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49 letters, 83 manuscript pages, 12 postcards, correspondence mainly written in ink, in very good, clean, and legible condition, many letters written on Howard University letterhead.

George H. Safford was the seventh secretary and treasurer of Howard University in Washington, D.C., serving from January 19, 1899, to September 21, 1909. Safford, like Howard's president at the time, Rev. Jeremiah Eames Rankin (1828-1904), the institution's sixth, was white. (Rankin served from 1890-1903). Safford, like Rankin, also appears to have been a New Hampshire native.
Safford prior to his appointment at Howard worked for G. Peterson & Co., the contractors who built the Washington reservoir in the 1880's and as Second Assistant Postmaster General in the 1890's. After his service at Howard, Safford worked in the Department of Agriculture in Washington.
The correspondence generally concerns family and domestic affairs and only occasionally touches upon his work at Howard.

46 letters, 93 pages, dated 22 April 1838 to 15 Aug 1856. All of the letters are incoming written to William F. Sanborn, master brick mason, living at Lowell, Massachusetts. These folding stamp-less letters, are written in ink and in legible hands. The lot includes 15 letters by Lavinia L. Fiske, of Deerfield, NH, both before and after she married Sanborn. There are also 14 letters from Ann S. Fiske (1817-1883), later Ann S. Moulton after marrying Asa P. Moulton (1829-1901) of Deerfield and Meredith, (the sister of Lavinia L. Fiske), as well as 2 letters from Harriet Fiske, (another sister of Lavinia). Brothers of William F. Sanborn, Nathan (3) of Sanbornton, NH and David (3) of Boston, MA also write. The remaining letters appear to be other relatives, friends, or associates, writing from Deerfield, Nashua, and Sanbornton, New Hampshire.William F. Sanborn was born 9 Nov 1816, at Sanbornton, New Hampshire. He was the son of David Sanborn (1783-1847) and Sally "Sarah" Copp. The Sanborn family was the… Read More

folio, single sheet, measuring 7 ½ by 12 inches, formerly folded, light damp-stain, else in very good, clean condition.
Formation of the future Constitutional Union Party- proposed by a close friend of Lincoln's – Southern papers viewed it as a "Black Republican plot", 1858.
Rare. While there are undoubtedly copies of this circular to be found, as later distributed, there seems to be none listed under Sargent's name in WorldCat, and it may be that this proof copy is unique.
A handsomely printed form intended to be sent to disaffected Southern Democrats by former "know Nothings" who hoped to unite northern Republicans with old Whigs in the South in a new political party before the 1860 election. The letter says nothing directly about the hotly contentious issue of slavery, proposing instead to form the new Party around the "Crittenden amendment", a constitutional compromise proposed by the Senator from Kentucky, guaranteeing the permanent existence of slavery in the… Read More

Quarto, two pages, old folds, postal markings on stamp-less address leaf, "free franked", in very good, clean and legible condition.
Savage, recently returned from Green Bay, writes to Dudley seeking the post of Indian Agent there and comments upon the Oneida, York and Buffalo Indians, and the removal of the latter.
"My Dear Sir,
… I hasten to answer your enquiry as to Mr. Colton he is a gentleman that I saw but once at Green Bay and that was two days before I left there. When in New York about a month before I saw you he (Colton) made himself known to me and told me the great attachment he had for the Indians and that he intended to go to Washington this winter and vindicate their cause, and publish a series of numbers on the ill treatment of the Indians, I encouraged him in the measure, for I supposed that discouragement
was equal to encouragement believing that he was one of those who was sent out to spy out the difficulty between the Government and the Indians, for… Read More

Quarto, two pages, in very good, clean and legible condition.
After discussing removing the Mercer County seat in his own district, Sawyer writes: "We are yet hammering at Origon , we will not be done with it for two weeks yet. On the whole I am very well pleased with your proceedings on the 8th, there are some little things that I would rather see different, for instance, the Resolution at the Supper, "the Democracy of Ohio sends greetings to the Democracy of New York", I think I understand that Resolve and if I do I enter my solemn protest that shall move to strike out "New York" and insert "Michigan", that convention resolve against the Black tariff of 42, yet Resolve in favor of Silas Wright who voted for it. The resolve in favor of Oregon and the whole of it and in favor of Wright who voted in Senate to ratify the Webster Treaty to give to Great Brittain a great portion of the State of Maine I oppose and shall continue to do so … I also oppose a Resolution puffing J. C. Calhoun for I consider… Read More

Paris: Payot & Cie, 1919, "troisieme mille", octavo, [6] [7] - 256, [2 blank] pp., original yellow printed paper wrappers, some dustiness to wraps, else very good.
Important Source Book for W. E. B. Du Bois' The Black Man and the Wounded World
This book was an important source book for W. E. B. Du Bois' The Black Man and the Wounded World: A History of the Negro Race in the World War and After, the work was of great personal importance to Du Bois, however, it remained unfinished. In the years during and immediately following World War I, W.E.B. Du Bois was deeply involved in organizing and writing a multi-volume work on the role of African Americans in the American Expeditionary Force. He hoped that African-Americans, through their participation in the conflict, would finally achieve their full rights of citizenship in the country they helped to defend. As Du Bois progressed on his work, he expanded his hopes that the participation of the soldiers of the African diaspora in the European conflict would… Read More

[N.p.]: Republished for the Author from The Liberal Review for August and September, 1906. No Binding. Very Good. octavo, 23 page disbound pamphlet, lacking wrappers, a very good, clean copy.

No Binding. Good. two letters, two pages, folio, paper tanned, some staining, old folds, some nicks and chips at edges, with some minor loss, separations at fold joints, else in good, legible condition. Inscribed on laid paper water-marked "OCR" a mark not found in Gravell. This pair of letters from General Philip Schuyler to Major Yates contains orders for the troops, including preparations, and various actions to be undertaken in the field, issued in late June the week before the Siege of Fort Ticonderoga the first week of July 1777. The 1777 Siege of Fort Ticonderoga occurred between July second and sixth 1777, near the southern end of Lake Champlain in the state of New York. Lieutenant General John Burgoyne's 8,000-man army occupied high ground above the fort, and nearly surrounded the defenses. These movements forced the occupying Continental Army, an under-strength force of 3,000 under the command of General Arthur St. Clair, to withdraw from Ticonderoga and the… Read More

Manuscript. Very Good. quarto, 4 pp., old folds, some splits along folds, postal cancellation and sealing wax on integral address leaf, some light soiling and damp-staining, good condition. Letter to Samuel Hood, a Philadelphia lawyer, born in 1800 and who had emigrated from Ireland to America in 1826. "My dear Hood, I am inclined to the opinion that what with horrid murders - awful conflagrations - bank suspensions and presidential receptions you Philadelphians have become so engrossed in your municipal affairs as to forget that you have friends out of the sounds of Christ Church bells. I do hope that in time the quiet for which our good city was once so celebrated may return and that her denizens may give a thought and a line to those whose hearts are at home tho' their persons are away. Seriously, how are you? And how is your worthy chum Horn? And all our other good men and true? The newspapers you sent me were duly received and read with pleasure especially… Read More

Quarto, 3 pages plus stamp-less address leaf, separations along folds of second leaf, hole in letter due to rough opening which affects several words, some minor creasing and soiling, else in good legible condition.
"… I am informed that you have had very cold wet weather the last summer in England and has had your crops spoiled which it has not been the case with us in America … I never had any Cloths wet through since I came to America. For it has been extremely hot and dry weather till about the middle of November but now it is cold enough. I have been employed by one Thos. Wright an English Man who in former years resided in Sheffield… I am not sorry about coming to America only that I did not set of sooner for I like very well if it was never for seeing my friends again I surely should never come to England again … it will be Twenty to one against my ever coming back to England. For surely a man might support a family easier in America than what he can in England. If I was in… Read More

quarto, two pages, plus stamp less address leaf, formerly folded, some minor splits along folds, else very good.
Shanks writes his friend Ned about local political doings, his support of the Mexican War and other news about his life and activities in Wooster.
"Dear Ned,
I received your letter, written on the Politics of the day principally, you forgot to tell me any of the news about the good people of Canton – I will drop over some Saturday and remain until Monday. I cannot possibly leave just now as I am out on business through the country almost every day – but I will try and give you a call soon. – You are quite a politician my young sir – but you forgot to notice this fact about "Hard and Soft" and it is, that the late State convention on the 8th convention said nothing at all about the currency compared with their proceedings on a former occasion and even the last convention wouldn't touch such a pitiful trickster as David Todd! As to the war question you are a perfect little tory –… Read More

octavo, 42 page pamphlet, front wrapper present, rear wrap missing, ex-library, handstamp on front wrapper, removed from bound volume of pamphlets, presentation inscription from Shea to Rev. Samuel Seabury, on p. 3, some light chipping to edges of front wrapper, else very good.

first edition, octavo, 106 pp., removed from bound volume of pamphlets, lacking wrappers, else a good copy.

handwritten. Very Good. folio, 1 ¼ pages, moderate wear, creased along folds, split along one fold, now professionally repaired, else very good. Written in secretarial hand with the following close of the letter in Shirley's autograph "I am with esteem Sir, your most assured Friend and Humble Servant, W. Shirley." The letter discusses attempts to raise troops from Connecticut and elsewhere, including the use of impressments, to guard the frontiers, terms of enlistment and pay as well as other military matters during the waning days of the War with France. In addition there is some discussion of sending delegates among the Six Nations: "The sending out Parties of English Men with the Indians of the Six Nations, I strongly recommended to the Court & repeated my instances of the absolute necessity of our maintaining our interest in them in that way. But after all I could prevail nothing." American National Biography, vol. 19, pp., 863-864 Dictionary of American Biography,… Read More

Printed Circular Letter, 1 sheet, measures 4.75 x 7 inches, with original printed mailing envelope, advertising "Father Columbia's Co-operatives", of which Shupe was also a trustee.
New York lawyer Shupe reports on the slow progress of the Harlem Commons Syndicate, which was expected to eventually number 1,000 "claimants", though many, out of "fear or distrust" or "pure negligence" had not yet returned their power of attorney authorizing him to act as their agent. A group of opponents who had shown "warlike demonstration" were now "scattered around in piles of pulverized nastiness". A "coal property" was being developed under the "care of Lieutenant P. F. Fremont", which had orders for 2,000 tons of coal, to be sold at $ 10 a ton, etc. Dock and basin construction would also begin soon, and Shupe felt certain that Syndicate stockholders would "proceed to reduce our claim to cash."
The Syndicate and all its grandiose plans was a legal fantasy based on the contention that hundreds of… Read More

quarto, one page of a four page bi-folium, formerly folded, remains of sealing wax, free franked by Smith on integral address leaf, in very good, clean condition.

Smith, jurist and congressman from New Hampshire, writes transmitting documents for dissemination in the town of New London concerning the relations between the United States and Great Britain and France:
"Gentlemen,
In discharge of a duty I deem incumbent on me, I herewith transmit to my fellow citizens, by you, certain official documents containing as it were, a history of all our difficulties with the respective Governments of Great Britain and France.
You, Gentlemen, can best determine in what manner to promulgate the information they contain. The reading and understanding of these documents will in my humble opinion completely disprove the unfounded charges which have been circulated in pamphlets and news paper paragraphs – grossly misrepresenting the conduct & views of the Executive and the… Read More

Small quarto, 124 manuscript pages, plus blanks, bound in original ¾ leather over marble papered boards, binding worn along edges, corners, spine and spine tips, boards rubbed and scuffed, some toning, entries written mostly in ink, a couple of pages in pencil, in a legible hand. Front flyleaf has the following ownership inscription in ink: "Notes on Lectures Delivered / at Jefferson Medical College / Taken by Robt. K. Smith T.M./ During the Session 1835.6 / Bohemia Manor Cecil County / Maryland / Robt. K. Smith Mem of Jefferson M. College."
Robert K. Smith's notebook contains his notes on lectures of the session 1835-1836 from November 1835 to February 1836; and includes his notes on: Dr. Jacob Green, M.D. on Chemistry (includes a piece on Galvanic Electricity); Surgery by Dr. George McClellan, M.D.; Materia Medica by Dr. Samuel Colhoun, M.D.; Midwifery by Dr. Samuel McClellan, M.D.; Practice of Medicine by Dr. John Revere, M.D.; and Anatomy by Dr. Granville Sharp Pattison, M.D.
An online… Read More

first edition, octavo, 35 page pamphlet, text in double columns, original printed wrappers, ex-library, handstamps on front wrap, removed from bound volume of pamphlets, stab holes along spine, where sewn into binding, else a good copy.
Caldwell was accused of stealing fares paid in cash on his run to Burlington. Pinkerton agents used marked money and rode train to gather evidence. Caldwell was found guilty by jury. The rear wrapper carries an advertisement for Pinkerton's.
Byrd, Illinois Imprints, 2351, Chicago Ante-Fire Imprints 117, 123

small folio, 48 pages (includes 35 pages concerning the Provident Society of Philadelphia, 8 pages of writing not pertaining to the Provident Society such as later penmanship exercises, later receipts, etc, and 5 blank pages), contemporary quarter leather and marbled boards with red leather front cover label. Some pages missing. The lower edges worn with slight loss of a few pages' text. some foxing and stains, uniform light toning. The articles of incorporation dated April 3, 1793, with certificate laid in, missing seal, entries written in ink, in a legible hand. This manuscript is a remarkable record of the Provident Society and contains its Constitution, Articles of Confederation, Rules and Orders, and membership lists (names and addresses) of the Provident Society of Philadelphia from 1793 to 1808. The Society was organized for the mutual benefit of its members. It includes the Articles of Incorporation dated 3 April 1796, laid in and signed by A.J. Dallas (Alexander James Dallas), Secretary of… Read More

No Binding. Very Good. 20 letters, 59 pages, several letters illustrated with sketches, letters dated 1922-1941, the bulk from 1923-1924, with 9 pencil and pen sketches, 17 printed and manuscript ephemeral items, including: exhibition lists, catalogs and price lists, Christmas cards designed and printed by the artist, the ephemera dates from 1912-1941, with nine snapshot photographs, plus accompanying negatives. Collection of love letters from Albert Sterner, an academically trained artist, painter, draughtsman and print-maker, who as an older married man, at the age of 60, seems to have fallen hard for the younger Flora Temple Lash. Sterner divorced his first wife and later married Flora. The letters discuss Sterner's artistic life and his relationship with Flora. [March 14, 1923] New York, to Flora Temple Lash, Philadelphia "Darling! If ever in my life I did what I longed not to do it was then when the door closed last night and I left you. I crossed the wet… Read More