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Previous|1|Next Lot #5 Letters by a Tennessee Slave Trader to his Virginia partner Heading(African American - Slave Trading)AuthorMeek, JosephHeadline1835 Four Letters by a Tennessee Slave TraderDate Published1835 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #6 North Carolina slave permitted to carry a gun - 1 day before the Nat Turner slave revolt began in Virginia - Document Signed Heading(African American - Slavery)AuthorGay, William and Samuel ReeveHeadline1831 No.Carolina slave permitted to carry a gun, Document SignedDate Published1831 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #7 Legal battle over a Virginia slave mother and her children - Document Signed Heading(African American - Slavery)AuthorJohn M. Perkins.Headline1843 Legal battle over a Virginia slave and her childrenDate PublishedOct. 17, 1843 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #8 Behind the Scenes. Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House Heading(African American - Slavery)AuthorKeckley, ElizabethHeadlineElizabeth Keckley Behind the Scenes 1868PublisherG.W. CarletonDate Published1868 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #10 Twelve Years a Slave. Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation Near the Red River, In Louisiana Heading(African American - Slavery)AuthorNorthup, SolomonHeadlineTwelve Years a Slave, with excellent associationsPublisherDerby and MillerDate Published1854 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #11 Lectures on the Philosophy and Practice of Slavery as Exhibited in the Institution of Domestic Slavery in the United States: with the Duties of Masters to Slaves Heading(African American - Slavery)AuthorSmith, William A.HeadlineA Southern defense of slavery on eve of warPublisherStevenson and EvansDate Published1856 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #13 A Portraiture of Domestic Slavery in the United States: with reflections on the practicability of restoring the moral rights of the slave, without impairing the legal privileges of the possessor; and a project of a colonial asylum for free persons of color Heading(African American - Slavery)AuthorTorrey, JesseHeadlineA Portraiture of Domestic Slavery, 1st Ed.PublisherPublished by the AuthorDate Published1817 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #14 Virginia slave auction proceeds Heading(African American - Slavery)AuthorTrabue, MaconHeadlineAntebellum Virginia slave auction proceeds, Document SignedDate PublishedNov. 17, 1855 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #15 Manumission [Emancipation] of slave Peter Harris, Document Signed. Heading(African American - Slavery)AuthorTurpin, Philip O.Headline1850 Slave emancipation document, KentuckyDate PublishedFeb. 11, 1850 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #16 Negroes and Negro "Slavery": The First an Inferior Race: The Latter Its Normal Condition Heading(African American - Slavery)AuthorVan Evrie, J.H.HeadlineNegroes and Negro Slavery 1861PublisherVan Evrie, Horton, & Co.Date Published1861 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #17 Fugitive slave as New York soldier in the War of 1812 - Autograph Letter Signed Heading(African American - War of 1812)AuthorParker, Daniel, Chief Clerk, US War DepartmentHeadlineFugitive slave as New York soldier in the War of 1812Date PublishedJuly 19, 1813 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #18 Hampton and Its Students, By Two of Its Teachers. With Fifty Cabin and Plantation Songs, arranged by Thomas P. Fenner. Heading(African American)AuthorArmstrong, Mrs. M.F. & Helen Ludlow.HeadlineHampton and Its Students, 1st Ed.PublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1874 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #19 "The Negro A Beast," or "In the Image of God." Heading(African American)AuthorCarroll, CharlesHeadline"The Negro A Beast," or "In the Image of God", 1st Ed.PublisherAmerican Book and Bible HouseDate Published1900 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #20 An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans Heading(African American)AuthorChild, Mrs.[Lydia Maria]HeadlineChild, An Appeal in Favor of...Americans Called Africans, 1836PublisherJohn S. TaylorDate Published1836 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #21 My Bondage and My Freedom Heading(African American)AuthorDouglass, FrederickHeadlineMy Bondage and My Freedom, Frederick Douglass, 1855PublisherMiller, Orton, & MulliganDate Published1855 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #22 The Philadelphia Negro: Social Study. Heading(African American)AuthorDuBois, W.E. Burghardt.HeadlineFirst case study of a black community in the US, 1899.PublisherUniversity of PennsylvaniaDate Published1899 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #23 Free Colored Seamen - Majority and Minority Reports, January 20, 1843 Heading(African American)HeadlineFree Colored Seamen - Majority and Minority ReportsDate Published1843 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #24 The Loyalty and Devotion of Colored Americans in the Revolution and War of 1812 Heading(African American)HeadlineIn support of enlisting Black soldiers for the Union Army, 1861PublisherR.F. WallcutDate Published1861 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #25 Nine pieces of sheet music relating to African Americans Heading(African American)HeadlineAfrican American-related sheet musicDate Published1844-1918 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #26 Recaptured Africans Heading(African American)HeadlineRecaptured AfricansPublisherGales & SeatonDate Published1828 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #27 White Supremacy and Negro Subordination or, Negroes A Subordinate Race, and (so-called) Slavery Its Normal Condition Heading(African American)AuthorVan Evrie, John H.HeadlinePseudo-scientific support of slavery, 1868PublisherVan Evrie, Horton & Co.Date Published1868 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #117 Sonoma & Marin Rail-Road Map, May 1875 Scale 400 ft. to the inch Heading(California - Sonoma County)HeadlineMS. map of Sonoma-Marin Railroad line, 1875Date Published1875 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #124 Boston Letter about a disappeared Forty-Niner Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorFullerton & RaymondHeadline1849 Boston letter about a disappeared Forty-NinerDate PublishedMarch 6, 1849 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #145 Splendide Californie! Impressions of the Golden State by French Artists, 1786 to 1900 AuthorChalmers, ClaudineHeadlineSplendide Californie! Signed by the authorPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published2001 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #148 Manuscript Civil War era map, likely of Confederate origin, depicting portions of West Tennessee, Northern Alabama, and Mississippi Heading(Civil War - manuscript map)HeadlineCivil war ms. map of Shiloh regionDate Publishedc.1862 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #151 Letter from Y.D. Patterson to his sister Lydia, presenting a "brief history" of the 15th Illinois Regiment from May 1861 to November 1862, his period of enlistment Heading(Civil War)AuthorPatterson, Y.D.HeadlineCivil War letter of Illinois soldier 1862Date PublishedNov. 14, 1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #152 Signature of Civil War General Ambrose Burnside, as Governor of Rhode Island Heading(Civil War)HeadlineSignature of Ambrose BurnsideDate Publishedc.1866-1869 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #153 Manuscript letter archive of Lt. Col. Joseph Steadman, 6th and 42nd Regiments Massachusetts Volunteers Heading(Civil War)AuthorSteadman, JosephHeadline9 letter Civil War archiveDate Published[1861-64] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #159 Two Colonial-era documents detailing land near present-day Hackensack, New Jersey Heading(Colonial New Jersey – land documents)Headline1765 Colonial documents about land in Hackensack, New JerseyDate Published1765 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #163 Manuscript cookbook in Spanish, with numerous recipes Heading(Cookery - Manuscript Mexican Cookbook)HeadlineManuscript Mexican Cookbook c.1920Date Publishedc.1920? View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #190 Letter Signed as Commissioner of the US Patent Office, about patent of the first electric motor in America Heading(Electric Motor, 1838 - 1st US Patent)AuthorEllsworth, Henry L.Headline1st patented electric motor in America 1838PublisherPatent OfficeDate PublishedJune 16, 1838 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #205 Autograph letter signed to "My Dear Johnson Price" AuthorFrémont, John C.Headlineletter, signed by John C. Fremont 1883Date PublishedAugust 16, 1883 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #208 Autograph letter signed by J.C. Frémont as governor of Arizona Territory to Major Stephens concerning mining projects in Arizona AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineJohn C. Fremont autograph letter 1879Date Published1879 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #217 Living My Life AuthorGoldman, EmmaHeadlineSigned by Emma Goldman from Henry Miller's libraryPublisherAlfred A.. KnopfDate Published1931 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #221 The Western Motion Picture AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey The Western Motion-Picture 1/25PublisherArundel PressDate Published1984 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #234 Letter from three Mexican men to three sisters in Ukiah, California, in response to an article about the latter's prowess at hunting Heading(Hunting)HeadlineUkiah sisters are expert huntersDate Published1896 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #255 Personal accounting ledger, 1843-1844, of merchant captain and California pioneer William A. Leidesdorff AuthorLeidesdorff, William AlexanderHeadlineAccounting ledger of W.A. Leidesdorff 1843-44Date Published1843-1844 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Lot #260 Samuel F.B.Morse’s 11 year-old niece sees “Signor Blitz” - Letter Heading(Magician - Morse family)AuthorRebecca MorseHeadlineSamuel Morse's young niece describes Signor Blitz's 1855 magic actPublisherNew Haven, Conn.Date PublishedNov. 9, 1855 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #261 Colton Company proposal for an Iowa County map Heading(Map-making – Colton, 1857 letter)Headline1857 Colton Co. map-making letter and decorative envelopeDate PublishedJan. 12, 1857 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #270 Document relating to payment of extortion money to insurgents fighting for Mexican independence in 1817 Heading(Mexico)HeadlineMoney paid to Mexican insurgents 1817Date Published1817 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #271 Document relating to the case of two brothers, one of whom stole the wealth of the other - signed by the Viceroy of New Spain Heading(Mexico)HeadlineSibling theft case signed by Viceroy of New Spain 1790Date Published1790 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #272 Letter from Agustin Medrano, a father of the parish of Itztacalco, to the Archbishop of Mexico, bemoaning the fact that the graveyards are full Heading(Mexico)HeadlineMexico graveyards are full, 1797Date Published1797 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #273 Letter regarding a descendant of Emperor Moctezuma II (Montezuma) of Mexico Heading(Mexico)HeadlineMoctezuma's descendants in Spain, 1679 documentDate PublishedJanuary 24, 1679 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #274 Manuscript list of announcements that were gave by Nicolas de la Cruz, “indio ladino pregonero” (an Indian who gave public announcements in the streets). Heading(Mexico)HeadlinePublic announcements in Puebla town square, 1711Date Published1711 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #275 Manuscript testament ("testamento y bienes") of Jose Sanchez Isquierdo, who died in 1790 Heading(Mexico)HeadlineColonial Mexican testament, 1791Date Published1790-1791 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #276 "Muerte de Indio Borracho" (Death of a drunk Indian) - court document Heading(Mexico)HeadlineGrandfather dies of drink in 1791 MexicoDate Published1791 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #278 Document from the Viceroy of New Spain, regarding the occupation by bandits of cattle lands belonging to a helpless widow Heading(Mexico)AuthorToledo y Salazar, Antonio de, Viceroy of New SpainHeadlineBandits invade Mexican widow's cattle lands, 1670Date Published1670 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #299 Original manuscript for the New York Aquarium with front cover Art Deco illustration by German emigre artist Christoph Heading(New York Aquarium – original illustrated ms.)AuthorChristoph, HajoHeadlineOriginal 1930 illustrated manuscript Guide for New York AquariumPublisherHajo and Matilda CompanyDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #307 The Construction of the Panama Canal by the United States Heading(Panama Canal)AuthorHaberkorn, Christian Henry Jr.HeadlineManuscript Economics thesis for Harvard grad, 1910Date Published1910 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #316 Payment note signed by Admiral David Dixon Porter AuthorPorter, David DixonHeadlinePayment note signed by Admiral David Dixon PorterDate Published1821 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #318 Letter from N.H. Swayne Heading(Presidents - Abraham Lincoln)AuthorSwayne, N.H.HeadlineLetter from N.H. Swayne, 1st Republican Supreme Court JusticeDate Published1845 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #321 Letter by U.S. Grant as 1st Lt., 4th Inf. to brevet Brigadier General George Talcott, Chief of Ordinance Heading(Presidents)AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlineSigned letter by U.S. Grant, 1849Date Published1849 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #323 WITHDRAWN - The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson - signed by Herbert Hoover Heading(Presidents)AuthorHoover, Herbert ClarkHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Herbert Hoover Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson Signed 1/500PublisherMcGraw-Hill Book Co.Date Published[1958] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #324 International law: Lectures delivered at Naval War College - from the library of President Grover Cleveland - Heading(Presidents)AuthorSnow, FreemanHeadlineFrom the library of President Grover Cleveland, international law bookPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1895 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #336 Signed loan document, Pennslvania 1785 Heading(Revolutionary War)HeadlineSigned loan document, Pennsylvania 1785Date Published1785 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #350 Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive, and Rising. AuthorSimmons, William J.HeadlineMen of Mark, biographies of prominent African American menPublisherGeo. M. RewellDate Published1887 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #370 Archive of work by Cinematographer Robert L. Surtees AuthorSurtees, Robert L.HeadlineArchive of Cinematographer Robert L. SurteesDate Published1926-1966 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #377 “Father of Submarine Telegraphy” on American invention of Printing Telegraph - letter Heading(Telegraph Printer invention, 1846)AuthorBrett, J.[acob] C.Headline1846 letter on invention of first Telegraph PrinterDate PublishedSept. 14, 1846 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #414 U.S.S. Duluth (CL-87): Ship's Diary Heading(World War II)AuthorWilson, Willard J.HeadlineOriginal handwritten diary kept aboard the U.S.S. Duluth (CL-87) View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #419 The Poetical Works [bound with] Essays, Philanthropic and Moral...principally relating to the Abolition of Slavery in America Heading(Abolition)AuthorChandler, Elizabeth MargaretHeadlineElizabeth Margaret Chandler abolitionist poet 1836PublisherLemuel HowellDate Published1836 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #420 $100 Bond Certificate Heading(African-American, 1923)Headline1923 Bond Certificate, Chicago Black Masonic TemplePublisherPrince Hall Masonic Temple AssociationDate Published1923 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next