quarto, three pages, some toning to paper, splits along folds, mainly second leaf, integral address leaf somewhat soiled, else in good legible condition. more >
292 letters, 296 manuscript and typed pages, (no retained mailing envelopes), dated 8 November 1892 to 31 August 1912; plus 23 pieces of related paper ephemera mostly receipts (19) and advertisement proofs (3). more >
A collection of manuscript letters dated 1846-1888, in French, from the family of Paul Arpin, identified as the “oldest French journalist” in the United States, and his brother-in-law Louis-Pierre Henriquel-Dupont. more >
Quarto, 622 manuscript pp., and 11 page index; comprising 178 copied letters on tissue paper, written to 127 different businesses, individuals, and government officials, dated 29 April 1884 to 30 December 1885; bound in half leather, cloth boards, back-strip lacking, edges and… more >
Folio, includes 44 manuscript pages, plus blanks, bound in full leather, hinges cracked, worn, scuffed, rubbed, corners of boards worn through, written in ink in a very legible hand, dated 1786 to 1810, with gaps. more >
4 letters, quarto, 7 pages, written on the letterhead of the Chicago Theological Seminary, of which Hammond was then treasurer, in very good, clean and legible condition. more >
194 letters, 242 manuscript pp., mostly stamp-less letter-sheets, dated 3 June 1822 to 27 September 1854; of the 194 letters, 168 of the letters were written by various individuals to Henry Mason Morfit, Esq.; the remaining 26 are miscellaneous letters written to… 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