Vienna, Austro-Hungary and Wurzburg, Germany: 1900. Envelope or Cover. This lot consist of a undated a seven-page letter from Vienna, seven-page letter from Wurzburg along with its mailing envelope, and five vernacular photographs. All are in nice shape. Mailing folds have some minor splitting. The first letter, written by..... 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

Envelope or Cover. This two-page stampless, folded letter, measuring 15.5” x 9.5” unfolded and datelined “Steubenville, Ohio July 5, 1844, was sent by Rosswell March to Benjamin C[romwell] Franklin in Galveston. It bears a circular Steubenville postmark and “Ship” handstamp in red and a manuscript “25” rate mark. It was..... More

Southbridge, Massachusetts: 1827. Envelope or Cover. This one-page stampless letter, measuring 16” x 9.75” unfolded and dateline “Southbridge Decr. 11. 1827,” was sent by Wolcott & Graves to John R. Matkinson of Middleton, Connecticut. It bears an uncommon circular Southbridge, Massachusetts postmark with no outer rim and a “10” rate..... More

Unbound. This set of 26 French illustrated trade cards features illustrations of bratty children and rude adults. They are printed in color on a gold background. These cards were intended to be used by L. D. Wilbur & Company of Fall River, Massachusetts to advertise his clothing and general merchandise..... More

Connecticut: 1850. Unbound. This three-page stampless folded letter written on an illustrated Yale College letter sheet measures 15”x9.75” unfolded. The letter, datelined “Northford June 22d, 1850,” was written over several days by C.B. Brooks and sent to a friend, “Hon. Smith.” In nice shape. The letter sheet features a...... 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

Carrey Pottawattamie Indian Reservation, Niles, Michigan: 1829. Envelope or Cover. This stampless folded letter measures 15.5” x 12” unfolded. It was datelined “Newboston [New Hampshire] March 11th 1829 and send by Josiah C. Goodridge (sometimes Goodrich) to his sister, “Mrs Fanny Simerwell / Cary on the St Josep’s / Michigan”..... 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

Bedford County Pennsylvania: 1775. Unbound. This impressive warrant from Bedford County, Pennsylvania measures 13” x 4”. It is dated the “Thirteenth Day of July in the fifteenth Year of [the] Reign” of George III, i.e., 1775. In nice shape. It reads in part: “George the third by the..... More

Keen Valley, New York: 1881. Envelope or Cover. This four-page letter is written on photomechanically illustrated stationery advertising the Maple Grove Mountain House in Keen Valley, New York. The letter from M. C. Hubbard to her son, John, in Minneapolis, Minnesota was written on 18 September 1881. It is enclosed..... More

Liverpool: 1866. Unbound. This one-page printed solicitation was privately sent by Jas. Moore of Liverpool on October 15th, 1866, to George Rogers of Lee, Kent (a small parish southeast of London). In nice shape. The notice reads::. At the time, running a boarding house was one of the few..... More

New York: 1857. Envelope or Cover. This printed circular is titled “Transfer Office of the Southern Pacific Rail-Road Company / No. 54 Wall-Street / New York, May 30, 1857.” It is addressed to W. P. Mehville Wilne, Esq. of Sandusky, Ohio, and franked with an imperforate Franklin stamp (Scott #9)..... More