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AN ADVENTUROUS WOMAN’S TRAVEL LETTER RECOUNTING A HAZARDOUS JOURNEY BY STAGE AND RAILROAD TO THE ONTARIO FEMALE SEMINARY DURING A HORRENDOUS WINTER STORM franked with A VERY FINE 1847 U.S. TEN-CENT WASHINGTON STAMP; Four-page folded letter from Abby Wells sent from Canandaigua, New York to her parents in Deerfield, New Hampshire. Abigail Wells.

AN ADVENTUROUS WOMAN’S TRAVEL LETTER RECOUNTING A HAZARDOUS JOURNEY BY STAGE AND RAILROAD TO THE ONTARIO FEMALE SEMINARY DURING A HORRENDOUS WINTER STORM franked with A VERY FINE 1847 U.S. TEN-CENT WASHINGTON STAMP; Four-page folded letter from Abby Wells sent from Canandaigua, New York to her parents in Deerfield, New Hampshire

Abigail Wells

Canandaigua, New York: 1849. Unbound. This four-page folded letter measures 15” x 9.5” and has a red Canandaigua postmark dated January 10. It is franked with a nicely centered, very fine black 10-cent Washington stamp (Scott #2) tied with a red grid cancel. Complete but fragile as some folds have... More

Price: $1,750.00

Letter from a French ship captain in San Francisco to a wine wholesaler in Southern France franked with the first Lincoln stamp issued by the United States. From G. Caussy to the Gautier Brothers.

Letter from a French ship captain in San Francisco to a wine wholesaler in Southern France franked with the first Lincoln stamp issued by the United States

From G. Caussy to the Gautier Brothers

San Francisco to Cette (today Sète), France: 1869. This three-page folded letter, in French, measures 16.5” x 10.5” unfolded. It is dated “Sn Francisco le 7 Yuillet 1869” and franked with a 15-cent black Lincoln stamp (Scott #77) canceled with a ‘fancy’ black circle-of-wedges. Three postmarks are on the front..... More

Price: $1,750.00

Letter to Thomas H. Gallaudet requesting that he arrange for the residential treatment of a prominent Massachusetts woman at the Hartford Retreat for the Insane. Horatio Brinsmade.

Letter to Thomas H. Gallaudet requesting that he arrange for the residential treatment of a prominent Massachusetts woman at the Hartford Retreat for the Insane

Horatio Brinsmade

Pittsfield, Massachusetts: 1840. Unbound. This four-page folded letter measures 16” x 10” unfolded. It was sent to Reverend Thomas H. Gallaudet in Hartford, Connecticut by Horatio Brinsmade in Pittsfield Massachusetts. The letter is dated January 8, 1840. It bears a 10-cent blue manuscript rate mark in the upper right corner... More

Price: $750.00

ADVERTISING ENVELOPE FOR VAN AMBURGH’S MAMMOTH MENAGERIE AND GREAT MORAL EXHIBITION WITH A LETTER FROM ITS BUSINESS MANAGER AND FUTURE OWNER, HYATT FROST; Two-page letter from Hyatt Frost to his business manager, W. W. Thomas, discussing financial matters related to the family farm and his brother, Eli. Hyatt Frost.

ADVERTISING ENVELOPE FOR VAN AMBURGH’S MAMMOTH MENAGERIE AND GREAT MORAL EXHIBITION WITH A LETTER FROM ITS BUSINESS MANAGER AND FUTURE OWNER, HYATT FROST; Two-page letter from Hyatt Frost to his business manager, W. W. Thomas, discussing financial matters related to the family farm and his brother, Eli.

Hyatt Frost

New Philadelphia, Ohio: 1862. Unbound. This two-page letter, written by Hyatt Frost of Van Amburgh’s Circus, discusses financial matters related to the Frost family farm in Harrisburg, Indiana, and Hyatt’s brother Eli, who also—on occasion—worked for the Van Amburgh show. The letter is enclosed in a Van Amburgh..... More

Price: $650.00

ASSURANCE THAT THE FEES INCURRED AT THE BETHLEHEM FEMALE SEMINARY BY AN ORPHANED FLORIDA GIRL WOULD BE PAID IN FULL ONCE HER BENEFACTOR RECEIVED PAYMENT FOR SLAVES SHE HAD LEASED TO A NEARBY FARMER ; Four-page folded letter from Isabelle Gibbs to the Reverend Charles F. Seidel. Isabelle Gibbs.

ASSURANCE THAT THE FEES INCURRED AT THE BETHLEHEM FEMALE SEMINARY BY AN ORPHANED FLORIDA GIRL WOULD BE PAID IN FULL ONCE HER BENEFACTOR RECEIVED PAYMENT FOR SLAVES SHE HAD LEASED TO A NEARBY FARMER ; Four-page folded letter from Isabelle Gibbs to the Reverend Charles F. Seidel

Isabelle Gibbs

St. Augustine, Florida: 1828. Unbound. This four-page, stampless folded letter measures 15.5” x 9.75” unfolded. It is dated June 18, 1828 and addressed to the Reverend Charles F. Seidel at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The cover has scarce oval “St Augustine / E. Flo.” postmark in red dated June 19 and a.... More

Price: $500.00

RECOMMENDATION FOR A FLORIDA PHYSICIAN AND PLANTATION OWNER TO RECEIVE A FEDERAL COMMISSION AS A LIEUTENANT OF DRAGOONS; Free-franked folded-letter from Florida State Senator James H. T. Lorimer to U. S. Senator J. D. Wescott. James H. T. Lorimer.

RECOMMENDATION FOR A FLORIDA PHYSICIAN AND PLANTATION OWNER TO RECEIVE A FEDERAL COMMISSION AS A LIEUTENANT OF DRAGOONS; Free-franked folded-letter from Florida State Senator James H. T. Lorimer to U. S. Senator J. D. Wescott.

James H. T. Lorimer

Tallahassee: 1848. Unbound. This one-page folded letter measures 15.5” x 10” unfolded. It is dated “January the 16th, 1848.” The cover bears a green “Free” handstamp indicting no postage was required as it was addressed to a U.S. Senator. It is postmarked with a green circular Tallassee handstamp dated January..... More

Price: $500.00

ONE OF THE BEST AND CERTAINLY THE FUNNIEST ILLUSTRATED GOLD RUSH LETTERSHEETS; The Miner’s Ten Commandments. Composed by "Forty-Niner" (James M. Hutchings), and illustrated by Harrison Eastman. James M. Hutchings, Harrison Eastman.

ONE OF THE BEST AND CERTAINLY THE FUNNIEST ILLUSTRATED GOLD RUSH LETTERSHEETS; The Miner’s Ten Commandments. Composed by "Forty-Niner" (James M. Hutchings), and illustrated by Harrison Eastman

James M. Hutchings and Harrison Eastman

San Francisco: Sun Print, (1853). Unbound. This lettersheet is printed on light blue paper measuring approximately 9.25” x 11.25”. The text of the commandments is printed in three centered columns bordered on the right, left, and bottom by ten corresponding vignettes that satirically illustrate each. An eleventh vignette, at the... More

Price: $1,850.00

HUMOROUS LETTER TO A STUDENT AT THE CLINTON LIBERAL INSTITUTE FEATURING A DRAWING OF HIM WHEELBARROWING BACK TO SCHOOL; Letter with a hand-illustrated envelope sent to a student at the Clinton Liberal Institute by John P. Cannod. John P. Cannod.

HUMOROUS LETTER TO A STUDENT AT THE CLINTON LIBERAL INSTITUTE FEATURING A DRAWING OF HIM WHEELBARROWING BACK TO SCHOOL; Letter with a hand-illustrated envelope sent to a student at the Clinton Liberal Institute by John P. Cannod

John P. Cannod

Mohawk, New York: circa 1857. Unbound. This envelope features a hand-drawn pen illustration of a young man trudging along a road and pushing a wheel-barrow with a large crate addressed to “James Johnson, Clinton Liberal Institute, Clinton, N.Y.” It is franked with a 3-cent, plum or deep claret, Type III..... More

Price: $500.00

One-page Mexican-American War letter from a newly appointed ensign in the Missouri Volunteers as his unit prepared to depart Camp Lucas in Missouri on the Great Platte River Road in route to establishing Fort Kearny for protection of the Oregon Trail. John V. Masters to the Honorable C. Masters.

One-page Mexican-American War letter from a newly appointed ensign in the Missouri Volunteers as his unit prepared to depart Camp Lucas in Missouri on the Great Platte River Road in route to establishing Fort Kearny for protection of the Oregon Trail.

John V. Masters to the Honorable C. Masters

Camp Lucas (St. Louis), Missouri to Warren Court House, Pennsylvania: 1847. Unbound. This one-page stampless folded letter measures 15.5” x 10” unfolded. It is dated “Camp Lucas May 30th 1847.” The cover must have been delivered by hand, outside of the postal system, as it is unfranked and bears no... More

Price: $750.00

War of 1812 American Militia Letter - The Siege of Fort Erie. New York Joseph Blackmer at Caledonia to Captain Nehemiah Jones in Westmoreland.

War of 1812 American Militia Letter - The Siege of Fort Erie

Sent by Joseph Blackmer at Caledonia to Captain Nehemiah Jones in Westmoreland, New York.

New York: 1814. Letter. This important three-page folio-sized manuscript letter reports on the American actions at the Siege of Fort Erie during September of 1814 including a detailed description of the sorties attacking British artillery batteries and the death of General Daniel Davis, the leader of the New York Militia... More

Price: $3,500.00

World War I mail from a German Prisoner of War held at the American prison camp at Krasnaya-Retchka, Siberia during the Allied intervention in Russia following the Bolshevik Revolution. Martin Prigge.

World War I mail from a German Prisoner of War held at the American prison camp at Krasnaya-Retchka, Siberia during the Allied intervention in Russia following the Bolshevik Revolution

Sent by Martin Prigge

Vladivostok, Siberia: October 2, 1919. Unbound. Envelope only, no letter. The envelope is addressed to Anna Raumgarten, Altona-Elbe, Germany. The return address reads, “Prisoner of war Mail / Vladivostok / Siberia / American prison camp / Martin Prigge / No. 326.” It bears a small steel circular postmark that reads... More

Price: $1,750.00

Returned mail sent to a World War II Marine who was captured on Corregidor and died in a Japanese prison camp. Mr., Mrs A. Mikucki from Chicago to Private First Class Walter Mikucki at the Osaka Yodogawa Bunsho POW Camp in Japan.

Returned mail sent to a World War II Marine who was captured on Corregidor and died in a Japanese prison camp

Sent by Mr. & Mrs A. Mikucki from Chicago to Private First Class Walter Mikucki at the Osaka Yodogawa Bunsho POW Camp in Japan

1944-1945. Envelope only, no letter. The envelope was addressed to Private First Class Walter Mikucki at the Osaka Yodogawa Bunsho POW Camp in Japan. It has a typed “Prisoner of War Postage Free” free frank in the upper right corner and has received a Chicago “War Savings machine postmark dated..... More

Price: $750.00

Letter from a U. S. mariner held captive in Naples after his ship was captured and condemned during the Napoleonic Wars. Olphert Tittle.

Letter from a U. S. mariner held captive in Naples after his ship was captured and condemned during the Napoleonic Wars

Sent by Olphert Tittle

Naples: 1810. Unbound. This two-page stampless folded letter measures approximately 14.5” x 10” unfolded. It was sent by Olphert Tittle in Naples to Olphert Tittle (his father) in Beverly, Massachusetts. The letter is dated “March 11th 1810,” and its salutation begins “Honor’d Mother.” It bears a weak red strike of..... More

Price: $1,250.00

Illustrated advertising envelope and letter promoting “Professor” Edward Rush’s balloon “aeronauts and parachute artists.”. Prof. E. Rush.

Illustrated advertising envelope and letter promoting “Professor” Edward Rush’s balloon “aeronauts and parachute artists.”

Signed by Prof. E. Rush

Clay Center, Kansas: 1898. Envelope or Cover. The envelope features an illustration of a man hanging by his feet from a parachute attached to an ascending hot air balloon. It is addressed to “Secy of Fair. McPherson, Kansas.” The letterhead contains illustrations of “The Balloon Ascending, Leaving the Balloon, Parachute..... More

Price: $900.00

Collection of six Civil War letters from a soldier who served from April of 1861 until he was killed in action in June of 1863. George A. Spinney.

Collection of six Civil War letters from a soldier who served from April of 1861 until he was killed in action in June of 1863

Spinney, George A.

Washington, DC: 1861-1863. Unbound. Six letters to family members at home, four from 1861 and two from 1863. One of the letters has its original envelope. All of the letters are complete except one that is missing its final page. The handwriting is legible. Three of the letters are written... More

Price: $2,500.00

Letter from a prospector recounting the arduous journey over Chilkoot Pass to reach the Yukon gold fields. Unidentified author.

Letter from a prospector recounting the arduous journey over Chilkoot Pass to reach the Yukon gold fields

Unidentified author

Sheep Camp on Chilkoot Trail near Dyea, Alaska: 1898. Unbound. This four-page, unsigned letter was sent to “Friend Alice” by a prospector while in route to the gold fields from the Alaskan port of Dyea. Two stereoviews of the climb are included. In the late summer of 1896 when news... More

Price: $800.00

SMALL ARCHIVE OF CIVIL WAR LETTERS WRITTEN TO A WOUNDED MEMBER OF THE 39TH NEW YORK VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT, THE GARIBALDI GUARD, ALONG WITH THE SOLDIER’S DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE. Various authors.

SMALL ARCHIVE OF CIVIL WAR LETTERS WRITTEN TO A WOUNDED MEMBER OF THE 39TH NEW YORK VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT, THE GARIBALDI GUARD, ALONG WITH THE SOLDIER’S DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE

Various authors

Various locations: mostly 1865. Unbound. Nine letters written to Stephen H. Gregory, a member of D Company, 39th New York Volunteer Infantry. Eight were written during April and May of 1865 while Gregory was recovering from wounds at the Homewood Hospital in Washington D. C. The ninth letter is pre-war... More

Price: $500.00

Schoolteacher’s letter describing a young slave’s attack upon three children in her classroom. Clarissa, rubee Terry.

Schoolteacher’s letter describing a young slave’s attack upon three children in her classroom.

Written by Clarissa T[rubee Terry]

Wading River, Long Island, New York: 1853. This 4-page letter from a schoolteacher to her aunt, apparently in Bridgeport, Connecticut, measures approximately 6.5” x 8.5”. It is in very nice shape. Much of the letter concerns news about family and friends, however Clarissa notes that “My school is not yet... More

Price: $750.00

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