Vera Cruz to Massachusetts via Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans, Louisiana: 1847-1848. Envelope or Cover. These two one-page and one two-page folded letters, each measuring 15” x 10”, were written by a civilian ship captain to his wife while transporting soldiers and supplies to Mexico during the Mexican-American War. Two..... More

Fort Laramie, Dakota Territory: 1865. Envelope or Cover. This letter to Belfast, Ohio, is datelined “Ft. Laramie, D. Tery., Oct. the 20th 1865” and the envelope is franked with a 3-cent Washington stamp (Scott #65). It bears a scarce “Fort Laramie Dak” postmark along with a Goshen, Ohio, transit stamp..... More

[New Haven, Connecticu]: Yale College, 1865. Unbound. Two separate pages, each measuring approximately 7.5” x 12”. In Greek. Pencil docketing reads “Printer’s copy for an examination-paper, in the handwriting of Professor James Hadley, 1865. Attest: Franklin B. Dexter, 1902.” “James Hadley / B. Fairfield, N.Y. March 30, 1821..... More

Sevierville, Tennessee: Divine Trust, 2010. Faux leather. This 35-page document, “Universal Postal Treaty for the Americas,” published by the “Office of the Postmaster General, Trustee of the Global Trust, Divine Province,” is mounted within a black leatherette portfolio. A printed letter from “James Thomas McBride Postmaster General” is laid in..... More

Washinington, DC: 1937. Unbound. One-page handbill (approximately 9” x 11.5”) formatted to appear like a page from the Congressional Record. Storage folds, some beginning to split at the margin. Clean with some light toning. This handbill provides the text of Jenckes’s speech in the House of Representatives on 6 December..... More

S.S. President Roosevelt, Amsterdam: 1928. Unbound. This four-page letter (no accompanying envelope) is written on printed stationery that reads: “American Olympic Team / Ninth Olympiad, July 28th to August 12th, 1928 / S.S. President Roosevelt / Amsterdam / Address all communications / care of American Olympic Team / 13 Rokin..... More

Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington DC, and Virginia: 1861-1862. Envelope or Cover. One year of letters home written by soldier in a volunteer unit that defended Washington, DC at the beginning of the war before it reorganized and eventually fought at a number of battles including Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. Ten..... More

New York: Ensign & Thayer, 1849, ©1848. First edition. Hardcover. The folded Gold Rush Era pocket map measures 26¾” x 21”. Original hand coloring. The map Includes county divisions for Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, and parts of Wisconsin and Iowa. The Indian and Nebraska Territories are identified to the..... More

Various locations: 1842-1847. Unbound. This archive consists of 36 letters (34 to McLoughlin, one by McLoughlin, and one to McLoughlin's widow) and two documents. All have original postal markings. Some have splits beginning along mailing folds; one is in two parts. An annotated contents list will be included. In..... More

Camp Lucas (St. Louis), Missouri to Warren Court House, Pennsylvania: 1847. This one-page stampless folded letter measures 15.5” x 10” unfolded. It is dated “Camp Lucas May 30th 1847.” The cover must have been delivered by hand, outside of the postal system, as it is unfranked and bears no postmarks..... More

Hsi Chi Men, China: 1925-1926. Unbound. Small archive of correspondence, photos, and ephemera kept by an anti-imperialist American YWCA missionary in China as the country lurched through The May Thirtieth Movement towards the Second Chinese Revolution and eventually full civil war. The archive consists of 11 captioned photos, a...... More

Budapest: Kaposvari Magyar Hirdeto, 1970. First Printing. Hardcover. 80 pages. In Hungarian.Illustrated with more than 20 full-page b/w movie stills. Approximately 2.5" x 2". Signed by the printer, Mautner Jozsef, on the title page. Very light shelf wear. Traces Lenin's life through films made about him. More

Marshfield, [Massachusetts]: 1789-1790. Wraps. This ciphering book is approximately 8” x 12.5”. It contains 64 pages of mathematical exercises. The front cover is present; the rear cover has perished. The pages are in nice shape and soundly bound; the cover is worn and soiled. It was written while Asa was..... More