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...
Switzerland County, Indiana: 1856. Unbound. There are eight documents in this group. Three of the documents are warrants for the arrest of Henry Simpson and Thomas Level for the robbery of Charles Seamback and the rape of Teclaw Smith issued in November of 1855. Three of the documents are apparently...
Deposit, New York: 1849. Unbound. This two-page letter measures 15.5” x 10” unfolded. It was sent by Judge Nelson Knox Wheeler from Deposit, New York to an associate, H. Ballard, at Cortlandville. It is franked with a well-margined (one just a little narrow), red-brown 5-cent Franklin postage stamp (Scott #1)...
