Probably Pennsylvania: 1807. Full leather. The prayer book measures approximately 4.25” x 6.25”; the slipcase is 4.5” x 7”. Complete with frontispiece, title page, author and ownership page, 273 numbered text pages, and a 7-page index. The exceptionally well-done frontispiece is hand-drawn/colored and shows Jesus in prayer next to a.... More about German fraktur manuscript prayer book with slipcase

Oroville, California: 1859 and 1862. Unbound. One letter is dated October 16, 1858; the other, June 28, 1862. No mailing envelopes. The first letter has a few small holes at the intersection of some mailing folds. Notice one old near invisible repair to a short split along a mailing fold... More about Two letters from a gold seeker whose wagon train was attacked by Mormons and Paiutes shortly...