Ephemera

1857 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT PAIR [2] OF LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A BALTIMORE SISTER TO HER NEW YORK BROTHER WHO AMIDST THE BREEZY FAMILY TALK VOICES CONCERNS OVER THE ELECTIONS AND THE MOBS

1857 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM ONE BROTHER ABOARD A WHALING SHIP TO HIS BROTHER THE CAPTAIN OF THE BARK MATTAPOISETT

1856 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER FROM FRENCH ABOLITIONIST TO ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST NOTED ANTI SLAVERY ACTIVISTS: JOSHUA R. GIDDINGS

1856 LARGE ARCHIVE OF FIFTEEN (15) HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE MARQUIS DE BEAUMONT

1855 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED [ALS] BY A CANADIAN POLITICIAN BEMOANING THE TERRIBLE STATE OF CORRUPTION IN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY

1855 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT HOLOGRAPH NOTE BY THE FAMED ASTRONOMER TO THE MARQUIS DE BEAUMONT

1854 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT REPORT ON A LADY'S LITERARY SOCIETY 'ATHENA'

1854 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT RECIPES FOR BLACKWASH [SYPHILIS] AND GREEN SALVE "FOR DRAWING HEALING SORES"

1854 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT FORMAL REPORT ON THE SHIPWRECK OF THE BRIG EMILY

1854 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT FOLDED LETTER DETAILING THE SHIPWRECK OF THE 'HUMBOLDT' NEAR HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA

1854 HANDWRITTEN LETTER BY A STAUNCH ANTI-CATHOLIC CALLING FOR THE TAR AND FEATHERING OF JESUIT PRIESTS AND COMPLAINING ABOUT NEW YORK POLITICS AND LAWYERS AS "A MISERABLE SET OF PIMPS AND TOMBS LAWYERS..."

1854 HANDWRITTEN ALS BY FAMED DEAD SEA EXPLORER

1854 & 1855 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTERS BY FAMED KANSAS ARCHITECT, CIVIL WAR OFFICER AND CHIEF QUARTERMASTER OF THE ARMY OF THE FRONTIER AND ALMUNUS OF BROWN UNIVERSITY

1853 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED [ALS] BY NOTED QUAKER AND STATIONMASTER OF THE COUDERSPORT PA UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

1853 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER AND HANDWRITTEN RELIC OF SEA FARING COMMERCE HANDWRITTEN BY A CAPTAIN VERY SOON TO BE NOTED IN DISPATCHES FOR HIS GALLANT SAVING OF PASSENGERS AND CREW IN THE 'SAN FRANCISCO' SHIPPING DISASTER

1852 VILLE DE PARIS RARE VOTING CARD COMING SOON AFTER THE TROUBLES OF THE SECOND COMMUNE

1852 ORIGINAL, SUPERB RELIC OF HIS LOVE AND SIGNIFICANT MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT 'LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT' OF PRINCE ALBERT, THE LOVING HUSBAND AND CONFIDANT OF QUEEN VICTORIA, ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED AND REVERED MONARCHS TO EVER RULE

1852 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LEGAL DOCUMENT SIGNED BY LOCAL BALTIMORE MARYLAND NOTABLES

1852 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT SIGNED DETAILING EARLY BOOK BUY BY FAMED BOOKSELLER HENRY WHIPPLE

1851-1905 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER AND EPHEMERA ARCHIVE OF 85+ MULTI GENERATIONAL FAMILIES INCLUDING THE REED, WOOD AND MERRILL FAMILIES OF NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS

1851 SUPERB - BULLETIN DES LOIS DE LA REPUBLIQUE DE FRANCE No 434 - DECRET RELATIF AUX PRIMES POUR LA PECHE DE LA BALEINE OU DU CACHALOT

1851 HANDWRITTEN STAMPLESS COVER ALS TO THE SELECTMEN OF PLAINFIELD REGARDING SAMUEL HARVEY

1850s - 1940s SUPER ARCHIVE OF DOCUMENTS AND LETTERS BY AND ABOUT WILLIAM MACGILL, CAPTAIN OF ONE OF THE FASTEST CLIPPER SHIPS IN THE WORLD: THE "SWEEPSTAKES"

1850s - 1870 ORIGINAL GROUP OF REPORTS, DOCUMENTS AND DATA DETAILING THE STATE OF MEDICINE, HOSPITALS AND THE HEALTH OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS PRISON ON EARTH

1850s - 1860s ARCHIVE OF ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTERS AND EPHEMERA BY AND TO A MASSACHUSETTS MATRIARCH AND MOTHER IN LAW OF THE NOTED DR. HENRY BLANCHARD

1850 ORIGINAL, HISTORIC MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A GREATLY RELIEVED FATHER THAT HIS DAUGHTER SURVIVED THE DEVASTATION OF THE BELLE OF THE WEST DISASTER

1850 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A PROMINENT MONTGOMERY PRESBYTERIAN WHO COVERS LIFE AND TIMES FROM CONSUMPTION TO HUMOROUS ANECDOTES

1849 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT STATEMENT OF MR. MYERS DETAILING THE MOOD OF THE PEOPLE AND THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY AND POLITICS BY A BUSY TAVERN OWNER, LAND HOLDER AND MASON FROM GEORGETOWN IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

1849 ARCHIVE OF FOUR [4] HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE FORMATION OF THE LEESBURG LIGHT ARTILLERY

1848 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER REFERENCING A LITERARY FEUD HANDWRITTEN BY A BALTIMORE POET AND LONG TIME BITTER RIVAL OF EDGAR ALLAN POE

1848 and 1850 SMALL ARCHIVE OF THREE [3] HANDWRITTEN STAMPLESS LETTERS REGARDING PERSONAL BUSINESS AND PERSONAL ANECDOTES REGARDING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1848 + 1849 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] MANUSCRIPT LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A BALTIMORE MAN WHO HAS A GRASP OF BOTH THE LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS OF THE DAY

1847 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A SOUTH CAROLINA MAN NOT HAPPY WITH THE LESS CIVILIZED, LESS HOSPITABLE ALABAMA WHICH HE IS DETERMINED TO MAKE HIS NEW HOME AND MEDICAL PRACTICE

1846 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER DESCRIBING A RIGOROUS TRIP UP ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST FAMOUS ECOLOGICAL LANDMARKS, MT. WASHINGTON, AS WELL AS DETAILING AN EVENT IN THE DARKER SIDE OF NATURE

1846 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTERS [2] HANDWRITTEN BY ONE OF ALABAMA'S LEADING COTTON FACTORS AND WHY COTTON WAS INDEED KING IN MOBILE

1846 & 1847 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY FAMED AMERICAN MISSIONARY BRINGING EDUCATION AND THE GOSPEL OF CHRISTIAN OUTREACH TO THE PEOPLE OF CEYLON

1845 ORIGINAL, RIVETING DEPOSITIONS OF CAPTAIN AND CREW MEMBERS OF THE WHALING BARK ALTO OF NEW BEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS BESET BY LAWLESSNESS, DESERTION AND MUTINY

1845 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN EXTRACT DETAILING THE STATE OF TURKEY'S ATTEMPTS TO BATTLE RUSSIA MERE MONTHS AFTER ITS FLEET WAS DESTROYED

1845 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED AND HANDWRITTEN BY NOTED MISSIONARY TRYING TO BRING THE CHRISTIAN GOSPELS TO 'SATAN'S SEAT'