Autograph letter signed by Alvan S. Southworth, travel writer, journalist, and former secretary of the American Geographical Society, to Philadelphia printers and publishers Sherman &... Read More
![Souvenir and Book of Information of San Francisco Published by and Compliments of Newman’s New Russ House… [cover title]. Proprietors Charles Newman Co.](/pictures/thumb/3727760_1.jpg?v=1537982988)
Advertising with dogs. Rare, possibly unrecorded, c.1903 illustrated souvenir book of “Newman’s New Russ House,” a San Francisco luxury hotel later destroyed in the city’s..... Read More
Stearns was a Massachusetts abolitionist who spent six years in “Bleeding Kansas.” After the war he became a teacher, missionary, and plantation owner in Columbia..... Read More
![Hamilton’s Itinerarium. Being a Narrative of a Journey from Annapolis, Maryland, Through Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts & New Hampshire, from May to September, 1744. [S. Weir Mitchell’s Copy]. Dr. Alexander Hamilton, Albert B. Hart.](/pictures/thumb/3727225_1.jpg?v=1537471784)
A handsome edition of Hamilton’s 1744 journey narrative, and with scenes from his travels, illustrated in facsimile with leaves from his journal. DAB: “His report..... Read More
Pierce Butler was a Georgia-born Philadelphian whose marriage to British actress Fanny Kemble was in discord as his ownership of Southern slaves clashed with her... Read More
Brief undated autograph letter signed sent to a literary editor by British writer and traveler, James Augustus St. John (1795–1875). St. John writes to the... Read More
![The Spotlight. Hotel William Penn. [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]. James W. Trullinger, Pittsburgh Hotels Association.](/pictures/thumb/3727224_1.jpg?v=1538000963)
C. 1950s hotel guest room guide book to Pittsburgh attractions issued by the Hotel William Penn, part of the “Statler” chain of luxury hotels. The..... Read More
First hand reports of travels in the Caribbean and the effects of the abolition of slavery there by authors Rev. James A. Thome and J.... Read More
From the Introduction: “This work is intended to reveal what the British traveller saw in America during the period 1836-1860 and to analyze his viewpoint..... Read More
Clark: “Mrs. Hall’s itinerary in the South was the same as that of her husband, whom she accompanied on his Travels in North America—Richmond, Norfolk..... Read More
![[Trip to the American West and the Canadian Rockies by the Pilgrim Commandery, No. 11, Knights Templar, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ]. No. 11 Pilgrim Commandery, Pennsylvania, of Harrisburg, Knights Templar.](/pictures/thumb/3727750_1.jpg?v=1537910629)
Six items, some unique and unrecorded. In August and September 1904, members of Pilgrim Commandery, No. 11, Knights Templar, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania formed a “San... Read More
![A Tip to Florida Tourists…a Visit to the Silver Springs Seminole Indian Village Museum and Exhibit… [advertising card]. Silver Springs Seminole Indian Village Museum and Exhibit.](/pictures/thumb/3728244_1.jpg?v=1546988877)
Small advertising card promoting the Silver Springs Seminole Indian Village Museum and Exhibit. This curious Florida tourist ephemeron describes the museum and exhibit as “...strangely..... Read More
![TAOS—-worth a trip across a continent! The Don Fernando Hotel. Taos, New Mexico. [cover title]. The Don Fernando Hotel.](/pictures/thumb/3727610_1.jpg?v=1544633422)
C.1930s travel brochure for Taos, New Mexico issued by The Don Fernando Hotel, named for late 17th and early 18th century Spanish Conquistador, Don Fernando..... Read More
1915 Photographic souvenir of an autobus tour of Colorado Springs and Manitou. The folding photo brochure contains two mounted photographs, one depicting a sweeping roadside... Read More
![[1969 Hawaii Vacation Trip Archive of Seventy Items]. Various.](/pictures/thumb/3727755_1.jpg?v=1539207119)
An interesting comprehensive collection of seventy items of vacation travel brochures, maps, guidebooks, menus, and related ephemera; all kept by a family of four traveling... Read More
Clark, New South (t.p. illustrated) II:6 — “[Archer] seemed unable to divest himself of certain English attitudes. His position on race is indicated by his..... Read More
