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