Source : Charles Heartman

Source Title Various: as dealer, author and auction house
Description Bibliography: American Primers, Indian Primers, Royal Primers, and thirty-seven other types of non-New-England Primers issued prior to 1830; a Bibliogrpahical Checklist embellished with twenty-six Cuts, with an Introduction and Indexes compiled by Charles F. Heartman.

This book contains an introduction with background information about primers, comparing New England and Non-New-England primers; as well as a bibliography of Non-New-England primers. Contains a total of 186 bibliographic listings of Non-New-England primers.

Six Hundred Pamphlets, Broadsides and a few Books written in the English Language. A priced catalogue issued in 1915. 606 lots.
Scope of Text
Total Records in AED 3033
  • Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000.