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THE AFRICAN REPOSITORY (AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY) – JULY, 1859

THE AFRICAN REPOSITORY (AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY) – JULY, 1859

The African Repository was the official journal of the American Colonization Society. Henry Clay served as the Society’s president from 1836 to 1849, and its directors included former US Presidents… (337-280). Learn More »

REGISTER OF THE OFFICERS AND CADETS OF THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY, JUNE, 1830

REGISTER OF THE OFFICERS AND CADETS OF THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY, JUNE, 1830

West Point, N.Y.: United States Military Academy Printing Office, 1830.  22 pp. Rare. Excellent condition, with a very few minor scattered spots of foxing. There is a very slight crease at the upper… (337-283). Learn More »

SIGNATURE - GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS, AUTHOR & ORATOR

SIGNATURE - GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS, AUTHOR & ORATOR

Excellent condition, minor creases at corners. In ink, "George William Curtis / January 20, 1873". George William Curtis (1824-1892), American author, orator, and publicist, who influenced much of… (L12003). Learn More »

$50.00
Originally $75.00

SIGNATURE - WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT

SIGNATURE - WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT

Excellent condition ink signature on 4 1/4" x 2 3/4" card. "William Cullen Bryant / January 23d. 1873." Minor creases at corners from being mounted in an album. William Cullen Bryant was a young … (L11996). Learn More »

$50.00
Originally $75.00

WAR DATE LETTER SIGNED BY GENERAL JOSEPH WHEELER

WAR DATE LETTER SIGNED BY GENERAL JOSEPH WHEELER

Letter measures 5" x 8", attesting to the good character of staff officer Capt. Warren S. Reese, in light of depredations allegedly committed by troops in his command upon Confederate citizens in the… (486-199). Learn More »

$1,000.00
Originally $1,500.00

CONFEDERATE IMPRINT - "OFFICIAL ORDERS/ HEADQUARTER WHEELER'S CAVALRY CORPS"

CONFEDERATE IMPRINT - "OFFICIAL ORDERS/ HEADQUARTER WHEELER'S CAVALRY CORPS"

Dated "January 1st, 1865". 16 pages, measuring 8.5 x 5.5", with opening directive: "The following orders are re-published for the information and guidance of this command." Includes General Orders No.… (486-195). Learn More »

$795.00
Originally $1,200.00

SERVICE MEMORIAL FOR CHARLES M. THOMPSON, COMPANY "L", BAXTER'S ZOUAVES (72ND PENNSYLVANIA VOLS) - DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED AT THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

SERVICE MEMORIAL FOR CHARLES M. THOMPSON, COMPANY "L", BAXTER'S ZOUAVES (72ND PENNSYLVANIA VOLS) - DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED AT THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

Executed in pen and ink, the memorial measures 16 x 18", mounted on heavy card paper within a glassed, dark wooden period frame, measuring 25 x 25.5", with contemporary paper backing and hang-wire.… (457-44). Learn More »

SIGNATURE - 'JOSH BILLINGS' - PEN NAME OF HUMORIST HENRY WHEELER SHAW

SIGNATURE - 'JOSH BILLINGS' - PEN NAME OF HUMORIST HENRY WHEELER SHAW

Excellent condition ink signature on 4 1/4" x 2 3/4" card. Minor creases at corners. "Josh Billings / Allimacker". Josh Billings was the pen name of humorist born Henry Wheeler Shaw (20 April 1818… (L11993). Learn More »

$50.00
Originally $100.00

SIGNATURE - JOHN BRIGHT, BRITISH POLITICIAN

SIGNATURE - JOHN BRIGHT, BRITISH POLITICIAN

Ink signature on 4 1/4" x 2 3/4" card. Excellent condition, minor creases at corners. "John Bright / Feb 25, 1873". John Bright (November 16, 1811 – March 27, 1889), Quaker, was a British Radical… (L11995). Learn More »

$30.00
Originally $40.00

SIGNATURE - POLITICIAN THOMAS F. BAYARD, DELAWARE

SIGNATURE - POLITICIAN THOMAS F. BAYARD, DELAWARE

Excellent condition, in ink on 4 1/4" x 2 3/4". "T. F. Bayard / Delaware". BAYARD, Thomas Francis, Sr., (son of James Asheton Bayard, Jr., and father of Thomas Francis Bayard, Jr.), a Senator from… (L11990). Learn More »

$20.00
Originally $30.00

SIGNATURE - POLITICIAN THOMAS F. BAYARD, DELAWARE

SIGNATURE - POLITICIAN THOMAS F. BAYARD, DELAWARE

Excellent condition, in ink on 4 1/4" x 2 3/4". "T. F. Bayard / Delaware". BAYARD, Thomas Francis, Sr., (son of James Asheton Bayard, Jr., and father of Thomas Francis Bayard, Jr.), a Senator from… (L11899). Learn More »

$20.00
Originally $30.00

SIGNATURE - AUTHOR THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

SIGNATURE - AUTHOR THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

Faded blue ink signature on 4 1/4" x 2 5/8". "Yours very truly, / Thomas Bailey Aldrich. / Boston, May 16", 1876." Excellent condition. Minor creases at corners from having been mounted. Thomas … (L11897). Learn More »

$30.00
Originally $40.00

SIGNATURE - HENRY LAURENS DAWES, US SENATOR

SIGNATURE - HENRY LAURENS DAWES, US SENATOR

Clean, excellent condition ink signature on 4 1/4" x 2 5/8" card. Minor creases at corners. "H. L. Dawes / Mass." DAWES, Henry Laurens, a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in… (L12004). Learn More »

$25.00
Originally $50.00

SIGNATURE - ROSCOE CONKLING, US REPRESENTATIVE & SENATOR FROM NEW YORK

SIGNATURE - ROSCOE CONKLING, US REPRESENTATIVE & SENATOR FROM NEW YORK

Born in Albany, N.Y., October 30, 1829; moved with his parents to Auburn, N.Y., in 1839; completed an academic course; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1850 and commenced practice in Utica, N.Y.;… (L12002). Learn More »

$50.00
Originally $75.00

SIGNATURE - WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS, NOVELIST AND CRITIC

SIGNATURE - WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS, NOVELIST AND CRITIC

William Dean Howells (1837-1920), eminent American novelist and critic, whose championing of such diverse American writers as Stephen Crane, Frank Norris, Henry James, and Mark Twain made him the… (L12014). Learn More »

$25.00
Originally $50.00

SIGNATURE - NOTED BIOGRAPHER JAMES PARTON

SIGNATURE - NOTED BIOGRAPHER JAMES PARTON

Excellent condition ink signature on 4 1/4" x 2 3/4" card. "James Parton / New York, 1873". Slight creases at corners. Parton, James, 1822–91, American biographer, b. England. He came to the… (L12025). Learn More »

$50.00
Originally $75.00

SIGNATURE - MORRISON R. WAITE, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT

SIGNATURE - MORRISON R. WAITE, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT

Ink signature on 4 1/2" x 2 3/4" card. Excellent condition. "M. R. Waite". Born in Lyme, New London County, Conn., November 29, 1816. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1850; delegate… (L12042). Learn More »

$50.00
Originally $100.00

SIGNATURE - BAYARD TAYLOR, AUTHOR & JOURNALIST

SIGNATURE - BAYARD TAYLOR, AUTHOR & JOURNALIST

1825–78, American journalist and author, b. Kennett Square, Pa. His romantic verse in Ximena...and Other Poems (1844) secured him a long-standing assignment as correspondent for the New York… (L12037). Learn More »

$25.00
Originally $50.00

NEW YORK CITY DRAFT RIOTS:  “A GREAT FRAUD” - WORKINGMAN’S PRO-UNION / ANTI-COPPERHEAD BROADSIDE

NEW YORK CITY DRAFT RIOTS: “A GREAT FRAUD” - WORKINGMAN’S PRO-UNION / ANTI-COPPERHEAD BROADSIDE

Published by the N.Y. Workingmen’s Democratic Republican Association; printed by the Loyal Publication Society. Measures 19 x 11.5”,  mounted on green mat, in modern black frame measuring 19 x… (337-218). Learn More »

ADVERTISING CIRCULAR FOR ENGRAVING OF SENATE IMPEACHMENT VOTE FOR PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON

ADVERTISING CIRCULAR FOR ENGRAVING OF SENATE IMPEACHMENT VOTE FOR PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON

Measures 6 ¾” x 7 ¾.  Small sheet advertising the availability of “Large Copies of the Engraving printed on heavy plate paper size 18 x 24 inches” from the Boston Chromo Company, 12 West… (337-225). Learn More »


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THEFT FROM GRAVESITE OF GEN. JOHN REYNOLDS

A large artillery shell, one of pair that sit on either side of the grave of Gen. John F. Reynolds in Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster, PA has been removed from the site. If anyone comes into contact with the shell or has any information regarding its… . Learn More »

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