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| Francis Scott Key Legal Document Signed. Framed. [Misc. Americana]
Signed “Key”. One page. August 15, 1804. Manuscript legal complaint, in another hand, accusing Mrs. Andrea Deale of perjury in a suit brought against her by Attorney Key in behalf of his clients, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rowe, and asking for recovery of £100 in damages. In sample frame. New framing is extra.
Draft Transcript:
[For] Michael Rowe & Wife against Andrew Deale saying
This action brought for the Defendants saying of [sic] The wife of one of the(Plaintiffs?) that she has taken false oath before a Magistrate, thereby (meaning?) that she had perjured herself - to the (Plaintiffs?) damage -One hundred pounds current money-
Justification alone.
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| Senator Sam Houston Free Frank on Autographed Envelope. Framed [Texas]
Signed “Free Sam Houston”, as U.S. Senator from Texas, on autograph envelope to “R. A. Ewing, Esq., ex Sec, Hartford, Conn.” With February 2 postmark, Circa 1850s.
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| Political Broadside Supporting John Hancock’s Campaign for Governor of Massachusetts [Declaration Signer]
Signed in type by “Hosea”. One page. Circa 1787. Professionally conservation treated.
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| Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch Free Frank [Misc. Americana]
Signed "H. McCulloch" on envelope to Mrs. E. B. Washington. Postmarked January 22, Washington D.C. 5.75 x 3.5 inches.
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| Edward Everett Free Frank [Senator]
Signed “Edward Everett” on autograph envelope to Daniel Hall. Postmarked June 21, Boston.
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| John Hancock’s Signed Journals of Congress – Including Announcement of Cornwallis’ Surrender x: [Declaration Signer] [Military]
"Journals of Congress, and of the United States in Congress Assembled, for the year 1781, Vol. VII” By Order of Congress. David C. Claypoole: Philadelphia, 1781[2]. Original paper boards. This remarkable piece of history has been signed twice by Hancock with his usual flourish, first on the front cover and then at top of the front endpaper.
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| Thomas Paine’s "Common Sense" Censored [Misc. Americana]
Fifteen years after Common Sense was published, it still infuriated the British government. This copy, published in London, left blanks in place of “objectionable” references to England or King George III. Pamphlet, Common Sense, Thomas Paine, London, 1791.
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| Autograph Manuscript, "One if by land, two if by sea." x: [Misc. Americana]
Autograph manuscript fair copy of Smith’s poem, April 19, 1894. At the top of page one, another hand has written: “Presented to Rev. W.E. Bartus by the confidential friend & literary executor of Dr. S.F. Smith Henry R. Carrington.”
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| Samuel Huntington Free Frank [Declaration Signer]
Free frank signed “Samuel Huntington” to Colonel Ebenezer Huntington at West Point.
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| ww: Henry Lee Manuscript Document Signed [Misc. Americana]
Signed "Henry Lee", and "Geo. Blake". Two pages. June 5, 1802. 18.7 x 22.4 cm.
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| Charles Sumner Free Frank [World History]
Signed “C. Sumner” to Howell Cobb. Postmarked August 23, [1849-1851], Boston. An intriguing association between the leading advocate of abolition in the Senate, and a leading proponent of slavery.
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| x: John Checkley Book Re Freedom of the Press in Colonial Boston [Misc. Americana]
A SHORT AND EASIE METHOD WITH THE DEISTS. WHEREIN THE CERTAINTY OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IS DEMONSTRATED...THE EIGHTH EDITION. London: Printed by J. Applebee, and sold by John Checkley, 1723. [bound with:] THE SPEECH OF MR. JOHN CHECKLEY, UPON HIS TRYAL, AT BOSTON IN NEW-ENGLAND, FOR PUBLISHING THE SHORT AND EASY METHOD WITH THE DEISTS...TO WHICH IS ADDED, THE JURY’S VERDICT; HIS PLEA IN ARREST OF JUDGMENT; AND THE SENTENCE OF COURT. THE SECOND EDITION. London. 1788.
Sabin 12365 (2nd work, 1st ed), 40192. McCoy, Freedom of the Press C293. cf. Evans 2029.
12 x 19.5 cm.
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| Henry Wilson Free Frank [Misc. Americana]
Signed "H Wilson" on envelope to Samuel Morse. Postmarked November 29, Natick, Massachusetts. 14.3 x 8 cm.
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| Henry Laurens Free Frank [Misc. Americana] [Revolutionary War]
Signed “Henry Laurens”, as President of Continental Congress, on address leaf to Thomas Wharton, President of the Council of Pennsylvania. With recipient’s docketing, “ 177(8) Jany 1st from the honble Henry Laurens Esq President of Congress”. Conservation treated, with part of flaps well clear of address panel restored. 34 x 27 cm.
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| George S. Patton Free Frank, as General [Misc. Americana] [Military]
Signed “G.S. Patton”, as General, on War Department envelope to Mrs. M. Sielicki. Signed only a month before the General’s death on December 21, 1945 from injuries sustained in a car accident on December 9th. Postmarked November 23, 1945, U.S. Army Postal Service A.P.O. Excellent condition. 9.9 x 22.7 cm.
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| French printing of American political documents (1776-1781), with notes in text by Benjamin Franklin xd: [Misc. Americana]
Constitutions des Treize Etats-Unis de l’Amerique. Translated by the Duc de La Rochefoucauld, with significant additional notes by Franklin. Philadelphia and Paris: Printed for Benjamin Franklin by Ph.-D Pierre, 1783, 540 pages. First collected edition in French of Constitutions of thirteen states together with Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and two treaties of alliance between the United States and France. The title page includes the first imprint of the seal of the United States to appear in book form.
Five hundred copies were printed in the present octavo format, with one hundred additional copies printed on larger paper.
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| Gerald Ford’s 1980 Speech to the Republican National Convention Signed Book
Book signed “Gerald R. Ford” A Vision for America. Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1980. First and limited edition, #36 of 500. Printed by the Castle Press.
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| [POR] Acts of Congress signed by Supreme Court Justice William Paterson- including the Bill of Rights x: [Misc. Americana]
[United States Congress]: “Acts Passed at the First Session of the Second Congress of The United States of America. Begun and Held at the City of Philadelphia...on Monday the Twenty-Fourth of October, One Thousand and Seven Hundred and Ninety-One”. Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swain, [1792]. Signed “W[illia]m Paterson.”
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| John Hancock Signed Psalm and Hymn Book x: (o:) [Declaration Signer] [Religion]
Hancock’s psalm-book inscribed and signed “John Hancock - thou shalt not steal saith the Lord” on the upper flyleaf. N. Brady and N. Tate, A New Version of The Psalms of David, Fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches. Boston: Printed by J. Kneeland and S. Adams, for Wharton and Bowes, 1765. With “Appendix, Containing a Number of Hymns Taken Chiefly from Dr. Watts Collection”, Boston: Printed by Kneeland and Adams for the Company of Stationers, 1765. Two parts, bound in one volume. 360 pages with 2 pagination series numbered 1-276 and 1 - 84 respectively. 6 x 3 3/8 in.
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| ww: Lew Wallace Autograph Letter Signed Expressing Thanks for a Reading of "Ben-Hur"
Signed “Lew. Wallace” to Miss Roselle Sage. One page. March 23, 1887, Springfield, Massachusetts.
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| Levi Woodbury Autograph Letter Signed [Supreme Court Justice]
Associate Justice Levi Woodbury Autograph Letter Signed Jan 12, 1839.Addressed in his holograph on integral leaf with signature penned at top of address panel beneath "Free.
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| Antonio De Herrera, An Early History of America—First Edition Six-volume in English, 1725 [World History]
The General History of the Vast Continent and Lands Generally Called America. Six-volume history of America written by Herrera, the Spanish royal historian. Covers the history of the New World, North and South America beginning with the discovery of the West Indies by Christopher Columbus. Recounts the voyages of the Spanish explorers who dominated New World conquest. The first volume contains a map of the Caribbean Islands. The second volume contains a map of South America. Other maps and images.London: Printed for Batley, 1725. Very fine.
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| Edward S. Curtis Photograph, "The Vanishing Race", Signed [Misc. Americana]
Signed “Curtis” in ink on lower right corner of brown-toned platinum print. With his copyright studio blindstamp on the image, mounted on heavy card, 1904. The quality of examples of this image varies enormously; this is one of the finest we have seen. This is one of Curtis’ most famous images, exhibiting his quintessential view of the plight of Native Americans. Professionally conserved. 13 x 10 inches.
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| Benjamin Franklin regarding proposals for the humane conduct of war x: (o:) [Declaration Signer] [BOTD]
“I go with you as far as you go, in Proposals for diminishing the Occasions & Mischiefs of War, & perhaps a little farther.—By the Original Law of Nations, War & Extirpation was the Punishment of Injury. Humanizing by degrees, it admitted Slavery instead of Death. A farther Step was, the Exchange of Prisoners instead of Slavery…”
Letter Press Copy of Autograph Letter Signed “B. Franklin” as American Peace Commissioner, to Benjamin Vaughan, Passy, France, July 10, 1782; three pages, folio, on absorbent paper watermarked “J Watt & Co Patent Copying.”
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| ww3: Francis Scott Key Receipt Signed [Misc. Americana]
Signed "FS Key." October 21, 1817.
In sample frame. New framing is extra.
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| Shubael Johnson Document Signed x: [Misc. Americana]
Document signed “Shubael Johnson,” Hartford, Connecticut, February 17, 1783; one page, as receiver of wages due to John Taylor for service in the Continental Army. Document signed “X [John Taylor],” Camp Highlands, February 3, 1783; one page, authorizing Johnson to collect Taylor’s military pay.
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| Hugh McCullough Autograph Letter Signed: "The golden age... is with us and before us" [Misc. Americana]
Signed “Hugh McCullough” to Rev. E.F. Stickland D.D. One page. December 17, 1883, Washington, D.C. 5 x 8 inches.
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| Bishop of Rochester Autograph Letter Signed regarding negotiations between Great Britian and the United States- five days before the peace treaty x: [Misc. Americana]
Autograph letter signed, “J.R. [Bishop of Rochester]” 1 page; Deanery, November 25, 1782. Transcript, in part:
“...So far is certain, that [Lord] Carmarthan has been offered and accepted the charge of Minister Plenipotentiary for the Definitive Treaty at Paris. The terms, as reported are vague and uncertain, but my informer who is attend His Lordship says that the basis of the american part is a Federal Union (not a declared Independency) & a commercial intercourse. It is supposed that Gibralter [sic.] is to be ceded to Spain, which we can now do with honour & in return that court is to yield us the large Island of Porto Rico as a Settlement for the poor Loyalists in America; the Clerical part of whom are to be provided for here out of the Parochial patronage of the Crown. The captures to be restored on all sides; but something is said bearing in respect of the French requisition of Canada and other smaller matters; tho’ much of all this is only conjectural...”
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| sold: Ebenezer Elmer Autograph Letter Signed regarding the Louisiana Purchase x: [Misc. Americana]
“...It was a transaction between two sovereign foreign nations, & at a time when we were not on friendly terms with the one to whom the Cession was made; & that by the laws of Nations we had no right to make a demand for any information on the subject... Besides no Legislative act at present could possibly grow out of any information we might receive; especially as negotiations in various ways are now pending on the subject. The Fed[eralist]s objected violently against that part of the resolution which confides in the wisdom of the Executive, & proposes to wait the result of Negotiations.The genius of our Government refers to the intercourse with foreign nations to the executive; I know of no legislative act that could consitutionally be made before the result of negotiation is known but a declaration of war, & that would doubless be folly in the extreme at present...”Autograph letter signed “Eben. Elmer” as Congressman to unknown recipient, two pages; Washington City, January 14, 1803.
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| Jefferson Davis Autograph Letter Signed [Confederate Document]
Autograph letter signed “Jefferson Davis” to Mr. Clegg. Two pages. September 3, 1885, Beauvoir, Mississippi.
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| Jawaharlal Nehru Autobiography Signed [World History]
Book signed, “Jawaharlal Nehru” Jawaharlal Nehru, An Autobiography, New Edition including a supplementary chapter entitled Five Years Later. London, 1955. President Nehru inscribed this book to opera singer Marion Anderson just a few years before her legendary – and controversial – performance in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. A superb association.
| | | | | A Political Textbook for 1860: Comprising a Brief View of Presidential Nominations and Elections [American President]
New York: The Tribune Association, 1860. 254 pages. Includes speeches, letters, and synopses dealing with national Republican and Democratic conventions and platforms from 1830 to 1860, slavery restriction, the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott Decision, the Homestead Bill of 1860, popular vote counts for the presidential elections of 1840-1856, and election returns of 1859 and 1860. Broken spine, all pages intact.
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| Oration on the Treaty of Paris x: [Misc. Americana] [Military]
Pamphlet: Levi Frisbie, An Oration delivered at Ipswich At the Request of a Number of the Inhabitants, On the Twenty-ninth of April, 1783; On Account of the Happy Restoration of Peace, Between Great-Britain and the United States of America. Boston: Printed by E. Russell, 1783.
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| James Irwin Check Signed. Framed [space]
Signed “James B. Irwin” for $395 to Imperial Plumbing and Heating. June 16, 1989.
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| Blackwell’s Island (Roosevelt Island) Indenture [Misc. Americana]
“...and to theirs and assigns forever all that part of an Island in the East River in the County of New York...” Document signed “Samuel Blackwell” and “Mary Blackwell”, four pages, April 15, 1787.
| | | | | ww: Admiral Nimitz Typed Letter Signed
Admiral Nimitz writes of the hardest decision he had to make during World War II. Typed Letter Signed.
| | | | | Roger B. Taney Autograph Document Signed [Supreme Court Justice]
Autograph document signed “R. B. Taney” March 25, 1803. 20.1 x 32.6 cm.
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| Roger B. Taney Draft Summons Signed [Supreme Court Justice]
Signed “R. B. Taney”, as Attorney for Joseph Chenoweth. One page with rare full signature “Roger Brooke Taney” on docket. April 11, 1820. 20.1 x 24.8 cm.
| | | | | ww: The First and Best of its Kind - Memoir of Nathan Hale
Booklet, "Memoir of Captain Nathan Hale" 16p. octavo, printed by S. Babcock, New Haven, Connecticut, 1844, First edition, dedicated for the Hale Monument Association. A fine recounting of the life and death of the great American patriot, with presentation inscription by J.W. Boynton on cover. Worn at spine.
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| David J. Brewer Autograph Note Signed [Supreme Court Justice]
Signed “David J. Brewer Associate Justice Sup CT US”. September 26, 1908.
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| Harold H. Burton Photograph Signed [Supreme Court Justice]
Photograph Signed "Harold Burton".
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| Harold Burton Typed Letter Signed [Supreme Court Justice]
Signed "Harold H. Burton", as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. One page to Raymond E. Guiles. October 13, 1945, Washington D.C. 15.6 x 21.7 cm.
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| Oliver Ellsworth Autograph Document Signed [Misc. Americana]
Signed in text “Oliver Ellsworth”. One page receipt for legal papers pertaining to pending law suits while Ellsworth was serving as Connecticut’s State Attorney. October 18, 1781. 8.2 x 16.7 cm.
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| Charles Evans Hughes Typed Letter Signed Regarding Introduction to U.S. Diplomatic and Consular Representatives [Supreme Court Justice]
Signed “Charles E. Hughes”, as Secretary of State, to John Freeman. One page on mourning stationary with matching envelope. August 4, 1923, Washington D.C.
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| Byron R. White Typed Letter Signed [Supreme Court Justice]
Signed “Byron R. White”, as Deputy Attorney General, to Raymond E.Guiles. One page. February 2, 1961, Washington, D.C. 17.8 x 22.8 cm.
| | | | | William Jennings Bryan Sends His Speeches to His Mother [Congressman] [The House Of Representatives] [Misc. Americana]
Speeches of Congressman Bryan Of Nebraska, In The House Of Representatives, During The 52nd and 53rd Congresses, with “Mother” embossed on cover, and two page inscription by Bryan to his mother on both sides of front flyleaf. Circa 1894.
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| sx: Post Civil War Dissection Instruments
Dissection Kit. Nine Post Civil War dissection instruments, with wooden case. Carved with the initials “E.M.S.” and a star. The hinge of the case is slightly bent, otherwise in good condition. A fascinating relic! 16.8 x 5.8 x 3.5 cm.
| | | | | Bx1: Columbian Magazine [New Listing]
The Northwest Ordinance- A Scarce 1787 Printing
Also, a View of the History, Literature, Manners & Characters of the Year 1787; Vol. 1 Philadelphia: Printed for T. Seddon, Wo. Spotswood, C. Cist & J. Trenchard, 1787
The Northwest Ordinance in the supplement issue, pp. 852-855, bound after Dec. 1787
This also contains a September 1787 printing of the U.S. Constitution.
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