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1896118c5013London: The Army and Navy Co-operative Society Limited 1896. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 282 pages. Handsome bright gilt decoration upon front board. Gilt lettering upon backstrip clearly legible excepting a chip affecting three characters. Loss from top of backstrip. Prior owner's signature inside front board else unmarked. Narrow opening along back hinge. Average external wear. Additional photos available upon request. The Army and Navy Co-operative Society Limited Hardcover
1744007220London: T. Woodward 1744. Hardcover. Good. 2 volumes: vol. 1: 8 xvi 8 984 p. 16 leaves of plates; vol. 2: 10 1056 22 p. frontispiece and 21 leaves of plates: tables; 44 cm. Contemporary half calf with seven compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment of vol. 1: Harris's Voyages. Plain light grey paper over boards. Leaves are untrimmed. Title pages in red and black. Vol. 1 imprint: Printed for T. Woodward A. Ward S. Birt D. Browne T. Longman R. Hett C. Hitch H. Whitridge S. Austen J. Hodges J. Robinson B. Dod T. Harris J. Hinton and J. Rivington. Vol. 2 imprint the same except for omission of A. Ward. The dedication to George II with royal crest and signed by Carteret appears opposite the title page in vol. 1. A second dedication "To the merchants of Great-Britain" signed "The author" follows the title page. Index and "List of Charts Maps and Cutts in this Work" follow text in vol. 2. Woodcut head pieces tail-pieces and initial letters. Bookplate of the Museum Library of the University of Pennsylvania on each front fixed endpaper stamped " No longer the property of the University Museum Library." A heavy set; for international shipping they will have to be sent by priority international. Lacking maps except plans of Lima and Canton in v.1 and Peking in v.2 and some other leaves of plates 38 plates present of 61 called for; otherwise in Good Condition: front boards detached but present; lacking most of leather from vol. 2 spine; text blocks are solid; clean and bright. T. Woodward hardcover
18940010009On offer is a group of three diaries containing a treasure trove of local residents and organizations written by George W. Howe a veteran of the American Civil War and prominent member of his local community. <br /><br />The diaries are dated 1894 1895 and 1897 and measure 5.75 inches by 3.5 inches 7 inches by 3.25 inches and 7 inches by 3.25 inches respectively. All diaries are in good condition contain 365 pages plus memoranda and are 100 percent complete. <br /><br />Howe was born in 1844 and following the Civil War lived his life in Port Huron Michigan. He passed away in 1936 at age 91 or 92. Records show that he was married and his diary makes reference to a girl May and a boy Barlow. Interestingly Howe's 1894 diary is recorded in a notebook printed for 1889. Inside he stroked out the date each day and substituted the correct date for 1894 using a small calendar he pasted into the front cover. <br /><br />There is a record of Howe owning a newspaper prior to the Civil War but following the war it seems that he was deeply engaged in getting the railroad built between Port Huron and East Saginaw and up into Michigan's Thumb. He not only created subscription papers for gathering financial support for the proposed railway he also helped get information posted to the local newspaper and participated in the survey crew between Fort Gratiot and Lexington. <br /><br />Howe has a number of journal entries detailing loans and mortgages suggesting that this was part of his business activities. In fact his diaries are chock full of many many business transactions ranging from these loans to construction and repair activities and property rentals: <br /><br />"$70 interest due to M F Charleton to back interest. Mrs. Belle of mortgage $1034.13 Nov 13/94 Interest 8%" May 13 1894.<br /><br />"Barlow being at home AH thinks we can get on without Henry. He is willn to pay R E French bal of $4.00. Leaves bal of $1.23 I gave R E French ck for $4.10 bal leaves $1.13 I gave R E French 20¢ or 50¢ and got Old balance claimed of $3.80" September 22 1894. "Rent of Chalmers House by Rogers: April $1.50 Pd / May $1.50 Pd / June $1.50 Pd / July $1.50 Pd / $4.50 Cr $4.00 / Bal due Aug 1st / 50¢ settled later" September 11 1897. <br /><br />During the American Civil War Howe served in the 29th Michigan Infantry Regiment. When he mustered out he held the rank of 1st Sergeant. Following the war a number of organizations were formed to assist veterans and enable them to maintain contact with each other. Among these was the Grand Army of the Republic GAR which would grow to become the largest and most influential of such fraternal organizations. It also rapidly became entwined with partisan politics effectively becoming associated with the Republican party. Howe was very active in the GAR and the GAR's successor organization the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War named their Port Huron branch after him George W Howe Camp #9. <br /><br />He attended the 1897 National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Buffalo and includes some newspaper clippings of the event: <br /><br />"Took in the Parade of veterans and ex-prisoners of war most have seen tough times battle-scarred . . . I saw corks pulled freely liquor was being again in order. They had comfortable quarters and berths" August 24 1897. <br /><br />Howe was active in the American Republican Party and included in the 1896 diary is a form recording the votes in the Republican primary election in the Eight Ward showing the vote results of each candidate. No mention however of how he came into possession of them. <br /><br />". . . At Primary from 4:00 to close. Not much show for Bliss" July 30 1896. <br /><br />In addition to the GAR and the Republican Party Howe was active in several other community organizations such as the Masonic Lodge and a local fishing club. Through these various groups he had wide contacts in the community. Hundreds of local names are mentioned in his pages. For a local historian the pages of these diaries are a goldmine of information. The many named contacts would provide any genealogist excellent threads to follow in constructing family relationships.<br /><br />Keywords: George w. Howe; port huron; grand army of the republic; gar; sons of union veterans of the civil war; republican party in michigan; republican; michigan; americana; handwritten; manuscript; document; letter; autograph; writer; hand written; documents; signed; letters; manuscripts; diary; diaries; journals; personal history; social history; historical; holograph; writers; autographs; personal; memoir; memorial; antiquité contrat; vélin; document; manuscrit; papier antike; brief; pergament; dokument; manuskript; papier oggetto d'antiquariato; atto; velina; documento; manoscritto; carta antigüedad; hecho; vitela; documento; manuscrito; papel . hardcover
0011169Weymouth Massachusetts. Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. On offer is a pair of club meeting minutes covering a total of 24 years of the Ever Ready Guild a womens charity club that was initiated in 1928 at the East Weymouth Congregational Church in Weymouth Massachusetts 15 miles south of Boston. These minute books cover the periods of 1934-1944 and 1950-1964. Newspaper records between the 1930s-1960s show that as well as the Weymouth guild there were Ever Ready Guilds operating out of churches in Ohio Illinois Maine Indiana Delaware Nebraska and Pennsylvania. In the 1936-1937 Annual Report Guild secretary Katherine Wright discusses their general activities: .to promote the spiritual and social life of the young women of the church most of our members are active in the Sunday School and the Choir we donate to the basket at Christmas time which Mr. Newton distributes also the Red Cross the Pilgrim association we contribute our time to the LSU and also to the fair and we pledge $125 to our Church which we earn in various ways Dec 1936. These minute books provide a remarkable look into the impressive structure and organization of a 100% women-led long-running charitable club. The record-keeping is impeccable with each meeting being recorded in intimate detail and the names of members the executive officers their activities and finances being meticulously kept. The guilds activities represent a deep dive into the social fabric of the time from the interactions among guild members to the many locations they would visit and how they would allocate their funds. From a genealogy perspective these books include the names and addresses of hundreds of Weymouth and area women born in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Each meetings minutes are long and detailed so excerpts only give a general sense of the type of content: .Treasurer reported a balance of $39.84. Ethel Sylvester reported on new members. Ruth Newton reported that the Norwegian Glee Club would not be available until fall. Louise Williams reported that $40.60 was realized on the rummage sale. The president asked that a note of thanks be sent to Mr. Reidy who kindly allowed us the use of his vacant store. The sewing for the hospital was turned in to Helen Tirrell and she gave out dish towels to be hemmed May 14 1940. .Motions made and seconded the Guild pay $1.20 for a square in the Social Union quilt. Plans for the Xmas party to be held Dec 28 Each member to bring a 10 cent gift also a gift for our mystery palls to the Christmas party Nov 23 1943. .Thelma Chalmers informed us that the Lincoln Ensemble Choir from Brockton would be at our church This is a colored choir and very well worth hearing. It was decided to have a miscellaneous sale on Feb 14th at the home of Ruth Burrill each member to bring two articles to the value of 50 cents Berdice Gibson was welcomed as a member of the Guild Jan 21 1956. As mentioned there are hundreds of womens names recorded in these books representing members over the years. Some members seem to have been lifers active in the guild from 1934 through the 1960s. A tiny sampling of the many women referenced include: S. Evelyn Lindquist 1896-1977 Ebba Wise 1898-1984 Cora Shores 1906-1969 Mollie Wrin 1903-1995 Marion Fulton 1907-1998 Katherine Wright 1897-1971 Maud Averill 1903-1987 Gladys Robinson 1902-1978 Hazel Haley 1904-1982 Doris Briggs 1905-1995 Olive Briggs 1900-1989 Winnifred Blanchard 1917-1989 Meredith Murch 1917-1980 Beryl Wentworth 1903-1983 among many others. This pair of manuscripts would be an excellent addition to a collection related to the Boston area Christian charities womens social clubs or women in leadership positions. It would be an exceedingly handy tool for one interested in Massachusetts genealogy or history in general. The books measure 10.5x8 inches and 9.5x8 inches respectively. They are both in overall good condition with normal age wear particularly with a peeling and cracking spine on the earlier book. Pages are all in tact. Both books are about 95% complete. The 1934-1944 book contains nearly 298 pages of manuscript minutes members lists and financial recordings while the 1950-1964 book contains nearly 295 pages of the same. Overall G. ; Manuscripts; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 300 pages; Signed by Author . hardcover
19300002313NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA LA. Good. 1930. On offer is a super original 1930 manuscript diary handwritten by New Orleans native Marcel Theodore Ducros a 52 year old city employee of the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board and businessman. Born in New Orleans September 30 1878 Marcel would become a formidable citizen in helping usher New Orleans into the Modern Age as he travelled the area extensively and helped build some of the major canals in the state. A Depression era diary we note that Marcel lived the life; an active Shriner football enthusiast weekends primping his Nash playing with the kids and much dining whether with friends or out enjoying New Orleans. He writes January 01 1930 through December 31 1930 he does a super job writing daily noting the weather conditions his wife Ms. Kitty Catherine whether it was the new green dress she bought for $6.00 or the $2.00 she lost at the race track playing cards or listening to Amos and Andy on the radio. He talks about local elections LSU vs Tulane dinner at Arnauds Carnival Season and eating crawfish oysters and crabs. He traveled the streets of downtown New Orleans Bucktown Algiers Westwego and Hammond where he oversaw many canal projects. The largish 8 x 7 inch book has seen better days; the spine cap and back cover is missing the front cover is detaching though the pages are still bound with the exception of the last few pages entitled "Cash Accounts". Some foxing on the first pages and occasional spots and stains. He writes in a lovely hand but some entries were done in light green ink that has faded but is legible with good lighting. Overall Fair.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MARCEL THEODORE DUCROS CATHERINE KITTY DUCROS NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA DEEP SOUTH CIVIL ENGINEER NEW ORLEANS SEWERAGE AND WATER BOARD DEPRESSION ERA TULANE FOOTBALL BUCKTOWN ALGIERS WESTWEGO HAMMOND CANALS AQUEDUCTS SOUTHERN AMERICANA AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown
18930002365VIROQUA WISCONSIN WASHINGTON DC CHICAGO. Good. 1893. Offered is a super original significant manuscript diary dated January 1st 1893 through November 30th 1894 handwritten by Mary Edith Rusk the daughter of Wisconsin Governor Jeremiah Rusk. Born on January 11th 1862 thusly 30 when she began writing January 1st 1893 from Washington DC. In a tight small hand Miss Rusk well filled the notebook with details her life with clarity and an erudition speaking of a fine education. She also writes of significant times but perhaps of particular interest to researchers and historians of late 19th Century Wisconsin will be the awful last days of the Governor's life: "Papa had a bad night but I guess is some better Papa has been very sick all day and tonight is no better. Charity is here and the Dr is to stay all night Some improvement in papa today but he is very weak. I am to sit up with him tonight. Papa had a very bad night and a very hard weak spell about three. Dr Lull took himself off home at one o'clock in spite of all I sat up until half past five so am done up Papa was nervous last night so took a capsule and rested some and today has been so much more like himself. Papa is alarmingly ill and we have telegraphed for Dr Hamilton. He felt badly all day and about five this afternoon he had a slight chill so I telegraphed for Dr Schreiner to come down for the night. Dr Golt came up about 6 and papa's temperature had run up to 103. We are worried to death Dr Golt came about 8 and Dr Hamilton got here at a little before nine. We were glad indeed to see him. He made a thorough examination and decided at once that there must be an operation an incision in the bladder so it could be washed out and treated. It was his only chance for his life and of course we felt it must be done otherwise he would die of blood poison Dr Hamilton felt very confident it would give him relief and he would recover but it is still extremely anxious time that we are in A whole month has gone and I have not once written in my diary but so much sorrow and trouble has come to us that it has been quite impossible. My darling father has left us and we are so desolate. He died Tuesday morning November 21 about a quarter before eight very suddenly all the days after the operation we could see so little improvement and there were so many trials " Other significant writings include seven full pages of her time at the Columbian Exposition with her father just months before his death. Here are some snippets: "Spent the morning picking up the things I wanted to take to Chicago. Papa and Blaine went downtown afternoon did not do much and now we are started on our way. Blaine and I out I imagine won't stay long I think both Blaine and I have been a little bit sorry we came but we are here anyway. We were on time this AM and came directly down to the ground. We spent about two hours looking for a place to say and finally found this at 5422 M Ave. We went to the fair and spent the day wandering about and did not accomplish much. Walked down the midway and met up on the Ferris Wheel Chicago Oct 9 A great day this has been. This morning we met around 54th street for our breakfast and then started for the Fair. Blaine went to the gate with me and then left me as he wanted to go up town. I found vast numbers of people in the grounds. I went through the California building also some other state buildings the Children's Building Puck White Stare then over to the Wisconsin Building to meet Blaine at noon. Such a crowd of people I despaired of his coming. Met Bunn and Fanny and some other friends Blaine came at one o'clock. We went to the Public Comfort for lunch and then walked through Transportation through the Pavilion to Forestry Krupp Gun and back through the Manufacture Building over to Wisconsin again. Found a chair to sit and rest and who should come along but Henry Lindemann. Was much surprised Sat on the porch and waited for the parade of Floats but it did not come so we started off to see the fireworks and saw the parade also. It was very pretty indeed. Walked through the Island which was so beautifully illuminated and over to the Fisheries went through the aquarium There were 716 thousand and over paid admissions to the Fair yesterday and there really seemed most as much of a crowd today. I spent the morning in the art gallery mostly in Russia Belgium Holland Denmark Norway and Italy some fine things too. Met Blaine at one for lunch and we had it on the roof garden at the California Building Henry and I went first through the Illinois Building and then through the foreign buildings and enjoyed them very much Came back through the Manufacturers and over to Wisc again All went for lunch down to the White Horse Inn after many trials trying to find a place came back to the sidewalk and there through Liberal Arts. We got so tired we found a seat on the lake and listened to the music for an hour Blaine and I went to Van hornets for cocoa came over to Wisconsin we met at the court of honor to al see the Fireworks. They were beautiful and the Electric fountain and the illumination .was beautiful a sight never to be forgotten This morning Blaine went downtown and I met Jennie at Wisconsin. I stopped and wrote a note to H and then we went to take the Intramural over to Agriculture. It was so warm and pleasant we rode for nearly an hour and then went through Machinery Hall Agricultural Hall and over to La Rabid to use one of the most interesting places on the ground. So many Columbus Relics and valuable pictures and papers from the vatican Mrs Horton her husband was with her we came back past the Santa Maria the Pinta the Nina over to Liberal Arts. A wind had come up from the Lake and a heavy fog was the result so it was most disagreeable. We went to a few more of the foreign buildings I had not been to a number of the state buildings Miss AF and I walked through a number of the galleries and she told me many interesting things about the pictures. We met Mr Phillipine station commissioner and he told us a great deal about Italy's pictures and statue. We came across a picture My Studio by Karl Kahler a beautiful thing which has a cut across the face. Mr Kahler painted a picture of which this is a copy and sold it with the promise that he would never reproduce it but he did paint this one for the Exposition. He was offered $16000 for it by a wealthy New Yorker and for fear he would accept it and so ruin his reputation he took a knife and cut it across. It is a most beautiful picture he must be found of Persian cats as he has one in this picture and has all painted a Happy Family with a number of them We are just about to start for home this morning Jennie and I went to the Fair. Went over to the Art Gallery to see Miss F a moment first spent some little time there and then went to the building through Fisheries and Government and to Manufactures I met Mamie Jackson and had quite a little visit with her had some Brazilian Coffee and went to the midway went to the Woman's building we went outside the grounds a little after four and came up on the Illinois Central Railway by the time we got up town it was raining hard." The plain 7 x 4½ inch book is shaken with a couple of loose pages though complete and very legible. Overall G. ; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MARY EDITH RUSK GOVERNOR JEREMIAH RUSK COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR CITY OF CHICAGO VIROQUA WISCONSIN LATE 19TH CENTURY WOMEN'S STUDIES GENDER STUDIES PRE SUFFRAGE AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown
In -4°, pp. (12), 111, (1); 9 cc. di tavv. di cui 4 ripiegate. Ril. in cartoncino coevo con titolo manoscritto al dorso; cofanetto moderno. Contraffazione dell’edizione originale 1682 (che comprendeva un ritratto di Bernini), barbe, bellissima edizione in cartonato coevo con titolo manoscritto, camicia rigida con dorso in pelle e cofanetto, carte non tagliate sul margine superiore, alcune tavole cucite in un secondo momento. Rossetti 706; Cicognara 2198
1860645411 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque demi-maroquin vert à grain long, dos à 4 nerfs orné, Pagnerre, Paris, 1860, 2 ff., frontispice, 552 pp. [ On joint : ] "Appel au Public", prospectus d'Adolphe Sax, Imp. J. Kugelmann, Paris, s.d. [ circa 1874-1880 ? ], 4 pp.
[10], 211 pages. "In this work it is not only a ghost writer of the immortal Hardy Boys who speaks to us: here is a sensitive man who delights in recollection and his charmed readers will rejoice with him. McFarlane's (1902-77) memoirs have a special romance, lyrical and profound." - dust jacket. Book very clean, tight, bright and unmarked with slight peripheral wear. Light wear to attractively illustrated complete dust jacket, now preserved in mylar, with one-inch opening to bottom edge of front panel. An extraordinary copy of this very special life story. Gift quality. Book
Signed by Jack O'Connor upon front free endpaper with "My Best Wishes." x, [3]-302 p. Black and white illustrations. "Jack O'Connor [1902-1978] grew up in Tempe, Arizona, in those days before World War I when a boys' own father had living memories of a truly 'wild' West. The Tempe [he] recalls was already in the twentieth century, but the flavor of the frontier still permeated daily life. And he summons it up for the reader - the humors, the absurdities, the gaucheries, the pleasures of the horse and buggy West - with a sort of affectionate chuckle that seems to say, just a bit sadly, that the old-fashioned is after all faintly ridiculous. His book is peopled with grandfathers unforgettable, with black-sheep uncles, with a fine and varied collection of Western characters who bring back to us an America - and a childhood - we seem to remember no matter where we were raised." - dust jacket. Book is well preserved with top edge darkened, otherwise quite clean, bright and unmarked with light wear to publisher's green cloth decorated in maroon and lettered in gilt. Tight and square. Above-average wear, some faint scribbles, and several repairs to dust jacket, including a 3" x 1" facsimile replacement portion at top of spine and upper corner of front panel. A sound signed copy of the early life story of perhaps America's most respected hunting and firearms author. Book
16742Paris, Foucault, 1819-1826 pour la première série puis 1820-1828 pour la seconde. 120 vol. in-8, demi-veau rouge de l'époque, dos lisse orné de filets et de fleurons dorés, tranches cailloutées (insolation, petits manques et frottements, petites taches, un cahier en cours de débrochage).
In-8°, CCCLII, (134cc) vignetta xilografica sul frontespizio, legatura in pelle piena; Seguono dello stesso autore: Dialogus de falso & vero bono; Contra amores; Dialogus de vera nobilitate; De optimo ciue; Panegyricus; [...] Vita Platyna, buone condizioni, legatura coeva in pelle piena, piatti impressi a secco
Signed by Steadman and Clark upon front free endpaper. 270 pages. "In 1983, when Sally Ride became the first American woman to enter space, there was no question of whether she could handle the physical stress of the flight, because in 1961 a secret study found thirteen women were physically fit and properly motivated to become astronauts. Bernice Steadman was one of the twenty-five women invited, and one of the thirteen to pass that early strenuous physical. But then she was only allowed to watch, not to participate, as American men first flew into space." - from dust jacket. "A window into the life of a very remarkable lady. Bernice fought the battle of gender discrimination with grace, determination and, above all, ability." - Jerri Truhill, Pilot, Mercury 13. Appears unread. A superb copy. Book
vi, [2], 312 pp. Index. Black and white photographic plates including frontis portrait of Vanderlip who rose from humble beginnings to become head of National City Bank. This work most notable for Chapter XXI entitled 'A Conclave on Jekyl Island' which states: "There was an occasion, near the close of 1910, when I was as secretive, indeed, as furtive as any conspirator... I do not feel it any exaggeration to speak of our secret expedition to Jekyl Island as the occasion of the actual conception of what eventually became the Federal Reserve System." - page 210. Moderate wear to book. Binding intact. Slight lean to spine. Gift greetings, dated 1935, upon front free endpaper. Above-average wear to dust jacket, now in mylar, which lacks a two-inch piece from bottom of spine. Includes news clipping detailing the settlement of Vanderlip's estate. A worthy copy of this historic reference. Book
Warmly signed and inscribed atop half-title page by Margit von Mises, author of the Foreword, to her friend, Ruth Matthews. Ms. Matthews was the wife of Dr. J.B. Matthews, "foremost Communist fellow traveler of the early 1930s, who by the end of that decade was the chief investigator for the Dies Committee... Matthews had been converted from socialism partly by reading Mises's 'Socialism'" - Murray Rothbard. Publisher's promotional slip and Ms. von Mises' unsigned 'Compliments of' card laid in, plus a 1978 Wall St. Journal clipping bearing a review of this book. 181 pages. Index. Minimal light pencil markings to contents. Light overall wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A solid addition to the collection of any adherent of the Austrian School. Book
Prominent revisionist historian Ernst Zundel [1939-2017] was deported from the United States to Canada in 2003 after he was alleged to have missed an immigration interview. In Canada he was placed into solitary confinement at the Toronto West Detention Centre where he would remain until his deportation to Germany in 2005. In prison Zundel maintained a steady stream of written correspondence with his supporters around the world. In 2004 his American wife, Ingrid Rimland Zundel [1936-2017], requested recipients of his letters to forward them to her for compilation into this 182 page book. Zundel's prison living conditions were harsh and his writing utensils were limited to stubby pencils which prison officials would only infrequently allow to be sharpened or replaced. Despite this, Zundel, formerly a commercial artist, produced diminutive works of art to include in his letters to thank his supporters. Included with this book is one such artistic sample, a simple 4" x 3.5" pencil crayon illustration of three snowdrop flowers, signed and dated by Zundel on 24 Dec. 2003. Beneath the illustration Zundel wrote "Painted in Solitary in a Canadian Prison". "The law under which I am held is very complex and only recently passed by the Canadian Parliament after 9/11. It allows a Canadian judge of the Federal Court to hear secret witnesses and secret evidence. Neither my attorney nor I will be told the names of these witnesses." - back cover. This copy was carefully studied and extensively marked up by its prior owner and shows above-average wear. Ironically, the law used to imprison Zundel was unanimously ruled unconstitutional by Canada's Supreme Court in 2007. Book
1935315h1910New York: Reynal & Hitchcock / John Day. Good. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. "Thompson was the strangest combination imaginable of go-getter and philosopher grabber and philanthropist realist and dreamer ruthless magnate and tender grandfather. His contribution to history was not primarily a matter of influence in world affairs or of institutions created though his one appearance on the world stage in Russia flashed with insight and originality." - Prologue. "William Boyce Thompson played a crucial role in the Bolshevik Revolution. Indeed if he had not been in Russia in 1917 subsequent history might have followed a quite different course. Without the financial and more important the diplomatic and propaganda assistance given to Trotsky and Lenin by Thompson Robins and their New York Associates the Bolsheviks may well have withered away and Russia evolved into a socialist but constitutional society." - Antony C. Sutton in "Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution". A Montana native Thompson made his fortune in copper and served on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 1914 to 1919. viii 343 pages. Reference list. Index. Black and white photographic plates including frontis portrait of Thompson. Unmarked with moderate wear to cerulean cloth. Binding intact. No dust jacket. A sound signed copy of this influential life story.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; William Boyce Thompson Biography Mining - United States Russian Revolution Round Table Network Federal Reserve Bank of New York Central Banking United States Red Cross Russia Newmont Mining; Signed by Author . Reynal & Hitchcock / John Day hardcover
1907012194Cleveland OH: The Burrows Brothers Company 1907. 616pp/frontis/illus/maps. #30 of 150 copies.In near fine clean slipcase. Beautifully printed on extra large laid paper bound in a richly tooled half leather binder. An exceedingly rare volume. Includes: illustrations diagrams maps. During the American Revolutionary War a contingent of Delaware Christian Indians led by John Heckwelder an assistant to Moravian missionary David Zeisberger founded the last of five missions to occupy the Tuscarawas Valley between May 3 1772 and September 8 1781. Heckewelder spent forty years as a missionary among the Indians in the Ohio Valley. He was praised for his understanding of the Indian language and customs but is also known for his account of the massacre of the Christian Indians at Gnadenhutten by troops lead by Col. David Williamson in 1782. Light nicks on spine. Clean no marks. Beautiful copy. 1st Printing. Half-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Limited Numbered Copy. The Burrows Brothers Company Hardcover
1973111H4408London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Good in Good dust jacket. 1973. Second Edition. Hardcover. 0297765841 . 746 pages. Index. "This extraordinary document which has for many years been unobtainable presents the authentic record of the secret conversations at Hitler's headquarters from July 1941 to November 1944 taken down on Martin Bormann's instructions. The most significant record of Hitler's mind and character in existence." - dust jacket. "A most remarkable addition to our background knowledge of the Nazi era. undoubtedly authentic. fascinating reading." - Chester Wilmot. Unmarked with light wear to publisher's coarse brown cloth. Binding tight. Moderate wear to price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this fascinating and important reference. Enser p.209 Kehr & Langmaid 754 Rees G 911.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Adolf Hitler Table Talk Martin Bormann . Weidenfeld and Nicolson hardcover
19380001626HICKORY NORTH CAROLINA NC. Good. 1938. On offer is a super original manuscript archive of three 3 handwritten diaries by Eugenia Vasseur Ivey later Bivens b. April 29th 1919 d. January 20 2011 who worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigations FBI beginning in 1942 for 35 years. Her sister Virginia also worked with the FBI. The books are all 5-year diaries dated 1938-1943 nearly full 1944-1948 2/3rds full and the last only for 1949 and about half full. Prior to her work at the FBI she attended college and taught and she may have also been a hotel clerk. While each year is not full this archive shines on a number of levels given that she writes during the war years travels a fair bit dates a lot and sometimes interesting things happen to her like meeting Norman Rockwell and getting his autograph. As a home front diary she notes blackouts air raids gas rationing and much more relating to life during the war. What may be of particular interest to historians and collectors of FBI material was the fact that she was a super diarist detailing her duties her contacts her bosses and matters from the mundane to bank robberies. We learn she quit the FBI over a transfer dispute but they came back to her months later asking her to come back which she did. We also note that she met her husband Winfred Lee 'Wint' Bivens at the FBI. She went from and average typist to a respected clerical employee and her test results and other works were highly commended it seems. Here are snippets of the early years: 1942 "March 11th Mother went to her club. I get supper. Heard that Elbert is worse so I call off my bridge club I was to have Thursday night. Elbert has Hodgkin's disease no cure. Went to his stomach. Has been having treatments at Duke for it about 3 years March 12th Mother called me at school to tell me Elbert Ivey my 1st cousin died last night. Had busy day at school and company all afternoon after I got home. I went up to A. Blanches and helped in house from 7 to 9:30. So many flowers. He was only 42 years old. Has two sons 5 3. Married Isabelle Parker. Certainly so sad .June 7th Va. and I got up at 6:00 and did final packing car. By 8 boys came over and had breakfast with us. At 9:00 Va. And I left home by car for Silver Bay. I hated to leave mother and daddy. They helped us so to get off. We drove over Mts. all day and went over 45 and got 350 miles to Weston. West Va. By 9:30 at night. Beautiful dinner. Had no trouble. Had nice tourist home for night. Car ok. Jack and Dick were to leave after us going to Asheville and Smokey Mountains and then to Columbia S.C .June 14th Rained all day. I got up about 8 and went to work at front desk. Tom Helde is here for 2 weeks so he showed me a lot of things about job. I had afternoon off so I unpacked and straightened room. At night I worked until 11:00. Don Mac Naughton is back to be head desk clerk when Tommy H. leaves then a new boy is on other shift. I think I will like my job fine .June 15th I slept late as I had morning off. I worked in afternoon and night as Student Conference of 125 came in. It wasn't too bad registering the people. Most came by bus and train. I worked until 12:00 getting cash report made up and everything . September 9th we got up early. Raining but we packed the car. Ate about 8 and went and told everyone goodbye. Left at 9:30. Beautiful drive even in rain. I drove into NY City at 6:00 P.M. Had room at Taft Hotel. At 8 Dick came and took Va. and I to Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe. The show was so good. Jack had to work so could not get off. All bright lights are out in NY these days September 17th Va. Mother and I went to Charlotte. We interviewed by FBI man and he offered us jobs in office in Washington. I also saw Bell Tel. man offered me job at $70 per month but that is too low. Va. wants to go to Washington. I don't. But we have to have physical exams and they have to investigate. September 23rd Cut out red plaid skirt and black jacket. Neighbors came in and sat and talked. Then 2 page telegram from John Edgar Hoover telling us of our appointment as clerk in the FBI dept. and to report for duty September 28th. Va. and I both wired we accepted. Went up town in afternoon. We only hope we are doing right by going .September 29th Went to see U. Harry. He was so surprised to see us. Went again at 9:00. Heard more lectures all day. Took tour of building and went to J. Edgar Hoover's office but he was not in. At 6 we were given our assignments. I am to be typist in fingerprints called Identification Division. Va. with files. We begin work Wed. night 11:30 P.M. to 4:30 A.M. We had supper came to house and to bed early .October 29th I graded cards tonight instead of typing them. Va. is to transfer and start 6 weeks study in tech Monday. Learn how to classify fingerprints and I'm so dissatisfied .November 16th to work at 3:30. Had my 45 day report with Mr. Anderson. It said I was an average new employee and I was discontent and I am. He said he was not pleased with report and fussed at me terrible. I couldn't say a thing as I was so hurt. Went to rest room and cried .December 18th Heard today that Roy Rainhart is out at Ft. Belvoir Virginia and getting well from war and on way to Ireland. Will go out to see him Sunday. Gasoline was frozen today at noon and we only have tank ½ full. Only T. cards good. Eastern fuel shortage critical so was forced to do this. What will daddy do now for business " 1943 "January 1st Slept late. Rainy. Went to work no holiday for us. Touhy gang was caught by FBI in Chicago. Heard from Earl. Went to show before work. Jack Benny in George Washington Slept Here. Good April 7th All our office was called in today into Mr. Scott's office for efficiency report. Mine was excellent. Louise Clark and Va. were too but not others. I was proud of it. I told Mr. Scott that if I didn't get transfer to Charlotte I would probably resign in July. Also told Clark and office. How I want the transfer through .April 10th National Police Academy of FBI had its graduation exercises at 10:30. Va. and I and 2/3 of employees got to go. J. Edger Hoover spoke. Earl Godwin Garvy Firestone and Horace Beck Editor of Collier. So nice. Ate lunch in Internal Revenue Dept. Not so good. My office went out in afternoon and took pictures of us .May 4th Today Norman Rockwell artist for Saturday Evening Post was at Hecht Co. selling bonds and giving copies of his 4 Freedom pictures away. Va. and I went at lunch time to buy a bond and N. Rockwell autographed one of the pictures. He is very homely looking." For months she tells the FBI she wants to transfer to Charlotte or she will resign and finally on October 14 she does resign. After that she is out of work for several months waiting impatiently for the FBI to call for another job in the Charlotte area. Finally in 1944 she gets re-hired and spends the next 35 years with the FBI. There is also so much is happening in 1944 concerning the war and on August 6th she writes this entry about the Atomic Bomb: "August 6th 1944 Today we heard that U.S. used new and mighty bomb Atomic Bomb on the Jap Island of Hiroshima. So powerful it leaves nothing alive which it touches. 2000 times more powerful then B-29 bomb. Levels steel and everything. Wipes out whole cities. Terrible." Besides trips to places like Quebec in 1949 the most extensive seems to be in 1947 when she and her sister take a month and a half trip to the West Coast : "October 18th Thought I would go home after work today but decided not to and decided to go to office party at agent's house they rent out on river. Mr. and Mrs. Cole took me. About 50 or more there mostly married couples. We drank and danced. Had a fine time. I had a time with key and Mr. Cole had to come help me open door at 2 A.M." "December 6th Nice day. Helen is so excited about her trip. She leaves in morning at 4:27 A.M. We had office party out at two agent's house out near river. Nicest place! Had juke box and all decorated for Xmas. About 60 there. Mr. and Mrs. Cole took me. I had fine time and feet tired from dancing. Got home about 2:15 A.M. Even the boss came a few minutes but I didn't get to dance with him." Included are a number 9 of unidentified photos of we assume Eugenia and her family. One of the diaries has a cracked hinge the locks are all cut or broken but overall they are G.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF J EDGAR HOOVER FBI FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS EUGENIA V. IVEY BIVENS HOMEFRONT HOME FRONT HICKORY NORTH CAROLINA GENDER ISSUES GENDER STUDIES WWII WORLD WAR II WW2 WOMEN'S STUDIES AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito papel. . unknown
1857000787RACINE WISCONSIN by way of the ISLAND OF GUERNSEY. Very Good. 1857. Decorative Cloth. "In the month of March 1857 I was advised by my friends to buy a lot and build a house what I did I bought a lot on Barnstable Street from Mr I. M. James for the sum of three hundred fifty dollars payable $50 cash and the balance in two years at the rate of 12 percent interest and as I had no money for building a house I was obliged to borrow fifty dollars from Mr James Langlois at 10 percent and sixty from Mr John Langlois ." So begins this fascinating mid 19th century financial diary and journal of account of money owed and money earned - but so much more given the personality of the writer! This 7 ¼" x 6" account book was written and kept by Joseph Du Four a blacksmith by trade who was born in 1836 on the Island of Guernsey and who came to America in 1854 finally settling in Racine Wisconsin on November 26 1855. ref: History of the First Methodist Episcopal Church-Racine Wisconsin; by E W Leach. 1912 Joseph borrowed and earned money from many different people some of them well known in local history during the 6 years covered in this book 1857-1861. Among those listed are: James Langlois John Langlois Mr Bradley Mr Hood Mr Pugh Pendleton Boutwell Turbush Gallienne James Graham Peter Nelson John Lunn Lawrence Paul and Peter Du Four John Robilliard J G Williams Osborne Osgood. He did blacksmith work for: Tomlinson Hurlbut Osbourne Peirce Blake Fountain Doolitte Bay W L Utley Millet Griffiths Phelps Morgan Conroe Hart etc. There are several pages of expenses where he lists items purchased along with prices. He suffered from "piles" as he bought "one bottle of Dr Libbys Pile Ointment" for $1.00. Thirty nine of the pages are written on the others are blank. The blank front free endpaper reads: "Memoranda 1857" and contains the ornate signature of Joseph Du Four with flourishes. The verso of that page reads: "Racine Wisconsin" and the next blank endpaper contains a doodle in fountain pen of a pair of birds. Marbled boards and black leather spine. Tight very good condition throughout. "All this do I owe and have nothing to pay it except the hope that God will bless my labours and that by little and little I shall be able to pay it". VG.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; Personal Memoir Handwritten hand written autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author holograph personal Americana New Immigrant Immigration Blacksmith Smithy Ledger Racine Wisconsin Economics Pioneer Guernsey antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel Genealogy . hardcover
19390012248London England AT Sea. Good with no dust jacket. 1939. Softcover. On offer is a fascinating diary kept by a teenaged British Merchant Navy sailor in WWII who turns 17 while serving aboard the M/V Willowbank. The author of this diary is one R. Bruggey. Our research has not turned up any biographical information about him. The diary covers the year 1939 and the first two days of 1940. This frontline World War II diary opens with an entry from 1938 noting that he was accepted into the Merchant Navy as an apprentice. He was 16 years old at the time. After Christmas at his home he joined a coaster the Dutch vessel SS Westlaan. On Jan 4th he got his orders to report to M/V Willowbank. The Willowbank was a motor merchant ship owned by Andrew Weir & Co. In London. On June 12 1940 it was sunk in an attack by the German submarine U-46. All 51 on board at the time survived our author was likely still on board at this time. This young diarist was so delighted to be joining the war effort. He even draws small diagrams of the ships he is on as well as the ports he stops at. Some excerpts of his writing follows: On the 14th Oct 1938 I first joined the Shipping Federation. Nov 8th I was accepted for Andrew Weirs waiting list. 1 week before Christmas I purchased my uniform. On the 23rd Dec I received a letter from the A. W. Co stating I was to fill a vacancy in one of the apprenticeships aboard Willowbank just completing at dosefords yard Sunderland. Had a very enjoyable Christmas. One of the best Memoranda 1938. I joined my ship the Willowbank. Everything very dirty. Signed on about 10: 30 AM. No dinner. Had tea ashore. Mate told us to have bed and breakfast on shore. Back in morning to dinner in ship. Dosefords Yard filthy. Sunderland is not a very nice place Jan 7. On January 10th 1939 after workups M/V Willowbank left Tyneside UK bound for Turkey. His entries from this point detail shipboard routines his work and studies and events that he experienced. Excerpts follow: The ship has nearly a full load! Her first cargo. It now remains to be seen what shes like at sea when loaded. Worked all day putting a canvas dodger round the Monkey Island Feb 6. It is exactly 2 month since I first started out from home. Started caulking Monkey island did about half in one day. Pitch not ready in the evening Weather very hot. Worse shorts while working got legs terribly sore strong sunburn March 6. Sea high. High winds. Heavy spray on deck did not have breakfast lunch in my bunk asleep during dinner felt very ill got a cold Mar 13. Weather fair sea very nasty swell and a fair bit of wind Apparently there has been 1 Canadian ship sunk the Athenia with Americans on board. Germany has now to face Poland Britain France Australia Sept 4. Weather fair choppy sea. 1 British ship sunk to day the Bosnia. Off Portugal getting nearer! All port holes painted black have to shut them at night now. Rooms very hot. Sat in the tire hatch all into evening life boats cleared away for action. New Zealand and South Africa have declared for Britain. Planes bombed Kiel Canal! Sept 5. "My birthday today - 17. Everything just the same. I wonder if anyone is thinking about me today 1 German ship sunk last night. The French have broken through" Sept 10. "At N Guinea this morning. Into Pt Moresby at lunch time a fairly hilly place. Started loading at 2: 00 PM . Went into the Hotel and had a few drinks mostly lemonade beer is too costly" Dec 8. Started cargo here this morning and got everything finished by 5-0 PM. Waited at anchor all night to get away in the early morning. 4th Engineer pinched a cake out of the store. We all agreed it was very nice! Just going ashore when we were told the launch were bound for Raboul so that knocked that on the head Dec 20. Had the day off today. Went for crocodile shooting up the little creeks in B. P. 6 got back in time for a lousy Christmas dinner. After dinner the lights went very low then flames started shoot out of the funnel after one terrific blast we heard horrible screams from the engine room. Mich and I ran for the doctor who came in 4 mins. 5 nigs badly burnt from a blow back in the boiler. Went to a lousy Christmas party Dec 25. For a military or naval historian this is an outstanding record of the day-to-day life of a merchant ship in the early days of WWII. There are references to other ships to current events and descriptions of daily routines. It is one small part of the huge picture of Britains effort to survive in the dark days of WWII. CONTACT SELLER FOR FULL BIO NOTES ON SHIP AND BRITISH MERCHANT NAVY. The diary measures 4.5 inches by 3.0 inches and contains 61 pages plus account pages. It is about 80% complete. The hard cover is in good condition as is the spine and the binding. The pages are in good condition as well and the handwriting is legible. ; Manuscripts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 61 pages; Signed by Author . paperback
19190002076La Fox Illinois Kane County. Good with no dust jacket. 1919. On offer is the incredible 1919 diary of Annie M. Barker Potter 1840-1933 kept when she was the 79-year-old widow of La Fox Blackberry Township Kane County Illinois visionary Lemuel Milk Potter 1830-1897. Originally of the Plymouth Massachusetts Barkers Annie married fellow Massachusetts native sea captain and widower Lemuel Milk Potter in 1863. That same year Annie and Lemuel alongside Annies brother Henry H. Barker 1848-1889 moved to La Fox Kane County Illinois. The entrepreneurial Lemuel became a key player in La Foxs early development. In collaboration with Henry Lemuel purchased an interest in Frederick Deans store and renamed it Potters General Store. He and Henry also constructed a grain elevator and a cheese factory which was converted to a creamery and later became a meeting place La Fox Hall in La Fox. Lemuel also had a large residence built for his own family in La Fox. SEE BIO NOTES FOLLOWING LISTING FOR MORE ON THE POTTERS. Annie and her adult children were actively involved in the thriving Potter family businesses at the time she kept this diary. A large number of her entries relate to her role within the business. Annie comments regularly on the Potters general store her investments financial transactions and business dealings as the inferred manager of the Potters other properties. It is impressive that Annie a female in her golden years was still respected as a key player in the business by the surviving Potter men. She was also very socially engaged involved in womens clubs and keenly aware of the comings and goings of members of the community. Some excerpts of her diary which cover the year of 1919 give the flavour of her entries and her relationships with the larger Potter family: Charlie Eatman and Blanche and Althea are here. I have been writing to Alden Feb 23. Recd of CA Potter to apply on principal of loan $100 and I paid that into the store this top up all the loans on the trust deed of $3500 except a little interest April 12. I went down town with Doc nickname for her son Charles and sent my $15.00 Liberty Loan off to be registered and I got the int on my $25.00 Liberty loan also on my $14.00 liberty loan The 60 Club met at Mrs. Caldwells. My int on loans was $50 50 on one and 30 30 on the other April 24. Had a telegram from Angie that Everett Chaffee died suddenly today. Frank Pudds wife also died today. Recd note $6.00 took this to store and got the money on it May 27. Ive been copying my statement and making out my yearly statement. A hard wind storm has just come up and we think it may take some of the strawberries. We are beginning to have them going to have quite a lot. Tayler paid me rent to Dec 15 1919 $48.00 June 11. Have just written to Lizzie about the change over w the store. Arlo and Bill have been to St. Charles Doc and Grace were up tonight to talk business Oct 16. Got word from Doc that he had heard from Herbert that it was all right to sell the property Oct 24. All the Finns were up for dinner tonight we went to Elburn on the O. E. R. To the entertainment got home about 1 oclock Nov 21. I was sick all night last night and all the forenoon. Got my check from Scott Washburn for rent. 6.00 for Dec 1919 Nov 30. As well as keeping her diary nearly every day for the year of 1919 Annie also kept good track of her finances in the Cash Account section at the back of the diary providing a clear picture of her transactions and financial habits. This diary provides an insightful peek into the business and personal dealings of the La Fox Illinois Potter family who were vital in the building up of the community and whose work in La Fox still stands today. Annie is a strong elderly woman who is more active than many women half her age. She is obviously extremely savvy in business and finance. This diary would be a valuable addition to the collection of any historian or anyone interested in the role of women in business in the early 20th century the experiences of widows of entrepreneurs in maintaining family legacies and those interested in the Potter family or pioneering residents of Illinois in general in particular Kane County. Diary measures approximately 5x3 inches. Cover is chipping slightly but the spine and pages are all intact. Diary is 90% complete and writing is legible. Overall Good. BIO NOTES: Lemuel Milk Potter of Massachusetts first married Elizabeth A. Davis 1835-1855 in May of 1854. Together they had one son Alden Howland Potter 1855-1933. Following Elizabeths death only two months after Aldens birth Lemuel married Annie M. Barker also of Massachusetts in 1863. Annie was born to William and Rebecca Potter Barker. Together Annie and Lemuel had five children: James 1866-1906 Arthur b. 1872 died in infancy Nellie Emma 1874-1899 Charles Doc Arthur Potter Sr. 1878-1966 and Elizabeth Potter Wing 1868-1955. Prior to becoming a force of nature almost single-handedly building up La Fox Illinois Lemuel worked as a whaling captain from May 1859 through June 1863. He left the ship he was captaining the Mary Ann in June of 1863 and married Annie that October. They moved to La Fox Illinois after they married. Lemuels first child Alden Howland Potter married Jane Carr Bliss 1861-1929. They were parents to Alden Archibald Potter 1884-1961 Zenas Lemuel Potter 1886-1958 Jessica Potter Broderick Johnson 1896-1991. The Potter family has remained very important in Kane County with Potters constructing or buying at least 12 buildings in La Fox. The Potter and Barker Grain Elevator which Lemuel and Henry built in 1868 was an important grain transfer point and was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places in 2016. This listing was re-researched re-written and re-listed in 2025.; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ALDEN A. POTTER BETHESDA MARYLAND ZENAS POTTER MARYLAND POLITICS INFLUENTIAL FAMILIES OF MARYLAND GENEALOGY AMERICANAHANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS AMERICANA MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL; Signed by Author . unknown
18770008170BOPPARD GERMANY. Fair. 1877. On offer is a fascinating travel diary documenting an 1877 European trip by 3 university students. It measures 5.75 inches by 3.5 inches. The hard covers have separated and a number of pages are loose but all are accounted for. With 192 pages the journal is 55% complete. The handwriting is clear and legible. The journal entitled Diary of a German Town is written in 1877 by CJ Johnstone. Casual research has turned up no biographical information about him. Johnstone was one of 3 students at Jesus College Cambridge University - the others were WJ Darch 'Darch' and VB Johnstone 'Van'. He studied on a Rustat scholarship and later was a Master of a preparatory school at Yockleton Hall near Shresbury. On June 22nd 1877 they left London and travelled by ship and by rail to the German town of Boppard where they would stay for several weeks. ". First German meal on board - strange but not bad . Reach Coblenz. Smells worse than Cologne . Find Boppard a beautiful place. Rhine just in front of our hotel ." June 30. Over the ensuing weeks they meet a number of people explore the town and share experiences: "Mr. Boys and I go by train along the banks of the Rhine to Eltville and thence walk about 4 miles to Schlangenbad. . German trains are painfully punctual ." July 13; "Bathe in the morning - after dinner cross the river by the ferry & walk along it to Braubach about 6 miles whence we ascend the Markesburg Castle one of the best preserved in Germany . horrible dungeon ." July 17. He certainly wasn't above stating his opinions bluntly if he felt the need to: ". In we see some of the extremely objectionable German students with their peculiar caps and slashed faces. . these are the 'swells' only wear the caps - are the most conspicuous in duels and drinking bouts . their dress is appalling to the English eye . altogether I should think that a greater set of scum don't exist on the face of the earth. ." July 26 After some 6 weeks in Boppard the group departed to begin their journey home. They travelled to Switzerland visiting Basel and Lucerne. They took sightseeing trips into the mountains and explored the cities: "Which was a fine day we went by steamer to Tells Platte whence we walked on 2 ½ miles by a very unremarkable road. ." Sept 3. Tells Platte refers to the site where according to legend William Tell leapt from the boat of his captors and escaped allowing him to assassinate the tyrant Gessler and begin the rebellion that led to the foundation of the Swiss Confederacy On Sept 6th they left Lucerene bound for Paris and then home. He ends with this boldly underlined remark: ". arrive at crescent Place Brighton about 11 o'clock this concluding my foreign trip for 1877. Sept 8. This is a very well-written journal authored by a man with a good eye for detail and a fine ability to describe what he sees. A geographer particularly an urban geographer would appreciate the detailed descriptions of the various places mentioned. He also records full names of people they met particularly people from England with whom they crossed paths a boon to genealogists.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; 19TH CENTURY; 1870s; EUROPE; GERMANY; BOPPART; BOPPARD UNIVERSITY; DUELLING; JESUS COLLEGE; CAMBRIDGE; MARKESBURG CASTLE; RHINE RIVER; WILLIAM TELL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THE 19TH CENTURY EUROPE; EUROPEAN TIPS IN THE 19TH CENTURY; WILLIAM JAMES DARCH; CHARLES JULIUS JOHNSTONE; TRAIN TRIPS IN THE 19TH CENTURY GERMANY; GERMAN STUDENTS LIFESTYLE IN THE 19TH CENTURY; ENGLISHMEN IN THE 19TH CENTURY GERMANY; ENGLISH TRAVELERS IN SWITZERLAND; RHINE VALLEY; TRAVEL JOURNALS; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
19290002275New Orleans Louisiana LA. Good. 1929. On offer is a super original well-filled Depression-era 5 year diary handwritten by Elvie Moskan a young teenage girl in New Orleans Louisiana. The diary dates from 1929 through 1933 and Elvie was about sixteen years old and living with her parents and four siblings when the diary begins. Elvie had an active social life receiving calls from young men and going out on dates. She was often absent from school and was suspended frequently before eventually graduating. Here are some snippets: "Mama was sick. Played cook today. Absolutely ruined supper. Gas her brother knocked down 2 negro men was locked up in jail. Florence's grandmother's funeral was today. Manuel & I went to see "The Air Circus". Manuel wanted me to elope. Ray & I went to see "Millie". Was sposed to have a date with Jacques but went to Little Theatre to see "The Apple Cart". Was suspended from school. Went to bed at 7: 30 pm. Was so tired I just couldn't hold up. Was suspended today. Manuel & I started to go to the Tea Room to a dance given by Fresh & Soph medicine Tulane but we didn't go. Grandma is critically ill. Uncle Adolphus died at 9 : 15 am today. More mess about Walter V. Ray phoned. Walter & I stayed home with kids. B. N. Her little sister Barbara was 3 today. Poor kid is in bed with c pox. Stanley her little brother has measles now. Woody Freddie Joe D. Johnny W. Walter M phoned & wanted dates for tonite but said no. Ray met me at work. Took Gene home. Went to his apartment. Mailed letter to Jen. Went riding with Wally and then with Manuel. Ray & I went to see "Dracula". I'm still mad. Played tennis from 6 to 7- with Nic Henry & Cleo. Drank beer and went riding. Manuel & I went riding. Rudy was here. Manuel gave me his frat pin. Charlie Limon died today at 1: 50 p. M. Only 20 - Had just registered for Tulane - Acute appendicitis - With Wally's outfit - terrible - Eddie & Dutch met us k at school. Wally and Rogers were over. Manuel and I went to see "Sidewalks of N. Y." Me thinks a 4 yr. Affair is over. Rudy Pat Nita Busey were here this afternoon. Broke date with Karl. Mom got her teeth today from Charley- Went to school- Wrote Nic a nice long letter. Ed Bream called. Beautiful card from Ray. Letter from Nic- We sat up long time and talked." The 5 x 4 inch book shows wear from age and use. Some age toning a few pages are loose. There are a few pages taped into the book but it appears complete and intact. Overall G. ; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ELVIE MOSKAN NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA WOMEN'S STUDIES POST SUFFRAGE DEPRESSION ERA MISSISSIPPI DELTA THE BIG MUDDY THE DEEP SOUTH SOUTHERN AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown
