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
Eau Claire, Wisconsin: 1910. Unbound. This four-panel illustrated advertising folder for wooden boats was printed in orange and black. It was sent by the Dunphy Boat Manufacturing Company in Eau Claire, Wisconsin to potential customer within the same city. It is franked with a one-cent green Franklin stamp (Scott #331)..... More
Brooklyn, Ten Mile River, Peekskill, and Warrensburg: circa 1900. Album. All but one of the images measure approximately 4.5” x 3.5”. The cyanotype on the front cover is approximately 3.75” x 2.75”. The images are glued to the album pages. The two pages with photos have been removed from the..... More
Lancaster and Akron Ohio: 1969-1970. Unbound. Includes many photographs of the national All-American Soap Box Derby finals at Akron, Ohio. This archive contains approximately 140 photographs ranging in size from 2.25” x 2.75” to 8” x 10”. Most are b/w (about 30) and color (about 110) 3.5” square or..... More
Washington DC: United States Patent Office, 1909. Wraps. The six page original patent is printed on thin cardstock with three pages of text and three pages of technical illustrations. It was awarded to Adolph Lubke, a resident of San Francisco, California. The leaves bear patent office file labels in the..... More
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
1917. Album. This large album measures 12” x 9.5” and contains well over 250 glued-in photographs, most measuring about 4” x 2.5”. The photographs are captioned in white ink on 46 of the albums 48 pages. Ten additional photographs are laid-in including a 10” x 8” official group..... More
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
Various: 1857-1874. Unbound. These three letters were all written by Edward (“Santa”) St. Croix Oliver to family members during his time as a sea captain; one also includes a letter from his wife Sarah (“Sallie”) Jane Johnson St. Croix. Two of the letters are in nice shape, and one has..... More
1859. Envelope or Cover. This lot consists of two items: a copy of the Post Office Departments decision not to renew the mail contract of the Louisiana Tehuantepec Company’s mail contract and a letter from the Louisiana Tehuantepec Company to the “President and Directors of the Louisiana State Bank” informing..... More
[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
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
Gloversville, New York: 1896. Envelope or Cover. This advertising packet consists of three items: a form letter inviting Miss Emma Weatherbee to reserve her booking of the 1897 excursion, a four-page brochure providing information about the excursion, and the advertising envelope that was used to mail the items to Miss..... More
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1857. Unbound. This four-page lettersheet measures 19” x 11.5” unfolded. It contains a one-page manuscript letter written by J. Edgar Thomson, the President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at Philadelphia to William Ferguson, the British agent for the Illinois Central Railroad in New York City. It also includes a...... More
U.S.S. Independence at New York: 1843. Envelope or Cover. This three-page stampless folded letter, measuring 16.5” x 9.5”, is datelined “U. S. Ship Independence / New York, Nov. 21st. 1843.” It bears a manuscript “12½” rate mark (the cost to send a letter from 80 to 150 miles) and a...... More
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
Vicinity of Ilion, New York: circa 1910. Album. Photograph album documenting improvement projects along the Erie Canal during the construction of the New York State Barge Canal system This album measures approximately 7½ “ x 10 ½“ and contains over 65 photographs ranging in size from 3½“ x 2½”..... More
Pennsylvania, California and Japan: 1968. Unbound. This collection of 20 b/w and color photographs ranges in size from 4.25” x 3” to 9” x 7.5”. 11 snapshots picture the dealer and his wife interacting with their hosts in Japan. One large b/w image shows all of..... More
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
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
