Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera, etc. concerning: Censorship, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Courts, Crime, Debt & Bankruptcy, Duelling, Executions, Free Speech, Judges, Lawyers, Outlaws, Prisons, Prohibition, Prostitution, Supreme Court, Taxation, Trials
Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera, etc. concerning: Censorship, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Courts, Crime, Debt & Bankruptcy, Duelling, Executions, Free Speech, Judges, Lawyers, Outlaws, Prisons, Prohibition, Prostitution, Supreme Court, Taxation, Trials
![3736042] Blacks and the Law. [The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3736042.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1766167349)
Volume of The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Sciences devoted to the history and status of Black Americans and the law..... Read More about Blacks and the Law. [The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, Volume...
![3735828] Memorial of the Constitutional Convention of Utah. Mormons – Mormonism](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735828.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1762021820)
Fifth Appeal for Utah Statehood by Constitutional Convention, 1888 Quite scarce. In this impassioned 14-page petition, Utah’s territorial delegates submit a newly ratified constitution to..... Read More about Memorial of the Constitutional Convention of Utah
![3735809] Articles of Impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives against Andrew...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735809.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1771627642)
This official Senate printing contains the full text of the eleven articles of impeachment adopted by the House of Representatives against Andrew Johnson. The charges..... Read More about Articles of Impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives against Andrew Johnson,...
![3734398] State of Delaware. Rules of the Board of Pardons. Secretary of State](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734398.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1729783892)
Eight rules of the Delaware State Board of Pardons as adopted in 1897 and subsequently amended from 1901 to 1910. A new resolution of the..... Read More about State of Delaware. Rules of the Board of Pardons
![3734214] Petition for Review Before the Secretary of the Interior. Settlers on the Osage Purchase...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734214.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1759434492)
This printed legal brief, submitted on behalf of Kansas settlers, challenges railroad land claims on the Osage Purchase—land acquired from the Great and Little Osage..... Read More about Petition for Review Before the Secretary of the Interior. Settlers on the Osage Purchase in...
![3735502] From Soledad to San Quentin. Prisons are War Zones. Prison Solidarity Committee](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735502.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1757955710)
Revolutionary Prison Solidarity Pamphlet on Carceral Warfare, 1972 First edition. Issued at the height of prison radicalism in the early 1970s, this magazine-sized pamphlet documents..... Read More about From Soledad to San Quentin. Prisons are War Zones
![3735428] Did You Know: geronimo ji Jaga (Pratt) is one of the longest held Political Prisoners in...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735428.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1755554188)
Ephemeral brochure advocating for Geronimo ji Jaga (Pratt), noted Black Panther leader, described as one of the longest-held U.S. political prisoners after 19 years of..... Read More about Did You Know: geronimo ji Jaga (Pratt) is one of the longest held Political Prisoners in the U.S....
![3734812] Circa 1920s Ashley Plot Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware property rights dispute....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734812.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1742591738)
A scarce legal and cartographic document tied to a property rights dispute over the 1909 recorded plot of “Ashley,” Section C, in Wilmington, New Castle..... Read More about Circa 1920s Ashley Plot Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware property rights dispute
![3734244] Proclamation. Citizens of Hudson…. Mayor Cyrus Curtiss](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734244.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1740090257)
This unrecorded proclamation by Cyrus Curtiss, mayor of Hudson, was issued in the context of the Anti-Rent War, a widespread tenant uprising against the semi-feudal..... Read More about Proclamation. Citizens of Hudson…
![3733864] A Correct Account of the Trials Charles M’Manus, Patrick Donagan, John Hauer, Francis...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733864.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1726505163)
A rare account of the murder of Francis Shitz, the publishers proclaiming: “Among the many dreadful murders and assasinations, with the history and trial of..... Read More about A Correct Account of the Trials Charles M’Manus, Patrick Donagan, John Hauer, Francis Cox,...
![3730896] Memoirs of the Rev. Ammi Rogers, A.M. a Clergyman of the Episcopal Church…Persecuted...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730896.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1726847295)
An Episcopal minister in Connecticut, Ammi Rogers (1770–1852) found himself at the center of scandal, accused of an adulterous affair and imprisoned for two years..... Read More about Memoirs of the Rev. Ammi Rogers, A.M. a Clergyman of the Episcopal Church…Persecuted in the...
![3731414] There is a Fountain. The Autobiography of a Civil Rights Lawyer. (Signed). Conrad Lynn](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731414.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1706666306)
First edition. The autobiography of Conrad J. Lynn (1908–1995), the controversial civil rights activist and attorney. Missed by Brignano, the author’s inscription may explain why..... Read More about There is a Fountain. The Autobiography of a Civil Rights Lawyer. (Signed
![3731843] George Andrews, Tennessee Supreme Court Justice — Seven ALSs, 1869–1872....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731843.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1677709466)
A Vermont native, George Andrews (1826–1889) was appointed as a justice to the Tennessee Supreme Court by Governor W.G. Brownlow in 1868. He served for..... Read More about George Andrews, Tennessee Supreme Court Justice — Seven ALSs, 1869–1872
![3733102] Ten political ribbons for Henry W. Scott, candidate in 1890 for Kansas judge, and later...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733102.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1677615676)
Ten political campaign ribbons for independent candidate Henry Wilson Scott (1866–1935)—“The People’s Candidate”—running in 1890 for judge of the Sixteenth Judicial District in Kansas. The..... Read More about Ten political ribbons for Henry W. Scott, candidate in 1890 for Kansas judge, and later Oklahoma...
![3731945] The Decision in the “Merger Case” being A Review of the Decision of the United...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731945.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1654032413)
Sole edition. Predecessor to a landmark Antitrust decision. In 1902, President Roosevelt ordered Attorney General Philander C. Knox to challenge the merger between Northern Pacific..... Read More about The Decision in the “Merger Case” being A Review of the Decision of the United States Circuit...
![3731871] Personnel Selection and Training in the FBI. Director J. Edgar Hoover](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731871.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1655171594)
Rather scarce illustrated text aimed at those interested in joining the Federal Bureau of Investigation or knowing more of it. Illustrations show agents-in-training throwing one..... Read More about Personnel Selection and Training in the FBI
![3731924] 1787 retained copy of an Autograph Letter Signed to John Woodhull, Monmouth, New Jersey...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731924.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1655171594)
Retained draft of a letter on “the discharge of the Bonds” and the repayment of a debt owed by Rev. John Woodhull (1744–1824), prominent New..... Read More about 1787 retained copy of an Autograph Letter Signed to John Woodhull, Monmouth, New Jersey...
![3731908] Autograph Card signed by Alfred O.P. Nicholson, Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731908.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1654030125)
Lightly soiled card with traces of old mounting, 2¼ x 4 inches, autographed: “A.O.P. Nicholson. Chief Justice S.C. Tenn.” In addition to serving as Chief..... Read More about Autograph Card signed by Alfred O.P. Nicholson, Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
![3731259] Law Administration and Negro-White Relations in Philadelphia. A Study in Race Relations....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731259.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1638661236)
A study of Philadelphia’s African American population, police, and the law, commissioned after a 1944 racial conflict involving a strike of workers of the Philadelphia..... Read More about Law Administration and Negro-White Relations in Philadelphia. A Study in Race Relations
![3730517] Speech of George Chambers, on the Judicial Tenure. Delivered in the Convention of...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730517.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1621291259)
Speech given by jurist George Chambers (1786-1866) at Pennsylvania’s 1837-1838 Constitutional Convention. “In 1836 Chambers’s constituency asked him to represent Franklin County as a member..... Read More about Speech of George Chambers, on the Judicial Tenure. Delivered in the Convention of Pennsylvania,...
![3730009] The Angelo Herndon Case and Southern Justice. Charles H. Martin](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730009.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1611255031)
Surprisingly scarce study of Angelo Herndon (1913–1997), Black labor organizer and Communist Party activist. Herndon was convicted and imprisoned in Georgia in 1933 for attempting..... Read More about The Angelo Herndon Case and Southern Justice
![3726508] Report of a Special Committee of the Philadelphia Board of Trade, upon the law of...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/noimage-req.png?auto=webp)
An 1860 edition is known; this 1861 issue with the same pagination of the former, apparently only held by AAS. Philadelphia: King & Baird, Printers..... Read More about Report of a Special Committee of the Philadelphia Board of Trade, upon the law of collisions at...
![3729219] Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency and its Connection with the Homestead Riots,...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3729219.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1591113294)
Original reports of the congressional investigation of the Homestead Riots; this copy specially bound by the Pinkerton Detective Agency, and this also being William Pinkerton’s..... Read More about Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency and its Connection with the Homestead Riots, July, 1892....
![3728404] Captain Daniel Tracy letters, 1865–1886, “The Seaman’s Friend” — Maritime and...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3728404.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1706667108)
Captain Daniel Tracy (1815-1888) was known as “The Seaman’s Friend” as he devoted his time establishing safe houses for mariners (first in New York City..... Read More about Captain Daniel Tracy letters, 1865–1886, “The Seaman’s Friend” — Maritime and...
![3728055] Letters to Chas. O’Conor. The Destruction of The Union is Emancipation. Nathaniel Macon](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3728055.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1543360113)
Jenkins 223:118 catalogued a similarly-titled edition of this pamphlet: “A series of nine lengthy letters (dated Aug.-Oct 1860) by a prominent Alabamian to Charles O’Conor..... Read More about Letters to Chas. O’Conor. The Destruction of The Union is Emancipation
