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Item #010065 1815-1849 – Archive of letters received by a minister and his wife who journeyed...

1815-1849 – Archive of letters received by a minister and his wife who journeyed from England to New Bedford, Massachusetts to establish the city’s Trinitarian Church

England, Wales, Ireland, and New Bedford, Massachusetts: 1815-1849. Envelope or Cover. This fascinating archive of 12 letters containing 28 densely packed pages of text was saved by the Reverend James Austin Roberts and his wife Sarah Gilby Robert. Besides addressing religious matters, they are filled with insight into 19th century..... More

Price: $1,750.00

Item #010150 1860 – A mysterious New York-to-London letter discussing the impeachment of...

1860 – A mysterious New York-to-London letter discussing the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, opposition to the Radical Republicans, and the upcoming Democratic National Convention

Envelope or Cover. This secretive letter, signed only “T. O.,” was sent from New York to “T. G. Slaughter / Farmingham / Dartford / Kent / Great Britain”. It is datelined “N. Y. June 17/68” and enclosed in an envelope franked with a relatively scarce 12-cent Washington stamp with an..... More

Price: $275.00

Item #009998 Circa 1851-1857 – Letter sent via the Augusta & Atlanta Rail Road (later the...

Circa 1851-1857 – Letter sent via the Augusta & Atlanta Rail Road (later the Georgia Rail Road and Banking Company) regarding the delay of a visit home because the family and its enslaved workers had contracted Scarlet Fever

A. M. Fannin

Envelope or Cover. This stampless letter measures 15½” x 9¾“. It was sent by A. M. Fannin and M P Allen to their relatives, care of “Miss L. A. Fannin / Madison / Ga.” It bears a faint circular red “Augusta & Atlanta R.R.” station agent postmark and a manuscript..... More

Price: $600.00

Item #009370 Small archive of materials related to the Silver King Mine. to By, Oregon, or for...

Small archive of materials related to the Silver King Mine

By, to, or for Mr. W. S. Risley of Albany, Oregon

Elkhorn, Oregon (now a dead post office): 1911 – 1920. Unbound. This lot of consists multiple items: One canceled check from the Silver King Mining Company, one application and contract to purchase Silber King Mining Company stock, two Silver King Mining Company employment agreements accepting shares of capital stock in..... More

Price: $200.00

Item #009984 1840 – Letter between business associates reporting that the ice on the Hudson...

1840 – Letter between business associates reporting that the ice on the Hudson River in Troy, New York had broken without any damage to docks or timber stored upon them and recommending switching to the manufacture of “wall strips” in the coming year as there was “no movement in the lumber market.”

C.W. Thompson

Troy, New York: 1840. Envelope or Cover. This two-page stampless letter measures 8¾” x 12½”. It was sent by C.W. Thompson in Troy on 12 February 1840 to business associates, the Nye Brothers, in Champlain, New York. It bears a circular red Troy postmark and a manuscript “18¾”, the cost..... More

Price: $100.00

Item #009700 “THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE STEWART GOLD MINING COMPANY IS ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND...

“THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE STEWART GOLD MINING COMPANY IS ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND SHARES, PAR VALUE OF FIVE DOLLARS EACH – An official printed list of all stockholders in a Colorado gold mining company that was mt to tax assessors

Charles Durham

Boston: Stewart Gold Mining Company of Colorado, May 28, 1864. Envelope or Cover. This one-page shareholder list measures approximately 5” x 8”. It was printed on 28 May 1864 and mailed three-days later to the “Assessors of Bridgewater, Massachusetts.” It is franked with a 2-cent black Jackson stamp (Scott #73)..... More

Price: $150.00

Item #010097 1846 – Letter describing the celebrations in Nashville, Tennessee as...

1846 – Letter describing the celebrations in Nashville, Tennessee as “Vollenteers” began to form companies to fight in the Mexican-American War

Charles M. King

Nashville, Tennessee: 1846. Unbound. This four-page stampless folded letter with two pages of text measures 16½” x 10” unfolded. It was sent by Charles M. King in Nashville to Miss Anna Louisa Bockins of Philaldelphia. The letter is dated May 13, 1846, and bears a circular Nashville postmark dated May..... More

Price: $450.00

Item #010109 1862 – Letter from a Texas soldier describing his part the riverine battle for...

1862 – Letter from a Texas soldier describing his part the riverine battle for control of the White River in Arkansas

Corporal James J. Scales

Camp Retreat, White River, Arkansas: 1862. Unbound. This three-page letter was written by Corporal James J. Scales of the 10th Texas Infantry to his grandfather. It is datelined “Camp retreat. White River Ak. June 22 1862”. No mailing envelope. In nice shape. A transcript will be provided. After Union..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #010126 1897 – Complete, unsevered paid-reply postal card set with a multi-color...

1897 – Complete, unsevered paid-reply postal card set with a multi-color advertisement for Appleton’s Military Library Great Commanders Series

D. Appleton and Company

New York City: 1897. Unbound. This example of the first U.S. paid-reply postal card set (Scott #UY1) is unsevered; the postal message card (Scott #PM1) remains attached to its postal reply card (Scott #PR1). The indicia on both one-cent cards feature a portrait of Ulysses S. Grant as President. The..... More

Price: $150.00

Item #009953 1807 – Letter from a renowned New Orleans surgeon, mentor of the first trained...

1807 – Letter from a renowned New Orleans surgeon, mentor of the first trained African-American physician in the United States and an associate of Aaron Burr and John Wilkinson, expressing both admiration for and doubt about the Louisiana Purchase

Dr. Robert Dow

New Orleans: 1807. Envelope or Cover. This 1807 two-page stampless folded letter, measuring 16” x 11¾“ unfolded, was sent by Dr. Robert Dow, a long-time Scottish immigrant, living in New Orleans, Louisiana Territory, to John Watkinson at Middletown Connecticut. The letter was carried to New York as indicated by the..... More

Price: $1,000.00

Item #010144 1859 – Letter from the Louisiana Tehuantepec Company to the Louisiana State Bank...

1859 – Letter from the Louisiana Tehuantepec Company to the Louisiana State Bank forwarding a copy of the official notification by the Postmaster General not to renew its mail contract which, in turn, precipitated the formation of the Pony Express.

Emile La Sére and others

1859. Envelope or Cover. This lot consists of two items: a copy of the Post Office Departments decision not to renew the mail contract of the Louisiana Tehuantepec Company’s mail contract and a letter from the Louisiana Tehuantepec Company to the “President and Directors of the Louisiana State Bank” informing..... More

Price: $1,750.00

Item #010151 1869 – Letter to a friend back home from an English immigrant expressing doubts...

1869 – Letter to a friend back home from an English immigrant expressing doubts that she made the right choice by coming to the United States

Emily Borchert

Amsterdam, New York: 1869. Envelope or Cover. This five-page undated letter was sent by Miss Emily Borchert, a teacher at the Amsterdam Academy in Amsterdam, New York to a friend in Bath, England. It is enclosed in its original mailing envelope along with a 2¼” square illustration of the school..... More

Price: $275.00

Item #009623 [A WIFE SENDS MAIL TO HER CIVILAN HUSBAND WHO AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE BACK AND...

[A WIFE SENDS MAIL TO HER CIVILAN HUSBAND WHO AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE BACK AND PARALYZED DURING THE INVASION OF GUAM WAS IMPRISONED IN A JAPANESE POW CAMP]; Mail sent to Mr. Frank Perry at a Japanese prison camp by his wife in San Francisco

Florence Perry to Frank Perry

San Francisco to Shikoku Island, Japan via New York City: 1945. Envelope or Cover. This legal-size envelope is addressed to “Frank Perry, American Civilian Internee Held by Japan / in Zentsuzi War Prison Camp / Zentsuzi, Skikoku Island, Japan / Via: New York, N.Y.” The return address on reverse is..... More

Price: $500.00

Item #009681 OVER TWO TONS OF SALT IS SHIPPED FROM THE LARGEST SALT MINE IN NORTH AMERICA TO ONE...

OVER TWO TONS OF SALT IS SHIPPED FROM THE LARGEST SALT MINE IN NORTH AMERICA TO ONE OF THIS COUNTRY’S LARGEST HORSE AND CATTLE BREEDING FARMS. – Small packet of materials related to the shipment of “lump salt” from the Retsoff Mining Company to the Powell Brothers “Shadeland” stock farm

Foster & Brown to Messers Powell Brothers

Retsoff, New York to Springboro, Pennsylvania: 1888. Envelope or Cover. This grouping contains a March 10th, 1888, bill of lading from the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad Company and a shipping notice from Foster & Brown, agents of the “Retsof Mining Co., Miners and Shippers of Salt,” dated March..... More

Price: $100.00

Item #009781 “FROM . . . PRISONER NO 7162 [HELD BY] U.S PRISONER OF WAR COMPANY NO. 1 IN...

“FROM . . . PRISONER NO 7162 [HELD BY] U.S PRISONER OF WAR COMPANY NO. 1 IN FRANCE.” A legal-size preprinted envelope used by a German POW.

Franz Remki

Prisoner of War Enclosure Number 1, St. Pierre des Corps, France via APO 717]. Undated but circa 1918-1919. Envelope or Cover. This partially-printed legal-size envelope from Remki was sent from Prisoner of War Enclosure Number 1 (PWE #1) at St. Pierre des Corps, France which was controlled by the A.E.F.’s..... More

Price: $175.00

Item #009797 “MY SON WAS IN ALL THE BATTLES FROM VERA CRUZE TO CERA GORDE.” A request made...

“MY SON WAS IN ALL THE BATTLES FROM VERA CRUZE TO CERA GORDE.” A request made to Captain Brewerton from a father trying to find information for his son about U. S. Military Academy life at West Point

From John Moorhead to Captain Brewerson

New York City to West Point, New York: 1848. Envelope or Cover. This one-page stampless folded letter measures approximately 16” x 9.75”. It was sent by John Moorhead in New York City, to Captain Brewerson, an engineer stationed at West Point. The letter bears a manuscript annotation “Post Paid,” a...... More

Price: $250.00

Item #010047 1886 – The “father of the modern American museum,” G Brown Goode, thanks a man...

1886 – The “father of the modern American museum,” G Brown Goode, thanks a man for donation an “Idol” to the Smithsonian’s “United States National Museum”

G. Brown Goode

Washington, DC: 1886. Envelope or Cover. This one-page letter to G. S. Faucher Esq. of West Winstead, Connecticut is written on letterhead that reads “United States National Museum / Under Direction Of / The Smithsonian Institution.” It is dated October 28, 1886 and signed by G. Brown Goode as the..... More

Price: $150.00

Item #009880 1813-1817 – Three letters related to the War of 1812 naval service and prize money...

1813-1817 – Three letters related to the War of 1812 naval service and prize money for the capture of two British ships that was posthumously awarded to the son of a Revolutionary War hero who laments his loss while incarcerated in a Vermont debtor’s prison

General William Barton, Harry Barton, and Jonathan Lillibridge

Savannah, Georgia and the Brig Troup: 1813-1817. Envelope or Cover. This correspondence consists of three stampless folded letters. The first two letters were favor-carried and have no postal markings. The third has a circular Savannah, Georgia postmark and manuscript “75”, three times the normal postage indicating it had two enclosures..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #010140 1841 – Letter signed by Winfield Scott forwarding his endorsement of a disabled...

1841 – Letter signed by Winfield Scott forwarding his endorsement of a disabled War of 1812 veteran’s request to be appointed as the Military Store Keeper of Detroit

General Winfield Scott

Envelope or Cover. Two-page letter and endorsement enclosed within a stampless cover. The letter was written by Justus Ingersoll on 6 December 1841 and endorsed by General Winfield Scott on 17 December before forwarding to the Secretary of War, John C. Spencer. The endorsement is signed “Winfield Scott", and a...... More

Price: $2,500.00

Item #010145 1864 – Letter from a soldier in 126th New York Infantry reporting that companies...

1864 – Letter from a soldier in 126th New York Infantry reporting that companies of sharpshooters were being established in the Union’s Second Corps and that the Corp’s Washington’s Birthday Ball came off without a hitch

George S. Young

Camp near Stevensburg, Virginia: 1864. Envelope or Cover. This lot contains a letter written by a soldier in the 126th New York Infantry and a clipping of an illustration from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated newspaper, both enclosed in the letter’s original mailing envelope. All are in nice shape. The..... More

Price: $500.00

Item #010135 1820 – Letter from a member of New York’s prosperous and powerful Ogden Family...

1820 – Letter from a member of New York’s prosperous and powerful Ogden Family regarding an upper New York land sale to an important New York City land developer discounting his complaint about having received payment that included a counterfeit $5 bill

Gouverneur Ogden to Nicholas Low

Ogdensburg, New York: 1820. Envelope or Cover. This one page, stampless folded letter measures 15.5” by 9.5” unfolded. It was sent by Gouverneur Ogden in upper New York to Nicholas Low in New York City. The letter is datelined “Madrid 1 Nov. 1820” and bears a circular Ogdensburgh, New York..... More

Price: $200.00

Item #009615 [A FORMER OFFICER IN THE “ARMY OF CALIFORNIA” BECOMES AN EARLY EMPLOYEE OF THE...

[A FORMER OFFICER IN THE “ARMY OF CALIFORNIA” BECOMES AN EARLY EMPLOYEE OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY EASTERN BRANCH (KANSAS PACIFIC RAILWAY) AFTER BEING PROMISED A JOB AS THE CONDUCTOR OF ITS SECOND TRAIN.]; Letter from Grove Watson to a friend reporting that had recently accepted a position with the railroad in Kansas

Grove Watson

Wyandotte, Kansas: Office of the Contractors of the Union Pacific Railway Company, Eastern Division, 1863. Envelope or Cover. This letter on the stationery of the Union Pacific Railway Company, Eastern Division is datelined, Wyandotte, Kansas, November 7, 1863, and enclosed in a mailing envelope which bears a circular Wyandotte, Kas..... More

Price: $500.00

Item #010049 1896 – Advertising packet for Frank C. Clark’s Vacation Excursion to Europe,...

1896 – Advertising packet for Frank C. Clark’s Vacation Excursion to Europe, 1897

Helen Tarr

Gloversville, New York: 1896. Envelope or Cover. This advertising packet consists of three items: a form letter inviting Miss Emma Weatherbee to reserve her booking of the 1897 excursion, a four-page brochure providing information about the excursion, and the advertising envelope that was used to mail the items to Miss..... More

Price: $100.00

Item #009988 1843 – Letter from an important missionary at the Oneida Duck Creek Reservation in...

1843 – Letter from an important missionary at the Oneida Duck Creek Reservation in Wisconsin describing his effort “endeavoring to labor for the good of the Indians.”

Henry Root Colman

Duck Creek Reservation, Wisconsin: 1843. Envelope or Cover. This three-page stampless letter measures 15½” x 12½” unfolded. It was sent by Henry Root Colman to his brother-in-law, Richard P. Speir, who had recently settled in New Orleans. It is datelined “Duck Creek June 17th 1843” and bares a manuscript postmark..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #009766 “INTEMPERANCE IS THE CURSE OF THE WORLD [AND] THE BANE OF SOCIETY” – Two...

“INTEMPERANCE IS THE CURSE OF THE WORLD [AND] THE BANE OF SOCIETY” – Two different, detailed and postally-used propaganda envelopes illustrating the horrors of drunkenness and the virtues of sobriety

In the style of James Valentine

One “published and sold by George D. Jewett”, the other by “Wm. C. Hale”, both of Hartford, Connecticut: 1853. Envelope or Cover. Both envelopes are postally used and measure approximately 5” x 3”. One features five morose workmen passing a bottle within a scroll that reads “Intemperance is..... More

Price: $1,250.00

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