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Shipherd, Jacob R. History of the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue. Introduction by Prof. Henry E. Peck, and Hon. Ralph Plumb. Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, 1859. First edition. Original paper wrappers. 9.25" x 5.75" inches. Modern paper ex libris pasted down to interior of wrapper. The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue was a principal event in the history of abolitionism an dleading up to the Civil War. On September 13, 1858, federal authorities in Oberlin, Ohio appreheended the escaped slave John Price. Under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1859, any slaves found in a free state must be retunred to their owners. Oberlin was a hotbed of anti-slavery activism, so the marshals took Price to nearby Wellington to avoid abolitionists. Upon hearing of Price's capture, residents rushed to Wellington and demanded that Price be freed. The deputies refused. Rescuers responded by storming the hotel where Price was being held and freed him. Via the underground railroad, Price made his way to Canada. Thirty-seven of the… Read More

Civil War date Carte-de-visite photograph of Lt. George W. Kennedy of the 10th N.Y. Cavalry, a Gettysburg unit, showing him in a bust portrait in uniform. Back stamp by Brady. Corners clipped away from image, very good. Kennedy was discharged in October, 1864 by reason of disability.

U.S. Author best known for his novel about the founding of the Israeli state titled "Exodus" (1959); film, and the movie that was based on it (1961) Signed photo, black/white, 8x10". Signed on lower margin below photo "Leon Uris". In excellent condition.

U.S. Author. Typescript Signed, 1page, on gold colored parchment paper. An excerpt from "Armageddon" by Leon Uris. In part: "No people in all of the Western world live closer to their mythology than the German people. Siegfried and other legendary figures, particularly warriors, are deep within the soul of the German people..." Signed "Leon Uris." In excellent condition.

Photo album documenting the military service of US Army soldier who was stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia, Ft Williams, Maine, and elsewhere mostly throughout the Northeast in 1934-1940. 149 black and white silver gelatin photographs, mostly 2.5" x 3.5", in a suede bound Service Album measuring 11" x 7". Many photos captioned with names of fellow soldiers, friends, and placenames. Several photos of tanks, including the older Mark VIII, famous for its usage in WWI, a French Renault tank, a Ford 3 ton tank, and the newer Christie tank. In addition to these shots of WWI tanks, we see Doughboy Stadium at Fort Benning, giving a slightly eerie impression in that the impact and legacy of WWI is still present and powerful, all the while the world is lurching forward towards another cataclysmic war just months after many of these photos are taken. The soldier who put this album together had a keen sense of humor, as did his comrades, which one can pick up on in the autograph page at the beginning with names,… Read More

Partly printed railroad pass for Benjamin Scott on his way to enlist with a "Col[ored] Reg[iment]. Columbus, OH, 10 August 1863. Visible 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. - completed in manuscript for "Ben. Scott + one other" for a rail journey on the C+M Rail Road from Youngstown to Cleveland. Signed by Quartermaster General Geo. B. Wright. Left edge inscribed "Col Reg", indicating "Colored Regiment. "Likely a pass for Benjamin Scott who enlisted on 4 September 1863 as a "Colored Cook" and was mustered into Company F of the 32nd Ohio Infantry on the same day. Many free blacks and emancipated slaves voluntarily served in the Union Army, forming the United States Colored Troops (USCT). Some also became scouts, guides, spies, cooks, hospital workers, and blacksmiths contributing immensely to the Union war effort for the balance of the Civil War. Nearly 40,000 black soldiers died over the course of the war, but drawing upon the training they received in the military, many former black troops became community leaders… Read More

[African American- CIVIL WAR.] John G. Foster. Order from the Department of the South for a draft for "all able-bodied colored men." General Orders No. 119. Hilton Head, SC, 16 August 1863. 2 pages, 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches, signed in type by Foster as Major General, and also in manuscript by Lieutenant Thomas J. Robinson as assistant adjutant general. The Order reads "All able-bodied colored men, between the ages of 18 and 50, within the military lines of the Department of the South . . . shall be drafted into the military service of the United States." Civilian laborers working for military units were liable for this draft - "their places shall be filled from those who are exempted by the surgeons as unfit for military duty." Plantation owners are required to hand over "all deserters in their employ or loitering about their plantations." As commander of the Department of the South, Foster aided General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea", where they captured Savannah, a key Confederate city and… Read More

[African American Troops] Reading: New York Gallery, c. 1880. Cabinet card Photograph measuring 4 x 2 ½ inches on larger mount. An unusual cabinet card showing civil war veterans together toasting, with an African-American former military man in the foreground wearing medals on his jacket likely collected at Grand Army of the Republic reunions. All the men look directly at the camera while a dog sits on the table between them. A scarce display of an integrated party of men presumably toasting their civil war era military accomplishments. Near fine condition and rare.

[AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY] A group of four African American soldiers sit at the mouth of an earthen bomb-shelter, while one man below stands over a large pot making coffee, 1864. On the Lines Before Petersburg, Va., 1864. Hartford, CT: The War Photograph & Exposition Co., ca 1864. About 6 1/4 x 3 1/8 in. stereoview on a cardstock mount. Series imprint, image number, and brief caption on mount recto. On the rear of the stereoview, one will encounter a brief description of the photograph, revealing that: "This view gives a glimpse of the bomb-proofs in which our soldiers tried to live, during the long siege at Petersburg, 1864-1865; the campfire and the coffee-kettle look as familiar as in those days of yore". Additionally, the rear of the stereoview portrays sentiments directly from the notable The War Photograph & Exposition Company, revealing the rarity in composing and obtaining such a photograph. The stereoview depicts a candid view into the lives of the honorable United States Colored Troops… Read More

Portrait of an African American 25th Infantry sharpshooter. 3 3/8 x 4 7/8 in. Silver gelatin photograph on cardstock mount. Circa early 20th century. Verso bears several indecipherable pencil inscriptions. The featured African American sergeant wears a sharpshooter badge, in the shape of the cross on his chest, along with an infantry device and insignia on his cap indicating Company K, 25th infantry regiment. The 25th served from 1866 to 1957, and was one of the original "Buffalo Soldier" units, seeing action in the American Indian Wars, Spanish-American War, Philippine-American War and World War II. Based on his uniform, this sharpshooter had his photo taken after 1902 and before America's entry into WW.I. The sharpshooter badge on his uniform is second highest marksmanship award that can be granted to a soldier, requiring very high accuracy during their examination. Although these badges are awarded to both officers and enlisted soldiers alike, as a matter of U.S. Army tradition, only… Read More

[African American Civil War Military] Special Order Number 118. Dated December 3rd, 1863. Handwritten and signed on headquarters letterhead of the Draft Rendezvous, Long Island, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. Measures approximately 9.5" x 7.5". This document assigns Sergeant Kern of the 29th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry to the Colored Detachment, and orders him to report immediately to his commanding officer Lieutenant J.M. Deane. This unspecified Colored Detachment was one of the nascent black units that were being mustered in 1863 following Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. The 29th Mass was a notable unit, taking heavy losses in the Petersburg Campaign including the assault On Fort Stedman, which was the last serious attempt by Confederate troops to break the Siege of Petersburg. The Order is signed by Lt. William Augustus Hill, 19th Mass. This came from the estate of Lieut. John Milton Deane, the commanding officer who Sgt. Kern was assigned to, and who was also a recipient of the… Read More

BRADY, Mathew, photographer. Stereoview of African American soldiers of the 7th USCT outside Fort Burnham (formerly CSA Fort Harrison), near Richmond, VA. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony, n.d. 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. stereoview on cardstock mount (light edge wear to mount). Mount recto with series title, "The War for the Union." Verso with publisher's imprint and applied paper label with printed caption, "View from the Breastworks outside Fort Burnham, late Rebel Fort Harrison. Rebel pickets in the woods; a Rebel Fort in the middle distance." Several African American soldiers of the 7th US Colored Troops are shown standing around a cabin, with tents from a forward field camp lining fortified breastworks in the distance. Union soldiers can be seen in dugout positions near the camp, watching for Confederate activity in the distance. Fort Harrison, later renamed Fort Burnham, was an important component of the Confederate defenses of Richmond during the Civil War. It was the largest in a series of fortifications… Read More

Civil War tintype of an African American cavalryman, likely taken in the field. 2 5/8 x 3 1/8 in. Circa 1864-5. Seated subject wears a kepi with indecipherable device and infantry jacket with sleeve embroidery. Among the US Colored Troops, cavalrymen were especially rare with just two regiments, the 9th and the 10th Colored Cavalry, being raised after the conclusion of the Civil War. Black soldiers constituted about 10 percent of the U.S. Regular Army, even though they were segregated into just a few units. Despite the inglorious origin of most Black troops, who usually began as former slaves pressed into service as laborers, these men would receive acclaim for their combat. These Black troops would go on to fight in the Indian Wars, where they became known as the Buffalo Soldiers, nicknamed by Native Americans who likened their hair to bison fur. Some historians argue that when slaves worked with the Union during the Civil War, they were effectively participating in a slave rebellion on a massive… Read More

[U.S. History] The Constitutions of the United States of America, with the Latest Amendments: Also the Declaration of Independence, Articles and Confederation, with the Federal Constitution. New York: Evert Duyckinck, 1820. Hardcover, recently rebound in natural buckram cloth with the remains of the original maroon leather title label on the spine. New brown endpapers made of archival paper. Original text block re-backed. 464 pages plus index and note from publisher. Contains the founding documents noted above, as well as the Constitutions of the 22 states in existence at the time. Interestingly, this volume included the Constitution of Maine, which was admitted as a state March 1820, but not Alabama which was admitted December 1819. Illinois (Dec. 1818) is included. Missouri (Aug. 1821) not included. The Federal Constitution includes the Bill of Rights and amendments 11 and 12. Early ownership name "Christopher Spencer" on title page. In very good condition.

This pamphlet titled Patrol Squadron Twenty-Two PBM-Mariner Tactics Versus Fighters instructs American pilots in WWII on how to maneuver against enemy fighters. 10.5" x 8" inches. 19 pages. At the time that this description is being written, no copies are recorded in American institutions. OCLC search results are at best an estimate and can vary over time.. This manual primarily comes in the form of a Q&A section and a series of diagrams of maneuvers on how to evade and attack. It was prepared by Lieutenant W.K. Lange of the US Naval Reserve and includes a foreword by him. Covers maneuvers such as jinking, skidding, hummingbird belly shots, and overhead attacks. The audience of this pamphlet would have been pilots of the PBM-Mariner, a patrol bomber that specialized in detecting and sinking submarines in the Pacific Theater. They would continue to be used in Korea and in limited cases up until the mid-1950s until their replacement by the Martin P5M Marlin. The front page of this pamphlet is loose and… Read More

[Law] Howard, Benjamin C. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in The Supreme Court of the United States December Term, 1852. Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1853. First Edition Hardcover rebound. 650 pages. Measures 5.75" x 8.75". Includes various Supreme Court decisions from the year 1852 during the December session. Cases cover a wide range of topics including issues over ownership and patents, land disputes with Native Americans, railroad injuries, and slavery, among other issues. Cases include THOMAS MOORE, EXECUTOR OF RICHARD EELS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, WHICH FOUND that the power of legislating upon the subject of fugitive slaves, ought to be vested in Congress. also INCLUDED IS tHE Philadelphia AND rEADING rAILROAD cOMPANY V. eLIAS h. dERBY. Title page has stamp stating "Library of Congress Serial Record Jan. 3, 1980." New boards and pastedown, but all original pages are together with textblock tight and only minor foxing on title page. oFFERS A UNIQUE… Read More

Illicit Traffic in Weapons and Drugs Across the United States-Mexican Border. Washington D.C: US Government Printing Office. 12 January 1977. First edition. 107 pages, 9" x 6." Original staple bound wrappers. Transcript of hearings held in California and Texas, complete with photographic evidence, all black-and-white. The pictures show Cuban drug lord Alberto Sicilia-Falcon and his automatic weapons. Other photos depict a tank truck used to smuggle marijuana across the US/Mexico border, and part of a government seizure of cocaine with an alleged street retail level of $56 million. The US banned Marijuana in 1937.Up to the 1970s, drug trafficking in Mexico was considered to be a small family business, It was in the late 1970s, when this document is published that Mexico is just starting to become a major producer and distributor of narcotics. Very good condition.