Mobile, Alabama Steamboat Manifest

11 x 5 3/4, imprinted manifest, filled out in ink.

Baker & Co., Receiving and Forwarding Merchants, Agents Independent Steamers, Bigbee, Warrior and Alabama Rivers, No. 43 North Front Street. Mobile, Ala.

Shipped, By Baker & Co., on board the Steamboat called the Mist, now in the Port of Mobile, and bound for Elen Bluff. For twenty four barrels of flour, with total freight charges of $24.30. Dated and signed at Mobile, Ala., Sept. 22, 1870. Very fine. These 1800's imprinted manifests for steamboats are very highly collectible.  

Payment For Serving in the Continental Army

1782 voucher for payment of service in the Connecticut Line

8 x 4, imprint, filled out in ink. State of Connecticut, Treasury Office, Hartford, June 1, A.D. 1782. States that Ambrose Gaylord is owed nine pounds, nine shillings for service in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army. Signed by J. Lawrence, Treasurer. Numerous endorsements on the reverse. Typical O cancellation. Light wear. Very fine Revolutionary War document.

John Lawrence, served as the Connecticut State Treasurer, 1769-89.

 

Oh Jeff Oh Jeff How Are You?

Magnus songsheet, 5 x 8, with full color illustration of the capture of Confederate President Jefferson Davis wearing a red dress with shawl over his head. Includes six comic verses and chorus by Henry Schroeder. Music published by Firth, Son & Co., 563 Broadway, N.Y. Songsheet published by Chas. Magnus, 12 Frankfort St., N.Y. Choice condition. Circa 1865. Anything associated with the capture of Jeff Davis is highly collectible.  

1913 Imprint, 124th N.Y. Infantry at Gettysburg

Veteran Henry M. Howell on Gettysburg. 6 x 9 3/4 imprint. Middletown, N.Y., July 12, 1913. Editor Daily Argus. Discusses the action on July 2, 1863, near Devil's Den, making his point that it was the pivotal point in the battle of Gettysburg. Signed in print by H.M. Howell. Excellent condition. From the personal estate of Henry M. Howell. He enlisted in Co. E, 124th New York Infantry, "The Orange Blossoms," on Aug. 9, 1862. He fought in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg; was wounded in the battle of Spotsylvania, Va., on May 12,...  

Speech of Senator Daniel Webster in the U.S. Senate, 1848

5 1/2 x 8 1/2, imprint. 24 pages. Mr. Webster's Speech, In The U.S. Senate, March 23, 1848, Upon The War With Mexico. Printed by Eastburn's Press, Boston, 1848. Light age toning. Fine.

Daniel Webster: (1782-1852) American statesman, lawyer and orator. Served as a U.S. Congresman, 1813-17, and 1823-27; U.S. Senator, 1827-41, and 1845-50; and U.S. Secretary of State, 1841-43, and 1850-52. He was one of the greatest orators of his time, well known for his brilliant speeches and eloquent public addresses. His...  

General Grant's March

By E. Mack. Sheet music. 6 pages. Eclipse Publishing Co., Philadelphia. Copyright, 1907. Bust vignette of Ulysses S. Grant, and eagle and shield on the front page. Also includes music for the song Love and Devotion, by Louis A. Drumheller. Overall light age toning, and some corner and edge wear. The inside pages 3 and 4, which are back to back, are damaged. There is a horizontal tear straight across the page that has been repaired with archival document tape. That same page [3 & 4] has a small paper chip out of the top corner which does not affect any of...  

1865 Imprint, The Old Guard

A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Principles of 1776 and 1787.

Volume III. January 1865.
No. 1.

48 pages.

The Resolutions of 1798 as a Basis of Reunion. The Peer and the Printer. Close of the Year 1806 and 1864. In Prison. The Civilization of the Tropics. Voices That Are Gone. The Female Parliament of Aristophanes. Alone With Thee. The Duke De La Rochefoucaults Maxims on Love. Financial Lying. Old tape repairs at the vertical left edge of the imprint which serves to strengthen the spine. The pages are tight, clean and in very...  

Letter to General David Hunter

Plus related imprint concerning the heroes of the American Revolution!

2 pages, 7 1/2 x 9 3/4, in ink, written by Alexander Ray.

Washington, D.C., November 18, 1874

Maj. Genl. David Hunter, U.S.A.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir;

I take the liberty of enclosing you one of my printed circular letters. It fully explains the subject to which it relates as well as the object of this communication. I have lately visited Boston, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland to confer with the Societies of...  

Imprint, Message From President Andrew Johnson

Concerning Bureau of Freedmen and Refugees

5 1/2 x 9 imprint, 3 1/4 pages, signed in print by President Andrew Johnson.

39th Congress, 1st Session. House of Representatives. Ex. Doc. No. 146. Bureau of Freedmen and Refugees. Message From The President of the United States, Returning To the House bill No. 613, with his objections thereto. July 16, 1866. Ordered to be printed. Excellent content concerning the Bureau of Freedmen. Light edge wear, otherwise in excellent condition.

The Bureau of Freedmen and Refugees, also known as...