Brunswick Count, North Carolina: 1772. 1772 Brunswick County NORTH CAROLINA Will for Dr Thomas Hall, Colonial Physician, dated October 27, 1772. Full manuscript document. Double-sided glass frame.
1776. The Edinburgh Evening Courant Newspaper, June 8, 1776. Published: June 8, 1776. 4 pp. Original Revolutionary War era newspaper from Edinburgh that contains a first hand account of the Battle of Moore's Creek by Col. Richard Caswell. Also, a report by General George Washington announcing the.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: 1803. [NORTH CAROLINA]. [BROADSIDE]. Raleigh, December 1, 1803. / Sir, / Feeling it to be our duty to furnish our Constituents, from time to / time, with such information respecting the proceedings of the General Assembly, as / we deem important; and an opportunity now offering itself.....
1812. Joseph COWAN/COWEN was born in 1753 in COWAN's FORD, NC, and died October 30, 1835 in NC. The battle was fierce on June 20, 1780, when a group of Whig Militia met some 1300 local Tories from the Lincoln County area at Ramsour's Mill on Clark's Creek near the.....
1853. ALS – Handwritten letter signed by R.H. Northrup, New York, 27 April 1853, to Dr. Collett Leventhorpe, Pioneer Mills, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; presumably the later confederate General, concerning gold mining __with envelope.
1874. 1874 Wesleyan Female College Commencement Travel on Steamer Bertie: BROADSIDE, Murfreesboro, North Carolina Approx. 10-5/8” x 14-1/2” Broadside. Printed single-sided. Folded down the middle. Some tape repairs and some loss, primarily along the fold line. SCARCE. I’ve not been able to locate a record of another one anywhere.....
New Market, Virginia: Office of Our Church Paper and Shenandoah Valley, 1884. 15 pp. Softcover in original wraps. Some chipping to the outer wraps. SCARCE.
1835. A collection of three different printings pertaining to the early government of Wilmington, N.C., bound together in marbled boards and ¾ leather with gilt title on spine. Acts for the Regulation of the Town of Wilmington: 1. An Act, for the Regulation of the Town of Wilmington.....
1781. The Edinburgh Advertiser Newspaper, June 1781. Published: June 8-12, 1781. 8 pp. Original Revolutionary War era newspaper from Edinburgh that contains a first hand account of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse by Lieutenant General Earl Cornwallis and also a first-hand report of the Battle by General Nathaniel.....
Raleigh, NC: Nichols & Gorman, Book and Job Printers, 1870. 38 pp. Early North Carolina Masonic Pamphlet. Softcover with original green printed wraps (lacking the colored blank rear wrap). Appears to have been detached from a bound volume of other pamphlets at some point (normal for Masonic pamphlets of the.....
Charleston, South Carolina: Empire Publishing Company, 1885. 202 pp. + ads. Softcover in stiff printed wraps. Illustrated ads within. SCARCE title. Not Ex-Lib.
Boston, MA: I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews. Sold by them wholesale and retail: also by I. Thomas, in Worcester; Thomas, Andrews, & Penniman, Albany; Thomas, Andrews, & Butler, Baltimore; and by all the principal booksellers in the United States, 1802. Original full leather binding. Roug condition in that the Old.....
A unique and potentially historically significant daguerreotype of what is believed to be a lost image of Joseph Hewes. This c.1845 daguerreotype is of an oil painting. While it is not specifically labeled, when compared side by side to the known image of Hewes, there are some notable similarities (both.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: Printed by Joseph Gales and Son, 1836. 424 pp. (2), 6 pp. Full period leather binding. Boards are scuffed and front board is bowed. Scattered foxing throughout the text. "The Convention of 1835 was a turning point in the history of North Carolina, its achievement.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina Standard Print, 1868. 27 pp. Softcover in original printed wraps and string-tied binding. Lower right corner of the front wrap is chipped. SIGNED by North Carolina Lt. Governor Tod R. Caldwell on front cover. SCARCE printing with incredible provenance and importance to the.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: Seaton Gales, 1852. 160, 22 pp. Softcover in original printed wraps. The top third of the rear wrap is lacking, and there is some chipping and soiling to the front wrap as well (see pics). Scarce pre-Civil War Masonic text focused solely on North Carolina. SCARCE...
Wilmington, North Carolina: Fulton & Price, Steam Power Press, 1861. 10, 22 pp. Disbound, no wraps. Parrish & Willingham 6078. P&W notes only one copy, at UNC-CH. SCARCE, no auction records. Not Ex-Lib.
1720. Partial original document with signatures including Richard Edgecombe. No date on document, but ca. 1720s-1730s. Richard Edgecombe is who Edgecombe County in North Carolina was named after in 1741. Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, PC (23 April 1680 – 22 November 1758) of Mount Edgcumbe in Cornwall, was.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: Uzzell & Gatling, Steam Printers and Binders, 1884. Rare Book with Great Association! Given to Former Confederate Surgeon Edmund Burke Haywood by NC Inspector General Frances Hawkes Cameron. 12mo. 280 pages. The binding measures 6 inches tall by 4 1/4 inches wide. Hardcover bound in brown.....
Salisbury, North Carolina: 1856. RARE Original Republican Banner newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina (Rowan County, NC). Tuesday, August 19, 1856. Includes Presidential Ticket of James Buchanan and John C. Breckenridge. Large single sheet, folded. The paper is fragile and splitting along the old fold lines. There is also some loss.....
1828. Small Broadside Announcing the First Number of the "Evangelical Mission" and of "The Virginia and North carolina Presbyterian Preacher" to Subscribers. Dated January 14th, 1828 in Fayetteville, NC. Published: 1828 Single sheet, measures 7-34/" x 9-1/2". Some closed tears and separation along the old fold lines.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: 1822. Debate on the convention question, in the House of Commons of the legislature of North Carolina; Dec. 18 & 19, 1821 By North Carolina General Assembly House of Representatives Published: Raleigh. Gales. 1822. FIRST EDITION. -- BOUND WITH --...
Virginia: Shenandoah Photograph Company, 1889. RARE Vintage Photo of the Ministers of the E.L. Tennessee Synod, Convened at Holly Grove Church in Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina on November 8, 1889. Fine condition. Measures approx. 8" x 10". Produced by Shenandoah Photograph Co. in Virginia. SCARCE. Please let me.....
1880. Yadkin County North Carolina Family Bible w/ GREGORY & LOWERY Family Genealogy. The book itself is in VERY POOR condition, essentially falling apart and with pages damaged, missing and detached. However, the family genealogy pages are what makes this a salvageable item. Many members of both the Gregory and.....
Winston, North Carolina: Stewarts' Printing House, 1898. 132 pp. Hardcover in original blue cloth binding with bright gilt title on cover. Includes two-page frontis map of Forsyth County. SCARCE title. Ex-Lib.