Recent Arrivals from Seth Kaller, Inc.

Rare New York Senate Print of Proposed State Law to Combat the Dred Scott Decision "Every slave … who shall come or be brought, or be involuntarily in this state shall be free." [SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—NEW YORK STATE.] New York Senate. "An Act To secure Freedom to all persons within this State," Edward M. Madden, April 9, 1857, Passed the Assembly on April… Read more about this item

Woman's Suffrage failed in all three states that held suffrage referenda on November 2, 1915: New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. [WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE]. "Vote for Woman Suffrage Nov. 2nd." [New York, 1915]. 1 p., 13¾ x 20 in. Historical Background On November 2, 1915, male voters rejected women's suffrage by a majority of 58 percent in New York, 53%… Read more about this item

A very large letterpress broadside for three intramural Yale boat races on Lake Saltonstall in East Haven, Connecticut. Participants rowed in racing shells, double sculls, and wherries, contesting for cash prizes. Excursion trains from downtown New Haven cost 50 cents, and a band enlivened the afternoon. [YALE UNIVERSITY]. Yale Summer Races! At Lake Saltonstall, on Tuesday, June 28th, 1870. New Haven:… Read more about this item

This issue of the Pennsylvania Packet includes key debates in the House of Representatives on the bill establishing the federal judiciary, as well as the text of the act establishing the Treasury Department and dramatic news of the French Revolution. TREASURY DEPARTMENT; JUDICIARY. The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser, September 21, 1789 (No. 3320). Philadelphia: John… Read more about this item

"the supreme court of the United States shall consist of a chief justice and five associate justices...and shall hold annually at the seat of the federal government two sessions...." The U.S. Constitution provided that the "judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and such inferior Courts," leaving to Congress to establish… Read more about this item

"Our Convention having gone off half cocked, after the nomination of the noble Abraham we had nothing else to do, but endorse what they did, and adopt this modern bogus 'Moses.'" "The infliction of Andy upon us was after all a probable God Send. Mr Lincoln would have adapted himself to events probably, and his noble heart… Read more about this item

"The prospect of national prosperity now before us is truly animating, and ought to excite the exertions of all good men to establish and secure the happiness of their Country, in the permanent duration of its Freedom and Independence. America, under the smiles of a Divine Providence—the protection of a good Government—and the cultivation of manners, morals and piety, cannot… Read more about this item

ALEX HALEY. Signed Check, September 20, 1988. Drawn on the First Tennessee Bank in Knoxville. To "Patricia Alexander". With "Love!" in the memo field and on the back is her endorsement and a note that says "Thanks!".

ANDREW JACKSON. Broadside. The Proclamation of Andrew Jackson, President To the People of the United States. New York: E. Conrad, [1832]. Large broadside on silk, text in 5 columns, surrounded by an ornamental border. 20½ x 29 in. 1 p. Excerpt: "I consider then the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed… Read more about this item

In this fascinating letter, Alexander Hamilton's son thanks U.S. Senator Jacob M. Howard for his report on President Andrew Johnson's attempt to dismiss Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. That attempt and the refusal of the Senate to endorse it led the U.S. House of Representatives to impeach Johnson just six weeks after Hamilton wrote … Read more about this item

[STEPHEN JENKS]. Manuscript music and lyrics for the tune "Liberty," ca. 1800-15. 1 p., 13 x 3½ in. Complete Transcript Liberty C. M. By an unknown Author No more beneath the oppressor's hand Behold a smiling &c Of tyranny we groan, Behold a smiling happy land That freedom calls her own That… Read more about this item

"The American revolution was begun and fought through for an idea—to establish that man is a man—to vindicate the right of every man to equal rights and to equal citizenship…. Every boy imbibes the genius of our free institutions. The poor friendless rail splitter rises to the proudest pinnacle of human power. [Cheers] The poor tailor… Read more about this item

"The States are emphatically the constituents of this Government...." JOHN TYLER. Broadside. State of the Union Message. National Intelligencer—Extra, June 1, 1841. Washington, DC: Gales and Seaton. 1 p., 18 x 23 in. William Henry Harrison took office in 1841 while the nation was still suffering from a depression sparked by the Panic of 1837, causing many banks… Read more about this item

AMERCAN CHRISTIAN PALESTINE COMMITEE. Scrapbook compiled by Harrison Fry, Religion Editor of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, one of the twenty-two tour participants. April 1951. Items glued or stapled to several pages, with additional papers laid in. In green leatherette boards, rules and decorations in yellow. 120 pp., 9½ x 11¾ x 1 in. … Read more about this item

[GEORGE WASHINGTON]. KEITH CARTER. Photograph. Child holds his copy of Gilbert Stuart's famous "Athenaeum" portrait of George Washington. 1990. Number 6 of 50, 15 x 15 in. Keith Carter (1948 - Present). Internationally recognized photographer and educator. He holds the endowed Walles Chair of Art at Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas. He is… Read more about this item

"The gates to political enfranchisement have swung open. The women are inside." CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT & NETTIE ROGERS SHULER. Book. Woman Suffrage and Politics: The Inner Story of the Suffrage Movement. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. No. 122 of 1,000 "Co-workers edition," copy belonging to Chicago suffragist, millionaire and vice chairman of the Republican Party, Bertha Baur. 504 pp., 5¾… Read more about this item

"it is clear that woman suffrage should be discarded for the following reasons: First. It disrupts the home.... Second. The woman is physically unfit for certain offices.... Third. Politics is the most corrupt game of the age.... Fourth. The right to vote does imply the right to become eligible to nomination or election to public offices....… Read more about this item

HARRY WOODRING. Archive. Featuring a Harris & Ewing photo of Roosevelt at his desk signed and inscribed,"to Helen Woodring (wife) from her friend Franklin D. Roosevelt". With over 30 official and other photos of Woodring and/or his wife, many being proof copies from Harris & Ewing, five acetate recordings of Woodring including the "Cabinet Series" of the "United… Read more about this item

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. Partially Printed Document Signed, Appointment of Harry H. Woodring as Secretary of War, May 7, 1937. Co-signed by Secretary of State Cordell Hull. 1 p., 22.75 x 18.5 in. Historical Background After serving for three years as the Assistant Secretary of War, Woodring took office in September 1936, a month after his… Read more about this item

Dr. Lewis Leprilete was one of the few French persons admitted to United States citizenship under the provisions of the first Naturalization Act of 1790. He became the first to advertise cataract extraction in the United States, and the first American author to publicize Benjamin Franklin's bifocals. Leprilete returned to France, and was forced to… Read more about this item