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Six Manuscript Grand Jury Indictments, Lycoming County, PA, 1832-1839.
Grand Jury Documents from Nineteenth-Century Pennsylvania [Manuscript Archive]. [Pennsylvania]. [Six Manuscript Grand Jury Indictments]. [Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 1832-1839]. Six documents, ranging in size from 5-1/4" x 3-1/4" to 6-1/2" x 3-1/4" (folded, averaging 12" x 7-3/4" unfolded), each with text to recto and docket to verso. Moderate toning, light soiling..... More
Library of Congress Copyright Documents for An Eye for an Eye.
Copyright Documents for Darrow's An Eye for an Eye [Manuscript Archive]. [Darrow, Clarence (1857-1938)]. [Library of Congress Copyright Documents for An Eye for an Eye]. [Washington, D.C., 1905-1933]. 4 part-printed documents, ranging in size from 3" x 5" to 11-1/2" x 8-1/2". Light toning, horizontal and vertical fold lines to..... More
4 Judicial Appointment Certificates, Litchfield County, CT, 1829-1839.
Four Certificates Appointing a Distinguished Litchfield Judge [Manuscript Archive]. [Woodruff, Morris (1777-1840)]. [4 Judicial Appointment Certificates]. Litchfield, CT, 1829-1839. 12-1/2" x 7-3/4" part-printed bifolia, text running parallel to fold line, blind-embossed seal to 3 certificates and residue from removed seal to 1 certificate. Light toning, negligible light soiling, a few..... More
Two Pre-Publication Manuscript Copies of Treaties of Peace, c 1917.
Peace Cannot be Secured by Force [Manuscript Archive]. Bower, Sir Graham John [1848-1933]. [Two Pre-Publication Manuscript Copies of "Treaties of Peace," Read Before the Grotius Society]. [London, c.1917]. 31, 10 ff. on 10" x 8" loose-leaf ruled sheets; 29 ff. in 10" x 8" ruled "Empire" notebook. Text to rectos..... More
Correspondence Between Judge Richard Hartshorne and His Wife, Ellen...
Letters Tracing the Courtship and Early Marriage of a Notable New Jersey Judge [Manuscript Archive]. Hartshorne, Ellen Fritz [1895-1988]. Hartshorne, Richard [1888-1975]. [Correspondence of Judge Richard Hartshorne and His Wife, Ellen Fritz (Nee Sahlin) Hartshorne. America, Early 1900s]. Approximately 550 letters, 1,150 manuscript pages in ink, 200 pages in pencil..... More
Documents Concerning Scott's Application to Practice Law in Ohio.
A New York Lawyer Re-Establishes His Practice in Ohio [Manuscript Archive]. [Scott, Lyman, Jr.]. [Documents Concerning Scott's Application to Practice Law in Ohio]. Coshocton County, OH and Cattaraugus County, NY, 1832-1836. Six documents, one franked on verso, sizes ranging from 4-1/2" x 8" to 12-1/2" x 7-1/2." Moderate toning, fold..... More
Deeds, Receipts, Estate Inventories and Other Legal Documents, 1780...
Documents from the Settlement of a New Hampshire Estate [Manuscript Archive]. [New Hampshire]. [Wallace Family]. [Deeds, Receipts, Estate Inventories and Other Legal Documents]. Londonderry, NH, 1766, 1782-1801. 17 documents, 7 are 12" x 7-1/2" bifolia and single sheets, 1 is a 15" x 12" sheet, others range in size from..... More
Documents Relating to a Railway Right-of-Way Case, 1883-1884. 6 items
Archive Relating to an 1883-1884 Railway Case in Argentina [Manuscript Archive]. [Argentina]. [Trial]. [Legal Documents Relating to a Railway Right-of-Way Case]. Buenos Aires, 1883-1884. 6 items: 4 notebooks in stiff wrappers, 13" x 9," app. 100 pp. in all, 2 folding maps bound into a folder, 15-3/4" x 28," 12-1/2"..... More
Documents Relating to the Town of New Ipswitch, NH, 1783-1813
The Administration of a Small New Hampshire Town, 1783-1815 [Manuscript Archive]. [New Hampshire]. [Documents Relating to the Town of New Ipswitch, 1783-1813]. New Ipswitch, NH, 1783-1813. 7 stab-stitched manuscript volumes, 1 is 6-1/4" x 4" (18 pp.), 1 is 12-1/2" x 8" (12 pp.), 1 is 14" x 12-1/2" (16..... More