Sale 431: Americana & World History: Books, Manuscripts & Ephemera from the Library of Calvin P. Otto (#431) 07/01/2010 1:00 PM PDT Closed Starts Ending 07/01/2010 1:00 PM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-70 of 70. Previous|1|Next Lot #4 Two Autograph Letters signed, from Lottie bound by ship to Alaska, mailed to her parents View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Alaska)AuthorLottieHeadlineLetters from ship bound for Alaska 1906Date Published1906 Lot #8 Archive of 17 partially printed promissory notes for payment for service in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)Author**HeadlineConnecticut soldiers paid for Revolutionary WarDate Published1780-1782 Lot #9 Autograph Letter Signed by William Colfax, requesting the pay of several soldiers in George Washington's Life Guards, of which he was captain, to be made directly to him, with 7 partially printed pay receipts signed by Colfax View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorColfax, WilliamHeadlinePay receipts & ALS of William Colfax 1783Date Published1783 Lot #10 Autograph Letter Signed from James Duane, delegate to the Continental Congress, to George Clinton, Governor of New York View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorDuane, JamesHeadlineLetter from James Duane to George Clinton 1780Date PublishedSept. 7, 1780 Lot #11 Autograph Document Signed by George Pitkin, and endorsed by Oliver Ellsworth View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorEllsworth, Oliver & George PitkinHeadlineDocument signed by G. Pitkin & O. Ellsworth 1777Date PublishedSeptember, 1777 Lot #12 Autograph pay order signed by Thomas Seymour and Oliver Ellsworth as members of the Pay Table Committee View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorEllsworth, Oliver & Thomas SeymourHeadlineRevolutionary War pay order 1776Date PublishedFebruary 19, 1776 Lot #13 Manuscript Document Signed by Oliver Ellsworth & Thomas Seymour, authorizing payment to participants in the "Lexington Alarm" of 1775 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorEllsworth, Oliver & Thomas SeymourHeadlinePayment for Lexington Alarm 1775Date PublishedNov. 30, 1775 Lot #14 Manuscript Document Signed, August 23rd 1777 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorEllsworth, OliverHeadlineDocument signed by Oliver Ellsworth 1777Date PublishedAugust 23rd, 1777 Lot #15 Two pay orders for service in the Lexington Alarm View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorEllsworth, OliverHeadlineTwo pay orders for service in the Lexington AlarmDate PublishedDec. 2, 1775 and Jan. 17, 1776 Lot #16 Autograph Document Signed by Oliver Ellsworth & others, being a payment order to the Connecticut Treasury for military supplies View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorEllsworth, Oliver, et al.HeadlinePayment for cartidges 1776 Revolutionary WarDate PublishedJuly 6th, 1776 Lot #17 Autograph Document Signed by Oliver Ellsworth, William Pitkin and Thomas Lawrence, being a payment order to Col. Joshua Porter for service at Fort Ticonderoga View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorEllsworth, Oliver, et al.HeadlinePayment for capture of Fort Ticonderoga 1775Date PublishedJune 6th, 1775 Lot #18 Two manuscript payment vouchers for service in the Expedition to Ticonderoga, signed by Oliver Ellsworth & others View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorEllsworth, Oliver, et al.HeadlinePay Vouchers for Ticonderoga Expedition 1775Date Published1775 Lot #19 Autograph Letter Signed from Ebenezer Huntington to his bother Joshua Huntington, regarding hardships in the Continental Army View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorHuntington, EbenezerHeadlineLetter about hardships in the Continental ArmyDate Published18 June 1778 Lot #20 Autograph Letter Signed by James Lovell while a Delegate to the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary War View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorLovell, JamesHeadlineRevolutionary War Letter by James Lovell 1779Date PublishedDec. 27, 1779 Lot #21 Manuscript accounting of items supplied to the State of Connecticut by Elijah Hubbard and Joseph King View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(American Revolution)Author**HeadlineGoods supplied to Connecticut in 1776Date PublishedDec. 18, 1776 Lot #22 Manuscript accounting of items supplied to the family of Ephraim Robertson, a soldier in the Continental Army, by the town of Coventry, Connecticut View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)Author**HeadlineMs. Doc. items supplied Am. Rev. Soldier's familyDate Published1779 Lot #23 Manuscript payment voucher instructing Connecticut Treasurer John Lawrence to make payment to Col. Roger Enos, signed by Enos, Finn Wadsworth, and Samuel Wylly View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)Author**HeadlinePay voucher to Col. Rogers Enos 1779Date PublishedJune 5th, 1779 Lot #24 Manuscript true copy of the response by the Pay-Table-Committee to a memorial by a woman whose husband was killed in action (possibly at Yorktown), desiring his back pay to aid her and her three children, along with receipt of payment View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(American Revolution)Author**HeadlineCompensation for soldier killed at YorktownDate PublishedJanuary, 1783 Lot #25 Pass for a man and his team to travel in Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)Author**HeadlineRevolutionary War Pass 1777Date PublishedOct. 16, 1777 Lot #26 Manuscript Document Signed, June 22nd 1776 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorPhelps, Noah, Capt.HeadlineADS Capt. Noah Phelps 6/25/1776Date PublishedJune 25, 1776 Lot #27 Autograph Letter signed by Jonathan Sherman seeking payment of wages to Samuel Wardell, soldier in his regiment, along with receipt for payment signed by Wardell View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorSherman, JonathanHeadlineRevolutionary soldier gets a paycheck, 1781Date PublishedApril 16 & 19, 1781 Lot #28 Autograph Letter Signed by Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., as Governor of Connecticut, to the delegates from Connecticut to the Continental Congress View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorTrumbull, Jonathan, Sr.HeadlineLetter from Jonathan Trumbull to CongressDate PublishedFebruary 21, 1782 Lot #29 Autograph Letter Signed by Alexander White of Virginia, to an unnamed participant, prophesying a long war with Britain View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorWhite, AlexanderHeadlineLetter prophesying long war with Britain 1776Date PublishedFeb. 5, 1776 Lot #33 Autograph letter signed regarding sale of stock in the Mexican Republic View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorAstor, William B. (signed as John Jacob Astor & Son)HeadlineWilliam B. Astor Autograph LetterDate PublishedJuly 11, 1843 Lot #39 Manuscript settlement document and mortgage agreement between Josiah Belden and James Reed View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBelden, Josiah, & James ReedHeadlineLegal document signed by Josiah Belden 1851Date PublishedMay 1, 1851 Lot #49 Autorgraph document signed by Simon Bradstreet View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorBradstreet, SimonHeadlineAutograph document signed by Simon BradstreetDate Published1668 Lot #57 Passport for Rev. Eli Smith, signed by James Buchanan as Secretary of State View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorBuchanan, JamesHeadlineU.S. Passport signed by James BuchananDate PublishedOctober 23, 1846 Lot #60 Ledger book containing early San Francisco Marriage requests; San Francisco land for sale; and rainfall and reservoir tables View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorBartlett, Washington M., et al.HeadlineS.F. Ledger Book Marriages & Land SalesDate Published1862-1906 Lot #62 Archive of letters written from Murphy's Camp and Volcano, California View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(California - Gold Rush)Author**HeadlineArchive of letters written from Mining CampsDate Published1850s Lot #73 Manuscript document signed, regarding the illegal immigration of whites to Alta California View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorCastro, JuanHeadline1841 Juan Castro Letter re illegal immigrationDate Published1841 Lot #86 Deposition of John Thorne regarding an adulterous affair in Massachusetts, 1656 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Colonial Love Triangle)Author**HeadlineAdulterous affair in Massachusetts, 1656Date PublishedMarch 15, 1676 Lot #92 Manuscript Document warning one Benjamin Pettis to leave the town of Norwich View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Connecticut - Colonial)Author**HeadlineCitizen warned to leave Norwich CT 1771Date PublishedApril 8, 1751 Lot #93 Typed Letter Signed by Calvin Coolidge as President, to David Lawrence of the United Sates Daily View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorCoolidge, CalvinHeadlineLetter from Calvin Coolidge to newspapermanDate PublishedSept. 6, 1926 Lot #105 Autograph Letter Signed View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Declaration of Independence - Signer)AuthorCarroll, Charles (signer from Maryland)HeadlineCharles Carroll Signer from MarylandDate PublishedJanuary 8, 1825 Lot #106 Manuscript document signed as Sheriff View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Declaration of Independence - Signer)AuthorClark, Abraham (signer from New Jersey)HeadlineAbraham Clark Signer of DeclarationDate PublishedJune 30, 1766 Lot #107 Document Signed by George Clymer as Supervisor of the Revenue for the District of Pennsylvania View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Declaration of Independence - Signer)AuthorClymer, George (Signer from Pennsylvania)HeadlineGeorge Clymer Signer of the DecarationDate Published[c. 1791-1794] Lot #108 Document signed View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Declaration of Independence - Signer)AuthorHayward, Thomas, Jr. (signer from South Carolina)HeadlineDocument signed by Thomas Hayward Jr.Date Published1785 Lot #109 Autograph Letter Signed View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Declaration of Independence - Signer)AuthorMorris, Robert (signer from Pennsylvania)HeadlineRobert Morris Signer of the DeclarationDate PublishedNovember 7, 1797 Lot #110 Autograph document, signed in the third person View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Declaration of Independence - Signer)AuthorRush, Benjamin (signer from Pennsylvania)HeadlineBenjamin Rush Autograph Document SignedDate Published1801 Lot #111 Document signed as Chief Justice of Georgia View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Declaration of Independence - Signer)AuthorWalton, George (signer from Georgia)HeadlineGeorge Walton, Signed of the Declaration from GADate Published1783 Lot #112 Manuscript Document, Signed. Pay order for expenses for attending Continental Congress View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Declaration of Independence - Signer)AuthorWilliams, W[illiam], (Signer from Connecticut)HeadlineWilliam Williams Signer from Connecticut autograpDate PublishedMay 28, 1777 Lot #119 Autograph Letter Signed, from William Eustis as incoming Secretary of War to Speaker of the House Joseph P. Varnum View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorEustis, WillliamHeadlineLetter from Sec. War Eustis to Speaker VarnumDate PublishedJan. 20, 1809 Lot #147 Autograph Letter Signed mentioning the birth of the Tournament of Roses parade by its founder View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHolder, C[harles] F[rederick]HeadlineC.F. Holder letter metioning Tournament of RosesDate PublishedJanuary 10, 1894 Lot #153 Autograph Letter Signed, from William Jones, President of the Bank of the United States, to Richard Cutts, Comptroller of the Treasury View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorJones, WilliamHeadlineLetter from Bank of U.S. President Jones 1818Date Published15 Aug. 1818 Lot #162 Passport issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, signed by Levi Lincoln as governor View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorLincoln, LeviHeadlineMassachusetts passport signed by Levi LincolnDate Published1831 Lot #164 The Spirit of St. Louis View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.HeadlineThe Spirit of St. Louis Signed by LindberghPublisherScribner'sDate Published1953 Lot #166 The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.HeadlineWartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh SignedPublisherHarcourt Brace JovanovichDate Published[1970] Lot #167 "We": The Famous Flier's Own Story of His Life and His Transatlantic Flight, Together with His Views of the Future of Aviation View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.Headline"We" inscribed & signed by Charles LindberghPublisherPutnamDate Published1927 Lot #168 Lindbergh of Minnesota: A Political Biography View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Lindbergh, Charles A., Jr.)AuthorLarson, Bruce J.HeadlineSigned by Charles LindberghPublisherHarcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc.Date Published[1973] Lot #202 Manuscript Copy of a license for a tavern in Waterton, Massachusetts, the original of which was signed by John Hancock and Samuel Adams View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Massachusetts Tavern License)Author**HeadlineLicense for Massachusetts Tavern 1782Date PublishedJan. 23, 1782 Lot #207 Autograph Letter Signed by Samuel Meredith, first Treasurer of the United States, to Sharp Delany, Collector of Customs in Philadelphia View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMeredith, SamuelHeadlineLetter from 1st U.S. Treasurer 1790Date PublishedAug. 3, 1790 Lot #208 Two holograph letters to General Juan Nepomuceno Almonte castigating the U.S. movement towards war and criticizing James K. Polk View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Mexican American War)AuthorPutnam, Lewis H.HeadlineLetters against Mexican War 1846-47Date PublishedDec. 21 1846 & Feb. 19 1847 Lot #210 Land grant to Henry Drinker for a tract in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorMifflin, Thomas - Governor of PennsylvaniaHeadline1796 Pennyslvania Land GrantDate PublishedOctober 1, 1796 Lot #211 Autograph Letter Signed by James Milligan, Comptroller of the Treasury, to Elbridge Gerry View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMilligan, JamesHeadlineLetter from James Milligan to Elbridge Gerry 1785Date PublishedJan. 18th, 1785 Lot #220 How the Moving Pictures are Made (caption title) - typescript with ms. corrections View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Motion Picture Industry)AuthorChase, MorganHeadline1913 typescript history of motion picturesDate Published1913 Lot #221 Two Autograph Letters Signed by Lucretia Mott, to Samuel J. May View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorMott, LucretiaHeadlineLetters from Lucretia Mott to Samuel J. MayDate Published1856 & c.1856 Lot #226 Autograph Letter Signed by Rumualdo Pacheco, regarding politics and other matters View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorPacheco, RumualdoHeadlineLetter from Rumualdo Pacheco of California 1859Date PublishedMarch 4th, 1859 Lot #235 Scrapbook of abolitionist Rev. Ashbel B. Green View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorParmalee, Ashbel B.HeadlineScrapbook of abolitionist Rev. Ashbel B. GreenDate Published1830s-1840s Lot #266 Autograph Letter signed by former Tennessee Congressman James B. Reynolds, to Hezekiah Niles, editor of Niles Weekly Register View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorReynolds, James B.HeadlineLetter about Nullification 1831Date PublishedJanuary 12, 1831 Lot #274 Two Autograph Letters from Walter Conwell to his sisters, written from San Francisco View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(San Francisco)AuthorConwell, WalterHeadlineLetters from San Francisco in 1871Date PublishedMarch (or May?) 12 & 29, 1871 Lot #275 Letter concerning the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(San Francisco Earthquake)AuthorThompson, HowardHeadlineLetter concerning 1906 San Francisco EarthquakeDate PublishedJune 15, 1906 Lot #283 Autograph Letter Signed by George Forbes, relating to the sale of a female slave, and other commercial matters View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Slavery)AuthorForbes, GeorgeHeadlineLetter regarding sale of female slave in BermudaDate PublishedApril 11, 1761 Lot #284 Autograph Letter Signed by Samuel Smith, to General Tobias E. Stansbury, regarding political matters View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorSmith, SamuelHeadlineLetter from Sen. Sam Smith to Gen. Stansbury 1823Date PublishedFeb. 15, 1823 Lot #288 Autograph Letter Signed by Stephens, former Confederate Vice President, regarding Reconstruction and aftermath of the Civil War View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorStephens, Alexander H.HeadlineLetter from Confederate VP Alexander StephensDate Published13 March 1867 Lot #289 They Also Ran: The Story of the Men Who Were Defeated for the Presidency View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorStone, IrvingHeadlineThey Also Ran, incribed by Irving Stone in djPublisherDoubleday, DoranDate Published1943 Lot #291 Document signed by Caleb Strong, Sixth Governor of Massachusetts View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorStrong, CalebHeadlineDocument signed by Caleb Strong Mass. GovernorDate PublishedJune 20, 1803 Lot #297 Autograph Letter Signed by Berry Taylor, to his uncle James Taylor, regarding slavery and other matters View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTaylor, BerryHeadlineLetter from Berry Taylor about slavery 1820Date PublishedJan. 7, 1820 Lot #310 Manuscript Land Grant on Vellum for property in Augusta County, Virginia, signed by William Gooch as Governor of Virginia View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Virginia)AuthorGooch, William, SirHeadlineLand Grant signed by Virginia Gov. Gooch 1746Date Published1746 Lot #313 Manuscript Document Signed by Benning Wentworth as Governor of New Hampshire, being a marriage certificate View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorWentworth, BenningHeadlineDoc. signed by New Hampshire Gov. Wentworth 1760Date PublishedDec. 1, 1760 Lot #315 Two manuscript letters Signed by Oliver Wolcott Jr., written during his tenures as Auditor then Secretary of the Treasury for the United States View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorWolcott, Oliver, Jr.HeadlineLetters from Oliver Wolcott Jr. US Sec. TreasuryDate Published1790 & 1795 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next