Correspondence
correspondence, political, Whig party, Pennsylvania, James Cooper, John A. McGinley, John H. McClellan
Gettysburg, PA: 1843-1848. Two letters written to a John A. McGinley, Esq. of Adams County, PA and short announcement. The first letter, August 20, 1843, is from John H. McClellan, a prominent business man of Gettysburg, PA, who had been appointed treasurer of Adams County in 1840 to serve out.....
Price: $150.00
bathhouse, medicine, business history, correspondence, Sanitarium, homeopathic
Lowell, MA: September 26, 1849. Stampless post. A letter between two doctors, Dr. Bulter Wilmarth and Dr. John Hero that discussing the various patients at a local sanitarium in Lowell, MA, that Wilmarth is treating. There is also some talk about the possibility of the pair working together, either at.....
Price: $225.00
correspondence, medicine, Mississippi river, horse
Poplar, Mississippi: April 7, 1890. A two page letter from Howard G. Thornton, a physician and surgeon located in Poplar, MS. He is writing his younger brother, Ed, who lives in Commerce, TX, with their parents. Thornton describes a busy winter in Mississippi, with lots of sickness, and a rainy.....
Price: $75.00
Architecture, Domestic, correspondence, 1st edition
Boston: James R Osgood and Company, 1874. 314 page book, with gilt stamped covers, 1st edition. The book compiles forty-three (43) letters between an architect and his friends. These letters "are composed of hints and suggestions relating to to building of homes... [and] aim to give practical information to those.....
Price: $65.00
correspondence, women's history, medical, mumps, typhoid fever, dysentery, infant mortality, religion, daily life, Sons of Temperance
Ireland Depot, Holyoke, MA: 1847-1857. A collection of eleven (11) letters belonging to the Emerson Family of Holyoke, MA. The majority of the letters are send to Ireland Depot, which was the name of the town's post office from the mid 1840s to mid 1850s. The letters date from 1847.....
Price: $325.00
President William McKinley, assassination, government, club, correspondence, drawing, capital dome, works by children
Chicago, IL: Washington Locating Club, [September 6-15, 1901]. A manuscript letter sent to President William McKinley by a children's club wishing him health and recovery after the assassination attempt on his life on September 6, 1901. The club was the "Washington Locating Club", which was located in Chicago. The children.....
Price: $95.00
merchant, commission merchant, business, goods, flour, wood
New York: 1859. A letter written by Frank Hiram Crosby, most likely a commission merchant, in New York. It is unclear who he is writing to, but in the letter he discusses the price of flour he purchased, three to five cents per pound, and the sale of wood. He.....
Price: $125.00
civil war, union, union soldier, battle, death, grief, frienship
Falmouth, VA: c1865. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" manuscript license to preach. At a meeting of the association of Tolland County convened at Tolland Dec. 28, 1835, the bearer, John Haven, a member of the Theological Institute of Connecticut was examined as to his doctrinal & experimental knowledge of the.....
Price: $175.00
education, penmanship, writing, essay, fantasy, moon, dream, thanksgiving
Stow, MA: 1879-1880. A composition notebook for twelve year old George F. Murdock during the winter term of his "3rd Class". It has thirteen (13) short essays, short stories, and/or sample letters with subjects ranging from Paul Revere, a description of what is in the classroom or seen from his.....
Price: $125.00
collection, correspondence, recreation & camps, billheads & letterheads, Harvard University, Hotchkiss School, schools & universities
Lakeville, CT: Keewaydin Camps Limited Partnership, 1931-1932. George W. Creelman (1872-1951) was the Vice President of the Keewaydin Camps, as well as the Master of Mathematics at Hotchkiss School, a private high school in Lakeville, CT. This collection features seven letters written by him, to his son, Brenton "Brent" W......
Price: $225.00
correspondence, military history, WWI, France, Naval Plane Repairman
Juniata, PA: February - November 1918. A collection of eight (8) letters written by Pvt. Glenn H. Jones (1890-1921) to his mother, Ida, and sisters Jennie and Amelia "May", who were living in Juniata, PA. The letters date from February 1918 to November 1918. During the first few letters he.....
Price: $125.00
Native American History, Kaw Nation, Oklahoma
Washington, D.C. 1885. Typewritten letter from the commissioner of the Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Hiram Price, officially appointing L.M. Hutchinson, M.D. as the Physician at Osage and Kaw Agency, "to serve at Kaw reservation, at a compensation of $1200". Price (1814-1901) was commissioner from 1881 until.....
Price: $250.00
correspondence, business history, letterhead, slate, quarry, industry, billhead, religion, sunday school, charity, American Sunday School Union
Slate Hill, PA: Susquehanna Slate, February 1859. The item is two letters addressed to Reverend Benjamin William Chidlaw written on a finely illustrated circular. The letters are written on a single page, which has been folded in half, with the first letter written on the inside fold and the second.....
Price: $85.00
civil war, union soldier, president Lincoln, mourning dress, soldiers coming home
Waterloo, Iowa: May 2, 1865. Waterloo, Iowa. May 2, 1865. A heartfelt letter from a young woman reflecting the sentiment from the homefront at the end of the war; surviving emotionally on roamers and hearsay. It expresses the understanding of the need for the war but the ambivalence associated with.....
Price: $500.00
Panama Pacific International Exposition, childhood, beauty, photograph, Temple of Childhood
San Francisco: Temple of Childhood, 1914. A 'representation' letter from the Temple of Childhood, a concession at the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco that took place in 1915. The letter itself dates from April 1914, and it informs Mrs. H. J. Neilson that her son, Harry S. Neilson.....
Price: $250.00
childhood, family, family relations, hand drawn, illustrations, summer, riding, horseback ridding, summer vacation
Boston MA: Aug-29. Two whimsical letters from a mother to one of her two daughters, Elizabeth Simon (nicknamed Betty). The first letter mentions a visit to their cousin Ruth, who has two cats on her roof. The missive continues on asking her how here hay fever is doing and if.....
Price: $95.00
correspondence, farming, agricultural, family life
Lockney, TX: Nov-13. A long letter from Tucker E. Cowart, a Texan farmer, written over the course of a month to his mother, Amelia in Bonham, TX. The letter provides an update on Tucker's life, family and farm. It is also clear that even though his mother lives in Bonham.....
Price: $85.00
correspondence, marriage, courtship, business
Pennsylvania: Amity Matrimonial Association for Unmarried Persons, Jan 17,1882. A letter written to a Miss Jane Marner discussing the policies she holds from W. H. Wise, Vise President of the Amity Matrimonial Association for Unmarried Persons. Even though the name sounds like a match making service, it was most likely.....
Price: $65.00