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Previous|1|Next Image Lot Item Title Time Left Your Bids 2 First convicted American Slave Trader, wife’s plea for mercy Heading(African-American – 1822)AuthorDorcas [Mrs.Joseph F.] SmithHeadline1822 First convicted US Slave Trader - wife’s mercy pleaDate PublishedMarch 20, 1822 Estimate$1,800 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold View details 3 Letter of Virginia slave-holder barred from taking slaves to Ohio Heading(African-American, 1822)AuthorWithers, WilliamHeadlineLetter of Virginia slave-holder barred from taking slaves to OhioDate Published1822 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 4 Negro Slave arson plot - N.Carolina legal document Heading(African-American, 1832)Headline1832 N.Carolina Negro Slave arson plot, legal documentDate PublishedMarch 3, 1832 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold View details 5 Georgia Slave executed for rape of white woman, legal archive Heading(African-American, 1848)Headline1848 Georgia Slave executed for rape of white woman, legal archiveDate Published1848 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,625StatusSold View details 6 Letter from a Virginia Slave-Trader Heading(African-American, 1850)AuthorW.[illiam] H.BettsHeadline1850 letter from a Virginia Slave-TraderDate PublishedMarch 24, 1850 Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,125StatusSold View details 7 Letter re Mississippi auction of an “old Black” slave Heading(African-American, 1855)Headline1855 Letter, Mississippi auction of an “old Black” slaveDate PublishedJanuary 1, 1855 Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold View details 8 Tennessee legal dispute, ownership of a valuable slave Heading(African-American, 1860)Headline1860 Tennessee legal fight over slave ownershipDate Published1860 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 9 The Negro in Science, a groundbreaking anthology Heading(African-American, 1955)AuthorTaylor, Julius H. editorHeadlineNegro in Science, groundbreaking 1955 bookPublisherMorgan State College PressDate Published1955 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold View details 73 Archive of letters, orders, and related items by or to Col. Henry B. Carrington during or shortly after the Civil War Heading(Carrington, Henry B.)HeadlineCivil War Archive Re: Henry B. Carrington.Date Published1861-1865 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,125StatusSold View details 78 Roster of Officers & Civil Agents on duty in the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands [with] two circular letters relating to the Bureau - all framed together Heading(Civil War - Reconstruction)HeadlineRoster of agents in Georgia Freedman's Bureau 1868Date Published1868 Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold View details 93 Manuscript patent deed for a plot of land granted to William Bent Moore, a half-breed, by treaty between various tribes and the U.S. government Heading(Colorado)HeadlineLand grant to Colorado half-breedDate PublishedDecember 29, 1874 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold View details 97 Letter from Miguel Costanzo to the Viceroy of New Spain, requesting arms for the cavalry corps of the northern provinces, plus a manuscript payment voucher for Costanzo AuthorCostanzo, MiguelHeadlineLetter from Miguel Costanzo to Viceroy of New SpainDate Published1810 & 1794 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold View details 99 Seven Cowboy Artists of America Exhibition Catalogues, limited and signed by artists Heading(Cowboy Artists of America)HeadlineSeven Cowboy Artists of America Exhibition Catalogues, signed and limitedPublisherNorthland PressDate Published1971-1979 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold View details 103 Document signed by James Wilson, signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania Heading(Declaration of Independence, Signer)AuthorWilson, JamesHeadlineJames Wilson signer from PennsylvaniaDate Published1774 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 127 Two pieces of original artwork for the Chugg Water Journal, a handwritten newspaper produced in Fort Laramie in 1849 Heading(Fort Laramie)HeadlineOriginal artwork for 1849 Fort Laramie newspaperDate Published1849 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold View details 139 The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineHerbert Hoover on Woodrow Wilson signedPublisherMcGraw-Hill Book CompanyDate Published[1958] Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold View details 150 The Story of My Life: With Her Letters (1887-1901) and a Supplementary Account of her Education Including Passages from the Reports and Letters of Her Teacher, Ann Mansfield Sullivan - signed and dated by Helen Keller AuthorKeller, Helen and John Albert MacyHeadlineThe Story of My Life by Helen Keller, with AutographPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1903 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold View details 189 Five manuscript lists and one typed list of graves of Shoshone who enlisted or may have enlisted in the U.S. Army as soldiers or scouts Heading(Native Americans - Shoshone)HeadlineList of graves of Shoshone soldiers on U.S. armyDate Publishedc.1920's? Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 197 Thank you letter from Richard Nixon to entertainer Rudy Vallee AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineTyped letter from Nixon to Rudy ValleeDate Published1985 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 238 Original manuscript ledger book recording land purchases and related legal proceedings of the Philadelphia, Germantown, & Norristown Railroad Company Heading(Railroad Ledger of Land Purchases)HeadlineLedger for Philadelphia, Germantown, & Norristown RR CompanyDate Publishedc.1896-1917 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold View details 239 Two letters from Joseph S. Alemany, the first Bishop of San Francisco, to William Chapman Ralston, regarding a planned cemetery near Ralston's Belmont mansion Heading(Ralston's "Ring")AuthorAlemany, Joseph SadocHeadlineLetters from Bishop Alemany to W.C. RalstonDate Published1874 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 240 Three letters from British mining engineer R.M. Brereton to William Chapman Ralston Heading(Ralston's "Ring")AuthorBrereton, Robert MaitlandHeadlineEnglish mining engineer writes to W.C. RalstonDate Published1872 & 1875 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold View details 241 Letter from attorney John T. Doyle to William C. Ralston, enlisting his aid in the construction of a narrow gauge railroad in San Mateo County Heading(Ralston's "Ring")AuthorDoyle, John T.HeadlineLetter to W.C. Ralston about San Mateo railroadDate PublishedDecember 20, 1872 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 242 Two letters from San Francisco banker and mining engineer J.C. Duncan, father of ill-fated dancer Isadora Duncan, to William Chapman Ralston Heading(Ralston's "Ring")AuthorDuncan, Joseph DuncanHeadlineLetters from Isadora Duncan's father to W.C. ChapmanDate PublishedMarch 26, 1874 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 243 Letter from Laura D. Fair, convicted murderer whose sentence was overturned, to William Chapman Ralston Heading(Ralston's "Ring")AuthorFair, Laura D.HeadlineLetter from murderer to W.C. RalstonDate PublishedMarch 9th, 1873 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 244 Three letters from Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Field to William C. Ralston Heading(Ralston's "Ring")AuthorField, Stephen J.HeadlineLetters from Stephen Field to W.C. RalstolnDate Published1874 & 1875 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold View details 245 Four letters to William Chapman Ralston from various associates Heading(Ralston's "Ring")HeadlineFour letters to William Chapman RalstonDate Published1868-1872 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 246 Three letters from stage & express and transportation entrepreneur Ben Holladay to William Chapman Ralston Heading(Ralston's "Ring")AuthorHolladay, BenHeadlineLetters from Ben Holladay to W.C. RalstonDate Published1868 & 1871 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold View details 247 Letter from Nevada Senator John P. Jones to William C. Ralston, discussing Hawaii, Adolph Sutro, Presidential appointments, etc. Heading(Ralston's "Ring")AuthorJones, John P.HeadlineNevada Senator J.P. Jones writes to William C. RalstonDate PublishedMarch 12, 1875 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 248 Two letters from Frederick Marriott, early aviation booster and publisher of the San Francisco News Letter, to William Chapman Ralston Heading(Ralston's "Ring")AuthorMarriott, FrederickHeadlineLetters from Frederick Marriott to W.C. ChapmanDate Published1874 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 249 Letter from mining engineer Isaac L. Requa to William C. Ralston Heading(Ralston's "Ring")AuthorRequa, Isaac LawrenceHeadlineNevada mining engineer writes to W.C. RalstonDate PublishedJanuary 12, 1872 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 250 Six letters to William Chapman Ralston, San Francisco banker and financier Heading(Ralston's "Ring")HeadlineLetters to William Chapman RalstonDate Published1867-1873 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 251 Manuscript receipt for a deposit of gold and silver bars valued at $246,865.59 in the Bank of California, signed by W.C. Ralston AuthorRalston, William ChapmanHeadlineRalston receipts for silver and gold barsDate PublishedJune 29, 1867 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold View details 275 Letter from Granville Stuart to his partner Samuel T. Hauser with an overview and accounting of their cattle business AuthorStuart, GranvilleHeadlineLetter from Granville Stuart about cattle businessDate PublishedFebruary 24th, 1881 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold View details 281 Letter from Stephen F. Austin to José de las Piedas, commander of the Mexican forces in Nacogdoches, about of military and civic matters Heading(Texas)AuthorAustin, Stephen F.HeadlineLetter from Stephen F. Austin to Mexican commanderDate Published12 June 1830 Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold View details 282 Letter from Thomas Jefferson Chambers, lawyer, surveyor and land speculator in Mexican Texas, to José de las Piedas, commander of the Mexican forces in Nacogdoches, about the replacement of Juan Antonio Padilla as a land commissioner Heading(Texas)AuthorChambers, Thomas JeffersonHeadlineLand surveying in Texas in 1830Date Published9 August 1830 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 283 Letter to Stephen F. Austin, unsigned, regarding the transit of emigrants to his colony Heading(Texas)HeadlineLetter to Stephen F. Austin about emigration into TexasDate PublishedJanuary 3, 1830 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold View details 284 Letter from George Orr to the “Col. Commanding at Nacogdoches” [i.e. José de las Piedras] about a “small Mexican armed vessel” surveying the harbor Heading(Texas)AuthorOrr, GeorgeHeadlineLetter from Texas pioneer 1828Date PublishedNovember 7th, 1828 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold View details 301 Manuscript account of a hunting trip in Wyoming in 1884 Heading(Wyoming - Hunting Manuscript)AuthorUnknownHeadlineMs. account of Wyoming hunting trip 1884Date Published1884 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold View details 394 Navigator's log and course-calculation book for voyages aboard three steamers in the service of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company Heading(Pacific Mail Steamship Company)HeadlineNavigator's course book for Pacific steamships 1918Date Published1918-1919 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 395 Two manuscript diaries kept by Pliny Fisk, an American missionary in Palestine, both before and during his travels Heading(Palestine)AuthorFisk, PlinyHeadlineDiaries of missionary to PalestineDate Published1814-1820 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold View details 423 Facsimiles of Royal, Historical, Literary and other Autographs in the Department of Manuscripts British Museum. Series I-V AuthorWarner, George F., editorHeadlineFacsimiles of Royal, Historical, Literary and other Autographs 1899PublisherThe British MuseumDate Published1899 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 445 Coast of California from Carmel Bay to Fort Point - manuscript map on drafting linen Heading(California)AuthorWilliamson, Robert StocktonHeadlineMs. map of California coast by R.S. WilliamsonDate Published1867 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold View details 460 Two manuscript documents, stating the contributions of the various states to the war effort and the number of troops supplied by each Heading(American Revolution)HeadlineFunding & troops for the RevolutionDate PublishedLate 18th/early 19th century Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 552 1789-1939 The French Revolution - Negro Emancipation Heading(French Revolution & Negro Emancipation)HeadlineFrench Revolution / Negro Emancipation rare postcards 1939PublisherSociété des Amis de l'Abbé GrégoireDate Published1939 Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next