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Previous|123|Next Lot #1 Clipped signatures of James Madison as President of the United States and James Monroe as Secretary of State View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(1809)AuthorMadison, James & James MonroeHeadlineSigned by Madison & MonroeDate Publishedc.1809-1817 Lot #2 President Monroe grants land in the Northwest Territory for military service of a Virginia officer in the Revolutionary War who sold his land bounty to speculators who then sold it to the surveyor View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(1817)AuthorMonroe, JamesHeadlineDocument, signed by Presdient James Monroe, 1817Date PublishedApril 7, 1817 Lot #3 Autograph Letter Signed by John Tyler, responding to an autograph seeker View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(1841)AuthorTyler, JohnHeadlineALS from John TylerDate PublishedSept. 22, 1858 Lot #4 Vestiges of the Spirit-History of Man - Millard Fillmore's Copy View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(1850 - Fillmore, Millard - His Copy)AuthorDunlap, S.F.HeadlineVolume from the Library of Millard FillmorePublisherD. AppletonDate Published1858 Lot #5 Eulogy on Gen. Zachary Taylor, late President of the United States. Delivered October 2, 1850 - President Millard Fillmore's Copy View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Heading(1850 - Fillmore, Millard - his copy)AuthorIngersoll, Jos. R.HeadlineMillard Fillmore's copy of a Eulogy for Zachary TaylorPublisherCrissy & MarkleyDate Published1850 Lot #6 History of the State of New York View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Heading(1853 - Pierce, Franklin - His copy)AuthorBrodhead, John RomeynHeadlinePresentation Copy inscribed to Franklin PiercePublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1853 Lot #7 Memoir of the Life and Times of General John Lamb (Presented to Franklin Pierce View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Heading(1853 - Pierce, Franklin - His copy)AuthorLeake, Isaac Q.HeadlinePresentation Copy inscribed to Franklin PiercePublisherJoel MunsellDate Published1850 Lot #8 Autograph Letter, signed, from the star of Our American Cousin and the woman who is rumored to have cradled the head of a dying President Abraham Lincoln View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)AuthorKeene, LauraHeadlineLetter from the woman who cradled a shot President LincolnDate Published1869 Lot #9 Partially engraved military appointment on vellum, completed in manuscript, appointing Clayton McMichael as Captain in the Ninth Regiment of Infantry, effective March 4th, 1864 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(1861)AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineMilitary appointment signed by Abraham LincolnDate PublishedJuly 1, 1864 Lot #10 A Practical Introduction to Latin Prose Composition (From Garfield's Library, Signed) View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Heading(1881 - Garfield, James A. - His copy)AuthorArnold, Thomas KercheverHeadlineBook with 23 word inscription by James Garfield from his libraryPublisherD. Appleton & CompanyDate Published1850 Lot #11 The Poetical Works of John Milton with Life View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Heading(1881 - Garfield, James A. - His copy)AuthorMilton,JohnHeadlineBook from Garfield's library, signedPublisherT. Nelson and SonsDate Published1853 Lot #12 James A. Garfield letter signed as President elect View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(1881)AuthorGarfield, James A.HeadlineANs from James A Garfield to Republican supporter Judson SpaffordDate PublishedDec 4th 1880 Lot #13 Future President Benjamin Harrison as Civil War-era lawyer, Two legal documents, 1862-69 View details Estimate$160 - $200StatusUnsold AuthorHarrison, BenjaminHeadlineFuture President Benjamin Harrison as Civil War-era lawyerDate Published1862-1869 Lot #14 WITHDRAWN - Stonewall Jackson's Way (Signed by T. Roosevelt) View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Heading(Roosevelt, Theodore)AuthorPalmer, J.W.HeadlinePresident Roosevelt inscribed booksPublisherThe Torch PressDate Published1915 Lot #15 Check signed by Calvin Coolidge View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(1923)AuthorCoolidge, CalvinHeadlineCheck signed by CoolidgeDate PublishedDec. 11, 19111 Lot #16 Typed Letter, signed from Vice President Charles G. Dawes View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(1925)AuthorDawes, Charles G.HeadlineTLs from Vice President Charles DawesDate PublishedDecember 11, 1928 Lot #17 Autograph Letter Signed by Herbert Hoover, to his wife View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineLetter from Herbert Hoover to his wifeDate PublishedNo date Lot #18 The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson - signed by author View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineOrdeal of Woodrow Wilson, signed by author Herbert HooverPublisherMcGraw-HillDate Published[1958] Lot #19 John De Lancaster, A Novel - Signed twice by Franklin Delano Roosevelt View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Heading(1933 - Roosevelt, Franklin D. - His copy)AuthorCumberland, RichardHeadlineTwice-signed book from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s library: “John De Lancaster,” an 1809 British novel with anti-Semitic overtones.PublisherE. SargeantDate Published1809 Lot #20 Typed Letter Signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as President, to L.F. Livingston, regarding postal covers sent to him for his collection View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(1933)AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D.HeadlineFDR letter re: philatelyDate PublishedAugust 10, 1937 Lot #21 Typed Letter signed by Franklin Roosevelt to Thomas H. MacDonald View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(1933)AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D.HeadlineTLs from President Roosevelt to "the Chief" Thos H MacDonald 1946Date PublishedApril 14, 1941 Lot #22 Log of the President's Trip to the Berlin Conference (July 6, 1945 to August 7, 1945) - Signed by Harry S. Truman) View details Estimate$4,500 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(1945 - Truman, Harry S.)AuthorRigdon, Lieutenant William M.HeadlineRare Truman signed log of Potsdam Conference Lot #23 Mr. Citizen - signed by Harry Truman View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(1945)AuthorTruman, Harry S.HeadlineMr. Citizen, signed by author Harry Truman 1st tradePublisherBernard Geis AssociatesDate Published[1960] Lot #24 Typed letter signed by Harry S. Truman with his initials, being a memorandum to the Secretary of the Treasurey View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(1945)AuthorTruman, Harry S.HeadlineInitaled by Harry S. TrumanDate PublishedJanuary 15, 1948 Lot #25 Typed Letter signed by Harry Truman to Thomas H. MacDonald View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(1945)AuthorTruman, Harry S.Headline1946 TLs from President Harry Truman to Thos MacDonaldDate PublishedOctober 12, 1946 Lot #26 Document signed as Presiding Judge of Jackson County [Missouri] Court View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(1945)AuthorTruman, Harry SHeadlineDocument signed by Harry S. TrumanDate PublishedApril 14, 1932 Lot #27 Photograph Signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(1953)AuthorEisenhower, Dwight D.HeadlineSigned photo of Dwight EisenhowerDate Publishedc.1945 Lot #28 The White House Years: Waging Peace, 1956-1961 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(1953)AuthorEisenhower, Dwight D.HeadlineEisenhower, signed limited Waging Peace 1956-1961PublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1965 Lot #29 Small archive of typed letters, signed from Mamie Doud Eisenhower to Mrs. James S. Copley View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(1953)AuthorEisenhower, Mamie DoudHeadline6 TLs from Mamie Eisenhower 1967-1973 in custom boxDate Published1967-1973 Lot #30 WITHDRAWN As We Remember Joe - Inscribed by John F. Kennedy View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(1961)AuthorKennedy, John F. (editor)HeadlineAs We Remember Joe signed by John F. KennedyPublisherPrivately Printed [at the] University PressDate Published1945 Lot #31 Color Photograph of Burkley, Physician to President Lyndon Johnson, inscribed and signed by him on the mount View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Heading(Johnson, Lyndon Baines - Physician to the President)AuthorBurkley, George G.HeadlineG.G. Burkley physician to the PresidentDate PublishedJuly 6, 1967 Lot #32 A Family Album - signed by Lyndon B. Johnson View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(1965)AuthorJohnson, Rebekah BainesHeadlineLBJ signed copy of the book by his mother "A Family Album"PublisherMcGraw-HillDate Published[1965] Lot #33 WITHDRAWNPhotograph from the 1972 Republican National Convention, signed by Richard Nixon View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(1969)AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineRichard Nixon signed photo from the 1972 RNCDate Published1972 Lot #34 Signed photographs of Gerald and Betty Ford View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(1974)AuthorFord, Gerald & BettyHeadlineSigned photos of Gerald & Betty FordDate PublishedNo date Lot #35 Signed photograph of Gerald Ford View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(1974)AuthorFord, GeraldHeadlineSigned photograph of Gerald FordDate PublishedNo date Lot #36 Signed photograph of Gerald Ford View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(1974)AuthorFord, GeraldHeadlineSigned photograph of Gerald FordDate PublishedNo date Lot #37 The Thirty-eighth President: Remarks on Taking the Oath of Office as President of the United States - signed View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$190StatusSold Heading(1974)AuthorFord, GeraldHeadlineDeluxe Edition of 38th President, signed by Gerald Ford 2001PublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2001 Lot #38 Congressional Resolution Commemorating the First Moon Landing, Signed by Jimmy Carter View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(1977)AuthorCarter, JimmyHeadlineFirst landing on the moon commemoration Jimmy CarterDate Published1979 Lot #39 Presidential Campaign Announcement Speech View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorCarter, JimmyHeadlineJimmy Carter announces his CandidacyDate Published1974 Lot #40 Archive of Typed Letters Signed from Ronald Reagan as Governor of California, 1967-1979 - to publishers James Strohn Copley and Helen K. Copley View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(1981)AuthorReagan, RonaldHeadlineArchive of 20 TLs from Ronald Reagan as Gov. of CA 1967-1979Date Published1967-1979 Lot #41 The Creative Society View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(1981)AuthorReagan, RonaldHeadlineCreative Society, signed by CA Gov. (later President) Reagan in 1974PublisherDevin-Adair CompanyDate Published1968 Lot #42 WITHDRAWNMovie still inscribed and signed by Ronald Reagan View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(1981)AuthorReagan, RonaldHeadlineInscribed movie still by Ronald ReaganDate PublishedNo date Lot #44 The Wisdom and Humor of The Great Communicator View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(1981)AuthorReagan, RonaldHeadlineThe Great Communicator by Ronald Reagan, signedPublisherCollinsPublishersDate Published[1995] Lot #45 WITHDRAWN - A World Transformed View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorBush, George H.W. and Brent ScowcroftHeadlineA World Transformed signed by co-authors Geo HW Bush & ScowcroftPublisherKnopfDate Published1998 Lot #46 My Life View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(1993)AuthorClinton, BillHeadlineMy Life, signed limited edition of 1500 copies by Bill ClintonPublisherKnopfDate Published2004 Lot #47 Autograph Letter Signed by W.W. McDonagh, to to Walter Lowrie, relating events and incidents relating to missionary work in Liberia View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Africa - Liberia)AuthorMcDonagh, W.W.HeadlineMissionaries in LiberiaDate PublishedMarch 19th, 1846 Lot #48 Autograph Letter Signed by Abraham Miller, to the Rev. Daniel Wells, relating his arrival at the Bassa Mission in Liberia View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Africa - Liberian Mission)AuthorMiller, AbrahamHeadlineLetter from African Missionary 1841Date PublishedMarch 31, 1841 Lot #49 Autograph Letter Signed by Laura Adams, writing from East Bloomfield, NY, to her brother Newton Adams, a missionary doctor in South Africa View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Africa)AuthorAdams, LauraHeadlineNewton Adams, a missionary doctor in South AfricaDate PublishedApril 28, 1839 Lot #50 Autograph letter signed with his mark by Benjamin Moore, and African American barber on a ship, requesting pay for his services View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(African American)AuthorMoore, BenjaminHeadlinePay for African American BarberDate Published1822 Lot #51 Lot of seven signed napkins and one signed note, from Air Force One View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Air Force One)HeadlineNapkins signed aboard Air Force OneDate Published1960s Lot #59 Receipt book of Jacob Whitman & Co., primarily recording payments for items sold at auction, signed by the consignors View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Auctioneer's Receipt Book - Rhode Island)HeadlineAucioneer receipt book 1800Date Published1800-1801 Lot #60 Clipped signature of longtime U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorBenton, Thomas HartHeadlineSignature of Sen. Thomas Hart BentonDate PublishedNo date Lot #62 Hand-written "Standing Orders 1749" - rules of Parliamentary procedure View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(British Parliament)HeadlineHand-written rules of Parliamentary procedure 1749 Charles IIDate Published1749 Lot #64 Typed Letter Signed by Richard E. Byrd, to James B. Pond of the Pond Lecture Bureau, regarding lecture engagements and other matters View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorByrd, Richard E.HeadlineLetter from Admiral ByrdDate PublishedAug. 18, 1926 Lot #65 Printed indenture document filled out in ink, signed by Charles, 2nd Baron Cadogan View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorCadogan, Charles, 2nd BaronHeadlineReceipt for British Arms 1733Date PublishedApril 21, 1735 Lot #70 Bill of lading for Thirty Two Kegs Mdse. shipped aboard the ship Peruvian of the Glidden & Williams Line of California Packets, by the H.C. Johnson Co. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(California Shipping)HeadlineBill of lading to San Francisco from BostonPublisherWatson's PressDate PublishedApril 13, 1858 Lot #71 Autograph album with over 100 autographs of California government officials View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(California)Headlineautographs of over 100 Calif. gov. officialsDate Published1880 Lot #73 Pen used to sign "An Act to Ammend the Banking Law" with signed certificate View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorCarey, Hugh L., Governor of New YorkHeadlinePen used by New York Governor Hugh CareyDate Published1982 Lot #74 Autograph Letter Signed by Andrew Carnegie, to an Alex Humphreys in London, inviting him to visit Carnegie in Scotland View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorCarnegie, AndrewHeadlineSigned by Andrews CarnegieDate PublishedJune 20, 1902 Lot #76 Manuscript "Draft of proposed reply to the Yum-Chi's Proclamation" relating to demands by the Chinese government to cease the trade in opium View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Heading(China - Opium Trade)AuthorWetmore, William & Mr. FoxHeadlinePrecursor to Opium WarDate Publishedc.1839 Lot #77 Autograph Letter Signed by John Cryder in London, to his business partner William Wetmore in New York, regarding the Opium War in China and its impact on trade relating to Wetmore's trading house in Canton View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Heading(China - Opium War)AuthorCryder, JohnHeadlineChina letter 1st Opium War 1840Date PublishedJan. 11, 1840 Lot #78 Public Meeting held at Markwicks Hotel For the Purpose of taking into consideration the measures proper to be pursued to render a lasting tribute of respect to the memory of the late Capt. Horsburgh View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(China, Singapore - 1836 China traders in Canton plan Singapore lighthouse memorial)AuthorWetmore, William, William Jardine, Thomas Fox, et al.Headlineroadside China Singapore memorial 1836Date PublishedNovember 22, 1836 Lot #96 Autograph Note, unsigned - Humorous and cryptic note about her son and in-laws View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold AuthorFremont, Jessie BentonHeadlineAutograp Note, unsigned from Jessie Benton FremontDate Publishedc.1883? Lot #98 Archive of 15 Typed Letters Signed by John Wayne Gacy, to Barbara Marlow View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorGacy, John WayneHeadlineJohn Wayne Gacy letter archiveDate Published1988-1994 Lot #99 Archive of 4 Typed Letters Signed by John Wayne Gacy, to Robert Klaus Allen View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorGacy, John WayneHeadlineJohn Wayne Gacy letter archiveDate Published1992 Lot #100 Autograph Letter Signed by William Lloyd Garrison, to fellow abolitionist Thomas Wentworth Higginson View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorGarrison, William LloydHeadlineWm. Lloyd Garrison writes a fellow abolitionistDate PublishedNov. 18, 1856 Lot #101 Polar Regions in the 20th Century: Their Discovery and Industrial Evolution View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorGreely, Adolphus W.HeadlineThe Polar Regions in the 20th Century by GreelyPublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1928 Lot #102 Land lease signed by Queen Emma of Hawaii and by her attorney in fact, Alxr J. Cartwright of Baseball Hall of Fame, and Cecil Brown, signer of Hawaii Constitution. View details Estimate$3,500 - $4,000StatusUnsold Heading(Hawaii)AuthorKaleleonalani, Queen Emma & Alexander J. CartwrightHeadlineBaseball Hall of Famer Alexander Cartwright and Queen Emma of Hawaii Signed DocumentDate Published1883 Lot #103 Clipped franking signature of Sam Houston as Senator from Texas, with portion of postmark visible View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorHouston, Samuel "Sam"HeadlineFranking signature of Sam HoustonDate Publishedc.1850's Lot #106 Ten Autograph Letters Signed by Samuel Farmar Jarvis, first historiographer of the Episcopal Church, to George Brinley of Hartford, Connecticut, noted book collector View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorJarvis, Samuel FarmarHeadlineLetters to a book collectorDate Published1839-1845 Lot #108 "The Desegregated Heart" - signed by Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Ralph Abernathy, the author, and others View details Estimate$6,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(King, Martin Luther)AuthorBoyle, Sarah PattonHeadlineMartin Luther King signed book "The Desegregated Heart" by Sarah Patton.PublisherWilliam MorrowDate Published1962 Lot #109 Small archive from philanthropist Joan B. Kroc (1928-2003) View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorKroc, Joan B.Date Published2003 Lot #110 Archive of correspondence and documents relating the career of Capt. Paul A. Oliver View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Maritime)HeadlineArchive of American Shipping 1820s-1840sDate Published1820s-1840s Lot #113 Archive of approx. 50 pieces of correspondence and other ms. items relating to mining, primarily in Colorado View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Mining - Colorado, etc.)HeadlineColorado mining correspondence 1870-90Date Publishedc.1870-1890 Lot #115 Photograph of Chief Two Guns White Calf, model for the Indian head on the buffalo nickel, signed by him with a pictograph View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Native American)HeadlineModen for Indian Head NIckelDate Publishedc.1925 Lot #116 Manuscript ledger book recording mining claims and locations for numerous mines in the Mammoth Mining Districe, Nye County, Nevada View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(Nevada - Mammoth Mining District)HeadlineMines of Mammoth District NevadaDate Published1880-1901 Lot #120 Student's archive of workbooks and other ephemera from the Eastman Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York View details StatusUnsold Heading(New York - Poughkeepsie)AuthorBlood, A.M.Headlinestudent's archive of workbooks Eastman BusinessDate Published1878 Lot #124 Three Typed Letters Signed by J.C. Penney to Garth Henrichs, and a signed book View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPenney, James Cash ("J.C.")HeadlineJ.C. Penney archiveDate Published1970 Lot #125 Autograph Document Signed by Timothy Pickering View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorPickering, TimothyHeadlineSigned by Timothy PickeringDate Published1783 Lot #126 Autograph quotation signed by Josiah Quiny, III View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorQuincy, Josiah, IIIHeadlineSigned quotation by Josiah QuincyDate Published22nd May 1858 Lot #127 Receipt book of Francis B. Gardner of New York, for various items sold to various customers View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Receipt Book - New York)HeadlineNew York Receipts 1838Date PublishedNov.-Dec. 1837 Lot #128 Typed Letter, signed to Monsignor Howard J. Carrol of the National Catholic Welfare Council View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorRockefeller, John D., Jr.HeadlineTLs from John D. RockefellerDate PublishedFebruary 4, 1949 Lot #130 A concise and condensed history of the goings and comings & voyages of the Sloop Yacht "Restless" by a reliable not contraband but highly respectable gentleman... (from 1st page) View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(San Francisco Bay - Yachting)HeadlineYachting on San Francisco Bay in 1858Date PublishedNo date [c.1870] Lot #131 Manuscript "Invoice of Goods Shipped... on Board Saracen (Devereux) by Cram & Smith Liverpool, consigned to A. Grant & Co., New Orleans...." View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Shipping Inventory - London to St. Louis 1838)AuthorHook, JamesHeadlineGoods shipped to Fur Trade St. LouisDate Published1838 Lot #132 Autograph Letter Signed from James Meara in Macon, Georgia, co-proprietor of Lanier House, to an Alex Hackett in New York, referring to the sale of a slave amongst other matters View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Slave Letter)AuthorMeara, JamesHeadlineLetter from Georgia about sale of SlaveDate PublishedMarch 9, 1858 Lot #134 Autograph Letter Signed by Samuel Smith, to General Tobias E. Stansbury, regarding political matters View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorSmith, SamuelHeadlineLetter from Sen. Sam Smith to Gen. Stansbury 1823Date PublishedFeb. 15, 1823 Lot #138 Autograph letter signed by Elizabeth Cady Stanton View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorStanton, Elizabeth CadyHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Elizabeth Cady StantonDate PublishedNo date Lot #139 Unsolved Mysteries of the Arctic View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorStefansson, VilhjalmurHeadlineUnsolved Mysteries of the Arctic signedPublisherMacmillanDate Published1945 Lot #140 Autograph Quotation Signed by Charles Sumner View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorSumner, CharlesHeadlineSigned quotation by Charles SumnerDate PublishedMay, 1858 Lot #141 Surfing in Hawaii: A Personal Memoir. With Notes on California, Australia, Peru, and Other Surfing Countries - Original typed manuscript + printed book View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Surfing)AuthorMuirhead, DesmondHeadlineMS of notes Surfing BookPublisherNorthland PressDate Published[1962] Lot #143 Autograph Letter Signed by Roger B. Taney, to Henry P. Boyden View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTaney, Roger B.HeadlineLetter Signed by Justice Roger B. TaneyDate PublishedJune 16, 1828 Lot #144 Manuscript Texas Slavery Document View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Texas)Author**HeadlineManuscript Texas Slavery Document 1863Date Published1863 Lot #146 Manuscript document regarding the sale of a Labore[sic] of Land in the Republic of Taxas[sic] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Texas)HeadlineRare early Texas documentDate PublishedFebruary 17th, 1837 Lot #147 Manuscript land transfer document for property in San Augustine County, Texas View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Texas)HeadlineRepublic of Texas land transfer 1837Date Published1839 Lot #149 Handwritten diary of the tour of a woman from the San Francisco Bay Area across the United States and thence to Britain and Europe, and return View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Travel Diary)AuthorBrown, B. MargaretHeadlineWoman's charming little travel diaryDate Published1930 Lot #151 Archive of letters from Pete Wilson as Mayor of San Diego, U.S. Senator and Governor of California, from 1981-2003 - addressed to Mrs. Helen K. Copley View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorWilson, PeteHeadlineArchive of TLs & ALs from Gov. of CA/Mayor of San Diego Pete WilsonDate Published1981-2003 Lot #154 Signatures of 14 Union soldiers, politicians, and others in the Civil War, including two Medal of Honor Recipients, mounted on cards View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War)HeadlineCivil War Soldier SignaturesDate Publishedc.1861-65 Lot #156 Printed and Autograph Document, Signed "G A Custer" as Lieutenant Colonel 7th Cavalry, Brevet Major General U.S.S. Commanding View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorCuster, George A.HeadlineDocument signed by George A. Custer, 1874Date PublishedJune 23, 1874 Lot #157 Clipped signature of Jefferson Davis View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorDavis, JeffersonHeadlineSignature of Jefferson DavisDate PublishedNo date Lot #160 The Lafayette Flying Corps View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorHall, Captain James Norman & Lieut. Charles Bernard NordhoffHeadlineLafayette Flying Corps signed by pilots, authorsPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1920 Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next