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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

Advertisement for an attorney specializing in obtaining military land patent bounties for...

Advertisement for an attorney specializing in obtaining military land patent bounties for veterans and heirs of veterans who had served in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, an the Indian Wars between 1775 and 1855

Samuel V. Niles

Washington, DC: 1857. Envelope or Cover. This handbill advertisement measures approximately 8” x 10 and is printed on light blue paper. Its accompanying mailing envelope is addressed “To the Heirs of Mrs. Ruth Bullard.” The envelope is franked with a straddle copy of a one-cent blue Franklin stamp (Scott #24)..... More

Price: $150.00

“MRS. WARD LAYS SICK WITH A NERVOUS FEVER WHICH IS NOW IN THE 10TH DAY.” Letter from the son...

“MRS. WARD LAYS SICK WITH A NERVOUS FEVER WHICH IS NOW IN THE 10TH DAY.” Letter from the son of a former colonial governor of Rhode Island informs a former state governor of Rhode Island that his wife, the Governor’s daughter, was seriously ill from Typhoid Fever

Samuel Ward, Junior to William Greene

New York City to Warwick, Rhode Island via Providence: 1802. This stampless folded letter has no rate marking but bears a relatively scarce New York City “clamshell” postmark dated “OCT/11”. There is a stain at the top center of the letter, however, the address and text are quite legible. A...... More

Price: $350.00

“SARATOGA SPRING WATERS . . . THESE WATERS ARE BOTTLED FRESH FROM EACH OF THE SPRINGS IN SO...

“SARATOGA SPRING WATERS . . . THESE WATERS ARE BOTTLED FRESH FROM EACH OF THE SPRINGS IN SO CAREFUL AND SECURE A MANNER THAT THEY PRESERVE ALL THEIR MEDICINAL VALUE FOR YEARS” – Advertising circular for bottle spring water sent by the inventor of time zones to the most important professor at Hamilton College

Sent by the Reverend Charles F. Dowd to Professor Edward North

Saratoga Springs to Clinton, New York: March 1868. Envelope or Cover. This two-page handbill measures 6” x 9.75” and is illustrated with an image of the Congress and Columbian Springs in Saratoga Springs, New York. An addendum identifying the “Discounts for 1869” is attached to the reverse. The handbill is..... More

Price: $200.00

A GOLD MINER’S HAND-SEWN LEATHER “POKE” NO DOUBT USED TO MAIL GOLD DUST OR NUGGETS FROM...

A GOLD MINER’S HAND-SEWN LEATHER “POKE” NO DOUBT USED TO MAIL GOLD DUST OR NUGGETS FROM CALIFORNIA TO PHILADELPHIA. Plus, an antique vial containing small gold nuggets and flakes

Sent to Thos. Anderson

San Francisco, California to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 20 December [1856] to 4 August 4, 1857. Leather. This hand-sewn leather pouch measures 4” x 3.75”. The original stitching remains intact on two edges; it has been removed along the other two edges, no doubt to empty its contents. The pouch is franked..... More

Price: $3,500.00

1852 – Congressional pamphlet containing eight maps illustrating different sections of the...

1852 – Congressional pamphlet containing eight maps illustrating different sections of the Wisconsin River

Seven mid-19th century maps showing planned improvements to the Wisconsin river “to facilitate the passage of lumber, rafts, and flat boats.”

Washington DC: U.S. Senate, 1852. Stabbed binding. 32nd Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Miscellaneous No. 73: April 26, 1852. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin praying A grant of land to aid the improvement of the Wisconsin river between Fort Winnebago and the Beaulieux Rapids. Approximately 6.5” x 9”..... More

Price: $275.00

“THE GREATEST OF WORLD’S FAIRS IMPRESSIVELY OPENED” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch coverage...

“THE GREATEST OF WORLD’S FAIRS IMPRESSIVELY OPENED” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch coverage of “Opening Day” at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition or St. Louis World’s Fair

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 1, 1904. Newspaper. Three complete sections of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch covering opening day activities of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. In exceptionally nice shape. Clean and supple with light toning and a single horizontal storage fold; otherwise..... More

Price: $125.00

1860 - Congressional pamphlet detailing the expedition to find a shortcut between the Great Salt...

1860 - Congressional pamphlet detailing the expedition to find a shortcut between the Great Salt Lake and the Oregon Trail

“The greatest difficulty under which I labored . . . was in obtaining guides; for even among the Indian non knew more than small portions of the country we were to traverse and no white man could be found who had any knowledge. . ..”

Washington DC: U.S. Senate, 1860. Disbound. 36th Congress, 1st Session. Senate. Ex. Doc., No. 34. Report of the Secretary of War communicating In compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the report of Captain H. D. Wallen of his expedition in 1859, from Dalles City to Great Salt Lake, and..... More

Price: $275.00

An exceptional photograph album documenting the life of a well-to-do expatiate family in...

An exceptional photograph album documenting the life of a well-to-do expatiate family in Shanghai, China which includes travels to India, Egypt, and Italy to see Mount Vesuvius

The Haines family with two sons named Jack and Preston

China, Egypt, India, and Italy: 1930-1933. Album. This tooled leather album measures approximately 13” x 9” and contains over 200 corner-mounted photographs. The photos range in size from 2.25” x 3.25” to 5.25” x 3”. Many of the photos are captioned on the reverse and bear Preston Haines’ initials... More

Price: $1,750.00

“THE SAID SHIP MINERVA PRIOR TO . . . HER INTENDED VOYAGE . . . BURNT IN THE RIVER THAMES...

“THE SAID SHIP MINERVA PRIOR TO . . . HER INTENDED VOYAGE . . . BURNT IN THE RIVER THAMES [CAUSING THE EMIGRANTS] TO BE DEPRIVED OF THEIR PASSAGE TO BOSTON.” An exceptional archive documenting the immigration of a family of British dissenters who were instrumental in establishing the textile industry in Connecticut

The Samuel Watkinson Family

Various locations, primarily Connecticut and New York: 1794-1827. Unbound. This archive contains 46 manuscript and partially-printed receipts, invoices, ship registrations, letters, and similar items. It begins with a 1794 letter from an agent in London to the family patriarch, Samuel Watkinson Sr., concerning the purchase of property in the United..... More

Price: $3,500.00

“DEAR FOLKS, WELL HERE IT IS THE END OF THE SECOND DAY AND QUITE A BIT OF WATER HAS GONE OVER...

“DEAR FOLKS, WELL HERE IT IS THE END OF THE SECOND DAY AND QUITE A BIT OF WATER HAS GONE OVER THE DAM ALREADY.” Huge four-year correspondence archive from a cadet enrolled at the U.S. Merchant Marine Cadet Basic School at San Mateo, California as it transitioned into U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and consolidated operations at Kings Point, New York

Thomas C. Burnett

Letters to his parents from various locations: 1945-1949. Ring-bound. This archive consists of approximately 100 letters plus postcards, telegrams, short notes, and holiday cards sent from Burnett to his parents. Most were sent from either the Cadet Basic School at San Mateo or the Academy at Kings Point. Some were..... More

Price: $500.00

“THAT OLD NAVY SCRAP BOOK OF MINE; IT’S CRAMMED FULL OF PICTURES AND HAPPENINGS OLD, OF THE...

“THAT OLD NAVY SCRAP BOOK OF MINE; IT’S CRAMMED FULL OF PICTURES AND HAPPENINGS OLD, OF THE DAYS THAT ARE NOW LEFT BEHIND.” An extensive sailor’s archive (a huge scrapbook, hundreds of photographs, and five oral history tapes) documenting his pre-WWII service on the flagship of the U. S. Asiatic Fleet

Thomas Wallace Hood

U.S.S. Pittsburgh at Hawaii, Guam, Philippines, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Borneo, Siam, Singapore, Java, Ceylon, etc: 1929-1931. Album. This archive consists of an 8” x 14” 300-page scrapbook, filled with articles, clippings, photographs, cartoons, newsletters, assorted ephemera. Hood used 86 pages in the rear of the album to keep a...... More

Price: $900.00

1916 – Collection of photographs from the Mexican Border War including piles of dead bandits...

1916 – Collection of photographs from the Mexican Border War including piles of dead bandits from Pancho Villa’s raid on Columbus, New Mexico, and an inexplicable photo of an African-American private assigned to the otherwise all-white 3rd Field Artillery Regiment

“Uncle Max” Mittag

Mexican Border: 1916. Disbound. This collection of 59 photographs was purchased as a lot from a woman who had removed them from a disintegrating family album that chronicled “Uncle Max” Mittag’s service as a cook in Battery A, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment during the Mexican Border Campaign. All of the..... More

Price: $1,750.00

Photograph album documenting two itinerant roughnecks’ travel through New York, Pennsylvania,...

Photograph album documenting two itinerant roughnecks’ travel through New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio until they found jobs at the Woodville Oil Field

Unidentified compiler

New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio: 1923 (from a vehicle license plate). Album. This 8” x 6” album contains 37 b/w photographs, each measuring approximately 4.75” x 3”. The crisp, well-composed snapshots are chronologically arranged and neatly glued to the album pages. Most have been captioned in white, but much of..... More

Price: $750.00

Photograph Album Documenting Middleclass Life in Vermont circa 1905. Unidentified Photographer

Photograph Album Documenting Middleclass Life in Vermont circa 1905.

Unidentified Photographer

Arlington, Vermont: 1905. Photograph Album. This album contains of 175 photos of a young woman, her family, and her friends at various locations in Vermont and the northeast. The album is approximately 7" x 10". Most of the photographs are 2.5" x 3.5". A larger photo (3.5" x...... More

Price: $200.00

Early Republican Party Receipts - 1854 & 1856. Unlisted

Early Republican Party Receipts - 1854 & 1856

Unlisted

Boston & Charlestown, MA: Free Democratic State Committee & Republican Club, 1854. Leaf. Two early contribution receipts; one from the Boston Republican Club in 1856 and the other from the Free Democratic State Committee of Massachusetts in 1854. The Free Democratic Party was one of several splinter political parties (e.g...... More

Price: $150.00

“The said party of the second part agree to cause a settlement to be made on said land, and a...

“The said party of the second part agree to cause a settlement to be made on said land, and a building, suitable for habitation of man, to be erected theron.” Articles of Agreement between the State of Connecticut and a New York settler to purchase land related to the Western Reserve for the benefit the Connecticut School Fund

Various signers

For property in New York State: Treasurer of the State of Connecticut, 1820. Unbound. In this lot, there are two copies of this large Articles of Agreement between the State of Connecticut and Ezra B. Corkings. The documents measure 13.5” x 16”, and both are signed by Corkings and the..... More

Price: $300.00

Gov. Robinson's Polka - Sheet Music. Andrew Whitney

Gov. Robinson's Polka - Sheet Music

Whitney, Andrew

Fitchburg, Massachusetts: Andrew Whitney, 1856. First Edition. Sheet Music. 6 pages including cover. Portrait illustration of Robinson on the front cover. Very light dampstain along the fore-edge margin. Charles L. Robinson was an abolitionist leader who settled in Lawrence and worked for the New England Emigrant Aid Society, which transported..... More

Price: $300.00

Folded letter from by an important New York jurist—who had tried and sentenced many men during...

Folded letter from by an important New York jurist—who had tried and sentenced many men during the infamous Anti-Rent War—shortly after he relocated to a small rural town not far from Binghamton; franked with a very nice example of first U. S. Postage Stamp (Scott #1)

Written by Nelson Knox Wheeler

Deposit, New York: 1849. Unbound. This two-page letter measures 15.5” x 10” unfolded. It was sent by Judge Nelson Knox Wheeler from Deposit, New York to an associate, H. Ballard, at Cortlandville. It is franked with a well-margined (one just a little narrow), red-brown 5-cent Franklin postage stamp (Scott #1)..... More

Price: $700.00

1790 - Broadside enumerating the reasons that Connecticut’s claim to what today is the Wyoming...

1790 - Broadside enumerating the reasons that Connecticut’s claim to what today is the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania were valid

“Wyoming was settled under the authority of Connecticut, as part of the State, under her Charter, in the assertion and defence of her claims, west of New York.”

Unbound. Nine Propositions, Which contain the grounds of the Wyoming Claim, on the State of Connecticut. [probably Connecticut: circa 1790.] This broadside measures 6” x 9.5”. Light wrinkles and faint marginal toning, mostly along the top margin. It makes a strong case for Connecticut’s retention of the Wyoming Valley..... More

Price: $800.00

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