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Previous|12345|Next Lot #101 Group of J.F.K. and R.F.K. commemorative medals View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Kennedy, John F. and Robert F.)HeadlineGroup of JFK & RFK Commerative medalsDate Published1960s Lot #102 The Heroes of Battle Rock, or the Miner's Reward View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Author[Kirkpatrick, J. M.]HeadlineThe Heroes of Battle Rock. [J. M. Kirkpatrick] 1904Date PublishedJanuary 1904 Lot #103 Early domestic violence complaint and arrest warrant View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Law)HeadlineEarly Domestic Violence CaseDate Published1841 Lot #104 The Yo-Semite; Its History, Its Scenery, Its Development View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLester, John ErastusHeadlineJohn Erastus Lester The Yo-SemitePublisherFor the authorDate Published1873 Lot #105 Original oil painting on board, of a Buffalo Hunt, signed D. Levy, 1867 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorLevy, DavidHeadlineBuffalo Hunt by S.F. Jewish Artist 1867Date Published1867 Lot #106 An Interesting Account of the Voyages and Travels of Captains Lewis and Clark, in the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806. Giving a Faithful Description of the River Missouri and Its Source - Of the Various Tribes of Indians Through Which They Passed - Manners and Customs - Soil - Climate - Commerce - Gold and Silver Mines...To which is added a Complete Dictionary of the Indian Tongue View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)AuthorFisher, WilliamHeadlineAn Interesting Account of the Voyages and Travels of Captains Lewis and Clark, printed in 1812PublisherAnthony MiltenbergerDate Published1812 Lot #107 Abraham Lincoln. The Celebration of the Centenary of Lincoln's Birth by the New York Commandery of the Loyal Legion of the United States View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)HeadlineAbraham Lincoln, wrapper bound celebrationPublisherDelmonico'sDate PublishedFebruary 3, 1909 Lot #108 Five wood engravings from Punch, or The London Charivari, all showing Abraham Lincoln View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)HeadlinePunch Magazine, Lincoln Caricatures.Date Published1862-63 Lot #109 Illustrated Life, Services, Martyrdom, and Funeral of Abraham Lincoln Sixteen President of the United States. With a portrait of President Lincoln, and other illustrative engravings of the scene of the assassination, etc... View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$60StatusSold Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)Author[Williamson, David Brainerd]HeadlineLife and Services of our Martyred PresidentPublisherT.B. Peterson & BrothersDate Published[1865] Lot #110 Real-photo postcard showing of three men hung by the neck from a tree - The second-to-the-last lynching in California View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Lynching)HeadlineReal photo postcardPublisherR.E. TaylorDate Publishedc.1920 Lot #111 Autograph letter, signed, from California State Prison at Corcoran View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorManson, CharlesHeadlineLong rambling authograph letter from Charles MansonDate Published1995 Lot #112 Mid-Western Class Album from Marietta College, Ohio View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Marietta College - Class Album)HeadlineMid-Western Class Album from Marietta CollegeDate Published[1859-1863] Lot #113 Mountains and Molehills: or Recollections of a Burnt Journal View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorMarryat, FrankHeadlineMountains and Molehills by Frank MarryatPublisherLongman, Brown, Green & LongmansDate Published1855 Lot #114 Tercentenary Exposition of Governmental Activities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Massachusetts)HeadlineTercentenary Exposition of Governmental Activities of the Commonwealth of MassachusettsDate Published[1930] Lot #115 In Memoriam - William McKinley View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(McKinley, William)HeadlineIn Memoriam - William McKinleyPublisherSchell & ChristDate Published1897 (but circa 1901) Lot #116 Antique Laces of American Collectors. Parts I-IV View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorMorris, Frances & Marian HagueHeadlineAntique Lace in American Collections 104 platesPublisherNeedle and Bobbin ClubDate Published1920-22 Lot #117 The Yosemite View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir's guidebook to The YosemitePublisherCenturyDate Published1912 Lot #118 Kentucky's Famous Feuds and Tragedies: Authentic History of the World Renowned Vendettas of the Dark and Bloody Ground View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMutzenberg, Chas. G.HeadlineKentucky's Famous Feuds by MutzenbergPublisherClassic Publisher's [R.F. Fenno]Date Published[1917] Lot #119 Souvenir Album of Noted Indian Photographs View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(Native American Photographs)AuthorMoorhouse, LeeHeadlineSouvenir Album of Noted Indian Photographs; Lee MoorhousePublisherEast Oregonian PrintDate Published[1906] Lot #120 Native American Polychrome Basket View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(Native American)HeadlineNative American BasketDate PublishedNo date Lot #121 Eight volumes about Native Americans View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Native Americans)HeadlineNative Americans, 8 volumes.Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #122 Five volumes on Native Americans View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Native Americans)HeadlineNative Americans, 5 volumes.Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #123 Four hand colored etchings of Native Americans View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(Native Americans)HeadlineHand colored etchings of Native Americans. 4.PublisherH. BailliereDate Published1842 Lot #124 Four volumes about Native Americans View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Native Americans)HeadlineNative Americans, 6 volumes.Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #125 Fourth of July Programme of Exercises! 1776-1867: Celebration in Gold Hill View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Nevada - Gold Hill)HeadlineGold Hill Nevada 1867 4th of July broadsideDate Published1867 Lot #126 Atlas of the Goldfield, Tonopah and Bullfrog Mining Districts of Nevada View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Nevada)HeadlineRare Nevada Mining District Atlas 1905PublisherW.H. Shearer Publishing Co.Date Published1905 Lot #127 Eight original photographs of Seven Troughs, Nevada, and surrounding area View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Nevada)HeadlineRare photos of Nevada mining townDate Publishedc.1910-15 Lot #128 Six photo picture postcards showing soldiers and the city of Columbus, New Mexico after the attack of General Francisco "Pancho" Villa on March 9, 1916 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(New Mexico - Pancho Villa)HeadlinePhoto picture postcards from Columbus, NM. Six.Date PublishedNo date Lot #129 Turning Railroad Wheels by Electricity View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorNew York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.HeadlineTurning Railroad Wheels by Electricity NY, New Have & Hartford RR Co.Publisher[Press of the Kalkhoff Co.]Date Published[c.1915] Lot #130 South America and Mexico; Comprising their Discovery, Geography, Politics, Commerce and Revolutions. To which is Annexed, A Geographical and Historical View of Texas, with a Detailed Account of the Texian Revolution and War View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorNiles, John M. & L. T. PeaseHeadlineSouth America and Mexico [bound with] A Geographical and Historical View of TexasPublisherH. HuntingtonDate Published1838 Lot #131 Autograph note signed from the Nobel Laureate physician View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorOchoa, SeveroHeadlineAutograph Note from Nobel Prize winner Severo OchoaDate Published1975 Lot #132 Report upon the Ohio River Watershed View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Ohio River)AuthorMcCarthy, Edward F.HeadlineReport upon the Ohio River Watershed by Edward F. McCarthyDate Published[September 1927] Lot #133 Four volumes about the History of Oregon View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Oregon)Headline4 volumes about the history of OregonDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #134 Outstanding Features of "Pacific Service" View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorPacific Gas and Electric CompanyHeadlineVery rare PG&E booklet of services 1925PublisherPacific Gas and Electric CompanyDate Published[1925] Lot #135 Printed invitation for a tour of the San Francisco Bay aboard the Steamer Antelope along with a receipt for a shipment sent on the Antelope View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company)HeadlineAboard the Steamer Antelope in S.F. Bay 1861Date Published1861 Lot #136 Rights of Man View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorPaine, ThomasHeadlineEarly edition of Thomas Paine's Rights of ManPublisherH.D. SymondsDate Published1792 Lot #137 Art in California. A Survey of American Art with Special Reference to Californian Painting, Sculpture and Architecture...Represented at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Panama Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineArt in California 1916 PPIEPublisherR.L. BernierDate Published1916 Lot #138 Journal of an Exploring Tour beyond the Rocky Mountains... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorParker, SamuelHeadlineParker's Tour Beyond the Rockies with mapPublisherJ.C. DerbyDate Published1846 Lot #139 Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia, 1871 [&] 1878 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Philadelphia)HeadlineTwo reports of the Philadelphia Water DepartmentPublisherMarkley & SonDate Published1871 & 1879 Lot #140 Rare 1899 US battlefield dispatches by General Charles King from the Filipino revolt after the Spanish-American War View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Philippine Insurrection, rare 1899 US battlefield dispatches)Headlinemilitary, Spanish-American War, Philippine-American War, Aguinaldo Insurrection, Philippine IslandsDate Published1899 Lot #141 Original photograph of the Presidential Range on the Line of the Maine Central R.R. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Photograph - New Hampshire)AuthorH.G. Peabody, photographerHeadlineMaine Central R.R. Large photographPublisherH.G. PeabodyDate Published1895 Lot #142 On the Conemaugh near New Florence, Pennsylvania View details Estimate$2,500 - $4,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Photograph - Pennsylvania)AuthorRau, William H.HeadlineRau platinum print of Pennsylvania riverDate Publishedc.1891-95 Lot #143 The Grizzley and His Captors View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheet - Partial)HeadlineLetter Sheet engraving of captured bearPublisherWide West OfficeDate Publishedc.1855 Lot #144 WITHDRAWN - George Bush Autograph View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents - George Bush)HeadlineGeorge Bush Autograph, and baseball items.Date PublishedMarch 31, 1998 Lot #145 Prescription Forms For Medicinal Liquor View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Prohibition)HeadlinePrescription Forms For Medicinal LiquorPublisherTreasury Department, Bureau of ProhibitionDate Published1931 Lot #146 Letter from W.C. Ralston to F.D. Atherton, inviting him to dinner View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Ralston, William C. & Faxon Dean Atherton)AuthorRalston, William C.HeadlineLetter from W.C. Ralston to F.D. AthertonDate PublishedThursday Morning [August 1874] Lot #147 A Picture of Woonsocket, or the Truth in its Nudity View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Rhode Island - Woonsocket)AuthorMan, ThomasHeadlineA Picture of Woonsocket, by Thomas ManPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1835 Lot #148 Popular Studies of California Wild Flowers View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorRice, Bertha M. and RolandHeadlineCalifornia Wild FlowersPublisherUpton Bros. & DelzelleDate Published[1920] Lot #149 Salmon and Trout - with Dean Sage bookplate View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSage, Dean, et alHeadlineSalmon and Trout with Dean Sage's bookplatePublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1902 Lot #150 Where to Sin in San Francisco, illustrated World War II classic guide to the city View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(San Francisco – ‘Where to Sin’ in 1953)AuthorLord, Jack & Lloyd HoffHeadlineSan Francisco, illustratedDate Published1953 Lot #151 The Hotel St. George. All About It. J.J.C. Leonard, Lessee. Santa Cruz, California Pacific Avenue and Front St. View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Santa Cruz)AuthorRaymond, Isabel HammelHeadlineHotel St. George. All About It c.1900Date Published[c.1897-1900] Lot #152 20 Volumes of Senate and House Reports 1901-1903 View details Estimate$100 - $200StatusUnsold Heading(Senate Reports)Author**Headline20 Vols. Senate and House Reports 1901-1903PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1901-1903 Lot #153 The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorShirley, Dame [Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]HeadlineThomas Russell printing of the Shirley LettersPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1922 Lot #154 The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52. Being a Series of Twenty-three Letters from Dame Shirley to her Sister in Massachusetts View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorShirley, Dame [Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]HeadlineThe Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52. Printed in 1922PublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1922 Lot #155 Autograph letter signed his character Felix Unger and the F.U. joke View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorSimon, NeilHeadlineNeil Simon autograph letter signedDate PublishedMay 27, 1997 Lot #156 See Your West. - Gas station giveaways of Western views View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Standard Oil of California)HeadlineStandard Oil gas station giveawaysPublisherStandard of CaliforniaDate Published1947 Lot #157 1901 letter by brother of novelist Dane Coolidge as poor Stanford student View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Stanford, 1901 - western novelist’s brother on academic freedom controversy)HeadlineStanford, academic freedom Lot #158 Closing argument of Adolph Sutro, on the bill before Congress to aid the Sutro Tunnel, delivered before the Committee on Mines and Mining of the House of Representatives of the United States of America, Monday, April 22, 1872. View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorSutro, AdolphHeadlineSutro Tunnel closing arguments 1872PublisherM'Gill & Witherow, PrintersDate Published1872 Lot #159 The Tungsten Situation View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Tungsten)HeadlineThe Tungsten Situation, 1935Date PublishedJune, 1935 Lot #160 The Constitution of the United States [in] The Gentleman's Magazine, November & December, 1787 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(United States Constitution)AuthorUrban, SylvanusHeadlineFirst English magazine printing of the U.S. ConstitutionPublisherJohn Nichols for D. HenryDate Published1787 Lot #161 Regulations for the Uniform of the United States Navy View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(United States Navy)HeadlineUniform of the U.S. Navy w/29 color platesPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1866 Lot #162 Album of 64 photographs of the Universal Winding Company of Providence, Rhode Island View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Universal Winding Co.)HeadlinePhotographs of the Universal Winding CoDate Published(c.1935) Lot #163 War of 1812 "General Orders" broadside for the Massachusetts Militia View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(War of 1812)AuthorBrooks, J.HeadlineMassachusetts Militia General Orders 1814Date PublishedSeptember 6, 1814 Lot #164 Seven Handwritten Letters from Thomas H. Canfield to James G. Swan, an American Indian agent in Washington state, regarding Puget Sound View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Washington State - Puget Sound)HeadlineSeven Handwritten Letters from Thomas H. Canfield to James G. Swan,Date Published1869-70 Lot #165 Letters by Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Others. Written during and after the revolution to John Langdon View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Washington, George)HeadlineLetters by Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and OthersPublisherPress of Harry B. AshmeadDate Published1880 Lot #166 America, Why I Love Her View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorWayne, JohnHeadlineSigned by John WaynePublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1977] Lot #167 Brand Book Numbers 1-7, San Diego Corral of the Westerners - plus 5 from the Los Angeles Corral View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Westerners Brandbook)Headline12 volumes of Westerners Brand BooksPublisherThe WesternersDate Published1968-1982 Lot #168 Manuscript Journal and log book for the ship Congaree out of New Bedford, commanded by Aaron C. Cushman, plus the manuscript account book for the voyage View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Heading(Whaling Journal + Account book for the voyage)HeadlineWhaling journal and acct. book 1846-50Date Published1846-1850 Lot #169 Manuscript journal and log book of the ship Geo. Howland out of New Bedford, commanded by Aaron C. Cushman, with watercolor illustrations View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$31,250StatusSold Heading(Whaling Journal – with extensive watercolor illustrations)AuthorCushman, Aaron C.HeadlineWhaling Journal with watercolors 1842-5Date Published1842-1845 Lot #170 Letter to Whaling Captain A.C. Cushman from his agent, regarding recording oceanographic data for the National Observatory, the Gold Rush, & other matters View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Whaling Letter during California Gold Rush)AuthorWilcox, ThomasHeadlineLetter to Whaler at sea 1849Date Published1849 Lot #171 Woman and her Work [and] Thirty-Third Annual Report of the Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific Islands View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Women)HeadlinePublications about woman, two items.Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #172 Historical Sketches of Plymouth, Luzerne Co., Penna. View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold AuthorWright, Hendrick B.HeadlinePhotographs of northern Pennsylvania 1873PublisherT.B. Peterson & BrothersDate Published1873 Lot #173 Prison Laws of California, 1909 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorWythe, Frederick S.HeadlinePrison Laws of California, 1909, by Frederick S. WythePublisherW. W. Shannon - Supt. of State PrintingDate Published1909 Lot #174 Very rare 1786 letter from the widow of Count Maurice Benyowsky, explorer, adventurer and ill-fated white 'King' of Madagascar View details Estimate$600 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(1786 Ben Franklin and the white African ‘King’ Benyowsky)HeadlineAfrica, Madagascar, exploration, Benjamin Franklin Lot #175 Early defense of the civil rights of free Black men, by Anti-Slavery Society agent View details Estimate$350 - $450Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(1838 Rights of free Colored Men to Suffrage, Citizenship and Trial by Jury)AuthorYates, WilliamHeadlineafrican-american, civil rights, anti-slaveryDate Published1838 Lot #176 1840 political letter by Georgia slave owner, a relative of Stanford of California View details Estimate$250 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(1840 Stanford cousin as Georgia slave-owner)Headlineslavery, Stanford, Georgia, California Lot #177 Educated ex-slave writes as missionary to Liberia, 1847 letter View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(1847 Rare letter by a Kentucky ex-slave as African missionary)HeadlineAfrican-American, Africa, Liberia, missionaryDate Published1847 Lot #178 1849 letter requesting insurance against drowning for Negro slave on a river flatboat View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(1849 North Carolina insurance for flatboat Negro slave)Headlineafrican-american, insuranceDate Published1849 Lot #179 1849 Cincinnati agent proposed life insurance for Kentucky slaves, one a “yellow girl of extraordinary beauty” View details Estimate$2,000 - $4,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(1849 Proposed life insurance for Kentucky slaves)Headlineafrican-american, life insurance, slaveryDate Published1849 Lot #180 Complaining letter by a young Virginian working as a "Negro Trader" in Mississippi,1849 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(1849 Rare and chilling lament of a “Negro Trader” in Mississippi)AuthorHawkins, Robert C.Headlineslavery, slave trade, Mississippi, VirginiaDate Published1849 Lot #181 Indiana woman in Kentucky sees slaves for the first time, 1850 letter View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Heading(African-American 1850)Headline1850 letter, Indiana woman sees Kentucky slaveryDate Published1850 Lot #182 Two romantic songs, printed and handwritten, about Black women slaves, ca. 1853-63 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(1853-63 Two romantic ballads about Black women slaves)HeadlineAfrican-American, music, Civil War, slavery Lot #183 Rare 1854 account of the first fugitive slave case to arouse the nation before the Civil War View details Estimate$700 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(1854 Boston ‘Slave Riot’ and Trial of Fugitive Slave Anthony Burns)Headlineafrican-american, fugitive slave, legalDate Published1854 Lot #184 Rare 1863 funeral sermon for a young Vermont Lieutenant, murdered by a Virginia Doctor while leading newly-recruited Black troops through the streets of Norfolk View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War - 1863 Vermont officer of Black troops murdered in Virginia)HeadlineCivil War - 1863 Vermont officer of Black troops murdered in VirginiaDate Published1863 Lot #185 Autograph letter signed, regarding a teacher at the first school for freedmen in South Carolina View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(1863 - Anti-Slavery Office)AuthorJohnson, OliverHeadlineOliver Johnson of the Anti Slavery OfficeDate Published14 September, 1863 Lot #186 1863 Two Union Army orders from occupied New Orleans, encouraging return of unemployed Negroes to their old plantations as share-croppers View details Estimate$160 - $200Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(1863 - Union Army orders, New Orleans, Negroes as plantation share-croppersHeadlineafrican-american, new orleans, slavery, Civil WarDate Published1863 Lot #187 Rare Civil War letter to an Union Army officer in Louisiana, expressing "great faith" in newly-recruited Black soldiers View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(1863 Civil War letter expressing "great faith" in Black troops)Headlineafrican-american, civil war, militaryDate Published1863 Lot #188 Scarce 1897 memoirs of Black Philadelphia religious leader View details Estimate$180 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(1865 - 1897 Scarce memoirs of Black Philadelphia religious leader)AuthorAnderson, MatthesDate Published1897 Lot #189 1865 legal document, African-American "Free Person of color" indicted in Alabama 4 months after the Civil War View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(1865 Postwar Alabama indicts “Free Person of Color”)Headlineafrican-american, alabama, legal Lot #190 1865 letter from a clergyman teacher of ex-slaves in "wicked" Washington, D.C. - "a perfect Sodom, a den of rogues, robbers and rebels" View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(1865 Teacher of Black freedmen in “wicked” postwar Washington)HeadlineAfrican-American, slavery, Washington, D.C., Lincoln Lot #191 President Grant's Secretary of War orders federal troops to protect the South Carolina Black Republican Legislature from Democratic violence, 1876 telegram View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(1876 Pres. Grant orders the Army to protect Black Republican Legislators)HeadlineAfrican-American, Reconstruction, South CarolinaDate Published1876 Lot #192 1882 Program, Black singing group, Donavin’s Original Tennesseans View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(1882 Black singing troupe, 'Original Tennesseans')HeadlineBlack Minstrels, African-American, MusicDate Publishedca. 1882 Lot #193 Rare 1886 defense of Black Freemasons View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(1886 Rare defense of Black Freemasons)AuthorClark, Samuel W.HeadlineRare 1886 defense of Black FreemasonsDate Published1886 Lot #194 1886 broadside honoring fight for racial equality at Knights of Labor Convention View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(1886 Rare poem broadside, fight for Black equality at union convention)Headlineafrican-american, knights of labor, labor unions, Socialist Lot #195 1891 Program for a Black Singing Troupe in San Francisco View details Estimate$140 - $200Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(1891 Black Singing Troupe in San Francisco)HeadlineBlack Singing Troupe, San FranciscoDate PublishedNov. 1891 Lot #196 First appearance of the Black gospel song, "When the Saints Are Marching In", 1896 View details Estimate$160 - $200Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(1896 “When The Saints Are Marching In”, 1st appearance)HeadlineAfrican-american, music, religionDate Published1896 Lot #197 Original silver print photograph of actor Billy Van in black-face, a performer in Wm. H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(African American)Headlinec1898 orig silverprint photo of blackface minstrelDate Publishedc.1898 Lot #198 Very rare memorial pin, ca. 1898, for Texas Black Republican leader – possibly the first African-American political pin View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(1898 ca. – Very rare political pin in memory of Texas Black Republican leader)HeadlineAfrican-American, political campaign, Texas Lot #199 Black Indiana Poet Praises Black Musician on Pictorial Card View details Estimate$160 - $200StatusUnsold Heading(1900 Black Indiana Poet Praises Black Musician)AuthorSmith, H.F. (poet).Headline1900 Black Indiana Poet Praises Black MusicianDate Publishedca. 1900 Lot #200 Annotated photo of ex-slave who became a wealthy Ohio Black leader View details Estimate$140 - $200StatusUnsold Heading(1900 Ex-slave who became a wealthy Ohio Black leader)Headline1900 Annotated photo of ex-slave who became a wealthy Ohio Black leaderDate Published1900 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345|Next Previous 12345 Next Previous 12345 Next