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réf. 41587Oblong 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. unknown books
1925réf. 536421925. 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. unknown books
réf. 344844to. 1 pp. Folded for mailing. Very good. In addition to his service in the War of 1812 the Creek War 1836 and the Sminole War Jesup served 42 years as the quartermaster general; "under his able direction the quartermaster department was organized upon a sound military and business basis. officer's in the department have always venerated him" DAB. unknown books
1918réf. 205021918. Buffalo Soldier regiments depicted in stereoview photographs from the World War I era document African American cavalrymen and infantry units serving in segregated formations of the United States Army during the early twentieth century. These images record soldiers from several historically significant Black military units including the 9th U.S. Cavalry the 10th Cavalry and the 369th Infantry Regiment. African American soldiers served in large numbers during World War I despite segregation in the armed forces and the war marked a turning point in public recognition of Black military service. The photographs capture cavalry movement machine gun training and celebratory returns from the European front preserving visual evidence of the military presence and public visibility of Buffalo Soldiers during the conflict. Archive consists of seven stereoview photographs published by the Keystone View Company during the World War I period. The views depict soldiers from the 9th U.S. Cavalry the 8th Regiment of Colored Troops the 10th Cavalry the Chicago Regiment of Colored Troops and the 15th Regiment of the 369th Infantry. Two stereoviews show Black machine gun companies operating Lewis guns one of the principal light machine guns used on the Western Front during the war. Another view shows Troop K of the 10th Cavalry moving on horseback at Camp Chickamauga in Georgia. Additional stereoviews depict African American soldiers returning from European service and marching in public celebrations including scenes of troops parading along major boulevards such as Fifth Avenue in New York. The Buffalo Soldier regiments had already established a long military record before the First World War. Units such as the 10th Cavalry formed part of the segregated Regular Army created after the Civil War and served in campaigns across the western United States during the Indian Wars later participating in the Spanish American War the Philippine American War and operations during the Mexican Revolution. World War I marked one of the final periods in which cavalry units remained visible in American military organization as mechanized armor and motorized vehicles soon replaced mounted troops. At the same time Black soldiers who returned from service were celebrated in wartime parades yet continued to face segregation and racial discrimination within American society. Stereoview cards remain well preserved with light age wear typical of early twentieth century photographic prints. Very good condition overall and a visually compelling record of Buffalo Soldiers during the World War I era. unknown books
1918réf. 205031918. Keystone View Company. Buffalo Soldiers stereoview photographs World War I era document African American military service in the American Expeditionary Forces and place segregated Black troops within the broader Allied war effort in Europe. The images identify units of "Colored Troops" including engineers of the Signal Corps and depict formations logistical organization and moments of assembly such as soldiers "lined up for democracy." These photographs situate African American soldiers-many of whom descended from the Buffalo Soldier regiments established after the Civil War-within a transnational military environment that included French British and colonial forces. Scenes showing interaction with Moroccan and Indian troops on French roads reflect the multinational composition of Allied armies during the final phases of the war while the presence of Black American troops underscores their continued participation in major military operations despite segregation within the U.S. Army. France and possibly other European locations circa 1917-1919. Archive of seven stereoview photographs published by the Keystone View Company. Images depict African American soldiers in formation including lines for mess and organized ranks as well as mixed Allied groupings on roadways and near encampments. Stereographic format intended for three-dimensional viewing with printed captions identifying subjects and units. Photographs emphasize both structured military order and the varied roles occupied by Black troops particularly in engineering and support divisions. Produced during the final years of World War I these stereographs align with the expanded deployment of African American soldiers overseas and the broader visibility of Black troops within global conflict. While their service contributed to Allied operations these soldiers returned to a United States that maintained racial segregation and limited civil rights situating the archive within the larger history of African American military participation and postwar inequality. As visual records the images support research into race military organization and the international dimensions of the war. Light handling wear; overall very good condition. unknown books
1915réf. 207331915. Australian Imperial Force soldiers postcard correspondence Archive 1915 to 1916 documents ANZAC service during the Gallipoli campaign and subsequent deployments across the Mediterranean theater through sustained communication with a civilian recipient in Sydney. The archive centers on letters addressed to a woman identified as Olga written by multiple soldiers including her brother Eric and another correspondent George. The material records trench conditions troop movement and the transmission of news from the front including the report of Eric's death. The correspondence situates individual experience within the Gallipoli campaign where Allied forces sustained heavy casualties in operations against Ottoman defenses and traces the continuation of service across France Egypt and Greece following the withdrawal. Archive of 54 handwritten postcard letters. Europe North Africa and the Mediterranean 1915 to 1916. Each message is written on the verso of a period postcard most measuring approximately 5.5 x 3.5 inches with photographic views of cities and towns including London French villages Cairo and locations in Greece. Several images depict damaged urban environments. One postcard bears a censorship marking with portions of text obscured. The correspondence includes multiple authors primarily Eric and George. In one letter from France George writes "Thank you for the pose.We are having beautiful weather at present. Just like an Australian spring. Love from George." Eric writing from Egypt on April 16 notes "We are once again in the trenches where we have had a very lovely time for a few days." A later letter reports Eric's death stating "You need have no fear that he was decently buried" while subsequent correspondence reflects diminished communication and shifting personal relationships including George's inquiry "Do you ever write to me Olga. I wish a few letters from you would turn up." The Gallipoli campaign fought from April 1915 to January 1916 resulted in extensive casualties and became central to the development of ANZAC identity commemorated annually as Anzac Day. Following the evacuation of Gallipoli Australian forces were redeployed across multiple theaters including the Western Front and Middle Eastern campaigns reflected in the geographic range of these postcards. The archive documents the function of wartime correspondence under censorship and the role of letters in conveying both military experience and personal loss to the home front. Light wear consistent with handling; overall very good condition. unknown books
1941réf. 196921941. African American Army Transportation Corps photo archive depicting Black enlisted men and noncommissioned officers in wartime transport service occupation duty and domestic training between 1941 and 1952. The strongest identified material centers on the 3528th Transportation Corps Truck Company active from 1943 to 1946 and its successor the 551st Transportation Corps Truck Company active from 1946 to 1947. A captioned portrait places Joseph Galloway "somewhere in Belgium" on December 6 1944 ten days before Germany opened the Ardennes offensive that became the Battle of the Bulge. President Harry S. Truman issued Executive Order 9981 on July 26 1948 requiring "equality of treatment and opportunity" in the armed services but Army integration unfolded gradually through the occupation years and into the 1950s. Photo archive of 100 silver gelatin photographs ranging from 1.75 x 2.25 inches to 3.75 x 5.5 inches United States Belgium Japan and West Germany circa 1941-1952. More than half show Black soldiers in uniform including studio and outdoor portraits weapons training field scenes recruits and senior noncommissioned officers. Galloway poses with a pistol in Belgium; transport trucks appear in operation and maintenance; unit facilities domestic training camps interregimental competitions a 155 mm howitzer and soldiers beside a Sherman tank marked "Barbra" extend the record beyond portraiture. Occupation-era scenes include bombed urban landscapes in Japan locations identified as Osumi and Kyoto Black troops with Japanese civilians Buddhist monks at a temple and later service in West Germany including Bonn and Karlsruhe. Approximately one quarter bear manuscript captions identifying individuals dates or locations. In WWI many Black troops were denied combat roles and assigned to stevedore work labor battalions butchery companies road work hauling unloading ships and other manual support duties. The National Archives specifically notes that many Black units were kept from front-line fighting and "relegated to support duties." These Black soldiers served heavily in transportation engineering construction and supply roles during World War II making Army logistics one of the central places where African American military labor sustained Allied movement while the armed forces remained segregated. Several scenes place Black and White soldiers working alongside one another preserving the transitional military culture between wartime segregation and the uneven implementation of Truman's desegregation order. Light edge wear occasional creasing and minor surface abrasions to several prints; manuscript captions legible where present; no significant losses observed. Overall in very good condition. The archive gives named faces unit evidence vehicles weapons occupation landscapes and manuscript identifications across the decade when Black military service moved from segregated wartime labor toward formal integration. unknown books
1917réf. 200631917. Czechoslovak Legion soldiers photographed during World War I document the participation of Czech and Slovak troops fighting alongside Allied forces in campaigns across Europe. Approximately seventy eight photographs record military life among soldiers associated with the Czechoslovak armed formations that emerged during the war as nationalist units seeking independence from the Austro Hungarian Empire. The images depict trench warfare troop encampments drills and daily life among soldiers whose political objective was the creation of an independent Czechoslovak state. The photographs illustrate the conditions and routines experienced by these soldiers during the conflict that ultimately contributed to the establishment of Czechoslovakia at the end of the war in 1918. Photographic album containing approximately seventy eight photographs measuring about 4.75 x 6.5 inches mounted on album leaves. The images depict soldiers in trench positions infantry movements across terrain and group formations during drills. Additional photographs show military camps outdoor meals mess areas and group portraits including one of a military band. Several photographs capture village architecture including houses courtyards and churches encountered by the soldiers during the campaign. The album also contains images of wartime medical care including a medic working with wounded soldiers a funeral scene with graves and cemetery crosses and a horse drawn wagon train traveling along a mountain road. Other photographs depict staged performances and theatrical scenes presented outdoors for soldiers. During World War I Czech and Slovak nationalist leaders organized volunteer military formations known collectively as the Czechoslovak Legions composed of soldiers drawn from prisoners of war and expatriate communities who sought to fight alongside the Allied powers against Austria Hungary. Their participation in the war strengthened international support for the creation of an independent Czechoslovakia which was established following the collapse of the Austro Hungarian Empire in 1918. Photographs of trench systems encampments and military drills in this album illustrate the entrenched character of warfare that dominated much of the conflict as armies constructed extensive defensive systems while attempting to break enemy lines through periodic assaults. Album containing approximately seventy eight photographs measuring about 4.75 x 6.5 inches. Album boards show chipping along the edges while photographs remain clear with strong contrast. Overall condition very good. unknown books
1885réf. 558564New York: N. Y. Cheap Publishing Co 1885. Softcover. Good. First edition. 16mo. Stitched printed buff wrappers. Early owner name "Jas. T. Terry" vertical crease with a bit of splitting some old penciling on front wrap a good copy. OCLC locates only six copies. N. Y. Cheap Publishing Co unknown books
1957réf. 193551957. Vernacular photograph archive of African American soldiers in integrated U.S. Army units circa 1950s documents the early implementation of military desegregation following Executive Order 9981 and provides visual evidence of Black and white soldiers serving together during and after World War II including the Korean War. The photographs place African American servicemen within the first generation of formally integrated military units preceding broader civil rights gains in civilian society. Scenes of joint training transport and daily life show Black soldiers operating alongside white counterparts in contexts ranging from shipboard movement to antiaircraft defense positions indicating the practical realities of integration in active and post-conflict environments. The archive captures both structured military activity and informal moments offering a record of service that contrasts with the segregated conditions that had defined earlier periods of U.S. military history. United States and Korea circa 1950s. Archive of 21 silver gelatin vernacular photographs with several images bearing manuscript captions on the verso identifying individuals and locations including one noting Korea 1957-1958. Photographs depict a range of settings including military bases in Korea stateside camps shipboard scenes and antiaircraft gun emplacements in snowy terrain. Multiple images show interracial groups of soldiers posing with rifles and submachine guns while others capture informal activities including one sequence featuring a soldier holding an inflated puffer fish aboard a ship. One photograph includes a note written in Italian on the verso indicating cross-cultural contact or circulation. Composition and subject matter vary from posed group portraits to candid operational and leisure scenes. Created during the first decade of enforced military integration these photographs align with the transitional period in which desegregation policies were implemented unevenly across the armed forces with fuller integration not realized until the mid-1950s. The Korean War served as a critical testing ground for integrated units accelerating changes in military structure and social dynamics within the ranks. This archive provides a ground-level view of those developments documenting both the normalization of interracial military service and the persistence of shared routines duties and environments across racial lines. Light wear from handling with minor surface marks and occasional verso annotations; overall very good condition. unknown books
1890réf. 187391890. African American soldier photographed among members of a United States Army camp unit in the American West during the late nineteenth century providing visual documentation of Black participation within the military environment during the era of segregated service. African American soldiers served in the United States Army throughout the nineteenth century most prominently in units known as the Buffalo Soldiers which were formally organized after the Civil War. While Black soldiers were typically assigned to segregated regiments images occasionally record their presence in mixed military environments such as camps labor details or logistical units. The photograph captures a group of soldiers gathered in a temporary camp setting and includes a seated Black soldier identified by a contemporary handwritten note on the verso reading "Notice 'Black Soldier.'" Albumen sepia tone photograph mounted on photographer's board showing a group of American soldiers posed within a military encampment. Photograph measuring approximately 8.5 x 10 inches mounted on a photographer's board measuring approximately 10.75 x 10 inches. The men are dressed in clothing typical of western military and frontier settings of the late nineteenth century including dark buttoned shirts trousers supported by suspenders and boots. The African American soldier appears seated among the group with a cigarette in his mouth. The soldiers are gathered in a clearing surrounded by trees where rows of tents are arranged on raised wooden platforms suggesting an organized encampment. Cooking equipment stacked blankets plates and tankards are visible indicating a communal meal or informal gathering. One soldier holds what appears to be a long rifle with a visible barrel and wooden stock. Several soldiers sit or recline on the ground in the foreground while others stand behind them creating the appearance of an informal group portrait taken during daily camp life rather than a formal military arrangement. Handwritten note on the verso reads "Notice 'Black Soldier.'" Top right corner of the board cracked with tape repairs on the verso; slight water staining at the top left corner and damp staining at the lower left corner with partial cracking at the lower right corner. Image itself remains clear and largely unaffected. Overall condition good. The photograph preserves a visual record of African American presence within the late nineteenth century U.S. Army camp environment during a period when the armed forces remained formally segregated. unknown books
1918réf. 21085London: St. Thomas' Hospital 1918. Very Good. London: St. Thomas' Hospital ca. 1918. Original necklace of twenty-one hand-made wallpaper beads each approx. 4cm. in length interspersed with colored glass beads. Wallpaper beads a bit browned else a fine piece of vernacular jewelry. Slightly later manuscript card attached to necklace stating "Necklace made of wall paper by a wounded soldier / In St. Thomas' Hospital London. 1914 - 1918 War." The hospital located on London's South Bank would indeed have seen many convalescing soldiers though we have been unable to find mention of other similar examples of soldier-made wallpaper beads this example possibly made to be sold at a local fundraiser or bazaar. St. Thomas' Hospital unknown books
1915réf. 4227France Belgium England 1915. Good. Oblong 8vo. Small "Walker's Service Notebook" 154 x 94 mm lined 26 pages filled with neat entries in pencil and pen final page of diary loose the remaining portion of the notebook i.e. about 2/3 blank. Original limp cloth covers worn. § Extraordinary manuscript diary of an anonymous British soldier beginning April 12th 1915 and ENDING ABRUPTLY IN THE TRENCHES AFTER A GAS ATTACK. The final entry was dated December 19th 1915 which was THE FIRST DAY PHOSGENE GAS WAS USED AGAINST BRITISH SOLDIERS. The short diary is rich in detail of life at the front. The anonymous soldier belonged to the 49th West Riding Division which had a large number of gas casualties when soldiers in reserve lines did not receive a warning in time to put on their helmets. A study by British medical authorities arrived at a figure of 1069 gas casualties 120 of which were fatal. It is very possible that the present manuscript was written by one of those men. It seems probable that with access to the right regimental records the identity and fate of the soldier could be learned and his story told in full; however even as an anonymous diary the interest and poignancy of this personal record is clear. The events recorded span just nine months. On April 12th the soldier leaves Edenthorpe near Doncaster and crosses the channel to Le Havre that evening "packed like herrings" and accompanying horses and wagons. Over the next few months he records laying lines opening signal offices handling horses towns and villages visited billets and meals injuries regiments encountered names of comrades and O.C.s shelling rain and mud. He sees the Northumberland Hussars the Indian Corps and Royal Horse Artillery. On May 9th he records the Battle of Aubers Ridge: "Off duty at 7am. Attack began at 5am by Artillery. Signal thro' during day showed heavy losses in E. Lancs Lincolns. 13th London and other Batts. Had coffee in Fleurbaix and then to bed in barn. Off duty 3pm. Attack still proceeding without much impression on our line. French said to be doing well. At night we have the two windows in our Signal Office made up with corrugated iron & sandbags." For the entry dated May 12th our author notes that the name of the Division has been "altered to the 49th" thereby confirming the identity of his Division. On May 24th: "The Allamands dropped about 6 shrapnel in our vicinity." From a period of steady work and periodic pleasures "had tea & cakes at a patisserie & and then back after buying some books" "glorious day" the situation deteriorates with the weather "torrential rain dugouts leaking & 18" water on my floor". They move to Chateau de Trois Tours and on July 13th there is "rather an exciting night" with a bombardment from 7.30 to 10.30. On the 14th "The whole place is being encircled by barbed wire & trenches & the furniture is being moved out of the chateau." On the 15th "At 12.45pm about 12 shells fell round the chateau made a dive for the Signal Office Billy Edwards & Gus Harris wounded in thigh and ankle." They were shelled again on the 16th. On December 1st he travels back to Sheffield on leave returning on December 8th. The company are now holed up near Ypres at Hospital Farm the name given to a farm building used as a dressing station. The final entry reads "Dec 19th 'S.O.S.' Gas attack 5.30 am things lively until 8.30am. 146 & 148 des. 148 soon repaired from chateau". The cemetery at Hospital Farm contains 115 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. On the significance of the 19 Dec. 1915 battle at Wieltje Belgium northeast of Ypres see the long Wikipedia entry "German Phosgene Attack of 19 December 1915." The diary contains many clues that could help identify our writer in military records. It is not certain that he was one of the first British casualties to Phosgene gas but it seems tragically likely. As it stands the final entry in the diary marks an important milestone in the war: phosgene gas would eventually be responsible for about 85% of the 90000 deaths caused by chemical weapons during World War I. unknown books
réf. 6252EDWARD ALLEN GOODWIN unknown-1862. Goodwin was the Sergeant in Company K of the 23rd Regular Massachusetts Volunteers. This is the diary of Edward A. Goodwin Co. K 23rd Regt. M. of. M. This diary is THE AMERICAN UNION DIARY FOR 1862 an annual published diary accessible and likely provided to Union soldiers during the Civil War. After a few pages that include a calendar and interest tables the diary provides space for each day of the year 1862. Goodwin wrote entries every day from January 1st to April 7th and none thereafter. At the time Goodwin was serving in the 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment which was a part of the Coast Division under General Ambrose Burnside. Entries are handwritten in either pencil or black ink. Notable entries include: aFriday 7: Naval engagementplace lasting from noon till sunset. Troops were landedin the afternoon and evening. Bivouacked on Roanoke Island in the rain. b Saturday 8: Captured a rebel battery in a swamp. Took 3000 rebel provisions and the whole island wasSergt. Howard hurt his foot. W.S. Clark missing. Both entries describe the Battle of Roanoke Island fought February 7th and 8th 1862. Part of General Ambrose Burnsides expedition to capture key ports in the Outer Banks the battle first saw Union gunboats first firing on Confederate forts under the command of Henry Wise until Burnsides soldiers could land ashore unopposed. and the forts on shore engaged in a gun battle with occasional contributions from the Mosquito Fleet. The next day the Union soldiers successfully flanked the Confederate artillery and infantry defenders on both sides forcing a retreat into the Confederate forts. The forts were then individually taken with the Union suffering only 264 casualties and capturing 2500 Confederate defenders. c Friday 14: Fought the battle of New Bern. Took over 100 pieces of artillery ammunitioncamp equipment &c. I arrived at night in the tents of the enemy. This entry describes the Battle of New Bern fought on March 14th 1862. After first advancing up the Trent River General Burnside had his soldiers exploit the weakened center of the line of the defending Confederates under Lawrence O'B. Branch. This allowed the Union Navy to shell Fort Thompson forcing its abandonment and shortly thereafter the city of New Bern too. 90 Union soldiers were killed and 64 Confederates were killed and 413 were captured. d Monday 31: Sick all day. Took horses.e Monday 7: Saw Amoat the hospital. DeceasedRain in the afternoon. These two entries foreshadow Goodwins ultimate fate including his last entry on April 7th 1862. Goodwin would pass away in New Bern on April 16th. Having survived two major battles unscathed at least according to his diary Goodwin most likely succumbed to disease. It is estimated that 2/3 of Civil War soldiers who died during the war died of disease not in battle. His body was ultimately returned to Massachusetts and is buried in Mansfield. The pages of the journal are in good condition but the exterior of black leather is frayed and partially torn. It should be handled very delicately but its value as a lens into the mindset of a Civil War soldier is immense. hardcover books
réf. 5101WORLD WAR II IN JAPAN. ALS. 2pgs. October 1 1945. Hirosaki Japan. An autograph letter signed Dale Christensen written home by an Allied serviceman stationed in Japan shortly after the official end of World War II. Well I havent had a chance to write for some time. We made it up here O.K. but the ship sure was loaded. We landed at Aomori and this place is inland about 30 miles. We have had no trouble at all. We spent the first night at an airport and then moved to another Army camp the next day then the third bn came up and took over here. I was in on the big thing at this camp I came up with the first gen jeeps and saw the Jap General sign the camp over to us then to top it all off I was picked to take the Jap General to his home. He talked to me all the way but I didnt know a thing he said. When he got out he saluted me. He seemed happy about the whole thing. The climate here is good and cool. We have a big mt right afore us and it looks just like Mt Fugiama sic. They say it sure gets cold here in the winter. The rice is just headed out and it is very pretty here but I hope I can soon come homeWe are cleaning this camp up now it sure needed it. I dont see how the Japs lived in it. Bugs and dirt all over. We sure are making a change in the looks of it. They say they might give each one of us a Jap Rifle and bayonet to take home I dont think there is any thing to it. I sure would like to have one. They sure can grow the fruit and garden stuff here but they sure are way behind in the way to live. I think even behind the PhilippinesThe papulation sic of this place in 97000 and Aomori 57000. Aomori was bombed and it sure was smashed and burned. Well we have a few Japs working in this camp and I think as a whole they will like better from now on that ever before. There clothes are all patches but they look healthy and happy. Well I will write more later. I hope we soon get a mail call. Tell Ann and the rest Hello. Everything is fine here. Write soon. Dale. The letter is in fine condition. hardcover books
1865réf. List3851Portsmouth Virginia 1865. Seven-page letter on two folded leaves measuring 5 x 8 inches signed "Your Own Devoted Jim. Folded; very good or better. A long April 1865 letter from a Union soldier in Portsmouth Virginia written less than three weeks after Lee's surrender and eleven days after Lincoln's death. Writing to "My Own Dear Nellie" the soldier describes the return of paroled Confederate prisoners to Portsmouth the changed relations between former enslavers and formerly enslaved people local anger over treasonable speech after Lincoln's assassination spring life in the occupied city and rumors about the regiment's next movement. The strongest passage concerns defeated Confederates returning home to find their property gone or confiscated: "Those poor deluded and misguided fools who four years ago left here to fight against their flag and country after suffering four years in the field are now daily returning as paroled prisoners of war to reap the rest of the reward due them to find their property gone or confiscated and to find themselves once wealthy now so poor so destitute that they envy the very slaves who once belonged to them. It is really pitiful to see them the Black who was once the slave now meeting his old master on terms of equality. Their newfound spirits are now effectually broken and the insulting overbearing southern aristocracy is now gone forever." The soldier also comments on the uncertainty of late April 1865 doubting that Joseph Johnston would continue fighting and criticizing Sherman's negotiations: "Gen. Sherman has proven himself as good a Genl as ever fought a battle but the poorest statesman in the country. I feel sorry for him." He writes that "treasonable sentiments" are no longer tolerated in Portsmouth after Lincoln's murder and that any woman there making the same remark as one in Nellie's town presumably mentioned in her correspondence "would have had her house burned down over her head." Elsewhere he describes Portsmouth in spring with "Negro girls" selling bouquets in the streets and markets and mentions his work inspecting the city. The regiment was gathering again near Fort Haslett after companies returned from City Point producing rumors that the men might go home to Texas Mexico or elsewhere. "For myself" he writes "I am not quite so excitable and have not packed up to start for any place as yet." A strong Appomattox-era Union letter from occupied Virginia with a direct account of Confederate defeat emancipation and the visible collapse of slaveholding authority in Portsmouth. . unknown books
1943réf. 0072801943. Hardcover. Cloth Box. Very Good. Inimitable and disarming tales that represent the pinnacle of outsider art and folk art with the naive drawings richly full of life as they speak of the daily routine at a British army camp during the Second World War from the point-of-view of a camp mascot cat who excels at mangling English in its creative attempts at phonetic spelling. Folios are oblong 41 by 30 cm each. The first folio contains "The Alterbyografy" a 56 pages long unpaginated with 54 illustrations including the folio cover 28 of which are full page 24 of which are half page. The second folio is entitled "Kamp Karacters" . This is 51 leaves with 92 illustrations including the cover 51 of which are full page 40 a third page generally with the area above entirely blank. Illustrations are rendered with colored pencil and crayon. The first manuscript is a continuous narrative of army life its humdrum rhythms and routines its various inanities its social life sports and other activities etc. while the second part is more character sketches. The second folio is even more visually driven than the autobiography. Another distinction between the two is that the autobiography is done with the leaves oblong while the character studies are applied with the leaves vertical. While one part isn't exactly a sequel to the other the two parts are truly complementary. The two folios are of a rough burlap material with a large title sheet mounted on their front cover. The folios have three flap folds to hold the loose sheets in plus ribbon ties on their right sides. hardcover books
1977réf. 287697New York: Citizen Soldier 1977. Pamphlet. Eight panel brochure 3.5x8 inches; illus. minor pencil notation on front wrap slight toning around bottom edge else in very good condition. Citizen Soldier advocated for the rights of G.I.'s and encouraged them to form a union. Citizen Soldier unknown books
1983réf. 142271Baltimore: US Army Adjutant General Publications Center / Headquarters of the Army 1983. 75p. sketch illus. staplebound 11x8.5 inch wraps. Staples have a touch of rust. FM field manual 26-2. Unclear if early or earliest issue; it has been reprinted by University Press of the Pacific and is in print now. US Army Adjutant General Publications Center / Headquarters of the Army unknown books
1988réf. 77754New York NY.: The Grolier Club. Very Good. 1988. Softcover. This book is soft-bound in gray wrappers with red printing on the upper cover and spine. The covers show light soiling and light edge-wear. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean. . The Grolier Club paperback books
réf. 030103No Binding. Good. two letters two pages folio paper tanned some staining old folds some nicks and chips at edges with some minor loss separations at fold joints else in good legible condition. Inscribed on laid paper water-marked "OCR" a mark not found in Gravell. This pair of letters from General Philip Schuyler to Major Yates contains orders for the troops including preparations and various actions to be undertaken in the field issued in late June the week before the Siege of Fort Ticonderoga the first week of July 1777. The 1777 Siege of Fort Ticonderoga occurred between July second and sixth 1777 near the southern end of Lake Champlain in the state of New York. Lieutenant General John Burgoyne's 8000-man army occupied high ground above the fort and nearly surrounded the defenses. These movements forced the occupying Continental Army an under-strength force of 3000 under the command of General Arthur St. Clair to withdraw from Ticonderoga and the surrounding defenses. Some gunfire was exchanged and there were some casualties but there was no formal siege and no pitched battle. Burgoyne's army occupied Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence the extensive fortifications on the Vermont side of the lake without opposition on 6 July. Advance units pursued the retreating Americans. The uncontested surrender of Ticonderoga caused an uproar in the American public and in its military circles as Ticonderoga was widely believed to be virtually impregnable and a vital point of defense. General St. Clair and his superior General Philip Schuyler were vilified by Congress. Both were eventually exonerated in courts martial but their careers were adversely affected. Schuyler had already lost his command to Horatio Gates by the time of the court martial and St. Clair held no more field commands for the remainder of the war. Saratoga June 26 1777 "Sir As a body of the Enemy are encamped at Gilliland's creek on Lake Champlain from whence they will probably send parties to harass us I entreat you to keep a good Look out to send scouts continually Distance to the West and North West of your Garrison to make discoveries and lest an attempt should be made to burn our vessels on Lake George I have ordered Commodore Wynkoop to get the guns in the vessel already launched that he may be in a condition of Defence. Please to send the Letter to General St. Clair by the first Boat together with the Horses which the Bearer will deliver you to be forwarded to General Fermois. I am sir Your most obedient Humble servant Ph. Schuyler" Albany June 29 1777 "Sir The Necessity of forwarding any more Batteaus or provisions to Tyconderoga for the present being superseded you will please to desist from sending any until further orders from General St. Clair or me. Cause all the spades shovels axes & pick-axes to be helved and make as many cartridges as you possibly can - Continue to keep out scouts to the westward as to intersect the Road from Jesups towards Crown Point. I am Sir Your very humble Servant Ph Schuyler" Philip John Schuyler was born into the prominent family of New Yo unknown books
19578vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 25 plates on 22, 2 full-page facsimiles, a full-page pedigree, 26 maps (2 full-page) and endpaper maps, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, small neat inscription on front free endpaper verso; original navy blue cloth gilt, gilt back, blue top, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and browned at extremities. Nice copy of the personal story of Glubb Pasha.
20058vo., First Edition, with plates; brown cloth, gilt back, black endpapers, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
20058vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, red endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19728vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vividly-written account of Dutch resistance to the Nazis. Enser, p.212
