[NY]: [ca. 1885]. 1 sheet. Illus. with 1 wood engraving. 5 x 7.5 inches. Thirty-one signatures on the verso of an engraved program cover of those attending a dinner of The New York Farmers organization, founded in 1882 at the Union League Club, and open to landowers and those involved..... More

VA: 1864. [3] pp. Bifolium. 7 x 4.5 inches. Dated July 9th, 1864. O.D.P. [no name given] writes to his brother, Albert, beginning "In the Trenches Near The Appomattox River" telling him of the woes of keeping paper and stamps handy; and joking about his inability to swim, "Tell Frank..... More

[Boston]: [1894]. 4 pp. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Written on four sheets of Parker House Stationary, and prepared for the annual School Festival in Mechanics Hall for the year's graduates from Boston's Public Schools, on June 30th, 1894. Frederic Thomas Greenhalge (1842-1896) was a British-born Harvard graduate, who..... More

New York: 1863. 1 sheet. 7.25" x 3" inches. Printed check from South Branch, Bank of Commerce in New York. Dated November 19th, 1863, No. 326. Payment of $43.65 issued to Dumont Frelinghuysen. Signed by James Knox, Treasurer of Central Rail-Road Company of New Jersey. Stamp affixed. Good, trimmed closely..... More

City Point, VA: 1864. [3 pp.]. Bifolium. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. On June 18, 1864, Grant ordered Brevet Major General Rufus Ingalls, his Chief Quarter-master General of the Army of the Potomac, to prepare a massive supply depot at City Point, Virginia, just 20 miles from Richmond, capable of supporting..... More

Chapin's Farm [Chaffin's Farm], VA: 1865. [2] pp. Bifolium. 8 x 12.5 inches. Even before the secession of the southern states, the people of Connecticut were divided regarding their views of the war effort. Throughout the military conflict, the social and political tensions were consistently exacerbated by incongruous perspectives on..... More

Humbolt Camp; Mount Sterling, OH: [1862]. [3] pp. Bifolium + pictorial envelope. 5.5 x 9 inches. March 10th, [1862]. First portion of letter is from E.M. Simmons to his brother, and second portion to A.W. Morgan. The pictorial envelope is addressed to Edwin Forbes of East Hartford, CT, with a...... More

n.d. 32 leaves [rectos only]. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Partially typed and partially in holograph, a draft of the account of the United States Presidents, by Charles Clark. There are two sections, numbered 3 and 4, both signed by Clark, which cover the nominations of Franklin Pierce, through William H...... More

[Poughkeepsie], NY: 1914. [1] pp. 8.5 x 11 inches. Date April 2, 1914. Famed wood engraver Timothy Cole (1852-1931) writes to his son, portraitist Alphaeus Philemon Cole thanking him for the seeds, but letting him know that he will be, regrettably, relocating from Poughkeepsie, NY. Cole complains about errors in..... More

Preston, CT: 1837-1840. 5 pp. 1. [Printed Document Completed in Manuscript] Inspection Return of the 7th Company of the 1st Regiment of Light Artillery from Hampton, Sept 20th, 1837. 17 x 12 inches. 1 pp. Split and separated at the folds, browned at the edges. List 48 soldiers, with their..... More

Paris: 1885. [4] pp. Bifolium. 5 x 8 inches. July 20th, 1885, originally on printed stationary from London’s “Hotel Metropole”, which had been crossed out, and replaced by "Paris". Samuel Cox updates Stiltson on the status of his mission in Paris, one that he shares with Ministers from Vermont, Michigan..... More

Philadelphia: 1799. 1 sheet. 7.5 x 7.5 inches. November 5th, 1799, with integral address on verso. Jared Ingersoll (1749-1822) writes to Robert Gilmore & Co., of Baltimore, one of the more important trading firms, apologetically, to follow up on some old business from 1790. Philadelphia-born statesman Jared Ingersoll (1749-1822) was..... More

Albany: 1849. [1] pp. Bifolium. 8 x 10.5 inches. June 29, 1849. New York Governor Hamilton Fish writes this recommendation to Hugh Maxwell, Collector of the Port of New York, on behalf of former New York Tribune Washington Correspondent, William E. Robinson. Though Robinson had recently been at the center..... More