Wax Seal. These three documents are joined at the top by a small circle of sealing wax. Each leaf measures 7.75” x 12.5”. A Howard County Circuit Court stamp is embossed at the bottom of one leaf. Old tape repair to two storage fold splits.. The first document is..... More
Circa 1767. Disbound. The image of this hand-colored engraving measures 7” x 8.5”; the leaf measures 9” x 13”. In addition to the title, the leaf is also identified as “Patagons 215.” It is in very nice shape with light toning and some variation in margins where it appears the..... 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
El Paso, Texas, 1847. Unbound. This one-page stampless folded letter written on “Tuesday 26th” [January 1847] by Captain John T. Hughes, Company C, 1st Regiment Missouri Volunteers is a postscript to a letter he had written newspaper editor the day before while at El Paso, Texas, shortly after seizing the..... More
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
Sevastopol [Sebastopol], California: 1857. Unbound. This two-page letter measures approximately 7.25” x 12.5.” It is datelined “Sevastopol April 11 -57”. Although there were several Sebastopols/Sevastopols in California, the letter’s description of weather and lumbering indicate that this was probably written from the one in Nevada County. No mailing envelope. In..... More
Circa 1930. Stereoview. Homemade stereoview. Grimm was an early 20th century collector of Native American artifacts and a National Councilor for the Indian Confederation of America and the Indian Association of America. This card was passed through relatives to its last owner, Robert Panchison. In the photograph, Grimm has inserted..... More
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
On board the Euterpe: January 5, 1865. 1865. Unbound. Lightly soiled with some doodling at the upper corner of the first page. In this letter, Goddard expresses heartfelt sorrow to “Eva” that he would not be able to take leave for a visit. The reason he explains as follows... More
Petersburg, Virginia and Knob Noster, Missouri: 1864 & 1868. Envelope or Cover. The first of these three letters contains four pages and is datelined “Annapolis Maryland / April 8th 1864. Although unsigned, it is in the same hand as the other two letters and was found in the same lot..... More
Shiloh, South Carolina: 1858. Envelope or Cover. One-page letter dated November 25, 1858, from John L. Gamble of Shiloh, South Carolina, to Messers Spain & Richardson in Sumter. The letter is enclosed in its original mailing envelope franked with 3-cent, dull-red Washington stamp (Scott #26). The cover bears a manuscript..... More
Envelope or Cover. This one-page stampless folded-letter measures 15½ x 9¾” unfolded. It is datelined “Glasgow [Missouri] Dec 16th 1845 and bears a circular postmark dated “Dec 91” (sic) and a manuscript “5” rate mark. It was sent by John [Strother] Harrison to “J. L. [Joshua Lazelle] Tracy” in Boonsville..... More
Prairie du Chien, Michigan Territory: 1828. Envelope or Cover. This four-page stampless letter has one page of text and measures 16” x 10” unfolded. It is datelined “Prairie du Chien 20th Jany 1828” and bears a very fine example of a scarce Michigan Territory, manuscript postmark (see ASCC Vol 1..... More
Darlington, South Carolina: 1829-1859. Hardcover. Entries were kept in The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments published in New York by Daniel B. Smith, 1825. Contains eight pages of birth and deaths records for slaves of the Wilson’s plantation known as Levensworth plus one page listing all overseers..... More
Redwood City, California: October 15, 1940. Unbound. This typed letter, dated 17 October 1940 and signed by a prominent Issei member of California's Japanese-American community presents a 2' x 4' silk U.S. flag to an unnamed person, presumably a government official or journalist. Both are in nice shape; the display..... More
Fort Towson, Arkansas in the Choctaw Nation (now Oklahoma): 1838. Envelope or Cover. This four-page stampless folded letter was written and mailed on April 8, 1838, by the Commanding Officer of Fort Towson, Arkansas in the Choctaw Nation (now Oklahoma), Lieutenant Colonel Josiah H. Vose, to his sister in Boston..... More
Poughkeepsie to Nile, New York: 1858. Envelope or Cover. This four-page letter was sent by “Mary” is datelined “Po’keepsie Apr 11, 1858” to a friend in Nile, New York. The accompanying envelope bears a 3-cent Washington stamp (Scott #26) that has been canceled with a circular Poughkeepsie postmark dated April..... More
Western Pacific: 1944-1946. Handmade Album. This 54-page handmade scrapbook measures approximately 9” x 12” and was assembled by T/4 (Technician 4th Grade) Fred B. Metcalf using rattan twine and manila file folders probably obtained from a unit office. It documents the deployment of the 1889th Engineer Aviation Battalion (Colored) to..... More
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
