Our catch-all category for all things about how we came to become Americans, what our fore-fathers did when they got here, and the lives lived by future generations of Americans.
Theatre broadside presenting the program for 1776. Presented by the Hasty Pudding Club of Harvard University, at the Academy of Music in the town of..... Read More about The Program of “1776” presented by the Hasty Pudding Club of Harvard University [opening...
![Invisible Empire. The Story Of The Ku Klux Klan, 1866-1871. [Inscribed and Signed by Author]....](/images/noimage-req.png)
A history of the Ku Klux Klan presented in narrative form by Tennessee author, Stanley F. Horn. Starting in 1866, Horn describes its birth in..... Read More about Invisible Empire. The Story Of The Ku Klux Klan, 1866-1871. [Inscribed and Signed by Author
![Abraham Lincoln: His Speeches and Writings. [Signed Limited Edition]. Roy P. Basler,...](/pictures/thumb/3727881_1.jpg?v=1593722430)
Compilation of letters and speeches sent or delivered by Abraham Lincoln during his political life beginning with an 1832 political announcement to the citizens of..... Read More about Abraham Lincoln: His Speeches and Writings. [Signed Limited Edition
Salesman’s sample book, dummy, or canvassing book heavily illustrated with 64 halftones for a memorial biography of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley: Our Martyred President…Memorial..... Read More about Our Martyred President…Memorial Life of William McKinley… [Salesman’s Sample Book
Appealing assembly of three salesman’s sample, dummy, or canvassing books all focusing on San Francisco’s disastrous 1906 earthquake and fire. The three titles—The San Francisco..... Read More about The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire [and] San Francisco’s Great Disaster [and]...
[Title continues:] From the Notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other Gentlemen of the Expedition Party Compiled by Edwin James, Botanist and Geologist..... Read More about Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains under the Command of Major...
![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 about The English on the Delaware 1610–1682. [Signed by the Author
From the publisher: “For nine decades a steady stream of vehicles flowed out the doors of a small factory on the north edge of St..... Read More about From Horsecars to Steamliners. An Illustrated History of the St. Louis Car Company
![Aloha Hawaii. [Hawaii Postal Envelope with Panoramic and Other Views from Photographs]. Hawaii...](/pictures/thumb/3726760_1.jpg?v=1534362465)
A tourist item, functioning as both a means to communicate, and mail a brief message from Hawaii (in this case in 1909), and as a...... Read More about Aloha Hawaii. [Hawaii Postal Envelope with Panoramic and Other Views from Photographs
OCLC records a fair amount of material from this historical preservationist society, but this modest item appears unlisted. The text, in small type, lists the..... Read More about The Oregon Trail Memorial Association, Inc
![Gen. U.S. Grant and Family at Mt. McGregor, [Saratoga Springs] N.Y. June 19, 1885 [Cabinet...](/pictures/thumb/3726739_1.jpg?v=1534362453)
Taken less then a month before Grant’s death, this cabinet card shows former president Ulysses S. Grant, seated on porch at center. he is surrounded..... Read More about Gen. U.S. Grant and Family at Mt. McGregor, [Saratoga Springs] N.Y. June 19, 1885 [Cabinet...
The Boston & Worcester Rail Road Line was the first passenger train in New England, offering full service in 1835. Here, in 1859, on this..... Read More about Great Western Route. 1859. Boston & Worcester & Western Rail Road Line
![Abraham Lincoln] “A Crime Without a Name.” April 14, 1865. Eugene Munday](/pictures/thumb/3726712_1.jpg?v=1534362447)
Undoubtedly composed and printed within days of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, this sorrowful tribute takes its name from the April 15, 1865 newspaper headline..... Read More about Abraham Lincoln] “A Crime Without a Name.” April 14, 1865
![C.1880s Albumen Photograph of Cadets at Cayuga Lake Military Academy, Aurora, New York]. Cayuga...](/pictures/thumb/3726652_1.jpg?v=1534362434)
Photograph of a group of military cadets in uniform at Cayuga Lake Military Academy in Aurora, New York. A drum head or shield in the..... Read More about C.1880s Albumen Photograph of Cadets at Cayuga Lake Military Academy, Aurora, New York
Snapshot photograph of Native American Bacon Rind (c.1860–1932), Osage tribal leader and keeper of traditional customs and costume. The photo depicts Bacon Rind in native..... Read More about Photograph of Native American and Osage Chief Bacon Rind, i.e, Wah-she-hah or...
![Three Real Photo Postcards of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, ca. 1910s.]. Nolte Photographer](/pictures/thumb/3726632_1.jpg?v=1534362431)
Three images, all lettered in the negative: An image of a civic celebration in downtown Lewistown, Pennsylvania. A large Welcome banner can be seen. Lettered..... Read More about Three Real Photo Postcards of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, ca. 1910s
![Americans at Guantanamo:] The Radio Restaurant Rodrigo Rey Doce Propietor [sic] ... Welcome V.S....](/pictures/thumb/3726630_1.jpg?v=1543421160)
An unusual imprint, and an unusual broadside, which serves as both menu and advertisement for Rodrigo Rey Doce’s restaurant, named “The Radio” and offering “Good..... Read More about Americans at Guantanamo:] The Radio Restaurant Rodrigo Rey Doce Propietor [sic] ... Welcome V.S....
![Occupations and Trades:] Constitution and By-Laws of Philanthropic Lodge, No. 15, Independent...](/pictures/thumb/3726619_1.jpg?v=1548263354)
Ephemeral and unrecorded mid-19th century mark publication of the By-Laws and Constitution of a benevolent Pennsylvania fraternal organization. A most interesting section within is between..... Read More about Occupations and Trades:] Constitution and By-Laws of Philanthropic Lodge, No. 15, Independent...
A guide book to introduce Americans in 1904 to all aspects of Ceylon, present-day Sri Lanka, through its exhibits at the St. Louis World’s Fair..... Read More about St. Louis World’s Fair, 1904. Official Handbook of the Ceylon Court. With Maps and Illustrations
![1892 U.S. Presidential Candidate:] An Outline of the Official Life and Public Services of His...](/pictures/thumb/3726535_1.jpg?v=1534362407)
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...... Read More about 1892 U.S. Presidential Candidate:] An Outline of the Official Life and Public Services of His...
![By-Laws of the Star Fire Engine and Hose No. 1, of the Borough of Manheim [Pennsylvania]. Anon](/pictures/thumb/3726510_1.jpg?v=1591818989)
No copies found in OCLC, a 19th-century Manheim, Pennsylvania rarity. At hand, an ephemeral, and possibly unknown publication of the by-laws for the Pennsylvania firefighters..... Read More about By-Laws of the Star Fire Engine and Hose No. 1, of the Borough of Manheim [Pennsylvania
Scarce, immediate post-Civil War-era coal mining prospectus, with only four institutional holdings, for The Consumers’ Mutual Coal Company. It is accompanied by two contemporary circulars..... Read More about The Consumers’ Mutual Coal Company. Capital Stock: 50,000 shares, at $10 per Share, $500,000....
Original editorial cartoon drawing depicting the Tammany Tiger of New York City’s Democratic Party political machine. The political cartoon is signed at the lower left..... Read More about Original 1897 Tammany Tiger Political Cartoon by F.K. Houston
1825 Writ of Injunction by the State of Mississippi’s first chancellor, Joshua G. Clarke, staying the execution of a court judgment. Clarke’s injunction is here..... Read More about The State of Mississippi Superior Court of Chancery, Western District: To Wit. To William...
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..... Read More about 1841 District of Columbia Legal Manuscript re: a Converted Double Barreled Fowling Gun
