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