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Collection of 114 letters, 318 pp., most with retained mailing envelopes, dated 1869-1891, with the bulk dating from the 1880s. Four of the letters are not dated, but fall within the general time frame. The collection also includes 16 postcards dated 1879-1887.All of the letters appear to be incoming correspondence to Moss M. Nash, of Martinsburgh, New York, and Lorain, Ohio. They are written by his parents, sister, cousin, and several friends from his school boy days. His father writes at least twenty letters, his mother nine. His sister Lottie writes eight letters. His cousin Martin S. Butrick, of Edwardsville, New York (his mother's side of the family) writes to him on at least fourteen occasions. A friend, Charles Hough, writes to him on a number of occasions, as do friends named Mell and Will. Will is at Fort Collins, Colorado and Mell moved to New York City to become an artist, later relocating to Utica.
Moss M. Nash (1858-1933)
Moss M. Nash was born 1 June 1858 at Martinsburg, Lewis County, New… Read More

1847 Purging A Postmaster Who Supported the New York "Anti-Rent War".
folio, one page, in very good, clean, and legible condition.
"The inhabitants residing in this vicinity of the Town of Claverack to the number of 108 (mostly Democrats) have petitioned the PM Genl to remove Edward Gernon,...the Anti Rent Postmaster at this place for abuse of the office…and have accordingly recommended my name for the appointment. I am therefore induced through the suggestions of,,, many of your Democratic friends residing in this section to request your aid in my behalf – as they are of the opinion that a letter from you to the PM Genl...would be of great service in accomplishing our object...The political and private course pursued by the said Gernon since the organization of the Anti-Renters in this county has been in perfect union with that faction in direct opposition to Democracy and Law and Order. While on the other hand I have firmly maintained and defended the latter...Please forward me your… Read More

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1990. Decorative Cloth. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12"" tall. 111 pages, illustrated black & white and color images, dustjacket okay, minor wear to edges, otherwise good. Table of contents includes: Foreward b Philippe de Montebello; Acknowledgements; Introduction by George Bisacca and Laurence B. Kanter; Catalouge by Timothy J. Newbery and Laurence B. Kanter; 1. Pre-Renaissance; 2. Tabernacle Frames; 3. Gallery Frames; 4. Tondi; 5. Casetta Frames; 6. Renaissance-Style Frames; Glossary; Selected Bibliography

quarto, two pages, plus stampless address leaf., in very good, clean, and legible condition..
1839 First great American Depression begins with factories cutting workers' wages.
After discussing a real estate transaction, Noble adds: "It is very hard times about these parts as I suppose it is else where, Some of the factories in this have stopped operations entirely others have been obliged to reduce the price they have been paying their hands so as to make it possible for them to keep running which if a few of these establishments should stop it would be the means of a great deal of suffering among the poor people especially at this season of the year. We are in good health at present but have pretty tight scrubbing to keep along with my small salary and keep clear of debt but am in hopes if we are blessed with health to come out clear of debt in the spring…"

Octavo, 35 letters, 484 manuscript pages, dated 26 October 1884 to 10 January 1885, letters mounted on stubs within a leather bound album, boards lacking, spine badly chipped, lettering on spine reads "Letters"; text block split, some leaves loose, edges of some letters chipped, several with slight tears, otherwise good, written in ink, in legible hand.
Five of the letters are illustrated with cleverly rendered drawings to accompany Noyes' intelligent, lengthy, and astute observations of his travels. The small ink illustrations are of figures, caricatures, architecture, etc., for a total of twenty-eight illustrations. The letters are all signed by Noyes and addressed mainly to his parents, or his mother separately, with one letter to his brother, one to his grandfather, and several to a woman by the name of "Jenny," likely his sister Jane. The letters tend to be written from the various hotels in which Noyes was staying while traveling in Europe, including: Liverpool, Chester, London,… Read More