A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 2

ROBERT PATTERSON: (1753 - 1827) American pioneer and author who served in Clark's 1778 Illinois expedition, and was second in command to Daniel ...

WILLIAM RAWLE: (1759 - 1836) American lawyer and abolitionist, appointed by Washington as US Attorney for Pennsylvania. A founder of the Penn. Academy

(JAMAICAN SLAVE TRADE): HENRY MOORE Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of Jamaica. Rare D.S. with large wax seal, 14pp. folio, , 17

(NEGRO LYNCHING ARCHIVE): A fascinating yet horrifying group of six newspapers, all printed between 1901 and 1902 of which five carry graphic front-pa

BLACK WOMAN SUES MAN FOR ILLEGAL ENSLAVEMENT: A fascinating document from a lawsuit brought before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in March of 1799, wh

(SLAVE AUCTIONEER`S TOKEN): A scarce relic of the slave trade of the mid-1800's, a copper promotional token, 1" dia., issued by the Charles...

(SLAVE AUCTIONEER IS PAID FOR SERVICES): Uncommon A.D.S. 1p. oblong 8vo., [Lincoln Co., Ky.], Aug. 30, 1819 in which one Jere Baddock is paid three sh

(NEGRO MURDER TRIAL): Manuscript D.S. 1p. small 4to., New London Oct. 6[?], 1784 ordering that Benjamin Huntington, the State Attorney for N London Co

(BLACK TEEN FROM LATE 19TH CENTURY): A great CDV featuring a bust portrait of a well dressed negro teenager from Connecticut. Upon his chest appears a

(SLAVE-STEALING YANKEES): Interesting D.S., 1p. oblong 8vo., [n.p.], undated, but circa 1864, entitled "A. B. Nichol's list". The docu...

(BOND FOR PURSUIT OF A RUNAWAY SLAVE): L.S. 1p. large folio, Lancaster district, S.C., May 8, 1860, in which seven prominent citizens of the county:...

(TEXAS SLAVERY SUPREME COURT CASE): Lot of two D.S.'s, 4pp. folio total, Gonzales County, Texas, June 15, 1860, relating to the Texas Supreme Co...

(SLAVE CARRIED LETTER): A.L.S. 1p. 4to., Sulphur Springs, N.C., June 3, 1848, a slave carried letter carried "Per Boy Jim". Very good to f...

(EMANCIPATION LEADERS): Excellent oval collage-type photo, 7" x 8" oval image set upon a 13 1/2" x 17" mount, depicts those Sena...

(JOHN BROWN STEREOVIEW): A stereoview card bearing a double 6" x 3 3/4" photograph being a view of the burial site of the famous abolition...

(CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH): Good content A.L.S. 2pp. 4to., Maxwells Creek, Mariposa County, [Calif.], June 19, 1862 in which an R.R. Mooney writes an asso

(TINTYPE OF A CALIFORNIA GENTLEMAN): A great 1/6th plate tintype of a man from California in his best dress coat. Image is housed in an unusual metal

(YUKON GOLD RUSH ARCHIVE): An unusual grouping of documents relating to the mining activities of one Edgar G. Beer, a gold prospector and miner in the

(WOUNDED KNEE MASSACRE)NEWSPAPER: An odd first report to the events leading to the Wounded Knee massacre, as reported in the "Minneapolis Eveni...

(GROUP OF AMERICANIZED INDIANS): A great post-1900 photograph, 7 1/2" x 4 1/2" mounted to a heavy board mount, showing ten Indian men, two...