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CARE, Henry. English Liberties: Or, the Freeborn Subject's Inheritance, Containing I. Magna Charta. First edition of one of the very first law books printed in colonial America. Contains the first American printing of the Magna Carta and other fundamental documents of individual liberty in Anglo-American law, including "seminal documents on.....
JAY, John. Founding father and important negotiator and statesman during the infancy of the United States. 3 page Autograph Letter Signed to his wife Sally dated July 6, 1794. It was at this time that Jay was residing in England to negotiate the now infamous "Jay Treaty," which Jay and.....
Important Archive of 2 Harry S. Truman Presidential Typed Letters Signed on Truman's battle against McCarthyism. At the time of these letters in July of 1951, Senator Joseph McCarthy had radically expanded his anti-Communist investigations into the private lives and political beliefs of American citizens, attempting to take alleged Communist.....
[AMERICAN REVOLUTION] Journals of Congress, Containing the Proceedings from Sept. 5, 1774 to Jan. 1, 1776. Philadelphia: Robert Aitken, 1777. First edition of volume I only. Contemporary calf rebacked to style retaining most of lettering labels. 8 x 5 inches (20 x 13 cm); This copy has 306 pages of.....
[Emancipation Proclamation]. New York Times. Vol. XII, No. 3519. Saturday, January 3, 1863. Four sheets, eight pages. 21 x 15 ½”. Printed on page 5. On January 1, 1863, as the US was entering its third year of bloody civil war, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing “all.....
[Freedom of the Press] First Edition. Report of the Arguments of the Attorney of the Commonwealth at the Trials of Abner Kneeland. Boston: Beals, Homer, 1834. First Edition.Self-wrappers. 93 pages. 8vo. Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Abner Kneeland was a Massachusetts state court case originating from statements written by Kneeland in.....
"Illustrations of Political Economy, No. III: Brooke and Brooke Farm." Boston: Leonard Bowles, 1832. First American Edition. Quarto with cover in good condition. Interior pages with visible thumbing to edges and age related toning throughout. Occasionally staining, but overall text is unaffected. Part 3 of Martineau's 9 part series on.....
A rare pamphlet published by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, New York city, April 1926, recording the Decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Louisville Segregation Case (Buchanan v Warley 245 U.S. 60), argued in the Supreme Court of the United States April 11, 1916.....
Nuremberg trials photo archive, a group of 9 silver gelatin press photos depicting the trial of Nazi war-criminals at Nuremberg. These pictures capture tense and dramatic moments during the criminal proceedings of former Nazi politicians, military, and other figures key in the Nuremberg trials. Photos are mostly press photos and.....
Bradford Academy was the 3rd oldest post secondary institution in Massachusetts behind Harvard University and Williams College And the first coeducational institution in Massachusetts. Pamphle Volume 14 of 17: Acts for the State of Massachusetts, January 12th Session, 1804 [ Incorporation of Bradford Academy] Containing the original incorporation of Bradford.....
42nd US President. Bill Clinton Typed Letter Signed, one page, 8.5 x 11", State Of Arkansas letterhead, July 12, 1989. While governor, Clinton responds to a supporter and comments on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on flag burning. In part, Clinton writes, "Thank you for your letter regarding your concern.....
Multigenerational archive of a family of black military servicemen in WWI, WWII, and Korea, plus many documents relating to their Texas cotton farm. Documents date from 1893 through 1970s. Items relating to the Lewis family of Cass County, Texas, who were a farming family of cotton and other agricultural products.....
Early women's rights activist in the U.S., signer of the Declaration of Sentiments on behalf of women's legal equality, and a key participant in the woman suffrage movement. Autograph Quote Signed and dated 1871 on a card measuring 4 ¼ x 3 ". Mott writes in her hand in full.....
Hurlbut, E.P. Essays on Human Rights and their Political Guaranties: By...Counselor at Law in the City of New-York. New York: Greeley & McElrath. 1845. First Edition. Contemporary half leather and marbled boards with some rubbing. 219 pages. A treatise on social and political organization, the author enumerating the errors of.....
[Guns] "No Shooting on These Premises". Original Broadside, Phoenix, Arizona: G.G. Morgan Ptg. Co., 1920. . Larger format 12" x 8-3/4" inch broadside printed on linen cloth. This broadside was issued in the early years of Arizona's statehood, whose constitution gave citizens the right to bear arms in 1910. Phoenix.....
[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Perali, Joseph T. 1 page. 8" x 10." Letter ordering a property vacated on behalf of Thomas M. Holmes, a free person of color. Charleston, 8 June 1865. Thomas M Holmes was the sitting president of the Colored People's Convention of South Carolina. This ADS states, "Permission.....
La Revision Du Proces Dreyfus a La Cour de Cassation. Compte Rendu stenographique "in extenso". 1898. Paris: P.V. Stockm Editeur (ancienne Librarie Tresse et Stock). 9,10,11,12 Galerie Du Theatre-Francais, Palasi-Royal. First Edition. Small octavo. 271 pages. Publisher's original wrappers. Comprehensive documentation of the debates and inquiries conducted by the French.....
A Birdseye View of Indian Policy Historic and Contemporary. An early report on the purpose and progress of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 ("IRA"). 10.5" x 8" inches. Photomechanically reproduced typescript. 14 one sided loose leaves. Also included is an addendum of two stapled leaves entailing a "Summary of.....
Archive of seven photos and five documents from the foundation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Contents include three documents titled The Signing of the North Atlantic Treaty, one as an event program, and two as books with speech transcriptions, the 14 articles of the Treaty, and a full.....
Woodson, Carter G. Fifty Years of Negro Citizenship as Qualified by the United States Supreme Court. 53 pages. 9.5" x 5.75" inches. Bound in original printed wrappers. This pamphlet was reprinted from the Journal of Negro History, Vol. VI, No. I, January, 1921. Scarce; this printed article form is located.....
[Firearms patent ] Dumoulin's Provisional Specification. No. 2696 for improvement of a shotgun trigger mechanism. Published by Malby & Sons, Photo-Litho. February 2, 1898. 1 page about 14 ¼ x 9 ¾ in. Linen backed. Original patent lithograph for F. Dumoulin’s improvement of a shotgun trigger mechanism. This lithograph was.....
CAPOTE, TRUMAN. In Cold Blood New York: Random House, [1965]. Octavo, original first-state dust jacket as wrappers bound over burgundy paper, as issued. A bit of rubbing at extremities; A nice copies of the fragile advance reading copy that is much scarcer than the first edition and has a similar.....
[Americana]. All Impressments Unlawful and Inadmissible. Boston: Published and Sold by William Pelham, [c. 1808]. A Contemporary Response to the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair. 12 pp. Octavo, 9-1/4" x 5-3/4" inches. Stab-stitched pamphlet in self wrappers, untrimmed edges. One of two issues, both printed c. 1808. This pamphlet addresses the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair.....
BLACK PANTHERS. "Justice Amerikan Style". Vintage Double-sided photocopied flier, Folio size 14 x 8 1/2 inches, illustrated with a photograph of Ericka Huggins raising her fist; Boston: Boston Panther Defense Committee, circa April 1970. The text of the document offers a detailed and lengthy explanation of the New Haven Nine.....
[U.S. History] The Constitutions of the United States of America, with the Latest Amendments: Also the Declaration of Independence, Articles and Confederation, with the Federal Constitution. New York: Evert Duyckinck, 1820. Hardcover, recently rebound in natural buckram cloth with the remains of the original maroon leather title label on the.....