San Francisco, California: late 19th century. Two business cards 2.5 x 4.5 inches and smaller, one thirty-two page booklet, 5 x 6.5 inches. Harry N. Morse (1835–1912) was born in New York; he came from there to San Francisco aboard the Panama in August of 1849 seeking gold. Not finding.....
St. John, New Brunswick, British North America: April 1835. Three 8 x 13 inch pages, folded. Toning at folds; fine. With a clipping from the Quebec Gazette Monthly, March 1835. Little biographical information is available on Thomas Kent, save that he was a sailor aboard the Britannia and that the.....
New York City: 1970. Single letter measuring 8 x 10.5 inches, one single-sided sheet. In March of 1969, eight members of the Black Panther Party (BPP) were arrested in Chicago, accused of conspiracy to incite a riot. In April, twenty-one BPP members were arrested in New York City and charged.....
Los Angeles, California: 1970. Approximately 5 x 8 inches. Near fine with tiny chip to upper margin. A handbill for a rally outside the 300 North Los Angeles Street Federal Building in Los Angeles, California, protesting the trials of Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party (BPP), and Ericka.....
Lancaster: 1876. Single page measuring 9 ½ x 6 inches. Some tears at folds, near fine. An interesting letter deserving further study regarding the legal fallout for defaults on Negro Bonds following Emancipation, a question of significant economic impact for the finances of ex-enslavers, as a significant amount of private.....