Search Results: Authors starting with W from Montgomery Rare Books

London: T. Cadell, Jun, and W. Davies, 1803. First Edition. Half brown leather with matching brown marbled paper over boards. Edges mostly worn, scuffs to calf spine binding, titling in gilt. Very good with some aging to pages, particularly uncut edges, shadowing opposite engravings, occasional foxing.. 11.5" x 9.25", 4to., uncut edges, pp. viii, 18 pp. of Subscribers, 2 pp. of binding instructions, 261 pp, with 145 pp. Appendix and 4 pp. of Contents. Includes with 49 Plates Illustrated by numerous Engravings of Antiquities, Views, Costumes, Plans, Positions, &c. All inserts are placed in recommended order. The 49 plates include six [6] single page acquatints, and 10 hand colored folding maps and plans. The author, CPT Thomas Walsh was an Irish member of the 93rd Regiment of Foot who participated in the Egypt campaign as the Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Sir Eyre Coote. His grasp of the battle plans is evident in the graphic military shorthand of unit placements (English, French and… Read More

House of Representatives, 1870. 8"x 20", folded, 4 pp., with manuscript on two pages. Fade to 1/4" of right margin, one fox spot on p1, two mail folds, otherwise a fine document. Included is an unresearched name and address insert. Four Congressman from Wisconsin sign a letter to President Ulysses S. Grant to appoint one of their collegues to a newly created Judgeship. This letter is not only signed by four Congressman, three of them were Generals in the Civil War.<br /> <br /> Cadwallader Colden Washburn (1818 - 1882) was a businessman, politician, and soldier who founded a mill that later became General Mills. A member of the Washburn family of Maine, he was a U.S. Congressman and governor of Wisconsin, and served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.<br /> <br /> Halbert Eleazer Paine (1826 - 1905) was also a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. After the war, he was elected to three terms as U.S. Congressman from… Read More

SIGNATURE "Thom. Wharton, Chman", a Pennsylvania merchant and politician during the Revolutionary War era, served as the first President of Pennsylvania after the Declaration of Independence was signed. Like many other Colonial merchants, Wharton joined boycotts in protest of the 1765 Stamp Act and the 1767 Townshend Acts. On May 20, 1774, Wharton was chosen as a member of the Committee of Correspondence and later was one of the twenty-five who formed the Committee of Safety, Pennsylvania's governing body in the early days of the Revolution. On July 24, 1776, he became president of that body and helped draft the state's new constitution, which was adopted on September 28, 1776. Wharton died in 1778. <br /> <br /> Very nice, scarce signature with the title of Chairman. Signature is on rag paper laid down to part of an album page. Expected toning.

Boston, MA: The Brunswick Hotel, 1903. 8" x 6.25", 1 p. folded. In a note of condolence, Whiting professes the heartfelt poetic emotion for which she was well known. Fine note with no defects noted.<br /> <br /> Lilian Whiting (October 3, 1847 - April 30, 1942) was an early female pioneer in field of American journalism. She served as newspaper editor-in-chief (Boston Budget), column writer and author of poetry and short stories. Lilian was from a heralded lineage as a direct descendant of Cotton Mather on her mother's side and from Rev. William Whiting, the first Unitarian Minister in Massachusetts from her father's side. "My Dear Mrs. Lowe - May I tell you how my heart is with you in your great sorrow and I pray for you that the Comforter may come and enfold you in His gender love and Holy Presence. With affectionate sympathy, /s/ Lilian Whiting

Washington DC, 1868. Very good. Lengthy Autograph manuscript letter signed, 7.75" x 9.75", lightly lined bi-fold with Congressional building impressed at top right, with mailing folds, an ink spot at top center, one ink smudge word on p. 2. Bi-fold separated mostly, horizontal fold professionally reinforced, 1" small tear on p. 3 bottom horizontal fold.<br /> <br /> Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath; Feb 16, 1812 - Nov 22, 1875) was the 18th Vice President of the United States (1873-75) and a Senator from Massachusetts (1855-73). Before and during the American Civil War, he was a leading Republican, and a strong opponent of slavery. He devoted his energies to the destruction of the "Slave Power" - the faction of slave owners and their political allies which anti-slavery Americans saw as dominating the country. Originally a Whig, Wilson was a founder of the Free Soil Party in 1848. He served as the party chairman before and during the 1852 presidential… Read More

Portland, OR, 1924. Tinted photo of Wilson on the front with eagle and presidential seal. Fine. 8.5" x 5.5", 4 pp., Program of events 3 days after the death of the 28th President of the U.S. Presided over by Richard W. Montague and in cooperation with Mayor George L. Baker and Gov. Walter M. Pierce. A few light fade spots, otherwise a fine piece of historic presidential ephemera. Wilson was a former governor of New Jersey, President of Princeton University and a two term Democratic president and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his work following the first World War. "How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord!" (A favorite hymn of President Wilson).