Pierce Butler was a Georgia-born Philadelphian whose marriage to British actress Fanny Kemble was in discord as his ownership of enslaved African Americans clashed with..... Read More about 1853 Autograph Letter Signed by Pierce Butler to Hon. Charles Brown regarding an appointment for...
Letter on banking by Philadelphia merchant Samuel C. Morton, written to attorney and Pennsylvania state representative, Richard Rundle Smith, Esq. Morton discusses a legislative bill..... Read More about 1848 Autograph Letter Signed by Samuel C. Morton, Philadelphia merchant, on banking and...
Three documents pertaining to drilling, inspection, uniforms, band, and general discipline of the 1st Regiment Infantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania, known as the “Gray Reserves.”..... Read More about Three 1870-1875 Pennsylvania National Guard Documents Signed; U.S. Centennial Preparations by 1st...
Two partly printed checks, completed in manuscript, drawn on the account of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Each is signed by two officers..... Read More about Two 1876 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Checks Signed by John Sartain, Artist and Engraver
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
![Labor Strikes against Black Americans] Notice to all employees of Philadelphia Transportation...](/pictures/thumb/3730793_1.jpg?v=1647918301)
Unrecorded World War II military directive issued to employees of the Philadelphia Transportation Company on strike in protest against Black employees taking on non-menial jobs..... Read More about Labor Strikes against Black Americans] Notice to all employees of Philadelphia Transportation...
Rare directory of the members of this Philadelphia church; their names and home address. A useful guide for genealogical purposes. Philadelphia: [Evans Printing House], Printed..... Read More about Directory of the Members of Northminster Presbyterian Church. Thirty-fifth and Baring Streets...
Auction catalog devoted exclusively to views in the city and neighborhoods of Philadelphia. Offerings include a rare set of Birch’s views of Philadelphia, bridges over..... Read More about Rare and Early Views in Philadelphia Belonging to a well-known Collector and embracing The most...
Auction catalog of 377 items from the “Latta Collection” of old Philadelphia prints, maps, engravings, and original sketches. Thomas L. Latta’s collection included such rarities..... Read More about The Latta Collection of Old Philadelphia Prints
Souvenir booklet from the 59th Anniversary Meeting of The Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History (ASALH), held in Philadelphia in 1974. The..... Read More about Souvenir Journal. 59th Anniversary Meeting of The Association for the Study of Afro-American Life...
![Child Labor and Reform:] Our Jewels; and the Work of Resetting Them. Benj. J. Crew](/pictures/thumb/3730883_1.jpg?v=1628131425)
Scarce. The author was the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Society to Protect Children from Cruelty. He provides its history, philosophy, and its progressive-thinking activities to..... Read More about Child Labor and Reform:] Our Jewels; and the Work of Resetting Them
![Hicksite Controversy and Quakers:] A Declaration of the Yearly Meeting of Friends, held in...](/pictures/thumb/3730580_1.jpg?v=1624502592)
Scarce pamphlet documenting the important schism within the Quaker faith —a nationwide rift— between the followers of Elias Hicks and the remaining orthodox membership. “In..... Read More about Hicksite Controversy and Quakers:] A Declaration of the Yearly Meeting of Friends, held in...
Rare Philadelphia-based religious text by this interesting individual. An English émigré, Thomas T. Tasker (1799–1892) was a cattle-breeder, inventor, Methodist Episcopal preacher, and publisher of..... Read More about The Christian Minister and his Work. The substance of a discourse delivered on Christmas Day,...
Three 1876 Centennial speeches given by Philadelphia attorney Benjamin H. Brewster; in front of Independence Hall, in Independence Square, and one at the Judges’ Hall..... Read More about Three Centennial Addresses delivered by Benjamin Harris Brewster, Philadelphia, 1876 [cover title
Unrecorded 1849 trade catalog of chemicals and chemical laboratory wares issued by Bullock & Crenshaw, Philadelphia druggists and chemists. Though defective (it lacks at least..... Read More about Chemicals and Chemical Wares, Imported, Manufactured, and for Sale by Bullock & Crenshaw,...
![Architecture; John Sartain:] The First American Art Academy. Reprinted from Lippincott’s...](/pictures/thumb/3730132_1.jpg?v=1616080254)
Separately printed article from Lippincott’s Magazine of Popular Literature and Science on the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the oldest art museum and art..... Read More about Architecture; John Sartain:] The First American Art Academy. Reprinted from Lippincott’s Magazine
Patriotic speech given by Philadelphia attorney Benjamin H. Brewster (Benjamin Harris Brewster) at the inauguration of the National Union Club, a patriotic association organized to..... Read More about Speech of Benjamin H. Brewster, Delivered at the Musical Fund Hall, Philadelphia. Wednesday...
Description of the Greek Revival mansion—one of the largest in America, “Phil-Ellena,” designed by Philadelphia carpenter-architect William L. Johnston (1811-1849) for scientist and druggist George..... Read More about A Brief Description of Phil-Ellena, the Country Seat of George W. Carpenter at Germantown,...
Scarce Philadelphia temperance tract railing against the traffickers of alcohol. Mullen connects alcoholism to sufferers of mental illness as well as highlighting an increase of..... Read More about An Appeal to Tax-Payers, In Opposition to the Existing Law for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors
An 1846 certificate of deposit accomplished and autographed by Treasurer of the Mint Isaac Roach. Roach was a hero of the War of 1812, imprisoned..... Read More about 1846 United States Mint Partly-Printed Certificate of Deposit Autographed by Isaac Roach, U.S....
Ephemeral manuscript document asking Patriot attorney Peter S. Du Ponceau (1760–1844) of Philadelphia to pay his law office rent. Du Ponceau emigrated from Paris in..... Read More about 1807 Manuscript Document requesting Patriot attorney Peter S. Du Ponceau to pay his law office...
Two early and substantial partly-printed forms, dated 1806. Both forms were printed by a job printer, likely in Philadelphia for William Banks, Ship-Broker. The form..... Read More about For Appraisement of Damaged Goods. [two partly-printed forms “Printed for William Banks,...
Presentation copy; inscribed and initialed by author Chief Justice Tilghman to his Pennsylvania Supreme Court colleague, Justice John Bannister Gibson (1780–1853), who succeeded Tilghman as..... Read More about An Address Delivered before the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture at its Anniversary...
Substantial manuscript stock and cash ledger book for the firm of Stowe, Allen & Hutchins (sometimes Hutchens), cloth merchants and clothiers in Philadelphia. The first..... Read More about 1854 – 1881 Stock and Cash Ledger Book kept by Philadelphia firm of Stowe, Allen & Hutchins...
![Roots of Violence in Black Philadelphia 1860-1900. [signed by the author]. Roger Lane](/pictures/thumb/3729408_1.jpg?v=1595965821)
“Lane reveals how social and economic discrimination created a black criminal subculture. This subculture, overlooked by those histories depending on often inaccurate census materials, eroded..... Read More about Roots of Violence in Black Philadelphia 1860-1900. [signed by the author
