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$ 525.00
Galinger, Abraham B. (1823-1877). Autograph Letter Signed by Ohio Merchant Abraham B. Galinger To His Friend in Cape Cod, Writing About His Business in Ohio, Including His Soon Move to “New York or Philadelphia” and the Theft and Recovery of Several “Calicoes”. Somerset, Ohio, 8 November 1845.
$ 750.00
O’Meara, James (1825-1903). Historically Significant Autograph Letter Signed by an Oregonian Democrat Journalist James O’Meara to a Member of the Oregon House of Representatives, Colonel Benjamin Stark, Following the Democrats’ Defeat in the 1860 Presidential Election. Jacksonville, Oregon, 13 November 1860.
$ 525.00
Pringle, Virgil Kellog (ca. 1804-1887). Historically Interesting Original Letter by Virgil Pringle, a Salem Pioneer, Encouraging a Local Landowner to Make Immediate Repairs on His Property and Promising Significant Income if Completed Quickly. Salem, Oregon: 23 December 1872.
$ 950.00
Guyles, R.B. Original Autograph Letter Written by a Forty-Niner from Cayuga County (NY), Talking about His Voyage to the Oregon Territory Onboard the USS “Massachusetts” in Winter 1848-May 1849, Life and Work in the Oregon City, Local Climate, Prices, Plans to go to the Walla Walla Mines, &c. Oregon City: 25 June 1850.
$ 950.00
Historically Important Original Autograph Manuscript Letter by a Fortune-Seeker from Dayton, Yamhill County, Oregon, Exposing the Web of Deception Surrounding the Fraser River Gold Rush ("It is all a Humbug and Nothing Els"), Citing 50 Casualties by Indian Attacks and 500 Drownings en Route to the Gold Mines, and Urging His Friends to Forsake the Allure of Prospecting in Favor of More Promising Trading Realm. Dayton, Yamhill County, Oregon: 27 November 1858.
$ 1250.00
Monteith, J. (ca. 1825-1888). Historically Significant Manuscript Letter Signed by John Monteith, a Pioneer Farmer in Oquawka, Illinois, and Addressed to James Allen of West Lancaster, Iowa, Discussing his Postponed Plans to Relocate to Oregon Due to Crushing Wages, Economic Hardships, a Desperate Job Market, and the Surge of California Gold Seekers; also Warning of Unparalleled Hardships in Oregon. Oquawka, Illinois: 3 March 1851.
[McLean, Margaret Rebecca, née Davidson] (1835-1925). Original Autograph Letter Signed by an Oregon Pioneer Margaret McLean, Talking about the Leaders of the United Presbyterian Church of Oregon, Her Family’s Upcoming Wagon Trip to the Oregon Coast, Where They Planned to Have “Plenty of Fresh Oisters [sic!] and Big Fish in Abundance,” a School Teacher in Eugene - a “Young Lady” Who Gets Paid “Forty Dollars a Month in Gold,” the Author’s Relatives, Including William who “was out Fighting Indians,” Her Love to Oregon which is “One of the Best Fruit Countrys [sic!] in the World,” &c. Eugene City, Oregon: 18 June 1866.
[Weinhard, Henry, Portland brewer (1830-1904); Failing, Henry, Portland mayor (1834-1898)]. Original Manuscript Bond Regarding a Saloon License Between the City of Portland and Signatory Parties (Including Noted Portland Brewer Henry Weinhard) and Affirmed by Portland Mayor Henry Failing, Mentioning That the Principal “Will Not Permit or Suffer Any Female to Be Employed in or about Such House,” etc. [Portland, 30 June 1866].
$ 650.00
Interesting Early Autograph Letter Signed Regarding a Legal Dispute Likely over a Common Law Marriage in Oregon, Addressed to “Mr. Harding” (Most Likely a Notable Salem Attorney Benjamin Franklin Harding) and Mentioning Judge Cyrus Olney, then the Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. Oregon City, O.T., 4 June 1855.
$ 425.00
Bougainville, Hyacinthe Yves Philippe Potentien, Baron de (1781-1846). Private Autograph Note Signed ‘de Bougainville’ to His Friend “cher Henry”. N.p., 3 August.
$ 950.00
Conant, John H. (1825-1881) & Conant, William F. (1822-1897). Pair of Autograph Letters Signed by a Young American Merchant in Panama City to His Brother in Boston. Panama: 20 September 1857 & 30 March 1858.
$ 950.00
Very Attractive Original Manuscript Autograph Book of Members the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Titled in Calligraphy: Autographs of the Members and Officers of the Members and Officers of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, Session 1843. Designed by J. A. Reigart for Mr. Isaac G. McKinley, State Printer. 1843.
Hawley, E. (ca. 1757-1850). Historically Significant Original Manuscript Letter by Eli Hawley, One of the Earliest Settlers of Lower Alton, Addressed to “Grand Sons and the Family” in Saint-Armand, Quebec, Describing the Most Popular Travel Route to Illinois, the Unprecedented Outbreak of Illnesses Including Cholera, Detailed Crop Yields and Market Prices, and a Rapid Urban Expansion with Brick Stores, Warehouses, and Mills. Lower Alton, Illinois: 31 January 1834.
$ 1250.00
MEARS, E. (ca. 1807-1978); PATTRIDGE, S (ca. 1802-1866); PATTRIDGE, M. (ca. 1835-?). Historically Interesting Collection of Two Autograph Manuscript Letters by Minnesota Pioneers Eliyah C. Mears and Marion & Sylva Pattridge, Addressed to Ephriam Mills in Plains, Georgia, Discussing the Legal Disputes Over His Mortgaged Land, Unresolved Claims by Creditors, and Severe Economic Crisis in Minnesota; also with Mentions of California Gold Rush and Disheartened Emigrants Returning from Pike’s Peak. Pleasant Grove, Minnesota: 19 July 1859.
Gilman, C. Historically Interesting Original Letter Signed by Nevada Pioneer C. Gilman from Ruby Valley and Addressed to Jno. M. Duncan & Hardware Co. in Austin, Urging Immediate Sale of Oats Before Barley Shipments from Salt Lake City Flood the Market. Ruby Valley, Nevada: 22 May 1866.
$ 525.00
Foster (Skeffington), Thomas Henry, 2nd Viscount Ferrard, 2nd Baron of Oriel (1772-1843). Autograph Letter Signed “Ths. Foster” to his mother Margaretta Amelia Foster, Baroness Oriel, with Observations on Lisbon and the Portuguese. Lisbon: 22 February ca. 1791.
$ 950.00
[Badcock, Sir Lovell Benjamin, General, KH, KCB] (1786-1861). Collection of Three Autograph Letters, Written by, Addressed to or Mentioning Badcock, and Closely Related to the Events of the Portuguese Civil War in Which Badcock was a Military Reporter. 1832-1834.
$ 6500.00
[Remarkable Primary Source on 17th Century Russian-Western European Relations] Relatione d’Alcuni Costumi de’Sig.i Ambasc. Moscoviti, che ora si trovano in Livorno per passare all’Ambasciata di Venezia [Autograph Letter by an Anonymous Author from Livorno Witnessing the Muscovite Embassy to Venice (1656-1657) and Containing Vivid Observations and Remarks About Russians]. Livorno, ca. 1656.
$ 950.00
Saunders, Charles, Sir, Admiral (ca. 1715-1775). Two Official Orders Addressed to "Captain Tonyn, Commander of HMS Brune", both Written in Secretarial Hand, one Signed "Chas. Saunders." Both: on board HMS Neptune, Gibraltar Bay, 5 January 1762.
$ 1500.00
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Calvo De La Puerta y O’Farrill, Sebastian Nicolas, Marques de Casa Calvo (1751-1820), Governor of Spanish Louisiana (1799-1801). Historically Significant Autograph Signed Letter to Vicente Fernandez Texeiro, the Commandant of Ouachita Post (Fort Miro, Modern-Day Monroe, La.), Instructing Him to Allow “Indios Chactas de la Aldea Saapachito” to Settle and Trade in the Area. New Orleans, 11 June 1801.
$ 750.00
Original Autograph Manuscript Letter Written by German Immigrant Mother and Daughter in Early Fredericksburg, Texas, with Observations on Pioneer Life of Children and the California Gold Rush. [Fredericksburg], Texas: 20 June 1850.
$ 750.00
A Historically Interesting Original Letter by an Early Texas Resident, Reporting a Horse Theft by Shawnees in the Frontier Town of Preston, Grayson County, TX, and Asking Col. Arthur Upshaw, an Indian Agent and Former Superintendent of Indian Removal, to Help Recover the Lost Property “Without Trouble and Difficulties.” Preston, Grayson County (Texas): Ca. 1846-1850.
$ 425.00
Lindsey, Lilah (1860-1943); Lindsey, Lee (1845-1920). Original Handwritten and Notary Certified Deed of the Early Sale of a Town Lot in Tulsa, Indian Territory, Signed by Lilah Lindsey, a Pioneer Muscogee Women’s Activist, and Her Husband Col. Lee Lindsey. Tulsa, Indian Territory: 31 October 1899.
