Roger C. Weightman, 1814. Report of the Committee on the Petition of Bowie and Kurtz and Others, Owners of the Ship Allegany. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States in Washington City by Roger C. Weightman. 1814. Never bound and untrimmed. Seven pages. Measures approximately 6” x...... More
Lowell, Massachusetts: 1834. Unbound. This four-page letter is datelined, “Lowell. April 22. 1834. It was sent directly to President Andrew Jackson by Fink(?) Booth. It bears no postal markings and has no accompanying envelope. In nice shape. Aa transcript will be provided. In the letter, Booth related how his..... More
Washington DC: 1849. Slavery. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Missouri on the Subject of slavery in the Territories, District of Columbia and States.” Miscellaneous No. 5, House of Representatives, 31st Congress 1st Session, December 31, 1849. Two-pages. In nice shape. This summary delineates the resolutions passed by the..... More
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
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
Emigrant Landing Depot, Castle Garden New York City: Commissioners of Emigration of the State of New York, 1876. Unbound. This certificate measures 7¾” x 8¾” and is titled and datelined “Commissioners of Emigration of the State of New York, / Emigrant Landing Depot, Castle Garden / New York, March 30th..... More
Canton, Ohio: 1896-1900. This lot consists of two items. Both are in nice shape: An 1894 illustrated billhead from The Hampden Watch Company of Canton, Ohio documenting the sale of an “Endstand’. The illustration features a hand grasping a distraught, scythe-wielding Father Time. It measures 8½” x 5¾”... More
Buffalo, New York: 1898. Envelope or Cover. This letter, from a mother in Philadelphia to her daughter, Grace, in Buffalo, was written just over a week after the Battleship Maine exploded and sank in the Havana, Cuba harbor, killing over 260 sailors, many in their sleep. Although it..... More
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
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
Three items related to the culmination of John F. Kennedy’s campaign tour through Texas at a “Welcome Dinner” in Austin that had been organized by the State Democratic Executive Committee. A 7” x 9¾” invitation to the event which was to be held “on Friday evening the twenty-second..... More
Leipzig, Germany. Illustrite Zeitung (Illustrated Newspaper), Circa 1845. Disbound. This wood engraving clipped from an unidentified edition of the Illustrite Zeitung (Illustrated Newspaper), known colloquially as the ‘Leipziger,’ is undated, but information on the reverse indicates that it was published by J. J. Weber of Leipzig, Germany. It is titled..... More
This letter was sent from Quindaro in the Kansas Territory to on of its residents, Richard W. Clark, at St. Louis, Missouri in care of Jonathan Jones. It bears a three-cent Washington stamp (Scott #26) and a postmark with a manuscript date of “Dec 16”. Although there are..... More
1864. Unbound. A Free Pass. Entitling the holder to the tender mercies of the Constitutional Purifying Association. . .. No publisher or date noted. 6.25” x 9”. Minor foxing. No rips, tears, folds or missing pieces. One pinhole chip at the bottom margin. Overall, in nice shape. The title continues..... More
Unbound. This cigar band has a central motif featuring a standing Native American warrior holding a shield that displays a Colorado Midland Railroad logo. Text on the band reads, ”Colorado Midland Rail Road”. The Colorado Midland Railway which was incorporated in 1883, was the first standard gauge railroad built over..... More
San Francisco, Californi: Circa 1900. Unbound. These three unused postcards show quarantine and immigration facilities at Angel Island near San Francisco. In nice shape. All are unused. “Quarantine Station, Angel Island, Calif.” San Francisco: Stanley A Piltz Company, undated “Quarantine Station – Angel Island, Cal.” San Francisco: Souvenir..... More
New York City: Various, Circa 1900. Unbound. These three unposted postcards show quarantine and immigration facilities at New York City. In nice shape. All are unposted; one contains a message. “Staten Island . . . Quarantine Station.” New York: American Souvenir-Card Co.: 1897 “Extreme Point of Manhattan, showing..... More
Nevada: Circa 1905. Unbound. One photograph is captioned “Beatty, Nevada. / Year 1905.” It measures 4¾” x 3½”. Glue residue on the reverse. The second photograph, 5½” x 3¼”, is captioned on the reverse, “Outside Beatty / Rube Ryan’s Mine & / Hollywood Dry Store”. The third photograph is captioned..... More
Philadelphia: O. W. Gray & Son, [1877]. Unbound. Approximately 14” x 17” including the margins. Strong, clear image with hand-coloring. This attractive map of St. Louis shows the streets of the city in detail. Additionally, locations of several historically important sites are shown: Lafayette Park, where Jere..... More
New York City: 1912. The medal is approximately 7" long. The pale blue ribbon has faded printing that reads "Dedication of / Washington's Monument / Feb 22 1912 / New York City." A hanging medallion, featuring a color illustration of a firemen saving a woman as flames blaze around him..... More
Cimarron, New Mexico Territory: 1867. Envelope or Cover. This three-page stampless letter was sent by A. J. Thomas, a hay farmer from Cimarron, New Mexico Territory, to J. B. Culver in Delaware, Ohio. It is franked with a 3-cent Washington stamp (Scott #65) tied to the envelope with a “Cimarron..... More
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
St. Louis, Missouri: 1819. Envelope or Cover. This stampless folded letter measures 7.5” x 12”. It is datelined “St. Louis 14 August 1819” and was sent to Moses Taylor at Mount Vernon, Ohio in care of the towns postmaster, Henry B. Curtis, by Aaron T. Crane and Abraham Beck, early..... More
Washington, DC: 1979. In this two-page letter on United States Senate stationery, dated October 25, 1979, and signed by Adlai E. Stevenson, III, a stalwart of the Democratic Party and son of the two-time Democrat candidate for President of the United States expresses his disapproval of “illegal aliens living and..... More
Madison [Ohio]: 1840. Envelope or Cover. This three-page stampless folded letter measures 16” x 12” unfolded and is datelined “Madison [Ohio,] Sept. 20th 1840.” It was sent by B. F. Fuller to his nephew, N. L. Janes at Berkshire, Vermont. It bears a manuscript postmark, “North Perry / O Sept..... More
