Search Results: Titles starting with M from Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC

octavo, 74 page pamphlet, ex-library, handstamp on title page, lacking the printed wrappers, which carried Starkweather's portrait on the cover, text foxed, removed from bound volume of pamphlets, last leaf detached but present, else a good working copy.
"He murdered Harriett and Ella Starkweather in bed with an ax and attempted to burn the house, hoping thereby to get the family farm. The phrenologist reported his conscientiousness as weak; his hope, large." – McDade, Annals of Murder, 905. This is a variant edition, per McDade, with the words "and his confession" following the word "conviction" on title page.

1924. Manuscript. Good. octavo, 51 pages, written on letterhead of the Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, rectos only, neatly inscribed in pencil and ink, very good. This account appears to have been a draft and may have been intended for publication, there are numerous corrections, changes and emendations throughout the work. The unidentified author traveled by rail from Yellowstone to Seattle and from there to Alaska by steamer. The author visited Ketchikan, Seward, Anchorage, Fairbanks, where time was spent with the Mayor, Valdez, Juneau, Prince William Sound, Cordova, Columbia Glacier, etc. The author comments upon the events of the trip and gives interesting information on accommodations for tourists, describes the scenery and topography, a twelve page description of Columbia Glacier, and also describes the towns and cities visited. "Valdez represents the tragedy of mining towns. It is really a dead mining town & it is a real tragedy to walk… Read More

quarto, 4 pages, formerly folded, neatly inscribed in ink, dated Carrollton, January 9, 1863, addressed to his "Sister Fannie and all the rest." In very good legible condition.
Benjamin Franklin Burnham (1826-1863)
Benjamin Franklin Burnham was born 2 April 1826 in Enfield, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Burnham enlisted, in Co. C of the 15th New Hampshire Regiment, on 13 September 1862, he was 36. Burnham served under Captain Moses Lang. He mustered in on 8 October 1862 as a musician. The regiment was organized and left Concord, New Hampshire for Louisiana in December 1862.
The Fifteenth New Hampshire Volunteers was with United States forces at Carrollton, Louisiana, Department of the Gulf, December 24, 1862, to January 27, 1863: attached to First Brigade, Second Division, Nineteenth Army Corps, January 27 to July 11, 1863: Second Brigade, Third Division, Nineteenth Army Corps, July 11 to July 18, 1863: Second Brigade, United States forces, Port Hudson, La. (Nineteenth Army Corps), July 18, 1863, to… Read More

Gilbert Van Mater, descendant of early Dutch settlers, was born in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, June 7, 1762, and died in Brooklyn, New York, July 6, 1832. He married Margaret Sprague, a Brooklyn native (1763-1798) about 1785, the couple had three children before her death.
Van Mater was a farmer and merchant in Brooklyn and was active in the business, civic and religious life of Brooklyn. He served as Overseer of the Poor for the town of Brooklyn, he was an investor in, and supervisor of the Brooklyn, Jamaica & Flatbush Turnpike, he served as a fireman in Brooklyn beginning in 1788 and was a member and vestryman of St. Ann's Episcopal church.
The book records receipts for a variety of transactions covering many aspects of Van Mater's life and includes many prominent New York names: Vanderbilt, Stuyvesant, Bogardus, Wyckoff, Crolius, Roosevelt, Rapelye, Remsen, Boerum, amongst others, neighborhoods in Brooklyn are also mentioned, Bushwick, Newtown, etc.
This receipt book is in two… Read More

quarto, index at front of volume, 334 pages of letters, plus 15 pages of proceedings from the Peace Union, badly faded pages were not included in the count, plus blanks, several related ephemeral items laid in, bound in original ½ sheep and cloth covered boards. The letters are copied on thin tissue like paper, some are faded, some spotting to text, but overall in very good legible condition. Contains several hundred letters, there are many pages with two letters per page pertaining to Browning's Nursery business.
The volume contains copies of O. F. Browning's outgoing correspondence concerning his nursery and plant business. O. F. Browning was located at 7 Murray Street in New York City and later in Chatham, Columbia County, New York, Browning gives his precise location as Chatham 4 Corners. Browning was born in 1842 in Claverack, New York and died in 1878 in Chatham.
Browning did much of his business as a commission agent moving "car loads" of seedlings, plant cuttings, vines,… Read More

folio, single sheet, old folds, some chipping, and tears along edges, with some minor loss to margins, some stains, spots, and toning. Old paper repairs on verso, along folds, with several recent archival tissue reinforcements, else in good legible condition. Docketed on verso "G Hesse". Signed by John Cavendish (1732-1796), then serving as chancellor of the exchequer; and Althorp, i.e., George John Spencer (1758-1834), then serving on the Treasury Board, and James Grenville (1742-1825), member of the Treasury Board and Privy Council. Edmund Burke was then paymaster of British military forces and a Privy Council member.
"Whereas our house of Commons by a vote of the 17th day of December 1781, have resolved that a sum not exceeding Seventeen thousand four hundred ninety eight pounds three Shillings and two pence three farthings, be granted unto us for defraying the Charge of a Regiment of Foot of Waldeck in the pay of Great Britain together with the Subsidy pursuant to Treaty with the Reigning… Read More

folio, one page, formerly folded, docketed on verso: "Inventory of Geo. Morris Estate 1794". Some splits along folds, and separations at fold joints, else in good, clean legible condition.
Manuscript estate inventory for little known pioneer American seedsman and gardener George Morris dated 1794. There is almost no documentation for Morris and thus he is little known today, but he sold seeds to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
The inventory lists Morris's surviving stock including" 31 Lots of Poplar Trees" "28 of Peach trees", as well as other types of peaches, Weeping Willows, Apple trees, currant bushes, raspberries, Peach Rose, Lombard Poplars, Roses, cherries, "1 Passion flower", a "pomegranate shrub", "1 artichoak", as well as boxes, barrels and kegs of seeds. There are also a variety of garden tools, pots, "flower glasses", frames, baskets, et cetera, as well as 2 signs, and "5 books of gardening." As well as the lot on which his garden sat.
George Morris sold seeds in Philadelphia "at his… Read More

Small quarto, 110 manuscript pages, bound in half leather, contemporary marbled paper backed boards, spine cracked, boards detached, worn, rubbed, paper good, entries written in a legible hand, and dated 18 June to 8 September 1868.The diary records the incidents and events on a journey departing from New York harbor and arriving in Queenstown, Ireland on June 26th. He writes every day during the ocean voyage, describing shipboard life, the account consists of 25 manuscript pages, followed by a further 85 manuscript pages which vividly describe his adventures while in Europe, making a total of 110 manuscript pages. The diary ends on 8 September 1868, while he is touring Paris, France.
Although the diary is not signed, there are enough clues and internal evidence within the diary to determine that the author is Joshua Merrill, a pioneer in the American petroleum industry. Our author lives in Boston Massachusetts and he is traveling in Europe with another man by the name of "Mr. Downer" both men… Read More

210 letters, 298 manuscript pages, most with retained mailing envelopes, dated 1870-1888, the bulk are written in the1880s. Most of the correspondence consists of business letters that are addressed to Horace Kellogg Parsons, a merchant at Florence, Massachusetts. Of the 210 letters written to Parsons, over half (116 letters, 150 pp) of them are written by George F. Fuller, a merchant of Springfield, Massachusetts. Other merchants like Thomas Halloran writes 7 letters (11 pp) to Parsons, and Norton & Warren write 5 letters (5 pp). A relative, Theodore Parsons, writes 3 letters (3 pp) to Parsons. The rest are from various individuals throughout New England who write business letters to H. K. Parson. There is also one Anna B. Strong who writes 9 letters (42 pp) to Charles O. Parsons, a relative of Horace.Description of Correspondence:
George F. Fuller is a wholesale merchant and broker dealing with train car loads, or boat loads, of foodstuffs and similar commodities on the international market as well… Read More

Archive consisting of 166 letters (313 pages), plus approximately 560 pieces of paper ephemera, manuscript and some printed items, of which about ⅓ concerns land and properties (deeds, grants, property maps, taxes, etc) mostly in St. Louis, and elsewhere, and with about ⅔ being other business, legal, and personal papers (household and daily expenditure receipts, repairs and services receipts, insurance policies, rent receipts, estate papers, loans, etc.), all dated between the years 1819-1911. The Rev. Joseph Templeton was born at Wheeling, Virginia, about 1805. He studied at Washington & Jefferson College, Class of 1835. He was stated to have been acceptable in society, respectable in studies, active in all religious movements, a complete and very popular man. At school he studied theology, obtained licensure and ordination somewhere in the south, and seems to have preached first at Delmonica, Georgia, and traveled as an evangelist as far as New Orleans. Returning, he settled as pastor at Bowling… Read More

Quarto, approximately 356 letters, on thin tissue like paper, totaling 503 pages, bound in half leather, pebbled cloth, lacks spine, boards detached, corners and edges worn, front flyleaf detached, some water staining, letters dated 28 December 1885 - 17 November 1902. Most letter copies are readable, some are readable with effort, several of the letters are not very readable.
The volume begins with a 17 page index, which lists approximately 250 individuals to whom letters were written; however, there are whole sections (pp. 73-152 and pp. 428-503) that are not listed in the index, which include approximately an additional 7 letters of Arthur M. Greene, Sr., and approximately 99 additional letters of Arthur M. Greene, Jr., for a total of about 356 letters in all.
Page 1 of the book has a note stating that this volume was purchased in December 1885. Then pages 2 to 54 have letter copies written and signed by Frank W. Ulmer, manager of the Fidelity Improvement Company, of Philadelphia, PA.… Read More

No Binding. Very Good. [Albany September 3, 1781] folio, 3 pages, old folds, some spotting to paper, old archival tape repairs along folds of second page, else in very good, clean and legible condition. A petition signed by over 50 individuals seeking to move to the western frontier of the State, then still in an unsettled state due to the Revolutionary War. "That your Petitioners having associated for the purpose of removing themselves & families to some part of the western Frontiers of this State so soon as the general calamities of the War shall subside & Times permit the Accomplishment of their Wishes. This your Petitioners are induced to do both for the benefit of their respective Families & also the further Population of the State - And your Petitioners having been at a considerable Expence & Trouble to gain a competent knowledge of a certain Tract of Country to accommodate their purpose, after obtaining the same, find it becomes their duty to ask the permission of your Honorable… Read More

Two items, as follows:
1. Account Book of David Meredith, 20 manuscript pages, dated 26 May 1819 to 23 April 1823; with 16 manuscript receipts laid in, dated 1817-1823. Some of these receipts match entries in the account book.
2. Account Book of William Meredith, 24 manuscript pp., 1 January 1810 to 9 September 1814; with 5 manuscript receipts, dated 1822-1829.
Description of Account Books
Both books are octavos, bound in full limp calf, bindings of both volumes worn, rubbed and scuffed entries are written in ink in clear, legible hands.
The David Meredith volume is inscribed "D. Meredith" on the front board, and there is only one account listed in it that of David Meredith. This book records various entries for cash expenditures for the payment of wood, boarding, advertising in newspaper, snuff, segars (cigars), for barbering expenses, etc., as well as cash paid to himself"
"1819 May 26 To cash… Read More

No Binding. Very Good. Three separate fragments of manuscript political notes and text by a passionate New Hampshire man, presumably a Democrat and Civil War Copperhead, 1852-1864. It would not be surprising if the pages were at some point separated, or hidden, because of the author's wartime internment, as follows: . "Political Notes Croydon [New Hampshire] Feb 16, '52" Octavo, 4 pages, two pages written in ink, with some portions in pencil which are difficult to read, but legible - excerpts include: ". discussion a species of tyranny. Declaration of Gov. in defense of T. Jeff. dissolve the Union . must catch slaves . Obey God rather than men . condition of slaves improving . 5 or 6 million white men in the South as well as slaves Condition of slave is improving..." There are two pages written in ink: "Texan boundary Bill; Territorial Govs for N. Mexico and Utah; Admission of California as a state; Abolishing slave trade in the Dis. Columbia; Fugitive S. Law; Do the abolitionists admit the… Read More

Detailed manuscript archive pertaining to this vessel, owned by Ichabod Goodwin (1794-1882), merchant and businessman of Portsmouth, and Governor of New Hampshire1. The archive consists of correspondence, bills, receipts and documents pertaining to the Morning Glory and her voyage to California, Washington Territory and Vancouver, on what proved to be a particularly ill fated voyage. 42 letters, 73 pages, mainly quarto, 164 bills, receipts, etc., 28 legal documents, 112 pp., from England, Esquimault, Victoria, Vancouver, British Columbia, Port Townsend and Steilacoom, Washington Territory, San Francisco, Peru, etc. The Morning Glory, H. H. Hobbs, master,was engaged in coastal trade between Peru and the Northwest Coast, of Washington Territory and Vancouver, British Columbia. She was on a return voyage to Callao with a cargo of lumber for the South American market when disaster struck as related in the following letter from Hobbs to Ichabod Goodwin: San Francisco, June 13, 1858
"Hon. I… Read More

quarto, 112 pages, plus blanks, bound in contemporary cloth backed boards, and muslin spine, some minor shelf wear and rubbing, entries in good, legible condition.
The Ladies Working Band started in 1882, but the records offered here date from 1909-1913. The entries include the Constitution, By-Laws, Minutes of their Meetings and Financial Matters. The group spent money on their church buying windows and other items. They contributed to foreign missions. Their local missions included the Harding Home in Tennessee, Mount Lawn Children's Home, Missionary work in Mexico, the Band of Soul Winners, which worked with people in the mountains of Tennessee, and others.

Bethel, Tennessee is an unincorporated community in Anderson County, Tennessee.

Collection of 28 diaries totaling 8,106 manuscript pages, with 1 visitor's book, totaling 119 manuscript pages (There are also 49 invitations, with envelopes). The collection includes diaries for following years: 1881, 1883-1884, 1886, 1889-1902, 1904, 1908-1909, 1912, 1914, 1919, 1921, 1927 and 1929. There is also a five year diary for 1907-1911 for his wife Edith Bouve Tenney. Of the diaries, nineteen are one day per page diaries, six are two days per page diaries, and two are three days per page diaries, with the remaining diary, Mrs. Tenney's five year diary, which has one page containing one day for each five years The diaries are written in ink, in a legible hand. The five year diary measures approximately 3" x 6", the rest of the diaries are small pocket diaries, measuring approximately 2" x 3". Almost every page has been written in, except for some days in 1908-1909 and Oct-Dec 1929. The entries are generally short, between one to three sentences per day. Half of the diaries have memoranda,… Read More

c. 1805-1830 American Manuscript Ballad of Anglo-American Prisoner's Escape from French Prison on Guadeloupe.
small folio, 4 pages, portion of sheet clipped at bottom not affecting text, some scattered staining, foxing, and toning to paper, else legibly inscribed in ink, very good.
Manuscript ballad, entitled: Bold Dighton, with text of lyrics nearly – but not exactly – identical to the printed song sheet held by the Library of Congress, undated but probably printed by Deming in Boston circa 1829-1831. Bold Dighton begins: "Come all ye bold seamen who plough the rough main Give ear to my ditty the truth I will explain Tis of our misfortune in time of great war And how we escapt from the French at Bassatere…" And it goes on to relate the battle between the French forces and the American and British prisoners, their escape from Guadeloupe and eventual freedom. The text of the manuscript offered here, also differs, more significantly, from the lyrics that appear in a 1919 Princeton… Read More

quarto, 25 pages neatly inscribed in ink, with manuscript corrections.
The author notes: "This oration was written for July 4, 1844 & for which I received the second prize, a silver medal from the Young Men's Association of the City of Utica – It was not delivered – M. M. Jones Delivered with the amendments in red ink at Hampton July 4, 1845"

small quarto, 84 pages plus blanks, entries written on lined paper, in ink, bound in half black leather, marbled paper covered boards, worn at tips of spine, corners and edges of boards, boards scuffed, outside hinges of binding mostly open, but boards attached, text block good. Volume was printed by "R.C. Root, Anthony & Co., Stationers, Printers & Lithographers, No. 16 Nassau St., cor. Pine, New York." Front board contains paper label with "Estimate Book" written on it, Includes index in front of book with names of 24 different individuals or companies.
The first 84 pages of text consists of the "Estimate Book" of the contractor, recording various contracts that he appears to have bid on, given estimates, and perhaps in some cases eventually secured the contract. Some pages have "entered" with a circle around it, as if to say that this bid was accepted. Other estimates show changes, or monies subtracted.
After the entries for the contractor's estimate book, there are two other sections with… Read More