Political/Social (122) from Eclectibles

Elberfeld, Germany, 2-Feb-15. General wear.. An amazing letter from J. W. Schlosser to American Heiress, Emily Hockaday Blair Henrotin, in 1915 detailing and observations on the war, both as a soldier and a man on the home front. J. W. Schlosser was a young German man who was studying in England on the onset of the First World… Read more about this item

Tammany Hall, New York City, 1886-1890. An electioneering organization affiliated with Tammany and the county Democrats. It owned a club house and much like a European "party of integration" it implicated itself in the social life of its members: conducting excursions and clambakes, and involving the wives and children of members in its activities".In an effort to counter the… Read more about this item

Buffalo, NY: The Ladies' Patriotic Society Co.,, 1899. A 17 1/2" x 14 1/2" facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, about one-third in size; also a copy of Charles Carroll's manuscript additions in 1826, etc. Compiled and Published by The Ladies' Patriotic Society Co., Distributors of Patriotic Literature. The Society is desirous that every citizen,… Read more about this item