Unbound. This two-page document is titled “Certificate of the Votes given in for a Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Senators.” In nice shape. “At a meeting of the male Inha’itants of the Plantation of Washington in the County of York in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Qualified by the Constitution of..... 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
Geneva, New York: 1837. Envelope or Cover. This one-page stampless folded letter from John Staats, the first Collector of Tolls for the Erie Canal, located in Geneva, New York to the State Comptroller, A. G. Flagg, in Albany. It measures approximately 15½” x 12¼” unfolded and is dated 20 April..... More
Royalton, Vermont. Unbound. A four-page set of minutes taken at the Whig convention held for the “2nd District [that] met at Royalton, Vermont on the 13th day of August inst. . ..” They were forwarded to the convention president, Norman Williams, by its secretary, D. F. Weymouth “Per..... More
This one-page stampless folded letter measures 8” x 9”. It was sent by “Winter & Latimer to “Messers Fleming & Douglass” of “Alexandria, D.C.” and datelined “San Francisco 15th May 1851”. It bears a circular San Francisco “40” postmark dated 15 May.” The letter is in nice shape, however wear..... 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
Envelope or Cover. This postally used envelope (no contents) was sent from Fort Yuma in California to Aubunn, California via Arizona City in the Arizona Territory. It is franked with a 3-cent ultramarine transcontinental railroad stamp (Scott #114) tied to the envelope by a bulls-eye killer handstamp. It bears a...... 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
Paris: L. Vivien Geographe, 1834. Unbound. Approximately 20.5” x 13.5” including the margins. Text in French. A nice map with a strong, clear image. Minor wear and soiling at lower left tip of margin; top margin is a little rough where the map was removed from the atlas... 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
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
Unbound. These three unused postcards show quarantine stations that protected transit through the Panama Canal. In nice shape. “Quarantine Station, Culebra Island, Panama.” Leipzig, Berline, & New York: Americhrome, no date. Message on reverse; some soiling “Quarantine station La Boca, Panama.” No publication data. “Quarantine Station..... 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
