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Previous|1|Next Lot #2 First convicted American Slave Trader, wife’s plea for mercy View details Estimate$1,800 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(African-American – 1822)AuthorDorcas [Mrs.Joseph F.] SmithHeadline1822 First convicted US Slave Trader - wife’s mercy pleaDate PublishedMarch 20, 1822 Lot #3 Letter of Virginia slave-holder barred from taking slaves to Ohio View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1822)AuthorWithers, WilliamHeadlineLetter of Virginia slave-holder barred from taking slaves to OhioDate Published1822 Lot #4 Negro Slave arson plot - N.Carolina legal document View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1832)Headline1832 N.Carolina Negro Slave arson plot, legal documentDate PublishedMarch 3, 1832 Lot #5 Georgia Slave executed for rape of white woman, legal archive View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1848)Headline1848 Georgia Slave executed for rape of white woman, legal archiveDate Published1848 Lot #6 Letter from a Virginia Slave-Trader View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1850)AuthorW.[illiam] H.BettsHeadline1850 letter from a Virginia Slave-TraderDate PublishedMarch 24, 1850 Lot #7 Letter re Mississippi auction of an “old Black” slave View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1855)Headline1855 Letter, Mississippi auction of an “old Black” slaveDate PublishedJanuary 1, 1855 Lot #8 Tennessee legal dispute, ownership of a valuable slave View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1860)Headline1860 Tennessee legal fight over slave ownershipDate Published1860 Lot #9 The Negro in Science, a groundbreaking anthology View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1955)AuthorTaylor, Julius H. editorHeadlineNegro in Science, groundbreaking 1955 bookPublisherMorgan State College PressDate Published1955 Lot #73 Archive of letters, orders, and related items by or to Col. Henry B. Carrington during or shortly after the Civil War View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Carrington, Henry B.)HeadlineCivil War Archive Re: Henry B. Carrington.Date Published1861-1865 Lot #78 Roster of Officers & Civil Agents on duty in the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands [with] two circular letters relating to the Bureau - all framed together View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Civil War - Reconstruction)HeadlineRoster of agents in Georgia Freedman's Bureau 1868Date Published1868 Lot #93 Manuscript patent deed for a plot of land granted to William Bent Moore, a half-breed, by treaty between various tribes and the U.S. government View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Colorado)HeadlineLand grant to Colorado half-breedDate PublishedDecember 29, 1874 Lot #97 Letter from Miguel Costanzo to the Viceroy of New Spain, requesting arms for the cavalry corps of the northern provinces, plus a manuscript payment voucher for Costanzo View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorCostanzo, MiguelHeadlineLetter from Miguel Costanzo to Viceroy of New SpainDate Published1810 & 1794 Lot #99 Seven Cowboy Artists of America Exhibition Catalogues, limited and signed by artists View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Cowboy Artists of America)HeadlineSeven Cowboy Artists of America Exhibition Catalogues, signed and limitedPublisherNorthland PressDate Published1971-1979 Lot #103 Document signed by James Wilson, signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Declaration of Independence, Signer)AuthorWilson, JamesHeadlineJames Wilson signer from PennsylvaniaDate Published1774 Lot #127 Two pieces of original artwork for the Chugg Water Journal, a handwritten newspaper produced in Fort Laramie in 1849 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Fort Laramie)HeadlineOriginal artwork for 1849 Fort Laramie newspaperDate Published1849 Lot #139 The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineHerbert Hoover on Woodrow Wilson signedPublisherMcGraw-Hill Book CompanyDate Published[1958] Lot #150 The Story of My Life: With Her Letters (1887-1901) and a Supplementary Account of her Education Including Passages from the Reports and Letters of Her Teacher, Ann Mansfield Sullivan - signed and dated by Helen Keller View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorKeller, Helen and John Albert MacyHeadlineThe Story of My Life by Helen Keller, with AutographPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1903 Lot #189 Five manuscript lists and one typed list of graves of Shoshone who enlisted or may have enlisted in the U.S. Army as soldiers or scouts View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Native Americans - Shoshone)HeadlineList of graves of Shoshone soldiers on U.S. armyDate Publishedc.1920's? Lot #197 Thank you letter from Richard Nixon to entertainer Rudy Vallee View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineTyped letter from Nixon to Rudy ValleeDate Published1985 Lot #238 Original manuscript ledger book recording land purchases and related legal proceedings of the Philadelphia, Germantown, & Norristown Railroad Company View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Railroad Ledger of Land Purchases)HeadlineLedger for Philadelphia, Germantown, & Norristown RR CompanyDate Publishedc.1896-1917 Lot #239 Two letters from Joseph S. Alemany, the first Bishop of San Francisco, to William Chapman Ralston, regarding a planned cemetery near Ralston's Belmont mansion View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Ralston's "Ring")AuthorAlemany, Joseph SadocHeadlineLetters from Bishop Alemany to W.C. RalstonDate Published1874 Lot #240 Three letters from British mining engineer R.M. Brereton to William Chapman Ralston View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Ralston's "Ring")AuthorBrereton, Robert MaitlandHeadlineEnglish mining engineer writes to W.C. RalstonDate Published1872 & 1875 Lot #241 Letter from attorney John T. Doyle to William C. Ralston, enlisting his aid in the construction of a narrow gauge railroad in San Mateo County View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Ralston's "Ring")AuthorDoyle, John T.HeadlineLetter to W.C. Ralston about San Mateo railroadDate PublishedDecember 20, 1872 Lot #242 Two letters from San Francisco banker and mining engineer J.C. Duncan, father of ill-fated dancer Isadora Duncan, to William Chapman Ralston View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Ralston's "Ring")AuthorDuncan, Joseph DuncanHeadlineLetters from Isadora Duncan's father to W.C. ChapmanDate PublishedMarch 26, 1874 Lot #243 Letter from Laura D. Fair, convicted murderer whose sentence was overturned, to William Chapman Ralston View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Ralston's "Ring")AuthorFair, Laura D.HeadlineLetter from murderer to W.C. RalstonDate PublishedMarch 9th, 1873 Lot #244 Three letters from Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Field to William C. Ralston View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Ralston's "Ring")AuthorField, Stephen J.HeadlineLetters from Stephen Field to W.C. RalstolnDate Published1874 & 1875 Lot #245 Four letters to William Chapman Ralston from various associates View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Ralston's "Ring")HeadlineFour letters to William Chapman RalstonDate Published1868-1872 Lot #246 Three letters from stage & express and transportation entrepreneur Ben Holladay to William Chapman Ralston View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Ralston's "Ring")AuthorHolladay, BenHeadlineLetters from Ben Holladay to W.C. RalstonDate Published1868 & 1871 Lot #247 Letter from Nevada Senator John P. Jones to William C. Ralston, discussing Hawaii, Adolph Sutro, Presidential appointments, etc. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Ralston's "Ring")AuthorJones, John P.HeadlineNevada Senator J.P. Jones writes to William C. RalstonDate PublishedMarch 12, 1875 Lot #248 Two letters from Frederick Marriott, early aviation booster and publisher of the San Francisco News Letter, to William Chapman Ralston View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Ralston's "Ring")AuthorMarriott, FrederickHeadlineLetters from Frederick Marriott to W.C. ChapmanDate Published1874 Lot #249 Letter from mining engineer Isaac L. Requa to William C. Ralston View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Ralston's "Ring")AuthorRequa, Isaac LawrenceHeadlineNevada mining engineer writes to W.C. RalstonDate PublishedJanuary 12, 1872 Lot #250 Six letters to William Chapman Ralston, San Francisco banker and financier View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Ralston's "Ring")HeadlineLetters to William Chapman RalstonDate Published1867-1873 Lot #251 Manuscript receipt for a deposit of gold and silver bars valued at $246,865.59 in the Bank of California, signed by W.C. Ralston View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorRalston, William ChapmanHeadlineRalston receipts for silver and gold barsDate PublishedJune 29, 1867 Lot #275 Letter from Granville Stuart to his partner Samuel T. Hauser with an overview and accounting of their cattle business View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorStuart, GranvilleHeadlineLetter from Granville Stuart about cattle businessDate PublishedFebruary 24th, 1881 Lot #281 Letter from Stephen F. Austin to José de las Piedas, commander of the Mexican forces in Nacogdoches, about of military and civic matters View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(Texas)AuthorAustin, Stephen F.HeadlineLetter from Stephen F. Austin to Mexican commanderDate Published12 June 1830 Lot #282 Letter from Thomas Jefferson Chambers, lawyer, surveyor and land speculator in Mexican Texas, to José de las Piedas, commander of the Mexican forces in Nacogdoches, about the replacement of Juan Antonio Padilla as a land commissioner View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Texas)AuthorChambers, Thomas JeffersonHeadlineLand surveying in Texas in 1830Date Published9 August 1830 Lot #283 Letter to Stephen F. Austin, unsigned, regarding the transit of emigrants to his colony View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Texas)HeadlineLetter to Stephen F. Austin about emigration into TexasDate PublishedJanuary 3, 1830 Lot #284 Letter from George Orr to the “Col. Commanding at Nacogdoches” [i.e. José de las Piedras] about a “small Mexican armed vessel” surveying the harbor View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Texas)AuthorOrr, GeorgeHeadlineLetter from Texas pioneer 1828Date PublishedNovember 7th, 1828 Lot #301 Manuscript account of a hunting trip in Wyoming in 1884 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Wyoming - Hunting Manuscript)AuthorUnknownHeadlineMs. account of Wyoming hunting trip 1884Date Published1884 Lot #394 Navigator's log and course-calculation book for voyages aboard three steamers in the service of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Pacific Mail Steamship Company)HeadlineNavigator's course book for Pacific steamships 1918Date Published1918-1919 Lot #395 Two manuscript diaries kept by Pliny Fisk, an American missionary in Palestine, both before and during his travels View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Palestine)AuthorFisk, PlinyHeadlineDiaries of missionary to PalestineDate Published1814-1820 Lot #423 Facsimiles of Royal, Historical, Literary and other Autographs in the Department of Manuscripts British Museum. Series I-V View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorWarner, George F., editorHeadlineFacsimiles of Royal, Historical, Literary and other Autographs 1899PublisherThe British MuseumDate Published1899 Lot #445 Coast of California from Carmel Bay to Fort Point - manuscript map on drafting linen View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorWilliamson, Robert StocktonHeadlineMs. map of California coast by R.S. WilliamsonDate Published1867 Lot #460 Two manuscript documents, stating the contributions of the various states to the war effort and the number of troops supplied by each View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)HeadlineFunding & troops for the RevolutionDate PublishedLate 18th/early 19th century Lot #552 1789-1939 The French Revolution - Negro Emancipation View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(French Revolution & Negro Emancipation)HeadlineFrench Revolution / Negro Emancipation rare postcards 1939PublisherSociété des Amis de l'Abbé GrégoireDate Published1939 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next