Wax Seal. These three documents are joined at the top by a small circle of sealing wax. Each leaf measures 7.75” x 12.5”. A Howard County Circuit Court stamp is embossed at the bottom of one leaf. Old tape repair to two storage fold splits.. The first document is..... More
Washington, D.C. The National Intelligencer, 1822. Newspaper. “The Pirate Fight (The Action of 9 November 1822)” by “An Officer on board the Schooner Alligator” in The National Intelligencer. Washington, D.C.: December 5, 1822. This article, which is included in the entire four-page newspaper, recounts in detail the battle between..... More
Petersburg, Virginia: 1864”. Envelope or Cover. This four-page letter from Joseph “Wyatt” Wilson is datelined “Camp 60th Alabama Regt. Gr’s Brig. [Gracie’s Brigade] / Petersburg Va Dec 23rd 1864”. The letter was written in pencil but is easy to read except for two blurred lines that can be read using..... More
New York City: 1912. The medal is approximately 7" long. The pale blue ribbon has faded printing that reads "Dedication of / Washington's Monument / Feb 22 1912 / New York City." A hanging medallion, featuring a color illustration of a firemen saving a woman as flames blaze around him..... More
St. Louis, Missouri: 1881-1882. 1/2 leather. This half-leather scrapbook measures 8.25” x 11” and contains 64 pages, all completely filled with newspaper clippings and a myriad of ephemera including official correspondence, broadsides, calling cards, armory illustrations, encampment maps, fez packaging, certificates, ball invitations, dance cards, event tickets, award ribbons, payment..... More
Washington, D.C. 1944. Unbound. A small collection of J. Edgar Hoover autographed typed letters and other documents relating to the employment of a clerk-typist at the FBI in 1944-1945. The collection includes: Two typewritten letters to the applicant, both signed by Hoover in ink... More
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)..... More
