19TH CENTURY SEAFARING, 15 LETTERS BYJ RUTHERFORD 15 readable documents related to Captain John Rutherford (1762-1814). A manuscript archive of John Rutherford, he was a captured Revolutionary war soldier and...
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6PCS EARLY AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS, INC.AARON BURR A collection of six early newspapers. The Country Journal or Craftsman, June 28, 1735 #469, discussing Savannah, Georgia being built. Contains advertisements and...
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THE CRISIS, SEPT9, 1775 The Crisis, dated September 9, 1775 is a fine example of an early newspaper from London printed on Fleet Street by T.W. Shaw containing a scathing full edition letter...
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MILLARD FILLMORE 13TH PRESIDENT, HAND-WRITTENLTRFramed hand-written letter by Millard Fillmore (New York, 1800-1874), 13th president of the United States (1850-1853), the letter datelined Buffalo, Sept. 21, 1869, congratulates...
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WINSTON CHURCHILL SIGNED 1917 POEM INFRENCH Winston Churchill Letter, written aboard the S.S. "Chicago," Sept 7, 1917, while crossing the Atlantic. Single page poem in French, folded as if mailed. Entirely in...
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WWII ARCHIVE, CHIEF WARRANT OFFICERROBERT KNIESWWII Archive for U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Robert Knies including German period photos, pins, patches. Lot includes one personal letter, hand written on...
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BOSTON CUSTER'S COLT CARRIED AT LITTLEBIGHORNThis is quite possibly one of the most important Battle of the Little Bighorn firearms ever offered for public sale, a Colt U.S. Cavalry issue Single Action Army revolver...
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PAIR OF EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND HISTORICALLYSIGNIFICANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TEETH BY JOSIAH SHEFFIELD, JR., KNOWN AS THE "LOG TEETH" CIRCA 1831-1835 LENGTHS 6" AND 6.25". INCLUDES STANDS. SIGNIFICANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S...
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ANDREW WYETH, PERSONAL LETTER DATEDSEPT. 26TH, 1968, LETTERHEAD READS "ANDREW WYETH/ CUSHING ROAD/ THOMASTON, MAINE", ENVELOPE ALSO...Andrew Wyeth, personal letter dated Sept. 26th, 1968, letterhead reads "Andrew...
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CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
QINGDYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY ? ????????????????one side enamelled with a pair of birds perching on flowering tree issuing from rockwork amongst other plants, against a navy...
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COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA RELATED TO JOHNF. KENNEDYand Samuel Kagen, Rhode Island representative and delegate to the 1960 Democratic Convention. To include: a letter signed Jack Kennedy to the Honorable Samuel Kagen...
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(9) HISTORIC MARITIME SHIPPING DOCUMENTS.19TH C.To include: a letter dated Sept 30, 1845, related to the ship Meridian. A statement letter of Marten W. Brown, a crew member on the ship Washington Irving, June 17,...
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ANDREW NEWELL WYETH (PA/ME, 1917-2009)An Illustrated Letter to Ed Coffin from Andrew Wyeth, dated September 6, 1963, regarding the skiff called "The Edward", the boat rendered in ink and watercolor, on Andrew's...
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CIVIL WAR SOLDIER JOHN C WINN LETTERPHOTO ARCHIVE United States,19th CenturyCivil War Archive of John C. Winn 1st Connecticut Artillery Siege of Petersburg Certificate ?Grand Army of the Republic? of Vermont...
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James Purdy (1914-2009) Letters ShortStories and Books When James Purdy died 13 March 2009 the New York Times referred to his work as ?wayward and unclassifiable.? Playwright poet author of short stories and...
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2 pieces. Letters Signed - AmericanAuthors: Autograph Letter Signed. Grey, Zane. Lackawana?, Pa., July 6, [ca. 1917]. 2 pp., 8vo. To Henry Clymer of Phoenixville, Pa., responding appreciatively to this young...
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Texas & New Mexico Military Correspondenceof Jonas P. Holliday Lot of 3 ALsS. 1850-1857.Appointed to West Point from New York Jonas P. Holliday graduated 24th in the class of 1850 and remained in the military service...
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Brevet Brigadier General James M. Ruggles1st & 3rd Illinois Cavalry Civil War Archive 69 letters and documents; 1 diary; 2 presidential appointments; Veteran's hat; 2 shoulder straps; and coin purse with 19 coins....
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Colonel Francis Parker 32nd MassachusettsVolunteers Civil War Archive 38 war-date letters 1860-1862. During the first days of the secession crisis in December 1860 Francis J. Parker wrote to Massachusetts Gov. John...
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Talley Family Civil War Archive IncludingDiaries of Joseph R. Talley IL 27th Inf. & Charles Talley DE 7th Inf. 6 letters (4 war-date); 13 documents; 3 diaries (2 war-date); 11 banknotes; 2 photographs. 1853-1934....
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Sergeant R. Ross Wallace 74th Ohio InfantryCivil War Diary Pocket diary Feb. 1-Sept. 2 1864. A typical hard-bitten western regiment the 74th Ohio Infantry was organized in February 1862 and within twenty months could...
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3 pieces. Typed Letters Signed. LaGuardia,Fiorello. New York, Sept. 12, 1944; Sept. 15, 1944; Sept. 22, 1945. Each 1 p., 4to, on City of New York, Office of The Mayor letterhead. All to the theatre producer Gilbert...
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4 pieces. Autograph Material - AmericanCivil War & related material: Banks, N.P., General. Autograph endorsement signed. Waltham, Mass., Sept. 19, 1876. On verso of letter to Banks from Ben. Perley Poore, Washington,...
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Letters Between the Sturges BrothersMost Antebellum Including J.R. Sturges 3rd GA Infantry KIA These 58 letters encompass a "snapshot" of antebellum life in the South.Samuel Sturges (1774-1831) was born in Fairfield...
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Archive of Documents Associated withthe Sturges Family Including John R. Sturges 3rd GA Infantry KIA The lot contains a variety of items including over 100 receipts and other ephemera an early indenture and...
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Civil War Archive of 3 Members of 25thMass. Vols. Lot of 7 letters. Brothers Chester Greenwood WIA & George Greenwood DOW and George H. Barnes DOW. Five are soldiers' letters two are other family members (Sarah...
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Enrique Alferez (Mexican/Louisiana 1901-1999)"Moses" c. 1955 terracotta height 19 in. width 18 in. depth 14 in. on original hardwood base. Note: The talented and beloved Mexican-born Alferez had a colorful and varied...
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2 vols. Stevenson, Robert Louis: TheMerry Men and Other Tales and Fables. London: Chatto & Windus, 1887. 1st ed. Sm. 8vo, orig. silver & black-stamped blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine; moderate edge wear, very...
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Lot. Autograph Material. Guthrie, Woody.Archive of Autograph Letters Signed, Autograph Manuscript & Typescript Short Stories, Signed Ephemera & other related material: Autograph Letters Signed, all to Charlotte...
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1 piece. Autograph Letter Signed. Washington,G(eorge). Philadelphia, Sept. 7th, 1793. (To Thomas Jefferson) "Sir, / I have received your letter /of yesterday's date, and approving /the measures suggested therein, de...
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Early 20th Century Generals Group ofAutographs Including James Harbord & Malin Craig Lot of 6 including: Malin Craig (2) Brigadier General Army Cuba Boxer Rebellion World War I and II ALS 1905 and TLS 1921;...
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Autographs of WWII Generals Four 4-Starand One 5-Star Generals Lot of 5 including: Lyman L. Lemnitzer Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Washington TNS 1961; Mark W. Clark TNS The Citadel letterhead 1965; Leslie...
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8 vols. Housman, Clemence: The Were-Wolf.London: John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1896. 1st ed., 8vo, orig. gilt-lettered rose-tan cloth; spine ends frayed & chipped, other light wear. With 6 plates by Laurence Housman....
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World War II POW Diaries of BritishLieut. J.W. Hugo Held by Japanese A lot of two diaries written in captivity by British officer Lt. James W. Hugo while prisoner of the Japanese in World War II. ?These two...
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Charles Hook Armco Steel Company Lotof Manuscripts & Documents Lot includes letters photographs pamphlets mostly from the late 1930s through the 1960s. Born in 1880 the youngest of four children of Henry and...
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5 pieces. American 19th-Century ManuscriptMaterial & C: U.S. Volunteer Service, The President's Thanks and Certificate of Honorable Service. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15, 1864. Folio; some wear & chipping at edges. With...
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