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  • The Tilton versus Beecher Trial. Beach, William A. DAY TICKET. The officers of the City Court of Brooklyn will please admit the Bearer to the MAIN ROOM. Penciled signature of “Thos. G. Shearman”on the front of the ticket. Noted with a manicule, at the bottom is printed: “The Officers will please take up this ticket.” On the back is written in ink in a contemporary hand, “Trial of H. W. Beecher.” Added later in pencil, “trial lasted 6 mo. charged with adultery.” Printed on blue paper, measuring 5.5 cm x 9 cm, this day ticket was smaller than the Admit Bearer to Trial Tilton vs. Beecher At the City Court Room tickets, which were printed especially for the officers of the court. A rare surviving paper admission day ticket for one-time entry to the most sensational trial in nineteenth-century America, this ticket admitted its holder to the City Court in Brooklyn, admitted Thomas G. Shearman to the legal action brought by Tilton against his wife’s lover, Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, for alienation of affection. On August 20, 1874 Theodore Tilton started his lawsuit against Henry Ward Beecher for alienation of affections. The trial began January 11, 1875 and lasted six months. Thomas Gaskel Shearman (1834-1900) was Henry Ward Beecher’s defense attorney for nearly two years, his representation culminating with the sensational Tilton v. Beecher trial in 1875. Rev. Beecher was Thomas G. Shearman’s pastor as well as his client.

    Thomas Gaskell Shearman’s Day Ticket to City Court Brooklyn New York to Defend Accused Adulterer Reverend Henry Ward Beecher in Tilton V Beecher 1875

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  • Persecuted Dance Teacher’s Futile Petition to Puritan Governor Simon Bradstreet September 6 1681 to Remain in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

    Persecuted Dance Teacher’s Futile Petition to Puritan Governor Simon Bradstreet September 6 1681 to Remain in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

    $7,500.00
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  • First Dance Teacher in America Deported from America by Puritan Judges Including Witch Trial Judge John Walley Boston 1681

    First Dance Teacher in America Deported from America by Puritan Judges Including Witch Trial Judge John Walley Boston 1681

    $5,000.00
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  • Yale Law School 1874 Manuscript Notebook for Twenty William Robinson Lectures by Cornelius Sleight

    $5,000.00
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  • Bessie Turner's Testimony and Early Comic Booklet by Livingston Hopkins 1875

    Bessie Turner’s Testimony and Early Comic Booklet by Livingston Hopkins 1875

    $3,000.00
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  • Ten Letters 1702 - 1720 by Hannah Sylvester a Shelter Island Heiress

    Ten Letters 1702 – 1720 by Hannah Sylvester a Shelter Island Heiress

    $15,000.00
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  • Manuscript Real Estate Transfer New York Christmas Eve 1696

    Manuscript Real Estate Transfer New York Christmas Eve 1696

    $3,000.00
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  • PICTORIAL EDITION of The Theodore Tilton – Rev Henry Ward Beecher Adultery TRIAL Brooklyn New York in 1875

    PICTORIAL EDITION of The Theodore Tilton – Rev Henry Ward Beecher Adultery TRIAL Brooklyn New York in 1875

    $3,250.00
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  • English Power Of Attorney - 1669

    English Letter of Attorney 1669

    $425.00
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