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Civil War Newberry J. S.
REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF THE TROOPS AND THE OPERATIONS OF THE SANITARY COMMISSION in the Valley of the Mississippi for the Three Months Ending Nov. 30 1861
NP: Sanitary Commission 1861. First edition Sanitary Commission No. 36 another 1861 edition was issued in Cleveland. 8vo. 40 pp. The Sanitary Commission was a private relief agency created by the U. S. Government in July 1861 "to assist in the care of sick and wounded soldiers and their dependent families" Dictionary of American History. OCLC locates five copies New York Historical Society Massachusetts Historical Society Cincinnati Historical Library American Antiquarian Society American Philosophical Society. Very good untrimmed and unopened copy. Original self-wrappers. 10777. <br/><br/> Sanitary Commission unknown books
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Civil War Patton Rev. W. W. and R. N. Isham MD. M. D.
REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF CAMPS AND HOSPITALS at Cairo and Vicinity Paducah and St. Louis
Chicago IL: Sanitary Commission 1861. First edition Sanitary Commission No. 38 another 1861 edition was printed in Chicago. 8vo. 11 1 pp. The Sanitary Commission was a private relief agency created by the U. S. Government in July 1861 "to assist in the care of sick and wounded soldiers and their dependent families" Dictionary of American History. OCLC locates four copies New York Historical Society Massachusetts Historical Society Cincinnati Historical Library Harvard. Very good untrimmed and unopened copy. Original self-wrappers. 10778. <br/><br/> Sanitary Commission unknown books
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MILITARY OPERATIONS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY VIRGINIA AND WEST VA. 1861-1865
NP: Published by Authority of Jefferson County Camp U.C.V.; copyrighted by Sam M. Hendricks Shepherdstown W.Va 1911. First edition. 23 cm. 42pp. index and a map. original grey cloth with gilt stamping on front cover. <br/><br/> Published by Authority of Jefferson County Camp U.C.V.; copyrighted by Sam M. Hendricks, Shepherdstown, W.Va hardcover books
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Civil War. Illinois
ROCKFORD REGISTER. Extra. Rockford April 3 4 P.M. CAPTURE OF RICHMOND CONFIRMED! PETERSBURG EVACUATED! Caption title in six lines
Rockford IL 1865. Broadside 22 X 8 cm. with small illustration of an eagle & flag motif under the "Rockford Register" line. A few shallow chips at edges not affecting text. The "extra" announces: "We have just received the following additional despatches confirming the glorious news of the fall of Richmond. Lee is in full flight. The End Cometh." Following with a Buffalo April 3 dateline are further dispatches from the Secretary of War. At the time there was a Rockford Illinois paper called the Register. We did not find any other possibilities. No OCLC. <br/><br/> Rockford, [IL unknown books
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Moultrie William 1730 1805; Revolutionary War major general Governor of South Carolina 1785 1787 and 1792 1794
GRANTING A PARCEL OF 1000 ACRES IN THE CAMDEN DISTRICT S.C. situated along Granys Quarter Creek an abutting property owned by Gen. Thomas Sumter to Robert Brodie of Charleston as recorded in a partly printed document completed in manuscript 26 July 1793 and signed by William Moultrie as Governor of South Carolina
Columbia SC 1794. Partly printed document completed in manuscript 11 1/8 x 15 1/2 inches describing the parcel of land; attached to that document with a cloth tie is another partly printed document completed in manuscript and signed by the Surveyor General of South Carolina Francis Bremar September 10 1794 and countersigned by the Deputy Surveyor William Sims and with a manuscript map of the parcel of land on the top half of the document. Accompanying the two documents each of which has docketing on the verso is the original clay state seal though worn cracked and in three pieces. The verso of the land survey document bears the signature "Col. Wade Hampton Jr." Offset from the seal but complete with the manuscript map and clay seal. Both documents folded some breaks along a central fold taking a bit of several letters but not affecting the sense. 10515. Moultrie began his military career in the Anglo-Cherokee War of 1761; as colonel and commander of the 2nd S.C. Regiment in 1776 he successfully defended the fort named for him which was located at the entrance of Charleston Harbor from attack by a British fleet delaying British occupation of that city by four years. Bremar served as Deputy Surveyor General of S.C. in the 1760s and was named Surveyor General in 1788. <br/><br/> hardcover books
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Clark Henry T. 1808 1874; Civil War Governor of North Carolina 1861 1862
COMMISSIONING ANDREW A. HILL OF IREDELL COUNTY a "First Lieutenant in the USeventh Infantry North Carolina Troops" to rank 10 January 1862 a partly printed document signed by Clark as Governor of North Carolina and with the embossed seal of the state
Raleigh NC 1862. Folio. One page countersigned by Pulaski Cowper the governor's private secretary. Henry Clark 1808-1874 a native of Tarboro gradated from U.N.C. in 1826 and read law before taking over the management of his father's plantation and other business affairs in the early 1830s entering politics with election to the state senate in 1850 rising to the speakership and taking over as governor when John Ellis died in 1861 preparing the state for war during his year in office Zebulon Vance became governor in September 1862. Pulaski Cowper 1832-1901 a native of Murfreesboro graduated from U.N.C. read law and practiced with Thomas Bragg and served as Bragg's private secretary when he was elected governor in 1855 returning to that position when Clark assumed the post in 1861. Andrew A. Hill a native of Iredell County and a student as the war began served as commander of Co. G 7th N.C. leading it through battles in 1862 and 1863 until wounded twice during Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg never fully recovering and being discharged on permanent disability in early 1865. Very good. Folded. 10313. <br/><br/> unknown books
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Robertson William B. 1814 1884; Civil War era Baton Rouge Louisiana lawyer and judge
Five items from Robertson's estate papers: 1 an 1866 letter from his son William B. Robertson Jr. concerning the possible poisoning of another son Tom; 2 an 1867 manuscript document worn concerning Judge Robertson and the seizure of some property; 3 an 1868 letter from W.B. Chamberlain to Robertson concerning property assessments in Baton Rouge and the "scallawag" in charge of the procedure; 4 an 1884 "true copy" of a manuscript tribute to the memory of Judge Robertson; and 5 an 1887 invitation to Robertson's son to celebrate a "wooden" anniversary printed on simulated bark paper and mailed in a similar envelope
Baton Rouge LA 1886. Estate papers. Folio 4to and 12mo. Eight pages of manuscript plus the invitation. One of the manuscript items is quite worn otherwise a very good lot. #5567. <br/><br/> unknown books
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Merritt Wesley 1834 1910; Major General of Union cavalry by the end of the Civil War prominent cavalry commander during the In
Abraham Lincoln manuscript caption title for a tribute to the Civil War president written at Fort Laramie Wyoming Territory 28 March 1882 signed at the end by the author "W. Merritt / Colonel Fifth Cavalry / B't Maj. Gen'l. / U.S. Army"
Fort Laramie WT 1882. 4to. Three pages approximately 275 words in part: "There is not to my mind outside of Divine Writ so convincing an evidence of the immortality of the soul as is furnished by the growth and development of the mind and character of this greatest of American Presidents to meet the exigencies of the direction and control of a great Revolution on the successful issue of which depended the happiness of one fifth of the world . as his career differed from that of the other heroes of history in that he lived and strove for reforms that would benefit mankind though his own life should be the price in so far is Abraham Lincoln the greatest of Reformers the noblest of Patriots the ablest of men." This essay was published along with other tributes to Abraham Lincoln in The Lincoln Memorial NY 1882. Very good. Folded. #6317. Wesley Merritt graduated from West Point in 1860 serving briefly in the West before returning east for Civil War service in the Union cavalry attached to the Army of the Potomac participating in its major campaigns and battles through Appomattox ending the war commanding a division as a Major General. Following the war he commanded the 9th Cavalry in Texas for eight years; promoted to colonel in 1876 he took command of the 5th Cavalry in Wyoming participating in the Custer campaign and other actions against the Indians and serving in that capacity until 1882 when he was appointed to a five-year posting as superintendent of West Point. He commanded the 1898 expedition to the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. <br/><br/> unknown books
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Lincoln Benjamin 1733 1810; Revolutionary War soldier
APPOINTING A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE WORCESTER MILITIA IN APRIL 1776 a partly printed document completed in manuscript 4 April 1776 and signed by Lincoln and 15 other members of the "Council of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England."
Oblong double-folio 13 x 17 inches seal affixed; docketed on verso. Several small breaks at corner folds corner torn away just touching the docketing. A very good copy. In this document Jonathan Tucker was appointed second lieutenant of a company in the 5th Regiment of Militia in Worcester County. In the following month Lincoln was named Major General of all the Massachusetts state militia; he was given command of the southern department in 1778 and after his capture and exchange was with Washington at Yorktown where he was chosen to receive Cornwallis's sword. Other members of the council who signed this document include Perez Morton James Otis Benjamin Greenleaf Caleb Cushing John Winthrop Joseph Gerrish John Whetcomb Elias Taylor Michael Farley Joseph Palmer Moses Gill Samuel Holton B. White Charles Chauncey and John Taylor. <br/><br/> unknown books
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Civil War Union Correspondence WHITE Isaac
Discussing the politics of the war in an autograph letter signed 12 February 1863 at "Camp near Falmouth Va." to a friend John Vrooman in Herkimer County New York
8vo. 4 pages approximately 450 words. Fighting with the 34th New York Infantry White asks "don't you think it is all for the nigers sic I think it is and I am played out fiting sic for the damn nigers . unless we get McClellan back we shall lose our glorious union." Folded with mailing envelope. <br/><br/> unknown books
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LYON. RUSSELL Alex A. 1845 ca1930; Missouri soldier in the Civil War a. 19
Describing the Battle of Wilson's Creek and his participation there including an eye-witness account of the death of General Nathaniel Lyon in an autograph letter signed 5 March 1925 from the Kansas National Military Home to Jeannette Trowbridge of Eastford Connecticut
1925. Folio. Eight pages approximately 2750 words; accompanied by another autograph letter from Russell to Trowbridge 14 March 1925; 4to four pages approximately 750 words with more information on the political situation in Missouri on the eve of war and an autograph transcription by Russell of the long poem "The Battle of Wilson's Creek August 10 1861" folio two pages with his own commentary on the poem. Folded. Insect damage to the poem and first leaf of the longer letter resulting in the loss of a number of letters but quite legible throughout. 813. Russell a native of St. Louis enlisted under Lincoln's first call for troops and served in a Missouri regiment through the summer of 1864. Following an outline of sectional struggle from 1820 and early events of the war given in the first half of the longer letter Russell describes the events of the Wilson's Creek Campaign and then his own eyewitness to history: "The Kansas boys like ourselves were resting when all at once the rebels crept up the hill to the top of the crest opened a tremendous fire right into the Iowa boys and our regiment but we went at them anyway and a hand to hand struggle began . My Captain Cary Gratz was killed . I was wounded four times and the Kansas boys were holding their own. Capt. Lyon had been hit twice once a scratch along the forehead and a light superficial wound in the knee. I was carried down the hill and placed on the hill side opposite the line of battle the valley being merely a hollow. I had a good view of the fight as it went on. My first attention was attracted to my right as I lay there and watched Capt. Lyon trying to rally the Iowa boys who were in a panic their Colonel had been killed and although the Kansas boys had saved them Capt. Lyon was rallying them into formation to use as they were then near the front. All at once I saw him rear off that dople sic gray horse and fall to the ground. Maj. Schofield also ran to his side a messenger sent for our surgeon Dr. Comyns . Capt. Lyon was carried down the hill he was shot nearly half way up from the hollow to the battle lines. The bullet had struck him squarely in the breast and had gone through his hear and he had lost the pleasure of seeing the victory his indomitable courage had won."_The Confederates commanded by Gen. Sterling Price made another assault following the death of Lyon but Samuel Sturgis rallied the Union troops and the Federal lines held. Sturgis then left the field toward Springfield and the Confederates did not pursue him. "The campaign marked the beginning of the war in Missouri and the trans-Mississippi. Afterward the Federal army withdrew to rolla Missouri leaving the Southerners in possession of most of the southwestern region of the state" "Encyclopedia of the Confederacy"._Lyon 1818-1861 a Connecticut native graduated from West Point in 1841 served in the Mexican War and on the western frontier most of the time to the eve of Civil War in "Bleeding Kansas" becoming involved in the political issue of slavery in the territories. Appointed brigadier general in May 1861 to command the Union forces in St. Louis he also led discussions with Confederate sympathizers on Missouri's position in the union; when compromise failed he launched his first military campaign which culminated in his death at Wilson's Creek. "The entire north mourned his death and he immediately became a national hero and martyr . his brilliant work had done much to hold Missouri for the Union" DAB. <br/><br/> unknown books
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Civil War Union Correspondence PRICE Robert
Describing surroundings in an autograph letter signed 5 February 1862 from Meridian Hill Washington D.C. to his "Dear friends."
8vo. 3 pages approximately 225 words. "We have a nice view of the city and of the ever flowing waters of the Potomac and of the Capitol of the United States and of the President's house." Red and blue patriotic letterhead a flowing American flag and eagle "The Star Spangled Banner Must Be upheld." Folded. Very good. <br/><br/> unknown books
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Civil War Union Correspondence WILEY G. Harper
Concern from home as recorded in a pair of autograph letters signed 3 July and 22 August 1862 from Springwater New York to a brother in the field in Virginia
8vo. 7 pages approximately 1100 words. "We are feeling very anxious at present about affairs at Richmond. We can get nothing definite in regard to the fighting . they must prepare for a long and bloody war . later we hear the rebels are moving upon Pope with their whole army." Folded for mailing. Very good. For the pair <br/><br/> unknown books
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CIVIL WAR
Ordering "first" class passage from New York to Hilton Head S.C.
in a partly printed document 8 x 5 inches completed in manuscript and signed 31 December 1864 by D.W Dyer a captain in the New York Quartermaster's Office on behalf of Quartermaster General Van Vliet. Passage on the U.S. Transport Arago was to be provided for W.D.N. Barnard. Folded; small chip in lower edge small hole in margin but very good. <br/><br/> unknown books
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BURKE Aedanus 1743 1802; Revolutionary War officer US. Congressman from South Carolina 1789 1791 state judge and Isaac Huger
Serving a "plea for trespass" in this case for an indebtedness of fifty pounds sterling owed Keating and James Simons by one Joseph Flann as recorded in a partly printed document completed in a clerk's hand and signed by Burke as a state judge and Huger as sheriff 15 March 1785
Oblong 4to. 1 page seal intact; docketed on verso. Burke and Huger each had prominent associations with the South Carolina branch of the Society of Cincinnati Huger serving as first vice-president and Burke publishing a widely circulated pamphlet warning that the organization would widen the division between "the patricians and the rabble." Folded; some browning but very good. <br/><br/> unknown books
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BRAZOS MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Brazos Texas 1864. Manuscript fieldnotes of a land survey made for the company. Single sheet. Small hand drawn map 3 by 3 in. in corner. This was a late attempt by the confederates to start a wool factory to manufacture confederate uniforms. <br/><br/> unknown books
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Civil War Union Correspondence HOOR Edward
No News of any importance" in an autograph letter signed 21 March 1862 from Camp Tenaly D.C. to his father
8vo. 3 pages approximately 200 words. "We had a wild goose chase over in to Virginia . when the rebels heard of our army moving they evacuated Manassas." Folded. Very good. <br/><br/> unknown books
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Civil War Union Correspondence PEARSE HC. H. C.
Commenting on the progress of the Second Battle of Bull Run and Lee's ensuing invasion of Maryland in two autograph letters signed 30 August and 7 September 1862 from Washington D.C. to "Dear Brother."
8vo. 8 pages approximately 1750 words. "There has been very heavy cannonading all day above here. I should judge it may pssibly be as far off as Centerville actually Manassas although the report is that they are fighting at the chain bridge . I saw a long line of troops passing on the west boundary of our farm & thought they must be forming into lines of battle O the cannonading is truly awful just now . the battle is so furiously raging constant roar of heavy guns still . if they have any reflection they must feel that they are marching on to sure death . I expect Pope is battling with the rebels. Jackson is between him and us . "August 31 You doubtless have hear the news the glorious news that the enemy are driven & that Jackson & his army are taken. I do hope it's so . later Sept. 7 "startling news this morning of the rebels having taken Frederick & crossed the river in large numbers . believe me if worse comes to worst I could use a gun in the cause with a good heart . I do wish we had a Jackson in our army; he has brains & activity both." For the pair <br/><br/> unknown books
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CIVIL WAR UNION CORRESPONDENCE HENRY RW. R. W.
Reporting from the front at Atlanta just before its fall in an autograph letter signed 12 July 1864 from Chattahoochee Valley Ga. to his wife in Ontario County New York
Folio. 4 pages approximately 600 words. "Atlanta: we can see in the distance her spires the smoke of business each tending heavenward betraying her locality to those that would be boistrous and bully-proud of being the agents of her downfall and gloat over the form in the posture of subjugation." Written in a flowery artistic hand. Folded some small breaks at fold corners with original mailing envelope with a "Nashville Ten." postmark. <br/><br/> unknown books
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UHL Alexander 1899 1976; editor war correspondent
Literary remains as described below from the estate of a prominent newspaper correspondent and editor and concerning the Spanish Civil War and its effects on modern Spanish society and the American campaign in North Africa Italy and France in 1944
Some wear throughout the archive some poor quality typing paper browned but a very good archive important as reporting and analysis by an actor in the events covered.<br/> For the archive 1 Uhl Alexander. Spain's Cry for Freedom. Madrid nd ca. 1975. Ribbon-copy typescript with some pages in carbon for an unpublished work of non-fiction exploring the effects of the Spanish Civil War on Spanish Society. 4to. 8 379 pp. rectos only with a dozen pages of manuscript and numerous manuscript corrections additions and deletions many substantive. The manuscript portions are in several hands presumably Uhl's and perhaps his wife's or editors.<br/>2 Uhl Alexander. Gates of the Sun. NP 1938. Carbon typescript for an unpublished novel set during the Spanish Civil War. 4to. 477 pp. rectos only with occasional simple overtype corrections to punctuation and missed strikes. First leaf with tears resulting in loss of a number of words next few leaves rumpled.<br/>3 Uhl Alexander. Not Thy Hate. Tuckahoe NY nd ca. 1960. Ribbon-copy typescript for an unpublished novel set during the Spanish Civil War a substantially reworked manuscript of Gates of the Sun. 4to. 2 371 pp. rectos only with occasional simple overtype corrections to punctuation and missed strikes. <br/>4 Uhl Alexander. Notes - April 18 - May 31 1944 for John P. Lewis Managing Editor Newspaper PM. Various troop planes and ships en route from the United States to North Africa with the American Army 1944. Ribbon-copy typescript. 4to. 3 86 pp. rectos only with several manuscript deletions corrections and additions. With a "Field Press Censor" stamp on the title page and a note in red pencil "These notes must not be published in part of whole without re-submission to War Dept." Vivid reports and analysis by a veteran war correspondent.<br/>5 Uhl Alexander. Notes - June 1 - July 18 for John P. Lewis Managing Editor Newspaper PM. Various places in North Africa and Italy with the invading American Army 1944. Ribbon-copy typescript with some pages in carbon copy. 4to. 1 159 3 pp. rectos only with several manuscript deletions corrections and additions. With a "Field Press Censor" stamp on the title page and a note in red pencil "These notes must not be published in part of whole without re-submission to War Dept." Vivid reports and analysis by a veteran war correspondent.<br/><br/>6 Uhl Alexander. Notes - July 19 - October 1 1944 Property of Alexander H. Uhl Newpaper PM. Various places in Italy and France 1944. Carbon-copy typescript. 4to. 1 41 pp. rectos only with several manuscript deletions corrections and additions. Vivid reports and analysis by a veteran war correspondent.<br/>7 Uhl Alexander. Notes - October 2 - December 4 Property of Alexander H. Uhl Newpaper PM. Paris 1944. Ribbon-copy typescript with several pages in carbon. 4to. 1 7 pp. rectos only with several manuscript deletions corrections and additions. Vivid reports and analysis by a veteran war correspondent.<br/>8 Three folders of notes telegrams newspaper clippings and other printed material primarily from correspondents to Uhl mostly from the immediate post-World War II era dealing with the events in Spain and France and with a small archive concerning the role of "activist" newspaper reporters. Approximately 250 pages.<br/><br/>Uhl a native of New York City graduated from City College of New York and studied at Columbia University's School of Journalism before embarking on a career in newspaper work. After serving on a number of east coast papers he joined the AP press service working for that organization before being named bureau chief for its Madrid office a post he held during the Spanish Civil War 1935-1938. From 1940 until 1948 Uhl was foreign editor of PM newspaper and covered the European theatre during World War II being award the French Legion Of Honor for his service. He died in Madrid while working on the first manuscript described above. <br/><br/> unknown books
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GALLAGHER Gary W. editor.
Lee: The Soldier.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0803221533 . First edition. Front upper corner bumped else fine in a near fine short closed tear at the top of the rear panel dust jacket. . University of Nebraska Press hardcover books
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Americana 19th Century Civil War Shipping Customs Duties
1864 Port of Philadelphia Manuscript Bill of Lading Entry of Merchandise Customs Duties for the Ship General Williams
Philadelphia PA: Not Published 1864. 2 pages of bills of lading & entry of merchandise forms completed in manuscript. Dated 7 March 1864 for the Ship Gen'l Williams Hatfield master sailing from Liverpool England. The goods were imported by McCullum & Co who brought in bales of cocoa mats & matting also 'carpetings ' as listed in the packages and contents sections of the form. The quantities are calculated for customs duties with various charges and signed by the agent in charge in manuscript. The reverse of the second sheet with the filing notations for the transaction. Form with a small woodcut of sailing ships lighthouse at upper left corner printed and sold by Crissy & Markley Prs. Goldsmiths Hall Library St. Also printed at top right of form is Alexander Murphy Notary Public and Custom House Broker Nos. 3 & 5 Goldsmiths Hall Library St. Approx. 11" x 17" size; old fold lines little nicks to the paper edges edge-soiling; in very good condition. Interesting American Civil War era maritime business shipping & customs imports history ephemera. Our research indicates that the General Williams & its master were also involved in the transportation of Irish immigrants. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
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Okinawa World War II Stillwell Gen. Joe
HEADQUARTERS TENTH ARMY 7 SEPTEMBER 1945. SURRENDER. THE UNDERSIGNED JAPANESE COMMANDERS. FORMALLY RENDER UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF THE ISLANDS IN THE RYUKUS WITHIN THE FOLLOWING BOUNDARIES
Okinawa: Headquarters Special Troops US Army 1945. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to self-wrappers illustrated pp 20. First edition of a souvenir compiled by Headquarters Special Troops and reproduced by 3020th Engr. Top. Co. Corp. An account of the surrender of the Ryukus islands to General Joe Stillwell. Mimeographed four photos two maps a list of the 10th Army Staff etc. Wrappers a tad browned. else near fine. Headquarters Special Troops US Army unknown books
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Bartholomew John & Co. World War I
Bartholomew's War Map of Italy and the Balkan States
Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Co/ The Geographical Institute 1915. Hardcover. NF. Rare World War I map undated but circa 1915 showing Italy and Switzerland plus all nations and nation-states in the Balkans before post war treaties: Austria hungary Roumania Russia just the part around Odessa on rthe Black Sea Bulgaria Serbia Montenegro Albania Greece Turkey just the west side of the Bosphorus and Asia Minor what is now Turkey to the west of the Bosphorus. Insets around perimeter of map are the Dardenelles Constantinople Odessa Trieste and the Bosphorus. The cloth /canvasssed-backed map printed in color is in 32 folds unfolded measures 29.5" x 39.5" folds to 5"x 9" tipped onto paper covers. Map is in fine condition. Paper covers are shallowly split at edges with the paper over spine being repaired with archival tape for a short space. Cover verso has pastedown of pictorial description of Bartholomew's half-inch mile map of England and Wales the t verso of the front panel of the folded map a pastedown for Bartholomew's Road Map of England and Wales. Verso of paper cover advertises Bartholomew's Citizen's Atlas of the World described as "an indispensable work of reference during the present crisis John Bartholomew & Co/ The Geographical Institute hardcover books
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Union Army Civil War
The Manual of the Seventh Regiment National Guard S. N. Y.
New York: Seventh Regiment Board of Officers 1868. First Edition. Pebbled Cloth. VG/No Dj. Gilt emblem stamped on pub brown pebbeled cloth front cover blind-stamped rulings beveled edges. Some wear at top of spine. Some spotting to cloth rear cover. Signed in pencil by previous owner a descendant of one of the members of the Second "B" Company. A few pages have guardsmen's names checked off or the word "dead" lightly penciled next to them. A very interesting and historical book. Seventh Regiment Board of Officers unknown books
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History; World War I Rainsford W. Kerr
From UPTON to the MEUSE with the Three Hundred & Seventh
New York: D. Appleton & Company 1920. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8vo. 298 pp. Scarce first printing with 1 printed at bottom of rear page of text. Map endpapers. a brief history of a small part of the Three Hundred & Seventh and its role in World War I. Photo frontis. With quite a bit of rubbing and wear to spine area. Binding is lightly shaken but still holding together well. An uncommon volume in the first edition. D. Appleton & Company unknown books
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Post War World Council
Five documents from the Council
New York: Post War World Council 1945. Three 8.5x11 inch handbills a four-panel brochure and a cover letter for the group folded to fit into standard envelope one of the handbills rather toned and browning the front panel of the brochure. "The Council is fighting the war we must win here at home against all discrimination - social political and economic - for the universal abolition of military conscription and against the permanent militarization of our country." Chairman was Norman Thomas; treasurer was Oswald Garrison Villard. Post War World Council unknown books
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World War I Music: Cary Melbert B. Jr.
. MADEMOISELLE FROM ARMENTIERES caption title
Np: Reprinted from The Journal of American Folk- lore XLVII:186 1934. 369-376pp. Large octavo. Printed self-wrappers. Very good or better. An author's offprint of this article supplementing Carey's substantial two volume study of the roots and variations of the song. Reprinted from The Journal of American Folk- lore XLVII:186 unknown books
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Japanese Internment; United States Department of the Interior War Relocation Authority
Administrative Highlights of the WRA Program
Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office 1946. First Edition. Good. First edition. iv 82 pp. Gray stapled wraps. Good with closed tear to top of front wrap and first page very slightly to following page; wraps toned and lightly worn; former owner's name written on front cover. A rare history of the War Relocation Authority which managed the forced confinement of people of Japanese ancestry in America during World War II as well as their return to civilian life with the commencement of the war. U.S. Government Printing Office unknown books
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National Council for Prevention of War Seattle Branch
Peacemaker single issue of the newsletter
Seattle: the Council 1941. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet mimeographed both sides toned and brittle closed edge tears. Undated single issue rubberstamped date of Nov. 24 1941 at bottom. Discusses local pacifist meetings and a piece on the ghost town of Nitro WV described as an example of wasteful spending and destruction of goods for the sake of profit during wartime. the Council unknown books
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New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam
Notes on closed NMC "steering committee" meeting held at Mary Clark's home in Los Angeles 10/27/69
San Francisco 1969. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet printed one side very good. Report by a participant at the meeting "phoned in to 2170 Bryant Street" in San Francisco; discusses efforts by Kayo Hallinan to limit Trotskyist involvement in the NMC because "they can't get along with anyone." Speakers at upcoming rally decided; will include Ralph Abernathy David Hilliard Dolores Huerta and others. unknown books
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World War I Literature: Lintier Paul
MY SEVENTY-FIVE JOURNAL OF A FRENCH GUNNER AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1914
London: Peter Davies 1929. Gilt red cloth. Frontis. Endsheet maps. Cloth somewhat hand-dulled edges dusty but good and sound without dust jacket. Second edition in English newly translated by the publisher of MA PIECE first published in France in 1916 and in a slightly expurgated translation in 1917. This edition included in Davies' series of "Soldier's Tales" includes a foreword by Marshal Joffre. The author was killed on the Lorraine Front four days after correcting the proofs for the 1916 edition. From the library of Siegfried Sassoon with the monogram label from the posthumous library dispersal on the verso of the front free endsheet. Falls denotes this "among the finest documents of its kind ever published. He is one of the few writers whose powers of description and of self-analysis are equally great." FALLS pp.212-3. BLUNDEN et al p.7. Peter Davies hardcover books
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World War I: Purdom C. B. ed
EVERYMAN AT WAR SIXTY PERSONAL NARRATIVES OF THE WAR
London & Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons 1930. xi1425pp. Small thick octavo. Red cloth. Modest foxing at edges spine a but sunned but good and sound. First edition of this collection of reminiscences by non-professional writers. Siegfried Sassoon's copy with the monogram label from the posthumous library sale on the front pastedown and an Everyman's Library bookmark still in place at p. 77. "This is a very striking book throwing light on almost every phase of the War ." - Falls. FALLS p.225. J. M. Dent & Sons hardcover books
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Civil War. Harlow Louis Kinney
Army Memoirs
New York: Koch Sons & Co. 1887. Folio. 480 x 405 mm. 19 x 16 inches. Printed index of plates followed by 12 chromolithographic images after original drawings by L. K. Harlow. Each image is mounted to a cardboard mat 11 of which have lithographic vignettes in the lower corner of the mat. Each image is preceded by a tissue with the title of plate printed; some of the tissues are creased and chipped at the out edges. Each plate is signed by Harlow in pencil and a few are signed in the plate; the images are clean and bright but the mats show some toning and a few have minor chips to the edges.  The folio plates are housed in a folding portfolio the spine and flaps are worn and probably should be discarded. Deluxe Edition numbered "79". Sold by Subscription Only. Scarce portfolio of Civil War paintings by the noted Boston artist Louis Kinney Harlow.  Harlow was noted for his water color illustrations that were used to illustrate scores of books and which keep the printer Louis Prang very busy in the 1880's and 1890's. Fielding writes "In 1880 he opened his studio in Boston. Since that time he has been much sought after by publishers of fine books his illustrations having color brilliancy." The plates in this portfolio depict aspects of army life and battle scenes including Grant at Vicksburg Sherman on his march and Sheridan at the Battle of Cedar Creek Each is finely designed and colored and each is signed in pencil in the lower margin. The color plates were printed by Koch and Sons and demonstrate the technical skills of the printer and his attention to detail and color registration. Copies of this portfolio were scarce in the trade. NUC lists only the Boston Public Copy and OCLC adds seven others all in American libraries. Mantle Fielding Dictionary of American Painters p. 158. . Koch, Sons, & Co. unknown books
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CIVIL WAR; GRANT ULYSSES S.
Grant's Petersburg Progress
Petersburg VA: Eden & McCreery 1865. First edition. framed. EXTREMELY RARE FIRST ISSUE OF "GRANT'S PETERSBURG PROGRESS" PRINTED BY UNION SOLDIERS ON A CONFEDERATE PRESS THE DAY PETERSBURG AND RICHMOND WERE SEIZED SIX DAYS BEFORE LEE'S SURRENDER. "When on that famous Monday the third of April 1865 the advance line of attack on Petersburg found the city evacuated by the Confederate troops almost the first Federal soldiers to enter her doors took possession of the office of the Express and before the day was over from its presses there issued number one volume one of Grant's Petersburg Progress. It was a single sheet twelve by twenty inches in size printed on one side of the paper. Its cry was 'We are here!' Major Eden 37th Wisconsin Volunteers was editor assisted by Captain Charles H. McCreery 8th Michigan Veteran Volunteers and Chaplain D. Heagle. They proposed 'to publish a live paper as ling as circumstances will permit; that is as long as we can steal the paper and get men detailed to set the type.' Ten cents was the price. 'We are not particular as to the medium of exchange; and will take Hardtack Greenbacks Cigars postage stamps and in fact most any available currency Confederate Bonds and Contrabands always excepted.'" Nellie P. Dunn "General Lee in Grant's Petersburg Progress" South Atlantic Quarterly vol. 12. This first issue from the day of the fall of Petersburg was followed by only four other issues April 5 7 10. <br /> <br /> The paper is full of joy and wit providing a wonderful window into the mood of the soldiers now that the end of the war was near. <br /> <br /> Some highlights from the text:<br /> <br /> "For nearly six months the army of the United States has kept watch and ward over the City of Petersburg. Since last June the roar of shells and the whistle of bullets have disturbed the silence of the woods in the vicinity and today the old flag waves from the Court House. The United States armies and U.S. Grant have foreclosed and entered in possession and Petersburg is ours. And throughout the length and breadth of the land the joyful tidings will spread that another deadly blow has been struck at the fast dying Southern Confederacy. Slowly and miserably it yet drags on a lingering existence but its days are numbered and the end is at hand. The bright rays of the sun and the pleasant fresh breeze of this fair spring morning kiss the folds of the stars and stripes as it waves from the tower and hill the streets wear a lovely and animated appearance thronged with soldiers and citizens the cause of Liberty and truth is triumphant."<br /> <br /> Under the heading "LATEST NEWS":<br /> <br /> "RICHMOND TAKEN. -Just as we are about going to press we are reliably informed that the city of Richmond came into the possession of the Union forces at a quarter past eight o'clock this morning."<br /> <br /> Under "WE US AND CO":<br /> <br /> "We believe in the UNITED STATES one and indivisible; in Abraham Lincoln our adopted Father; in U.S. GRANT Captain of the Host; and ourselves as the principle sojourners in the Army of the Potomac and the Freedom of the Contraband the speedy extinction of the Rebellion and the perdition of Jeff. Davis here and here after."<br /> <br /> Under "FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS":<br /> <br /> "April 3d Gen. Grant and Staff and the Army of the Potomac generally."<br /> <br /> Under "AUCTION SALES":<br /> <br /> "To be sold very cheap if not badly sold already all the singularly ineligible and worthless property known as THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. For particulars apply to Jefferson Davis Richmond Va. N.B. Liberal terms to agents of Maximillian Louis Napoleon or Victoria."<br /> <br /> Petersburg VA: Eden & McCreery April 3 1865. Broadside printed on recto only approx. 12x19.5 inches. Framed to an overall size of 17x24 inches. Some small holes at folds and edges; a few words of bleed-through from hand-written ink on verso. A wonderfully evocative piece of Civil War history. SCARCE. Eden & McCreery unknown books
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Washington George 1732 1799; commander of American armies in the Revolutionary War 1775 1783; first President of the United St
Letter text in the hand of aide-de-camp Tench Tilghman signed "Go. Washington" as commander-in-chief of the American Army to General David Forman Head Quarters Bergen County 4 September 1780; additionally signed by Washington on the address leaf on the verso of an otherwise blank integral leaf
Head Quarters Bergen County NJ 1780. Folio one page approximately 125 words in part: "I perceive . that you had collected about two hundred Cattle more and that a further number might be obtained . I cannot of right command the services of the militia . let the commanding officers know how distressed the Army has been and is likely to be for provisions and that it will be rendering splendid service to us and distressing the enemy to remove the Cattle from those parts of the Coast which furnish the New York Markets." Very good. Browned one small piece detached one word of text easily repaired. After Washington's victory at Monmouth June 1778 during which battle Forman had served as an advisor to Charles Lee the war settled into stalemate with Washington's army in New Jersey and the British forces content to remain in New York both sides keeping an eye on each other while trying to provide for their soldiers the American forces suffering deprivation similar to that of Valley Forge. Meanwhile on the day this letter was written word reached Washington of the complete rout of Horatio Gates and his troops at Camden South Carolina opening Virginia to British invasion from the South. Bolstered by American victories at Kings Mountain Oct. 1780 and Cowpens Jan. 1781 and the depletion of Cornwallis's army at its victory over Nathaniel Green at Guilford Court House Washington in conjunction with his French allies moved south to envelop Yorktown earning the British surrender in October 1781 effectively ending the war. General David Forman 1745-1797 born and raised in Monmouth County New Jersey was appointed colonel of a New Jersey regiment that reinforced Washington at New York in June 1776. After suppressing a loyalist uprising later that year during which time he earned the nickname "Devil David" he was chosen to lead a regiment in the Continental army and in 1777 was commissioned brigadier general to lead the New Jersey militia commanding that force in the battle of Germantown Oct. 1777. Disagreements with the New Jersey legislature led to his resignation from that command and he spent the rest of the war running listening posts especially along the coast of New Jersey providing Washington with intelligence on the movements of the British fleet and army a service he was providing at the time of this letter. see DAB Tench Tilghman 1744-1786 born and raised in Talbot County Maryland graduated from the precursor to the University of Pennsylvania in 1761 taking up a mercantile business until the outbreak of the revolution. After serving briefly as a captain in the army he joined Washington as a volunteer and served continuously as an aide-de-camp to the general for the balance of the war. "The amount of secretarial work in addition to military duties that he performed for Washington was prodigious" DAB and he was granted a regular commission of lieutenant-colonel in 1781. After the victory at Yorktown Tilghman was chosen by Washington to carry the announcement of the surrender of Cornwallis to the Continental Congress. Provenance: When recently purchased the letter was in an old frame and removal revealed an autograph note inside the backing included here as follows: "This letter was bought by me about 1860 of Miss Brown residing at 92 Columbus Street Albany New York. She was a sister of an old minister of St. Peters Church. This Miss Brown was a client of Orlando Meads and myself and found this letter in a barrel in the garret of the home occupied by her sister at Manalapan New Jersey formerly owned by General David Forman. signed Dexter Reynolds / Albany Sept. 7 1902. Presented to my son Marcus T. Reynolds." A newly discovered Washington letter shedding light on the general's relationship to state militias and his concerns for providing for his troops while disrupting the supply lines of the British. Not in Fitzgerald or the Founders Online from the National Archives which lists 57 other Washington letters to Forman 1777-1782 showing a gap from 24 July 1780 to 17 May 1781 and two others post-war. 9836. <br/><br/> unknown books
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The War Office
The Regimental Officer's Handbook of the German Army 1943
His Majesty's Stationary Office HMSO 1943. Paperback. Good. Clean has a good binding. "2nd Res. Bn. Lincoln and Welland Regiment Battalion Orderly Room" stamped on the rear cover no other marks or notations. Restricted publication states "This document must not fall into enemy hands". Printed in 1943. Paper wraps 47 pages. His Majesty's Stationary Office (HMSO) paperback books
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Mexican American War
El Gobernador del Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla a Sus Habitantes. Conciudadanos: El Genio del Mal Esta Soplando Entre Nosotros su Aliento Venenoso para Perdernos y Perder a la Republica. caption title and first line of text
Puebla 1847. Very good. Broadside 12.75 x 8.5 inches. Minor soiling and wear. A rare broadside that prints the thanks and admonitions of the Governor of Puebla Domingo Ibarra following an attempted insurrection there in late February and March 1847 during the Mexican-American War. The uprising was a part of the so-called Polkos Rebellion that followed popular outrage at a January law that allowed the federal government to seize church property in order to pay for the war effort. In Puebla the revolt involved elements of the city's military garrison but was successfully put down by the rest of the guard. In this address Ibarra seeks to inspire unity amongst the citizenry and to warn them of the imminent danger of the American army having just landed at Veracruz. The broadside begins:<br/><br/>"Conciudadanos: el génio del mal está soplando nosotros su aliento venenoso para perdernos y perder á la república. El enemigo acaba de desembarcar en nuestras costas con un tren considerable de guerra para sojuzgarnos y en estas circunstancias se os invita á la rebelion y á que apoyando las miras liberticidad de los disidentes de México se haga caer un gobierno contra el que se tiene el mayor encono porque es el que se ha propuesto afirmar el sistema federal en el que se ven frustrados los perversos planes de los monarquistas. Si hoy que se vé la patria en un peligro tan imminente no se contienen los enemigos de las instituciones porque su ambicion de mando se hace superior à toda consideracion ¿qué será cuando estemos en calma si la Providencia permite que salvemos nuestra nacionalidad"<br/><br/>The landing of Scott at Veracruz was probably the primary encouragement for negotiations between rebel factions and the federal government. Ibarra concludes:<br/><br/>"Obrad con vuesta acostumbrada cordura y asà dejareis burladas las miras de los que os seducen. Atendad à que la salvacion del Estado es el primero de nuestros deberes y dejad para despues las cuestiones domésticas. El pérfido norte-americano nos está provocando á las guerra casi en nuestras mismas puertas: corramos á combartirlo: auxiliémos à nuestros hermanos de Veracruz que están pidiéndonos socorro y tendrà la gloria de ser el primero que sacrifique con vosotros vuetro conciudidano y amigo."<br/><br/>A stirring address and rare. We locate only one copy at Yale. unknown books
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Mexican American War
Domingo Ibarra Gobernador del Estado de Puebla a Sus Habitantes. Conciudadanos: La Tranquilidad Publica Se Ha Visto en el Riesgo Mas Inminente de Perderse. caption title and first line of text
Puebla 1847. Very good. Broadside 12.5 x 8.5 inches. Minor foxing and toning. An unrecorded broadside that prints the thanks and admonitions of the Governor of Puebla Domingo Ibarra following an attempted insurrection there in late February and March 1847 during the Mexican-American War. The uprising was a part of the so-called Polkos Rebellion that followed popular outrage at a January law that allowed the federal government to seize church property in order to pay for the war effort. In Puebla the revolt involved elements of the city's military garrison but was successfully put down by the rest of the guard. Ibarra begins by lamenting the sedition and thanking the loyal portion of the garrison:<br/><br/>"La tranquilidad publica se ha visto en el riesgo mas inminente de perderse. Unos oficiales del 2o Batallon que no merecian por cierto pertenecer á la Guardia Nacional ni menos tener por gefes a los muy honrados patriotas que los mandaban intentaron atrevidamente abrir las puertas de su cuartel para convocar á la gente que habian seducido y rebelarse contra sus mismos gefes y compañeros en la espresada Guardia y demas cuerpos de esta guarnicion. Solo calculando la magnitud de los males que de tan loca idea podian sobrevenir á los habitantes de esta hermosa ciudad es como puden estimarse los servicios del Sr. comandante general de los Sres. gefes oficiales y tropa de la Guardia Nacional y de los otros benémeritos cuerpos de esta guarnicion que lograron librarnos de aquellos sin que derramase una sola gota de sangre."<br/><br/>And he continues by warning the citizens of Puebla against continued foolishness in the face of the enemy and also by asserting his resolve to resist further insurrection:<br/><br/>¡Plegue al cielo dar à todos los mexicanos el juicio bastante para no provocar sobre nostros mismos otras desgracias que las consiguientes à una guerra extrangera con un enemigo astuto y ponderoso y que nos invade por todas partes! Pero si desgaciadamente y lo que no es de esperarse aun aparecieren sìntomas de nueva rebelion descansad conciudadanos en que el ejecutivo del Estado se sacrificará por hacer que reine en esta ciudad la confianza la paz y la union sincera que tanto necesitamos."<br/><br/>A strong statement by a clearly relieved Mexican state official. We locate no copies in OCLC or available sales records. unknown books
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GUERRA Francisco 1916 a 2011.
Historia de la Materia Medica Hispano-Americana y Filipina en la Epoca Colonial. Inventario Critico y Bibliografico de Manuscritos.
Madrid:: Afrodisio Aguado 1973. 1973. 8vo. 218 2 pp. Plates index some leaves unopened. Beige black- and red- printed wrappers. Very good. Afrodisio Aguado, 1973. unknown books
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GUERRA Francisco 1916 a 2011.
Historia de la Materia Medica Hispano-Americana y Filipina en la Epoca Colonial. Inventario Critico y Bibliografico de Manuscritos.
Madrid:: Afrodisio Aguado 1973. 1973. 8vo. 218 2 pp. Plates index. Beige black- and red- printed wrappers. Very good. Afrodisio Aguado, 1973. unknown books
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GUERRA Francisco.
Historia de la Materia Medica Hispano-Americana y Filipina en la Epoca Colonial; Inventario Critico y Bibliografico de Manuscritos.
Madrid:: AfrodÃsio Aguardo 1973. 1973. 8vo. 218 2 pp. 4 illustrations index; unopened. Original white with red -and- black stamping printed wrappers. Fine. 369 bibliographical entries for the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. AfrodÃsio Aguardo, 1973. unknown books
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World War I: Vorst B. Van
TO THE HOME-WARD BOUND AMERICANS
Paris: Lang Blangchong et Cie. 1919. 211pp. Decorated wrappers. Portraits. Some light use lower forecorner creased but a good copy of this fragile pamphlet. A tribute and capsule history of some of the major battles gotten up for presentation to the doughboys mustering out from European service. Lang, Blangchong et Cie. unknown books
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United States War Department
Our Red Army Ally
Washington DC: War Dept 1945. Softcover. VG light wear to wraps and light age toning pages are otherwise very clean and clear. Red wraps with off-white lettering 77 pp illustrated throughout in bw and color. War Department Pamphlet No. 21-30 front cover. [War Dept] unknown books
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Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam
Strike Strike Strike / Nov. 14 / SMC pinback button
New York: SMC 1969. 1.75 inch pin black text on yellow-green field. Advertises the nationwide student strike called to protest the Vietnam War. SMC unknown books
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Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam
April 24 / SMC pinback button together with "SMC" pin
Philadelphia: SMC; mfg. by Horn Co 1971. Tiny 3/4 inch pin with dove and slightly larger one with initials only very good. SMC; mfg. by Horn Co unknown books
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Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam
Strike Strike Strike / Nov. 14 / SMC pinback button
New York: SMC 1969. 1.75 inch pin black text on green. Advertises the nationwide student strike called to protest the Vietnam War. SMC unknown books
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Civil War Folk Art Barber Alexander
A Civil War Soldier's Carved Wooden Folk Art Memorial to his Service in the Union Army c. 1863
N.p. 1863. Dark carved wood 11 ½ x 11 ½ x 1 inches with bone border and star inlays in corners an inlaid tree with carved names of Civil War battles as leaves. During the Civil War wounded or captured soldiers would often pass their time waiting to return to duty carving relics. The practice was fairly common with pipes being the most commonly carved object and the quality of the relics varied wildly depending on the talent of the soldier. A.H. Barber from Wisconsin was wounded at Antietam and most likely carved this memorial piece while recovering from his wounds. Each leaf notes a different battle during the 1861-1862 campaigns. Barber enlisted in Company C of the 2nd Wisconsin in 1861 and was discharged in 1863 following wounds suffered at Antietam. The trunk reads Battles for the Union and the four branches read Dept. of the South Army of Virginia & of the Potomac and Dept. of the West with twenty-nine leaves naming battles. <br /> <br /> The resultant plaque is exceptional in timeliness craftsmanship and overall aesthetic beauty. Barber's metaphorically growing tree is particularly timely for the Union cause as the 1863 failure of the Maryland Campaign would serve as inspiration to Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Wonderfully preserved in excellent condition with no notable flaws. From the collection of Norm Flaydernman the noted Americana dealer who personally collected carved Civil War pipes and had been planning to write a book on the subject at the time of his death. unknown books
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Cuba Spanish American War Leach & Patterson
Mounted Albumen Print of an American Warship in Havana Harbor Published as part of the "Recuerdo de Cuba" Series
Havana: R. Testar 1890. Albumen photograph on cardstock mount image measuring 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches on 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inch mount. A view of an American warship in Havana harbor likely taken prior to the outbreak of hostilities between the United States and Spain in early 1898. The photographers Leach and Patterson of Calle San Rafael published several views of Cuba at this time mostly of bucolic scenes around Havana and its environs. The American cruiser is similar in design to the U.S.S. Maine with slight differences - two smokestacks instead of three. An excellent example with minor wear to mount and fine image. R. Testar unknown books
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Civil War New York New York's 11th Mounted Cavalry Nicol RB. R. B.
Mounted Riflemen. Composed by R.B. Nicol for Swain's Regt. Volunteer Cavalry. Recruitment Broadside
New York: Jackson 1860. First Edition. An unrecorded recruitment broadside for the 11th New York Cavalry. Col. James Swain led the regiment which was first organized on Staten Island in late 1861. Most troops came from New York City the site of robust recruitment in the early years of the conflict largely from Irish and German immigrants. The regiment saw service throughout the South. The verse in small part: "Must our nation to the rebels yield or vainly call for aid / Our brethren now are in the field shall we keep in the shade. that our cause is just I hope and trust there are few who can but own / As if was the rebels raised this dust which we will soon put down. / Then if you wish to bear a hand you might not have again / A chance to join a chosen band of Mounted Riflemen." <br /> <br /> We find no record of the verse's author R.B. Nicol. Curiously though this broadside is unrecorded a broadside with the same song was published in Washington D.C. by G.F. Hardwick in 1864. A very good copy well preserved with some light creasing and hints of foxing. Jackson unknown books
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