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By: HENRY CABOT LODGE, SCHUYLER COLFAX, JOHN HAY, CHARLES ELIOT, FRANCIS PARKMAN, HENRY ADAMS et al
Price: $9,985.99
Publisher: AMHERST MASSACHUSETTS, 1861
Seller ID: 0001515
Condition: Very Good
On offer is a super, large archive of circa 1861 - 1896 historical manuscript letters, documents and ephemera all providing an interesting and intimate look into the work, life and academic affairs of Francis Amasa Walker (1840-1897) noted Civil War general, Yale economist, Superintendent of the 1880 census, and President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT]. He was the son of renowned economist Amasa Walker. (A brief biography is at the end of this listing.) The archive is comprised 76 autograph letters signed [ALSs] received and 14 Civil War documents, most signed as follows: A... View more info
![Image for 1834 + 1837 ORIGINAL GROUP OF FIVE [5] LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG MASSACHUSETTS MAN SEEKING INVESTMENT AND EMPLOYMENT IN ALABAMA ONLY TO MAKE AN ILL ADVISED MOVE TO TEXAS](/assets/images/product/0002422_d08ca8431fecf6b962af38b63c32f7b8.jpg)
Price: $2,255.99
Publisher: WETUMPKA, ALABAMA, 1834
Seller ID: 0002422
Condition: Good
On offer is a super group of five [5] manuscript letters, eight pages or so, four [4] dated 1834 Wetumpka Alabama and one [1] dated 1827 Columbia Texas though referencing Alabama, handwritten by H. G. Bliss [Henry Guest Bliss (1807-1837) b. West Springfield, Massachusetts, d. Texas, 1837] to his brother Luke. The young, 26 in 1834, ill-fated Mr. Bliss lives, works and wishes to invest in Wetumpka during the authorship of these letters but he proves a restless sort and by 1837 he has relocated to Texas only to meet his early death. While in Wetumpka he appears to have been employed in a merchan... View more info
Price: $855.99
Publisher: BALTIMORE MARYLAND MD, 1885
Seller ID: 0002406
Condition: Good
On offer is a fascinating, original manuscript 1885 letter handwritten by Henry Perkins Goddard (1842-1916) an American newsman, author and Civil War Capt. of 14th CT Infantry. He was also 1st president of the Shakespeare Club of Baltimore and on familiar terms with many notable authors of the day including Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mark Twain. The 4 page autograph letter signed ink appears to read, Harry dated May 13, [18]85, Balt., to Joe makes for an interesting peek into the arts. Here is a snippet: "Joaquin Miller - the poet, was my guest during the A.G.P. reunion - several other folks di... View more info
Price: $1,355.99
Publisher: TALLADEGA, ALABAMA, 1888
Seller ID: 0002443
Condition: Good+
On offer is an original, interesting manuscript letter handwritten by H. S. DeForest, noted president of Talladega College in Talladega Alabama, Alabama's oldest private historically black college. The two page letter dated Jan. 5, 1888 on letterhead is addressed to Rowland Mather of Hartford, [he of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions we believe] with some significant school related content. Here are some snippets: "We are very full, and never before have had as many day or boarding pupils. Last year we enlarged the School House, where our lower grades are taught, putting... View more info
By: HERMETIC BROTHERHOOD EXECUTIVES et al
Price: $8,485.99
Publisher: LOGANVILLE GEORGIA, Peter Davidson: 1899
Seller ID: 0002010
Condition: Very Good
On offer is a super archive of closely held committee notes [3], some publications relative to the Hermetic Brotherhood in 1899 and six [6] manuscript letters and postcards circa 1912 handwritten by members and leaders of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor. The postcards are directed correspondence to Peter Davidson the Founder. [Aleister Crowley and Israel Regardie were of the Brotherhood.] The there are the Executive Committees original notes called "Temple Talk". This group includes three out of a reported 10 only known to be in existence. Two are in museums [the Louvre and the Rijks... View more info
By: HIPPOLYTE DE SAINT-ANTHOINE
Price: $1,145.99
Publisher: Paris FRANCE, 1856
Inscription: Autograph
Seller ID: 0001249
Condition: Very Good
On offer is a superb relic of the international Abolitionist movement being an autograph letter [ALS] completely handwritten and signed by French poet Hippolyte de Saint-Anthoine who was Secretary-General of the Institut d'Afrique, an abolitionist society in Paris and on whose letterhead this letter is written. This one page letter dated Paris, September 13, 1856 to "Monsieur & ami" U.S. Congressman and abolitionist Joshua R. Giddings who represented Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Whig from 1838 until March 22, 1842, when he resigned, after a vote of censure had been pa... View more info
By: HIRAM PARKER JR
Price: $845.99
Publisher: ABOARD USS DACOTAH FUNCHAL PORTUGAL, 1866
Seller ID: 0002050
Condition: Good
On offer is an original 1866 manuscript letter handwritten by US Navy Engineer Hiram Parker Jr. while serving aboard the USS Dacotah. The 14 page diary like letter was written over a period from February 7th 1866 to the 22nd of February. He starts out writing while at sea and describes one instance when one of the marines while asleep on deck had his skull fractured by a sheet block while the sail was being shortened and died. He later goes to Fuchal Portugal and describes the country in great detail fully using the paper. BIO NOTES: one online source provides: Birth: Oct. 4, 1841, Death: Fe... View more info
By: HIRAM PARKER JR
Price: $855.99
Publisher: ABOARD USS DACOTAH TALCAHUANO BAY CHILE, 1867
Seller ID: 0002051
Condition: Good
On offer is an original 1867 manuscript letter handwritten by US Navy Engineer Hiram Parker Jr. while serving aboard the USS Dacotah. The 12 page diary like letter was written over a period from January 26th to February 2nd 1867 from Talcahuano Bay Chile. The very interesting letter makes mention of ex Civil War General Kilpatrick while he was the American Minister in Chile was onboard along with the secretary who was seasick onboard during the trip and describes the city of Talcahuano Bay in detail along with the city of Valparaiso and the insides of a church there. He mentions that minister ... View more info
By: HORACE G. CHASE
Price: $1,255.99
Publisher: BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS, 1844
Seller ID: 0001181
Condition: Good
On offer is an original 1844 manuscript diary handwritten by Horace G. Chase of Boston Massachusetts. Mr. Chase is 16 years old when he starts detailing his daily life on July 2nd turning 17 only six days later on the 9th. In a half ream, 22 leaves, 'Quarto Post' purchased in New Hampshire, Chase writes densely even using the rear endpaper his observations, travels and opinions. Horace keeps his sailboat at Liverpool Wharf and in one of his early entries proves himself to be a charming fellow for the most part given how eruditely he writes of being thankful for a very fine and pleasant day tha... View more info
Price: $1,655.99
Publisher: WETUMPKA, ECLECTIC, MOBILE ALABAMA AL, 1897
Seller ID: 0002448
Condition: Good
On offer is a super, modest archive of manuscript letters, ledger/invoice sheets and poetry relating to the Howle family of Wetumpka Alabama. The small but fascinating group is an interesting peek at life in rural Alabama from the late part of the 19th Century to early in the 20th. All told there are five letters: three postmarked Eclectic Alabama, 1897 - 1898 to Mr. Howle, one from Mobile, 1910, to Mrs. Howle [from her sister] and the fifth letter, Oct. 1901, being a forlorn multipage letter from a bereft Mrs. Howle to her husband in El Paso. [She is incredibly lonely and wonders why her husb... View more info
By: HUGH SMITH
Price: $1,385.99
Publisher: TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, 1861
Seller ID: 0009100
Condition: Good
On offer is a remarkable letter from a loving husband to his wife, written from a man travelling in Toronto back to his wife in England. The letter is a fascinating snapshot of a foreigner in Toronto in the mid-19th century. Obviously far from home, the sender, Mr. Hugh Smith, finds the city beautiful and amazing, and shares it ecstatically with his wife. The letter, however, begins on a somber note. “You have no doubtedly before this time read a letter from George informing you of your father’s death.” He suffered greatly he explains, of an ulceration of the stomach, and was “miserabl... View more info
By: ISAAC G. BARNET to GARRET D. WALL
Price: $1,185.99
Publisher: CINCINNATI OHIO, OH to TRENTON, NEW JERSEY NJ, 1805
Seller ID: 0009106
Condition: Good
On offer is a unique and gorgeously written letter from an lawyer, by the name of Isaac G. Barnet,who has recently relocated to Cincinnati, Ohio from England. He is writing to a friend, Garret D. Wall, in Trenton, New Jersey. Garret Wall was at the time just a practicing attorney in New Jersey, however, he would go on to serve a long illustrious life, first as a clerk for the New Jersey Supreme Court, then as the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, then being elected a New Jersey Senator from 1835 to 1841, and finishing his life as a high court judge. In language that is often elegant and very obvio... View more info
By: ISSAC DAVEY
Price: $2,055.99
Publisher: CINCINNATI [CINCINATTA] OHIO MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, 1850
Seller ID: 0007032
Condition: Good
On offer is a superb piece of original correspondence from the mid-1800s in America. This 3-page letter measures 9.5 inches by 7.5 inches and is in excellent condition. The handwriting is very neat and quite legible. The author of the letter is Issac Davey, a businessman from Cincinnati, OH. The letter is written in May, 1850 to his daughter, Elizabeth. Davey was born in the early 1800s. Records indicate that he owned a clothing store in Cincinnati. He passed away in 1864. The letter to his daughter reflects his concern for her well-being and relief at knowing she escaped a major tragedy of th... View more info
By: J. A. McCune
Price: $1,445.99
Publisher: SHIPPENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA PA, 1850
Seller ID: 000700
Condition: Very Good
On offer is a huge archive of letters, notes and correspondences of an estate lawyer named J. A. McCune of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. For the most part the correspondence originates from Cumberland, Franklin and Adams counties. The majority of these correspondences are information about estates. A few are orders of orphan's courts. This superb archive is a treasure trove of genealogical, historical and legal history of the area. Many names mentioned include Grove, Smith, Pague, Croft, Sailhamer, Bomberger, Reese, Duncan, Hoffman, Hostetter, Clark, Negley, Hain, Rebuck, Adams, Speese, Unger, W... View more info
By: J. DREUX MONCRE
Price: $385.99
Publisher: PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA PA, 1801
Seller ID: 0001103
Condition: Good
On offer is an interesting handwritten manuscript letter dated May 1st, 1801 wherein French Emigré in Philadelphia J. DREUX MONCRE writes a two page letter describes the details of his ship travel and payment of debts. View more info
By: J.J. HALSEY, PROFESSOR [?]
Price: $1,185.99
Publisher: ST. JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND, 1883
Seller ID: 0001422
Condition: Very Good
On offer are a super, pair [2] 18th Century manuscript letters describing one American's summer trip to St. John's, Newfoundland. "Everything is up or down hill in this town & it is a fruitful field for the cobbler", states the author in this handwritten letter signed "J. J. Halsey". Halsey. The first, on four pages, two conjoined sheets, 8 x 5 in., dated St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, July 20, 1883 writes to his colleague, Professor [John H.] Hewitt. In full: "I have found a place where it is always cool & where fever & ague [i.e., malaria] cometh not. I have been here ... View more info
By: J.L. CROSS
Price: $985.99
Publisher: NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA LA PHILADELPHIA PA, 1877
Inscription: Autograph
Seller ID: 000917
Condition: Good
On offer is a super handwritten letter by J. L. Cross, dated New Orleans, Sept. 29, 1877 to his sister on arriving in New Orleans: "Our (law) suit-to keep the college (Louisiana Agriculture and Mechanical) in (New Orleans) and at the same time a separate institution (from LSU) has gone against us. I am afraid the removing it to Baton Rouge at this late day will preclude its opening at all this session...." Cross' reference in this letter deals with the two institutions La. A and M in New Orleans and LSU in Baton Rouge. A and M had black students while LSU was segregated...on October 5... View more info
By: J.M. HAMMONS
Price: $485.99
Publisher: AUBURN NEW YORK NY, 1865
Seller ID: 0001690
Condition: Very Good
On offer is an interesting, original manuscript letter dated December 16, 1865 Auburn, New York handwritten by J.M. Hammons wherein he describes him work at the state prison, believed to be the Auburn Correctional Facility. Mr. Hammons writes his friend Hosea Edgerly [?] a chatty warm letter describing in short his work overseeing the prisoners in the shoe department, his happiness with the easy work conditions but particularly interesting is Hammons subtle reference to the Civil War, mentioning working for 'Uncle Samuel' in North and South Carolina [in the army] and pondering on how lucky he... View more info
By: J.W. PECK
Price: $2,245.99
Publisher: BRIDGEPORT VERMONT NEW ENGLAND, 1850
Seller ID: 0001203
Condition: Very Good
On offer is an original archive of fourteen [14] New England horse breeding and racing manuscript letters, mostly from J. W. Peck to his father, Hiram, during the 1850s, with excellent content regarding the legendary Morgan colt referred to as "the Black Hawk", assuredly the horse named Philip Allen, bred by Vermonter Hiram Peck and sired by one of the most famous Morgan horses, Black Hawk, grandson of the first Morgan, Justin Morgan (also known as Figure). Philip Allen's brother, so to speak, was world champion trotter Ethan Allen. This horse, Black Hawk, was so revered that for a tim... View more info
By: JACOB F. BLUM, H.B. REED, FRANK P. MUHLENBERG et al
Price: $3,385.99
Publisher: 1864
Seller ID: 0001441
Condition: Very Good+
On offer is a significant, historical relic of the Civil War being a book of 71 bound-in original handwritten telegraphs dated from May 19, 1864 to December 6, 1864. All appear to be handwritten and all have been folded at least 2 times or more. Many have original autographs by the sender. Several different types of paper were used to write them on. All in excellent condition. Examples of some of the subjects of telegrams are: Where to send white and colored recruits; payment amounts for recruits; forbidden furloughs granted to recruits by Provost Marshalls; Arrest Acting Masters Mate Edw. P... View more info
