[with] 14 autograph letters, signed. 20 pp., 10 of which are on letterhead, 7” x 4.5” to 10.5” x 8”; 1 typescript letter, signed by A. F. Devereux, 1 p., enclosed in Maj. Edmund Rice’s letter; 1 illustrated circular, 9” x 5.25”, [4] pp, 1 title leaf for a Civil.....
An engaging collection of materials reflecting the wide-ranging interests and activities of a noted twentieth century adventurer. Born in Massachusetts, Charles Wellington Furlong (1874–1967) was an explorer, soldier, artist, photographer, cowboy, and author. He studied at L’École des Beaux Arts in France, was a private art instructor, and became head.....
This letter by slaveowner and future North Carolina legislator Thomas David Smith McDowell (1823–1898) charges its recipients to sell “my man Harry” as soon as Harry arrives, via raft, in Wilmington:If you can get five hundred dollars, you can take it, nothing less than that sum, and as much more.....
A leaf of original manuscript in the hand of Rufus Porter providing directions for the construction and use of one of his many inventions, a self-adjusting cheese press. This manuscript presumably dates from within a few years of his invention of the press. The directions read in part “If the.....