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 >
quarto, 91 typed and manuscript pages, plus blanks, bound in original ½ leather and cloth boards, front board stamped: “Providence Improvement Association.” Very good condition. more >
14 letters, 14 pp. (mostly typed), dated 14 October 1890 to 14 March 1891; of the 14 letters, 13 were written to Mrs. S.L. Oberholtzer, 1 letter is addressed simply “Dear Sir,” but likely the recipient was a Professor Thompson; some minor… 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