Search Results: Manuscripts & Letters

Germany, 1818. Good. Wrappers detached and worn with some loss. Toning, dust soiling, at least one leaf loose. A most charming original manuscript, comprised of six (6) original pen-and-ink drawings accompanied by rhymed captions. The drawings include: a young woman hard at work sewing for…

Front cover detached but present. Back strip lacking. Occasional bits of page lose. Few pages detached Moderate to heavy wear.. A book of musings by an unidentified gentleman with the first entry on September 27th, 1825. 66 leaves. Created by a creative sort and includes circular verses,…

Private manuscript journal of Noyes Stanton Palmer (1826-1891) of Westerly, Rhode Island and Stonington, Connecticut, with earlier entries providing private reflections and participation in politics and local reform movements, and an account of an 1858 business trip through the upper…

Letter sent from Washington-on-the-Brazos by Texian legislator and publisher William Washington Gant describing commerce in the Republic of Texas and receipt of a letter from J. Pinckney Henderson regarding difficulty caused by slavery in attempting to achieve diplomatic recognition for…

[Augusta], 1825. Good.. Manuscript map, 15.25 x 12.5 inches. Docketed on verso. Old folds. Wear and separation at several folds with minor loss, light toning and foxing. Handsome map of the area around Augusta which is today, in part, the Augusta National Golf Course. The map indicates the…

[Saxony], 1751. Recent half-vellum over black pastepaper boards, gilt spine label, edges sprinkled red. UNPUBLISHED, COMPREHENSIVE AND SYSTEMATIC, this field manual is practical, above all. It codifies war cries, offensive and defensive strategies and tactics, work chants, hundreds of…

Two page letter sent from Mexican Texas by John L. Sleight to his uncle, Cornelius Sleight, of Sag Harbor, New York, dated December 25, 1830. On large bifold sheet, two pages of text along with address panel, approximately 600 words. The letter describes Sleight's initial arrival in…

[Copenhagen]: C.B. Købke, 1823. Contemporary half-sheep and marbled boards (worn, spine chipped), gilt red morocco label on the front panel lettered c. köbke, gilt-ruled spine, edges sprinkled blue.             Naval artillery exercises compiled by the teenage C.B. Købke (1808-54)…