Boston: Sewell Phelps, Printer, 1819, first edition, octavo, 22 pages, stitched, untrimmed as issued, several corners dog-eared, short tears into foredge of titlepage and first leaf of text, else in very good, clean condition. more >
Two items, as follows:
1. Account Book of David Meredith, 20 manuscript pages, dated 26 May 1819 to 23 April 1823; with 16 manuscript receipts laid in, dated 1817-1823. Some of these receipts match entries in the account book.
2. Account Book of William… more >
small quarto, 131 manuscript pages, plus blanks, bound in original ¼ sheep and marbled boards, binding somewhat worn and rubbed, text in very good, clean, and legible condition. more >
Collection of 114 letters, 318 pp., most with retained mailing envelopes, dated 1869-1891, with the bulk dating from the 1880s. Four of the letters are not dated, but fall within the general time frame. The collection also includes 16 postcards dated 1879-1887. more >
42 letters, 204 handwritten pages, with envelopes, dated 5 April 1870 to 20 February 1892, and a couple of newspaper clippings; correspondence informs of the social history of the families, sickness, deaths, work, people moving about, keeping in touch with family who… more >
small quarto, 22 pages, plus blanks with a child's drawings, a number of leaves excised at rear, bound in contemporary sheep back-strip and marbled boards, binding worn, rubbed and scuffed, somewhat shaken, otherwise good. more >
Dramatic eyewitness account of Confederate General Earl Van Dorn’s early morning surprise attack on Holly Springs, Mississippi, the resulting capture by the narrator, a cotton buyer from Rhode Island, and the destruction at the Union supply hub