Rachel. A Play in Three Acts.
Angelina W. Grimké (1880–1958) was an African-American female poet and reclusive celibate lesbian who was born into the noted biracial Grimké family, with its strong..... Read More about Rachel. A Play in Three Acts
Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera and so on: Selections from our inventory that we either find interesting, unusual, amusing or significant.
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Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera and so on: Selections from our inventory that we either find interesting, unusual, amusing or significant.
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![War I Say [caption title of Spanish-American War-Era Uncle Sam Painting]. Anon](/pictures/thumb/3728902_1.jpg?v=1572374122)
War I Say [caption title of Spanish-American War-Era Uncle Sam Painting].
Gouache painting ca. 1898 showing Uncle Sam declaring War against Spain, i.e. The Spanish-American War. American war vessels with large gun emplacements, and tall smokestacks..... Read More about War I Say [caption title of Spanish-American War-Era Uncle Sam Painting
The Intent of Capital Punishment. A Discourse Delivered in the City of New-Haven, October 20, 1790. Being the Day of the Execution of Joseph Mountain, for a Rape.
Rare. Early Republic sermon concerning Joseph Mountain, an escaped enslaved African American executed for the capital crime of raping a young white girl. An estimated..... Read More about The Intent of Capital Punishment. A Discourse Delivered in the City of New-Haven, October 20,...
On Two Hemispheres: Bits from the Life Story of Lewis G. Jordan, as Told by Himself.
Scarce. Autobiography of Lewis Garnett Jordan (1853–1939) which describes his life of enslavement before the War and just after. Born in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, Jordan’s..... Read More about On Two Hemispheres: Bits from the Life Story of Lewis G. Jordan, as Told by Himself
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[Labor Strikes against Black Americans] Notice to all employees of Philadelphia Transportation Company. The Army Can Wait No Longer… [opening lines of broadside]
Unrecorded World War II military directive issued to employees of the Philadelphia Transportation Company on strike in protest against Black employees taking on non-menial jobs..... Read More about Labor Strikes against Black Americans] Notice to all employees of Philadelphia Transportation...
Rose Coghlan as Jocelyn. [chromolithographic theatrical poster for a burlesque player and leading actress in a cross-dressing role]
Brilliant poster for Rose Coghlan (1851–1932), Gilded Age burlesque player and leading actress, here in a female-to-male cross-dressing role in the romantic play Jocelyn set..... Read More about Rose Coghlan as Jocelyn. [chromolithographic theatrical poster for a burlesque player and leading...
Return of the Whole Number of Persons within the Several Districts of the United States: According to “An Act Providing for the Second Census or Enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States,” passed February the Twenty Eighth, One Thousand Eight Hundred.
Octavo edition of the Second Federal Census, a foundational building block in the maintenance and coordination of Federal powers. The American population in 1800 was..... Read More about Return of the Whole Number of Persons within the Several Districts of the United States:...
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