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Investigation of the Pocahontas Mine Disaster by a Committee from the American Institute of Mining Engineers...Members of the Committee:- J.H. Bramwell, Stuart M. Buck, Edward H. Wiliams, Jr. Pocahontas Mine Disaster.

Investigation of the Pocahontas Mine Disaster by a Committee from the American Institute of Mining Engineers...Members of the Committee:- J.H....

Pocahontas, Tazewell County, Va: April 28th, 1884. 184 men dies in this disaster. "two-thirds of the men were white, and more than fifty had families. The actual number killed is 184, of whom fifty were negroes, forty Hungarians, and the remainder Germans and natives. Ten mules were also killed." Bramwell... Read More

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My Heart Kneels Too. Carolyn Rhea.

My Heart Kneels Too.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1972]. The Family Inspirational Library. Later printing. With a letter of presentation dated 1975, and a warm gift inscription from Governor Reuben Askew of Florida on the flyleaf, "to Jane Engelhard in hopes that you will find strength and inspiration in these beautiful poems ... Reuben Askew" Read More

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Autograph Manuscript, signed, fair copy, of “The Rosary.” With cover Autograph Letter, signed, to A.H. Rutledge (“I expect soon to reciprocate your kindness in sending me your book of verse. by one of mine …”) of Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. Robert Cameron Rogers.

From Rogers to young Archibald Rutledge

Autograph Manuscript, signed, fair copy, of “The Rosary.” With cover Autograph Letter, signed, to A.H. Rutledge (“I expect soon to...

New York: Both letter and manuscript dated Nov. 27, 1907. From Rogers to young Archibald Rutledge. Robert Cameron Rogers (1862-1912) was a New York poet, novelist, and author of several books, whose lyric “The Rosary” as set to music by Ethelbert Nevin became one of the most popular songs of... Read More

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The War in Florida. Second Seminole War, Potter Woodburne.

Second Seminole War

The War in Florida.

Baltimore: Lewis and Coleman, 1836. First edition. Second Seminole War. An account of the causes and beginning hostilities of the Second Seminole War by Potter Woodburne, a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army. It has been described as “unsparingly critical of Jackson, Jesup and the Secretary of War” (Howes)..... Read More

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Autograph letter, Signed, "F. Skipwith" to Nicholas Biddle, then Secretary to the American Legation in Paris, requesting papers in his possession. Fulwar Skipwith, Skipwith, ulwar.

ONE OF LOUISIANA'S 200 MOST NOTABLE PEOPLE

Autograph letter, Signed, "F. Skipwith" to Nicholas Biddle, then Secretary to the American Legation in Paris, requesting papers in his...

Paris: 14th June (c. 1804). ONE OF LOUISIANA'S 200 MOST NOTABLE PEOPLE. A letter from one of the most colorful political characters of the early Post-federalist era written during the budding career of Nichoals Biddle, who would later defend Skipwith, as his attorney, against suits that stemmed from Skipwith's years... Read More

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Document, Signed, as Governor of the Southwest Territory requesting payment for a 'company of Mounted Infantry' defending the frontier. Tennessee, William Blount.

Document, Signed, as Governor of the Southwest Territory requesting payment for a 'company of Mounted Infantry' defending the frontier.

Knoxville: July 1, 1795. Written to David Henley, Agent for the Department of War. "Pay to William Rickard pay master...to the troops [sic] in the territory aforesaid eleven hundred and two dollars sixty seven cents out of the money in your hands appropriated for the defensive protection of the frontiers... Read More

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