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Two ALS to Mrs R. Winslow. A. M. Havens.

Two ALS to Mrs R. Winslow.

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

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Papermaking by Hand in America. Dard Hunter.

Papermaking by Hand in America.

Chillicothe, Ohio: Mountain House Press, 1950. Number 204 of 210 copies (200 for sale), signed by the author. Schlosser 41 "The last work of the Mountain House Press and the author's magnum opus, this book provides a history of American papermaking by listing and describing the first paper mill in... Read More

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Typed Letter, signed (“Harold L. Ickes”) to Harry Barnard of Chicago, objecting to Barnard‘s preference for Carl Sandburg over Paul Douglas for the Senate. Harold L. Ickes.

Paul Douglas vs. Carl Sandburg for the Senate

Typed Letter, signed (“Harold L. Ickes”) to Harry Barnard of Chicago, objecting to Barnard‘s preference for Carl Sandburg over Paul...

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

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Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Fourteenth General Assembly, at Their Regular Session, Began [Sic] and Held at Springfield, December 2nd, 1844. Illinois, Mormonism.

Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Fourteenth General Assembly, at Their Regular Session, Began [Sic] and Held...

Springfield: Walters & Weber, public printers, 1845. Acts of the state of Illinois, including several pertaining to the Church of Latter Day Saints at Nauvoo. Joseph Smith was killed by hostile locals at Nauvoo in 1844, after introducing polygamy to the sect by marrying several of his followers' wives.  Smith raised..... Read More

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Typed letter signed "Paul V McNutt" to "Dear Friend" (Seymour Halpern) in response to Halpern's inquiry regarding the key to success in life. Indiana Governor, Paul V. McNutt.

Typed letter signed "Paul V McNutt" to "Dear Friend" (Seymour Halpern) in response to Halpern's inquiry regarding the key 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

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Nicholas Perrot. A Study in Wisconsin History. Indians, Gardner P. Stickney.

Inscribed to Eliza Parkman from the Parkman Club

Nicholas Perrot. A Study in Wisconsin History.

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

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[Manuscript in German of Kossuth's Appeal for Hungarian Freedom, Titled "An Das Freie Volk der Vereinigten-Nord-Amerikanischen Staaten," Prepared By Ladislaus Ughazi, a Hungarian Exile Living in New-Buda, Iowa]. Iowa, Louis Kossuth, Ladislaus UGHAZI.

[Manuscript in German of Kossuth's Appeal for Hungarian Freedom, Titled "An Das Freie Volk der Vereinigten-Nord-Amerikanischen Staaten," Prepared By Ladislaus...

[New-Buda, Iowa]: Jan. 24, 1851. An eloquent and impassioned appeal for Hungarian freedom from centuries of Austrian tyranny, here prepared by the leader of a community of Hungarian exiles living in Iowa.  In a paragraph on the last page, Kossuth appoints Ughazi his representative to the United States.  The manuscript... Read More

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Group of 11 original illustrations of Michigan hunting scenes, for his “Deer Hunting on the Au Sable”, published in Scribner’s Monthly. William McKay Laffan.

Sport in Rural Michigan : ‘Deer Hunting on the Au Sable’

Group of 11 original illustrations of Michigan hunting scenes, for his “Deer Hunting on the Au Sable”, published in Scribner’s...

[1878]. Published in Scribner’s Monthly, vol. XV, pp. 3, 755-767. Sport in Rural Michigan : ‘Deer Hunting on the Au Sable’. Irish-born newspaperman William M. Laffan (1848-1909) worked on San Francisco and Baltimore papers before coming to write for the New York Sun. He became the publisher of the Sun..... Read More

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TLS. To Congressman Seymour Halpern. About the Menominee Restoration Act. Signed by 5 Senators and 1 congressman. Menominee Indian Tribe, William Proxmire, Gaylord Nelson, Gale W. McGee, Fred R. Harris, George McGovern, Rep. David R. Obey.

TLS. To Congressman Seymour Halpern. About the Menominee Restoration Act. Signed by 5 Senators and 1 congressman.

Washington, D.C: April 14, 1972. The Menominee Restoration Act was signed by President of the United States Richard Nixon on December 22, 1973, returned federally recognized sovereignty to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin. Read More

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