Rare address by Dr. Chapin A. Harris (1806–1860)—the “Father of American Dental Science”—to the American Society of Dental Surgeons. Founded in 1840, the ASDS was..... Read More about Address Delivered Before the American Society of Dental Surgeons, At the opening of its Fourth...
Frank letter discussing various members of the prominent Carroll Family of Maryland who have lately arrived at Boston’s upscale Revere House hotel. Likely at Harvard..... Read More about 1849 Autograph Letter Signed Discussing the Carroll Family of Maryland by Charles Ridgely,...
Three lectures on the fine arts by Baltimore portrait painter James Jackson (Falk’s II:1702) “respecting the Arts, and his desire to aid in giving them..... Read More about Brief Review of the Origin and Progress of the Fine Arts. Viz - of painting, engraving and...
Medical dissertation on comparative anatomy and physiology by Julius Rucco (1778–1852), Italian homeopathic physician and scientist. In a two-page introduction by the author for American..... Read More about A Dissertation on the General Principles of Anatomy and Comparative Physiology, as Applied to the...
Brief note by Jerome-Napoleon Bonaparte (1805–1870) to Maryland politician John Spear Nicholas concerning the foreclosure of a mortgage. Bonaparte’s mother and Baltimore native, Elizabeth Patterson..... Read More about 1837 Autograph Note Signed by Jerome-Napoleon Bonaparte of Baltimore, American nephew of French...
![A Woman of War and Other Stories. [Inscribed by the Author]. Felix Agnus, 1839–1925](/pictures/thumb/3728151_1.jpg?v=1548184398)
Collection of Civil War short stories by veteran, Baltimore newspaperman, and sculptor Felix Agnus (1839–1925). Though fictionalized—the author calls them “tales built upon true incidents,”..... Read More about A Woman of War and Other Stories. [Inscribed by the Author
A variant issue from McDade 1013.¹ Sensational account of the 1872 murder in Baltimore of Winfield S. Goss by his bother-in-law, William Udderzook. Or was..... Read More about The Udderzook Mystery! Containing a Detailed and Accurate Account of the Life of the Murderer,...
Promotional leaflet from 1929 with an uplifting graphic showing a sailing ship plowing the waves; three planes soar overhead. The city skyline is in the..... Read More about Baltimore 200th Anniversary 1729–1929
