Oxford, Maryland: 1885. Unbound. This four-page, partially printed handbill, measuring 5½” x 8¼”, offering board-free enrollment as a “Special Cadet” at the Maryland Military and Naval Academy is datelined “Oxford, Md. Dec 26 1885. The name field is blank. A large patriotic illustration titled “The Maryland Military & Naval Academy..... More
Cantabrigiæ, Nov-Anglorum (Cambridge, New England): Typis Richardi et Samuelis Draper (Richard and Thomas Draper, Printers), 1766. This large broadside, measuring approximately 17” x 21.5”, announces the upcoming public defense of 127 academic theses by students who would be graduating from Harvard College in August of 1766. It has some minor..... More
Amsterdam, New York: 1869. Envelope or Cover. This five-page undated letter was sent by Miss Emily Borchert, a teacher at the Amsterdam Academy in Amsterdam, New York to a friend in Bath, England. It is enclosed in its original mailing envelope along with a 2¼” square illustration of the school..... More
New York City to West Point, New York: 1848. Envelope or Cover. This one-page stampless folded letter measures approximately 16” x 9.75”. It was sent by John Moorhead in New York City, to Captain Brewerson, an engineer stationed at West Point. The letter bears a manuscript annotation “Post Paid,” a...... More
Envelope or Cover. This one-page stampless folded-letter measures 15½ x 9¾” unfolded. It is datelined “Glasgow [Missouri] Dec 16th 1845 and bears a circular postmark dated “Dec 91” (sic) and a manuscript “5” rate mark. It was sent by John [Strother] Harrison to “J. L. [Joshua Lazelle] Tracy” in Boonsville..... More
Various locations: [circa 1895 – 1925]. This archive consists of four medical school tests, eight letters, and one handbill advertising the sale of Grace’s mansion. All in nice shape, however, worn mailing envelopes accompany three of the letters. Grace was the daughter of Abraham Hillard Frances, a prosperous..... More
Chapel Hill, North Carolina: 1878. Unbound. This letter from R. (Reuben) D. Reid, son of Governor David S. Reed, to his mother who was managing the family hotel in Reidsville is datelined “Chapel Hill N.C. / Sept 25th 1878”. No envelope. In nice shape. In his letter Ruben reports..... More
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Cincinnati: Caleb Clark Book & Job Printer, 1865. Wraps. Complete 24-page pamphlet. Sound binding. Removed from a sammelband so a little rough along the left edge. Minor soiling to the cover, otherwise in nice shape. In 1780, before Kentucky was a state, the Virginia Assembly (perhaps prodded by Governor..... More
