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Early Electricity and the Spread of the Telephone from the Documents of George C. Maynard
GEORGE C. MAYNARD,
Archive. Journals, notebooks, notes, and related papers regarding the spread of telephone communications in the late 19th century. Nineteen items.
Item #23012, $4,500
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Discontent with Gilded Age Presidential Politics and the Influence of “the negro vote”
WILLIAM BEACH LAWRENCE,
Autograph Letter Signed, to Henry Anthony. Newport [R.I.], November 25, 1872. 4 pp.
A detailed, despairing letter on campaign politics after the reelection of Ulysses S. Grant. Lawrence observes the humiliating defeat of Democrats and “Liberal Republicans” – who united behind Horace Greeley because of corruption in the Grant administration – in the Election of 1872. Lawrence laments the elevation of personality over merit and virtue in elections, an observation which resonates today. He also expresses concern about how newly enfranchised African Americans tended to vote. “The negroes are naturally disposed to support those who are in power & whom they invest with superior dignity, on account of the possession of power. …the extraordinary denouement of the Cincinnati Convention has placed in bold relief the mode most unsatisfactory to an intelligent people, by which party conventions are constituted & which are readily made, the instruments of the vilest partisan combinations, carried on by men without character & without principle.”
Item #20020, $950
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A Ruff-Necked Hummingbird by Audubon
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
Print. Ruff-Necked Hummingbird, [1871].
Best known for his seminal Birds of America, Audubon’s prints are among the world’s most recognized images.
Item #22114.02, $1,750
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A Harlequin Duck by Audubon
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
Print. Harlequin Duck, [1871]. 14 x 12 in. framed.
Best known for his seminal Birds of America, Audubon’s prints are among the world’s most recognized images.
Item #22114.03, $350
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A Common Crossbill by Audubon
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
Print. Common Crossbill, [1871]. 11½ x 16 in. framed.
Best known for his seminal Birds of America, Audubon’s prints are among the world’s most recognized images.
Item #22114.08, $275
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A Song Finch by Audubon
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
Print. Song Finch, [1871]. 11½ x 15½ in. framed.
Best known for his seminal Birds of America, Audubon’s prints are among the world’s most recognized images.
Item #22114.04, $250
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A Swamp Sparrow by Audubon
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
Print. Swamp Sparrow, [1871]. 11½ x 15½ in. framed.
Best known for his seminal Birds of America, Audubon’s prints are among the world’s most recognized images.
Item #22114.07, $300
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A Huge Print of the Great Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON,
Photograph. Mammoth Plate Albumen print, approximately 15 x 19 in. Mounted on original light card board approximately 19 x 24 in. Board worn, some cracks not touching print; minor staining in image area. “William Lloyd Garrison” printed on mount inder image. c. 1870s
An image of an older Garrison, as he appeared after his life’s work of abolition had been successfully completed.
Item #22464, $2,000
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English Sociologist and Novelist Martineau Signs a Note
HARRIET MARTINEAU,
Autograph Note Signed. Address leaf, n.p. n.d.
Item #21678.25, $100
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