Camp Holly Springs near Richmond, Virginia: 1814. Disbound. This two-page leaf, measuring 7.7” x 12.5”, is titled “Head Quarters August 28th 1814”. It contains five entries signed by either Edmund Taylor, the Brigade Major, or George Turner, the Adjutant. In nice shape. 28 Aug – “Brigade Orders. The general..... More
Stockton , California: 1850. Envelope or Cover. This three- page stampless, folded letter, measuring 15.5” x 12.5” unfolded, was written on May 10th, 1850 by E. B. [Ebenezer Bower] Bateman, a state legislator, from “Stockton Upper California” to his father, Burgin, in Jacksonville, Illinois. It bears a manuscript “40” rate..... More
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Cincinnati, Ohio: The Dollar Weekly Times, 1854. Unbound. This two-page broadsheet promoting the American Party was printed in 1854 by The Dollar Weekly Times, the party’s newspaper headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, promoting its anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic agenda. It is printed as a faux lettersheet and was sent to an unnamed..... More
Envelope or Cover. This three-page stampless folded letter was written on “feby 17, 1856” and sent “in care of [the] American Legation,” which, at the time was located in Mexico City, to the prominent Washington lawyer, James Mandeville Carlisle. It was sent through Vera Cruz, as attested to transit marking..... More
Three items related to the culmination of John F. Kennedy’s campaign tour through Texas at a “Welcome Dinner” in Austin that had been organized by the State Democratic Executive Committee. A 7” x 9¾” invitation to the event which was to be held “on Friday evening the twenty-second..... More
St. Louis, Missouri: 1819. Envelope or Cover. This stampless folded letter measures 7.5” x 12”. It is datelined “St. Louis 14 August 1819” and was sent to Moses Taylor at Mount Vernon, Ohio in care of the towns postmaster, Henry B. Curtis, by Aaron T. Crane and Abraham Beck, early..... More
Washington DC and At Sea: 1943-1945. Envelope or Cover. The eight letters in this group were all sent by Admiral William D. Leahy to his long-time friend and aide, Julius Caesar C. Edelstein between 1943 and 1945. Seven of the letters were typed; one is handwritten. All are enclosed in..... More
Chunking China: 1922. Pin-bound report; unbound photographs. This lot consists of multiple items: a 14-page investigation report package from the American Consular Service at Chunking, China dated 22 July 1922, its official Consular Service mailing envelope, a birds-eye-view postcard showing Bathang, Tibet, and 15 photographs of or by Shelton in..... More
Camp Holly Springs near Richmond, Virginia: 1814-1815. Disbound. This two-page leaf, measuring 7.75” x 12.5”, contains five morning, provisioning, and forage reports for Captain Andrew Stevensons Company of Artillery. It was maintained while the unit was stationed at Camp Holly Springs, as part of Colonel Barlowe’s 2nd Virginia Regiment, in..... More
San Francisco: 1859. Unbound. Both Blair and James had been free-soil Democrats who were instrumental in both forming the new Republican Party in 1856 and securing John C. Fremont to run for President on its ticket. Although, Fremont was not one of the major candidates to represent the Republicans in..... More
1917. Album. This large album measures 12” x 9.5” and contains well over 250 glued-in photographs, most measuring about 4” x 2.5”. The photographs are captioned in white ink on 46 of the albums 48 pages. Ten additional photographs are laid-in including a 10” x 8” official group..... More
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
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
Sleeoy Creek & Dorn’s Mines: 1855 & 1859. Envelope or Cover. One three-page and one two-page stampless folded letters. They were sent by James Dorn who owned two mines in partnership with his brother, William Burkhalter “Billy” Dorn, to Joseph Slocum, in New York and Savannah. Both letters are from..... More
Detroit, Michigan: 1816. Envelope or Cover. This two-page stampless folded letter measures 15” x 9.5” unfolded. It was sent by former Colonel, James Thomas, from Detroit on 30 August 1816 to his business associate, Jacob Miller Haldeman, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It bears a scarce manuscript “Detroit / 30 Augt.” postmark..... More
Redwood City, California: October 15, 1940. Unbound. This typed letter, dated 17 October 1940 and signed by a prominent Issei member of California's Japanese-American community presents a 2' x 4' silk U.S. flag to an unnamed person, presumably a government official or journalist. Both are in nice shape; the display..... More
Menomoneville, Wiconsin Territory: 1837. Envelope or Cover. This two-page stampless letter, sent from the Reverend Daniel E. Brown at Menomoneville to the Reverend Philander Chase “near Peoria / Illinoise”,, measures 16” x 9.75” unfolded. It is datelined “Mission Buildings Green Bay / April 3rd 1837” and bears an especially scarce..... More
British Guiana (Guyana): 1841. Envelope or Cover. This two-page stampless, folded letter measures 8” x 9.75”. It was sent by the Murray Brothers of British Guiana (Guyana) to Newton Gordon Cossart & Company in Madeira. It is datelined “Demerary [Demerara] Feby 1840”. The front of the letter bears the manuscript..... More
Tenafly, New Jersey; Boston, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Chicago, Illinois: 1876-1886. Envelope or Cover. Three of these four postally used ‘propaganda’ envelopes promoting Women’s Suffrage are addressed to Francis E. Abbott of Boston (a progressive theologian and the editor of The Index, a newsletter championing "free religious inquiry"); one is addressed..... More
Adams and York Counties, Pennsylvania: 1815-1855. String. This group consists of five homemade books of varying sizes; the smallest is 7¾” x12”, the largest 8½” x 14”. One ciphering book and one account book belonged to William Pickering. One ciphering book belonged to Jacob Pickering. One ciphering book belonged to..... More
New York City: 1825. Envelope or Cover. This one-page, stampless folded letter measures 15” x 9.75” unfolded. It was sent by William R. Talbott from New York City on 15 October 1825 to Edward A. Russell in Canton, China. The letter was favor carried on the Ship Splendid. Docketing shows..... More
