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Previous|1|Next Lot #8 Manuscript receipt/bill for services rendered by Dr. William Van Buren, including an injection to a slave View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1802)HeadlineReceipt for injecting a slaveDate PublishedJune 1, 1802 Lot #10 Kentucky legal documents in a suit over ownership of a young female slave and her infant daughter View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1850)Headline1850 Kentucky legal documents about ownership of a female slave and her babyDate Published1850 Lot #12 Black prisoner in Massachusetts protests racist injusticd during the Reconstruction days View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1869)Headline1859 Black prisoner in Massachusetts protests racist injusticdDate Published1869 Lot #13 ‘Colored Printer’ proposes a Black Republican newspaper in Florida during the 1884 presidential election View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1884)Headline1884 Florida 'Colored Printer' proposes Black Republican newspaperDate Published1884 Lot #20 Influential Black New York publisher warns, during World War II, of the "danger" to Blacks demanding their civil rights View details Estimate$200 - $400Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1944)AuthorC.B.PowellHeadline1944 Black publisher warns of "danger" to Blacks seeking civil rightsDate Published1944 Lot #24 Letter linking anti-slavery cause to prophecy of the United Nations View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(American Peace Movement, 1849)Headline1840 Anti=slavery cause and the first American Peace MovementrDate Published1849 Lot #25 Two manuscript documents, stating the contributions of the various states to the war effort and the number of troops supplied by each View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(American Revolution)HeadlineFunding & troops for the RevolutionDate PublishedLate 18th/early 19th century Lot #27 Letter, women's anti-slavery political demonstration in New York during the 1856 presidential election View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Anti-Slavery women, 1856 election)AuthorH.E. [Putel?]Headline1856 letter, anti-slavery women political demonstrationDate Published1856 Lot #33 NASA color photograph, signed by Neil Armstrong View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorArmstrong, Neil A.HeadlineSigned photograph of Neil ArmstrongDate PublishedNo date Lot #112 Letter from Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives and future Vice President, to Mr. L. Sykes, Jr., regarding a letter of introduction View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorColfax, SchuylerHeadlineLetter from Speaker Colfax with franked envelopeDate PublishedFeb. 16, 1866 Lot #122 Letter of a West Point Cadet, a future Union General in the Civil War, criticizing Charles Dickens' book about his American travels View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Dickens West Point critic, Civil War General, 1843)AuthorCharles S[mith] HamiltonHeadline1843 Future Civil War General critiques Charles Dickens' anti-American "prejudice"Date Published1843 Lot #140 The Challenge to Liberty View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineHerbert Hoover The Challenge to Liberty signedPublisherScribner'sDate Published1934 Lot #168 Engraved document on parchment, signed by Thomas McKean as Governor of Pennsylvania, being a grant of land in western Pennsylvania View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMcKean, Thomas, Signer from DelawareHeadlineThomas McKean Signer from DelawareDate PublishedAugust 13, 1806 Lot #171 Land grant document, signed by James Monroe as President View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$450StatusSold AuthorMonroe, JamesHeadlineLand Grant signed by James MonroeDate PublishedFebruary 6, 1818 Lot #175 Certificate for ten shares in the North American Land Company, signed by Morris as President of the company, made out to John Barker Church View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorMorris, Robert, Signer from PennsylvaniaHeadlineRobert Morris, Signer & Fiinancier of the RevolutionDate PublishedMay 8, 1795 Lot #185 Handwritten land survey by a New Jersey statesman and Rutgers College benefactor View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(New Jersey, 1848)AuthorJames ParkerHeadline1848 New Jersey land survey by Rutger College benefactorDate Published1848 Lot #200 Signature of George Ross, on a receipt View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorRoss, George, Signer from PennsylvaniaHeadlineGeorge Ross Signer from PennsylvaniaDate PublishedJune 28, 1768 Lot #224 Document Signed by Oliver Wolcott as Governor (i.e. "Captain General and Commander in Chief") of the State of Connecticut, appointing Abel Gates a lieutenant in the militia View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorWolcott, Oliver, Signer from ConnecticutHeadlineOliver Wolcott Signer from ConnecticutDate PublishedOct. 16, 1797 Lot #258 Letter from John Cryder in London, to is business associate William Wetmore, just returned to New York from Canton, China View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(China Trade - Opium War)AuthorCryder, JohnHeadlineChina Trade letter 1839 Opium WarDate PublishedDec. 5, 1839 Lot #259 Letter to William Wetmore in London, from a principal at the Bagham Bros. firm in Calcutta, India, discussing in detail the opium trade View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(China Trade - Opium)HeadlineChina Opium Trade Letter 1838Date Published4th June 1838 Lot #261 Letter from Joseph Archer in Canton to William Wetmore in London, regarding trade, credit and related matters View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(China Trade)AuthorArcher, JosephHeadlineChina Trade letter from Canton 1837Date PublishedMay 24, 1837 Lot #262 Letter to William Wetmore in London from business partner Joseph Archer in Canton, China, notifying him of a shipment being sent View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(China Trade)AuthorArcher, JosephHeadlineChina Trade letter from Canton 1837Date PublishedMay 24, 1837 Lot #264 Letter from Josiah L. Wetmore in London, to William S. Wetmore in Canton, regarding business matters in relation to the sale and shipment of Norwich Camlets to China View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(China Trade)AuthorWetmore, Josiah F.HeadlineThe camlet trade to India & ChinaDate Published4th August 1848 Lot #288 Journal of Midshipman James McFadden on a cruise aboard the U.S.S. Dakotah, from Panama Bay down the coast of South America to Peru and then Chile, plus his Annapolis student notebook and two friendship albums View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorGrimes, James McFaddenHeadlineMidshipman's journal of naval cruise 1868Date Published1860-1894 Lot #302 Manuscript military orders for British cavalry advance and rear guard formations in India issued to the 15th King's Hussars stationed in Bangalore View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(India)AuthorHorne, G., & B.V. GrenthamHeadlineMs. orders for troop movements in British India 1848Date PublishedNovember 19th, 1848 Lot #317 Small archive of official communications during the Mexican Revolution, 1913, between consulates View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Mexican Revolution - Borderlands)HeadlineConsular communications during Mexican Revolution 1913Date Published1913 Lot #318 File relating to to the shooting by policemen in Baja California of two American citizens in Baja California, one fatally, during the Mexican Revolution View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Mexican Revolution - Execution of Amercian Citizen)HeadlineAmerican executed during Mexican RevolutionDate Published1914 Lot #320 Small group of documents relating to Americans in the Frontera Norte View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico - Baja California)HeadlineAmericans in northern MexicoDate Published1864-1870 Lot #321 Group of documents on the Diegueño Indians of northern Baja California View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Mexico - Borderland Natives)HeadlineBorderland Indians of MexicoDate Publishedc.1895-1910 Lot #322 Patente del habito de el tercero orden de penitencia de Nuestro Seraphico Padre S. Francisco View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Mexico - Religious Orders)HeadlineMexican Religious Orders 1790Date PublishedAugust, 1790 Lot #324 Document signed by Juan Bautista Ceballos as interim president of Mexico View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Mexico)AuthorCeballos, Juan BautistaHeadlineSigned by Mexican president 1853Date PublishedJanuary 21, 1853 Lot #342 Navigator's log and course-calculation book for voyages aboard three steamers in the service of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Pacific Mail Steamship Company)HeadlineNavigator's course book for Pacific steamships 1918Date Published1918-1919 Lot #498 Two requests for Mexican citizenship, made in Ensenada, contained in one file folder View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico - Baja California)HeadlineRequesting Mexican citizenship 1901Date Published1901 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next