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Items in Sale # 403 Americana with Manuscript Material; Travel & Exploration; Maps; Photographs Date: 05/14/2009
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	Lot #	Heading	Author	Title	Place	Date	Estimate
	1	AAA(Alaska)	Robinson, Wm.	Letter from an Alaska gold rush prospector	Skagway, AK	1901	300/500
	2	AAA(Alaska)	**	Ships log of trips up the Yukon from St. Michael to Dashalenti Island	Alaska	1887-1899	600/900
	3	AAA(American Revolution)	Godfrey, D.	Autograph Letter signed by D. Godfrey, written to Philip Francis in India, describing many details of the growing conflict in America	London	Feb. 17 to May 21, 1776	1000/1500
	4	AAA(Autograph Collecting)	Spring, Robert	Autograph Letter signed by Robert Spring, to a collector in Britain, offering him autographs of George Washington and others	Baltimore, MD	Sept. 18, 1863	300/500
	5	AAA	Ball, Alexander John, Sir	Autograph Letter signed by Alexander J. Ball, to Charles Biddle, regarding his son's release by Tripoli pirates	Malta	June 25, 1805	500/800
	6	AAA	Banks, Joseph	Autograph Letter signed by Joseph Banks, to John Vaughan, a lawyer in Philadelphia	London	May 3, 1792	500/800
	7	AAA	Belmont, August	Autograph Letter signed by August Belmont, to Senator Arthur Pue Gorman	New York	1884	500/800
	8	AAA(Boston)	**	Colonial Boston Court Summons	Boston	1772	100/150
	9	AAA	Boudinot, Elias	Autograph Letter signed by Elias Boudinot, to Samuel Bayard	Philadelphia	April 22, 1797	500/800
	10	AAA(California - Angels Camp)	**	Archive of documents from the Utica Mining Company	Angels Camp, CA	1880s-90s	600/900
	11	AAA(California - Insurance Companies)	**	Archive of documents from California Insurance Companies	San Francisco (mostly)	1870s-1900s	400/700
	12	AAA(California - Placer County)	**	Archive of letters relating to mining activities in Placer County	Various places	1870s-1900s	500/800
	13	AAA(California - Tehama County)	Grant Ranch	Ledger book from the Grant Ranch, Tehama County, CA 1883-84	Tehama County, CA	1883-84	600/900
	14	AAA	Champagny, Jean-Baptiste de Nompère de, 1st Duc de Cadore	Letter signed by Champagny, ordering release of three captains of American ships, who had been held as prisoners	Paris	Feb. 6, 1810	300/500
	15	AAA(Civil War - New Orleans)	Beck, S.S.	Autograph Letter signed with initials, regarding the situation in New Orleans during occupation by Union forces	New Orleans	Jan. 3, 1863	500/800
	16	AAA(Civil War)	Simms, Will T.	Autograph Letter signed by Will Simms, describing the surrender of Robert E. Lee	Burkes Station, Virginia	April 13th, 1865	500/800
	17	AAA	Clay, Henry	Autograph Letter signed by Henry Clay, to Secretary of the Treasury William M. Meredith, regarding a vacancy in the Treasury Department	Washington	12th January 1850	300/500
	18	AAA(Continental Congress)	**	Manuscript "Civil List of Congress" listing names and salaries of secretaries, treasurers ministers, etc.	[Philadelphia]	Jan. 22, 1780-Jan. 28, 1782	1500/2500
	19	AAA	Conway, Hugh Seymour	Letter signed by H.S. Conway as British secretary of state, regarding the Tripoline ambassador's baggage	St. James	Nov. 12, 1765	200/300
	20	AAA	Craggs, James, the younger	Autograph Letter signed by James Craggs, to a Mr. Dayrolles	Whitehall	August 4th, 1719	300/500