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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 #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 #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 #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