• 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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  • quarto, two pages of four page bi-folium, formerly folded, in good legible condition. Printed circular, one page folio, in very good condition.
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  • two volumes, 12mo and 16mo, 106 and 100 pages, several inlaid ephemeral items, both diaries bound in contemporary leather wallet style binding, entries written in ink and pencil, in generally good clean and legible condition.
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  • 679 letters, 1181 manuscript pages, dated 1812-1939, with about half dating from 1840s-1860s, plus approximately 1,750 pieces of paper ephemera as follows: 1285 pieces of receipts for goods, or services, foodstuffs, property taxes, various accounts, etc., as well as 465 legal documents…
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  • Folio, 18 pages in ink, on 10 loose leaves, these letters were evidently retained copies, apparently excised from a letter-copy book, some marginal defects minor tears and punctures to several leaves, some chipping, but no loss of text. The letters are written…
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  • 49 letters, 120 manuscript pages, written on folio and quarto size sheets, some letters are joint letters, having one page written by a parent, another page from a sibling, all letters dated from 20 June 1819 to 15 October 1860. There are…
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  • Collection of 83 letters, 502 manuscript pages, no envelopes, letters dated January 11th to November 8th, 1888. Letters are in good condition, written in ink, in a legible hand.
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  • Quarto, two pages, in very good, clean, and legible condition.
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  • Philadelphia: 1820, first edition, octavo, 55 pages, sewn as issued, text browned, title page stained, several corners dogeared, else a good copy. Rare in trade, only one copy has appeared at auction and that in 1908. American Imprints 629, and 1791, one…
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  • Boston: Printed at the Herald Job Office, 1866, octavo, 17 pages, in very good clean condition. The sale consisted of 349 lots of books pamphlets, ephemera, coins, and tokens. McKay 1178
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