Quarto, 4 pages, posted from “Washington Square” New York, “March 29,” no year given, likely 1850’s. The letter writer signs their name “Enquirer” and inquires about Bennett’s opinion on the presumed upcoming American delegation to Paris, France, perhaps concerning some political matter.
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41 letters, 122 manuscript pp., (9 retained mailing envelopes), dated 17 December 1845 to 18 February 1857; with 17 pieces of related ephemera (calling cards, used envelopes, receipts, will, poem, etc.); Of the 41 letters, 10 are undated; and at least 33…
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Small quarto album, containing 114 black and white photographs, mainly silver prints, the album is bound in original half leather, marbled paper boards, the photographs are mounted onto sheets of paper in album; the paper stock of these leaves is of poor…
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Archive of family correspondence consisting of approximately 474 letters, totaling 2,266 pages of correspondence, most with original mailing envelopes, plus 34 pieces of ephemera (mainly used envelopes), all dated between 4 October 1852 to 14 March 1924. Letters are written in ink,…
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Four letters, folio, eight pages, written on thin Japanese rice paper, in ink, some folds and nicks, last page a bit torn and chipped, affecting text slightly, otherwise in good, legible condition.
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Quarto, printed circular, 2 pages, includes a page of favorable reviews of the magazine by newspapers across the country. Sent to Rev. H. Lyman, Watertown, Mass.
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New York: Wm. L.S. Harrison, printer, 1852, octavo, 28 page pamphlet, retains front wrapper, rear wrap lacking, ex-library, hand-stamp on title page, removed from bound volume of pamphlets, edges of front wrap slightly chipped, else a good clean copy.
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Paris: De L’Imprimerie Royale, 1767, Quarto, 7, [1] pp., a fine, clean copy.
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Quarto, approximately 356 letters, on thin tissue like paper, totaling 503 pages, bound in half leather, pebbled cloth, lacks spine, boards detached, corners and edges worn, front flyleaf detached, some water staining, letters dated 28 December 1885 - 17 November 1902. Most…
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369 letters, 1489 pp., dated 18 January 1875 to 31 December 1957; bulk from the 1900s-1910s; mostly handwritten, several typed; mostly incoming letters to sisters Vesta I and Ruth Margaret Bailey, with various correspondents including friends and family, or with each…
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