Historic Americana

PAPER MAKER'S MANUSCRIPT COMMONPLACE BOOK. A 6 x 8" copy book from the late 19th to early 20th century. All pages handwritten, most with i...

CLEVELAND, OHIO DIARIES, 1870 AND 1871. Joseph Nelson Ashburn Journals, 1870-1876. Two calf volumes: 1870 (152 pp.), 1871-1876 (236 pp. with some ne

JOHN HOPLEY'S COMMONPLACE BOOK. Folio with stitched spine, heavy paper covers. First page includes handwriting samples, a long "Elegy on t...

MEMPHIS CIVIL WAR AND OTHER EPHEMERA. Lot of 6 pieces of ephemera from the A.O. Harris family of Memphis, Tennessee. Includes coated stock business c

UNPUBLISHED DIARY BY SIMEON WALKER. Walker, Simeon. Journal and autobiography, 1853-1878. Bound vol., 281p. A Methodist itinerant minister and earl

LOT OF INDIANA LEGAL NOTICES. Lot of 12 documents from Fayette County, IN, dating between 1821 and 1848. Most are judgements for fines to be paid, 1

CHARLES CARROLL, SIGNER DS. Partially printed DS by "Charles Carroll of Carrollton," being a bank draft dated April 12, 1821, Baltimore. A...

LEGAL DOCUMENT WRITTEN BY ROBERT TREAT PAINE. Legal document on parchment, 8.5 x 13" folded, "Lovell vs. five Barrels Porter," filed...

O.W. HOLMES AUTOGRAPH QUOTE. A short poem in Holmes' hand, signed and dated February 6th 1892. Poem as follows: Alas for the loved one, too spo...

QUEEN VICTORIA AUTOGRAPHED LETTER. A single page ANS by Queen Victoria ("VR" - Victoria Regina). Letterhead of Windsor Castle, on mournin...