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Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Governor of British Barbados to anti-slavery London Bishop condemning corrupt slave-owners Heading(African American, 1788)AuthorParry, DavidHeadlineInhumane treatment of slaves on British BarbadosDate PublishedJuly 29, 1788 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #3 Receipt for a bond to cover the cost of private prosecution of John Powers Cailiff and Nancy Califf, accused of Negro Stealing Heading(African American, 1811)AuthorPowers, Roger; and Levi GlassHeadlineAccusation of Negro Stealing in early 19th century GeorgiaDate PublishedOct. 11, 1811 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #4 Letter to missionary’s wife in China describing mistreatment of a fugitive slave Heading(African American, 1852)AuthorDunlap, B.J. [Barbara Jarvis]HeadlineLetter sent to China about the torture of an American slaveDate PublishedNov. 1, 1852 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #6 Letter mentioning a benefit Fair held by “the colored people” Heading(African American, 1856)Author[Wall, Eliza?]HeadlineColored People's Fair after Fremont's defeatDate PublishedNovember 20, 1856 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #7 Letter from Alabama slave-owner about trading inherited slaves Heading(African American, 1859)AuthorGarber, Dr. Alexander MenziesHeadlineSlave swapping on North Carolina plantationDate PublishedDec. 15, 1859 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #8 Official letter certifying the enlistment of Joseph D. Champion for one year’s service in the US Navy Heading(African American, 1864)AuthorHowe, William Greene, US Army Captain and Provost MarshalHeadlineBlack shoemaker enlists in the Union Navy during Civil WarPublisherProvost Marshal's recruiting officeDate PublishedAug. 30, 1864 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #9 Letter from Freedmen’s Bureau entrepreneur about South Carolina freed slaves celebrating war’s end and Emancipation Heading(African American, 1865)AuthorDodge, J. G.HeadlineCarpetbagger organized freed slaves' celebrationPublisherOffice of the Superintendent of FreedmenDate PublishedApril 12, 1865 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #10 Letter about the end of the Freedman's Bureau Heading(African American, 1868)AuthorMoore, Colonel StephenHeadlineLast days of the Freedmen’s Bureau in North CarolinaPublisherBureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned LandsDate PublishedDec. 11, 1868 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #12 Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs letter about progress in civilizing the American Indians Heading(African American, 1884)AuthorStevens, Ezra L.HeadlineIndian bureau clerk led DC Underground RRDate PublishedAugust 6, 1884 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #14 The Higher Education of the Colored People of the South Heading(African American, 1896)AuthorWayland, H.L.HeadlineSigned by H.L. WaylandDate Published1896 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #19 Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? Heading(African American, 1967)AuthorKing, Martin Luther, Jr.HeadlineInscribed & signed by Martin Luther King, Jr.PublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1967] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #20 My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. Heading(African American, 1969)AuthorKing, Coretta ScottHeadlineSigned by Coretta Scott KingPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1969] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #21 Walking with the Wind, A Memoir of the Movement Heading(African American, 1998)AuthorLewis, JohnHeadlineWalking with the Wind Inscribed by John LewisPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1998] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #22 Between the World and Me Heading(African American, 2015)AuthorCoates, Ta-NehisiHeadlineSigned by Ta-Nehisi CoatesPublisherSpiegel & GrauDate Published[2015] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #24 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$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #25 Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times Heading(Ali, Muhammad)AuthorHauser, Thomas with the Cooperation of Muhammad AliHeadlineSigned by Muhammad AliPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1991] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #26 Brown University manuscript history class notes Author[Almy, Herbert]Headline1870 History notebook of Brown University studentDate Published[1870] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #30 Letter from Abolitionist Congressman hailing Universal Freedom Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorLovejoy, OwenHeadlineCongressman who championed Emancipation ProclamationDate PublishedDecember 8, 1862 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #31 Letter by Boston anti-slavery orator to passionate young Abolitionist Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorPhillips, WendellHeadlineRadical anti-slavery crusader’s advice to a young AbolitionistDate Published[c.1857] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #32 Early letter by America’s richest anti-slavery crusader and John Brown benefactor Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorSmith, GerritHeadlineAbolitionist Gerrit Smith praises pro-slavery politician?Date PublishedDecember 25, 1838 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #38 Letter from a Baptist preacher, famed advocate of religious liberty Heading(Baptist - Religious Freedom)AuthorMoore, JeremiahHeadlineVirginia Baptist preacher who championed religious libertyDate PublishedApril 6, 1805 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #69 Letter from Craven P. Hester, in San Jose, California, to George Grundy Dunn in Indiana, regarding Hester's financial affairs in Indiana, and events in California Heading(California - San Jose)AuthorHester, Craven P.HeadlineLetter from San Jose District Attorney 1850Date PublishedNov. 28, 1850 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #76 Three letters from Alabama plantation agent who was a founder of Madera County Heading(California)AuthorBorden, Dr. Joseph, [Borden & Buck]HeadlineSlave agent, later a founding father of Madera CountyDate Published1860 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #84 Ab-Sa-Ra-Ka Land of Massacre: Being the Experience of an Officer's Wife on the Plains. With an Outline of Indian Operations and Conferences From 1865-1878. AuthorCarrington, Henry B.HeadlineThe Experience of an Officer's Wife on the PlainsPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #85 Banking House certificate to Charles Porter for $500 deposit in the Gold Rush boom town bank of Chinese, California Heading(Chinese American)AuthorMiller, Solomon; and C. W. H. SolinskyHeadlineCertificate from gold rush bank in Chinese, CaliforniaPublisherMiller & Co.Date PublishedJune 17, 1865 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #86 Receipt for Faro Gambling House License Heading(Chinese American)HeadlineGambling license for a Chinese man in MontanaDate PublishedJuly 6, 1889 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #98 Letter from a Boston Brahmin’s illegitimate daughter, Longfellow intimate, fleeing Wagnerian German Revolution while planning the purchase of an Old Masters art collection to bring to America Heading(Crowninshield heiress)AuthorThies, Clara CrowninshieldHeadlineLetter from a Boston Brahmin fearful of German RevolutionDate PublishedMay 20, 1849 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #100 Identification document (Cedula) for a Chinese indentured servant/slave in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineRare Cedula for Chinese slave in Cuba 1861Date Published1861 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #117 Letter about land claims after U.S. Supreme Court’s validation of the vast Spanish Arredondo land grant in the Florida Territory Heading(Florida)AuthorDrysdale, JohnHeadlineLetter by Arredondo grantee Florida Terr. landownerDate PublishedJune 27, 1832 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #122 Handwritten 19th-century dessert recipe book Heading(Food & Drink)Author[Sanford, C.F.]HeadlineHandwritten dessert recipe book from the 1830sDate Published[c. 1830s] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #126 Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44 [with] signed letter and bond note. AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineFremont's Expedition w/ map and signed ephemeraPublisherGales & SeatonDate Published1845 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #135 My Road to Rotary AuthorHarris, Paul P.HeadlinePaul Harris, Road to Rotary with Signed CheckPublisherA. Kroch and SonDate Published1948 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #142 Letter from first American envoy to Hawaii after U.S. annexation Heading(Hawaii)AuthorSewall, Harold MarshHeadlineU. S. Diplomat hopes to be 1st governor of HawaiiDate PublishedNov. 30, 1899 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #145 Letter from J. Edgar Hoover to a Darrel Marken, about the true nature of communism, as espoused in his book AuthorHoover, J. EdgarHeadlineLetter signed by J. Edgar Hoover about communismDate PublishedJanuary 8, 1962 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #153 Experiences of a Forty-Niner, by Wm. G. Johnston, a Member of the Wagon Train First to Enter California in the Memorable Year 1849 AuthorJohnston, William GrahamHeadlineExperiences of a '49er, signed w/ rare mapPublisher[Privately printed]Date Published1892 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #154 Understanding California Government and Politics Heading(Jonestown Massacre)AuthorRyan, Leo J.HeadlineSigned by Leo J. Ryan, victim at JonestownPublisherFearon PublishersDate Published[1966] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #155 For the Love of the Game AuthorJordan, MichaelHeadlineSigned by Michael JordanPublisherCrown Publishers, Inc. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #173 Signed Engineer Order No. 2, reassigning a dozen Army Engineers to new posts, 3 of them to the Mexican War front to serve under then Captain Robert E. Lee Heading(Mexican-American War)AuthorTotten, Colonel JosephHeadlineRelating to Robert E. Lee in Mexican-American WarDate PublishedMarch 1, 1848 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #182 Letter from a pioneer woman in the Michigan wilderness Heading(Michigan)AuthorIngersoll, Mary A.HeadlineIndian traders and bears on the Lake Superior shoreDate PublishedJune 25, 1849 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #183 American statesman writes about military weaponry Heading(Military)AuthorRush, RichardHeadlineAmerican statesman denigrates French bayonetistsDate PublishedAugust 21, 1840 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #190 The Writings of John Muir - Manuscript Edition AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineWritings of John Muir Manuscript Edition DeluxePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1916-24 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #192 Four letters by or regarding an Indian Agency physician, plus a photograph of dining at an agency Heading(Native American)AuthorDudley, H.W.HeadlinePhysician at Interior Dept. Indian AgenciesDate Publishedc.1896-1900 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #195 Political letter by Luman Reed’s son-in-law and overseer of his farsighted New York Picture Gallery Heading(New York)AuthorAllen, TheodoreHeadlinePolitical letter by son-in-law of great American art collectorDate Published[November 1838] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #223 Fifty Years of the Maidstone Club, 1891-1941 Author[Rattray, Jeannette Edwards and Julian Myrick]HeadlineSigned by Jeannette Edwards RattrayPublisher[Privately Printed]Date Published[1941] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #231 Autograph letter from Lorenzo Sitgreaves, U.S. Army Engineer and future Colorado River explorer, to his cousin John Scott regarding a pessimistic outlook on promotion in the military AuthorSitgreaves, LorenzoHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Lorenzo SitgreavesDate PublishedMay 18, 1833 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #266 Gold Rush Steamers [of the Pacific] AuthorWiltsee, Ernest A.HeadlineSigned by Ernest A. WiltseePublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1938 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #280 "Make a Note of It" - unpublished manuscript AuthorAustin, MauriceHeadlineUnpublished manuscript on aviation and motorcyclesDate Published[c. 1965] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #321 Argonauts of the South AuthorHurley, FrankHeadlineHurley's Argonauts of the South w/signed letterPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1925 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #344 Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by Order of the Government of the United States. Heading(Perry, Matthew Calbraith)AuthorHawks, Francis L.HeadlineWith Nude Bathing Plate & Perry SignaturePublisherBeverley Tucker, Senate PrinterDate Published1856 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #347 Autograph Letter Signed to a sympathetic Republican Senator on supporting the Spanish-American Peace Treaty with a reservation for Philippine self-government Heading(Philippine-American War)AuthorBryan, William JenningsHeadlineW. J. Bryan approves 1898 Paris Treaty with reservationsDate Published[January 1899] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #365 Visas for Life AuthorSugihara, YukikoHeadlineJapanese Rescue Jews in Nazi Europe, SignedPublisher[Edu-Comm. Plus]Date Published[1995] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #381 Travels in Egypt and The Holy Land. AuthorWilson, William RaeHeadlineTravels in the Holy Land, Inscribed to AmbassadorPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and GreenDate Published1824 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next