Search Results: American History from Henry Berry, books/ephemera

[YALE MEMORABILIA, CIVIL WAR GRADUATES] CLASS OF 1862 YALE - PORTRAITS AND SKETCHES, published De Vinne Press, 1899, limited edition 200 copies (stated in front), dark blue cloth cover with gilded lettering, 7-1/2" x 11", xii, 267 pp., frontispiece photograph The Old Brick Row and Fence, illustration President Theodore D. Woolsey on reverse of title page, portrait illustrations of professors Porter, Thacher, and Dwight on a front page, photographs of Second Division [18]62 [class group] and Thulia Crew, [18]62 [scull/team rowing boat] on a front page, 2 photographs of most class members, one of respective individual when he was in the class at a young age and the other later in life in the 1890s when the book except for ones who have died, some of these in military service in the Civil War, which is mentioned, biographical information on page facing the photographs is detailed and frequently colorful in relating various professions, businesses, travels, and accomplishments of the period, and in many… Read More

[1942 DEAR ADOLF, 5 (of 6) RADIO SCRIPTS; STEPHEN VINCENT; COUNCIL FOR DEMOCRACY] STEPHEN VINCENT BENET, 5 (of 6) 1942 RADIO SCRIPTS FOR THE PROGRAM / SERIES "DEAR ADOLF", series of six radio letters written each week by Stephen Vincent Benet based upon actual letters written to Hitler by representative Americans and delivered over the National Broadcasting Company in cooperation with the Council for Democracy — (1) Letter from a farmer, June 21, 1942, featuring Raymond Massey, (2) Letter from a business man, June 28, 1942, Melvyn Douglas, (3) Letter from a working man, July 5, 1942, James Cagney, (4) Letter from a housewife and mother, July 12, 1942, Helen Hayes, [MISSING: Letter from An American soldier, July 26, 1942], (5) Letter from a foreign born American, August 2, 1942, Joseph Schildkraut…original ribbon typescript/probably teletype, 8-1/2" x 14"/legal size with bottom 3" folded, single space, variously 4 or 5 pages , in upper right corner of first page of each stamp "COPYRIGHT 1942… Read More

[TRUMAN DEFEATS DEWEY; POLITICAL MEMORABILIA] TWO 1948 LETTERS from a Champlain College student Chris (male) to a Wheaton College woman Ruth with references to the Truman upset of Dewey in the 1948 presidential election, the first letter is written on the day of the election; (1) Nov. 2, 1948, "It seems rather odd to see you so enthused about Dewey. I am listening to the election returns now. Truman is ahead with 154 out of a needed 206 electoral vote. Dewey will win of course, not that I approve, but I am faced with no alternative…"; Nov.4, 1948 (from postmark), "The election certainly was a surprise for everyone. Truman really deserved it though because if anyone ever fought tooth and nail for anything, he did. It was uphill all the way…"; folded with envelopes /// CONDITION: well-preserved; negligible wear.

CITIZENS' MILITARY TRAINING CAMP, Camp Devens, Mass., 1923, no author, published by Camp Devens, Mass., 1923, softcover/paper wraps, 9" x 12-1/2", 40 pages, photographs including frontispiece photo of General John J. Pershing, commanding officers, and military units, illustrations, lists of names; CONDITION: very good-condition, light edgewear to cover including 3 small chips, light transparent dampstaining in margins of most pages, loss of a few letters at tops of a few pages where paper was pulled off at one time when pages stuck together were separated (mostly for names of units not affecting identification of these), overall relatively well-preserved copy of this rare item with light wear as noted.

[1843 CONNECTICUT STATE INFANTRY/MILITIA ORDERS, 2 on one sheet, handwritten manuscript] TWO 1843 CONNECTICUT STATE INFANTRY/MILITIA ORDERS ON BOTH SIDES OF A PAGE, (1) 10th Regiment order by Colonel Curtis B. Bishop, Head Quarters [sic], North Madison [CT], August 31, 1843, "muster for inspection, review and exercise at the Hotel of George Cook in Wallingford [CT]…5th day of October…[officers] to appear in complete uniform with side arms…Each solider must be dressed in a neat and handsome uniform…", etc., and (2) 4th Company of 10 regiment by Captain Rufis Pierpont, North Haven [CT], Sept. 4, 1843, "non commisioned officers…warn all members of said co[mpany] to appear near the Hotel of George Cook in Wallingford [CT]…to be precisely [underlined] armed, equipped and in uniform…", etc.; authenticated by seller with lifetime guarantee /// CONDITION: well-preserved, all text legible, light age-toning as normal.

[1866 LYNCHING OF AFRICAN AMERICAN JOHN TAYLOR IN MICHIGAN; CLEVELAND DAILY PLAIN DEALER NEWSPAPER] "Full Particulars of the Hanging of John Taylor, the Murderer of the Buck Family — A Horrible Transaction", reprint of article from the Jackson, Michigan, Citizen newspaper on front page of The Cleveland Daily Plain Dealer, Volume XXII, Cleveland, Tuesday Evening, September 4, 1866, Number 217, 2-1/2" x 9", first article at top of third column (first two columns are ads), large-format newspaper / 20-1/2" x 26" as folded to 4 pages, 1 vertical and 3 horizontal folds, main article 3 columns on page 2 about president Andrew Johnson's stop in Cleveland during his tour of Northern states to promote his Reconstruction plans, headlines include "Grand Gala Night…Great Reception…Enormous Crowds", but he was greeted at times with heckling for his plans, about three-quarters of the issue is ads, some illustrated, for hoop skirts, Fall Fashions, hardware, home remedies, steam engines, and other consumer… Read More

[WAR OF 1812, LETTER DATED 1813; US TRADE MEASURES/LAWS; HANDWRITTEN BUSINESS/COMMERCIAL LETTER NEW YORK TO HAVANA; POSTAL/STAMP HISTORY] HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED/ALS FROM NEW YORK CITY MERCHANT WILLIAM STEVENS TO DOCTOR WILLIAM FROST IN HAVANA, CUBA, dated New York, 4th March 1813, 8" x 10"/about 375 words, in the lower part of the letter after telling Frost a shipment of fruit was received spoiled because of the "length of passage" on board the ship, Stevens informs Frost of three new laws likely to be passed by the U. S. Congress in an effort to alleviate stresses on trade caused by the War of 1812, then tells Frost how each law would adversely affect U. S. shipping including Steven's and Frost's trade between the U. S. and Cuba they are engaged in; Stevens writes, "By our news from Washington [D.C.] of today it appears that the following bills will become laws, they are calculated to have important bearings on commercial operations from your quarter [i. e., Cuba and throughout the West… Read More

[1856 RAIL ROAD GUIDE; GREAT CENTRAL ROUTE; AMERICANA; RARE] INTERNATIONAL TOPOGRAPHICAL RAIL ROAD GUIDE Between the Atlantic Seaboard and the Missouri River, Containing A Large Map in Colors, Correct time Tables of Railroads, Comprising the Great Central, Northern and Southern Routes, Together With Descriptions of Cities, Villages and Points of Interest, Compiled From Authentic Sources, Publications Office Niagara Falls, Where All Communications Must Be Addressed, Niagara Falls, 1856 [W. E. Tunis, publisher], somewhat worn copy with worn map, 3-3/4"x 5-1/2", 172 pages (numbered 1-143, followed by unnumbered pages for ads, last two pages are Contents and Index to Railroads numbered 171-172), organization is pages 15-80 sections for major railroad regions identifying railroads leading from these with naming of the stops of cities and towns along a route with descriptions of these varying in length depending on their size and importance including variously distances to other cities and towns, notable… Read More

[1850s PARTIAL LETTER NOME LACKEE INDIAN RESERVATION SCANDAL 2 PAGES] ca. 1850s 2-PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER, 7" x 8-3/4" with folds as mailed, from an unidentified individual (hand-signed, but name illegible) to unknown recipient about corruption, scandal, and mismanagement at the Nome Lackee Indian Reservation in the latter 1850s, first page of letter of unknown length begins, "Henley had also appointed a number of persons as employees of Stevenson…[excerpts of following content]…most of these Stevenson discharged on account of bad conduct and immorality…It was then [Henley] put J. W. Titus in charge of Nome Lackee. Titus is one of those superfine little Yankee tricksters…On the Nome Creek Farm are 250 or 300 hundred head of horses [etc.]…Henley's son and [illegible] claims this stock as belonging to them…yet they are taken care of by the Indians at the expense of government…The fact is that I think if the matter can be properly and honestly investigated that it will be found that… Read More

[1897 FATHER OF BALLISTICS J. M. INGALLS CIVIL WAR US ARMY SIGNATURE] PROJECTILES DE CAMPAGNE DE SIEGE ET DE PLACE, FUSEES par E. Vallier, Chef d'escadron d'Artillerie, Correspondant de l'Institut, published by Gauthier-Vallers et Fils, Paris, undated (but 1897, WorldCat/OCLC record), text in French, quarter-leather marbled board cover (loss of spine), 4-3/4" x 7-1/2", 178 pages, illustrations, charts, diagrams, mathematical formulas (ballistics), Providence Athenaeum discard with library and discard notations and stampings, James M. Ingalls, Capt. 1st Arty (artillery) ownership signature in ink on front blank endpage facing inside front cover with plate with type print "Presented to the Providence Athenaeum by Col. James M. Ingalls, U.S.A (U. S. Army), Ingalls has been called the "Father of Ballistics" (see below), association/presentation copy from book's author Frédéric Marie Emmanuel Vallier (E. Vallier) in French in pen at top right of half title page, "To Capt. James Ingalls, Compliments of… Read More

[WWII TREASON CASE; JAPANESE-AMERICAN CITIZEN KAWAKITA; JAMES WILLARD HURST] HARVARD LAW REVIEW ON TREASON IN THE UNITED STATES [handwritten title on label on front cover of heavy manila binder for Harvard Law Review article disbound pages or offprints], bound in pages from three issues of Harvard Law Review with the issue's cover– (1) Volume 58, Number 2 [numbers in red ink], December 1944, Treason in the United States –1. Treason Down to the Constitution (a) Prior to the Revolution, etc. (to be continued), by Willard Hurst, pages 220-272, footnotes, (2) Volume 58, Number 3 [numbers in red], February 1945, Treason in the United States – II. The Constitution (a) General Policy: a Restrictive Definition, etc., (to be continued) by Willard Hurst, pages 395-444, footnotes, (3) Volume 58, Number 6 [numbers in red], Treason in the United States – Under the Constitution (a) General Policy, etc., by Willard Hurst, 1945, pages 806-853, footnotes…bound in following the issues are 4 letters in… Read More

[1943 UNITED STATES POWER SQUADRONS WWII U. S. NAVY ASSOCIATION / TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY CHIEF COMMANDER] WILLIAM L. SAYERS, Chief Commander, U. S. P. S., typed letter hand-signed/TLS, about 130 words, 8-1/2" x 11" with letterhead, Office of the Chief Commander naming Sayers, New York City address, dated January 18, 1943, with envelope addressed to recipient, "To all members in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th United States Power Squadrons District" giving notice that area "yachting organizations and the Coast Guard" are looking for instructors for high school students on seamanship and signaling eventually to expand "to cover the entire Naval District"…with copy of January 16, 1943 letter from Percy S. Weeks, Chairman, National Seamanship Training Corps (typed copy enclosed, no hand signature) that prompted Sayers letter to the power squadrons by informing him that high schools of the greater New York area are "introduc[ing] our course in practical seamanship [as an extra-curricular activity], in order to… Read More

[MIDWEST IOWA GENEALOGY REGIONAL HISTORY MEMOIR, MANUSCRIPT] WHERE THE TALL CORN GROWS - REMEMBRANCES OF GROWING UP IN DES MOINES, IOWA, by Evelyn Miller Bruder, published by author, undated but 1980s date of writing determined from dates in the manuscript, 108-page typed manuscript/not original typing but run off on teleprinter double-spaced on one side of 8-1/2" x 11" pages in green spring binder with gilded title on front, author Evelyn Miller Bruder "was born on October 17, 1909 in a little wooden house on the corner of West 5th Street and Laurel Avenue" with the address 1121 West 5th Street, Des Moines, Iowa…when she was 13 with the family's upward mobility, "she moved to 1304 West 11th Street, between Mary and Carpenter Avenues…she writes this memoir to finally fulfill a promise she has made to her two daughters "to write of my memories growing up in Des Moines" when she is 74 years old living in Lido Beach, Long Island /// CONDITION: well-preserved with minimal wear.