![African Civilization Society [Constitution of the African Civilization Society]. African...](/pictures/thumb/List021.jpg?v=1567434403)
New York: African Civilization Society, 1858. Single leaf folded, 4 pp. 8 ¼ x 7 ¾ inches. The African Civilization Society was formed in 1858 by several prominent members of Brooklyn’s Weeksville community. The second article of this document, the organization’s constitution, states its goals as follows: “The objects of...
Chicago: 1871. One folded sheet, [4] pp, 30 x 30 inches. A very scarce early account of the Chicago Fire, published the morning of Wednesday, October 18, 1871. The entirety of the is-sue is devoted to the fire, with accounts of damage throughout the city. A well-preserved copy, generally bright...
New York: The Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam, 1968. First Edition. An uncommon collection of Dr. King’s speeches on the Vietnam War, collected and published by the Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam. The Committee was chaired by Dr. King, John C. Bennett of the Union Theological Seminary, Rab-bi.....
Washington, D.C. 1970. [3] pp. stapled mimeograph program for a service commemorating King’s birthday at The Washington Cathedral, January 15, 1970. Stapled together with a [1] pp. letter from Bishop Henry C. Bunton to the Interreligious Committee on Race Relations (ICRR) notifying members of the event, and including a [1]...
Various Places: 1892-1894. Sammelband of thirteen reports, each with original front wrapper or wrappers bound-in; in half-calf, with gilt titles on spine. Includes: Guillouard, Louis. Rapport sur les travaux du comité départemental du Calvados. Caen: Ch. Valin, 1893. 19 pp., printed gray wrapper; Drouet, Paul. Souvenir...
![Baptism -- The Mode [with] The Shorter Catechism. John Edwards, Amory Nelson Chamberlin, Cherokee...](/pictures/thumb/CAT0124.png?v=1563469731)
Vinita: 1890-1892. First Edition. Vinita, n.d., circa 1890. 8vo, self-wraps, 8 pp.; Vinita, 1892. 12mo, 11 folded sheets, four pages per sheet, 44 pp, unbound. Two uncommon Cherokee language imprints. Chamberlin was at the Pheas-ant Hill mission, in current Craig County, when Vinita was known as Downingville. A Presbyterian, he...
Cincinnati: St. Andrews Bay Railroad and Land Company, 1886. Various Formats. An unusual collection of ephemera relating to the early development of the area of the Florida Panhandle east of Pensacola, and an interesting ephemeral window into the type of land schemes that led to the population of Florida by...
New York, et al: 1849. Alex J. Cotheal 49 Water St. New York. 8vo., 5 x 9 inches, approx. 200 pp. C 1833-1852. Original boards separated, textblock broken. Several ex-libris stamps of the Mercantile Library New York. Title on cover reads: Scraps: Nicaragua and Panama. Scrapbook was originally a bookseller...
A single page document, signed by Rapier, showing collection revenue from a retail dealer in malt liquors. James Rapier was an African-American politician during the reconstruction era who served as United States Representative from Alabama from 1873-1875. After losing a re-election bid to Jaramiah Haralson in 1877, Rapier turned his...
Peterboro: Self-Published, 1855. First Edition. Single sheet folded, 10 x 10 inches. One of several public letters by Smith to Seward, this one discussing the Fugitive Slave Law. Smith, by the mid-1850s, had grown increasingly frustrated by the abolitionist movement’s willingness to compromise. Seward, an early figure in the Republican...