Washington, North Carolina: [1863]. Envelope or Cover. This three-page letter is datelined, “Washington N.C. Jan 24th”” 1863. Its envelope is postmarked “Washington / Jan 26 1863” and bears a “Due 3” handstamp. Both letter and cover are in nice shape. In this letter, Judd writes a friend in East Hampton..... More about Letter from a Lieutenant in the 27th Massachusetts Infantry while encamped at Washington, North...

Vienna: 1939. Card. This German propaganda postcard measures approximately 4” x 6” and features the official poster of the Great anti-Bolshevik Exhibition) that was held in Vienna in 1939. The illustration shows a skeletonized Russian soldier carrying a rifle and machine gun while advancing across a flaming globe emblazoned with... More about An official postcard from the 1939 Grosse antibolischewistische Aussellung (Great anti-Bolshevik...

Vienna: 1938. . Unbound. The postcard measures about 4” x 6”. It is titled, Der ewige Jude and features the official poster of the exhibition: a caricature of an eastern Jew wearing a kaftan and holding gold coins in one hand and a whip in the other. It was sold... More about Official postcard for Der ewige Jude (The Eternal Jew) degenerate art (entatete Kunst) Exhibition...

Georgia, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina: 1845–1858. Envelope or Cover. These fourteen letters (mostly stampless folded letters, some in envelopes with 3-cent stamps, Scott Types A10 or A21) were written by or to the Miller-Furman family over 14 years in the mid-19th century. Postmarks include Georgia (Augusta, Milledgeville, and Scottsborough), Pennsylvania... More about An extensive archive of correspondence that documents a Southern belle’s coming of age from...

Forsyth County, Georgia: 1848. Unbound. In this one-page document, bondsmen pledge $100 as a guarantee that: “Adam Campbell shall personally appear before the Superior Court when held for said County on the fourth Monday in August next then and there to answer . . . for and concerning the offence... More about A bond requiring a white man to appear in court on the charge that he furnished “spirituous...

[Northville, Michigan]: [J. A. Dunbar Manufacturing Co.], 1902. Envelope or Cover. This advertising cover (AICC #G104) features a splendid seven-color illustration of a Native American Indian chief in full regalia including headdress. It is addressed to Ragarville, Ohio and franked with two 2-cent carmine Washington stamps (both Scott #252) tied... More about Illustrated advertising cover for Warrior Air Rifles

[Washington, DC]: United States Office of War Information, [1942]. Pamphlet. This 10” x 13” pamphlet contains 72 unnumbered pages encouraging African-Americans to support the U.S. effort in World War Two. Complete, but as usually found, it is quite worn as it was printed on cheap acidic paper. There is extensive... More about Negroes and the War

Fort Burnham/Harrison, James River and White House Plantation, Virginia: Circa 1863-1865. Mat. Both photographs are approximately 3.5” square and are mounted on matching gray, heavy card mat stock suitable for framing. The photos are in nice shape with some minor creasing and edge-wear. One photograph, known as “The Ruins of..... More about Two Civil War albumin photographs of African-Americans at military camps in Virginia

Boston, [Massachusetts] to Hartford, [ Connecticut]: May 22, 1795. Unbound. This manuscript, folded-letter invoice, dated May 22 1795, measures approximately 7.5” x 11” unfolded. It is addressed to Mr. Selden Chapman, Merchant, Hartford and bears a straight-line Boston postmark dated 22/May. (See page 167, vol 1, ASCC.) It bears a.... More about Mailed invoice for shipping five hogsheads of rum delivered by the New England slave ship, Sloop...

Omaha: Beacon Press, 1919. Wraps. This oblong, saddle-stapled, softcover photo-booklet measures 7.5” x 5.25” and is “Copiously illustrated.” It contains 26 pages of text and 14 images of the riot, its victim, and some of the perpetrators. The binding is sound; cover and several leaves have some edgewear and short... More about Omaha's Riot, 1919. In Story & Picture

Camp Sibley (Henderson) and Fairmount, Minnesota: 1862 and 1863. Unbound. Stephens' first letter—on campaign stationery featuring John Fremont—was written from Camp Sible, Lower Sioux Agency. Its patriotic envelope-featuring the popular song, The Girl I Left Behind Me—was postmarked at Henderson, Minnesota on November 5, [1862]. The letter is in nice..... More about Two letters from a Minnesota militiaman who fought against the Sioux follow their barbarous...