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[San Francisco, 1935. Folio broadside, 8-1/2" x 14-1/4." Mustard-colored. Union label at bottom. Very Good plus. Probably printed in 1935, the broadside promises twelve speakers-- Union leaders, Assemblymen, Harry Bridges, Laurence Ross of the Communist Party, and leading concerned citizens. Mooney is at "the storm center of every struggle of the workers against hunger - wage cuts… Read more about this item

[np, 1864. 4pp, folded leaf with caption title [as issued]. Lightly foxed, Good+. The Chicago Platform of the Democratic Party, and their nominees McClellan and Pendleton, seek "A Dishonorable Peace With Rebellion!" and "The Dissolution of the Union.!" Jefferson Davis, Clement Vallandigham [the Ohio Copperhead whom Lincoln banished from the Union], Fernando Wood [the New York Mayor who… Read more about this item

[Danville, Illinois, 1861. Folio Broadside, 6-5/8" x 16-1/4." Very Good. This is doubtless an unrecorded Danville, Illinois imprint, printed in 1861, the only wartime year in which October 24 fell on a Thursday. Danville is located in Vermilion County, home of the Vermilion Zouaves. The Vermilion County Zouaves was organized as the 37th Illinois Vol. Inf, Co.… Read more about this item

[New York: Published by the National Union Executive Committee, Astor House, New York, 1864. Broadside, 8.5" x 11.5", printed in double columns. Lightly toned, Very Good. Ink inscription at top blank margin. This scarce broadside touts the loyalty, leadership, and courage of Vice Presidential candidate Andrew Johnson. "Past experience shows that the choice of Vice-President of the… Read more about this item

[San Francisco, 1936. Elephant folio sheet, folded to [4] pp, each page 12" x 19-1/4." Printed on bright yellow paper. Photo illustrations of Tom Mooney, Theodore Dreiser, the Cameo Theater in New York, and other illustrations. Union label at bottom of page [4]. Fine. This striking sheet advertises, with many photo illustrations, the film about the life… Read more about this item

[San Francisco: Tom Mooney Molders' Defense Committee, 1935. Broadsheet, 8-1/2" x 11". With photo images on recto of Mooney dated 1916 and 1935, "before frame-up, and after frame-up. Union label at bottom of recto. Verso with a full-page photo illustration of Mooney in his prison cell: "A CLASS WAR PRISONER FOR 19 YEARS ON JULY 27, 1935 THE VICTIM… Read more about this item

[New York], 1793. Five printed receipts completed in manuscript. Average size 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" to 3" x 4". All printed with decorative border and "New-York, Bowery, "179__/ C. Q. lb./ HAY" with variations of "from Mr./ For Mr. / At... " "J. & G. Coutant" at bottom of each receipt. Completed in ink manuscript with year, name, amounts and… Read more about this item

[New York], 1793. Five printed receipts completed in manuscript. Average size 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" to 3" x 4". All printed with decorative border and "New-York, Bowery, "179__/ C. Q. lb./ HAY" with variations of "from Mr./ For Mr. / At... " "J. & G. Coutant" at bottom of each receipt. Completed in ink manuscript with year, name, amounts and… Read more about this item

[New York], 1793. Five printed receipts completed in manuscript. Average size 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" to 3" x 4". All printed with decorative border and "New-York, Bowery, "179__/ C. Q. lb./ HAY" with variations of "from Mr./ For Mr. / At... " "J. & G. Coutant" at bottom of each receipt. Completed in ink manuscript with year, name, amounts and… Read more about this item

[Towanda PA?, 1844. Folio broadside, 10-1/8" x 21." Printed in four columns, each column separated by a rule. Light to moderate foxing, light wear. Good+. Signed in type at the bottom by thirty disillusioned local Democrats. Towanda is the county seat of Bradford County, the residence of many of the signers, including Judge Edward Herrick, the first… Read more about this item

[Boston: Thomas Adams, 1791. Broadside, 8" x 12-3/4." Some foxing. Left edge has a couple of shallow chips. Old horizontal folds. Docketed in manuscript on verso: "Captn Reuben Barton | Sutton." Good+. The broadside is signed at the end in type, "By order of the Commander in Chief, WILLIAM DONNISON, Adjutant-General." A veteran of the Revolutionary War, Donnison… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, 1861. Broadside verse, 7-3/4" x 9-1/2." Forty-one rhymed couplets printed in two columns within an ornamental border. Dated, at the end, in type, "Philadelphia, December 5th, 1861." Very Good. "Written on the occasion of McClellan's replacement of Winfield Scott as General in Chief of the Army" [Williams College description]. "A poem in praise of Gen. John Ellis… Read more about this item

[Concord NH: Independent Democrat, 1864. Broadside, 5-1/2" x 8-3/4." A few light fox spots, Very Good. Pierce of New Hampshire was putty in the hands of Southern Democrats during his Administration. Contemptuously considered a "doughface" by his opponents, he supported the proslavery measures that led to secession and war, particularly the Kansas-Nebraska Act. This broadside prints a… Read more about this item

Warren, Ohio, 1912. Broadside, 6-3/4" x 10-1/4." Uniformly browned, a few light chips to blank upper margin. Very Good. The Ohio Woman Suffrage Association, founded in Cincinnati in 1869, was one of the earliest state-level suffrage organizations. It was active for several decades. Like the NAWSA, the group defined itself as moderate, condemning the picketing actions of the… Read more about this item

[Lynn MA?, 1853. Broadside, 8-3/4" x 11-3/4." Bold and large type styles in the title. Uniformly toned, a few shallow margin chips. Very Good. In 1853 Daniel Baker ran for Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts. Registered as a Whig, he nevertheless received the support of many Democrats. In this broadside the "Democratic friends of DANIEL C. BAKER, (and there… Read more about this item

[Boston?, 1848. Broadside, 9-1/4" x 10-1/8." Printed in three columns, with 2-3/4" of footnotes at the bottom. Docketed in ink on verso, "Horace Mann | and | Matthew Hale Smith | 1847." Some bleedthrough on the recto. Old vertical fold. Good+. Smith and Mann engaged in an increasingly bitter pamphlet war during the 1840s. Smith's latest complaint resulted… Read more about this item

[Germantown, PA: Germantown Print Works, 1806. Commemorative cotton handkerchief, laid down on a board. 12-1/4" x 11-1/8." Printed in blue inks. "The Love Of Truth" is printed above "Mark The Boy," which is printed on a ribbon that flows across a vignette and down both sides. The vignette depicts a young George Washington and his father in the garden… Read more about this item

[Nashua, NH?, 1865. Two broadsides mounted to heavier stock [probably the leaf of a scrapbook]. The first measuring 8" x 4-1/2." The second, 7-7/8" x 4-1/4." Each has woodcut vignettes. Tear to blank upper corner of the first; general wear and dusting to both. Good or so. The 'Capture' depicts a rider on a galloping horse carrying the… Read more about this item

[Washington, 1850. Printed invitation, 4-1/4" x 6-3/4," in elegant typescript, completed in manuscript. Old folds. Very Good. On January 29, 1850, Senator Henry Clay introduced the Bill that would become the Compromise of 1850. Several days earlier, President Taylor had sent his Message to Congress proposing delay in resolving the issue of statehood for California and New Mexico.… Read more about this item

New York: Currier & Ives, 1860. Lithograph broadside, oblong 11-1/2" x 13." The artist is Louis Maurer. Light dusting, old mounting remnants on blank verso. Very Good. "Northern Democratic presidential candidate Stephen A. Douglas was widely criticized for his campaign tours of the country--an unusual practice for a presidential nominee. In an attempt to evade such opprobrium Douglas… Read more about this item