WINCHESTER REVOLUTIONARY WAR ACCOUNTBOOK, 1779-1804Revolutionary War related account book and notebook belonging to early Tennessee settlers General James Winchester (b. 1752-d.1826) and his brother, Major George...
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HARDING FAMILY ARCHIVE, ACCOUNT BOOKExtensivearchive relating to David Morris Harding (1795-1854) and wife Frances "Fanny" Grieves Davis Harding (1801-1865), including ledgers for David Morris Harding's whiskey business...
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W.W.I MANUSCRIPT OF U.S. LT. COL. MONROEA MEANSA type and bound manuscript detailing the day to day service of a young Pennsylvania man in training and in combat in WWI. Colonel Means wrote this manuscript for his...
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TWO (2) AMERICANA BOOKS OF THE OLD WESTOfferedin this lot are two (2) Books of the Old West, "On The Border With Crook" by John C. Bourke and "Owyhee Cattlemen 1878 1978 100 Years In The Saddle" by Mildretta Adams. "On...
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1877 1ST ED. WESTERN WILDS BY J.H. BEADLEForyour bidding consideration is a Leather Bound Illustrated, 1877 First Edition of "Western Wilds and the Men Who Redeem Them" by J.H. Beadle. This is a late 19th-century account...
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RARE 1890 1ST ED. VOL. I & II "IN DARKESTAFRICA"For your consideration is this 1890 First Edition copies Vol. I & II "In Darkest Africa" by Henry M. Stanley, publisher London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington...
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Manuscript House Books of various sizesrelating to the Strickland family of Apperley Court, Gloucestershire; the first with entries from 1812 to 1822 relating to Hugh Edwin Strickland and Arthur Strickland and...
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FOUR ACCOUNTING BOOKS, ONE HALL GREEN& LOCKE (GENERAL STORE), OCTOBER 12, 1818-OCTOBER 23, 1819, LOTS OF "CALICO" COTTON, ETC; AND...Four accounting books, one Hall Green & Locke (general store), October 12,...
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ENGLAND AND EUROPE, (6) ANTIQUE VOLS.Includes: [Thomas Pennant] Some Account of London. Printed for Robt. Faulder, 1791, 2nd ed., with fold-out map and 2 fold-out engravings, 9.75"h x 8.25"w; with, The Gallery...
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ACCOUNTING BOOK OF THE WHALING BARK"MARY FRAZIER" 13.25" X 18.25". "MARY FRAZIER", Manuscript officer's and crew account book for the bark's 1867-1871 whaling voyage to the Pacific under Thomas F. Caswell,...
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JAMES GREY JACKSON. AN ACCOUNT OF THEEMPIRE OF MAROCCO AND THE DISTRICT OF SUSE... 1809 10 3/4 X 8 3/4 IN. (27.31 X 22.23 CM.) EMPIRE OF MAROCCO AND THE DISTRICT OF SUSE... 1809, [Travel/ Morocco] Jackson, James...
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A LETTER FROM A GENTLEMAN OF THE LORDAMBASSADOR HOWARD'S RETINUE... MOROCCO, 1670, WITH, AN ACCOUNT OF SOUTH-WEST BARBARY, 1713 AMBASSADOR HOWARD'S RETINUE... MOROCCO, 1670, WITH, AN ACCOUNT OF SOUTH-WEST BARBARY,...
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ELPHINSTONE. AN ACCOUNT OF THE KINGDOMOF CAUBUL AND ITS DEPENDENCIES ... FIRST EDITION. 1815. ELPHINSTONE FAMILY ASSOCIATION OF CAUBUL AND ITS DEPENDENCIES ... FIRST EDITION. 1815. ELPHINSTONE FAMILY ASSOCIATION,...
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FOUR LATE 19TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURYCIVIC ORGANIZATION HARDCOVER VOLUMESFour Late 19th - Early 20th Century Civic Organization Hardcover Volumes, Consisting of: 'Proceedings of Lexington Historical Society...
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Pennant, Thomas. Some Account of London,Second Edition, 1791. 4to., cont. calf (joints cracked, head of spine chipped). Engraved frontispiece, title, folding map (spotted and offset) and plates - Malcolm J.P. Londonium...
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Price, John. An Historical Account ofthe City of Hereford, Hereford 1796; An Historical and Topographical Account of Leominster…, Ludlow 1795. Cont. calf uniformly bound, 3pp. of ms. notes on the Wye etc.,...
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LARGE LOT OF MOSTLY LATE 19TH CENTURYEPHEMERARELATED TO SHIPPING AND WHALING. APPROXIMATELY 250 PIECES TO INCLUDE NUMEROUS ITEMS FROM CAPTAIN JOHN WESLEY THOMPSON OF MAINE. HE WAS BORN IN THE 1830S AND COMMANDED...
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Photographic Archive of Miles City MontanaPhotographer R.C. Morrison 1880s-1890s Cowan's is proud to present the photographic archive of pioneer Montana photographer Robert C. Morrison (1850-1938) descended directly...
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7 vols. Philadelphia 18th-Century ReligiousImprints: Phipps, Joseph. The Original and Present State of Man. Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1783. 8vo, contemp. sheep; rubbed, worn and blistered, spine mostly gone....
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U.S. Army Indian Scout William E. ArchboldLeQuesne Archive 3 letters; 7 manuscripts; ribbon; newsclippings; 13 photographs; and 3 baskets that were purportedly presented to LeQuesne by Sitting Bull's daughter. 1884-1904....
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1776 ALMANAC OF THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON:Eye Witness Account of the Battle of Lexington: THE NORTH-AMERICAN'S ALMANACK, AND GENTLEMAN'S AND LADY'S DIARY, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1776. by Samuel Stearns. Massachusetts-Bay:...
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1834-1838 Whaling Ledger of Ship GovernorFenner 13 x 8 in. hardcover accounting ledger for the whaling ship Governor Fenner of Bristol Rhode Island; Alexander Swain II Captain. Built in 1827 the Governor Fenner was...
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William R. Carr 12th Massachusetts Vols.KIA Gettysburg Civil War Archive 9 letters from Sgt. William R. Carr 1861-1863. Plus 6 related family letters. The war letters start with Carr??Ts May 17 1861 admission to...
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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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CSN Engineer Benjamin S. Herring Archive1853-1891 This fine lot features the following: Benjamin Herring's gray military vest with four attached naval buttons plus six unattached naval buttons most likely from the...
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CSA Account Book of Capt. W.S. Wickhamfrom Creation of Army of Tennessee 7.5 x 3 in. leather-bound memo book inscribed on cover CS Army / Captain / W L Wickham / Pay Department / 1862 - 63 with similar inscriptions...
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The lands of Cazembe. Lacerda's journeyto Cazembe in 1798. Translated and annotated by Captain R.F.Burton, F.R.G.S. Also journey of the Pombeiros P.J.Baptista and Amaro José, across Africa from Angola to Tette...
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Books on the Battle of Fort Pulaskiand Partial ALS of Charles Olmstead 1p 6. x 9.5 in. Partial ALS signed by Charles Olmstead on Chas. H. Olmstead & Co. Bankers letterhead. Savannah n.d but 1880s from preprinted...
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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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1 vol. (Philadelphia 18th-Century ToryNewspapers.) Bound collection of 46 issues, supplements & extras: The Pennsylvania Ledger. Philadelphia, October 29, 1777 - November 12, 1777, December 3, 1777 - December...
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Accountant's Occupational Shaving Mugporcelain with polychrome painted scene of an accountant tending to his books at his standing desk. With ink name Ed. J. Johnson. Ht. 4''. Condition: Less than 50% gilt remaining...
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Portrait miniature of Henry Gourdina Charleston merchant (American school circa 1824) HENRY GOURDIN (abt.1805-1879) watercolor on ivory in case unsigned H2 1/2'' W2 1/4'' Provenance: Property descended in the...
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[Naval History] Histories of the U.S.Navy and Great Britain Lot of 6. Cooper James Fenimore (1789-1851). The History of the Navy of the United States of America. Tp lacking. This appears to be an abridged edition...
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(NAPOLEON) Autograph letter signed (''G.A.Barlow'') 20 pages in English Camp near Paris July 7 1815. An extensive eyewitness account of the Battle of Waterloo (a.k.a. Battle of Belle Alliance) by a British soldier...
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Manuscript document : Henry Will receiptdated 27 april 1705 From account of Henry Will, a bill to Peter Van Gaasbeck of Kingston, New York for assorted pewter ware, 27th April 1705, together with "Henry Will...
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