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LOCAL & REGIONAL HISTORY ITEMS
CIVIL WAR ITEMS
DAGUERREOTYPES
LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS & DOCUMENTS
OLD / RARE BOOKS & HISTORICAL PRIMARY SOURCES
ON CD ROM

Proprietor: Howard R. McManus
Address: PO Box 2682 Salem, VA 24153
Phone: (540) 375-2152

My former store in downtown Roanoke was
Surrounded by stock brokers, real estate brokers & insurance brokers
hence the name "history broker"

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ITEMS CURRENTLY FOR SALE AS OF 4/5/2008:

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Topics include:
-AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
-CIVIL WAR HISTORY
-GENEALOGY
-FAMILY HISTORY
-HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE
-HISTORY OF ART & RELIGION
-HISTORY OF MUSIC
-HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
-MAPS & ATLASES
-MILITARY HISTORY
-NATURAL HISTORY
-RR & TRANSPORTATION
-SCIENCE & MEDICINE
-SPORTS
-STATE & LOCAL HISTORY
-TRAVEL & EXPLORATION
-WOMEN'S HISTORY
-WESTERN HISTORY
-GREAT REFERENCE BOOKS

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HISTORICAL PAPER ITEMS FOR SALE
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--SLAVES LISTED IN OLD 1848 MONROE COUNTY VA WV APPRAISAL
John Jones, pair of horse pistols, estate appraisal, African American, peculiar institution (1104c1t)

--1865 TEXAS US ARMY "COLORED LABORER" PAY DOCUMENT
Houston, TX, Quartermaster's Department (paper25)

--ANTI SLAVERY CONVENTION, UNITARIAN CHURCH ADVERTISING BROCHURE
MASSACHUSETTS COLONIZATION SOCIETY. Speeches by WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, WENDALL PHILLIPS, etc. (101b1p)

--OLD c1890s MD DENTIST / DENTAL BROADSIDE
with great illustrations of TEETH
"painless Dental Parlor", Baltimore, MD, Herman R. Eavey(teeth)

-- PEARL HARBOR & CSA GENERALS IN 1941 LETTER
Lanier Merritt Nashville Tennessee collection of Confederate Civil War General Officer pictures vs WWII(101a1c)

--1865 PHILADELPHIA PA CIVIL WAR HOSPITAL BOOK
Chestnut Hill Hospital, Jesus Only (104c1d)

--KIOWA INDIAN CHIEF PHOTOGRAPH ON OLD INDIAN TERRITORY LETTERHEAD
Chickasha, Indian Territory, Oklahoma,AH-PE-AH-TONE (101a1e)

--OLD CSA PRINT - FLAGS OF THE CONFEDERACY
Stone Printing, Jefferson High School, Roanoke, VA (400c1b)

--BALTIMORE, MD CROSS STREET RIOTS--1879 RECEIPT
Maryland, Criminal Court (a25x)

--OLD PAMPLET / BROCHURE -- 1859 BOSTON EXHIBITION OF JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY PAINTING
(103b1r)

-- 1864 MAINE CIVIL WAR HOMEFRONT LETTER-- FT PREBLE, GRAY, PORTLAND, ME
Maine House of Representative, Cumberland County, Draft (704a1b)

-- OLD c1850 NY LETTER WOMAN NURSING, WEANING & HOME REMEDIES
Frank R. Masters, Goshen, Orange County, New York, stampless cover (404a1a)

-- EARLY 1879 DOCUMENT FROM BALTIMORE, MD ABOUT PROSTITUTION FINES
Sheriff of Baltimore City, Houses of ill fame (101c1c)

-- 1840 ACCOUNT BY NAVAL SURGEON ON FRIGATE USS BRANDYWINE
Dislocation of the Femur, Bleeding. (505c1m)

-- HUMOROUS BOSTON MA LETTER from JOHN BUMBLEBEE c1850s
Satire & joking, Waltham, MA. (405a1x)

-- 1753 ISSUE OF ‘THE WORLD’ ON NEWMARKET HORSE RACING
THE WORLD, London, England. (1104c1i)

-- LOT OF 1830-50s RECEIPTS WM MARTIN BEDFORD COUNTY VA, A Daguerreotypist who died in Civil War 14th VIRGINIA Infantry Regiment
Bedford Rifle Grays, William B. Martin. (1205a1a)

-- 1886 MUSIC DEALER ADVERTISING COVER & BROCHURE FROM HIRAM, OHIO
D. H. Beaman. (1102c1l)

-- 1935 GREAT DEPRESSION LETTER & COVER, DESPERATION, YMCA RELATED
Columbia, SC, Washington DC, Telephone Operator. (506a1x)

-- 1866 ARTILLERY SHELL INVENTOR'S LETTER TO EZRA CORNELL -- FOUNDER OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, NY
Percussion shell, Conrad Milton. (506a1o)

-- 1865 CIVIL WAR ALS COL THOMAS M WALKER 111TH PA REGIMENT, GREAT CONTENT
Union Brevet Brigadier General Autographed Letter Signed. (606a1a)

-- 1866 LETTER FROM DUBLIN DEPOT VA – FREEDMEN & RECONSTRUCTION, ISAIAH WELCH WV COAL MAGNATE TO CAPTAIN OF CSA RINGGOLD ARTILLERY BATTERY
Pittsylvania County, VA, Welch, WV, Pocahontas Coal Mining Company. (606a1c)

-- 1843 LETTER MENTIONS MILLERITES, GREAT COMET, FUGITIVE SLAVES
West Newbury, Massachusetts, Abolition of Slavery. (606a1e)

-- 1836 LETTERS FROM MAINE SAILORS, ALSO INDIANA WABASH & ERIE CANAL CONTENT
John N. Williams family of Kennebunk, Maine, killing Pigeons, sea voyages, etc. (606a1f)

-- RARE 1918 GERMAN WWI PROPAGANDA LEAFLET DROPPED BY AIRPLANE
Pont-A-Mousson, Capt. J. M. Smith. (606a1l)

-- RARE 1914 WOODROW WILSON WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT
White House, Daughter Eleanor Randolph to William Gibbs McAdoo. (806a1s)

-- CIVIL WAR LETTER- BOSTON WOMAN SENDS MEXICAN WAR BOWIE KNIFE TO COL FLETCHER WEBSTER OF 12TH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT
Daniel Webster, Octavia Gardiner Dupree, Second Manassas. (806a1x)

-- ORIGINAL 1894 ARMY REPORT ON PULLMAN STRIKE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
10th Infantry Capt. John Franklin Stretch, official report to Lt. W. N Blow, 15th Infantry, Rock Island Railroad Depot, Labor Strike, Pullman, IL. (806c1i)

-- RARE 1857 POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT TABLE OF POSTAGES BROADSIDE (LARGE)
Aaron V. Brown Postmaster General. (806b1q)

-- BEAUTIFUL OLD COLORED LITHOGRAPH SHEET MUSIC c1850s by ALPHONSE BIGOT
MULETEER POLKA by Langston Williams. (1103a1j)

-- AUTOGRAPH OF STONEWALL JACKSONS SURGEON, DOCTOR HARVEY BLACK
Rev. William A. Wade, negro woman Rachel. (806b1a)

-- 1870 BARBOUR CO WV DEPUTY SHERIFF OATH NEVER IN CONFEDERATE ARMY
Stingley Shaffer, Louis Wilson. (806a1t)

-- 1940 HARRY S TRUMAN TLS to LAWYER MORRIS SHENKER
After Senate reelection. (806a1d)

-- 1882 AETNA FIRE INSURANCE POLICY FROM MA
Chaney, Salem, Massachusetts. (1006a1i)

-- NINE OLD 1943-54 N&W RAILROAD ADVERTISING PROOFS
World War II propaganda, Hitler, Virginia Railroads, coal. (107a1g)

-- RARE OLD 1831 PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY VA MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
James & Hannah Burnett, Tunstall clerk of the court. (1006c1n)

-- OLD 1794 VIRGINIA DEBT DOCUMENT WATERMARKED LAID PAPER
Richard Fisher, watermark. (1106a1c)

-- TWO OLD 1817 PULASKI COUNTY GEORGIA SLAVE DOCUMENTS
Slave Hire, James Bryan, Samuel Fowle, Joseph Reid. (1106a1l)

-- 1869 VA TAX RECEIPT BILLIARD TABLES, GOLD WATCHES, ETC
Reconstruction, Bedford County, Virginia, Benjamin H. Moulton, MD. (1006b1y)

-- OLD 1828 CALLIGRAPHIC PAGE OF MEMORY ALBUM ART
Hard School of Experience, watermark. (407a1m)

-- 1833-43 DEED & AUCTION DOCUMENTS PITTSYLVANIA VA - BEES
Archibald Gilchrist, David W. Nowlin, Nowlin Berger, Ozias Maxcey, William Tunstall, Clerk.(507b1t)

-- OLD c1885 ARMY TAILOR’S LETTER ABOUT WEST POINT CADETS
Lancaster, PA, Lt. Elisha Spencer Benton.(307a1a)

-- EARLY 1839 GREENE COUNTY VA DOCUMENT ORANGE CHURCH ROAD
Ezekiel Lucas, Silverton C. Blakely, John Pitman, E. J. Williams, James Eagan, Robert Carr, etc.(507b1z)

-- OLD 1810 FRANKLIN COUNTY VA LEGAL DOCUMENT FOR DEBT
Joel Walker, William Smith & Dennis Pullman.(507c1a)

-- UNUSUAL OLD 1804 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY VA LEGAL DOCUMENT
Smith Lofland, Joseph Davis, Jonathon Shipman.(507c1b)

-- OLD 1827 HALIFAX COUNTY VIRGINIA TAX DOCUMENT / RECEIPT
Crispin Dickenson.(507c1e)

-- OLD 1873 ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY VA DOCUMENT BASTARD CHILD
Mary McDowell, African American, William Bowyer, William N. Bumpus, J. T. Figgat.(907a1i1)

-- OLD c1870 ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY VA LETTER PLEA FOR WELFARE
Mary T. Miller, Margaret Thompson.(907a1i2)

-- OLD 1871 NYU GEORGE R. KUHN MEDICAL LETTERS DISSECTING DEAD BODIES
City of New York, Tammany Hall, Boss Tweed, Mark Twain.(1107a1c)

-- 1920 WV INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER ADVERTISING LETTERHEAD
Weber Farm Wagon.(1107a1j)

-- 1919 WV INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER ADVERTISING LETTERHEAD
Columbus Farm Wagon.(1107a1k)

PHOTOGRAPHIC ITEMS FOR SALE
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--1871 WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE STEREOCARD
F.G. Weller, Littleton, NH, woman rights(rights)

--WOMAN'S OCCUPATIONAL DAGUERREOTYPE
(shop)

--DAGUERREOTYPES OF BROTHER & SISTER--TWINS?
IN EXCELLENT CONDITION
Both images sealed in near-mint Union case (home13)

--DAGUERREOTYPE-- WOMAN WITH SWOLLEN OR DEFORMED HAND
(photo111)

--POSTMORTEM DAGUERREOTYPE MOTHER HOLDS BABY
Red tinting (redpm)

--BEAUTIFUL HAND TINTED PAPER PHOTOGRAPH SET IN MOURNING? PIN
Civil War era (home7)

--CABINET PHOTOGRAPH OF AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN HOLDING A GUITAR
c1880s SHENANDOAH COUNTY, VA (photo106)

--REAL PHOTO POSTCARD OF DOLLS, CARRIAGES & 2 LITTLE GIRLS WHO DIED
EXTREMELY POIGNANT from Edinburg, VA (d29x)

--PAIR OF CDVS OF LITTLE BOY WITH BREWSTER STEREOSCOPE, PIPE, & FIDDLE
(999a1r)

--ARMY CAMP c1910 LARGE OLD PHOTO IL or WI area
Soldiers in ranked formation with covered wagons, tents & spectators. Perhaps Camp Robinson or Camp McCoy, near Sparta, Wisconsin? (1910army)

-- 1907 BERTILLON ASSULT & ROBBERY MUG SHOT PHOTOGRAPH
Police Department, City of New York, concealed weapon, tattoo (bert1)

-- TWO OLD PHOTOS OF WOMEN WORKING IN FACTORY c1900
food processing or canning factory (800b1g)

-- BURLESQUE PHOTOS OF HARLEM NYC DANCERS c1950s
African American, Harlem Follies (1004b1d)

-- CARTOON OF PHOTOGRAPHER IN OLD 1882 PA ALMANAC
Hostetter's Illustrated, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Astrology signs (c24e)

-- CHILD & TOY ELEPHANT PROP "TAKEN IN THE MAMMOTH WAGON" CDV PHOTO
Traveling Photographer (405a1n)

-- OLD c1910 PHOTO BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS STEAM ENGINE, PENNSYLVANIA STEEL COMPANY
(1205a1c)

-- ICE CREAM & CANDY STORE FRONT IN 1890s PHOTOGRAPH
(399d1x)

-- GROUP OF OLD 1940s AFRICAN AMERICAN FOOTBALL TEAM PHOTOS
Armstrong HS, Washington, DC, majorettes, homecoming court. (599a1z)

-- SPANISH AMERICAN WAR TROOP MUSTER IN LYNCHBURG VA PHOTOGRAPH
Van Ness Marble and Graphite Works, 40 other photos. (806c1a)

-- WWI ARMY-NAVY YMCA REAL PHOTO POSTCARD
Restaurant du Pavillon. (906a1s)

-- 54TH REGIMENT BAND c1900 ROCHESTER NEW YORK PHOTOGRAPH
Employees of the STECHER Lithographic Company. (1103a1q)

-- OLD AFRICAN AMERICAN BASKETBALL TEAM PHOTO 1949
Armstrong High School Washington, DC, spectators. (599a1z2)

-- World War II MARTIN AIRCRAFT PUBLICITY PHOTOS
Baltimore, MD, B-26, Mars, A-30. (1006b1b)

-- 3 OLD AMATEUR STEREO CARDS ROAD PAVING STEAMROLLER, ETC
Boy & pony, road crew, horse drawn, flood. (507a1k)

-- ANSON DAGUERREOTYPE OF CROSS EYED? MAN, ORIGINAL SEALS
Broadway, New York. (199b1x)

-- DEADWOOD DICK - WESTERN HERO, REAL PHOTO POSTCARD c1928
Richard Clark, buckskins, pistol. (207a1b)

-- OLD 1891 C R REES CABINET PHOTO OF PETERSBURG VA MASON
(207a1l)

-- RARE 1870s DOUBLE STEREOCARD WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS WV or VA(?)
(299b1q)

-- OLD PHOTO c1890 OF TAILOR SHOP GALLIA ST PORTSMOUTH OHIO
occupational, storefront.(407b1g)

-- RARE 2-SIDED 1872 GREAT BOSTON FIRE STEREOVIEW CARD
National Revere Bank, E. E. Kershaw.(800b1k)

-- OLD HANDMADE LEATHER FOLK ART TINTYPE FRAME c1880
(800c1o)

-- RISQUE STEREOCARD OF NAKED WOMAN DANCING OR EXERCISING
(899a1s)

-- OLD CDV PHOTOGRAPH OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN
(f27k)

-- CASED PHOTO OF BLACK OXEN DRIVER & WAGON c1865
One of a stereo pair.(g27x)

-- DAGUERREOTYPE OF MAN WEARING CALIFORNIA GOLD MINERS SHIRT c1852
Inserted tintype, jewelry.(1107a1a)

-- OLD 1880s CABINET PHOTO OF A FIREMAN WEARING PARADE RIBBONS
(1107a1n)

-- LITTLE ROUND TOP GETTYSBURG GUIDED EXCURSION PHOTO 1900
West Virginia, Capt. Luther W Minnigh.(1207a1z)

-- UNCOMMON DAGUERREOTYPE BRACELET VICTORIAN HAIR JEWELRY
Mourning bracelet, Great Aunt Jane Adrience.(1207b1a)

-- WILLIAMSON DAGUERREOTYPE – MOTHER & CHILD BROOKLYN NY
Madonna - like.(1207b1c)

MISCELLANEOUS HISTORY ITEMS FOR SALE (Click on item for full description, photo, & price):

--AUTHENTIC ORIGINAL 19th CENTURY HISTORICAL
MILITARY PRINTS CURRENTLY OFFERED FOR SALE

--LIST OF HISTORICAL MAPS CURRENTLY OFFERED FOR SALE

--AUTHENTIC ORIGINAL 18th & 19th CENTURY CHROMOLITHOGRAPH
BIRD PRINTS CURRENTLY OFFERED FOR SALE

--NAVAL INSIGNIA ON ORIGINAL CARDBOARD c1898
(paper8)

--THREE OLD CALLIGRAPHIC ALBUM PAGES FROM 1873
Bible, Lord's Prayer, Lockport, New York (1102d1b)

-- N&W RR SAFETY CERTIFICATE OF MERIT-EMBOSSED
Norfolk & Western Railway (c26y)

-- OLD VICTORIAN HAND PAINTINGS ON SILK
(399c1t)

-- OLD 1942 WWII US MARINES UNIFORM INSIGNIA BLOTTER
Amsterdam, NY. (107a1w)

-- OLD 1860s PENCIL SKETCH OF ACTOR JOHN WILKES BOOTH??
Or NOT, Brutus, Chelsea, MA Light Infantry. (1006a1n)

-- OLD CHARCOAL FOLK ART DRAWING OF COWS, RIVER & SAWMILL
Lynchburg, VA.(207a1z)

-- 1876 THOMAS NAST HARPERS NEWSPAPER RACE RIOTS & WEST
Black Hills, yachting, 1876 Centennial.(207b1d)

-- WINSLOW HOMER ART IN AN 1862 CIVIL WAR HARPER’S WEEKLY
The Skating Season, Rebel prisoners.(207b1x)

-- BEAUTIFUL OIL PAINTED PHOTO(?) OF CIVIL WAR UNION OFFICER
signed M. B. B.(299b1f)

-- 8 OLD 1918 WWI NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED ON THE HIGH SEAS
The Hatchet, transport ship George Washington.(407a1e)

-- OLD 1874 RICHMOND VIRGINIA NEWSPAPER, GOOD RAG CONTENT
(507c1c)

-- WALLACE NUTTING MARTHA & GEORGE WASHINGTON SILHOUETTES
Foster Bros, Boston, MA, 1912.(gwsilhouette)

-- A CSA VET’S LAST ISSUE OF CONFEDERATE VETERAN MAGAZINE
Monroe Light Artillery, Roanoke Light Artillery, Washington & Lee College, Monroe County, West Virginia.(1107a1r)

--OUT-OF-PRINT CIVIL WAR BOOK on CD ROM:
THE BATTLE OF CLOYD'S MOUNTAIN
The Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Raid April 29 - May 19, 1864. Battle fought in Pulaski County, VA (cloyds)

-- An ARCHIVAL CD ROM of:
CONFEDERATE CARTE DE VISITE PHOTOGRAPHS:
A Study Collection
One collection of images of interest in the study of wartime and postwar photographs of Confederate generals, etc.(csacdv)

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