| 4-1 A printed speech, "The Crime Against Kansas, The Apology for the Crime, The True Remedy, Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, In the Senate of the United States, 19th and 20th May, 1856," 32 pages, 6 1/4x 9 1/2, some foxing, stain, otherwise in great shape. The delivery of this speech was one of the milestones to the Civil War. - $35. |
 | 4-2 "See Fort Ticonderoga, It's Nearby" Four pages. Nice rendering of fort. Inside is a map of upstate New York with a list of cities and their distance from Fort Ticoderoga, undated, but was with other material that was dated in the mid 1930s. - $25 |
 | 4-3 "Map of Charleston, South Carolina with Historic Landmarks, Blue and Gray Historical Series, Booklet No. 1," copyright 1926, folds-out to 17x22, and has a cover. Many historic sites are indicated and a manuscript notation locates the Cooper River Bridge. - $28 |
 | 4-4 "Columbian Insurance Company" insured the Bark "Prima Donna", owned by Samuel E. Sawyer, for a voyage from Boston to Buenos Aires, September, 22, 1863. The vessel and cargo was valued at $4000. The rate was 2 1/2%. The rate was relatively high because of aggresive Confederate raiding cruisers such as the "Alabama" and "Florida." This all ended up in court in the 1880s in the famous "Alabama Trials." This document bears a U. S. 25 cent Revenue stamp (Scott #46b part-perforate) with a neatly centered "Columbia Marine Co." circular date stamp - $48 |
 | 4-5 Republican Political item. "The Presidency of the United States of America," a booklet, 3 1/4"x6 1/4", 24 pages. The front cover has pictures of all the presidents through Coolidge with one silhouetted face with a question mark on it. This is a campaign piece for the Rebublican party for the 1928 campaign, Herbert Hoover versus Al Smith. This is a generic piece into which candidates for office could slug in their own ad and distribute. The back page is an ad for Fred R. Wilson for State Senator, probably in New York. Stains on back cover. $28 |
 | 4-6 Ten color postcards with Percé PQ views on a perforated pad w/reciprocal miniature views, c. 1950s. Enclosed in a die-cut cover, 3 1/2x8. - $28 |
 | 4-7 Free Will Baptist Register, 1868, 96 pp plus covers. Sort of an almanac, but it also lists all Free Will Baptist congregations across the country. Given are congregation breakdowns and pastors' names. There are also tables of quarterly meetings and "Obituaries of Preachers." $38 |
 | 4-8 Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, Dinner Menu for S.S. Columbus, January 23rd. 1932. She was on a West Indies Cruise. The photo was taken in Nassau, the Bahamas. Fold crease. Great place to be in January. - $45 |
 | 4-9 Poster, color, "Your Flag, how to respect and display it," publ. by U.S. Army Recruiting Service, dated 1935, folded: 6x9, folds-out: 12x18, various ways to display the flag are demonstrated. Foxing at top of first page. - $30 |
 | 4-10 Maritime Document, "Supplementary Account Sale of One Revolver received ex (ship) "Sooloo" and sold for account of Nathl. Brown & Wm. Stone Esq. (of Salem, Mass.), The revolver was sold in "Hobart Town, (penal colony on Tasmania) Nov. 12, 1853." $45. |