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Item #009920 1802 – Letter from a businessman in New Orleans, New Spain to merchants in...

1802 – Letter from a businessman in New Orleans, New Spain to merchants in Bordeaux regarding a shipment of Indigo one year before the Louisiana Territory would officially retrocede to France and 13 months before it would be officially transferred from France to the United States

New Orleans: 1802. Unbound. This stampless folded letter from James (Santiago Pablo Francisco) Carrick in New Orleans to Messers Charles & Olivier Durand in Bordeaux is datelined “Nouvelle Orleans a 15 Novre 1802”. It bears a handstamp reading “Poste / Maritime / Bordeaux” and a manuscript rate marking. Written in..... More

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Item #010007 Circa 1870 – The inventor of the circular ribbed knitting machine revolutionized...

Circa 1870 – The inventor of the circular ribbed knitting machine revolutionized the hosiery industry recounts efforts by his employers and competitors to cheat him from money due and steal his patents

Lake Village, New Hampshire: Pepper’s Hosiery Mill, Circa 1870. Unbound. In this unsigned 12-page summary on stationery headed “Office of J. Pepper’s Hosiery Mill, / Lake Village, N. H. 187 “, John Pepper claims that employers and competitors cheated him, infringing upon his patents. In nice shape. A transcript will..... More

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Item #009982 1828 – Letter from Joseph Rolette at Prairie du Chien, Michigan Territory to...

1828 – Letter from Joseph Rolette at Prairie du Chien, Michigan Territory to Pierre Chouteau in St. Louis, the two most important agents of John Jacob Astor’s American Fur Trading Company, reporting that “the Indians are peaceful altho’ intrusions” have been made into “ their lands in search of mineral oar.”

Prairie du Chien, Michigan Territory: 1828. Envelope or Cover. This four-page stampless letter has one page of text and measures 16” x 10” unfolded. It is datelined “Prairie du Chien 20th Jany 1828” and bears a very fine example of a scarce Michigan Territory, manuscript postmark (see ASCC Vol 1..... More

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Item #009960 1841-1845 – An archive of correspondence between an exceptionally wealthy ...

1841-1845 – An archive of correspondence between an exceptionally wealthy Massachusetts bootmaker-politician and his son regarding life as a student at Philips Exeter Academy and chronicling the devastating seven-year depression that followed The Panic of 1837

Quincy, Massachusetts and Exeter, New Hampshire: 1841-1845. Envelope or Cover. This archive consists of nine stampless folded letters between Nathaniel White at Quincy, Massachusetts, and his son, George, who attended Philips Exeter Academy and later Yale. The letters were written between 1841 and 1845; eight were written by Nathaniel and..... More

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Item #009482 Andrew Jackson's famous veto of the Second National Bank Bill. Veto. Message from...

Andrew Jackson's famous veto of the Second National Bank Bill. Veto. Message from the President of the United States returning the Bank Bill to the Senate, with his Objections

Unidentified printer, 1832. Unbound. This broadsheet measures approximately 11" x 17.25. Printed on both sides. Light foxing and stains. Edges worn. Chip at lower right corner does not affect any text. One small thin (half the size of a dime) that affects three or four words of the text. Docketing..... More

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Item #009619 [A BUSINESSMAN IN SAN FRANCISCO INFORMS HIS BROTHER IN GREAT BRITAIN ABOUT THE...

[A BUSINESSMAN IN SAN FRANCISCO INFORMS HIS BROTHER IN GREAT BRITAIN ABOUT THE PENDING COMPLETION OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR CROSS-COUNTRY TRAVEL AND SHIPPING.]; A stamped folded letter from San Francisco to Liverpool, England franked with a black 12-cent E grill stamp and accompanied by a Philatelic Foundation Certificate

San Francisco, California to Liverpool, England: April 23, 1869. Envelope or Cover. This one-page folded letter is franked with a 12-cent black Washington stamp embossed with an E-grill for postal security (Scott # 90). The stamp is canceled by a fancy radial cork handstamp. It bears a magenta San Francisco..... More

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Item #008823 Correspondence between Thomas F. Rowland, Colonel William Borden, and J.B. Andrews...

Correspondence between Thomas F. Rowland, Colonel William Borden, and J.B. Andrews regarding the fabrication of ironwork parts needed in the construction of the ironclad, USS New Ironsides

Greenpoint (Brooklyn), New York: 1861. This 3-page letter and endorsement measure approximately 8” x 9”. It was apparently carried by courier between Rowland’s Continental Iron Works and the Providence Tool and Armory Company, which employed both Borden and Andrews, as there are no postal markings. The letter has two horizontal..... More

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Item #009955 1735 – Letter between two prominent merchants discuss the shipping of...

1735 – Letter between two prominent merchants discuss the shipping of “Pennopscot” beaver pelts and “Liver Oyle” from Boston to London

Boston to London: 1735. This two-page stampless folded letter measures 15” x 11¾” unfolded. It was sent by William Clark in Boston “To Mr Christr: Kilby / Mercht / In London”. The letter was favor carried by a ship’s master, Captain Cary. In nice shape. Transcript will be provided... More

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