Unbound. This set of 26 French illustrated trade cards features illustrations of bratty children and rude adults. They are printed in color on a gold background. These cards were intended to be used by L. D. Wilbur & Company of Fall River, Massachusetts to advertise his clothing and general merchandise..... More
Memphis, Tennessee: 1864-1866. Cord-bound. This standard-size carte-de-visite measures approximately 2.5” x 4”. The photo graph was taken by J. W. Taft at the Oak Gallery in Memphis, Tennessee. It is franked with a 3-cent, green Proprietary revenue stamp (Scott #R18) canceled with a single ink slash. Undated and unidentified. In..... More
Connecticut: 1850. Unbound. This three-page stampless folded letter written on an illustrated Yale College letter sheet measures 15”x9.75” unfolded. The letter, datelined “Northford June 22d, 1850,” was written over several days by C.B. Brooks and sent to a friend, “Hon. Smith.” In nice shape. The letter sheet features a...... More
Cincinnati, Ohio: 1845. Envelope or Cover. This four-page stampless folded letter, written on an illustrated letter sheet, measures 15” x 9.75” unfolded. It is datelined “Social Hall Aug 15/45” and bears a circular Washington, Kentucky postmark with a blue “10” manuscript rate mark. It was sent by L. J. M...... More
1845. Envelope or Cover. This one-page stampless folded letter measures 16” x 10” unfolded. Its dateline reads, “Quartermaster Genls Office / Washington City April 18’” 1845”. It is addressed to “Major D. D. Tompkins ‘ Asst Qtr Master / Philadelphia / Penna.” It bears a circular Washington City postmark, dated..... More
British Guiana (Guyana): 1841. Envelope or Cover. This two-page stampless, folded letter measures 8” x 9.75”. It was sent by the Murray Brothers of British Guiana (Guyana) to Newton Gordon Cossart & Company in Madeira. It is datelined “Demerary [Demerara] Feby 1840”. The front of the letter bears the manuscript..... More
Menomoneville, Wiconsin Territory: 1837. Envelope or Cover. This two-page stampless letter, sent from the Reverend Daniel E. Brown at Menomoneville to the Reverend Philander Chase “near Peoria / Illinoise”,, measures 16” x 9.75” unfolded. It is datelined “Mission Buildings Green Bay / April 3rd 1837” and bears an especially scarce..... More
Carrey Pottawattamie Indian Reservation, Niles, Michigan: 1829. Envelope or Cover. This stampless folded letter measures 15.5” x 12” unfolded. It was datelined “Newboston [New Hampshire] March 11th 1829 and send by Josiah C. Goodridge (sometimes Goodrich) to his sister, “Mrs Fanny Simerwell / Cary on the St Josep’s / Michigan”..... More
Detroit, Michigan: 1816. Envelope or Cover. This two-page stampless folded letter measures 15” x 9.5” unfolded. It was sent by former Colonel, James Thomas, from Detroit on 30 August 1816 to his business associate, Jacob Miller Haldeman, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It bears a scarce manuscript “Detroit / 30 Augt.” postmark..... More
Camp Holly Springs near Richmond, Virginia: 1814-1815. Disbound. This two-page leaf, measuring 7.75” x 12.5”, contains five morning, provisioning, and forage reports for Captain Andrew Stevensons Company of Artillery. It was maintained while the unit was stationed at Camp Holly Springs, as part of Colonel Barlowe’s 2nd Virginia Regiment, in..... More
Philadelphia: 1810. Envelope or Cover. This one-page stampless folded letter was sent by Joseph Fearon of Philadelphia to his son, John on Bald Eagle Creek in Lycoming (now Clinton) County, Pennsylvania. It is datelined “Philadelphia 25th March 1810” with a circular “PHI” postmark dated “27 MR” (ASCC p. 345). It..... More
Unidentified: 1809. Unbound. Speech of Mr. Tallmadge. Tuesday, December 27th, 1809. On a motion to committ to a select committee, the bill from the senate for enforcing the embargo laws. Unidentified printer. Annotated on the reverse, “Mr. Tallmadge’s Speech” and “Felino (?) Hale”. In December of 1807, President..... More
Bedford County Pennsylvania: 1775. Unbound. This impressive warrant from Bedford County, Pennsylvania measures 13” x 4”. It is dated the “Thirteenth Day of July in the fifteenth Year of [the] Reign” of George III, i.e., 1775. In nice shape. It reads in part: “George the third by the..... More
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Little Rock, Arkansas: 1923. Pamphlet. Women of America! The Past! The Present! The Future! Outline of the Principles and Teachings: Women of the Ku Klux Klan by Robbie Gill and Mary G. Witt. Little Rock, Arkansas: Imperial Headquarters Women of the Ku Klux Klan, 1923. 16 pages. Staple-bound within a...... More
Albany, New York: 1885. Card. This blank back, 5.25” x 3” trade card advertises “Acorn” Collars and Cuffs manufactured by S. L. Munson of Albany, New York. It was sent through the mail to E. R. Birinington of Danielsonville, Connecticut. The card is in nice shape, and it is franked..... More
Keen Valley, New York: 1881. Envelope or Cover. This four-page letter is written on photomechanically illustrated stationery advertising the Maple Grove Mountain House in Keen Valley, New York. The letter from M. C. Hubbard to her son, John, in Minneapolis, Minnesota was written on 18 September 1881. It is enclosed..... More
Brooklyn, New York: 1880. This one-page presidential flyer is datelined “Brooklyn, Oct. 29th, 1880. In nice shape with mailing folds. It is enclosed in a mailing envelope addressed to a Brooklyn address and bears vermillion 2-cent Jackson stamp (Scott #193) that has been cancelled with a duplex postmark, dated October..... More
Liverpool: 1866. Unbound. This one-page printed solicitation was privately sent by Jas. Moore of Liverpool on October 15th, 1866, to George Rogers of Lee, Kent (a small parish southeast of London). In nice shape. The notice reads::. At the time, running a boarding house was one of the few..... More
Camp Wadsworth, Fairfax, Virginia: 1864. Unbound. During the early years of the Civil War, hordes of enslaved people from Northern Virginia escaped to the District of Columbia, becoming known as contraband. In order to provide a place these refuges could be cared for and controlled, D. B. Nichols, the Superintendent..... More
New York: 1857. Envelope or Cover. This printed circular is titled “Transfer Office of the Southern Pacific Rail-Road Company / No. 54 Wall-Street / New York, May 30, 1857.” It is addressed to W. P. Mehville Wilne, Esq. of Sandusky, Ohio, and franked with an imperforate Franklin stamp (Scott #9)..... More
Georgia: 1855. Unbound. This two-page sworn statement records the testimony of Henry A. Byrd, a detective or officer, regarding the wounding of another officer by a criminal, Calvin Lewis, who fired upon them while attempting to steal a “box” that had been brought to the Richmond County Georgia city hall..... More
New York City: 1851. Envelope or Cover. This two-page advertising broadsheet measures 17” x 10.5” unfolded. It was sent from the Swift, Hurlbut, & Company at 207 Pearl Street in New York City to Joseph A. Johnson , a Madisonville, Tennessee merchant. It bears a circular red New York “Paid”..... More
Sing Sing, New Yor: 1849. Envelope or Cover. This one-page folded shipping notice dated July 23/24, 1849, measures 15” x 9.5” unfolded. It documents the transport of books, by the Union Transportation Line, from Edward C Bittinger of Sing Sing, New York to the Philadelphia bookselling firm of Daniels &..... More
Unbound. This three-page common school certification, which was required for the school teacher to be paid by the county, measures 15.5” x 10” unfolded. The inside two pages contain a table showing daily attendance for 18 boys and girls that attended Hiram Roys’s common school, officially in school..... More
Paradise, [Pennsylvania]: 1839. Unbound. This one-page manuscript document is titled “The Royal Arch Cyphers with Key.” It was written by George K. Witmer of Paradise, [Pennsylvania] on August 9th, 1839. Later docketing reads, “March 1st 1842.” The document was folded like a stampless,letter and addressed by Witmer to himself with..... More
