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Previous|1|Next Lot #5 Letters by a Tennessee Slave Trader to his Virginia partner View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(African American - Slave Trading)AuthorMeek, JosephHeadline1835 Four Letters by a Tennessee Slave TraderDate Published1835 Lot #6 North Carolina slave permitted to carry a gun - 1 day before the Nat Turner slave revolt began in Virginia - Document Signed View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(African American - Slavery)AuthorGay, William and Samuel ReeveHeadline1831 No.Carolina slave permitted to carry a gun, Document SignedDate Published1831 Lot #7 Legal battle over a Virginia slave mother and her children - Document Signed View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(African American - Slavery)AuthorJohn M. Perkins.Headline1843 Legal battle over a Virginia slave and her childrenDate PublishedOct. 17, 1843 Lot #14 Virginia slave auction proceeds View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African American - Slavery)AuthorTrabue, MaconHeadlineAntebellum Virginia slave auction proceeds, Document SignedDate PublishedNov. 17, 1855 Lot #15 Manumission [Emancipation] of slave Peter Harris, Document Signed. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(African American - Slavery)AuthorTurpin, Philip O.Headline1850 Slave emancipation document, KentuckyDate PublishedFeb. 11, 1850 Lot #17 Fugitive slave as New York soldier in the War of 1812 - Autograph Letter Signed View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American - War of 1812)AuthorParker, Daniel, Chief Clerk, US War DepartmentHeadlineFugitive slave as New York soldier in the War of 1812Date PublishedJuly 19, 1813 Lot #38 Men and Memories of San Francisco in the "Spring of '50" View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorBarry, T.A. and B.A. PattenHeadlineHistory written by a pair of SF saloon-keepersPublisherA.L. BancroftDate Published1873 Lot #42 Quill pen that belonged to David Belden, California jurist, in box with hand-written provenance on a label View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Belden, David)HeadlineQuill Pen belonging to Calif. Judge David BeldenDate Published19th century Lot #56 Gold Rush: The Journals, Drawings and other Papers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorBruff, J. GoldsboroughHeadlineBruff's Gold Rush Journals and PapersPublisherColumbia University PressDate Published1944 Lot #57 Six Months in the Gold Mines: from a Journal of Three Year's Residence in Upper and Lower California, 1847-8-9 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBuffum, E. GouldHeadlineBuffum's Six Months in the Gold MinesPublisherRichard BentlyDate Published1850 Lot #117 Sonoma & Marin Rail-Road Map, May 1875 Scale 400 ft. to the inch View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(California - Sonoma County)HeadlineMS. map of Sonoma-Marin Railroad line, 1875Date Published1875 Lot #124 Boston Letter about a disappeared Forty-Niner View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorFullerton & RaymondHeadline1849 Boston letter about a disappeared Forty-NinerDate PublishedMarch 6, 1849 Lot #125 1849 California Gold Rush Letter View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorHardy, DanielHeadlineLetter from a Forty-NinerDate Published1849 Lot #139 The Diary of a Forty-Niner View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCanfield, Chauncey L., editorHeadlineInscribed to Willis PolkPublisherMorgan Shepard Co.Date Published1906 Lot #140 The Diary of a Forty-Niner View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCanfield, Chauncey L., editorHeadlineDiary of a Forty-Niner, 1906PublisherMorgan Shepard Co.Date Published1906 Lot #145 Splendide Californie! Impressions of the Golden State by French Artists, 1786 to 1900 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorChalmers, ClaudineHeadlineSplendide Californie! Signed by the authorPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published2001 Lot #148 Manuscript Civil War era map, likely of Confederate origin, depicting portions of West Tennessee, Northern Alabama, and Mississippi View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War - manuscript map)HeadlineCivil war ms. map of Shiloh regionDate Publishedc.1862 Lot #151 Letter from Y.D. Patterson to his sister Lydia, presenting a "brief history" of the 15th Illinois Regiment from May 1861 to November 1862, his period of enlistment View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorPatterson, Y.D.HeadlineCivil War letter of Illinois soldier 1862Date PublishedNov. 14, 1862 Lot #152 Signature of Civil War General Ambrose Burnside, as Governor of Rhode Island View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War)HeadlineSignature of Ambrose BurnsideDate Publishedc.1866-1869 Lot #153 Manuscript letter archive of Lt. Col. Joseph Steadman, 6th and 42nd Regiments Massachusetts Volunteers View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorSteadman, JosephHeadline9 letter Civil War archiveDate Published[1861-64] Lot #159 Two Colonial-era documents detailing land near present-day Hackensack, New Jersey View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Colonial New Jersey – land documents)Headline1765 Colonial documents about land in Hackensack, New JerseyDate Published1765 Lot #163 Manuscript cookbook in Spanish, with numerous recipes View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cookery - Manuscript Mexican Cookbook)HeadlineManuscript Mexican Cookbook c.1920Date Publishedc.1920? Lot #190 Letter Signed as Commissioner of the US Patent Office, about patent of the first electric motor in America View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Electric Motor, 1838 - 1st US Patent)AuthorEllsworth, Henry L.Headline1st patented electric motor in America 1838PublisherPatent OfficeDate PublishedJune 16, 1838 Lot #201 Reminiscences of California and the Civil War View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorFletcher, Daniel CooledgeHeadlineCalifornia and the Civil WarPublisherPress of Huntley S. TurnerDate Published1894 Lot #205 Autograph letter signed to "My Dear Johnson Price" View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorFrémont, John C.Headlineletter, signed by John C. Fremont 1883Date PublishedAugust 16, 1883 Lot #208 Autograph letter signed by J.C. Frémont as governor of Arizona Territory to Major Stephens concerning mining projects in Arizona View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineJohn C. Fremont autograph letter 1879Date Published1879 Lot #217 Living My Life View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorGoldman, EmmaHeadlineSigned by Emma Goldman from Henry Miller's libraryPublisherAlfred A.. KnopfDate Published1931 Lot #221 The Western Motion Picture View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey The Western Motion-Picture 1/25PublisherArundel PressDate Published1984 Lot #227 The Argonauts of California: Being the Reminiscences of Scenes and Incidents that Occurred in California in Early Mining Days, by a Pioneer View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorHaskins, C.W.HeadlineHaskins: The Argonauts of CaliforniaPublisherFords, Howard & HulbertDate Published1890 Lot #234 Letter from three Mexican men to three sisters in Ukiah, California, in response to an article about the latter's prowess at hunting View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Hunting)HeadlineUkiah sisters are expert huntersDate Published1896 Lot #247 The Adventures of a Forty-Niner: An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorKnower, DanielHeadlineKnower: The Adventures of a Forty-NinerPublisherWeed-ParsonsDate Published1894 Lot #255 Personal accounting ledger, 1843-1844, of merchant captain and California pioneer William A. Leidesdorff View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold AuthorLeidesdorff, William AlexanderHeadlineAccounting ledger of W.A. Leidesdorff 1843-44Date Published1843-1844 Lot #260 Samuel F.B.Morse’s 11 year-old niece sees “Signor Blitz” - Letter View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Magician - Morse family)AuthorRebecca MorseHeadlineSamuel Morse's young niece describes Signor Blitz's 1855 magic actPublisherNew Haven, Conn.Date PublishedNov. 9, 1855 Lot #261 Colton Company proposal for an Iowa County map View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Map-making – Colton, 1857 letter)Headline1857 Colton Co. map-making letter and decorative envelopeDate PublishedJan. 12, 1857 Lot #262 Mountains and Molehills: or Recollections of a Burnt Journal View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorMarryat, FrankHeadlineMountains and Molehills by Frank MarryatPublisherLongman, Brown, Green & LongmansDate Published1855 Lot #270 Document relating to payment of extortion money to insurgents fighting for Mexican independence in 1817 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineMoney paid to Mexican insurgents 1817Date Published1817 Lot #271 Document relating to the case of two brothers, one of whom stole the wealth of the other - signed by the Viceroy of New Spain View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineSibling theft case signed by Viceroy of New Spain 1790Date Published1790 Lot #272 Letter from Agustin Medrano, a father of the parish of Itztacalco, to the Archbishop of Mexico, bemoaning the fact that the graveyards are full View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineMexico graveyards are full, 1797Date Published1797 Lot #273 Letter regarding a descendant of Emperor Moctezuma II (Montezuma) of Mexico View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineMoctezuma's descendants in Spain, 1679 documentDate PublishedJanuary 24, 1679 Lot #274 Manuscript list of announcements that were gave by Nicolas de la Cruz, “indio ladino pregonero” (an Indian who gave public announcements in the streets). View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)HeadlinePublic announcements in Puebla town square, 1711Date Published1711 Lot #275 Manuscript testament ("testamento y bienes") of Jose Sanchez Isquierdo, who died in 1790 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineColonial Mexican testament, 1791Date Published1790-1791 Lot #276 "Muerte de Indio Borracho" (Death of a drunk Indian) - court document View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineGrandfather dies of drink in 1791 MexicoDate Published1791 Lot #278 Document from the Viceroy of New Spain, regarding the occupation by bandits of cattle lands belonging to a helpless widow View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Mexico)AuthorToledo y Salazar, Antonio de, Viceroy of New SpainHeadlineBandits invade Mexican widow's cattle lands, 1670Date Published1670 Lot #283 Fifty sheets of 1916-17 miners' payroll View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Miners' payroll sheets)HeadlineMiners' payroll sheets 1916-17PublisherAlpha MineDate Published1916-17 Lot #299 Original manuscript for the New York Aquarium with front cover Art Deco illustration by German emigre artist Christoph View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(New York Aquarium – original illustrated ms.)AuthorChristoph, HajoHeadlineOriginal 1930 illustrated manuscript Guide for New York AquariumPublisherHajo and Matilda CompanyDate Published1930 Lot #307 The Construction of the Panama Canal by the United States View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Panama Canal)AuthorHaberkorn, Christian Henry Jr.HeadlineManuscript Economics thesis for Harvard grad, 1910Date Published1910 Lot #316 Payment note signed by Admiral David Dixon Porter View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorPorter, David DixonHeadlinePayment note signed by Admiral David Dixon PorterDate Published1821 Lot #318 Letter from N.H. Swayne View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents - Abraham Lincoln)AuthorSwayne, N.H.HeadlineLetter from N.H. Swayne, 1st Republican Supreme Court JusticeDate Published1845 Lot #321 Letter by U.S. Grant as 1st Lt., 4th Inf. to brevet Brigadier General George Talcott, Chief of Ordinance View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Presidents)AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlineSigned letter by U.S. Grant, 1849Date Published1849 Lot #323 WITHDRAWN - The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson - signed by Herbert Hoover View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents)AuthorHoover, Herbert ClarkHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Herbert Hoover Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson Signed 1/500PublisherMcGraw-Hill Book Co.Date Published[1958] Lot #324 International law: Lectures delivered at Naval War College - from the library of President Grover Cleveland - View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Presidents)AuthorSnow, FreemanHeadlineFrom the library of President Grover Cleveland, international law bookPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1895 Lot #336 Signed loan document, Pennslvania 1785 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Revolutionary War)HeadlineSigned loan document, Pennsylvania 1785Date Published1785 Lot #370 Archive of work by Cinematographer Robert L. Surtees View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorSurtees, Robert L.HeadlineArchive of Cinematographer Robert L. SurteesDate Published1926-1966 Lot #375 Eldorado, Or, Adventures in the Path of Empire: Comprising a Voyage to California, Via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures of the Gold Region, and Experiences of Mexican Travel View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTaylor, BayardHeadlineOne of the most influential books on the California Gold RushPublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1850 Lot #377 “Father of Submarine Telegraphy” on American invention of Printing Telegraph - letter View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Telegraph Printer invention, 1846)AuthorBrett, J.[acob] C.Headline1846 letter on invention of first Telegraph PrinterDate PublishedSept. 14, 1846 Lot #408 Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorWoods, Daniel B.HeadlineSixteen Months at the Gold DiggingsPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1851 Lot #414 U.S.S. Duluth (CL-87): Ship's Diary View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(World War II)AuthorWilson, Willard J.HeadlineOriginal handwritten diary kept aboard the U.S.S. Duluth (CL-87) Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next