NP: 1888 [but 1860]. Handwritten letter on 9 x 6 inch sheets, 27 pp. Near fine with slightest foxing. Following the October 1859 Harpers Ferry Raid, led by abolitionist John Brown, Brown and six co-conspirators were captured and executed by hanging that following spring. Among these six was Aaron Dwight.....

France: c. 1914-1918. Gelatin silver print measuring 5 ½ x 3 ½ inches. Printed on French carte postale paper. Fine condition. A photograph taken in France of four sergeants in the Co. B 340th Service Battalion. Three of the subjects are identified: Sgt. Eugene Brown of Youngstown, Ohio; Sgt. George.....

Boston: 1772. Single sheet measuring 12 ½ x 8 inches. Notes in margin in an early hand, fine. Richard Gridley was an artilleryman, military engineer, and entrepreneur, who had a prolific career in several conflicts including the Revolutionary War, where he served as an engineer. Offered here is a very.....

Chicago: 1969. 21 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches. Some light toning and edgewear, near fine condition overall. The first example of this poster we have encountered, which shows Judge Julius Hoffman, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and President Richard Nixon. We find no other records, and can only assume it was.....

Lebanon: 1861. Broadside measuring 17 ½ x 12 inches. Creases from original folds else fine, near fine overall. Newspaper about fine. A dramatic and unrecorded broadside from the first weeks of the Civil War, calling the citizens of Lebanon to a meeting at the courthouse on Saturday, April 27, 1861.....

New Hampshire: Printer Unknown, 1863. First Edition. Printed broadside, 16 ½ x 11 ½ inches, archivally mounted and matted. A very good copy with some light toning, small closed tear at upper margin, light foxing at upper margin, very tiny spot of loss to illustration at fold. Franklin Pierce remained.....

American: 1860s. Images measuring 1 ¾ x 1 ½ inches in union case. A fine example. A particularly striking portrait of a young Union soldier, in a union case with another young man, possibly a relative.

Butte, Montana: 1911–1922. Approximately 113 pieces: fifty-one letters to Thomas Williams; thirteen to various politicians, mainly members of Congress; and twenty to Williams’ advocates, mostly from Congresspeople; fifteen miscellaneous items, including Grand Army of the Republic materials and Williams’ citizenship document; and fourteen empty envelopes. Materials date from between 1911.....

Richmond, Virginia: 1864. Single letter measuring 8 x 5 inches, one double-sided sheet. A letter written by “Cousin Amanda” of Richmond, Virginia, detailing the price and quality of cloth, cotton spools, and flour available to her late in the American Civil War. The Confederacy was under a blockade, and Union.....

Seneca County, Ohio, and Iowa City, Iowa: 1856–1864. Five letters. Offered here are five letters, dating between 1856 and 1864, from Josiah Selby (1822–1888) to his younger brother William Selby (1826–1918) in El Dorado County, California. The letters mainly consist of fairly droll commentary on politics and current events. In.....

N.p. 1863. Dark carved wood, 11 ½ x 11 ½ x 1 inches, with bone border and star inlays in corners, an inlaid tree with carved names of Civil War battles as leaves. During the Civil War, wounded or captured soldiers would often pass their time waiting to return to.....

Havana, Cuba: 1917. The Cuban Red Cross Society was formed in 1909 by Dr. Diego Tamayo y Figueredo. In 1917, when this photograph was taken, it was headed by Madame Mariana Seva de Menocal, wife of then-President Mario García Menocal, who was in office 1913–1921. Cuba had joined the Allies.....

New York: 1863. Document measuring 9 ¾ x 8 inches, folded. Signed by George Opdyke and others. Very Good with some splitting at folds else fine. In July 1863, the Civil War draft in New York City led to protests, escalating into widespread riots by July 14th. The Irish-born Colonel.....