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Probate Documents "Writ of Hire" of Frances A. and William A. Valentia, and Albert S....
Mary Shaw, Guardian of the Orphaned Killingsworth Children -- Valuation of Negro Property --

Probate Documents "Writ of Hire" of Frances A. and William A. Valentia, and Albert S. Killingsworth, Wards. Signed by Albert N. Ford, clerk, A.J. Scott, A.W. Sutpin, and Thomas S. Osteen, appraisers, J.M. Ellis, Judge

Jefferson County, State of Mississippi, 1858. 4to. 315 x 200mm., [12 ½ x 8 inches].  2 pp. Docket on verso. Blue legal paper; folds, edges browned, and slightly frayed; top page cut 2 inches shorter, no loss. The first page, dated July 27, 1858, shows the value of two slaves, Juda..... More

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To the Voters of Frederick County. Fellow Citizens:--I have consented to have my name placed...
In 1832 Faulkner Calls for Reason on Southern Slavery: In 1833 He Runs for the U.S. Congress--and Is Defeated in His Home State

To the Voters of Frederick County. Fellow Citizens:--I have consented to have my name placed before you, as a candidate to represent you in the next congress of the United States (Caption title & partial text).

(Winchester, Va.), 1833. Broadside 4to. 290 x 160 mm., [11 ¼ x 6 ¼ inches].   Printed in two columns, signed in type by Charles J. Faulkner at Winchester, dated March 8, 1833, at conclusion. Lightly dust-soiled, pale stain affecting perhaps one-third of the left-hand margin and column of text. Neatly..... More

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Autograph Letter Signed to his Wife "Ellen" Concerning Slaves in the South and His Hay Dealing...
“The South could not get along well without its Black population - One months work in the sun of the South would cure the bitterest Abolitionists of the North of his bitter opposition to the institution of Slavery”

Autograph Letter Signed to his Wife "Ellen" Concerning Slaves in the South and His Hay Dealing Business Trip to Tennessee.

Memphis, July 27, 1857. 4to. letter sheet.  250 x 195 mm., [9 ¾ x 15 ½ inches]. 4 pp. about 840 words. Folded in thirds.  Written in black ink faded brown in very legible hand.  J(esse) McCallum was a hay dealer from Cincinnati, Ohio, who travelled away from his family..... More

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Autograph Letter Signed to Mr. Ira Button. Brandon, Vermont. Curtis Rev, arvey
“I have been living two months within sight, just across the river, of a slave state.”

Autograph Letter Signed to Mr. Ira Button. Brandon, Vermont.

Cincinnati, March 17, 1841. 4to.  250 x 200 mm., [9 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches].  4 pp.  Manuscript in ink, previously folded with address and postmark on page 4. A few minor tears at folds, otherwise a very legible letter in very good condition. A very informative letter, written by..... More

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Richard M. Johnson, Vice President of the United States. Born the 18th Sept. 1781. Charles...
PRESIDENT MARTIN VAN BUREN’S VICE PRESIDENT BEST KNOW TODAY FOR HIS MARRIAGE WITH A HIS MIXED-RACE SLAVE JULIA CHINN WHOM HE ACKNOWLEDGE ALONG WITH THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS -- JOHNSON WAS NOT NOMINATED FOR A SECOND TERM

Richard M. Johnson, Vice President of the United States. Born the 18th Sept. 1781.

Washington City: Chas. Fenderich, 1840. Folio.  435 x 325 mm., [17 x 12 ½ inches].  Lithographic portrait drawn from life.  A few minor tears to the margins, expertly repair, some light foxing and discoloration.  A very stable and flexible paper stock.  Rare portrait of the military hero from Kentucky, (thought..... More

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The Ten Little Mulligan Guards. McLoughlin Brothers, Edward Harrington
CARTOON STEREOTYPES OF IRISH & BLACKS IN LATE 19TH CENTURY AMERICA

The Ten Little Mulligan Guards.

New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1874. Oblong 4to.  230 x 275 mm., [9 x 11 inches].  12 leaves, (ten color printed plates plus front and rear wrappers).  Printed on card stock the corners and edges of which are chipped with minor loss to the margins; the stapled cover wrappers  nearly loose..... More

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I’m Off for Charleston. African Americana
“MY MASSA AND MY MISSUS DEY BOTH AM GONE AWAY”

I’m Off for Charleston.

Philadelphia: T. M. Scroggy, Publisher No. 443 Vine Street, ca. 1853-58. Broadside.  8vo.  210 x 155 mm., [8 x 6 inches].  Lyrics only printed in five stanzas with chorus, enclosed within a decorative printed border.  Small stain to upper right corner, corners with slight folds, otherwise an excellent copy. Rare..... More

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