Washington, D.C: Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1836. Featherstonhaugh began his journey in Washington, D.C. and traveled via Pittsburgh and Cleveland before visiting Detroit, and travelling by canoe on Lakes Huron and Michigan to Mackinac and Green Bay, thence via the Fox and Mississippi Rivers to Saint Anthony and Fort..... Read More about Report of a Geological Reconnaissance Made in 1835 … By the Way of the Green Bay and the...

New Athens, Harrison County, Ohio: 1898-1899. Read More about Seventy-third Annual Catalogue Franklin College

Washington. D.C: 21 November 1869. Hard Times for Congressman Garfield from Ohio. Ezra B. Taylor, a Republican lawyer and judge from Garfield's home state of Ohio, was elected Republican Representative to the 46th Congress to fill the vacancy created by Garfield's resignation to seek the Presidency. Taylor served several terms..... Read More about Autograph Letter, signed ("J.A. Garfield"), as Congressman from Ohio, to Ezra Booth...

Philadelphia: Chas. C. Rhodes, 1857. First edition. Read More about Geary and Kansas. Governor Geary’s Administraion in Kansas: With a Complete History of the...

Kansas City, Mo: Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co, 1900. Read More about History of Kansas City Illustrated in Three Decades. Being a Chronicle Wherein is Set Forth the...

October 25, 1857 & Feb. 7, 1858. Both of these letters are filled with rich content on Prarie City in Kansas Territory and the California gold rush. In fact, Haven's spends most of the first letter bemoaning his misfortune before discussing "United Brethren have held their annual conference in Prairie..... Read More about Two ALS to Mrs R. Winslow

New York: The James Kempster Printing Company 117-119-121 Liberty Street, n.d. [1903]. First edition. "Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Scotch-Irish Society of America [v. 6, pp. 161-171]" A history of two Scotch-Irish American families from Ohio that gave two fathers and fourteen sons to the military service of the..... Read More about A Brief Historical Sketch of the "Fighting McCooks"

Washington, D.C: February 2, 1948. Paul Douglas vs. Carl Sandburg for the Senate. Ickes (1874 -1952), former Secretary of the Interior under FDR (and briefly under Truman) and the administrator of the Public Works Administration, grew up in Chicago himself, and after leaving the administration, remained active not only in..... Read More about Typed Letter, signed (“Harold L. Ickes”) to Harry Barnard of Chicago, objecting to...

Indianapolis (IN): June 1, 1929. Written while the National and Indiana State Commander of the American Legion, Democrat, Paul V. McNutt (1891-1951) used his position in the influential veterans organization to help him win election as Indiana’s 34th Governor in 1933. Reading in part: “Whatever success I have attained I...... Read More about Typed letter signed "Paul V McNutt" to "Dear Friend" (Seymour Halpern) in...

Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Parkman Club Publications, Dec. 10, 1895. First Edition and the first publication of the Parkman Club. Inscribed to Eliza Parkman from the Parkman Club. Inscribed “To Miss Eliza Parkman with the kindliest greetings of The Parkman Club of Milwaukee.” The Parkman Club was organized December 10th 1895 for..... Read More about Nicholas Perrot. A Study in Wisconsin History

Washington, D.C: GPO, 1845. Read More about CONSTITUTION OF IOWA ADOPTED IN CONVENTION NOVEMBER 1, 1844

London: John Murray, 1835. First British edition. Tales of Washington Irving's trip to the prairies of Kansas and Oklahoma in the summer of 1832, as published in the series of Miscellanies. Read More about Miscellanies. No. I. Containing a Tour of the Prairies

[Winona, Minn: Winona National & Savings Co, 1941. Fourth Edition. "The introduction to this little booklet recounts the two safaris made to East Africa by the King family, with attendant hunting photos. The rest of the material covers the trophies they collected and displayed in their Minnesota bank" (Czech). Read More about Mr. and Mrs. African Game Trophies