Monrovia, Liberia: April 16, 1857. Autograph letter signed, 10 ½ x 8 ¼ inches. 4 pp. on bifolium, addressed to Benjamin Coates of Philadelphia. Black circular “Phila by Packet, May 29, paid,” additional manuscript postmark “Via England / Rev. ….. “. A letter from Edward Wilmot Blyden, written at the.....

New York City: April 10 and April 18, 1865. Two autograph letters signed, "R. G. Horton," on printed letterhead of The Day-Book, 162 Nassau Street, New York, published by Van Evrie, Horton & Co. Together 3 pp, 5 x 8 inches. A pair of letters written at the offices of.....

United States: Brown Bros. c. early 1900s. Silver gelatin print measuring 3 ¾ x 5 ¾ inches. Manuscript verso including “Brown Bros.”, “Clara Barton”, “BARTON, CLARA / portraits”. A studio portrait of nurse and American Red Cross founder Clara Barton. The portrait was likely taken around the early 1900s, based.....

Cape May, New Jersey: July 25, 1856. Folded sheet with letter on three of four pages, measuring 8 ½ x 7 ¼ inches. In May 1856, Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts delivered his incendiary “Crime Against Kansas” speech condemning slavery’s expansion into the territories and attacking the architects of the.....

Cincinnati, Ohio: September 3, 1845. Autograph letter signed, “F. G. Macy,” 4 pp. 8 x 10 inches on a folded sheet, addressed to his brother John B. Macy. A letter bluntly discussing Democratic Party factionalism, written scarcely three months after the inauguration of James K. Polk and less than four.....

Jacksonville, Illinois: August 1842. Three packets, each 13 pp and measuring appx. 12 x 16 inches. Three manuscript poll books recording votes cast in Jacksonville, Illinois, in the August 1842 state election, preserving a detailed, name-by-name account of voting in a major Whig stronghold in antebellum Illinois. The books list.....

Iowa, Massachusetts, and Florida: 1855–1889. 35 letters: 27 dated between 1855 and 1889, five undated, and three partial. Totaling appx. 98 pages. A collection of letters sent to members of the Busby family of Iowa and Massachusetts, mainly between family members, particularly Anne Busby Whitcomb (1828–1864) and William Busby (?–?).....

New York City: Brown Bros. c. 1900s. Press photo measuring 5 ½ x 6 ½ inches. Publisher’s stamps and manuscript “Ellis Island” on verso. Starting in the 1890s, restrictions on immigration began to include bars on people determined to be of lower intelligence, experiencing mental health conditions, or likely to.....

Albany, New York: 1848–1849. Notebook measuring 7 ¾ x 10 ½ inches. 124pp filled out, totaling appx. 49,000 words. With two loose essays, 7pp. A notebook containing transcriptions of lectures by Profs. William F. Phelps, Silas Bown, and William W. Clark of the New York State Normal School, now SUNY.....

Corning, New York: March 14, 1847 and November 15, 1848. Two autograph letters signed from C. H. Berry. Each 3 pp measuring 8 x 10 inches. A pair of letters from C. H. Berry of Corning, New York, who was apparently both a schoolteacher and active in Free Soil circles.....

N.p. May 20, 1794. Folded outer letter sheet addressed in manuscript to “His Excellency G. Mathews Esq.” and endorsed “By Express.” Reverse docketed in a contemporary official hand: “Letter Capt Armstrong / 20 May 1794 / Answered 25th Inst. (see Letter Book) / Indian War.” Seal tear and expected wear.....

Charlestown, Massachusetts: November 1862. Autograph letter signed, Sam A. Brown, four pages, written to his brother George, then serving in the Union Army. 3pp, 4 ½ x 7 inches. A revealing Massachusetts home front letter written on the eve of the November 1862 elections, a month after Lincoln’s Preliminary Emancipation.....

St. Augustine, Knox County, Illinois: September 29, 1863. Autograph letter signed, A. J. Rausern, four pages, 5 x 8 inches. A forceful anti-emancipation letter sent from western Illinois during the second year of the Civil War. Written nine months after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect and only weeks after the.....