Illustrated with two woodburytypes.

A period review noted: “This volume contains about sixty well-written poems, chiefly on subjects connected with home, and also some biographical and family sketches, and was printed for the friends of the… continued

Intriguing letter by “Jennie,” a young Northern woman,  relocated to antebellum Baltimore, writing to her brother, a minister, in Middle Haddam in Connecticut. “Jennie” appears to be attempting to both shock and entertain her brother… continued

An ephemeral record of the brief, exploited lives of two diminutive performers often touted as the smallest persons in the world.

The “Fairy Sisters,” Catherine Foster (“Cassie” 1865–1875) and Victoria Foster (1871–1874), are here… continued

Unusual, oversized magazine supplement for The Home Magazine consisting of six sheets or charts providing handy Reliable Rules for Cooking and a useful addition on cooking for invalids.

The top-bound binding, the larger than usual type, and the… continued

Produced as a keepsake, Souvenir of “Hobbyland” is effectively a catalog of an exhibition of carved wood tableaux or dioramas by eccentric Canadian-American showman, M. Potvin. The pamphlet not only illustrates Potvin’s handiwork, but… continued

Circular letter sent in 1880 to creditors of the City of Columbia, the capital of South Carolina, asking them to accept the terms of settlement of the city’s debt as proposed in the February 19, 1880 Ordinance to Carry into Effect an Act… continued

Memoranda of sentiments and final wishes by Samuel C. Armstrong, founder of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute for African and Native Americans. Composed in 1890 and here first (?) published in December 1893 following his death the… continued

Slip bill or printed legislative working text of A Bill for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals likely proposed for enaction ca. 1876–1878 by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina. This slip bill provides rare… continued

Engraved membership certificate with portrait of President James A. Garfield for the Garfield National Masonic Memorial Association of Washington, D. C.

The Association was formed on November 19, 1881, just three months after Garfield was… continued

For real humanity! For honest neutrality! For speedy peace! We urge embargo!

German-American propaganda broadside urging United States neutrality in World War I and supporting a United States trade embargo against Europe.

Printed in Chicago, the… continued

Invitation to the 1905 inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks as President and Vice-President of the United States accompanied by intaglio engraved portraits of each man.

The present large-format invitation to the inaugural… continued

The railroad is coming to town! The environs of Fairmont Station on the route of the new Southbound Railroad in North Carolina are here promoted as a location for real estate development, hardwood timber harvesting, furniture making, and agriculture.