Women's Education Movement. Pamphlet/ Volume 14 of 17: Acts for the State of Massachusetts, January 12th Session, 1804 [ Incorporation of Bradford Academy] Containing the original incorporation of Bradford Academy. Bradford opened as the first coeducational institution in Massachusetts, but due to overwhelming interest from parents of girls with no.....
China 1896 Chinese Imperial Gov. GBP 25 Gold loan with coupon / 14 x hole punched. Chinese Imperial Government. 5% Gold Loan of 1896 - Original bond with 25 coupons no. 35 ( 10/1/1913) - 72. Coupons and bond hole punched ( bond with 14 holes ). Ser No. 10817.....
A folded trade card from the 1880s for Chase and Sanborn Coffee. Victorian era trade card. Chase and Sanborn Coffee is an American Coffee Company established in 1862 and claims to be the first coffee company to pack and ship roasted coffee in sealed tins. When Standard Brands was formed.....
Bruce, Blanche. Former slave, First African American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate, representing Mississippi from 1875 to 1881. As Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, Bruce signs “B.K. Bruce.” Dated August 27, 1890, from Samuel Bieber to Jacob Happ. An example of the success.....
[Woman Suffrage] Bryan, William Jennings. 1 page Autograph Letter Signed in January 1897 from Dallas, Texas. Famed populist orator and politician Bryan writes to Miss Margaret Simpson, a constituent in Galveston. In response to her letter, he writes in his hand: "I very much appreciate the interest manifested by the.....
BRYCE, James Viscount. The Hindrances to Good Citizenship. London: Yale University Press, 1919. Fifth Printing. Signed James Bryce: August 1921 on half-title page in large, elegant hand. Octavo. 138 pages. Publisher's original blue cloth boards. Deckle edges. Bumping to corners and head and tail of spine. Original ownership signature on.....
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.....
CAPOTE, TRUMAN. In Cold Blood New York: Random House, 1965. First edition. original first-state dust jacket with a bit of rubbing at extremities; Very good condition. “And so it happened that in the daylight hours of that Wednesday morning, Alvin Dewey, breakfasting in the coffee shop of a Topeka hotel.....
Kailash Chand. An Appeal to Members of Parliament of India and the World at Large. Bombay: Society for the Cause of Mother's Lineage, Theosophical Colony, 1959. 10 x 7.75 in. 1 sheet, printed both sides. This handbill is the author's petition to India's courts in 1959 arguing that he should.....
Chalmers, Allan Knight. Small Collection of Civil Rights Ephemera. 2 Typed Letter Signed and an N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense and Educational Fund Report. Chalmers was president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and a mentor to Martin Luther King Jr. during King's day at Boston University . Included are.....
Group of 5 Congressional documents, all war-date, octavo, some multi-paged, most with good content, in small part: regiments that have not been paid and the expenses of the military establishment. A nice grouping of U.S. government documents pertaining to the War.
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.....
Large $1000 Confederate Bond Certificat originally issued by the Confederate government to fund the war effort. The 1000 Bond certificat has 60 coupons attached. The overall size is 26"x16". All coupons are present, though as you can see from the picture, many have become damaged by age, and two are.....
Confederate 1866 Civil War Bond Coupon 8634. A bond is a document of title for a loan. Confederate war finance involved the various means, fiscal and monetary, through which the Confederate States of America financed its war effort during the American Civil War. Bonds are a loan and are issued.....
Confederate States of America $10 Note of 1864. When the Civil War broke out, the newly-formed Confederate States of America needed to create a monetary system to finance the government and the war effort. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes The Confederate States dollar was first issued just before the.....
Confederate States of America $ 1000 loan Bond with Coupons, Richmond, 1862. Original Loan with 23 coupons (first 8/1865), With elaborate engraving and ornate boders, Richmond, October 1862. When the Civil War broke out, the newly-formed Confederate States of America needed to create a monetary system to finance the government.....
Last Confederate States of America $ 1000 loan + Cp Richmond 1862 USA Beauregard. Original Loan with 31 coupons( first 7/1865), Richmond November 1862, with engraving of General G.T. Beauregard. With elaborate engraving and ornate borders, Richmond, October 1862. When the Civil War broke out, the newly-formed Confederate States of.....
1864 Confederate States of America $20 Note (T67); Feb. 17th 1864 (Criswell T67); When the Civil War broke out, the newly-formed Confederate States of America needed to create a monetary system to finance the government and the war effort. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes The Confederate States dollar was.....
Confederate States 5 dollar note 4/6/63 stamped February 1864. When the Civil War broke out, the newly-formed Confederate States of America needed to create a monetary system to finance the government and the war effort. The Confederate Treasury printed bank notes The Confederate States dollar was first issued just before.....
The College, the Market, and the Court; or Woman's Relation to Education, Labor, and the Law. Printed in Boston: Lee and Shepard (1867). Early ownership signature of James Gould dated 1867 to ffep. The College, the Market, and the Court; or Woman's Relation to Education, Labor, and Law (1867) was.....
Tocqueville, Alexis de. De la Démocratie en Amérique. First Edition. Published by Charles Gosselin, Paris, 1835. Two Volumes, 367 pages and 459 pages. With original folding hand-coloured lithographic map. 19th Century brown morocco backed marbled paper covered boards, spines with raised bands, lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. The.....
Philadelphia: Robert Aitken, 1777. [2],513,[23]pp. Modern calf, to style. Minor dampstaining, particularly toward the end of volume. Custom chemise and slipcase. Provenance: Samuel McGraw Gunn (ink inscription dated 1822). This volume of the Journals of Congress is one of the rarest of the series issued from 1774 to 1788. It covers the.....