... More
![Item #67269 ONE SHARE, TEXAS STAR FLOUR MILLS, OF GALVESTON [caption title]. Stock certificate](/pictures/thumb/67269.jpg?v=1673815520)
Galveston [TX]: Robt. Clarke, Stationer & Printer, (1881). Printed stock certificate, completed in manuscript, certifying that L. Becker was entitled to one share of five hundred dollars of the capital stock of the Texas Star Flour Mills. Signed in ink by Gus. Reymershoffer, Secretary, and J. Reymershoffer, President, January 8..... More
Single sheet, folded to 31 x 19 cm. [2] leaves, approx. 900 words. A tender copy, old fold lines, separating along some of the folds, small hole (from broken seal) affecting a few words. A copy of the documents recording the family members intentions to locate and sell the lands..... More
Single sheet of letterhead stationery from the Office of the Superintendent of the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co., directed to B.F. Winchell, President, C.R.I. & P.R.R. Co. of Chicago, Illinois. Small file stamp in the upper right corner, else very good. A brief typed note, approx. 50 words..... More
(New York: The railway), (1870). 16-panel timetable and map folding to 12mo, recto with title wrappers (rear wrapper “South and South-West”), with timetable for westward and southern trains, New York to Chicago (with connections to Chicago, Quincy, and St. Louis), two panels picturing the luxurious interior of a drawing room..... More
Albany, NY: Weed, Parsons & Co. [for the railroad], (1870). 16-panel timetable and map folding to 12mo, recto with title wrapper, timetable for westward trains, New York to Buffalo (with connections to Chicago, Cincinnati, and Louisville/St. Louis), two panels describing various express possibilities, and four panels printing rates of fares..... More
Cleveland and New York: The railroad, 1857. 4to, a bi-folium, printing the text on the two interior pages and the verso of the integral leaf printing a Map of the New York and Erie Railroad, and Its Connections (4 x 7 ½ inches, neatline; printed Burridge, Cleveland) showing the railroad..... More
Washington, DC: C. Schwarz, sc, (c. 1815). Map of the Illinois Territory, 21 ¼ x 17 inches (full sheet), the territory divided into ranges, townships, and sections, this example being filled in as the “NE 1/4” of Section “8” in Township “1 South” of Range “7 West” which Gardiner has..... More
Chicago, IL: Hall & Co. (E. D. Mendel, Lithographic & Map Publishing Office, Chicago), 1855. Lithograph map of Chicago, 30 ½ x 24 inches, the map fully enclosed within a wide ornamental border (1 3/8 inches); accompanied by its cloth folder (gilt stamped “Directory Map of Chicago”; very worn and..... More
Wheeling, WV: Prohibition Publishing Co., 1891. First edition. 8vo. 40 pp. Plate of the seminary building from a wood engraving, shorthand illustrations; laid in is a small handbill “The American System of Shorthand.” Institution affiliated with the Methodist Church. Includes lists of trustees, faculty, and students, both men and women..... More
4to. One-page, approximately 225 words, in part: “Mr. Calhoun’s resolution to repeal the Monroe bill of last winter, will again give rise to a discussion of the powers of the general government. Altho’ the attitude assumed by South Carolina fully justified the enactment of the law that was passed, yet..... More
Richmond, VA: Printed by Augustine Davis, [1790]. Small 8vo. 17 [of 18] leaves, lacking almost all of pp. 17-18. Evans 22317 (without location). Drake 13824 (calling for 16 leaves and locating only American Antiquarian Society, with only 14 leaves). American Antiquarian Society catalogue notes its copy as lacking the final..... More
Small 4to (7 ¼ x 6 inches). In full: “Dear Sir, I intend to apply to the next James City court for an order for dividing the slaves and personal estate of Col. Taliaferro; and as it is probably that you may wish to be there, I write this to..... More
(St. Louis, MO): Woodward & Tiernan Printing, 1911. Broadsheet, 17 ¼ x 36 ½ inches, folded to narrow 8vo. Recto of 18 panels, 13 printing timetables for the various routes and connections, one for an index, two with information on routes, and two for the wrappers; verso prints “Map of..... More
Memphis, TN: South Memphis land Co. (Memphis Linotype Printing Co.), nd [ca. 1920]. Broadside, 14 x 21 inches, the title in large bold type, first three words all capitals; the plat map measures 8 ¼ x 12 inches with more than 300 lots laid out. Illustrated from a photograph of..... More
(Elizabethton, TN, Washington, DC, and other places): Co-Operative Town Company of Tennessee, nd [1891]. First edition. Promotional and viewbook. Oblong 4to. 48 pp. (numbered in ink in upper corner of each page). Many illustrations from photographs (town bird’s-eye, country landscapes, historic sites, etc.), plates, map, chapter line drawing headpieces. OCLC..... More
