Haddam Neck, CT: 1825-1856. A Connecticut Shoemaker's Account Book 1825-1856. A wonderful look at a craftsman's life in early 19th century Connecticut. Most of Clark's trade came from mending shoes, for which he averaged 40 cents a pair, his steadiest customers being members of the Brainerd family, an old and..... Read More about Manuscript Account Book of Edward R. Clark, Shoemaker

New York: Van Winkle, Wiley & Co., Printers, 1817. Address prepared in pursuance of a resolution of the Society and presented at its meeting held in New York on Dec. 31, 1816. - Followed by: On motion, resolved, that the foregoing address be approved, and that the corresponding committee cause..... Read More about Address of the American Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Manufactures, to the People of...

Cleveland, Ohio: 1935. "HATCHING AMERICA'S HITLERS" John L. Spivak (b. 1897 - d. 1981) was an American socialist reporter and author who wrote for various publications about the working class, racism, and labor movements in the United States. During the height of McCarthyism he lived under a false name and..... Read More about Advertisement for a John L. Spivak Lecture in Cleveland at the Engineers Auditorium [February...

Aboard the Hussar [Washington, Alaska, etc.]: May 8-June 3, 1934. ‘Just a shooting trip in Alaska’: Signed by E.F. Hutton. Manuscript diary, in a secretarial hand (or perhaps by Hutton's wife Marjorie Merriwether Post) but signed by each of the member of the travelling party, of a 1934 cruise of..... Read More about Manuscript diary of a yachting and bear-hunting trip to Alaska, inscribed at the head of the...

Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1841. First edition. A Nice Association Copy. Nathan Appleton (1779-1861) was an American merchant and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1831-1833 and again in 1842. He was one of the founders of the Merrimack Manufacturing Company. He..... Read More about Remarks on Currency and Banking; Having Refference [sic] to the Present Derangement of the...

Cairo: Maṭbaʻat Wādī al-Nīl, 1286 A.H. [C.E. 1869]. Speech on the history of Arab Ottoman trade, noting the key position of Egypt as nexus between Red Sea and Mediterranean commercial routes. This was delivered at a time when Egypt was asserting greater claims of sovereignty under Isma‘il and when the..... Read More about Khitab fima yahsan dhikrihi min Ta'rikh al-Tijarat ‘and al-‘Arab wa al-‘Uthmaniyin idhalan...

Boston: Thomas & Andrews, May, 1812. Thomas Mellon's Copy. The first edition of this early, influential American atlas was published at Philadelphia in 1804, with an editions following at Boston in 1805. The present 1812 edition with seven new maps added (Austalasia, Polynesia, New-Granada, Carracas, Peru, Chili, and La Plata)..... Read More about A New and Elegant General Atlas

London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1833. First Edition. Founder of the “New Colonization System”. Following imprisonment, Wakefield began to study colonial affairs of Australia with an eye towards immigration. Recognizing that the depressed condition of Australian affairs was due to a lack of efficiency and sensible handling he gathered..... Read More about England and America. A Comparison of the Social and Politcal State of Both Nations

Waltham, MA: Metz Company, 1916. First edition. 1916 Metz Car Advertising Broadside. In 1893 C.H. Metz began working for Waltham Company, early auto manufacturers; in 1909 he bought the company and instituted a plan whereby the public could buy 14 separate packages and build their own car. This approach was..... Read More about Metz 1916 Touring Car and Roadster Models: printed advertising broadside

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1903. First Edition. With an article in the London Times by Balfour tipped in at front Oct 2, 1903. "Mr Balfour at Sheffield." He was Prime Ministerr from 1902-1905. Read More about Economic Notes on Insular Free Trade

Baltimore: Thomas Murphy, 1823. First edition. The establishment of the Second Bank of the United States in 1816 prompted immediate distrust of the institution, with opponents charging it as constitutionally illegitimate and a direct threat to Jeffersonian agrarianism. With more local banks than any other state, Maryland faced an unprecedented..... Read More about An Exhibit of the Losses Sustained at the Office of Discount and Deposit Baltimore, under the...

[New York]: [Privately-printed], [1822]. Relates to the controversy concerning control of the North-River Bank between the early American financier, banker and stock trader Jacob Barker and the Director of the Bank David Rogers, with Barker being convicted in court of challenging Rogers to a duel after Rogers had slandered him..... Read More about Jacob Barker to His Creditors [caption title

[New York or Washington, D.C.]: 1857-1861. Comprises a 5-page epistolary Preface, dated 25th July 1861 and addressed to his son Abraham, with caption title as above, followed by 22 sections, including various appendices, as detailed on p. 4, including: Brief and speech of Mr. Jacob Barker, of New Orleans. [1857]..... Read More about The U.S. Ten Million Loan of 1814 [caption title