Peter & James Outwater Shad Herring Salt Fishing Business Tivola NY 1827-1843

1. Account Book 1827-43 Belonging to Peter Outwater (father 1775-1867) and James Outwater (son 1800-1863). 100 pages, about ten damaged with some loss of text. Records all their expenses, the amount of fish caught and sold and also the amount salted. They operated out of Tivoli NY and at one time James had 12 boats and 46 people working for him. SOLD!

Phrenological Chart Robert Berry MO Mexican War-Civil War-Related To Lincoln

2. Four-page manuscript Phrenological Chart for Robert Berry of Fulton Missouri. The chart was done by A.? Thrasher? Circa 1850's. According to an obituary (copy included), Berry served in the Mexican War, Civil War, was a friend of Speaker Champ Clark and served as a deputy sheriff. His father Richard Berry was a relative of Nancy Hanks. The father signed the bond given by Thomas Lincoln at the time of his marriage to Nancy Hanks. SOLD!

First Christian Socialist Publication In U.S. Bliss-The Dawn

3. Bliss, W.D.P. (Editor) The Dawn. Boston, MA. Vol. 3 No.1; January 1, 1891. 14 pages including a full page of Socialist Books, Periodicals ect. SOLD!

Emma Willard History of United States In German Folding Map

4. Willard, Emma. Geschichte der Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika. Philadelphia: Berlag von John Weil, 1854. 422 pages with fold out map and illustrations. Covers soiled and foxing. SOLD!

Notes on New Books G.P. Putman's Sons 1896

5. Notes on New Books G.P. Putman's Vol. VI No. 2. June, 1896. 39 pages in good condition. SOLD!

J.B Lippincott Company's Autumn Announcement 1897-98

6. J. B. Lippincott Company's Autumn Announcement of New and Forthcoming Publications 1897-98. Philadelphia: 1897. 20 pages in good condition. SOLD!

D. Appleton & Co. Monthly Bulletin Holiday Edition 1896

7. D. Appleton & Company Monthly Bulletin Holiday Edition. New York: 1896. 32 pages in good condition. SOLD!

Charles Scribner's Sons Holiday Books 1896

8. Charles Scribner's Sons' Holiday Books 1896. New York: 1896. 24 pages. Some wear on covers. SOLD!

African American Sculpture Richmond Barthe Harmon Foundation

9. Sculpture by Richmond Barthe. Harmon Foundation; 140 Nassau Street; New York, New York. Circa 1942. Printed envelope with thirteen black and white sheets showing Barthe and examples of his work. The sheets are in good condition. The envelope has wear at flap. $650.00.

Quaker Poet-Landscape Gardener Commentator on Social Issues The Poor In England  1783

10. [Scott, John.] Observations on the Present State of the Parochial and Vagrant Poor. London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, In Poultry, 1783. 133 pages. Rebound in marbled boards and cloth spine. Good condition. Scott was an early Quaker Poet, landscape gardener and wrote on social issues $450.00.

Maud Booth Salvation Army To Prison Reform Signed Copy

11. Booth, Maud Ballington. After Prison-What? New York-Chicago-Toronto: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1903. Third Edition. 295 pages. White on cover wearing away. Signed by Booth on front free endpaper. Booth left the Salvation Army to form Volunteers for America where she worked tirelessly for prison reform. SOLD!

Old Time Recipes Home Made Wines Decorated Cover

12. Wright, Helen S. Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines. Boston: The Page Book Company, 1922. Fourth Impression. 155 pages in red cloth decorated binding. Good condition. $100.00.

Unusual Standish Maine Imprint Hymns James Philbrick 1828

13. Philbrick, James. Hymns and Spiritual Songs on Various Subjects. Standish, ME: Published and Sold by Author. 72 pages. Paper wraps stained and foxed. SOLD!

African American Two Bulletins Atlanta University GA  1891

14. Two Issues of The Bulletin of Atlanta. University Atlanta, GA No. 25 February, 1891 and No. 28 May 1891. They have creases and are soiled. They were sent to Rev. Lyman Abbott.  One of the articles is: "Riding in a Jim Crow Car". Atlanta University is the nation's oldest graduate institution serving primarily African American Students. SOLD!

Melville Australasia Prison Disciple 1851 Map Storm Bay

15. [Melville, Richard]. Australasia and Prison Discipline. London: Chas. Cox, King William Street Strand and J. Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange: 1851. 392 pages with map of Storm Bat. Recent buckram binding with label on spine. Good condition. SOLD!

Murder of Timothy Kennedy 1820

16. Life of Michael Powers, Now Under Sentence of Death for the Murder of Timothy Kennedy. Dictated by Himself. Boston: Russell and Gardiner, 1820. 24 pages. Removed from a bound volume. LACKING PLATE. See McDade 767. $100.00.

Trial Orrin Woodford Murder His Wife Plan of House 1845-CT.

17. Morgan, N.H. A Full Report of the Trial of Orrin Woodford for the Murder of His Wife At Avon, Conn., July 22nd, 1845. Hartford: Published by Elihu Geer, 26 State Street, 1846. 69 pages stained. Front wrap repaired laid down on new paper, same with back wrap. Includes plan of the  house. See Mc Dade 1115. SOLD!

Bristol Maine Student Notebook With Original Poetry 1840's

18. Notebook belonging to Abion G. Huston of Bristol, Maine. Circa 1840. 32 pages. Small piece missing from front blank wrapper and some soiling. Penmanship exercise and six pages or original poetry by Huston including titles: "Childhood", Journey of Life" and "Sheriff's Sale". We have included a workbook for Annette Huston of copied articles. She was most likely Huston's sister. SOLD!

Anti-Slavery Periodical Vol. 1 No. 1 With Nod To Millerism Philadelphia 1844

19. Two issues of Voices of The True-Hearted No. 1 Philadelphia and No. 2 Philadelphia. The second issue has damage but not affecting text. The magazine was sold by J. Miller McKim, an important leader for the Anti-Slavery Cause. On the cover it states: "The doctrine of Millerism, however wild, contains the spirit of truth, in that the Savior is indeed appearing in men's hearts..." SOLD!

Charles Finger All's Well Gayeta Lodge Fayetteville Arkansas Magazine 1921 LBGTQ

20. Finger, Charles J. (Editor) All's Well Or the Mirror Repolished. [Gayeta Lodge, Fayetteville AK]. Vol. 2 No. 1 December 1921 to Vol. 2 No. 11-12 October-November 1922. Bound in black buckram and in good condition. See Elizabeth Findley Shores biography, Shared Secrets: The Queer World of Newbery Medalist Charles J. Finger, for her insights into Finger's hidden homosexuality and the gay network connected to All's Well. $850.00.

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John Gordon Maine Eccentric Printer Vinalhaven Maine 1930's Limited Edition

A2. Gordon, John. The Burning of the Royal Tar. Gordon's Miniature Library No. 2. Vinalhaven, ME: The Gordon Press, circa 1938. 11 pages. No. 81 of 90 copies. Gordon states that The Gordon Press is the smallest Publishing House in America. $125.00.

And One More By Gordon

A3. Gordon, John. Vinalhaven Applesass. Vinalhaven, ME: The Gordon Press, 1937. 20 pages, some staining. Copy 114 of 120. $125.00.

Broadside French Laundry Soap Kendall Co. Providence

A7. Time, Money and Labor Saved. Your Clothes White and Sweet By Using The French Laundry Soap. Kendall Mf'g. Co. Providence, R.I. Circa 1880's. Measures 10 1/4 x 10 1/4. In good condition. It is interesting to note that Charlotte Perkins Gilman designed Trade Cards for this company. $150.00.

Founder Woman's Parsonage And Home Missionary Soc. Methodist Episcopal Church

A10. Alexander Arabel, W. The Life and Work of Lucinda B. Helm. Nashville, Tenn: Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South: 1898. 177 pages bound in with a press notice of the work. Small white stain on cover. $100.00.

Woman's Club of Denver 1894 Sarah P. Platt Suffrage And Reform.

A11. Program Woman's Club of Denver 1894-95. 4 pages. Ex lib blind stamp. Splitting along the spine. Sarah Platt Decker was a leading voice for Woman's Suffrage. She founded and was the first President of Denver's Woman's Club in 1894. She led the club into the reform movement, believing that woman's work was the improvement of society. $125.00.

Mexican Broadside To the Inhabitants of Mexican State of Michoacan 1846

A12. La Asamblea De Departamento De Michoacan A Sus Habitantes Vicente Sosa Presidente Jose M. Ibarrola Diputado Secretario. May 14, de 1846. Measures 17 1/2 x 12 1/4. In good condition. Title is "The Assembly of the Dept of Michoacan to its Inhabitants". $1000.00.

Lafayette Twitchell Elizabethtown IL CA 49er Pikes Peak 59er

A19. Archive of twenty plus letters to Angela Twitchell of Elizabethtown, IL 1859-1908. Most from the late 1900's. Four letters are from the Marrow family (relatives) in Chester area of SC dated between 1859 -1861. All have some small references to Gold City and the gold rush at Pikes peak where Lafayette had gone. The longest reference is: "let me know if Lafayette has returned or what he sent you from the gold mines-there has been but man who went from Chester he went with a company he has wrote that one are nor soe (sic) much rich has reported he says they had a hard time crossing the plains on the 25th of May they had a severe storm and two of the company froze to death." The rest of the letters are family news or sympathy letters on the death of Lafayette in 1908. It is interesting to note that Lafayette went to California gold fields in 1849 and Pike's Peak in 1859. $550.00.