Nine Centuries Of Historical Documents

T.N.S. with sprawling signature in black felt-tip, "Mamie Doud Eisenhower." On her gold-engraved letterhead, Gettysburg, Nov. 22, 1967, 6 ...

A.L.S. "Mamie Eisenhower," on printed notepaper "Villa St. Pierre, Marnes la Coquette, Seine Oise," (France), Jan. 27, 1952, 4 1...

Oversize mezzotint portrait of "Hon. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives," believed intended as a campaign poster in ...

Glossy photograph of a younger Gerald R. Ford with Gen. William C. Westmoreland in uniform, signed by both, 8 x 10. The two standing in front of a fra

Large-size albumen photograph of wash portrait of "Pres. U.S. Grant and his Family," possibly prepared for the 1868 campaign. 5 1/4 x 7 1/...

Important group of five A.Ls.S. of James William Denver, namesake of the eponymous Colorado city, three of the letters - consuming about 9 pp. - with

Fascinating advertising envelope of the obscure United Greenback Labor Party, demanding U.S. paper money be made legal tender over private banknotes.

Lengthy printed Union General Orders, H.Q., Army of the Ohio, "In Camp, Huntsville, Ala.," Aug. 6, 1862, 5 1/4 x 8 1/4, 5 1/2 pp. Lively p...

Double-size check of Harding Publishing Co., "publishers The Marion Star," Marion, Ohio, Jan. 29, 1923. To "Mrs. F'lorence] K'...

of twenty-three leaves and fragments from a wide range of Western European countries, regions, scriptoria, and hands. Comprising the essence of Christ

Manuscript bearing complete date in 1333, France, in Latin, on vellum, 8 x 13 3/4 oblong. Surprisingly, Jan. 25, 1333 was a Sunday, and day of the Fea

Mediaeval document, 1393, France, in Latin. On vellum, 4 1/2 x 11 3/4. A grant by Raimundus athonis, Lord, of Caylus, to Poncius debossaco, of Caylus,

Massive tome featuring folio copperplates by American engravers, The Columbian Family and Pulpit Bible, being a Corrected and Improved American Editio

Heartrending Narratives of the Sufferings of Lewis and Milton Clarke, sons of a soldier of the Revolution, during a Captivity of more than Twenty Year

Rare memoir of John Newton, mariner - from age 11, captain of slavers, sailing the Triangle Trade, convert to Evangelicalism as his ship filled with w

Rare English promotion of the Colonies' value, with frequent mention of slaves in the Americas. The Present State of the Revenues and Forces by ...

Anti-slavery newspaper, The Pennsylvania Freeman, published by Penna. Anti-Slavery Society, Philadelphia, Apr. 5, 1849, 13 1/4 x 21, 4 pp. Period name

Printed play, "The Nigger Boarding-House," "A Screaming Farce in one Act and one Scene for Six Male Burnt-Cork Characters," by O...

Partly printed document imprinted "The Freedmen Department," Memphis, Tenn., May 31, 1865, signed by Capt. T.A. Walker, "Capt. 63d U....

Scarce D.S. of New York's Royal colonial Gov. George Clarke, "Pres. of his Majestie's Council and Commander in Chief of the province of...

Civil War period pro-abolition songsheet, "The Contraband's Adventures," printed by Charles Magnus. Judged pre-Emancipation Proclamati...

Civil War period songsheet intended for the Northerner craving peace but not necessarily abolition. "Young Eph's Lament," combination ...

Unusual pair of Union patriotics, postally unused, with same multi-color artwork and fine text - but different titles and subtitles. One entitled &q...

Satirical Union patriotic, with full-height pseudo-ambrotype of a plump black soldier, with epaulettes, sword dragging on the ground, "C.S.A.&q...

Union patriotic cover, postally unused, with blistering cameo-like anti-slavery woodcut of kneeling slave, in chains, being whipped by his master in t

Manuscript bill of sale for $550 for "Negro Girl Edny, aged about Sixteen Years, the sight and title of Said girl I warrant and defend against ...

Advance copy of Survival, by Herbert Simmons, twentieth-century black poet and one of the earliest black genre crime writers. Self-published by his Wa

Printed "Biographical Sketch" of Rosa Parks, boldly signed in blue at top. 8 1/2 x 11, on cream linen. Possibly prepared by Rosa and Raymo...

Printed Circular No. 4, Headquarters, Beaufort, N.C., Apr. 1, 1864, issued by Brig. Gen. and Military Gov. R(ufus) Saxton. The personal copy of his ai

Printed playbill for small-town screening of D.W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation," Gardner (probably Mass.) Theatre, Apr. 3-5, 1916...

Satirical Black humor set in Civil War, Fred Douglas and his Mule; A Story of the War, by Bricktop, published by M.J. Ivers & Co., N.Y., 1888, 5...

"Soldiers & Sailors Almanac for 1869, and History of the Late Rebellion from 1860 to 1865," Soldiers' & Sailors' Publishin...

Manuscript document dated midpoint between the Emancipation Proclamation and fall of the South. Alabama, Feb. 13, 1864, 6 x 7 1/4, on Confederate-grey

Scarce, somewhat crudely printed Special Orders, Head-Quarters, District West Tenn., Memphis, Aug. 1, 1865, 7 x 8 3/4. Listing men relieved from duty

Highly unusual manuscript document, Cahaba (Ala.), May 17, 1854, 7 x 8. Bill for keeping "Bobb a slave...244 Days in Jail at 30C/ pr. Day...Con...

Manuscript "Account of the hire of the negroes for the year 1837, belonging to Jas. C. Irving'?], dec(ease)d...," listing ten slaves a...

A.L.S. of Asst. Surg(eon) W.H. Miles, 63rd U.S. Colored Infantry, Freedmens Hospital, Home Farm, La., Mar. 1, 1865, 7 1/2 x 9 3/4. To Lt. Col. A.L. Mi

Pulp book of popular literature of the Gilded Age, including black, German-, and Irish-American parodies - and Shakespearean excerpts! Dick's Re...

Scarce group of 11 different color candy cards, "Notre Congo / Onze Kongo," issued c. 1948 by Jacques Superchocolat, text on verso in Fren...

Two interesting pamphlets: "Slave-Conversion in South Carolina, 1830-1860," by Susan Markey Fickling, issued as a "Bulletin of the Un...

Varied assortment of black Americana, suitable for display: Lithograph captioned "The Negro," judged c. 1850-60, 4 1/2 x 6 3/4, showing a ...

"Registro de esclavos" (registration for slaves), the person listed as "property" on "island of Puerto-Rico," c. 1870....

Large partly-printed writ of High Sheriff Samuel Whitaker, Wake County, N.C., July 26, 1821, 12 1/4 x 16. Seizing Raleigh property - including "...

Partly printed discharge of black Spanish-American War Pvt. Frank Allen, Troop H, of the celebrated black 9th Cavalry - the Buffalo Soldiers - which h

Printed Union General Orders, War Dept., Washington, Apr. 24, 1863, 4 3/4 x 7 1/4, 26 pp., sewn. "Instructions for the Government of Armies of ...

Five letters (two retained carbons) on letterhead "Knights and Women of the Ku Klux Klan Inc.," Hermitage Farm, Canastota, N.Y., with rubb...

Contemporary clerical copy of letter from H.Q., District of Natchez (Miss.), Feb. 24, 1865, from Brig. Gen. J.W. Davidson, to Surgeon in Charge F.V. D

Splendid, lengthy letter of former Gov. of Virginia John Rutherfoord (note unusual spelling), discussing reuniting husband and wife slaves, fear that

Significant milestone in both cartography and American economic development, The Popular American Atlas or General Guide to Geography, Chronology, Com

Lovely map showing America as it was in the decade leading up to revolution: "A Map of North America by J. Palairet with Considerable Alteratio...