folio, 4 pages, possibly a retained draft, with extensive corrections, paper slightly browned, small portion of paper missing at lower edge, affecting some text on last two lines of pages 1-3, else in good, clean and legible condition.
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112 letters, 117 pp. (mostly typed), dated 8 December 1917 to 30 October 1928, plus 33 documents, papers, and ephemera. The bulk of correspondence concerns Thomas O. Moss seeking appointments for himself in the Naval Reserve, or on the staff of Governor…
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Quarto, 1 page, dated 11 November 1856, written by Thomas Rainey to his sister Jennie S. Rainey, recounting a steamer trip from New York City, to Savannah, Georgia, to Florida, and finally to Mobile, Alabama.
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Quarto, two pages, neatly and legibly inscribed in ink, very good.
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quarto, 2 pages, plus stamp-less address leaf, in very good, clean and legible condition.
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23 letters, 69 manuscript pp., dated 25 June 1824 to 12 July 1866; also includes 2 poems (4 manuscript pages); 1 list of flowers and their meaning (2 manuscript pp.), and 1 note (1 mss pp.) of the “subscribers inspectors of common…
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Plain white calling card (1 7/8 x 3 inches) signed in pencil on recto Timoteo Haalilio | Sandwich Islands. On the verso he writes, again in pencil, "I am glad to see Mis [sic] Barnard." Residue of five small glue spots on…
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quarto, three pages, plus stamp-less address leaf, folded, small hole and damp-stain, affecting text slightly on all three pages, last leaf has another hole due to rough opening, else good.
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Collection of 55 letters, 113 pages of correspondence, in generally very good, clean and legible condition, occasional spotting, soiling, tears and nicks, otherwise good.
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Paris: De L’Imprimerie Royale, 1734, quarto, eight pages, untrimmed and uncut, a fine copy. This concerns the shipping of slaves to America, and their barter against, sugar, cotton and other goods, and gives a specimen of the certificate and bill of lading required.
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