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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

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

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Shogaku Jorei Shikizukai (Elementary Illustrated Etiquette Book For Young Women). Ginko, Heisichi Adachi.

Shogaku Jorei Shikizukai (Elementary Illustrated Etiquette Book For Young Women)

Tokyo: Sonbe Okura, Circaq 1880. Ginko (Heisichi Adachi). Orihon (accordion-fold). 12mo. Ukiyo-e woodblock book. Series of 10 beautiful accordian-bound hand-colored woodblock diptych illustrations depicting etiquette lessons at a 'finishing' school for young Japanese women. The book contains a series of illustrated 'how to' lessons regarding talking with elders, praying, opening... More

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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

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

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Journal-scrapbook-photograph album kept by a wealthy woman documenting her automobile travels throughout New England. Mrs. Charles E. Curtis.

Journal-scrapbook-photograph album kept by a wealthy woman documenting her automobile travels throughout New England

New England: 1920-1928. Album. This 11” x 12.5” album contains 143 pages filled with about 450 journal entries, photographs, clippings, postcards, brochures, and other ephemera. The items are all glued to the album pages or tipped into the binding. Everything is in nice shape; the gutter of the album is... More

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