United States of America: State of Mississippi, to wit: By This Public Instrument of Protest…
Legal instrument of protest signed by Alexander H. Arthur, Notary Public for the Office of the Planters’ Bank of the State of Mississippi at Vicksburg.....
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![[New Orleans, Octoroons, Interracial Relations, Slavery:] L’Article 47, or Breaking the Ban....](/images/noimage-req.png)
[New Orleans, Octoroons, Interracial Relations, Slavery:] L’Article 47, or Breaking the Ban.
“The octoroon despised, spurned, penned up in scornful coolness, liable to public sale and scourge—the colored woman you see yonder, kept a white man for.....
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[Christ Church Hospital in Philadelphia:] Brief of Title to all that certain Lot or Square of Ground, situate in the City of Philadelphia: Bounded by Spruce Street and Pine Street and Schuylkill Fourth and Fifth Streets [...] The Property of Christ Church Hospital.
Unlisted in OCLC, an apparently unrecorded pamphlet devoted to the property definitions of Christ Church Hospital in Philadelphia. “Christ Church Hospital, located at Forty-Ninth Street.....
[1854 Document Signed concerning the willing of the Infant Slave Elizabeth, the Child of Enslaved Woman Amanda in Wake County, North Carolina].
Slaves being distributed to their heirs, including one infant child: A Document Signed proving and registering the release of a claim by the heirs of...
[1838 Letter of Boston Lawyer Charles G. Loring to Connecticut Shipowner Charles P. Williams concerning a Legal Case to be argued before Circuit Justice and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story].
1838 letter from Boston lawyer Charles G. Loring (1794–1867) to his client, Stonington, Connecticut shipowner and businessman Charles P. Williams concerning the legal matter of...
The Negro Professional Man and the Community. With Special Emphasis on the Physician and the Lawyer.
Reprinted from the original 1934, Carter Goodwin Woodson’s title of the same. In his Negro Professional Man and the Community, Woodson wanted to provide a......
Memorial of the Cherokee Delegation, submitting the Memorial and Protest of the Cherokee People to Congress.
Cherokee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting the Information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d instant, in...
[1851 Letter concerning a Legal Dispute relating to Payment of Republic of Texas Bonds, from Private Bank Corcoran and Riggs].
Texas Bonds and the Supreme Court. In the 1830s, General James Hamilton Jr., one-time Governor of South Carolina, and Texas loan commissioner, loaned money to...
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[Chicago; Judaica:] Hebrew Almanac for the Year 5674 - 1913 - 1914. [All Published?]
Unrecorded Hebrew almanac for the Jewish year 5674 which began in October 1913. The almanac was printed in Chicago, likely as an advertising vehicle, in...
1841 District of Columbia Legal Manuscript re: a Converted Double Barreled Fowling Gun.
An odd case, Thomas Turner vs. John Peabody, where the latter man accuses the former of “unlawfully converted for his own use three certain double.....
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[1892 U.S. Presidential Candidate:] An Outline of the Official Life and Public Services of His Excellency David B. Hill.
Unrecorded on OCLC, a rare and ephemeral campaign biography throwaway from the 1888 New York gubernatorial race which re-elected sitting-Governor David B. Hill to a....
[18th Century Legal Memorandum concerning a Disputed “Indian Country” Land Grant in Colonial Pennsylvania].
18th century legal memorandum, unsigned, prepared for one “Mr. Galloway” regarding a dispute over the title to 3000 acres of land purchased from Native Americans.....
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“The Rights of Woman” [Profound Influence on the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments] within The New World, Vol. II, No. 19, May 8, 1841].
New York attorney and legal reformer E.P. Hurlbut’s article “The Rights of Woman” appeared in the May 8, 1841 issue of The New World newspaper.....
Scottsboro. The Firebrand of Communism.
Detailed chronological account of the infamous Alabama legal case of the Scottsboro Boys, a group of African American teenagers falsely accused of raping two white...
Autograph Manuscript Quotation Signed on Law by Francis Lieber, German-American Jurist, Author of the Lieber Code.
Quotation on law handwritten by German-American Francis Lieber (1798 or 1800–1872), legal and political theorist and author of the Lieber Code on the conduct of...
The State of Mississippi, to the Sheriff of Hinds County — Greeting: We Command You to Summon…
1837 legal summons addressed to the Sheriff of Hinds County, Mississippi, William C. Demoss. The sheriff is hereby directed to summon Maxfield Anderson, William Anderson...
1919 ALS by Vaudeville Performer De Alma, “Monarch of the Banjo.”
Interesting letter written by vaudeville banjo performer De Alma, outlining biographical facts about his wife Mae from whom he is separated. Writing under his real...
[Sammelband of 1852 to 1864 Pennsylvania Supreme Court Arguments made by H.B. Swoope, Attorney].
Sammelband of rare and ephemeral law pamphlets kept by attorney Henry Bucher Swoope (1831–1874) of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. These 21 pamphlets—virtually all of which bear.....
1834–1903, Letters of Attorney and Judge Harvey Klapp Fowler of Manchester, Vermont, plus Misc. Letters and Manuscripts.
Archive of letters and papers of Vermont attorney, Harvey K. Fowler (1818–1909?). The bulk of the archive comprises 15 incoming letters, from 1837 to 1847...
[Solicitor General and Acting U.S. Attorney General Henry M. Hoyt Officially Opines on Medical Issues of Immigration Law and an Immigration Case before the Supreme Court; with Additional Letter].
Three letters, all incoming to Philadelphia attorney J. Whitaker Thompson, United States attorney. The bulk of the material is from Henry Martyn Hoyt, Jr. (1856–1910)...
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Slavery: Letters and Speeches. [Inscribed and Signed]
Selective and Critical Bibliography of Horace Mann p10: “Contains speeches and letters delivered or written during Mann’s Congressional term [...]; letter written in answer to.....
![The Brown Madonna and Other Poems. [Presentation Copy]. Irvin W. Underhill Sr., 1896–1982,...](/pictures/thumb/3727113_1.jpg?v=1549497784)
The Brown Madonna and Other Poems. [Presentation Copy]
First edition, an excellent copy. In The Brown Madonna and Other Poems, Underhill, who was blind, writes autobiographically with the surprisingly uplifting poem “Poor Black.....
1849 to 1862 File of Documents and Letters; Some Pertaining to Future Abraham Lincoln Assassination Juror J. Russell Barr, in Favor of Convicting John H. Surratt.
J. Russell Barr (1812-?) was one of only four jurors who voted for the conviction of John H. Surratt, a conspirator to assassinate Abraham Lincoln...
Report of the Judge Advocate General on the “Order of American Knights,” or “Sons of Liberty.” A Western Conspiracy in Aid of the Southern Rebellion.
Civil War-time report on a Confederate conspiracy conducted by the “Order of American Knights” a.k.a. “Order of the Sons of Liberty.” This group grew out.....
![Constitutional Problems Under Lincoln [Revised Edition; Inscribed by Author]. J G. Randall,...](/pictures/thumb/3728020_1.jpg?v=1544562369)
Constitutional Problems Under Lincoln [Revised Edition; Inscribed by Author].
A study of Abraham Lincoln’s government and the great issues of constitutional law raised during his war-time presidency. Revised Edition with new 23-page foreword by.....