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Harrisburg, PA, 1832. Folio sheet, folded to 7-3/4" x 9-1/2". Written on the first page in ink manuscript. Addressed, with Harrisburg postal cancel and "FREE" stamp on final blank to "Honble John C. Bucher Member of the House of Reps Washington". Folded for mailing. Old wax seal with small tear of blank margin where opened. Near Fine. NOTE: We have no doubt that the signature is that of Governor Shunk; however, we are uncertain whether the text is in his hand. There are both similarities and differences in the handwriting. Francis R. Shunk [1788-1848], of Pennsylvania, was its tenth Governor from 1845-1848. His wife, Jane Findlay, was the daughter of former Governor William Findlay. He previously had held a variety of State public offices. Shunk writes as Pennsylvania conducted a marathon contest for the election of U.S. Senator, chosen in those days by the legislature of each State. "The Pennsylvania General Assembly, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, convened on December…
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, DATED AT HARRISBURG, PA., DECEMBER 12, 1832, TO JOHN BUCHER, MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, D.C.: "FRIEND BUCHER, ANOTHER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT WAS MADE TODAY TO ELECT A UNITED STATES SENATOR. THE VOTES - 4 WERE TAKEN, WERE NOT ESSENTIALLY DIFFERENT FROM THOSE GIVEN ON YESTERDAY. WE HAVE NO NEWS./ . . . [signed] FRS. R. SHUNK/ THE CONVENTION ADJOURNED UNTIL TOMORROW.
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM COLONEL HENRY BUEHLER, HARRISBURG, 29 OCTOBER 1842, TO REAH FRAZER OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, REGARDING THE UPCOMING DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION: "THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT OF THE POLICY OF POSTPONING THE JANUARY CONVENTION UNTIL, SAY THE 4 MARCH AND MAKING THE CASE A 'DEMOCRATIC' ONE TO NOMINATE A CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY. IF WE GO ON WITH THE 'BUCHANAN CONVENTION' AS CONTEMPLATED - IT WILL NO DOUBT BE FULL AND RESPECTABLE - ALL WE COULD WISH EXCEPT THAT IT WILL NOT BE LOOKED UPON AS A GENERAL THING AND MAY LEAD TO SIMILAR CALLS AND CONVENTIONS ON THE PART OF THE FRIENDS OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD THIS OPINION ON THE SUBJECT AND NOW FINDING SO MANY OF OUR FRIENDS OF THE SAME WAY OF THINKING WRITE TO ADDRESS YOU ON THE SUBJECT IN ORDER THAT WE MAY KNOW THE VIEWS ENTERTAINED AT HEADQUARTERS. "WOULD IT BE BEST THEN TO CHANGE THE TIME & IF SO WHAT DAY SHALL BE NAMED? "WHO SHALL ACT AND BY WHAT AUTHORITY SHALL THE ANNOUNCEMENT BE MADE AND HOW? "WILL THE CENTRAL STATE COMMI
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Harrisburg, PA, 1842. Folio sheet, folded to 7-3/4" x 9-3/4". [1], [3 blank] pp. Entirely in ink manuscript, integral blank leaf addressed to Col. Reah Frazer, Counsellor at Law, Lancaster, Pa., with Harrisburg postal cancel. Folded for mailing, wax seal stains, several short fold splits [a few repaired archivally, no loss]. Very Good. Henry Buehler [1804-1859], Director of the Harrisburg and Lancaster Railroad, was prominent in Dauphin County coal enterprises. He had been a Commissioner appointed to receive stock subscriptions for the York Haven and Harrisburg Bridge Turnpike Road Company and the Susquehanna & Juniata Bridge Company. He was married to Anna Margaret Wolf, daughter of Gov. George Wolf of Pennsylvania. [Obituary of Henry Buehler in The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Louisiana, 7/3/1859, p.2.] Reah Frazer [1804-1856] was a well known attorney and a leading Democrat in Lancaster County. [Reah Frazer letters, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of…
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM WASHINGTON, 15 FEBRUARY 1827, TO HUGH PEEBLES, CONCERNING WOOL'S MORTGAGE ON REAL ESTATE WHICH PEEBLES WISHES TO SELL
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Single leaf, 7-7/8" x 9-5/8," Old folds, entirely in Wool's hand in neat ink manuscript. Signed at the end, with a flourish, John E. Wool. Very Good. Wool writes that he "has recently been informed that you are about, or have already agreed, to sell your house and lot, on which I presume I have a mortgage, to E. Wilson Esqr. Apprehensive that you may have been induced to the agreement, under the expectation that I should indulge Mr. Wilson in the payment of the mortgage, I conceive it my duty to inform you, that, when Mr. Wilson suggested to me the idea of purchasing the property in anticipation of such indulgence, I expressly stated to him it could not be granted and that I could not consent to any arrangement other than that which existed between you and myself." Wool acknowledges that "the subject is a delicate one, and relates to a family nearly connected with Mrs Wool." After his signature, Wool appends a postscript, stating that he "should be pleased to receive a line from you on the subject of…
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, BY McLEAN AS POSTMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, 8 OCTOBER 1825, TO THE CASHIER OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, INQUIRING ABOUT INFORMATION CONCERNING McLEAN'S PROSECUTION OF "A CHARGE OF ROBBING THE MAIL.
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Washington DC: Post Office Department, 1825. Single page, entirely in ink manuscript, signed at the end, "John McLean." Very Good. Future U.S. Supreme Court Justice McLean settled in Cincinnati, where he became its leading citizen, a Congressman, Judge of the Ohio Supreme Court. President Monroe appointed him Postmaster General; Andrew Jackson elevated him to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1829, on which he served until his death in 1861. He numbered among the dissenters in the Dred Scott case. During the mid-1840s he was mentioned as a Democratic candidate for the Presidency. His Letter reads in full: "I will thank you to inform me, by the return of the mail, if convenient, whether the Bank of the U States has ever issued a note of $100 numbered 6499, and one of $50 numbered 2290. This information may be important in a criminal prosecution against a person, whom I have lately had arrested, on a charge of robbing the mail. I am under the impression that the above numbers were made from the numbers 1499 &…
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM THE U.S. SENATE CHAMBER, 15 DECEMBER 1865, TO AN UNKNOWN RECIPIENT, EXPRESSING "HOPE THAT PAYMASTER BINNEY MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VINDICATE HIMSELF.
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[Washington]: Senate Chamber, 1865. Letter written and signed, "Charles Sumner," in ink script on the first page of a [4] page bifolium. Folded, inner pages blank, docketed in a different hand on the last page. Very Good. "My dear Sir, | I hope that Paymaster Binney may in some way have an opportunity of purging himself from the suspicions under which he has fallen. I know not how this is to be done, & I only ask for justice. | Faithfully yours, | Charles Sumner." Col. Amos Binney [1830-1880] was Chief Paymaster of the United States Army during the Civil War. According to the Alexandria Gazette, Binney was "a paymaster of long standing in the service, being entrusted with several millions of dollars. . . [He] converted three millions of it into seven-thirty bonds and deposited them in the Norfolk and other banks. Complaints being made to the Paymaster General that the bank of Richmond were charging soldiers who had been paid off in these bonds a heavy discount, which resulted in the instant transfer…
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED FROM GOVERNOR JOSEPH VANCE, URBANA [OHIO], JUNE 12TH, 1838, TO HIRAM GRISWOLD, CORRESPONDING SECRETARY OF THE LOCAL WHIG PARTY: "I HAVE DELAYED ANSWERING YOUR FRIENDLY INVITATION TO JOIN THE WHIGS OF STARK CO. ON THE 4TH OF JULY NEXT AT MASSILLON TO CELEBRATE THE ANNIVERSARY OF OUR NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE... I WAS PLEASED TO LEARN FROM MY FRIEND EWING THAT HE WOULD BE WITH YOU, & I HAVE SINCE HEARD THAT GENL. HARRISON HAD ALSO ACCEPTED YOUR INVITATION. - THIS IS AS IT SHOULD BE, AND WILL BE GRATIFYING TO THE CITIZENS OF STARK TO MEET & TAKE BY THE HAND THESE TWO VETERANS OF THE GOOD OLD REPUBLICAN SCHOOL TO WHICH WE ALL PROFESS TO BELONG. THE PRINCIPLES OF THIS SCHOOL AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT & THE PEOPLE ARE ONE, & THAT THIS IS NO SEPARATION OF INTERESTS - BUT OUR GOVERNMENT - OUR PEOPLE - OUR INTEREST & OUR DESTINY. MAKE MY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO THE CITIZENS OF STARK COUNTY FOR THIS MANIFESTATION OF THEIR FRIENDLY COMMENDATION & REGARD AND ACCEPT FOR YOURSELF THE BEST WISHES OF YOUR FRIEND
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Urbana [Ohio], 1838. Large folio leaf, folded to 8" x 12-1/2". [4] pp. Manuscript letter on first page, two center blanks, addressed on final page with postal stamp "Urbana O. Jun. 14" and wax seal remnant. Very Good. Ohio Whigs gathered at a major convention on July 4, 1838, in Massillon. Mid-term elections were approaching during Democratic President Martin Van Buren's presidency. "The Whigs had a splendid celebration at Massillon on the 4th inst. They were honored with the presence of Gen. Harrison and the Hon. Thomas Ewing, both of whom addressed the citizens that day. The Vanites also, had a celebration at that place on the same day... The Massillon Gazette states that the Whigs outnumbered the Locos about two to one. It is said that there were from 8000 to 10,000 persons present at the celebrations." [Huron Reflector, Norwalk, Ohio, July 24, 1838, page 2.] Joseph Vance [1786-1852], an Ohio Whig, was its 13th Governor [1836-1838] and the first Whig to hold that position. His service during…
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED AS UNITED STATES SENATOR, WRITTEN FROM "BOSTON 31ST OCT '71" ASKING AN UNKNOWN RECIPIENT TO PROVIDE HIM WITH SEVERAL LEGISLATIVE BILLS RELATING TO RECONSTRUCTION
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Boston, 1871. Single leaf, folded to [4]pp, bifolium. Each page 5" x 8-1/8." The two leaves separating along the spine. Sumner's signature at the end has an ink smudge partially affecting the "C" in his first name. Because Sumner's handwriting was terrible, we have made a couple of leaps of faith in our translation. Very Good. Sumner [1811-1874] would die in office as a leading Republican Senator devoted to equal rights for Blacks, and to preventing the former Rebels from reversing the results of the War. Thus Sumner sought to diminish their political influence by delaying the return of the Rebel States to full participation in the polity. Writing from his Boston home, he seeks information related to his Reconstruction policies. His note reads, in full: "Please send me " [1] Mr. Harlan's Bill of Dec. '61 on Provg civil Govts for the rebel States. "[2] Mr. Sumner's bill or substitute for Confiscation Bill. April or May '62. "[3] Mr. S___s bill for arming negroes. "Much oblige | Yours truly, |…
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AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED, 7 MAY 1815, AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS
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Folio sheet, folded to [4]pp, all in manuscript. Docketed on page [4]: "Petition of Lawson Clark of Montgomery County. Presented by Archibald Van Horn. Recorded 5 June 1815." The first two pages, plus two lines on the third page, consist of Clark's Petition. Page [3] is Judge Chase's Opinion, signed and written in his hand May 7, 1815. Very Good. Jeremiah Chase was a prominent Maryland jurist, though not as famous [or notorious] as his Federalist cousin, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase. Jeremiah was one of the authors of Maryland's 1776 Constitution, a delegate to the Continental Congress, Mayor of Annapolis, and a Federalist. Here he responds to the petition of Lawson Clark, the surety on William Ward's bond. "A presentment was found against William Ward for setting up & playing at a table called a Faro Table... Process was issued and continued against said Ward until March Term of said court in the year 1814 when the said William Ward was arrested." After he was arrested, Ward was…
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, DATED JAN. 6, 1852, TO COLONEL REAH FRAZER, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA: "DEAR COL., I WISH YOU WOULD SEND MR. CASS A COPY OF THE INTELLIGENCER OF TODAY, WITH THE ARTICLE MARKED, WHICH REFERS TO THE OCTOBER ELECTIONS. "I SHALL SEE A NUMBER OF PERSONS AT BAINBRIDGE TOMORROW, ATTENDING --- SALE, AND WILL DO ALL I CAN. "WE MUST FIGHT ON TILL THE END. | TRULY YOURS | SIMON CAMERON "COL. FRAZER
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[Middletown, PA?], 1852. Folio sheet, folded to 7-1/2" x 9-3/4". Written on the first page in ink manuscript. Docketed on final blank, "Gen. S. Cameron Jany. 6/9 1852, Ansd. Jany 9th"; addressed to "Col. R. Frazer, Lancaster, Pa." Folded for mailing, stamped "PAID 3" with faint circular postal cancel of Middletown and free frank "paid." Old wax seal and folds for mailing. Near Fine. Gen. Simon Cameron [1799-1889] of Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was a Democrat and Know-Nothing before becoming a Republican in 1856. Noted for his corrupt dealings and as a political chameleon, he was a U.S. Senator from 1845-1849, 1857-1861, and 1867-1877; and Secretary of War from 1861-1862, when Lincoln exiled him to Moscow as Minister to Russia. Reah Frazer [1804-1856] was a well known attorney and prominent member of the Democratic Party in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. His father, William C. Frazer [1776-1838], was a Lancaster attorney and served as a Supreme Court Judge in Wisconsin territory for a…
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, 12 MAY 1841, TO JOHN BELL, SECRETARY OF WAR, RECOMMENDING A FRIEND'S SON FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO WEST POINT OR AS A MIDSHIPMAN
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Charleston, S.C., 1841. [2] pp, entirely in ink manuscript. Boldly signed, "H.S. Legare, on the sixth line of page [2]. Early tape at the blank left edge. Very Good. Legare was a great South Carolina lawyer, State Attorney General, and legislator. Though a State Rights man, he opposed Calhoun-style Nullification. His correspondent, John Bell, was President Harrison's Secretary of War, and thus responsible for military appointments. Like Harrison, Bell was a Whig-- but formerly a Democrat-- who was rewarded with the Cabinet appointment for his support of the Harrison-Tyler ticket in 1840. Harrison died on April 4, 1841; Bell remained as President Tyler's Secretary of War, but would resign in September after Tyler broke with the Whigs on the crucial issues of tariffs and the National Bank. Legare's Letter is as follows: "The object of these lines is to present to you & to recommend to your kindest consideration Dr. Wilkinson of this city, who wishes to obtain for a son a place at West Point, or a…
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED BY CLARKSON, 17 JANUARY 1811 FROM LONDON, TO WILLIAM FREND, DISCUSSING DR. WILLIAM DICKSON'S UPCOMING PUBLICATION ABOUT SLAVERY: "MY FRIEND, AND OLD FELLOW-LABOURER, DR. DICKSON IS GOING TO PUBLISH A WORK, NOT ONLY SHEWING HOW SLAVES MAY BE GRADUALLY BROUGHT FROM A STATE OF SLAVERY TO FREEDOM, BUT ALSO THAT THE PURCHASE OF NEW NEGROES IS ALWAYS ATTENDED WITH LOSS. THIS LATTER PROPOSITION, IF REDUCED TO AN AXIOM, WOULD HAVE ITS MIGHT, AND HE IS THEREFORE VERY DESIROUS, THAT YOU, AS AN ABLE MATHEMATICIAN, SHOULD GIVE HIM ABOUT 3 HOURS [IT WILL REQUIRE NO MORE] TO INVESTIGATE IN YOUR OWN CLOSET HIS NEW THEOREM. I HAVE NO DOUBT, FROM THE GREAT INTEREST YOU HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN IN THIS GREAT QUESTION, THAT YOU WILL MOST READILY COMPLY WITH DR. DICKSON'S REQUEST. WHEN I COME TO TOWN IN MAY, I WILL CALL UPON YOU. YOURS TRULY, T. CLARKSON
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London, 1811. One page, 7" x 9," written on recto in neat ink manuscript. With a four-line ink manuscript note on verso, signed by the activist Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan: "This letter was addressed to my father William Frend who had worked with Thomas Clarkson some years before for the Abolition of Negro Slavery." Chained paper with watermark "PP." Minor toning and edgewear. Very Good plus. [offered with] Stipple engraving, portrait of Thomas Clarkson. [Fisher, Son & Co., London & Paris, 1836. Painted by S. Lane. Engraved by J. Cochran.] 5-1/4" x 7-3/4". Clarkson is seated in a chair, body angled to the left, facing forward. Wears formal attire with ruffled cravat, holding a feather pen in one hand. Printed on heavy stock with facsimile signature below portrait. Light toning and foxing. Very Good. National Portrait Gallery, NPG D2085. Thomas Clarkson [1760-1846] was the tireless Englishman who campaigned for the abolition of the slave trade and slavery. He was vice-president of the Anti-Slavery…
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED AND UNDATED TO MR. JAMES TREMBLE, PHILADELPHIA: DEAR SIR| IF IT WILL NOT BE GIVING YOU TOO MUCH TROUBLE YOU WILL OBLIGE ME VERY MUCH IN CARYING THE BUSINESS OF OBTAINING AN ORDER FOR PAYMENT OF SALLARY FROM THE FIRST OF JANUARY TO THE PRESENT TIME OR WHATEVER PERIOD THE CUSTOMS OF THE OFFICE HAVE ESTABLISHED. I SHALL BE IN THE CITY IN TWO OR THREE DAYS BUT CAN MAKE NO STAY. YOUR COMPLIANCE THEREFORE WITH THE ABOVE REQUEST WILL GREATLY OBLIGE YOUR SINCERE FRIEND & VERY HUMBLE SEVT. BENJN. RITTENHOUSE
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5.5" x 7.5", in ink manuscript. Age toned, light dampstaining. Old folds, wax seal remnants on verso, small tears at top and bottom edges where seal was broken [no text loss]. A few short closed tears at edges [repaired with archival tape on verso]. Good. Benjamin Rittenhouse (1740-1825), a Pennsylvania native, was a master clock and compass craftsman. According to the Smithsonian Museum of American History, he became "the most prolific compass maker working in America in the late 18th century." He was the younger brother of David Rittenhouse, a renowned astronomer, inventor and maker of scientific instruments, and most likely learned his craft from him. A Captain in the American Revolution, he was chosen to establish a gun lock factory to supply the American forces in that War. He also served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Assembly, and Associate Judge of Montgomery County. [Bud Uzes, Francois D., "The Brothers Rittenhouse." GIS Literature Database, University of Maine.] James Trimble…
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np, nd. Card stock, oblong 5-1/4" x 2-7/8." Fine. "During the American Civil War he upheld the cause of the North and opposed slavery, and his sermon on the death of Abraham Lincoln was an eloquent expression of the character of both men. His sermon at Harvard's commemoration of the Civil War dead in 1865 likewise attracted attention nationwide.[3] In 1869 he became rector of Trinity Church, Boston" [Wikipedia].
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM CONNECTICUT CONGRESSMAN INGERSOLL, TO RICHARD SMITH, CASHIER OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES AT WASHINGTON, MAY 25, 1830, EXPLAINING THAT A TEN DOLLAR OVERDRAFT WAS THE RESULT OF BANK ERROR
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[1] page, twenty lines of manuscript. Reinforced and spotted at inner edge, else Very Good. Born in New Haven, Ingersoll attended Yale and practiced law in New Haven. He became Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives and then was elected to Congress in 1824 as a Democrat. He served thus until 1833, generally supporting Jacksonian measures. Here he exonerates himself from blame for the overdraft, and explains the bank's error. President Polk appointed Ingersoll Minister to Russia in 1846. In the final act of his political career he became Mayor of New Haven in 1851, and then returned to private practice.
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED "T. PICKERING," TO JAMES CAUSTEN, CONCERNING CAUSTEN'S WORK ON FRENCH SPOLIATION CLAIMS, FROM SALEM, 8 DECEMBER 1824
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Salem, MA, 1824. Bifolium, folded to [4] pp. Letter on first page, interior pages blank, addressed, with Salem postal cancel, to "James H. Causten Esqr. | Baltimore." Old folds, tear without text loss from removing the red seal [a remnant of which remains]. Expert reinforcement on blank verso of portion of top edge. Very Good. Historians have not treated the Federalist Pickering well. He "proved to be malign" in the Administrations of Washington and John Adams [Flexner, 'Washington The Indispensable Man' 325]. "A stony-faced Puritan with hawk eyes" [id.], he was responsible for the removal of Washington's old friend Edmund Randolph as Secretary of State. He succeeded Randolph in that office as "a bitter and uncompromising Federalist. The French Revolution filled him with dread and loathing" [DAB]. Thanks to Garry Wills, however, Pickering's reputation has begun an uptick, particularly for his opposition to Thomas Jefferson's efforts to expand the power of the South and Slavery. See, Wills: "Negro…
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED FROM "HD. QTRS FORCES MIDDLE TENN. NOV. 23RD" [1862]. LT. COL. BUCKNER, GENERAL JOHN BRECKINRIDGE'S AAG, URGES BRIGADIER GENERAL AND CHIEF OF CAVALRY JOSEPH WHEELER TO "SO ARRANGE IT THAT COURIERS MAY ARRIVE EITHER BEFORE 12 M. OR AFTER DAY LIGHT. WE ARE SO SITUATED THAT EVERY ONE IN THE HOUSE IS AROUSED BY ANY COURIER THAT ARRIVES IN THE NIGHT. OF COURSE WHEN PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT SEND THEM AT ANY HOUR.
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Middle Tennessee, 1862. Single sheet, written on recto in ink and signed "John A. Buckner, AAG." Docketed on verso, "Refers to Couriers & Blank Paroles." Very Good. Buckner sweetens his criticism of Wheeler by thanking him "for your kindness in sending late papers. We have quite a feast when they arrive." Buckner also requests Wheeler to send him some "blank Paroles today if any can be obtained from the Commandant of the Post." John Alexander Buckner [1832-1903], born in Kentucky, graduated from Centre College in 1852, studied theology at Princeton and later at Union Theological Seminary, was a missionary in Brazil until 1856, and settled in Carroll Parish, Louisiana, where he became a successful plantation owner. Buckner enlisted in September, 1861, as Captain, Company A, 8th Kentucky Confederate Regiment. In July 1862 he was appointed Assistant Adjutant General under General John Breckinridge. He also fought under his relative and future Governor of Kentucky Col. Simon Bolivar Buckner.…
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, TO REVEREND BENJAMIN LORD, FROM BOSTON, 15 SEPTEMBER 1742
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Boston, 1742. Single leaf, entirely in neat, legible ink manuscript. Signed at the end, "Your obliged & affectionate Bro. Thomas Foxcroft." Some early archival repairs, expertly repaired closed tear, none affecting the text. Light dusting and soil. Good+. Foxcroft, Pastor of the Old Church in Boston, "was learned, devout, and a good logician, and was admired both for his talents and for the elegance of his manners" [Appleton's]. He was also a fan of the Great Awakening, a friend of Jonathan Edwards, and an opponent of the cold rationalism of much of New England theology. Lord had asked Foxcroft to review a Sermon which Lord had delivered and wished to publish. It would be printed later in 1742 under the title, "Believers in Christ, only, the true children of God, and born of Him alone. A discourse delivered at the Old Church in Boston, Lord's-Day, June 27. 1742. And publish'd at the desire of some of the hearers, with enlargements. By Benjamin Lord, A.M. Pastor of a church in Norwich. With a preface…
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY A COMMITTEE REPRESENTING NEW YORK CITY AUCTIONEERS, TO T.K. JONES & CO., A PROMINENT BOSTON AUCTION FIRM, SEEKING ITS AID IN LOBBYING AGAINST LEGISLATION TAXING AUCTION SALES: "NEW YORK 19 DEC. 1817| MESSRS. T.K. JONES & CO.| THE ABROGATION OF THE LAW TOUCHING INTERNAL TAXES & WITH IT THE DUTY OF TWO PER CENT ON SALES BY AUCTION MUST BE A SUBJECT OF CONGRATULATION TO EVERY ONE INTERESTED IN AUCTION SALES. BUT SERIOUS APPREHENSION IS ENTERTAINED OF A NEW BILL ORIGINATING WITH THE SAME COMMITTEE THAT RECOMMENDED ITS REPEAL. THE DUTY IT IS SAID IS TO BE COLLECTED THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE CUSTOM HOUSE & FROM THAT DEPARTMENT THE AUCTIONEERS ARE TO DERIVE THEIR AUTHORITY, PARTICULARLY WHERE STATE REGULATIONS DO NOT INTERFERE TO THE CONTRARY: THIS IS A NEW PROJECT NOW BEFORE THE SAID COMMITTEE. IN SUPPORT OF THIS POSITION THE "MERCHANTS & TRADERS" HAVE IN CIRCULATION FOR SIGNATURES, A MEMORIAL OF SOME LENGTH & A GOOD DEAL OF ABILITY WHICH IS TO BE FORWARDED TO CONGRESS, IF NOT ALREADY DON
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New York, 1817. Folio leaf folded to 7 1/4" x 9". [2], [1 blank], [1-address] pp. Light tanning, old folds, small tear at main fold from opening wax seal [most letters of the word 'Baltimore' are lost], small 2" x 3" rectangle cut from blank leaf [no text loss]. Addressed on final page with red date stamp "NEW YORK DEC 19." Paper watermarked "1812." Signed in ink by Martin Hoffman, Philip Hone and David Dunham. Good+ to Very Good. Three men representing four New York City auction houses write to Boston auctioneer T.K. Jones & Co., seeking its aid in avoiding duties on auction sales. The signers-- Martin Hoffman, Philip Hone, and David Dunham-- are a "Committee of Correspondence" in contact with "our Brethren" in Providence, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. Auction houses and established retail merchants were, in many respects, competitors. Merchants resented auctioneers' disruption of their retail markets; auctioneers, on the other hand, argued that they contributed to market efficiency and hence the…
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO GENERAL GIDEON J. PILLOW, FROM CAPT. J.L. WHITE OF WHITE HALL, ABBE[VILLE] DISTRICT S.C., AND LIEUT. WILLIAM JAY, 29 APRIL 1863, CONCERNING EFFORTS TO ROUND UP ABSENTEES FROM THE CONFEDERATE ARMY AFTER THE BATTLE OF MURFREESBORO
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Single lined leaf, 8" x 12." Written in ink manuscript on recto; docketed on verso, adding names and addresses of Captain White and Lieutenant Jay. Signed in ink, "J.L. White Capt. Co. H 19th SC Regt."; and "Wm Jay Lieut Co H 19th SC Regt." Browned, Very Good. The Letter reflects Pillow's demotion to recruiting assignments after his dismal performance in battle in 1862 and early 1863. "According to Who Was Who in the Civil War, Gideon Johnson Pillow was one of the most reprehensible men ever to wear the three stars and wreath of a Confederate general. It was reported that during the January 2, 1863 Battle of Stones River, Pillow hid behind a tree instead of leading his men into the fray" [American Battlefield Trust online article on Pillow]. Pillow's military career never recovered. "Removed from combat duty, he worked mainly in recruiting assignments through the remainder of the war" [Wikipedia article on Pillow]. This Letter reads: "General, "I and Lieut Jay being from the same state and each of…
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, ON PLAIN LINED PAPER, TO E.B. FRENCH, DATED AT HAMPDEN [MAINE], AUGUST 19, 1861, ASKING FOR HELP IN SECURING A CAPTAIN'S COMMISSION FOR J.C. PETERSON: "I DESIRE TO ASK A PERSONAL FAVOR OF YOU. IT IS FOR YOU TO SEE THE SECY OR AST SECY OF WAR, FOR ME, IN THE CASE I WILL STATE, AND YOU WILL SUBMIT THIS LETTER TO THE SECY. I FEAR IF I WRITE AN ORDINARY LETTER, IT MAY BE OVERLOOKED IN THE PRESS OF BUSINESS AND HENCE I ASK YOUR IMMEDIATE PERSONAL ATTENTION TO IT. "I INTENDED TO RECOMMEND J.C. PETERSON, A NATIVE OF N.Y. BUT NOW A PHYSICIAN AT ST. JOHN N.B. FOR A CAPT IN THE ARMY. I SUPPOSED I DID SO, BUT J.C. PATTERSON - NOT PETERSON, HAS BEEN NOMINATED & CONFIRMED A CAPT. THERE IS NO SUCH MAN. THERE MUST THEREFORE BE A VACANCY IN THAT PLACE OF CAPT. AS THERE IS NO J.C. PATTERSON TO ACCEPT. HENCE I SUPPOSE J.C. PETERSON CAN BE APPOINTED AND COMMISSIONED TO SUPPLY THAT VACANCY, AND HIS NOMINATION SENT TO THE SENATE AT THE NEXT SESSION. I WANT IT DONE AT ONCE BECAUSE I INFORMED PETERSON THAT
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5" x 8". Laid into a crude mat. Recto is glued to the mat, which is cut to expose the areas of text and to cover the blank areas. Some light glue stains [not affecting legibility]. Except for the choice of matting, Very Good. Vice President Hamlin's Letter suggests the impotence of his office. Writing from his home or law office in Hampden, he appeals for help from his fellow Maine politician E.B. French. French had just completed his term in Congress; President Lincoln appointed him Second Auditor of the Treasury on August 3, 1861. Hamlin is anxious to correct the bureaucratic snafu for which, at least in part, he seems to blame himself. These efforts would prove successful: Executive Proceedings of the Senate show J.C. Peterson's name on a list, proposed by the Secretary of War, for appointment as Captain of the Fifteenth Regiment of infantry as of August 5, 1861; Lincoln officially nominated all those on the list on December 6, 1861; and Peterson was among the appointees receiving the Senate's…
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