Search Results: partially printed document completed in manuscript

Receipt, 4 ½ x 7 inches, this copy noting in manuscript, a purchase of "Ice for the season 1852, 8 lbs per day, $3," signed by a clerk for "James A. Potter, Dec. 2, 1852." Old fold line, but very good.

Giles County, VA, 1866. Broadside document printed on blue paper, 10 x 7 3/4 inches, and completed in manuscript, appropriate revenue stamps affixed, docketed on verso. The couple, 37 and 36 at the time of the marriage, had both been widowed; William Draper was employed as a laborer. Several chips in edges, but very good. Folded as for mailing. (#7118).

Folded (some wear and separation along one fold, affecting several letters of manuscript, two small tape repairs verso).

[Charlestown], Jefferson County, Virginia (now West Virginia), "at the Court-House," November 5th & 8th, 1814. Original partially printed document on laid paper completed in manuscript (including corrections) measuring 7.25 inches by 7.25 inches. Signed in ink by George Hite on November 5, 1814 on the recto & by Edward McGuire & Joseph Gamble on November 8, 1814 on the verso. Old folds, moderate edge wear, some staining, otherwise Very Good. "Whereas Robert O. Grayson and Marguerite Susan, his wife, of the County of Frederick in the said Commonwealth have by their certain Deed of Bargain of sale bearing the date of November 1814 sold and conveyed unto John Yates of the County of Jefferson in the said Commonwealth and whereas Marguerite Susan cannot conveniently travel to the County of Jefferson ..." George Hite (born Charlestown, 1761 - 1816) served in the Revolutionary War as a Lieutenant in the Army attached to the Cavalry of Lee's Legion ["Light Horse Harry" Lee]. Additionally, he was the first… Read More

Partially printed document, 6 ¼ x 7 ½ inches, headed "State of Tennessee." McGavock, a native of Virginia, became a politician and planter near Nashville, building "Canton," which served as a field hospital following the Civil War Battle of Franklin. Uniformly browned, but very good.

Duplicate" in red ink in margin. Old fold lines (several short tape repairs verso).

Little Rock, AR: The regiment, 1865. Partially printed document, 10 ½ x 16 ½ inches, completed in manuscript, identifying 74 knapsacks, haversacks, and other items "to be dropped and destroyed" as "worthless." Signed by 2nd Lt. Warren (sp?) A. Sawyer as commanding Co. B., Capt. Lewis H. Carhart as inspector, and Maj. M. Hazen White as Asst. Inspector General. Created in May, 1863, the 60th was composed of Black soldiers commanded by white officers, primarily for garrison duty in Arkansas, but seeing action at Wallace's Ferry in July, 1864; the unit was mustered out of service in October, 1865. Folded to narrow 8vo; some light foxing, but very good.

New Orleans, LA: J. Jaehne, Stationer [for the State of Louisiana], 1849. Document. Broadside document, 9 7/8 x 8 inches. In part: "George Y Bright ... is and was at the time of his signing the same 2d Justice of the Peace, in and for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, that all his official acts as that are entitled to full faith and credit." Folded but very good. Official form on blue paper, illustrated at the head with the state seal. (#5528).

The survey is signed by its creator Dan G. Farley (sp?), the document signed by North Carolina Secretary of State William Hill (1773-1857; N.C. Secretary of State, 1811-1857, state librarian, 1812-1827 and 1831-1842). Hawkins, a native of Vance county, was the nephew of Senator and Indian agent Benjamin Hawkins, serving under him in Georgia and performed his first official duties in his home state by settling a claim with the Tuscarora Indians in 1801. Folded (some light foxing). Very good.

Folio, printed recto only on the first leaf of a bi-folium, the integral leaf blank. Tax (?) stamp "Republique D'haiti / 100" upper left corner. The cargo listed consists of various amounts of five products: 193 bags of coffee, 10 demijohns of palm oil, 59 baskets of gin, 23 crates of merchandise, and 60 crates of cigars, all to be shipped to the United States on the "Bateau americain Good hope." The Republic of Haiti (for the entire island of Santo Domingo) was formed in 1820 under Jean-Pierre Boyer who ruled as President through 1843. Folded, but very good.

Washington, DC, 1823. Partly printed document on vellum, 9 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches, countersigned by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, George Graham (1772-1830; acting Secretary of War, 1816-1817, Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1823-1830), seal attached. A little soiled, but very good. Folded. (7224).

Washington, July 6, 1837.. [1]p., with eight lines of text. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Old folds, with some separation. Very good. Printed document, completed in manuscript, signed by President Martin Van Buren, issuing a presidential pardon to William Beall.