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Item #010000 1855 – An Appointment and Position Description for the Master Machinist with...

1855 – An Appointment and Position Description for the Master Machinist with overall responsibility of the operation of the “Machine Shop and Motive Power” for the Norwich & Worcester Rail Road Company

[Norwich: Norwich & Worcestor Rail Road Company, 1855. Ribbon-bound. This 8” x 10” six-page, ribbon-bound document, dated May 1st 1855, from Acting President of the Norwich & Worcestor Rail Road Company G. S. Perkins, appoints “Richard Coulburn” (sic Colburn) as the Master Machinist responsible for company’s Machine Shop and Motive..... More

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Item #009999 1852 – Letter from a foreman reporting the status of laying track for the Ohio and...

1852 – Letter from a foreman reporting the status of laying track for the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad with a crew of “men not worth a damn.”

Loudonville [Ohio]: 1852. Unbound. This four-page letter from E. F. Judkins is datelined “Loudonville [Ohio] December 19 1852”. There is no mailing envelope. In this letter, Judkins, who was apparently the foreman of a track-laying crew for the Ohio & Pennsylvania Railroad relates the difficulties he is facing and..... More

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Item #009998 Circa 1851-1857 – Letter sent via the Augusta & Atlanta Rail Road (later the...

Circa 1851-1857 – Letter sent via the Augusta & Atlanta Rail Road (later the Georgia Rail Road and Banking Company) regarding the delay of a visit home because the family and its enslaved workers had contracted Scarlet Fever

Envelope or Cover. This stampless letter measures 15½” x 9¾“. It was sent by A. M. Fannin and M P Allen to their relatives, care of “Miss L. A. Fannin / Madison / Ga.” It bears a faint circular red “Augusta & Atlanta R.R.” station agent postmark and a manuscript..... More

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Item #009988 1843 – Letter from an important missionary at the Oneida Duck Creek Reservation in...

1843 – Letter from an important missionary at the Oneida Duck Creek Reservation in Wisconsin describing his effort “endeavoring to labor for the good of the Indians.”

Duck Creek Reservation, Wisconsin: 1843. Envelope or Cover. This three-page stampless letter measures 15½” x 12½” unfolded. It was sent by Henry Root Colman to his brother-in-law, Richard P. Speir, who had recently settled in New Orleans. It is datelined “Duck Creek June 17th 1843” and bares a manuscript postmark..... More

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Item #009984 1840 – Letter between business associates reporting that the ice on the Hudson...

1840 – Letter between business associates reporting that the ice on the Hudson River in Troy, New York had broken without any damage to docks or timber stored upon them and recommending switching to the manufacture of “wall strips” in the coming year as there was “no movement in the lumber market.”

Troy, New York: 1840. Envelope or Cover. This two-page stampless letter measures 8¾” x 12½”. It was sent by C.W. Thompson in Troy on 12 February 1840 to business associates, the Nye Brothers, in Champlain, New York. It bears a circular red Troy postmark and a manuscript “18¾”, the cost..... More

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Item #009975 1761 – Continuation of the Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital; From the First of...

1761 – Continuation of the Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital; From the First of May 1754, to the Fifth of May 1761. With an alphabetical list of the Contributors and of the Legacies which have been bequeathed, for Promotion and Support thereof, from the first Rise to That Time.

Philadelphia: B. Franklin, and D. Hall, 1761. String. Issued as a separate volume continuation of Benjamin Franklin’s Some account of the Pennsylvania Hospital which was published in 1754. This was prepared by the hospital’s "committee on publication" and printed at Franklin’s printing house. The pamphlet, measuring approximately 7½” x...... More

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Item #009974 1674 [1846] – Official extract, taken in 1846, from Colonial Council Minutes of...

1674 [1846] – Official extract, taken in 1846, from Colonial Council Minutes of New York, that detail the surrender of New York to the Dutch in 1673 as well as trial of the British captain who surrendered the province without ever firing a shot in its defense.

New York: 1674 [1846]. Ribbon-bound. This official six-page extract from the Colonial Council Minutes of New York measures 8” x 13” and bound within a blank leaf tied with a pink ribbon. This single 1846 document combines the official 1674 record of Captain John Burroughs surrender of the colony to..... More

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Item #009973 Illuminated Leaf from a French Book of Hours. The Workshop of Germain Hardouin

Illuminated Leaf from a French Book of Hours

Paris: The Workshop of Germain Hardouin, circa 1515. Unbound. This vellum leaf measures 5" x 8". The text is black with decorative borders and initials in red, blue, green, and gilt. It is from a Pariesan Book of Hours, crafted at the workshop of Germain Hardouin, during the transitional..... More

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Item #009967 1932-1940 – Lot of over 65 foreclosure documents from the Great Depression

1932-1940 – Lot of over 65 foreclosure documents from the Great Depression

Various: 1932-1940. This lot contains around 65 Great Depression foreclosure documents: Administrator’s Deeds, : Master’s Deeds, Sheriff’s Deeds, Special Master’s Deeds, Trustee’s Deeds, Trustee’s Deeds Under Sale, and Warranty Deeds. The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company was listed as the plaintiff or complainant in all of the foreclosures and..... More

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