Washington. May 19, 1837. 2pp. printed on folded sheet. Tanned. Good. This general orders relates to frontier district organization, listing the seven departments as they are here established. Signed in manuscript by Gen. Macomb. A very early form of this general orders format.
Providence: What Cheer Print, [nd, but ca. 1885]. Broadside, 29 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches, with 6 1/2 x 8 1/4-inch wood engraving, signed by Jackson's Print, of Prof. Reynolds onstage with flying demons, a cauldron, and various displays on a table. Printed on inexpensive advertising paper, now a light...
![DE LA MANO IS COMING! THE CHAMPION PRESTIDIGITATEUR ABIDEXTROUS [sic] COMEDIAN, ARCH ILLUSIONIST...](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM54787.jpg?v=1551467338)
Buffalo: Courier Company Show Printing House, [ca. 1875?]. Broadside, 42 1/2 x 14 inches. One long diagonal tear from the top edge running into the large engraved image, short closed tear in top margin. Very good. Mounted on linen and framed. An illustrated broadside printed on yellow paper announcing and...
[N.p., likely Buffalo, N.Y. ca. 1880]. Broadside, 24 x 4 3/4 inches. Two small areas of discoloration near bottom edge, else fine. Mounted and framed. A slim illustrated broadside printed on tan paper announcing and describing a performance by the Austrian magician and showman, De La Mano, here billed as...
[Np, possibly New York. nd, but ca. 1875]. Ten chromolithographs on ten stiff leaves, including illustrated front and rear wrappers. Each leaf is printed in chromo on recto and single color on verso, except for final card which is single color on recto and chromo on verso. Oblong octavo. String-tied...
Selma. [1855]. 8pp. Original printed wrappers. Light wear an sunning to wraps. Internally clean. A brief but enthusiastic encomium to the benefits of Freemasonry, delivered at a Lodge in Cahaba, Alabama, in 1855 by their Masonic chaplain, George F. Cushman.
[London]: S.G. Fairbrother, [1827]. Broadside, approximately 13 3/4 x 8 inches. Left margin lightly trimmed, tiny tear and crease in upper portion of broadside, not affecting text, else fine. A marvelously preserved theatrical broadside advertising the final performances of Charles Mathews' famous production, TRIP TO AMERICA. Charles Mathews (1776-1835) was...
[Mauritius. 1784]. Broadside, 10 x 13 inches. Old folds. Completed in manuscript, with wax seal and manuscript notations on verso. Worn and lightly soiled, with some minor separation and loss at folds. Good. Rare and ephemeral discharge paper for a French soldier serving on Ile de France - present-day Mauritius...
[St. Paul, nd, 1910?]. 47pp. Illus. Original pictorial wrappers. Light dust soiling to wraps. Else very good. A fine Minnesota land promotional booklet illustrated with halftones of stock raising, homesteads, clover, corn and celery fields, timber lands, and the like. Focuses on northern Minnesota timber lands. Directions on how to...
Newark, N.J. [ca. 1850]. Broadside, 20 3/4 x 8 inches. Minor chipping to corners, mild edge wear and wrinkling, old center horizontal crease, some staining, mostly marginal. Good plus. An attractive broadside publicizing a lecture by amateur archaeologist Montroville W. Dickeson on the "antiquities & customs of the unhistoried Indian...
[Adams County, Mississippi. nd, but 1820s]. Printed form, 12 3/4 x 8 inches. Old crease marks, bit tanned. Overall quite good. Manuscript note on verso: "Mr. Forvor ?" An unused printed court form issued for the Circuit Court of Adams County, Mississippi.
![BUSINESS CARD ADVERTISING AN ESTABLISHMENT WHICH PARTICULARLY CATERS TO TRAVELING GENTLEMEN]....](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM41659.jpg?v=1488345197)
Cleveland, Ms. [ca. 1910?]. Single card, 2 x 3 3/4 inches. Minor soiling and creasing. Very good. A business card for the Gordin House in Cleveland, Mississippi, Mrs. S.S. Floyd, proprietress. The card indicates: "Special attention paid to traveling men." Patrons can stay for a mere two dollars per day...
![ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC [caption title]. Mississippi, Levin Wales](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM31975.jpg?v=1557594668)
[Washington, Ms. 1839]. Broadside, 15 1/2 x 13 inches. Separated at vertical center fold. Slight chipping at edges. Light tanning and dampstaining. Good. A prospectus for Jefferson College, providing course information and names of professors, most notably Jacob Ammen, who was a West Pointer, teacher of military engineering, and eventually...
[Palmyra, Mo.? 1845]. Broadside, 8 x 11 1/4 inches. Oblong quarto. Two cmall chips and a one-inch closed tear at left edge. Manuscript annotation at lower edge. Faint foxing and dust soiling. About very good. An unrecorded Missouri broadside from 1845, advertising a public land sale near Palmyra, Mo. The...
![OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT [caption title]. Missouri, Civil War](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM52572.jpg?v=1488345425)
[Jefferson City, Mo.? 1862]. Broadsheet, approximately 8 x 10 1/4 inches. Previously folded, with some small separations and tears, with one larger repaired 2 1/2 tear. Small closed marginal tear at lower left corner Moderate patch of dampstaining at central upper edge. Good plus. An apparently unrecorded form, printing an...
Washington. Dec. 7, 1824. Broadside, 23 1/2 x 19 inches. Folded horizontally, with several old vertical folds. Slight wear and a few separations along folds, one chip at head, not affecting text. A couple of patches of light staining. Very good. The rare first printing of James Monroe's final State...
[Virginia City, Mt.]: Montana Post Print, [ 1864]. 7 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches. Slight wear. Very good. A very early piece of Montana printing, and a record of mining in the region. According to McMurtrie, the first printing press in Montana is believed to be that brought by Francis...
[Virginia City, Mt.]: Montana Post Print, [ 1864]. 7 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches. Slight wear. Very good. A very early example of Montana printing, and a record of early mining in the region. According to McMurtrie, the first printing press in Montana is believed to be that brought by...
[New York]. [ 1860s]. Printed check, 8 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Plus integral receipt form, also unused. Clean and very good. Handsomely printed check, with vignettes of stagecoach and two western hunters in western garb with their rifles and dog.
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Nauvoo, Il. E. Robinson's Print, [ 1841]. Two certificates, each measuring 2 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches, printed dos-a-dos on a single sheet of paper measuring 4 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Fine. A rare example of Mormon financial ephemera, documenting the Mormons' stay in Nauvoo and the attempt to...
![TWO PARTIALLY PRINTED SHARES OF STOCK IN THE NAUVOO HOUSE ASSOCIATION]. Mormons](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM35537.jpg?v=1488345110)
St. Louis, Mo. J.T. Hammond, [ca. 1841?]. Two certificates, each 3 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches, printed on the same side of a single 6 1/2 x 7 3/4-inch sheet of paper. Fine. A rare example of Mormon financial ephemera, documenting the Mormons' stay in Nauvoo and the attempt to...
New York. 1813. 27pp. Original printed wrappers, stitched. Spine almost perished, wrappers chipped, with slight loss off text to rear advertisement. Dust soiling and light tanning. Good. Untrimmed and partially unopened. A speech given by Gouverneur Morris in honor of Independence Day, 1813, in which he issues a renewed call...
Omaha. 1893. 24pp. Original printed wrappers. Very good. Promotional pamphlet on Nebraska issued for the Nebraska Columbian Exhibit. The state that forced "the Great American Desert [to] become only a name and a tradition." Focuses on agricultural riches and industrial potential of Nebraska.
[New York. 1906]. Bifolium, 15 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches, plus two small printed forms. Previously folded. Two minor separations at old folds, very short closed tear at fore-edge. Very good. Advertising prospectus for a new mining venture in central Nevada during the first decade of the 20th century. Mining...
Portsmouth, N.H. Nov. 12, 1788. Broadsheet, approximately 14 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches. Previously folded, with one small hole at lower central fold line. Slight curling at edges, very light tanning and foxing. Very good. A rare broadsheet calling for New Hampshire representatives to be appointed to the Electoral College...
