“Compiled and published by Calendar Ad Service, Bear & Schofield, advertising specialists, Bridgeton, Cumberland County, New Jersey.” An all-out promotional effort to show the many..... Read More about Bridgeton, Gem-o’-Jersey, 1926
Publicity photograph of the hip-hop duo Da-Lite and Kool Keem who performed as Better Knowledge. Based on the contact telephone numbers, it appears that the..... Read More about Publicity Photograph for Hip-Hop Artists Da-Lite and Kool Keem performing as Better Knowledge,...
In 1854, parts of Jersey City, New Jersey were under water. In the city’s Hudson River front district, called Harsimus Bay or Cove, three land..... Read More about Nineteenth Century Copy of 1854 Land Indenture and Plat Map for Hudson River Front Property in...
![Important Thomas Alva Edison Manuscript Laboratory Note]. “Edison”, 1847–1931,...](/pictures/thumb/3727757_1.jpg?v=1556129873)
1920 Laboratory note by Thomas Edison, inventor of the phonograph, concerning moulds for his company’s proprietary “Edison Disc Phonograph” records. Here in his own hand..... Read More about Important Thomas Alva Edison Manuscript Laboratory Note
![1864–1882 Diaries of New Jersey Farmer and Teacher, Elijah Hankinson]. Elijah Hankinson,...](/pictures/thumb/3729188_1.jpg?v=1590965334)
An interesting and very substantial group (over 600-pages) of handwritten, large-format diaries kept by Elijah Hankinson (1827–1882) of Pahaquarry Township, Warren County and later Stillwater..... Read More about 1864–1882 Diaries of New Jersey Farmer and Teacher, Elijah Hankinson
Indenture for pew rent at the First Presbyterian Church in Newark, New Jersey signed by Elisha Boudinot, Revolutionary War Patriot and New Jersey Supreme Court..... Read More about 1807 Document Signed by Elisha Boudinot, Revolutionary War Patriot and New Jersey Supreme Court...
This copy has loosely laid in an inscribed and signed photographic postcard, quite charming, showing the author sitting in an outdoor wooden chair. The verso..... Read More about Moorestown and Her Neighbor. Historical Sketches
![Twin Rivers. The Raritan and the Passaic. [Inscribed and Signed by the Author]. Harry Emerson Wildes](/pictures/thumb/3727512_1.jpg?v=1536172149)
One of the Rivers of America series, this example is illustrated by Angelo di Benedetto. Upon the half-title page, in the author’s hand: “To the..... Read More about Twin Rivers. The Raritan and the Passaic. [Inscribed and Signed by the Author
Official football game program for Harvard-Princeton match of 1924, the 27th meeting of the two rivals. The game was played at Soldiers Field in the..... Read More about Official Score Card, Irwin Score Board, Princeton vs. Harvard. Soldiers Field. Saturday November...
A biography of the first Black American allowed to practice law before the United States Supreme Court. Abolitionist, dentist, physician and lawyer, the story of..... Read More about John Stewart Rock. Teacher, Healer, Counselor
How do you prevent a “...a host of ministers begging for introductions to vacant pulpits”? In 1863, Princeton Theological Seminary Director, John Michael Krebs (1804–1867)..... Read More about 1863 Autograph Letter Signed by Princeton Theological Seminary Director, John Michael Krebs
Interesting letter on the publication of magazine articles by attorney-turned-journalist and popular writer, John Paul Bocock (1856–1903). A Virginian from a leading family, Bocock earned..... Read More about C.1902 ALS by Virginian John Paul Bocock, Attorney, Poet, and Journalist
Twelve men attest with their autographs to the worthiness of the character of John Williams. Williams is a “suitable person to keep an Inn and..... Read More about 1811 Autograph Document Signed, Establishing a Tavern in Maurice River, Cumberland County, New...
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Manuscript receipt acknowledging receiving 30 pounds, autographed by this American lawyer and patriot. Princeton native Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746 –1793), attended Princeton, represented New Jersey..... Read More about 1781 Autograph Document Signed of Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, as Lawyer in Private Practice
Rare autograph of Baron Othon de Richter, Imperial Russian Navy commander who was trapped in the United States at the outbreak of the Russian Revolution..... Read More about Autograph of Baron Othon de Richter, Imperial Russian Navy commander, trapped in the United...
![Original Hand Drawn and Illustrated Manuscript:] Map of Lots on the Ocean Front of Poverty Beach,...](/pictures/thumb/145827_1.jpg?v=1534362280)
In 1880, The Cape May & Sewell’s Point Railroad Company was incorporated by real estate developer and railroad and steamship owner, Jonathan Cone. This original..... Read More about Original Hand Drawn and Illustrated Manuscript:] Map of Lots on the Ocean Front of Poverty Beach,...
The Pennsylvania Railroad is trying to drum up business in 1883 and here make their appeal to the excursion committees of churches and societies. In..... Read More about Special Excursions to the Sea-Shore and Mountains. Season of 1883
Persuasive work on the value of the Bible and its teachings, eventually republished in London, and favorably reviewed for its practical wisdom and brevity. In..... Read More about Prize Letters to Students in Two Parts
The author describes the period post-Independence when New Jersey, like her loosely-linked confederate states, sought to become part of a unified nation. New Brunswick: Rutgers..... Read More about Experiment in Independence. New Jersey in the Critical Period 1781-1789
1837 printed circular for the Basking-Ridge Classical and Scientific School in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. The circular was apparently issued as a way of introducing..... Read More about Basking-Ridge Classical and Scientific School of New Jersey (1837 circular with ALS accompanied...
![1924 Harvard-Princeton Football-Shaped Dinner Program and Menu]. The Copley-Plaza, Hotel](/pictures/thumb/3727774_1.jpg?v=1542668615)
In outstanding condition, football-shaped program and menu issued for the Harvard-Princeton football game dinner held at Boston’s Copley-Plaza hotel on November 8, 1924. The dinner..... Read More about 1924 Harvard-Princeton Football-Shaped Dinner Program and Menu
1896 school manual and 1899 academic program yearbook for The Kent Place School, a boarding and day school for girls in Summit, New Jersey. In..... Read More about Manual of The Kent Place School, at Summit, New Jersey, setting forth the Plan of the School, the...
![Wait for the Osborne Man. [1914 Publisher’s Sample for New Jersey Calendar Company]. The...](/pictures/thumb/3727700_1.jpg?v=1579733575)
Publisher’s sample / advertising prospectus for art calendars published by The Osborne Company of Newark, New Jersey. As a selling point to those who would..... Read More about Wait for the Osborne Man. [1914 Publisher’s Sample for New Jersey Calendar Company
Rare book documenting the centennial history of this baptist church in Flemington, New Jersey. Amply illustrated. Flemington, New Jersey: Published by the Church 1898. Frontis...... Read More about One Hundredth Anniversary Exercises of the Baptist Church, Flemington, N.J. June 17th, 18th and...
Patriotically, the Somerville Academy in Somerset County, New Jersey was established July 4, 1802. The Rev. Peter Studdiford, a pastor in Readington, was its first..... Read More about 1823 Autograph Letter Signed from Future New Jersey Governor Peter D. Vroom. Petitioning on...
