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Previous|12|Next Lot #2 Autograph document, dividing the land of a deceased father between his two sons, Josiah Adams and Stephen Adams Heading(Adams, Josiah)Author**HeadlineMSS doc dividing land btwn 2 heirs 1785 USADate PublishedJune 25, 1785 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #3 Autograph Letter Signed from an Alabama "Johnny Rebel" in Wisconsin on "Rads" and "Darkies" Heading(African American)AuthorMcStearns, T.P.HeadlineALs from Alabama man on blacks 1868Date PublishedAugust 30th, 1868 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #6 Autograph Letter Signed from British poet Frederick Locker, friend of great writers of England and America, predicts war with the United States Heading(American History)AuthorLocker, F[rederick]HeadlineALs from F. Locker, British author about US 1861Date PublishedAugust 6, 1861 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #7 Quarter share ticket in the Grand State Lottery of Maryland, c.1818 Heading(American Judaica)AuthorCohen, J[acob] I.Headlinequarter share lottery ticket Maryland, c1818Date Published[c.1818] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #8 Autograph Letter Signed from discredited General, praising disgraced financier Heading(American Revolution)AuthorArmstrong, JohnHeadlineALs praising disgraced financier 1821Date PublishedSept. 14th, 1821 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #9 Autograph Note Signed giving notice that Minuteman Peter Philips has secured a substitute to serve in his place Heading(American Revolution)AuthorPitkin, Ashbel and Joseph ChurchHeadlineANs securing a minuteman substitute 1780Date PublishedAugust 18, 1780 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #10 Autograph note listing officers at Winter Hill in 1778 Heading(American Revolution)AuthorTitcomb, Oliver (1729-1795)HeadlineAutograph note listing officers Winter Hill 1878Date PublishedJanuary 27, 1778 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #13 Letter of recommendation for the widow of a Civil War soldier from the Surgeon General of the United States Army AuthorBarnes, Joseph K.HeadlineLetter signed by U.S. Army Surgeon GeneralDate PublishedDecember 14, 1881 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #15 Nine report cards from Betts Military Academy for the school year of 1883-1884 for a student named Palmer H. Lewis Heading(Betts Military Academy)Author**Headline9 report cards from Betts Military Academy 1883PublisherBetts Military AcademyDate Published1883-1884 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #16 Autograph Letter Signed from Thomas Ewing to American banker and financier Nicholas Biddle Heading(Biddle, Nicholas)AuthorEwing, ThomasHeadlineALs from Thos Ewing to Nicholas Biddle 1855Date PublishedMarch 16, 1855 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #17 Archive of Antoinette Brown Blackwell, suffragette and first ordained woman minister in America AuthorBlackwell, Antoinette BrownHeadlineArchive of Antoinette Brown BlackwellDate Published1842-1903 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #18 Autograph Letter Signed with her initial, from the first woman doctor in America, about buying a black baby for dissection AuthorBlackwell, ElizabethHeadlineALs from 1st Amer Woman Dr. black baby dissectionDate PublishedAugust 5, 1847 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #20 Hand-drawn plan for hydraulic elevators at Boston's Charles River piers Heading(Boston)AuthorHoosac Tunnel Dock & Elevator Co.Headlineplan for hydraulic elevators in Boston c.1880Date Published[c.1880] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #21 Deposition document, signed by Simon Bradstreet, the last Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony - plus two other legal documents AuthorBradstreet, SimonHeadlinedeposition document signed by Simon BradstreetDate Published1677-1700 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #22 Autograph Letter, signed as Warren & Brandeis, regarding an on-going legal case AuthorBrandeis, LouisHeadlineLouis Brandeis ALsDate PublishedSept. 15th, 1884 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #23 Autograph Document Signed by the second Mayor of San Francisco in Virginia City Heading(California)AuthorBrenham, J[ames]HeadlineAuto document signed by SF's 2nd mayorDate PublishedNovember 4, 1864 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #29 Autograph Letter Signed from an Illinois officer, recounting an 1864 Richmond-Petersburg Campaign Heading(Civil War)AuthorBotsford, R.S.HeadlineALs from Illinois office about Civil WarDate PublishedAugust 16, 1910 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #30 Autograph Letter Signed from a Confederate soldier Heading(Civil War)AuthorDavis, W.F.HeadlineALs from a Confederate soldier in Civil War 1863Date PublishedDec. 3, 1863 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #31 Archive from the family of Civil War General William Buel Franklin Heading(Civil War)AuthorFranklin, William BuelHeadlineArchive family of Wm B. Franklin civil war generaDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #32 Civil War military appointment document of Private George E. May to the A. Company, 51st Regiment of New York State Militia, Sept. 28th, 1863 Heading(Civil War)AuthorMay, George E.Headlinemilitary appointment document Geo E May 1863Date PublishedSept. 28th, 1863 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #33 Autograph Letter Signed from a Union soldier Heading(Civil War)AuthorNorcross, Samuel B.HeadlineAutograph letter, signed from a Union soldierDate PublishedSept. 7, 1861 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #34 Autograph Letter Signed "CMS" from novelist Catherine Sedgwick on Civil War nursing Heading(Civil War)AuthorSedgwick, Catherine MariaHeadlineALs from Cahterine Sedgwick about civil war nurseDate PublishedDecember 27, 1862 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #35 Autograph Letter Signed from a Union soldier on the fate of Jefferson Davis Heading(Civil War)AuthorShackelford, WilliamHeadlineALs from Union soldier about Jefferson Davis 1865Date PublishedJune 17th, 1865 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #36 Autograph Letter Signed from the future Archbishop of Dublin predicting Union defeat Heading(Civil War)AuthorTrench, Richard C.HeadlineALs from Rich Trench to Chas Scribner 1862Date PublishedNov. 5, 1863 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #37 Autograph letter from a student writing from Andover Theology Seminary in 1862 Heading(Civil War)AuthorUnknownHeadlineMS letter from student at Andover 1862Date PublishedJune 24, 1862 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #38 Autograph Letter Signed from a Union soldier in Virginia who dreams of Post-War profit Heading(Civil War)AuthorWalbridge, C.E.HeadlineALs from Union soldier in VirginiaDate PublishedOct 29, 1864 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #39 Confederate States of American Loan Certificate Heading(Civil War)Author**HeadlineConfederate States of American Loan CertificateDate Published1863 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #40 Two Virginia treasury warrants from 1780, made out to George Rogers Clark Heading(Clark, George Rogers)Author**HeadlineTwo Virginia treasury warrants 1780Date Published1780 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #42 Autograph Letter Signed - an early economic and geographic description of Savannah, Georgia AuthorCoit, ThomasHeadlineALs 1799 about Savannah, GaDate PublishedDec 15th, 1799 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #45 Typed Letter, signed, from Vice President Charles Curtis AuthorCurtis, CharlesHeadlineTLs from Vice President Charles CurtisDate PublishedSeptember 12, 1931 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #48 Reconciliation! Baltimore Convention. Speeches of Mr. Belmont and Mr. Doolittle. Platform, Mr. Greeley's Letters. Heading(Democratic Campaign Literature 1872)Author**HeadlineDemocratic Campaign Literature 1872PublisherNational Democratic Executive Resident CommitteeDate Published[1872] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #55 Department of Public Safety. Bureau of Steam Engine and Boiler Inspection, Automobile Operator's License - Philadelphia, 1902 Heading(Driver's License)Author**HeadlinePhiladelphia 1902 driver's licenseDate PublishedJune 12, 1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #58 Original portrait drawing of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, signed by Eisenhower Heading(Eisenhower, Dwight D.)AuthorDavis, HerndonHeadlineorig drawing of Eisenhower by Herndon DavisDate Published[c.1960] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #59 Patriotic envelopes designed by Charles Magnus Heading(Envelopes)AuthorMagnus, CharlesHeadline5 patriotic envelopes, designed by Charles MagnusDate Publishedc.1850s View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #61 Fourth of July Fireworks - Massachusetts broadside Heading(Fourth of July Broadside)AuthorBoston Fireworks Co., Inc.HeadlineFourth of July Fireworks - Massachusetts broadsidPublisherPrinted by the Chase PressDate Published[1910] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #62 Autograph mailing label, signed by James Gambier AuthorGambier, [James]HeadlineAutograph mailing label, signed by James GambierDate Published1816 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #63 Archive of over 150 unpublished autograph and typed letters signed by Ira Gershwin to Edward Jablonski, spanning forty years, plus a few telegraphs, typed lyrics, etc. AuthorGershwin, IraHeadlineOver 150 letters from Ira Gershwin 1941-1980Date Published1941-1980 View details Estimate$80,000 - $120,000StatusUnsold Lot #65 Two autograph letters, signed from William Goodell, prominent American gynecologist - plus one letter from his wife AuthorGoodell, WilliamHeadline3 ALs from Wm Goodell early US gyno, 1863Date PublishedMarch & August, 1863 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #66 Autograph Letter, Signed by U.S. Grant, to departing Mexican envoy Matias Romero AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlineAutograph Letter, Signed by U.S. GrantDate PublishedOct. 31, 1867 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #67 Document, signed, Appointing Thomas Coggeshall as Deputy Postmaster at Newport, Rhode Island AuthorGrant, U[lysses] S.HeadlineU.S. Grant Presidential AppointmentDate Published1870 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #70 Harvard commencement program, 1834 Heading(Harvard University)Author**HeadlineHarvard commencement program 1834Date PublishedAugust 27, 1834 View details Estimate$150 - $200Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #71 Original manuscript by William Randolph Hearst, written on a page of the New York American newspaper, commenting on two of the stories AuthorHearst, William RandolphHeadlineW.R. Hearst comments on FDR & Lindbergh kidnapperDate Publishedc. Nov. 30, 1935 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #72 Photograph inscribed and signed by William Randolph Hearst to his private secretary Joseph Willicombe AuthorHearst, William RandolphHeadlinePhotograph inscribed by William Randolph HearstDate Publishedc.1930 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #73 Three panoramic photographs of Netta Mill in Picher, Oklahoma - plus two smaller photographs of miners AuthorHeeney PhotoHeadlineThree panoramic photographs of Picher, OklahomaPublisherHeeney PhotoDate Published[c.1923] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #75 Typed Letter, signed, with a transcript of an address by Hoover, "Law Enforcement and the Citizen" AuthorHoover, J. EdgarHeadlineJ. Edgar Hoover Typed Letter SignedDate PublishedFebruary 14, 1935 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #77 Letter written and signed by citizens of Coxakie, NY to Governor John Jay, complaining about a neighbor who is illegally running a tavern Heading(Jay, John)Author[Citizens of Coxakie, New York]Headline3 pp letter to NY Governor about illegal tavernDate PublishedFebruary 26, 1798 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #80 Letter signed by the woman who suggested Abraham Lincoln should grow a beard Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)AuthorBillings, Grace BedellHeadlineGirl who suggested Lincoln grow a beardDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #81 Anti-Slavery Sermon that inspired Lincoln's words at Gettysburg Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)AuthorParker, TheodoreHeadlineSpeech that inspired Abraham LincolnPublisherCrosby, Nichols, & CompanyDate Published1853 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #83 Typed Letter Signed by Douglas MacArthur, offering condolences to the father of a soldier killed on the Philippines, plus 12 letters from the soldier, Lt . Ralph Amato, Jr., to his sister AuthorMacArthur, DouglasHeadlineCondolence letter from Douglas MacArthurDate Published1940-1945 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #84 Manuscript accounts ledger of Benjamin Riggs, a prominent Maine businessman Heading(Maine)AuthorRiggs, BenjaminHeadlineMSS accounts ledger of Maine businessmanDate Published1814-1818 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #85 Large archive of material relating to Secretary of State and Supreme Court Justice William R. Day, including letters to him, carbons of letters from him, speeches and essays by him, booklets belonging to him, and more Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)Author(Day, William R.)HeadlineMaterial relating to Judge William R. DayDate Publishedc.1880-1923 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #86 Typed Letter Signed by John G. Dueber, President of the Dueber Watch Case Mfg. Co., to William R. Day, regarding the price of silver Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)AuthorDueber, John G.HeadlinePolitical price of "Free Silver" in 1896 letterDate PublishedOct. 27th, 1896 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #87 Autograph Letter Signed by J.M. Fleming of the Manila Tobacco Co. of Glasgow, to U.S. Consul S.M. Taylor, discussing the situation in the Philippines Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)AuthorFleming, J.M.HeadlineReport on situation in the PhilippinesDate PublishedAug. 26, 1898 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #88 Typed Letter Signed by Warren G. Harding, to William R. Day, accepting the latter's resignation as Umpire of the Mixed Claims Commission to Adjudicate War Claims against Germany Heading(McKinley-Day Archve)AuthorHarding, Warren G.HeadlineLetter from Warren G. Harding to Justice DayDate PublishedMay 21, 1925 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #89 Five letters and two transcribed telegrams from John Hay to William R. Day Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)AuthorHay, JohnHeadlineLetters from John Hay to William R. DayDate Published1898 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #90 Typed Letter Signed by William Randolph Hearst, to General Fitzhugh Lee, U.S. Consul General in Havana, Cuba Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)AuthorHearst, William RandolphHeadlineW.R. Hearst letter on Ruiz matter 1897 Cuba WarDate PublishedJune 23d, 1897 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #91 Small archive of letters by or to Ida Saxton McKinley, both before and after the assassination of her husband President William McKinley, plus a few other family letters Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)Author(McKinley, Ida Saxton)HeadlineLetters to Ida Saxton McKinleyDate Publishedc.1885-1904 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #92 Five autograph letters signed by William McKinley, to his wife Ida AuthorMcKinley, WilliamHeadline5 letters from William McKinley, to his wife IdaDate PublishedMarch 16-March 21, 1880 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #93 Autograph letter signed by William McKinley, to his wife Ida Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)AuthorMcKinley, WilliamHeadlineLetter from William McKinley to his wife IdaDate PublishedDec. 13, 1896 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #94 Five autograph letters signed by William McKinley, to his wife Ida Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)AuthorMcKinley, WilliamHeadline5 letters from William McKinley, to his wife IdaDate PublishedNov. 30-Dec. 3, 1900 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #95 Four Autograph Letters Signed, and three Letters Signed by William McKinley, to William R. Day, regarding his electoral defeat in 1882 and his legal efforts to maintain his seat AuthorMcKinley, WilliamHeadlineMcKinley contests election of 1882Date PublishedDec. 7, 1882 to March 26, 1884 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #96 Six autograph Letters Signed by William McKinley, to William R. Day, regarding financial difficulties, loans, etc. AuthorMcKinley, WilliamHeadlineWilliam McKinley faces financial difficultiesDate PublishedFebruary 25, 1893 to February 12, 1894 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #97 Archive relating the McKinley National Memorial at Canton, Ohio, and other tributes to McKinley, including books, booklets, letters, subscription forms, etc. Heading(McKinley, William)Author**HeadlineMcKinley Memorial at Canton, OhioDate Publishedc.1901-1915 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #98 Autograph Letter Signed by Spencer Peate, U.S. Consul in Singapore, to Stephen Van Rensselaer Cruger, discussing the situation in the Philippines Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)AuthorPeate, SpencerHeadlineRecruiting insurgents to aid U.S. in PhilippinesDate PublishedMay 28, 1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #99 Autograph Letter Signed by Theodore Roosevelt, to Mary Elizabeth Day, expressing concern over the health of her husband, newly appointed Supreme Court Justice William R. Day Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreHeadlineLetter from T. Roosevelt to wife of SC JusticeDate PublishedMarch 15th, 1903 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #100 Autograph Letter Signed by Edward Augustine Savoy, African American doorman at the U.S. State Department, to William R. Day, offering congratulations on Day being appointed to the Circuit Court of Appeals Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)AuthorSavoy, Edward AugustineHeadlineAfrican American doorman at State DepartmentDate PublishedFeb. 27, 1899 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #101 Archive of approximately 70 letters, documents, reports, telegrams, etc., pertaining to the lead-up to the Spanish-American War and its execution Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)AuthorSpanish-American WarHeadlineLead-up to Spanish-American WarDate Publishedc.1897-1898 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #102 Archive of approximately 70 letters, telegrams, etc., most written to William R. Day in Paris while we was head of the United States Peace Commission formed to negotiate an end to the Spanish-American War with Spain Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)AuthorSpanish-American WarHeadlineNegotiating end to Spanish-American WarDate Published1898 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #103 Typed Letter Signed by William Howard Taft, advising William R. Day to accept the post of Solicitor-General being offered him by President McKinley Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)AuthorTaft, William HowardHeadlineLetter from William Howard Taft to William R. DayDate PublishedApril 22, 1897 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #104 Archive of approximately 80 letters and documents relating to the early relatives of Judge William R. Day, his in-laws, etc. Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)Author**HeadlineRelatives of Judge William R. DayDate Publishedc.1797-1890 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #105 Collection of engraved invitations, calling cards, etc. Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)Author**HeadlineCollection of engraved invitations, calling cardsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #106 Autograph Letter Signed from John McLean while Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court - who dissented on the Dred Scott fugitive slave case AuthorMcLean, JohnHeadlineALs from John McLean 1852Date PublishedJuly 24, 1852 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #107 Autograph letter, signed to Supreme Court Justice John McLean - from the General Land Office Heading(McLean, John)AuthorBrown, Ethan A., commissionerHeadlineALs from GLO to Supreme Court Justice McLeanDate PublishedJune 13th, 1836 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #108 Autograph letter, signed from Joseph Taylor (Zachary Taylor's brother) to Supreme Court Justice John McLean Heading(McLean, John)AuthorTaylor, J[oseph]HeadlineALs from Jos Taylor to Justice John McLean 1837Date PublishedSept. 1st, 1837 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #111 Convencion con el fin de perpetuar los principios de los Derechos de los Neutrales en el mar, entre la Republica Mexicana y los Estados-Unidos de America Headingzzf(Mexico-United States Treaty)Author**HeadlineTreaty between U.S. & Mexico 1855Date Published1855 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #112 Autograph Letter Signed from a Colorado Indian Fighter, Rough Rider, as a West Point Cadet Heading(Military - West Point)AuthorBrown, W.C.HeadlineALs from West Point Cadet in 1873Date PublishedOct 12th, 1873 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #113 Autograph Letter Signed, from a cynical Cadet at West Point Heading(Military - West Point)AuthorMetcalfe, John T.HeadlineALs from a Cadet at West Point 1837Date PublishedAugust 30, 1837 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #114 Invitation from future Gen. Beauregard and others to a Ball at the US Military Academy Heading(Military - West Point)AuthorWest PointHeadline1837 invitation to a ball at West PointDate Published1837 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #115 Land purchase document, signed by Governor of South Carolina, William Moultrie AuthorMoultrie, WilliamHeadlineland document sgnd by Wm Moultrie 1785Date PublishedDec. 5, 1785 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #116 Collection of photographs of South Dakota, including eleven photographs of a not-yet-completed Mount Rushmore Heading(Mount Rushmore)Authord'Emery, CharlesHeadline36 photos of S. Dakota 11 of Mt Rushmore 1929Date Published[c.1929] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #121 Group of twelve newspapers, all but one from the United States, recording current events from 1769-1945 Heading(Newspapers)Author**Headline12 newspapers 1769-1945Date Published1769-1945 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #124 Abstract of Title for a plot of land in Muskogee, Indian Territory Heading(Oklahoma)Author**HeadlineMukogee, OK Abstract of TitleDate Published1920s View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #126 Autograph Letter Signed from a trader about providing goods to Columbia River Miners in 1864 Heading(Oregon)AuthorCooper, A.B.HeadlineALs from a trader providing goods to miners 1864Date PublishedJanuary 25, 1864 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #127 Application for a patent from the US Patent Office for an "Improved Governor; or Self-Acting Break for Horse Power &c." Heading(Patent Application)AuthorAllen, Samuel S.Headlinepatent application for a break device 1858Date PublishedNovember 10-13, 1858 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #129 Four letters from the 1830s with postal markings Heading(Philatelic)Author**HeadlineFour letters from the 1830s with postal markingsDate Published1830s View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #130 "The Vanguard" - original photographic print of the painting Heading(Philatelic)AuthorMacWhirter, J.A.Headline"The Vanguard" - original photographic print View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #132 Large collection of stock certificates from the Plume and Atwood Manufacturing Co. Heading(Plume & Atwood Manufacturing Co.)Author**HeadlinePlume & Atwood Stock CertificatesDate Published1870s-1900s View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #133 Archive of letters and other material relating to David Dixon Porter and his family AuthorPorter, David D. and Mouina G. PorterHeadlinearchive of David Dixon PorterDate Published1860s-1880s View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #134 Presidential ephemera Heading(Presidential)Author**HeadlinePresidential ephemera View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #135 Prescription Forms For Medicinal Liquor Heading(Prohibition)Author**HeadlinePrescription Forms For Medicinal LiquorPublisherTreasury Department, Bureau of ProhibitionDate Published1931 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #136 Archive of letters, photographs and other material relating to Bayard T. Putnam, his family & heirs, including his patented Chart-Holder and Course Indicator AuthorPutnam, Bayard T.HeadlineArchive relating to Bayard T. PutnamDate Publishedc.1875-1935 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #137 Small archive of checks from The Grocers and Producers Bank of Providence, Rhode Island Heading(Rhode Island)Author**HeadlineThe Grocers and Producers Bank Providence RIDate Published1877 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #140 Autograph Letter Signed regarding the death of San Francisco Forty-Niner Gabriel B. Post Heading(San Francisco)AuthorJones, William H.HeadlineALs regarding death of Gabriel B. Post 1861Date PublishedFeby 7, 1861 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #141 Typed letter, signed from Editor of Sunset Magazine - with copy of the Sunset Magazine's New San Francisco Emergency Edition, 1906 Heading(San Francisco Earthquake)AuthorAiken, Charles S.HeadlineTLs Sunset Mag Ed 1906 SF Earthquake editionDate PublishedMay and June, 1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #142 Large archive of letters, documents, photographs, and other material relating to the life and family of Alfred Schnurmann, a German Jew who managed to emigrate from Germany in 1940, with much correspondence from family members in Palestine and the new state of Israel as well Headingzzc(Schnurmann Family Archive)Author**HeadlineArchive of German Jewish family 1880-2010Date Publishedc.1880-2010 View details StatusUnsold Lot #144 Alabama slave bill of sale Heading(Slavery)AuthorBush, MarshallHeadlineAlabama slave bill of saleDate PublishedAugust 5, 1844 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #146 Survey of land in South Carolina for James Cantey, 1784 Heading(South Carolina)AuthorMitchell, EphraimHeadlineSurvey of land in South Carolina 1784Date PublishedDecember 9th, 1784 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #147 Autograph letter, signed AuthorSparks, JaredHeadlineAutograph letter, signed by Jared Sparks 1845Date PublishedFeb. 21, 1845 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #153 Sears, Roebuck & Co. - a tour of the company in 1906 through stereoscopic views Heading(Stereoviews)Author**HeadlineSears, Roebuck & Co stereoviews 46 cardsPublisherSears, Roebuck & Co.Date Published[1906] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #156 Twenty-two stereoviews of the American West, mostly San Francisco Heading(Stereoviews)Author**Headline22 stereoviews of West, mostly SFDate Publishedc.1900-1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next