![3735375] 1875 ALS by Gardiner Tufts on appealing for increased disability pension to...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735375.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1755119926)
Tufts writes to Thomas Edwin Jewett (c.1836–1911) of Chicago, Illinois, apparently a family friend and a disabled Civil War veteran. He outlines the procedure for..... Read More about 1875 ALS by Gardiner Tufts on appealing for increased disability pension to Massachusetts State...
![3732012] Selections from the Writings and Speeches of William Lloyd Garrison. With an Appendix....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3732012.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1711907371)
First edition of this anthology of writings and speeches from the great New England antislavery reformer and editor of The Liberator. Inscribed and signed by..... Read More about Selections from the Writings and Speeches of William Lloyd Garrison. With an Appendix....
![3733777] The Monument to Robert Gould Shaw. Its Inception, Completion and Unveiling 1865–1897....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733777.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1743801913)
Scarce and substantial tribute to the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, the first African American regiment to be mustered in the North to fight for the Union..... Read More about The Monument to Robert Gould Shaw. Its Inception, Completion and Unveiling 1865–1897
![3734227] 1858 autograph letter signed by Isaac Moore, Waltham, Massachusetts, inventor and...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734227.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1731967088)
Writing from Waltham, Massachusetts, Isaac Moore’s letter reveals the frustrations and ambitions of a mid-19th-century inventor navigating patent delays. Moore writes to Mr. Gove regarding..... Read More about 1858 autograph letter signed by Isaac Moore, Waltham, Massachusetts, inventor and manufacturer,...
![3733308] Ca. 1862–1875 stereoview of Boston’s Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall. John P. Soule](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733308.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1724632988)
From the “American Views” series of stereoviews by Boston photographer John Payson Soule, “No. 555. Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall, Boston, Mass.” The photograph shows..... Read More about Ca. 1862–1875 stereoview of Boston’s Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall
![3733320] Ca. 1890s photograph of women workers at S.N. Gaut & Co., Boston Bakers. Commercial...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733320.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1720307722)
Two women in aprons pose on the steps of S.N. Gaut & Co., Bakers of Boston. Established in 1840 with five locations, the bakery sold..... Read More about Ca. 1890s photograph of women workers at S.N. Gaut & Co., Boston Bakers
![3731995] Original 1916 Portrait of Douglass Roach of Provincetown, Massachusetts. Arthur Vidal Diehl](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731995.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1711907371)
A previously-unknown portrait of Douglas Roach (1909–1938), as a seven year-old Provincetown boy, by the Cape Cod artist Arthur Vidal Diehl. Described as a “lost..... Read More about Original 1916 Portrait of Douglass Roach of Provincetown, Massachusetts
![3733793] “By the Name of Hammond.” Late 18th to early 19th c. original watercolor...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733793.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1707422165)
Watercolor arms were produced by a number of New England painters, but the most prolific of the post-Revolutionary heraldic artists was John Coles, Sr. (1749-1809)..... Read More about “By the Name of Hammond.” Late 18th to early 19th c. original watercolor coat-of-arms for the...
![3733792] “By the Name of Nickerson.” Late 18th to early 19th century original watercolor...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733792.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1707422165)
Watercolor arms were produced by a number of New England painters, but the most prolific of the post-Revolutionary heraldic artists was John Coles, Sr. (1749-1809)..... Read More about “By the Name of Nickerson.” Late 18th to early 19th century original watercolor coat-of-arms...
![3733313] Ca. 1900–1910 archive of 66 photographs by Frank Everett Fairbanks, amateur...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733313.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1709061675)
Archive of 66 photographs taken by Frank Everett Fairbanks (1857–1930), an amateur photographer born in Ashburnham, Worcester County. Fairbanks was a longtime resident of Fitchburg..... Read More about Ca. 1900–1910 archive of 66 photographs by Frank Everett Fairbanks, amateur photographer in...
![3733262] 1905 Old Colony Railroad Company stock certificate. American Bank Note Co](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733262.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1708977721)
From 1845 to 1893 the railroad operated in southeastern Massachusetts and adjacent parts of Rhode Island. In 1893 the line was taken over by the..... Read More about 1905 Old Colony Railroad Company stock certificate
![3731979] Ca. 1866–1888 manuscript archive – Edward Young White and White Family of Worcester...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731979.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1706601310)
Eight handwritten notebooks kept by Dr. Edward Young White recording family memoirs, religious and scriptural notes, and genealogical research. The White Family were Scottish immigrants..... Read More about Ca. 1866–1888 manuscript archive – Edward Young White and White Family of Worcester and...
![3733104] [Inscribed Copy:] A Sermon, Preached Before the Auxiliary Education Society of the Young...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733104.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1706666303)
Inscribed and signed by Samuel Farmar Jarvis (1786–1851), Yale graduate, bibliophile, noted historian of the Episcopal Church and consecrated bishop. Jarvis later became embroiled in..... Read More about Inscribed Copy:] A Sermon, Preached Before the Auxiliary Education Society of the Young Men of...
![3733103] [Small broadside within:] A Discourse, Delivered in Duxbury, August 31st, 1838, on...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733103.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1677620819)
A tribute to Samuel A. Frazer (c. 1742–1838) shipbuilder and Plymouth County, Massachusetts judge. Frazer was raised in Boston, but removed to Duxbury and built..... Read More about Small broadside within:] A Discourse, Delivered in Duxbury, August 31st, 1838, on occasion of the...
![3733096] A Sermon, on the Divinity of Christ, Delivered August 13, 1815. To the Church and...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733096.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1677277356)
First and sole edition of the first literary production by Enoch Pond, prolific author, clergyman, exponent of New England Theology and professor in Bangor Theological..... Read More about A Sermon, on the Divinity of Christ, Delivered August 13, 1815. To the Church and Congregation in...
![3730196] The National Security and the National Faith. Guaranties [sic] for the National Freedman...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730196.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1658607497)
First edition? (A 21-page ed. was issued the same year in Boston by Wright & Potter). Less than six months after the Civil War had..... Read More about The National Security and the National Faith. Guaranties [sic] for the National Freedman and...
![3731453] Doctor J. Flagg, Respectfully acquaints the ladies and Gentlemen of this town, that he...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731453.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1711727772)
A superb artifact from the nascent years of American dentistry, this unrecorded late 18th Massachusetts handbill advertises the dentistry services of Josiah Flagg (b. 1763..... Read More about Doctor J. Flagg, Respectfully acquaints the ladies and Gentlemen of this town, that he continues...
![3731320] A Resolve of the Honorable His Majesty’s Council of the Province of the...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731320.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1644516912)
One of four known copies. A rare 1759 circular encompassing the “unseemly” behaviors of mixing wine, food, and song with religious ceremony in Colonial America..... Read More about A Resolve of the Honorable His Majesty’s Council of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay,...
![3731191] Rules and Orders to be Observed in the House of Representatives, of the Commonwealth of...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731191.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1635276374)
Rules for the Massachusetts House of Representatives as well as a directory of its members and their affiliated towns. Likely Peter Hay’s copy with his..... Read More about Rules and Orders to be Observed in the House of Representatives, of the Commonwealth of...
![3731040] Speech delivered by Hon. Josiah Quincy, Senior, before the Whig State Convention,...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731040.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1634662874)
Anti-slavery speech to a Whig convention by Josiah Quincy, Sr. (1772–1864), former Federalist congressman, mayor of Boston, and president of Harvard College. Presented by Quincy..... Read More about Speech delivered by Hon. Josiah Quincy, Senior, before the Whig State Convention, assembled at...
![3730876] Log of the Ninth Annual Excursion of the Neptune Yacht Club, of Norwalk, Conn., August...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730876.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1629048429)
Proper title: Neptune Club’s “Log.” Ninth Annual Cruise to Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, with Contributions from Members and Friends. All “logs” of the Neptune Club..... Read More about Log of the Ninth Annual Excursion of the Neptune Yacht Club, of Norwalk, Conn., August 1875....
![3730953] For Representative to Congress. Second District. Benjamin F. Newhall, of Saugus. To the...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730953.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1633741785)
Rare. Free Soil Party campaigning for Benjamin Franklin Newhall, abolitionist, politician, self-made businessman, stationmaster on the Underground Rail Road (UGGR) who helped formerly-enslaved African American..... Read More about For Representative to Congress. Second District. Benjamin F. Newhall, of Saugus. To the Voters of...
![3726332] 1771 Autograph Letter Signed by Shrimpton Hutchinson on receiving American artist...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3726332.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1625761748)
Letter written by Bostonian Shrimpton Hutchinson (b. 1735) to his brother-in-law, Godfrey Malbone of Pomfret, Connecticut. Hutchinson was a cousin of Thomas Hutchinson, the last..... Read More about 1771 Autograph Letter Signed by Shrimpton Hutchinson on receiving American artist Benjamin...
![3730620] Two 1860 Letters by Origen C. Crane, Massachusetts machinist discussing machined parts...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730620.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1625788464)
Machinist Origen C. Crane writes to his brother Frank discussing the fabrication of such parts as wheels, steerers, and shafts. Based in New England Village..... Read More about Two 1860 Letters by Origen C. Crane, Massachusetts machinist discussing machined parts and the...
![3730039] Marcus Morton, Massachusetts Governor and Supreme Court Judge, 1851 Autograph Letter...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730039.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1620834225)
Exasperated letter from Marcus Morton (1784–1864), writing as a former Massachusetts governor and Supreme Court judge, decrying the state of the Democratic party. Morton opposed..... Read More about Marcus Morton, Massachusetts Governor and Supreme Court Judge, 1851 Autograph Letter Signed
