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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Letter detailing the value of slaves who were to be sold View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Africa-American)AuthorCalder, GeorgeHeadlinePlanning a large slave sale in antebellum South CarolinaDate PublishedJuly 27, 1859 Lot #2 Letter with news about captured fugitive slave committing suicide in his jail cell View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorBethune, AmandaHeadlineLetter mentioning a runaway slave who hung himself in jailDate PublishedNovember 6-13, 1851 Lot #3 Letter, possibly written by an emancipated, slave in antebellum South Carolina View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorBill, HenryHeadlineLetter possibly written by a freed slave in South CarolinaDate PublishedMay 10, 1849 Lot #5 Letter from a South Carolina slave-owner View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorBrooks, SamuelHeadlineConnecticut native writes about slavesDate PublishedFeb. 6, 1847 Lot #6 Autograph Letter Signed from a Black missionary to Liberia, freed from slavery as a child in Tennessee View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorErskine, H. W.HeadlineAntebellum Letter from an ex-slave American missionaryDate Published[1850] Lot #7 Autograph Letter Signed by John Quincy Adams' in-law inquiring about her ex-slave View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorMasters, Mrs. AnnHeadlineJohn Adams in-law inquires about jailed ex-slaveDate PublishedFeb. 23, 1832 Lot #8 Letter about Union Army sent to suppress KKK violence View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African-American)AuthorNesbitt, JamesHeadlineLetter about Ku Klux Klan violence in South CarolinaDate PublishedApril 27, 1872 Lot #9 Letter by Female Anti-slavery Poet about her Black housekeeper View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorSigourney, Lydia M.HeadlineBlack housekeeper honored by early American woman poetDate PublishedJune 18, 1849 Lot #12 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlinePhotos of the Apollo 11 mission signed by Buzz AldrinPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 Lot #15 Letter from a Boston SPCA official about forming local Societies in California View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Animal Protection)AuthorHill, Henry B.HeadlineLetter from Boston SPCA about protecting animals in CaliforniaDate PublishedNov. 13, 1896 Lot #16 Unpublished letter by the housekeeper of Ralph Waldo Emerson, describing the Emerson boarding house View details Estimate$800 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorGoodwin, Mrs. E.C. (Emeline Conor Philleo)HeadlineAnti-slavery letter by Prudence Crandall’s step-daughter and poet Emerson’s housekeeperDate PublishedOct. 26, 1848 Lot #19 Archive of 14 letters, most written to President William McKinley, relating to the appointment of Edwin S. Gill as Secretary of the Territory of Arizona View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Arizona)HeadlineArizona writes McKinley about their Secretary 1897Date Published1897 Lot #23 My Auto Travels [manuscript cover title) View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Automobile Travel Diary)HeadlineYoung woman's travel diary on west coastDate Published1916-1927 Lot #25 The Red Cross. A History of This Remarkable International Movement in the Interest of Humanity. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorBarton, ClaraHeadlineWith signed letter from Clara BartonPublisherAmerican National Red CrossDate Published1898 Lot #38 Sheet of three unused stock certificates in the Bodie Bluff Consolidation Mining Co., each signed in ink by Leland Stanford as President of the company View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(California - Bodie)HeadlineBodie mine stock signed by Leland StanfordPublisherAgnew & Deffenbach, print.Date Published186- Lot #40 Letter from Lassen County D.A. office relaying account of murder in Big Valley View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Lassen County)HeadlineMurder in Lassen County, a "cold blooded" affairDate PublishedApril 20, 1880 Lot #42 Two ledger books from Wells, Fargo's Mendocino office listing shipments and goods and packages on hand View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(California - Mendocino)AuthorWells, Fargo & Co.HeadlineWells, Fargo ledgers from Mendocino, 1890sPublisherWells, Fargo & Co.Date Published1890-1897 Lot #64 Autograph Document certifying a birth in mid-ocean en route from Europe to California View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California Gold Rush)Author[Kolling?], J.C.C.HeadlineCertificate for birth aboard ship sailing to Gold RushDate PublishedJan. 19, 1853 Lot #65 Letter about Jewish merchant in Mississippi who had left for the California Gold Rush View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorSelling, PhilipHeadlineLetter about a Jewish 49er to the California Gold RushDate PublishedJune 1, 1849 Lot #77 Reconstruction: Speech of Hon. Samuel B. Axtell of California, delivered in the House of Representatives, January 18, 1868 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War - Reconstruction)AuthorAxtell, Samuel B.HeadlineCalif. Congressman opposes ReconstructionPublisherF. & J. Rives & Geo. A. BaileyDate Published1868 Lot #78 The Vicksburg Campaign View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorBearss, Edwin ColeHeadlineVicksburg Campaign 3 vols. inscribedPublisherMorningsideDate Published1985-86 Lot #79 Letter from a Maine teacher about a student who fled to Canada to escape the draft View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorBullard, SilasHeadlineLetter about a Civil War draft dodger in MaineDate PublishedOct. 7, 1864 Lot #80 Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan, General United States Army View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorSheridan, P.H.HeadlineA sharp set of Sheridan's memoirs, 1888PublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1888 Lot #82 Letter praising the oratory of Alabama Secessionist during the 1860 presidential election campaign View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorWard, John JamesHeadlineConfederate officer praises Secession on eve of Civil WarDate PublishedCa. 1858 and 1860 Lot #89 Check signed J. Fenimore Cooper View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCooper, James FenimoreHeadlineSigned by J. Fenimore CooperDate Published1845 Lot #93 Outlaws on Horseback. The History of the Organized Bands of Bank and Train Robbers Who Terrorized the Prairie Towns of Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory, and Oklahoma for Half a Century View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDrago, Harry SinclairHeadlineSigned by the author, 1/150PublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1964 Lot #108 Capital and Population: A Study of the Economic Effects of Their Relations to Each Other. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Finance)AuthorHawley, Frederick B.HeadlineSinged by Frederick B. HawleyPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1882 Lot #136 Stationery autographed by Al Jolson View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorJolson, AlHeadlineInscribed by singer and comedian Al JolsonDate Publishedn.d. Lot #161 Memorie and Rime View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMiller, JoaquinHeadlineSigned by Miller, w/ letter from Ella W. WilcoxPublisherFunk & WagnallsDate Published1884 Lot #189 Letter from the inspiration of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Ballad of Ulalume" View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Poe, Edgar Allan)AuthorBronson, C.P.HeadlineLetter from the inspiration of a poem by Edgar Allan PoeDate PublishedDec. 14, 1831 Lot #198 The Life of Major-General William Henry Harrison: Comprising a Brief Account of His Important Civil and Military Services, and An Accurate Description of the Council at Vincennes with Tecumseh, as well as the Victories of Tippecanoe, Fort Meigs, and the Thames. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1841)AuthorHarrison, William HenryHeadlineLife of William Henry Harrison 1840PublisherGrigg & ElliotDate Published1840 Lot #201 A Shining City. The Legacy of Ronald Reagan. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1981)HeadlineSigned by Nancy ReaganPublisherThe Easton PressDate Published1998 Lot #207 The Overland Stage to California: Personal Reminiscences and Authentic History of the Great Overland Stage Line and Pony Express from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorRoot, Frank A. and William Elsey ConnelleyHeadlineInscribed by the author Frank A. RootPublisherPublished by the AuthorsDate Published1901 Lot #212 Letter opposing South Carolina's Nullification battle with Washington View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(South Carolina)AuthorHemphill, David, James, Eliza and BellHeadlineLetter opposing South Carolina Nullification movementDate PublishedFeb. 24, 1834 Lot #215 Letter to New York judge Reuben Walworth nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Supreme Court)AuthorGraham, James LorimerHeadlineLetter about a contentious Supreme Court nominationDate PublishedJan. 28, 1845 Lot #216 Former Confederate secret agent plots Supreme Court overthrow of Reconstruction View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Supreme Court)AuthorWashington, Littleton QuintonHeadlineLetter on Supreme Court challenge to ReconstructionDate PublishedJanuary 11, 1868 Lot #219 Two letters and a receipt relating to the XIT Ranch on the Texas Panhandle View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Texas - XIT Ranch)HeadlineLetters about the XIT Ranch of Texas 1888Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #222 Deed for sale of land in Nacadoches County, Republic of Texas View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Texas)HeadlineSelling land in Republic of TexasDate Published1839 Lot #225 Survey of 320 acres of land in Nacadoches County, Texas View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$156.25StatusSold Heading(Texas)AuthorTerrell, R.H.HeadlineLand survey in Republic of TexasDate Published1844 Lot #228 Diary of Democracy View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorToulmin, Harry AubreyHeadlineSigned by Harley M. KilgorePublisherRichard R. SmithDate Published1947 Lot #239 Fighting the Flying Circus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(World War I)AuthorRickenbacker, Edward V.HeadlineInscribed by fighter ace 'Eddie' RickenbackerPublisherFrederick A. Stokes CompanyDate Published1919 Lot #243 Letter offering Indian artifacts to a Congressional Medal of Honor winner View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Wounded Knee)AuthorMoorehead, WarrenHeadlineLetter from Dean of American Archaeology and Wounded Knee observerDate PublishedAugust 18, 1897 Lot #302 Letter from Major General Berthier to Brigadier General Barthelemy, then in transit to Vilna View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Wars)AuthorBerthier, Louis-AlexandreHeadlineLetter from Napoleon's Chief of StaffDate Published2 August 1812 Lot #314 The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorShirer, William L.HeadlineSigned by William L. ShirerPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1990] Lot #319 Alexander's Campaign on the Indian North-West Frontier View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorStein, AurelHeadlineSigned with inscription by Aurel SteinPublisherRoyal Geographical SocietyDate Publishedc. 1927-29 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next