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Previous|1|Next Lot #2 New Jersey slave set free, Document of Manumission View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1833)AuthorHagaman, AbrahamHeadlineNew Jersey slave set free in 1833Date Published1833 Lot #3 New York Irish Democrat vs. ‘Wide Awake’ Lincoln Republican leads to murder: Letter View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1860)AuthorBall, S. H.HeadlineNew York murder after Lincoln-Douglas hotheads election fightDate PublishedOctober 7, [1860] Lot #4 Virginia Black man shoots white Doctor, Reconstruction era: Letter View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1874)AuthorRoberts, G.E.HeadlineVirginia Black man shoots white Doctor in Reconstruction eraDate Published1874 Lot #5 Ex-slave, rich Nashville merchant, Jim Crow-era Black politician - letter to Republican Vice Presidential nominee View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1884)AuthorHadley, B.[en] J.HeadlineEx-slave, rich Nashville merchant, Black Republican politicianDate Published1884 Lot #6 Second Black U.S. Congressman from North Carolina as Republican presidential field agent in Ohio View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1884)AuthorO’Hara, J.[ames] E.HeadlineBlack US Congressman from North Carolina as Republican agent in OhioDate Published1884 Lot #7 Foremost African-American intellectual 'puzzled' by white Racism View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1910)AuthorDuBois, W.E.B.HeadlineW.E.B. DuBois on the 'Souls of White Folk'Date Published1910 Lot #8 Who's Who Among the Colored Baptists of the United States View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1913)AuthorBacote, Samuel William, editorHeadline1913 Colored Baptists of the US Who's WhoPublisherFranklin Hudson Publishing Co.Date Published1913 Lot #9 Black Man and White Ladyship, An Anniversary (Inter-racial scandal of British noblewoman and African-American jazz musician) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1931)AuthorCunard, NancyHeadlineBritish noblewoman and American Black Jazz musician - inter-racial scandalPublisher“ Privately Printed” (Utopia Press)Date Published1931 Lot #10 Josephine Baker and Black Jazz band in Paris, Program with Paul Colin art View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1932)HeadlineJosephine Baker Program with Paul Colin artDate Published1932 Lot #11 Black poet's ode to African-American history View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1952)AuthorHughes, LangstonHeadlineBlack poet Langston Hughes, 'Ballad of Negro History'PublisherCentral State College Press: Association for the Study of Negro Life and HistoryDate Published1952 Lot #13 Wife of Alaska mining prospector, entrepreneur, government official in Gold Rush Nome View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Alaska Gold Rush)AuthorSwanton, Ella [Leota Smith]HeadlineUnhappy miner wife writes about life in AlaskaDate Published1903 Lot #36 Chinese in California Gold Rush country during the Civil War: Document View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Asian-American – Chinese, 1864)AuthorLyon, WilliamHeadlineChinese in California Gold Rush country during the Civil WarDate Published1864 Lot #37 California missionary at Hawaii, sailing to China with Chinese returning to their homeland from America: Shipboard letter View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Asian-American – Chinese, 1903)AuthorHerriott, Rev. Clarence D.HeadlineCalifornia missionary at Hawaii, sailing to China after the Boxer RebellionDate Published1903 Lot #38 Collection of miscellaneous autographs View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Autographs)HeadlineCollection of miscellaneous autographsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #63 Letter from a Sacramento business man on a visit to Portland in 1853, discussing both California and Oregon View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California & Oregon)AuthorSmith, Enos A.HeadlineLetter from Oregon with California content 1853Date PublishedFebruary 1st, 1853 Lot #91 Letter from a survivor of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, to his sister, describing his experiences in great detail View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Chicago Fire)HeadlineLetter describing Great Chicago Fire of 1871Date PublishedOct. 19th, 1871 Lot #121 Sarah Peterson Demmings Music Book, Her Work View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDemmings, Sarah PetersonHeadlineVolume of manuscript musical scores circa 1820'sDate Published[c.1820's] Lot #131 Four page manuscript letter by David Farragut, signed View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorFarragut, DavidHeadlineManuscript letter by David Farragut, signed 1858Date Published1858 Lot #147 La Science Du Bonhomme Richard, Ou Moyen Facile De Payer Les Impôts. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author[Franklin, Benjamin]Headline3rd French Edition of Ben Franklin's The Way to WealthPublisherChez Ruault, LibraireDate Published1778 Lot #204 Two items inscribed and signed by Lady Bird Johnson View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Johnson, Lady Bird)HeadlineTwo items inscribed by Lady Bird JohnsonDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #265 Poema guadalupano en forma de idilio análogo á las ocurrencias del día, que compuso el dr. d. Luis de Mendizabal y Zubialdea... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico)AuthorMendizábal y Zubialdea, Luis deHeadlineMS. poem from Mexican War of Independence c 1811Date Publishedc.1811 Lot #278 Land grant document, signed by James Monroe as President View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Monroe, James)HeadlineLand Grant signed by James MonroeDate Published1824 Lot #319 All Aboard Santa Fe: "Service All the Way" on all Santa Fe tourist sleepers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Railroads)HeadlineTrain travel in a Santa Fe "Tourist Sleeper"Publisher[Santa Fe System Lines]Date Published[1935] Lot #387 The New Freedom: A Call for the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People - signed View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorWilson, WoodrowHeadlineWoodrow Wilson's The New Freedom, signedPublisherDoubleday, Page & Co.Date Published1914 Lot #425 Letter from T. Bainbridge in Macao to Moses Wetmore in Canton, asking for assistance in returning to the United States via Calcutta View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(China)AuthorBainbridge, T.HeadlineAmerican stranded in Macao, 1834 letterDate PublishedNov. 29, 1834 Lot #426 Letter from T. Bainbridge to Moses Wetmore concerning business matters and enclosed boarding bill, with manuscript Chinese character docketing on flap View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(China)AuthorBainbridge, T.HeadlineChina letter regarding a bill, 1834Date PublishedDec. 5 & 16, 1834 Lot #429 Manuscript letter from a Spanish man to his parents View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Cuba)AuthorFabre, JuanHeadline1853 manuscript letter from a Spanish man to his parentsDate Published1853 Lot #473 Letter from English economist Dudley North to his cousin, discussing family matters and also the upcoming trial of Lord Warwick View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorNorth, DudleyHeadlineLetter from English economist Dudley North 1691Date PublishedMarch 14, 1691 Lot #611 Marie; ou L'Esclavage aux États-Unis, Tableau de Moeurs Américaines View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Heading(African-American - Slavery)AuthorBeaumont, Gustave Auguste deHeadlineEarly novel about slavery in AmericaPublisherLibrairie de Charles GosselinDate Published1836 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next