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$ 9500.00
Humphrys, George, Esq. (ca. 1802-1873); Kebbell, John (1810-1879); Briggs, Mary Jane (1811-1893); Broughton, Bryan Sneyd Herbert (ca. 1838-1862), & Others. Historically Significant Archive of ca. 150 Documents, Including Over 80 Original Autograph Letters Signed (with Thirteen Original Envelopes), 50 Period Copies or Drafts of Original Letters, ca. 20 Financial Documents and a Deed of Land Purchase, Regarding the Pastoral Runs in the Onahau Bay (Queen Charlotte Sound) and Pelorus Sound in the Marlborough Province of New Zealand’s South Island. Wellington, Onahau Bay, Nelson, Picton, Christchurch, Suffolk House (Cheltenham, England), Liverpool & others, ca. 1860-1872.
$ 5250.00
[Hall, Sir John KCB] (1795-1866), Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, Cape of Good Hope (1847-1851). Archive of Twenty-Eight Original Autograph Letters Related to Sir John Hall’s Medical Service in South Africa, Including Twenty-Two ALS from Hall to His Wife (with Seven Original Envelopes), Reporting about the Events of the Eighth Xhosa or Cape Frontier War (1851-53); Two ALS to Hall by His Superior - Director-General of the Army Medical Service Sir James MacGrigor, and Four ALS to Mrs. Hall by Various Correspondents, Detailing on Hall’s Service in South Africa and Crimea. Hall’s letters: Cape Town & Wenburg [Winburg, Free State], 27 July - 9 September 1848 and King William’s Town [Qonce, Eastern Cape] and Grahamstown [Makhanda, Eastern Cape], 18 January – 5 July 1851.
$ 1500.00
Butler, Charles M. (ca. 1866 – after 1930); [Hopkins, William A.] (ca. 1862-1951). Collection of Three Original Autograph Letters Signed to His Friend William Hopkins from Watsonville, CA, Talking about His Gold Mining on the Sunset Creek near Nome, the Success of the “Pioneer Mining Co.” on the Metson Bench and of Other Miners on the Ophir Creek, the Creation of a New Gold Mining Camp on the Iditarod River, and that “it is the hardest time I ever saw in Nome”. Nome, Alaska, 20 June 1909, 28 October 1909, 10 March 1910.
Baudin, Lieutenant de Vaisseau, Commander of the Warship “Vulcain”. Official Certificate Given to Michel Lastrén, 2nd maitre cannonier, who served on the Warship “Vulcain” in 1829-1830, and in particular during the French Invasion of Algiers; the Certificate is Signed “Baudin”. Toulon: , 1 December 1830.
$ 650.00
Parry, William Edward, Sir (1790-1855). Autograph Letter Signed “W. Parry” to “My dear Buxton” regarding the Ale Supply for the Niger Expedition 1841-42; With: Lithographed Portrait of William Parry. Admiralty, 8 December 184[1].
$ 950.00
Manuscript Poetry Book of Frances Speke, an Aunt of the Famous African Explorer John Hanning Speke, Written Mostly in Jordans, Ilminster, the Ancestral Home of the Speke Family. Ca. 1822-1834.
$ 525.00
Lyttelton, Alfred (1857-1913). Autograph Letter Signed “A. Lyttelton” to “My Dear Sir” Regarding the Alaska Boundary Dispute. 21 January 1904.
$ 1500.00
Dodge, William S. A Historically Important, One of the Earliest Manuscript Liquor Licenses Signed by the First Mayor of Sitka and Alaska Pioneer, William S. Dodge, Just a Year After the US Purchased Alaska from Russia and Only a Few Months before the Act of Congress of 27 July 1868 Prohibited the Sale and Import of Alcohol to the Inhabitants of the Territory. Sitka, 07 March 1868.
$ 1250.00
[“Wadhams & Co”] (1865-1905). Collection of Three Manuscript and Two Typewritten Official Autograph Letters Signed to the Offices of the “Wadhams & Co.” in Portland and San Francisco, Regarding the Shipments of Deer, Hair Seal and Wolf Skins from Howkan and Loring (Alaska) and by Transit from Port Townsend (Washington). Loring, 4 May 1889; Howcan [sic!], 5 March and 26 April, 1890; San Francisco, 30 April and June 13 1890.
George, T.H. Original Autograph Manuscript Letter Written by a Juneau Pioneer “T. H. George” and Addressed to “Friend Easton,” Talking about the Resumption of Mining Operations and the Construction of a New Mill in the Silver Bow District; also with Notes about an Early Local Mining Company “Hayward & Lane”. Juneau, Alaska: 26 February 1895.
$ 1500.00
Lascy, Albert (ca. 1827-1917). Collection of Two Extensive Autograph Letters Signed by Gold Miner and Surveyor Albert Lascy, Giving a Detailed Account of His Gold Exploration near Karluk, Uyak and Uganik Bays on the Northern Kodiak Island. 1893.
$ 1250.00
Smith, W[illiam] D. [Collection of Three Original Autograph Letters Signed by W.D. Smith, Owner of the “Shumagin Packing Company” in the Chignik Bay (Alaska Peninsula), Addressed to His Agents in San Francisco and Discussing Financial Operations and Shipping of Supplies and Canned Salmon. 1889.
$ 950.00
[Clarke], [Charles Baron] (1832-1906). Manuscript Draft Letter to the Editor of the “Nature” Journal Responding to the Article of Alfred Wallace on the Matter of Geologic Time. Rungbee, Sikkim, 25 August 1870.
$ 525.00
Charnay, Claude-Joseph Désiré (1828-1915). Autograph Letter Signed “Désiré Charnay” to “Mon cher ami” with the Latest News after his Arrival to Algiers for the Winter Season, the Letter is Decorated with a Printed Vignette Depicting Arab Camel Riders in a Desert. Algiers: 25 October 1891.
$ 750.00
Blanckley, Henry Stanyford (1752-1820). Original Certificate on the Printed Form of the British Chancery Office in Algiers, Appointing Lewis Tonna as Blanckley’s Secretary. Algiers: 9 October 1806.
$ 750.00
Giovio‚Giulio‚ Bishop of Nocera (ca. 1510-ca. 1563). Official Letter Signed by Giovio to “Molto Magnifico Signor” Solomeo Solomei in Florence‚ Introducing his Nephew Passing through Florence on his way to Rome. Como: 19 March 1560.
$ 375.00
Barrow, John, Sir, 1st Baronet (1764-1848). Official Letter on the form of the Admiralty Signed "John Barrow" to "Sir G. Hammond, Bt., KCB" with the Latest Instructions about the Naval Armament. Admiralty: 9 December 1834.
$ 950.00
Parry, Sir William Edward (1790-1855). A Collection of Two Autograph Letters Signed "W. Parry"; With Two Engraved Portraits of William Parry: Sir Captn. W.E. Parry, R.N. Letters: 1) Mattishall, 17 April 1835.
$ 375.00
Back, George (1796-1878). Autograph Letter Signed “Geo Back,” to “Webster, Esq.” asking him “when you correct the list of Members, will you add to my name, instead of Captain, Rear Admiral, DCL. FRS”. [London]: 109 Gloucester Place, Portman Square, 2 April 1857.
$ 375.00
Barrow, John, Sir, 1st Baronet (1764-1848). Autograph Letter Signed "John Barrow" to "Mr. James Mayning, Boatswain, HSM Talavera, Gibraltar" Informing Him About His Promotion. Letter: Admiralty, 8 March 1838.
$ 525.00
Conway, Sir William Martin (1856-1937). Autograph Letter Signed “M. Conway” to Mr. Colles (Most Likely Literary Agent William Morris Colles (1865-1926) Regarding two Books Conway has ready "First Italian Renaissance" and one far advanced, "History of Spitsbergen". London, 13 Dec. 1901.
$ 2250.00
De La Motte, Edward. Typewritten Manuscript Account of the Fifth Ascent of Aconcagua, by British Climber Edward de la Motte and American Mountaineer James Ramsey Ullman, Being also the First American Ascent of Aconcagua, Titled: Horcones Valley and Aconcagua. February/March 1928.
$ 375.00
Autograph Letter Signed by a Buenos Aires Merchant Gaspar Ressa to the Members of the City’s Prior y Counsel, Written at the Time of the French Blockade of Buenos Aires During the Spanish American War of Confederation. Buenos Aires, 1 December 1838.
$ 525.00
Bonvalot, Pierre Gabriel Édouard (1853-1933). Autograph Note Signed ‘G. Bonvalot’ to André Liesse, with the Original Envelope with Postal Stamps. Lyon, 20 February 1896.
