[CIVIL WAR]. A group of pre-Civil War and War-era ephemera.
Orphans' Court guardian appointment document. Chambersburg, PA, 21 January 1863. 8 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. partly printed document. -- License for keeping a stallion. Cambridge, OH, 1 April 1863. 10 7/8 x 8 1/2 in. partly printed document. -- Partly printed bond probate court document. Canfield, Mahoning County, OH, 19 January 1864. 8 1/2 x 7 in. partly printed document. -- Together, 3 war-time partly printed documents, condition generally very good, old creases, some toning.
[With:] PARRIS, Albion K. (1788-1857). State of Maine. By Albion K. Parris, Governor of the State of Maine A Proclamation, for a Day of Public Praise and Thanksgiving. Maine: N.p., [1820s]. 18 1/2 x 22 in. broadside (large loss to lower left, seprations, offsetting). Signed in type by Albion K. Parris. -- 1852. 1852. Fourth of July Celebration. Programe [sic]. N.p., 1852. 5 7/8 x 12 1/2 in. letterpess broadside (heavy toning, wear, old creases, ink stains). Singed in type by chairman M. Barker. -- Geistlicher Haus-Segen des Heil. Apostels Jacobi. Nürnberg: G.N. Renner, n.d. 12 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. printed broadside with hand coloring (splitting along old folds, spotting). -- Together, 3 printed broadsides.
[With:] Phrenological Character of Mr. Charles S. Harris. Given at Fowler and Wells' Phrenological Cabinet No. 308 Broadway, New York. By L. N. Fowler Professor of Phrenology. New York, 25 November 1856. 8 x 10 1/8 in. ribbon bound with printed cover sheet and rear advertisement, with 10-page manuscript analysis of the subject (toning to cover sheet, soft folds).
[With:] WHEELER, George C. Autograph letter signed ("George C. Wheeler"), to General Samuel Stone, William Markham, James F. Stone, James Whaley, Rev. Samuel Jones in Bath County, Kentucky. Pikeville, Bledsoe Co., TN, 18 January 1845. 1 page. A letter of introduction. -- [MINNESOTA FRONTIER]. PAUL, A.M. Autograph letter signed ("A.M. Paul"). St. Paul, MN, 19 September 1853. 2 pages, 4to, on Baldwin School letterhead. Writes about his experience in the Minnesota frontier after being asked to take charge of a "young Ladies' seminary" he continues: "I suppose you will be filled with wonder & astonishment that I should leave all that is so dear to me in Pittsfield & come to this far off country, but it is a splendid place." -- Copy of Aunt Sarah Russell's last letter to her children. Originally written 28 September 1862. With cross-stitched bookmark "Rest in Heaven" -- Together, 3 manuscript letters, condition generally very good, toning, old creases.
[Also with:] Eight assorted engravings or lithographs of women's fashion, some hand colored.
Property from the Inventory of James C. Frasca
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