![[1806–1809 Sammelband of Medical Pamphlets; Some Presentation Copies]. Various.](/images/noimage-req.png)
Sammelband of nine American medical pamphlets 1806–1809, mostly medical degree dissertations, kept by Henry Marim of Delaware. At this time, Marim was a degree candidate... Read More
Inscribed and signed by the author. Delaware during the American Civil War. Preface—“This book portrays the life on one home front, the Brandywine-Wilmington region during... Read More
![[1830 and 1839, Two Letters of Louis McLane: U.S. Minister to Great Britain, U.S. Secretary of State, and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury]. Louis McLane, 1786–1857.](/pictures/thumb/3724876_1.jpg?v=1541009429)
Two letters (1830 and 1839) from London by American lawyer, politician, and statesman Louis McLane of Delaware (1786–1857) concerning the dire state of the English... Read More
![A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America. [Gunning Bedford Jr.’s copy]. John Adams, 1735–1826.](/pictures/thumb/146292_1.jpg?v=1540253930)
Published in the same year the Constitution was ratified (and as the 3-volume first edition) this 1787 Philadelphia edition, as noted by AAS, was a.... Read More
Unrecorded 1876 broadside issued by prominent Delaware peach farmer and Samuel Townsend (1812–1881) and his son Richard Townsend (1839–?) offering for sale “Peach Blossom” fruit... Read More
C.A. Weslager was the dean of Delaware archaeology and regional native American history. Here, Weslager writes of archaeological discoveries made on the Delmarva Peninsula, many... Read More
“In his newest book, Delaware’s Forgotten River, C. A. Weslager lauds the little streams of America, which he claims exerted a greater influence than better... Read More
![The English on the Delaware 1610–1682. [Signed by the Author]. C. A. Weslager.](/pictures/thumb/3727134_1.jpg?v=1534362477)
“This volume brings into full perspective the sequence of historic events in the Delaware Valley, and shows how King James’s buffer zone had far-reaching influence... Read More
![The Nanticoke Indians Past and Present. [Signed by the Author]. C. A. Weslager.](/pictures/thumb/3727131_1.jpg?v=1534362476)
The history of the Nanticoke Indians from the 19th century to modern times with scholarly insight into their interactions with non-indigenous populations throughout the centuries... Read More
The beginnings of Delaware penology; the establishment of penal institutions, agitation for prison reform, the evolution of jails, methods of punishment and more. A granular... Read More
![Catalogue and Price List of the Snow Hill Nurseries Near Snow Hill, Md. [...] Worcester Co., Md. W. M. Peters & Sons Snow Hill Nurseries.](/pictures/thumb/3726656_1.jpg?v=1534362434)
Fruit tree nursery trade catalog with a focus on apples and peaches issued by Snow Hill Nurseries of Worcester County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Beginning... Read More
A collection of 18th century books from the library of Ulster-born John McKinly (1721–1796), elected in 1777 as Delaware’s first “governor.” (The word “governor” in... Read More
![Nautical Routine and Stowage; with Short Rules in Navigation [Owned by a Future United States Navy Commodore]. William Nicholson Jeffers, John McCleod Murphy.](/pictures/thumb/3725659_1.jpg?v=1534362315)
First Edition and a notable copy of Jeffer’s and McCleod’s Nautical Routine and Stowage; with Short Rules in Navigation, an 1849 maritime reference owned by... Read More
![Le Nouveau Testament de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ. Traduction Nouvelle, Revue et approuvée par le Pasteurs & les Proffesseurs de L’Eglise et de L’Academie de Genève. [French-Language Protestant New Testament in Original Boards; Published in Geneva and Signed by the Publisher]. G. J. Manget, publisher.](/pictures/thumb/372094_1.jpg?v=1534362286)
French Protestant New Testament edited by and published with the approval of La Compagnie des Pasteurs et des Professeurs de Genève (The Society of Pastors... Read More
