Measures 11" x 8 1/2". Faded stamp at top. Nat and Ed Young escaped from the Newland Jail. They both are described in detail, noting that Ed has a morphine problem and they both hang out around logging camps. It says they will most likely be caught riding on freight.....
For John Taylor who murdered Thomas Murray. Measures 8 1/2" x 11". Some stains, fold and chipping on edge.
John Goodwin Autograph Letter Signed. South Berwick, [Maine]. April 25, 1794 to William Thompson, Standish [Maine]. One sheet folded into four leaves, around 575 words. Splits at folds, stains.
Morton was an early settler and must have been involved in the lime business. He had blasting material, stone wedges and other mining items in his estate. He also had 41 tons of limestone and a scow which was used on the river.
Circa. 1970. These were sold in the gift shop of the now defunct museum. Good condition.
Printed Circular from Darius Forbes, Belfast, Maine. July 12, 1841 to the various Post Offices in Maine. Single sheet folded, good condition. Forbes is working on the Northern Register and is seeking information from each town such as ministers, churches, names of postmasters, newspapers, curiosities, Indian names and more.
Circa 1860's. Measures 16 1/2 x 11. Extolls the Profits and Advantages of his recipe with procedures for purchasing the recipe.
Ordered to be Published by the Vermont State Temperance Society, Rutland [VT] January 6, 1853. Newspaper. 4 pages with folds.
Philadelphia: Thomas Kite, 1831. Paper wraps. 24 pp., plus errata. Two plates a View of the Prison and a plan of the Prison. Removed from a bound volume.
Printed letter signed by William R. Westwood, 1935 with a subscription book to raise money printed on back. The farm was established to help underprivileged boys similar to the Hinckley School in Maine.
Philadelphia: C.G. Henderson & Co., 1865. Paper wraps. 32 pp. Paper covers with a 16 page book catalogue.
Portland, ME: A. Shirley & T. Todd & Co, 1820. 213 pp. Quarter leather over marbled boards. Some wear on covers. This copy belonged to Ebenezer Everett of Brunswick Maine and is interleaved with pages used as an appointment book/diary. Everett, a Harvard graduate, moved to Brunswick in 1818 where.....
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6 pp. Some soiling and tears on folds. An extensive list: crockery, household goods including Windsor chairs. There is a listing for a book collection of sermons and Ew.[Edwards?] on Free Will.
James Moore, Chief, Engineer. Drawn By A. Kennedy. May 1, 1848. J.H. Bufford, Lithographers, Boston. Measures 27 x 65. Some staining mostly on the margin although some in one corner and small tears again on the margins.
circa 1890's. Measures 13" x 5 12". Tear on fold. Fifteen numbered instructions for developing a list of Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve.
Hardcover. Among the seniors is Benjamin Elijah Mays. Like a number of photos in the yearbook there are white flecks in the image. Mays became the long time President of Morehouse College. He laid the intellectual foundation for the Civil Right movement and was called the schoolmaster of the movement.....
8" X 9 3/4". Nice ornamental border. In good condition.
Image measures 3 3/4" x 5 1/2". Tear in margin and some wear. Phares Behannesy lectured on the Chatauqua Circuit about Syria and the Middle East. He was involved in a landmark legal case in California that said Lebanese, Syrians and Arabs are Caucasians and eligible for U.S. Citizenship. Some.....
[Albany, NY]: 1840. Rough Hewer Extra. 8pp. Good condition.
With his replies. They believe it is against the law to show movies on Sunday and want him to intercede with the city to stop it. They point out that this was done to stop baseball games on Sunday. Also letters regarding Grand Jury and minister's remarks. Some letters stapled.....
There are only five works and some signatures, but still a charming little book.
Boston: Russell and Gardner, 1819. 99 pp. Bound with two other incomplete murder trials. The binding is worn, with ownership signatures in ink. The men charged with murder mutinied on the high seas, threw the Captain and Mate overboard, and absconded with the ship and a large sum of money.....
[Chicago?]: 1893. Very good with light wear and toning to the paper Minor tear to the last to pages with no loss Gov Altgeld argued for the release of three men charged in the Haymarket riot 63 pp pp.
Barnstable and Hyannis: F.B. & F.P. Goss, 1892. 115 pp. Minor soiling to the wraps otherwise in very good condition. An unusual trade catalog for cat boats in various sizes. No other copies located.
London: Stevens and Haynes Law Publishers, 1886. Hardcover. 313 pp. A very nice copy inscribed by Clarke to R.D. Muir. Adelaide was accused of murdering her husband with chloroform. She was acquitted. Edward Clarke was her lawyer. Clarke would go on to defend Oscar Wilde in his criminal libel case.....
