Roger C. Weightman, 1814. Report of the Committee on the Petition of Bowie and Kurtz and Others, Owners of the Ship Allegany. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States in Washington City by Roger C. Weightman. 1814. Never bound and untrimmed. Seven pages. Measures approximately 6” x...... More
Lowell, Massachusetts: 1834. Unbound. This four-page letter is datelined, “Lowell. April 22. 1834. It was sent directly to President Andrew Jackson by Fink(?) Booth. It bears no postal markings and has no accompanying envelope. In nice shape. Aa transcript will be provided. In the letter, Booth related how his..... More
Stockton , California: 1850. Envelope or Cover. This three- page stampless, folded letter, measuring 15.5” x 12.5” unfolded, was written on May 10th, 1850 by E. B. [Ebenezer Bower] Bateman, a state legislator, from “Stockton Upper California” to his father, Burgin, in Jacksonville, Illinois. It bears a manuscript “40” rate..... More
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Cincinnati, Ohio: The Dollar Weekly Times, 1854. Unbound. This two-page broadsheet promoting the American Party was printed in 1854 by The Dollar Weekly Times, the party’s newspaper headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, promoting its anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic agenda. It is printed as a faux lettersheet and was sent to an unnamed..... More
Envelope or Cover. This three-page stampless folded letter was written on “feby 17, 1856” and sent “in care of [the] American Legation,” which, at the time was located in Mexico City, to the prominent Washington lawyer, James Mandeville Carlisle. It was sent through Vera Cruz, as attested to transit marking..... More
Envelope or Cover. This secretive letter, signed only “T. O.,” was sent from New York to “T. G. Slaughter / Farmingham / Dartford / Kent / Great Britain”. It is datelined “N. Y. June 17/68” and enclosed in an envelope franked with a relatively scarce 12-cent Washington stamp with an..... 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
Washington, DC: 1945. Within days of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the press, the public, and government officials began clamored to learn how such a disastrous event was allowed to occur. It was not just the astounding amount of vessels and plans that were destroyed, but the incredible unpreparedness..... More
Various. This archive consists of five items: 1) an autographed program from the McGuire Sisters’ 1960 engagement at the Las Vegas Desert Inn where Phyllis McGuire first met Sam Giancana, 2) a press photos of Phyllis when she testified at the 1965 Federal Grand Jury investigating Giancana, 3) a press..... More
This letter was sent from Quindaro in the Kansas Territory to on of its residents, Richard W. Clark, at St. Louis, Missouri in care of Jonathan Jones. It bears a three-cent Washington stamp (Scott #26) and a postmark with a manuscript date of “Dec 16”. Although there are..... More
1864. Unbound. A Free Pass. Entitling the holder to the tender mercies of the Constitutional Purifying Association. . .. No publisher or date noted. 6.25” x 9”. Minor foxing. No rips, tears, folds or missing pieces. One pinhole chip at the bottom margin. Overall, in nice shape. The title continues..... More
Washington, DC: 1979. In this two-page letter on United States Senate stationery, dated October 25, 1979, and signed by Adlai E. Stevenson, III, a stalwart of the Democratic Party and son of the two-time Democrat candidate for President of the United States expresses his disapproval of “illegal aliens living and..... More
Madison [Ohio]: 1840. Envelope or Cover. This three-page stampless folded letter measures 16” x 12” unfolded and is datelined “Madison [Ohio,] Sept. 20th 1840.” It was sent by B. F. Fuller to his nephew, N. L. Janes at Berkshire, Vermont. It bears a manuscript postmark, “North Perry / O Sept..... More
San Francisco: 1859. Unbound. Both Blair and James had been free-soil Democrats who were instrumental in both forming the new Republican Party in 1856 and securing John C. Fremont to run for President on its ticket. Although, Fremont was not one of the major candidates to represent the Republicans in..... More
Boston, Massachusetts: 1849. Envelope or Cover. This two-page letter, written by “E.B.” to his “Friend S.” is datelined “Boston Aug 19 . . 49”. Very well written and easily readable. In nice shape. In this letter E.B. reports on an unusually, large two-day militia “encampment held at Neponset about 6..... More
Califonia. Envelope or Cover. A two-page letter without mailing envelope sent by “Edwin” to James Hicks at an unknown location, probably in Vermont from the content. In nice shape with a 3” split along one mailing fold. In this very well-written letter, Edwin, a Democratic, described the overwhelming bipartisan..... More
Newport, Rhode Island: Samuel Hall, 1764. String. May, 1764. At the General Assembly of the governor and Company of the English colony of Rhode-Island, and Providence Plantations, in New-England, in America; begun and holden at Newport, within and for the colony aforesaid, on the first Wednesday in May, in the..... More
France and Germany: 1944-1945. Envelope or Cover. These two letters were sent to a friend back home by J. Herbert Burke, an army officer assigned to the 90th Division who had landed in Normandy been wounded during the breakout through the German defenses at Saint-Lo based upon the content in..... More
Washington DC: 1853. Unbound. This one-page letter is datelined “Navy Department / June 1st. 1853.” It is addressed to the Honorable Solon Borland of Hot Springs, Arkansas and signed by James C. Dobbin, the Secretary of the Navy. There is no mailing envelope. The letter is in nice shape with..... 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
Laurel, Maryland: 1838. Envelope or Cover. This stampless, folded letter, measuring 15” x 9.5” unfolded, was sent by Lyman Fulton from Laurel, Maryland to his father, James, a farmer near Francestown, New Hampshire. The cover bears a red handwritten postmark and rate marking, “Saurel. P.Gs.Co (Prince Georges County) / May..... More
Plymouth, Massachusetts: 1810. Unbound. This one-page letter measuring 7½” x 12½” was sent from Plymouth, Massachusetts by Major General Nathaniel Goodwin, the Commanding General of the 5th Massachusetts Militia Division, to Brigadier General Lincoln, one of his brigade commanders on 22 August 1810. It bears no postal markings and was..... 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
Washington DC: 1829. Unbound. This free-franked stampless letter signed by Senator Mahlon Dickerson measures 15.5” x 9.75” unfolded. It is datelined “Washington 12th Feby. 1829” and was sent to James Parker, the Collector of the Port of New Jersey at Perth Amboy. It bears a circular Washington City postmark dated..... 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
