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Item #010154 1902 – Special Orders directing that transportation be arranged for Corporal...

1902 – Special Orders directing that transportation be arranged for Corporal Eugene Dupree, who had fought at the Battle of Tientsin, to return to the United States via Japan following the completion of his enlistment

Peking, China: 1902. Unbound. This one-page Boxer Rebellion document on onion-skin paper reads: United Sates Legation Guard Peking, China, July 21st, 1902 Special Orders No. 63 (Extract) 1. There being no Army Transport available the Quartermaster Department will furnish transportation by commercial line to Eugene Dupree, late..... More

Price: $350.00

Item #010150 1860 – A mysterious New York-to-London letter discussing the impeachment of...

1860 – A mysterious New York-to-London letter discussing the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, opposition to the Radical Republicans, and the upcoming Democratic National Convention

Envelope or Cover. This secretive letter, signed only “T. O.,” was sent from New York to “T. G. Slaughter / Farmingham / Dartford / Kent / Great Britain”. It is datelined “N. Y. June 17/68” and enclosed in an envelope franked with a relatively scarce 12-cent Washington stamp with an..... More

Price: $275.00

Item #010143 1854 – Query sent by a prominent Macon businessman to the postmaster at Santa Luca...

1854 – Query sent by a prominent Macon businessman to the postmaster at Santa Luca requesting information about the feasibility of mining copper on properties he owned in Gilmer County Georgia

Thurston Rowland Bloom

Macon, Georgia: 1854. Envelope or Cover. This two-page stampless, folded letter measures 15” x 9¾” unfolded. It was sent by Thurston Rowland Bloom of Macon, Georgia to M. E. Fain, the postmaster of Santaluca [Santa Luca] in Gilmer County. It is datelined “Macon, Feby 10. 1854”. It is annotated “Charge..... More

Price: $150.00

Item #010140 1841 – Letter signed by Winfield Scott forwarding his endorsement of a disabled...

1841 – Letter signed by Winfield Scott forwarding his endorsement of a disabled War of 1812 veteran’s request to be appointed as the Military Store Keeper of Detroit

General Winfield Scott

Envelope or Cover. Two-page letter and endorsement enclosed within a stampless cover. The letter was written by Justus Ingersoll on 6 December 1841 and endorsed by General Winfield Scott on 17 December before forwarding to the Secretary of War, John C. Spencer. The endorsement is signed “Winfield Scott", and a...... More

Price: $2,500.00

Item #010102 1854 – Letter from a tea merchant in China reporting details about the first...

1854 – Letter from a tea merchant in China reporting details about the first attack by Imperial Chinese forces upon the international community at Shanghai and its decisive defeat by an ad hoc amalgam of Anglo-American military units and Shanghai Volunteers

Smith, King & Company

Shanghai, China: 1854. Unbound. This two-page stampless folded letter between merchants measures approximately 16” x 10” unfolded. It was sent from Smith, King & Company in Shanghai to Dane, Danet & Company in Boston. It is datelined “Shanghai / 11th April 1854” and bears a bold “24” rate marking along..... More

Price: $6,000.00

Item #010098 1847 – Circular addressing a conflict between the “Grand and Subordinate...

1847 – Circular addressing a conflict between the “Grand and Subordinate Division of Maryland” and National Division of the Sons of Temperance which was sent to a “Brother” in Maine with a cover letter discussing the location of the society’s next quarterly meeting

Philip L. White and Fred. A. Fickhardt

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1847. Unbound. This four-page folded letter contains a two-page printed circular with a blue Sons of Temperance seal and a one-page manuscript letter. The circular is signed in print by Philip L. White and Fred. A. Fickhardt and datelined “Philadelphia, November 16, 1847”, The letter is datelined “Phila..... More

Price: $150.00

Item #010097 1846 – Letter describing the celebrations in Nashville, Tennessee as...

1846 – Letter describing the celebrations in Nashville, Tennessee as “Vollenteers” began to form companies to fight in the Mexican-American War

Charles M. King

Nashville, Tennessee: 1846. Unbound. This four-page stampless folded letter with two pages of text measures 16½” x 10” unfolded. It was sent by Charles M. King in Nashville to Miss Anna Louisa Bockins of Philaldelphia. The letter is dated May 13, 1846, and bears a circular Nashville postmark dated May..... More

Price: $450.00

Item #010096 1840 – An illustrated letter sheet listing subscribers who have pledged money for...

1840 – An illustrated letter sheet listing subscribers who have pledged money for the annual Whig Fourth of July celebration and William Henry Harrison’s campaign for president

Unlisted

Salem, [Massachusetts]: 1840. Unbound. The bifold letter sheet (Milgram WH-8) measures 8” x 9¾” folded. It is datelined “Salem June 1840.” It features a portrait of a long-faced, dour Harrison with a rustic log cabin scene alongside. Two soldiers and a civilian are drinking cups of “hard cider” drawn from..... More

Price: $375.00

Item #010091 1802 – Illustrated shipping document exporting a shipment of rum and brown sugar...

1802 – Illustrated shipping document exporting a shipment of rum and brown sugar to Europe commissioned by one of the wealthiest participants in the Triangle Trade

Moses Brown

Newburyport, Massachusetts: 1802. Unbound. This partially printed shipping document dated “June 8th, 1802” measures 8” x 6¼”. It is illustrated with a large capital ‘S’ that depicts an oceangoing ship in the background. In it, Moses Brown of Newburyport, commits to transporting rum and sugar to Amsterdam via the Brig..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #010089 1859 – Letter on behalf of John C. Fremont forwarding an article from the San...

1859 – Letter on behalf of John C. Fremont forwarding an article from the San Francisco Bulletin defending his ownership of the Mariposa Ranch that was sent to the influential Washington DC journalist-politician, Francis P. Blair, from San Francisco by the poet-politician Colonel Charles James

Colonel Charles James

San Francisco: 1859. Unbound. Both Blair and James had been free-soil Democrats who were instrumental in both forming the new Republican Party in 1856 and securing John C. Fremont to run for President on its ticket. Although, Fremont was not one of the major candidates to represent the Republicans in..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #010084 1907 – Letter to the owner of land in Louisiana advising him to hold on to the...

1907 – Letter to the owner of land in Louisiana advising him to hold on to the property as there is a possibility that it may sit over an oil deposit

"Hig" to "Jim"

Lake Charles, Louisiana: 1907. Unbound. This two-page letter from Hig to Jim is datelined “Lake Charles La 4-28,07”. In nice shape. A transcript will be provided. In the letter, Hig (possibly a traveling salesman) advises his old friend Jim to hold on to stock he owns controlling some property..... More

Price: $100.00

Item #010081 1878 – Letter from a governor’s son to his mother reporting a belligerent...

1878 – Letter from a governor’s son to his mother reporting a belligerent professor at the University of North Carolina who brawled with one associate and challenged another to a duel

R. (Reuben) D. Reid

Chapel Hill, North Carolina: 1878. Unbound. This letter from R. (Reuben) D. Reid, son of Governor David S. Reed, to his mother who was managing the family hotel in Reidsville is datelined “Chapel Hill N.C. / Sept 25th 1878”. No envelope. In nice shape. In his letter Ruben reports..... More

Price: $350.00

Item #010075 1864 – Manuscript invoice to the largest shipbuilder in New England from the...

1864 – Manuscript invoice to the largest shipbuilder in New England from the largest rope maker in the world totaling $1,120 (over $21,600 in today's money)

Plymouth, Massachusetts: 1864. Unbound. This manuscript invoice datelined “Plymouth. Feb. 24, 1864,” measures 8.5” x 14”. It is titled, “Invoice of Cordage forwarded by Railroad to Boston and sold to Owners New Schooner Israel Snow Esq. Rockland & others by Plymouth Cordage Co." Israel Snow was a Rockland, Maine ship..... More

Price: $150.00

Item #010069 1838 – Letter from a Whig state Senator whose vote against his party allowed...

1838 – Letter from a Whig state Senator whose vote against his party allowed Democrats to take control of the Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives during the contested election of 1838 that led to the Buckshot War

John Strohm

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: 1838. Envelope or Cover. This stampless folded letter, which was sent by John Strohm to a relative in Ohio, measures 15½” x 9¾”. It is datelined “Harrisburg Dec 22nd 1838”.” It bears a circular Harrisburg, Pennsylvania postmark, a paid handstamp, and a manuscript 25 rate mark. In nice..... More

Price: $300.00

Item #010062 1797-1798 – Archive of documents relating to the capture of an Alexandria-based...

1797-1798 – Archive of documents relating to the capture of an Alexandria-based merchantman by French privateers that was one of several such incidents that led to the Quasi-War with France

Captain Henry Nicoll and others

Various locations: 1797-1798. Unbound. This archive consists of 11 documents related to the voyage, seizure, plundering, and eventual return of the Sloop Diana out of Alexandria, Virginia. The ship was captured twice by French privateers while bound for Cape Nicholas Mole, Saint-Domingue, and Port au Prince, Haiti. This was one..... More

Price: $7,500.00

Item #010047 1886 – The “father of the modern American museum,” G Brown Goode, thanks a man...

1886 – The “father of the modern American museum,” G Brown Goode, thanks a man for donation an “Idol” to the Smithsonian’s “United States National Museum”

G. Brown Goode

Washington, DC: 1886. Envelope or Cover. This one-page letter to G. S. Faucher Esq. of West Winstead, Connecticut is written on letterhead that reads “United States National Museum / Under Direction Of / The Smithsonian Institution.” It is dated October 28, 1886 and signed by G. Brown Goode as the..... More

Price: $150.00

Item #010044 1867 – A letter from an officer in the War Department describing the turmoil...

1867 – A letter from an officer in the War Department describing the turmoil caused by President Johnson’s firing of Secretary of War Edwin Stanton and appointment of General Grant to temporarily fill the position, an act which led to his impeachment by Radical Republicans in the House of Representatives.

William Atwoo

Washington, DC: 1867. Envelope or Cover. This four-page letter from William Atwood in Washington, DC to a family member in Pittsburgh is dated October 26, 1867. Its mailing envelope is franked with a 3-cent stamp (Scott #65) canceled with a cork ‘killer’ and bearing a circular Washington, DC postmark. In..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #010028 [1857-1858] 1980 – The Virginia State Library’s superb reprint of Edward...

[1857-1858] 1980 – The Virginia State Library’s superb reprint of Edward Beyer’s Album of Virginia: or Illustration of the Old Dominion

Beyer, Edward.

Beyer, Edward. Album of Virginia: or Illustration of the Old Dominion. Richmond :State Library of Virginia, 1980 reprint of the 1857-1858 publication. 17½” x 12½” clam-shell box portfolio in gilt-lettered faux burgundy Morocco containing 41 loose color lithograph facsimile reproductions of Beyer’s original prints, a 40-page softcover pamphlet describing the..... More

Price: $600.00

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

A. M. Fannin

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

Price: $600.00

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

Price: $300.00

Item #009953 1807 – Letter from a renowned New Orleans surgeon, mentor of the first trained...

1807 – Letter from a renowned New Orleans surgeon, mentor of the first trained African-American physician in the United States and an associate of Aaron Burr and John Wilkinson, expressing both admiration for and doubt about the Louisiana Purchase

Dr. Robert Dow

New Orleans: 1807. Envelope or Cover. This 1807 two-page stampless folded letter, measuring 16” x 11¾“ unfolded, was sent by Dr. Robert Dow, a long-time Scottish immigrant, living in New Orleans, Louisiana Territory, to John Watkinson at Middletown Connecticut. The letter was carried to New York as indicated by the..... More

Price: $1,000.00

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