From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in London by Dean & Son, circa 1860. Title from cover. "Untearable books"--Cover. Hand-colored, wood-engraved illustrations. Part of the Miss Mary Merryheart's series.
From the Map Collection. Map showing the counties of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas from 1860. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860 by S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Proof of title page (2 part color separation) for Cross Child (New York: McLoughlin Bros., [ca. 1860]) Young America series, from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Proof of title page and red color separation (2 items) for The Noisy Boy (New York: McLoughlin Bros., [between 1860-1869]) Young America series from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. By Clement C. Moore and illustrated by Thomas Nast. Published in New York by McLoughlin Bros., Inc., ca. 1860. Cover title. Running title: A visit from St. Nicholas. Contains six full-page...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in New York by William Mather, between 1840 and 1860. Cover title. Imprint from back wrapper.
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Printed and sold by W. Walker in Otley, England, between 1860 and 1880. Variant title on cover: Glass slipper. "Price one penny"--Cover.
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. With eight coloured illustrations. Published in Edinburgh, Scotland, by William P. Nimmo and printed in colors by Schenck & McFarlane, sometime between 1860 and 1883. Illustrations signed: S....
From the Spight (Thomas) Letters. Letter from Thomas Spight to Virginia Barnett, dated 14 December 1860, written from camp near Corinth, Mississippi. Spight, a member of the 34th Mississippi Infantry during the Civil War, writes to his cousin and...
From the Spight (Thomas) Letters. Letter from L.D. Holcombe to Thomas Spight, dated 15 May 1860. Holcombe writes from Ripley, Mississippi, about preparations for war and news of their friends.
"Political Correspondences" (Lowndes Cty., Miss.) Broadside. An anti-secession broadside printed in Lowndes County, Mississippi. The document records the names of individuals who were asked to consider representing Lowndes County at the State...
One printed pamphlet presented by Governor Letcher containing an urgent request from Peter B. Starke that the General Assembly of Virginia respond to Mississippi's resolution supporting a convention of Southern states which Starke had presented to...
One printed pamphlet in four parts: a preface by Virginia Governor John Letcher, a letter from Peter B. Starke, a letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, and resolutions of the Mississippi legislature, (Virginia General Assembly, House...
From the Harris (Merry B.) Papers. Letter from W. E. Wormell in Aiken, South Carolina, to Merry B. Harris in Gallatin, Mississippi. Mr. Wormell describes the festivities celebrating the secession of South Carolina from the Union. Harris was a...
A document issued in Richmond announcing Virginia Governor Letcher's appointment of Joseph C. Lawrence of New York City to a two-year term as a New York State Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in New York by McLoughlin Bros., Inc., circa 1860s. Cover title. Part of the Pantomime toy books series. Acquired from Justin G. Schiller, Ltd.
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in London by Thomas Nelson & Sons, circa 1860s. Title and imprint from cover. Part of the Nelson's oil colour picture books for the nursery series.
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in New York by James Wrigley, between 1850 and 1870. Cover title. In wrappers with col. ill. on cover and publisher's advertisements on back wrapper.
