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AN ABOLISIONIST MINNESOTA PIONEER REPORTS HE HAS “PREEMPTIVELY” PURCHASED HIS ILLEGALLY...

AN ABOLISIONIST MINNESOTA PIONEER REPORTS HE HAS “PREEMPTIVELY” PURCHASED HIS ILLEGALLY SQUATTED UPON HOMESTEAD - LETTER FROM ONE OF THE FIRST FEW SETTLERS IN STEELE COUNTY; A Minnesota homesteader’s letter referencing local politics, the territory’s constitution, community growth, construction of a school, preemptive purchasing, prices of goods, and bachelor life

F. (Francis) F. Adams to his sister

Clinton Falls, Minnesota Territory: 1857. Envelope or Cover. This four-page letter datelined “Clifton June 16th 1857” is enclosed in its original 3-cent postal envelope (Scott #U10, Die 5) and cancelled with a very scarce “Owatonna / MT” postmark (see ASCC, v1, p189) June 19. Both are in nice shape; one..... More

Price: $250.00

“CALLING ON MY PATIENTS THE MOMENT THEY OWE ME ANYTHING IS NOT [IN] MY INTEREST.” - PS: ...

“CALLING ON MY PATIENTS THE MOMENT THEY OWE ME ANYTHING IS NOT [IN] MY INTEREST.” - PS: COULD YOU SPARE SOME MONEY OR MAYBE BUY A FARM FOR ME?; Letter from a New York physician to his father bemoaning his financial status and expressing his dream of purchasing a farm in the Illinois Territory

Doctor Aaron King to his father Captain Jesse King

New York City to Palmer, Massachusetts: 1819. Envelope or Cover. This three-page stampless folded letter measures 9” x 16” unfolded. It is datelined “New York Jan 9th 1819” and bears a red, circular New York City postmark dated January 19 and a manuscript rate mark that reads, “18½”, the cost..... More

Price: $150.00

A BATTLE-HARDENED UNION GUNBOAT SAILOR WRITES HOME WHILE HIS SHIP UNDERGOES REPAIRS IN BALTIMORE...

A BATTLE-HARDENED UNION GUNBOAT SAILOR WRITES HOME WHILE HIS SHIP UNDERGOES REPAIRS IN BALTIMORE AND LATER WHILE LYING IN WAIT NEAR CHARLESTON TO INTERCEPT CONFEDERATE BLOCKADE RUNNERS; Three letters home from a Civil War naval officer who served with distinction as the Acting Master of the gunboat USS Winona

William McKendry, Jr to his wife

Envelope or Cover. Three letters containing a total of 13 pages of text. All three are enclosed in 3” x 5.5” envelopes franked with 3-cent Washington stamps (Scott #65) that have been canceled with circular (two double-ring, on single-ring) Baltimore postmarks with target killers. Each bears a manuscript “Winona” annotation..... More

Price: $900.00

SENIOR INDIAN WARS GENERALS ALLOW THEIR SUBORDINATES TO TAKE A DAY FOR THEMSELVES; Two passes...

SENIOR INDIAN WARS GENERALS ALLOW THEIR SUBORDINATES TO TAKE A DAY FOR THEMSELVES; Two passes signed by Lieutenant General Philip Sheridan and one pass signed by Brevet Major General John Pope

Lieutenant General Philip Sheridan and Brevet Major General John Pope

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and Chicago, Illinois: 1878-1879. Unbound. Three passes signed by General Officers: One pass, for July 9th, 1878, was partially printed by hectography for “Headqrs. Dept of the Missouri, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas” and signed in ink by Brevet Major General John Pope. One pass, for August..... More

Price: $350.00

A “WHO’S WHO” GUESTBOOK OF PASSENGERS THAT VISITED OR SAILED ABOARD ISAAC STERN’S...

A “WHO’S WHO” GUESTBOOK OF PASSENGERS THAT VISITED OR SAILED ABOARD ISAAC STERN’S LEGENDARY STEAM YACHT VIRGINIA; Guest Book of the Virginia, owned by New York’s legendary merchant, Isaac Stern, with "Ten Thousand Miles in a Yach" by Richard Arthur which chronicled its trip up the Amazon River in 1911

Various signers

Various locations: 1900-1910. Hardcover. The Virginia’s guest register is a bound leather book measuring approximately 8.5” x 10.5” with approximately 250 gilt-edged pages. About 75 of those pages are filled with notes, signatures, and drawings by visitor and passengers who sailed upon the yacht. The cover is adorned with enameled..... More

Price: $1,500.00

“WE MUST WAIT TILL AFTER ANOTHER VISIT FROM THE PAYMASTER FOR OUR GOOD BEER”; Letter written...

“WE MUST WAIT TILL AFTER ANOTHER VISIT FROM THE PAYMASTER FOR OUR GOOD BEER”; Letter written by the wife of a prominent West Point professor of mathematics and topography explaining to her brother why a promised shipment of beer has not been delivered

Margaret [Stebbins] Scammon

West Point, New York to Springfield, Massachusetts: 1846. Envelope or Cover. This stampless folded letter is datelined “Good Friday Morn. 1846”. It was sent by Margaret Stebbins Scammon to her brother, a banker in Springfield, Massachusetts, and displays a faint red circular West Point postmark and a fancy “5” rate..... More

Price: $200.00

THE BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS EXPRESSES ITS FRUSTRATION WITH THE STATE OF MICHIGAN; An autograph...

THE BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS EXPRESSES ITS FRUSTRATION WITH THE STATE OF MICHIGAN; An autograph signed letter from Matthias Baldwin to the State Commission for the Central Rail Road

Matthias W. Baldwin

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1839. Envelope or Cover. This one-page stampless folded letter measures 15” x 9.75” and is datelined Philadelphia, May 1st 1839. It is addressed to E. H. Lathrop of the State Commission. It bears a circular Philadelphia postmark dated May 2nd in blue and a manuscript “25” rate mark..... More

Price: $250.00

THREE ATTORNEYS CONSPIRE TO ENSURE A CLIENT WILL INHERIT $3,000 IN PROPERTY AND $5,000 IN SLAVES;...

THREE ATTORNEYS CONSPIRE TO ENSURE A CLIENT WILL INHERIT $3,000 IN PROPERTY AND $5,000 IN SLAVES; Letter detailing an effort to secures an estate with seven named slaves

C. Henderson

Jackson, Tennessee, 1839. Envelope or Cover. This three-page stampless letter measures 15.5” x 12.5” unfolded. It is datelined “Jackson Feb. 2. 1839”. It bears a relatively circular “Jackson / Ten.” postmark dated “Feb / 4” and a “12½” rate handstamp, both in blue. (A combination of relatively scarce postal markings..... More

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“THE CAPT. DIED (AND) WAS PRESERVED IN THE GUANO.”; A young American seaman’s journal about...

“THE CAPT. DIED (AND) WAS PRESERVED IN THE GUANO.”; A young American seaman’s journal about a Guano mining expedition in Peru’s Chincha Islands that included a mutiny by eight members of the ship’s crew

A. [Alexander] K. Williams

Ship Chancellor: September-November, 1858. Quarter Leather. This quarter-leather journal measures 7.5” x 10” and contains approximately 100 pages of daily manuscript entries plus more than 15 additional pages of poems, song lyrics, and a calendar. The binding is sound, hinges holding but beginning to crack, and the cover shows some..... More

Price: $2,000.00

“LEAP FOR JOY . . . DR. WARREN HAS CLOSED THE OPERATION UPON PHEBE’S UNFORTUNATE...

“LEAP FOR JOY . . . DR. WARREN HAS CLOSED THE OPERATION UPON PHEBE’S UNFORTUNATE SWELLING.”; Letter describing Dr. John Warren’s successful removal of a precancerous tumor from an adolescent girl

Written by Abiel Abbot and sent to family in care of himself

Boston, Massachusetts to Coventry Connecticut: February 6, 1799. Envelope or Cover. This one-page stampless folded letter measures approximately 12” x 7.5”. It is datelined “Boston Feby March 6. 1799.” It bears a straight-line “Boston” handstamp, circled “7 / MR” Boston postmark, and a manuscript “10” rate mark. Small sealing wax..... More

Price: $2,500.00

MAIL FROM THE FOUNDER OF CHRIST CHURCH CAMBRIDGE, A SCION OF A NOTORIOUS NEW ENGLAND SLAVE-TRADER...

MAIL FROM THE FOUNDER OF CHRIST CHURCH CAMBRIDGE, A SCION OF A NOTORIOUS NEW ENGLAND SLAVE-TRADER AND “THE RICHEST MAN IN BOSTON”; A stampless cover sent by the Reverend East Apthorp to the Society for the propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts

East Apthorp

Mailed from: 1764. Envelope or Cover. This envelope is addressed “To the Reverend Dr. Burton, Secretary / to the Society for the propagation of the Gospel / in Foreign Parts, / in Bartlett’s Building / Holbourn, London.” It was privately carried to England where it received a circular London Bishop..... More

Price: $500.00

Postal advertising for Battle Creek College

Postal advertising for Battle Creek College

Battle Creek, Michigan: March 24, c[1884-1888]. Envelope or Cover. This Battle Creek College mailing envelope features an illustration of the school, a description of its mission, and a short summary of its instructional programs. It is addressed to Bristol Center, New York and franked with a brown, 2-cent Washington stamp..... More

Price: $150.00

TURNED MAIL FROM A PROMINENT VIRGINIA FAMILY EARLY IN THE CIVIL WAR]; Envelope that was mailed...

[TURNED MAIL FROM A PROMINENT VIRGINIA FAMILY EARLY IN THE CIVIL WAR]; Envelope that was mailed twice, the first time using U.S. postage, the second with a Confederate stamp

Dr. Conway Whittle

Richmond, Virginia to Whittle’s Mills, Virginia, then Whittle’s Mills to Charlottesville, Virginia: April 1861. Envelope or Cover. This 3-cent U.S. stamped envelope (Scott #U10) was sent from Richmond to Dr. Conway Whittle at Whittle’s Mills and bears a Richmond postmark dated 28 April 1861. Whittle turned it inside-out, franked it..... More

Price: $750.00

A NEW YORK COMPANY BEGINS TO STRIP BARE THE VIRGIN LOWLAND FOREST NEAR CHARLESTON DURING THE...

[A NEW YORK COMPANY BEGINS TO STRIP BARE THE VIRGIN LOWLAND FOREST NEAR CHARLESTON DURING THE SOUTH CAROLINA LUMBERING BOOM] 18 photographs detailing the operations of the A. C. Tuxbury Lumber Company; 18 photographs detailing the operations of the A. C. Tuxbury Lumber Company

Unidentified photographer

Charleston, South Carolina: A. C. Tuxbury Lumber Company, circa 1905. Unbound. This lot has 18 card-mounted albumin photographs detailing operations of the Tuxbury Lumber Company in Charleston, South Carolina. Ten images, measuring approximately 4.5” x 3.5” are mounted on dark grey cards measuring about 6.5” x 5.5”. Eight images, measuring..... More

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THE U.S. ARMY INDIAN AGENT, CREDITED WITH SAVING MOST OF THE PIEGAN BLACKFEET TRIBE FOLLOWING THE...

[THE U.S. ARMY INDIAN AGENT, CREDITED WITH SAVING MOST OF THE PIEGAN BLACKFEET TRIBE FOLLOWING THE “STARVATION WINTER” THAT KILLED A QUARTER OF ITS MEMBERS, DESCRIBES THE BOUNTY OF FEDERAL FOOD AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION THE FOLLOWING YEAR]; Letter from Major Rueben A. Allen to family in Ohio describing life at Montana’s Blackfeet Agency

Major Rueben A. Allen

Blackfeet Agency, Montana: December 21, 1884. Unbound. This five-page letter is datelined “United States Indian Service / Blackfeet Agency, Mont. / Dec: 21st, 1884.” It is addressed to Major Allen’s family at Freeport, Ohio. There is no accompanying envelope. In nice shape. Transcript provided. An exceptional letter from the..... More

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WHITE SLAVE CHILDREN FROM NEW ORLEANS ARE PUT ON DISPLAY BY THE FREEDMANS BUREAU TO BOLSTER...

[WHITE SLAVE CHILDREN FROM NEW ORLEANS ARE PUT ON DISPLAY BY THE FREEDMANS BUREAU TO BOLSTER FLAGGING NORTHERN SUPPORT FOR CONTINUING THE CIVIL WAR]; Twelve different cartes-de-visite picturing white slave children from New Orleans who were freed when General Benjamin Butler occupied the city

Six photographs by Chas. Paxon, four photographs by M. H. Kimball, and two without attributio

New York: 1863-1864. Unbound. This group consists of twelve photographs of the four white children included in a group of eight emancipated slaves that were taken North in November and December of 1863 on a publicity tour to shore up flagging support for the Civil War. The inclusion of white..... More

Price: $3,500.00

A PROSPECTIVE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE STUDENT CASTIGATES WHITE MEN FOR THEIR TREATMENT...

[A PROSPECTIVE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE STUDENT CASTIGATES WHITE MEN FOR THEIR TREATMENT OF NATIVE AMERICANS]; A “Composition on Indians” by a student, who would begin study the following year at the University of Mississippi, about their mistreatment at the hands of whites

H. H. [Henry Hill] Bedford

Como, Mississippi: 1848. Unbound. This two-page essay measures 15” x 8” when opened. It is dated, “Como Post Office, Panola County, Miss” and titled, “A Composition on Indians” Docketing includes text reading, “Read to Mr. Henderson Juty / H. H. Bedford”, a pencil geometry sketch, and the statement “He would..... More

Price: $300.00

"I HAD IT BETTER . . . BEING KEPT IN THE CAMP HOSPITAL . . .. NEVERTHELESS I LOST ABOUT TEN...

"I HAD IT BETTER . . . BEING KEPT IN THE CAMP HOSPITAL . . .. NEVERTHELESS I LOST ABOUT TEN POUNDS . . . HARD WORK AND POOR FOOD." - Letter from an American missionary to her brother as she travels home aboard the Swedish Repatriation Ship Gripsholm after having been released from a Japanese internment camp in China.

V. Grace Clapper to J. Henry Clapper

Near Rio de Janiero to Omak, Washington: December 1943. Envelope or Cover. This two-page airmail letter sent by an American missionary, is written on “Motorship Gripsholm” stationery and datelined “Nearing Rio de Janiero S. A. / Nov. 12, 1943.” The envelope is franked with an orange 6-cent Presidential Series stamp..... More

Price: $1,750.00

A WIFE SENDS MAIL TO HER CIVILAN HUSBAND WHO AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE BACK AND PARALYZED DURING...

[A WIFE SENDS MAIL TO HER CIVILAN HUSBAND WHO AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE BACK AND PARALYZED DURING THE INVASION OF GUAM WAS IMPRISONED IN A JAPANESE POW CAMP]; Mail sent to Mr. Frank Perry at a Japanese prison camp by his wife in San Francisco

Florence Perry to Frank Perry

San Francisco to Shikoku Island, Japan via New York City: 1945. Envelope or Cover. This legal-size envelope is addressed to “Frank Perry, American Civilian Internee Held by Japan / in Zentsuzi War Prison Camp / Zentsuzi, Skikoku Island, Japan / Via: New York, N.Y.” The return address on reverse is..... More

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A UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA STUDENT JOINS THE NEWLY FORMED CORPS OF CADETS AS THE SCHOOL TRANSITIONS...

[A UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA STUDENT JOINS THE NEWLY FORMED CORPS OF CADETS AS THE SCHOOL TRANSITIONS FROM ITS ROWDY PIONEER PAST INTO THE “WEST POINT OF THE SOUTH” AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR]; A letter from Cadet Thomas B. Hall to Cousin Marie shortly after he arrived on campus to begin academic year 1861-1862

Thomas B. Hall to Marie L. Elmore

Tuscaloosa to Montgomery, Alabama: 29 Sep 1861. Envelope or Cover. This letter is datelined “’Camp Beauregard’ Sept. 29th 1861”. It is enclosed in a stampless envelope addressed to Miss Marie. L. Elmore at Montgomery in “Care of Col. Jno a. Elmore”. It bears a circular “Tuscaloosa / Oct 2 /..... More

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A BOARDING HOUSE OWNER WARNS HER PLANTATION-OWNING BROTHER-IN-LAW THAT AUTHORITIES ARE SEIZING...

A BOARDING HOUSE OWNER WARNS HER PLANTATION-OWNING BROTHER-IN-LAW THAT AUTHORITIES ARE SEIZING UNACCOMPANIED SLAVES AND FORCING THEM TO BUILD FORTIFICATIONS IN PETERSBURG AS IT IS BESEIGED BY THE UNION ARMY; An exceptional Civil War letter providing the latest war news from Petersburg and Richmond; a rare genuine postal use of the 20c Confederate stamp

Mrs. C. MacFarland to Dr. Sterling Neslett

Petersburg, Virginia to Brickland Plantation, Lunenburg County, Virginia: 1864. Envelope or Cover. This four-page folded letter measures 15½” x 10” unfolded. It is datelined “Petersburg Oct 17th 1864” and franked with a Confederate 20-cent green Washington Stamp (Scott # 13) tied to the cover by a faint red Petersburg postmark..... More

Price: $1,750.00

A BUSINESSMAN IN SAN FRANCISCO INFORMS HIS BROTHER IN GREAT BRITAIN ABOUT THE PENDING COMPLETION...

[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

Red. McKnight to George McKnight

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

Price: $850.00

WHILE FLIRTING WITH A GIRL HE LEFT BEHIND, A CAVALRY TROOPER IN THE DAKOTA TERRITORY RELATES HIS...

[WHILE FLIRTING WITH A GIRL HE LEFT BEHIND, A CAVALRY TROOPER IN THE DAKOTA TERRITORY RELATES HIS EXPERIENCE FIGHTING SIOUX AND CHEYENNE AS HE PROTECTS SETTLERS AND TRAVELERS ALONG THE WESTERN TRAILS]; Letter from a soldier stationed at Fort Laramie describing his isolated life and the ongoing battles with the Sioux and Cheyenne

James Butler

Fort Laramie, Dakota Territory: 1865. Envelope or Cover. This letter to Belfast, Ohio, is datelined “Ft. Laramie, D. Tery., Oct. the 20th 1865” and the envelope is franked with a 3-cent Washington stamp (Scott #65). It bears a scarce “Fort Laramie Dak” postmark along with a Goshen, Ohio, transit stamp..... More

Price: $2,000.00

A SERGEANT FROM THE 18TH INFANTRY DISCUSSES LIFE AT FORT BRIDGER, THE SNAKE TRIBE, SEEING BRIGHAM...

[A SERGEANT FROM THE 18TH INFANTRY DISCUSSES LIFE AT FORT BRIDGER, THE SNAKE TRIBE, SEEING BRIGHAM YOUNG AND HIS WIVES, AND HIS LESS THAN FAVORABLE IMPRESSION OF “THE STYLE OF THE MORMONS.]; Two flirty, lonely-hearts, pen-pal letters from a young infantry sergeant stationed at Fort Bridger to a woman he has not met

Sgt. Harry Vincent (a pseudonym)

Ft. Bridger, Utah Territory: 1869. Envelope or Cover. Two letters, both sent at Brimfield, Massachusetts; one datelined “Fort Bridger, U.T. Jan. 30th 1869”, the other, ”Fort Bridger Mar 9th, 1869”. One is enclosed in an envelope franked with a 3-cent stamp (Scott #65) and bearing a faint circular fort postmark..... More

Price: $1,500.00

A FORMER OFFICER IN THE “ARMY OF CALIFORNIA” BECOMES AN EARLY EMPLOYEE OF THE UNION PACIFIC...

[A FORMER OFFICER IN THE “ARMY OF CALIFORNIA” BECOMES AN EARLY EMPLOYEE OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY EASTERN BRANCH (KANSAS PACIFIC RAILWAY) AFTER BEING PROMISED A JOB AS THE CONDUCTOR OF ITS SECOND TRAIN.]; Letter from Grove Watson to a friend reporting that had recently accepted a position with the railroad in Kansas

Grove Watson

Wyandotte, Kansas: Office of the Contractors of the Union Pacific Railway Company, Eastern Division, 1863. Envelope or Cover. This letter on the stationery of the Union Pacific Railway Company, Eastern Division is datelined, Wyandotte, Kansas, November 7, 1863, and enclosed in a mailing envelope which bears a circular Wyandotte, Kas..... More

Price: $850.00

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