Autograph Letter Signed Discussing a Speaking Engagement and Involvement in “Unpopular Movements,” 1855.
New Britain: 1855. Letter measuring 8 x 5 inches, folded. Fine condition.
Letters and Manuscripts
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Friendship Album Belonging to McKinley Stewart of the Tuskegee Institute with Inscriptions from Classmates, 1914.
Tuskegee: 1914. Oblong 8vo, decorative pebbled cloth over thin boards, 8 x 5 inches. With fourteen pages of inscriptions from fellow classmates. Some pages detached, wear and toning, good condition. An interesting book of dedicatory verse to a student in the Tuskegee Institute class of 1915, from his classmates, all.....
Three Letters to Thomas Dewing, 1902-1910.
V.p. 1902-1910. Ink on paper, each sheet approx. 9 x 7 in., 1-4 sheets each, variously paginated, one with orig. envelope. Celebrated American Beaux-Arts sculptor Frederick MacMonnies (1863-1937) studied with Augustus Saint-Gaudens and many of his best commissions emerged from his relationships with Saint-Gaudens and the architect Stanford White. He.....
Archive of Correspondence Relating to William Milhous and Family, Concerning Mercantile, Political and Family Matters, 1857 - 1921, the Bulk During the Civil War Period, Including a Vivid Account of Morgan’s Raid.
Mostly Indiana: 1857-1921. Fifty-Nine letters, appx. 100 pages total. Minimal wear, fine condition. The Milhous family were midwestern merchants who were active in Indiana and Ohio in the middle part of the nineteenth century. William Milhous was a Midwestern general store manager who was born in Ohio and operated stores.....
Manuscript Indictment Accusing John Key, a Philadelphia Blacksmith, of Seditious Libel for Saying “Damn King George,” 1757, Signed by Edward Shippen.
Philadelphia: 1758. Single sheet measuring 12 ½ x 7 ½ inches, some tears with loss at lower edge, very good condition. From the collection of Edward D. Ingraham, Esq., and printed in facsimile in Jay Smith and John Watson’s American Historical and Literary Curiosities; Fac-similes of Original Documents Pertaining to.....
Autograph Letter, Signed, by James Denver as Commissioner of Indian Affairs to his Wife Louise Rombach Denver , Describing Crime on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and Referencing the Plug Uglies, 1857.
Washington: 1857. Autograph letter measuring 8 x 5 inches bifolium, with free franked stampless cover. Fine condition. An interesting letter written by James W. Denver, written while he was serving as Commissioner of Indian Affairs, describing crime on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1857. He writes: “We have great.....
Autograph Letter to James Madison as President of the American Colonization Society.
Washington: 1833. Single page. Fine condition. The American Colonization Society, and its mission to return freed African-Americans to Africa, played a part in galvanizing the abolition movement during this period when the institution was expanding rapidly. “The roots of antebellum abolition lay in the virtually unanimous rejection by blacks of.....
Signed Treasury Receipt addressed to Samuel Gerry, Collector at Marblehead, 1793.
N.P. Treasury Department, 1793. Partially printed document signed by Hamilton and finished in another hand. Fine condition. With the original receipt from Ben Boomfield Autographs, sold in 1954 to the previous owner. Among Hamilton’s many signal achievements as the first Secretary of the Treasury under the new Constitution was his.....
A Candid Letter from Jay Cooke to his Trustee Edwin M. Lewis, Directing Action Regarding Shares of the Western Land Association, 1876.
Philadelphia: 1876. Autograph letter signed by Cooke. Fine condition. An interesting and candid letter written by Jay Cooke to [Edwin M.] Lewis, the trustee in charge of Cooke’s assets following the dissolution of his company in 1873 and the ensuing financial panic. The letter specifically concerns shares of the Western.....
“Garrison and His Creed (Caption Title)” [Letter to a Newspaper Editor Defending William Lloyd Garrison in Response to an Article Written by Eli Thayer]
Brooklyn: 1893. Single page. Some tears at creases, else about fine, very good overall. A letter written by Thaddeus Hyatt to the editor of the New York Tribune, in response to a letter written by Eli Thayer on William Lloyd Garrison entitled “Garrison and his Creed.” Hyatt takes issue with.....
Small Archive of Magician George Corrigan’s Correspondence with other Magicians, Circa 1930, Regarding Tricks.
Massachusetts: c. 1930. 8 ½ by 11 inch leatherette binder filled with correspondence. An interesting small archive of material from the semi-professional club magician George Corrigan, consisting of letters written by other magicians, most concerning the sale and trade of tricks. Corregan was the managing editor of the Sphinx, published.....
Signed manuscript report and chart from Hersant, Consul de France a San Luis Potosí and Tampico, to Comte de Rigny, Minister of the Navy.
Mexico: 1833. First Edition. Mexico: May 23, 1833. Letter and chart on watermarked single folio sheets, approx. 13 x 16-½ inches, letter: [3] pp.; chart: [2] pp.;. Rare first-hand documentation of the growing trade tensions that eventually led to the French-Mexican “Pastry War” of 1838. Consul Hersant’s gossipy report surveys.....
Collection of Letters from Lotte Lehmann to Donald Mahler Regarding Life and Music and Reflecting on her Career, 1966-1972.
Mostly California: 1956-1972. Letters with original envelopes retained, fine condition, with a few ephemeral items from Lehmann’s career collected by Mahler included. Forty-five letters total, with two additional telegraphs and three signed photographs and several copies of a color photograph of the pair together on stage, appx. fifteen are short.....
Autograph Letter Signed to Albert Bagby Regarding a Lecture at the Newport Town and Country Club, late 1880s.
Newport: 1880s. Single page with writing on both sides, signed by Howe. Fine condition. A short but interesting note from Julia Ward Howe to Albert Bagby, the Illinois-born musician who trained with Liszt in Germany and would eventually be a longtime host of “Mr. Bagby’s Musical Mornings” at the Waldorf-Astoria.....
Letter from Edwin Percy Whipple to Elizabeth Oakes Smith, Praising her Writing and Excoriating the State of American Theater, 1851.
Boston: 1851. Autograph letter signed by Whipple and addressed to Oakes at her Brooklyn address. Fine condition. 9 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches bifolium. An interesting letter written by critic Edwin Percy Whipple to Elizabeth Oakes Smith, encouraging her to publish in Graham Magazine. He then offers sympathies on a......
Manuscript Document with Postal Instructions for “Creek Boys” in Indian Territory.
Manual Labor School, Shawnee Nation [Johnson County, Kansas]: c. 1844-1850. nk on wove paper: 9 ¾ x 7-3/16 in.; strong creases where folded, two small closed tears starting with scattered pinholes to creases. The document lists the names and ages of four Creek boys and where letters to their parents.....
A Manuscript ‘Public Statement of protest’ Recording the Hostile Actions of a French Privateer Against a Portuguese Merchantman, in June 1813.
Plymouth: 1813. Plymouth, Devon, England: 21st July 1813. Folio, 7 pages (13 1/8 x 8 ¼ inches), duty blindstamp, small ink stamp to upper inner margin of the first page, two seals to the last page, signed twice by Galindo. Toned, some small repaired tears (using reversible archival ph-neutral paper-repair.....
A Lengthy Letter Written to a Friend Describing a Fourth of July Spent in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1866, Describing a Parade of African-Americans Celebrating the Holiday and with Ruminations on the Author’s Love Life and Other Subjects.
Charleston: 1866. Autograph letter, signed by a John (last name unknown,) addressed to R.W. Grange Esquire at Racine College in Racine Wisconsin. Some tears at folds, near fine. Appx. 1,000 words. A lengthy and atmospheric rumination on a holiday spent in South Carolina by an author known only as Bob.....
Journal Kept by Christian N. Lund, Danish Immigrant and Elder in the Church of Latter Day Saints, 1910-1921.
Mt. Pleasant: 1910-1921. Limp leatherette journal measuring 6 ½ x 4 inches, 170 pages. Some chips to spine, fine contents. Christian N. Lund was born in Norway in 1846 to Mormon parents, and immigrated to the United States in 1869, first arriving in Salt Lake City and eventually settling in.....
May 22, 1881. Autograph Letter to the Board of the State Street Church, Explaining the Reasons for his Resignation, 1861.
New York: 1881. 4 pp, single 9 ½ x 7 ½ inch leaf, folded. An important document from early in the career of Washington Gladden, a key figure in the Social Gospel and Progressive movements. He writes the board of the State Street Congregational Church, explaining the reasons for his.....
British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society For the Abolition of Slavery and the Slave-trade througout the World. [Gerrit Smith’s Copy, with ALS from John Scoble to Gerrit Smith Inviting Smith to Act as Delegate to the Convention of Abolition.]
London: British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 1842. Printed circular, 8 x 9 ⅞ inches, four pages, with autograph lettter on blank page. Tear with loss at margin of circular from original opening of the folded circular, with the remainder present under the wax seal, else fine, exceptionally well preserved. An.....
An Archive of Material and Correspondence from the Toscanini Estate Including a Draft of “To the People of America,” with Notes in Toscanini’s Hand.
Various Places. Most 1940s-1950s, various formats. A wide-ranging collection of Toscanini material, found amongst his scores in the estate of his grandson Walfredo. The highlight is a late draft of his speech “To The People of America,” an important document in Italian-American history that was printed in Life Magazine during.....
Letter Describing a Lonely Holiday Spent Cooking Alone, Cool Sulphurs, Arkansas, 1854.
Arkansas: 1854. Letter measuring 8 x 6 ½ inches. Some slight tears at folds, near fine. An interesting letter written by a woman to her sister after spending a holiday by herself without domestic help. The author quotes a passage from Marion Harland’s poem “”Alone,” and laments her holiday spent.....
Extensive Series of Journals Kept by Julianna Geszty, Hungarian Multilingual Author and Traveler, During her Travels Throughout Asia and Africa, 1933-1935.
[Offered in Partnership with Kate Mitas, Bookseller] V.P. 1933-1935 and 1943. Five holograph diaries, each wrapped in brown paper with the title written on the front wrapper. First two diaries 7 x 5 inches, third diary 8-1/4 x 6-3/4 inches, fourth and fifth diaries 10-1/2 x 8- 1/4 inches. 190pp.....
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