First Edition of this important collection of American balladry, edited by Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr., Archivist of the Virginia Collections of Ballads. Davis, Jr. signs... Read More
First Edition of this important collection of American balladry, edited by Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr., Archivist of the Virginia Collections of Ballads. Davis, Jr. presents... Read More
U.S. Army Chief Engineer Col. Charles Gratiot here writes to Major General Alexander Macomb, Commanding General of the Unite States Army concerning the officer in... Read More
Archive of five letters to Harvard student and textbook author, Cortland Saunders. Saunders was subsequently killed during the Civil War in his native Virginia at... Read More
“The doctrine of an eternal Hell of fire & brimstone is all bosh…” Intimate letter by Iowa physician E.T. Manning, writing to a woman friend... Read More
Peabody notes in his introduction that “Hampton Institute may be studied as a well organized school for industrial training, or as an evidence of the... Read More
First Edition of this thorough history of Hampton Institute in Virginia up until the year 1918. The author, Francis Greenwood Peabody was a Hampton Institute... Read More
Profusely illustrated with half-tones from original photographs. Both authors were born into American slavery. Daniel Webster Davis (1862–1913), Richmond, Virginia teacher, poet, lecturer, pastor. “In... Read More
[i.e., House of Representatives, 38th Congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc. No. 15.]. CWB I, p10: “McClellan’s official report, containing much information on the initial organization... Read More
Anti-lynching tract comprising the title essay by James E. Gregg (1875–1946), principal of historically black Hampton Institute in Virginia, and reprints of editorials on lynching... Read More
Manuscript group primarily concerned with the case of Armistead v. Dandridge, a drawn out Virginia lawsuit with roots in the eighteenth century. Much information on... Read More
This 1824 indenture concerns the settlement of a debt and sale of land by John Holohan of Washington, D.C. to Humphrey Peake, Collector of the... Read More
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
Comprehensive survey by this African American author of the most important slave rebellions in America, ante-bellum, up until and during the American Civil War. The... Read More
![[1901 Autograph Letter Signed by Julia Magruder, Author, Writing to Editor William Clemens about Short Stories for Children]. Julia Magruder, 1854–1907.](/pictures/thumb/3726054_1.jpg?v=1534362328)
Letter from American novelist and writer Julia Magruder (1854–1907) here writing to an editor, one “Mr. Clemens,” concerning short stories for children. It appears that... Read More
Molly Elliot Seawell (1860–1916), children’s author, short story writer, and novelist. Seawell contributed to such magazines as Lippincott’s, Youth’s Companion, and the New York Critic... Read More
In the aftermath of the 1862 Battle of Harpers Ferry in Virginia, a small pocket New Testament Bible was given to a woman, Mollie E.... Read More
Irish-American Robert Patterson (1792–1881) fought in the Mexican-American War and the Civil War. Defeating Stonewall Jackson early in the war, he was later blamed for... Read More
In 1816, William Ramsay, Alvin Cleveland and James Hayes were tasked with appraising Samuel Black’s estate in pounds and shillings. Black was well-to-do. He owned... Read More
Here, Coleman presents Governor David Emanuel with Virginia’s most recently-enacted laws. The letter is docketed, in part, “Exchange of Laws” and reads, in full: Richmond... Read More
Inscribed and signed by Page above the engraved bookplate of bibliophile George H. Yenowine; then, inscribed and signed on the title-page with a quotation from... Read More
