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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.
$ 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.
$ 525.00
Reade, Sir Thomas (1785-1849). Official Decree by the Bey of Tunis Appointing George William Crowe His Plenipotentiary in Order to Compile a Treaty of Friendship and Commerce with the City of Hamburg; With: Separate Document Containing the Italian Translation of the Decree Signed by Hassuna Morali, First Interpreter of the Court of Basha Bey of Tunis; Both Documents are Certified as Genuine by the British Consul General, Sir Thomas Reade (on verso of the leaf with the Italian text). Two documents, both Tunis, 1828.
$ 6250.00
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[Joubert, Léon, Attributed to] (1851-1928, fl. ca. 1876-1920). Historically Significant Elephant Folio Album with Extensive Manuscript Passages and ca. 220 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Documenting a Travel around Tunisia in 1914, with Interesting Views of Tunis (Dar el Bey Palace, Al-Zaytuna Mosque, Sidi Youssed Dey Mosque, Rue d’Italie, Rue Dard el-Djed, Boulevard Bab Menara, Bab Jedid Gate, Souk des Femmes, Souk el Kachachine, Souk des Meubles, Alaoui Museum in Bardo, Musée Saint-Louis in Carthage), Kairouan, Madhia, El Jem Amphitheatre, Sfax, Thyna, Gabes, Menzel, Djerba Island, Matmata Hills, Beni Zeiten Village, Medenine, Zarzis, Gafsa, Deggache, Tozeur Nefta, Chebika Oasis, Tamerza, Mides, Redeyef, Metlaoui, Railway Tracks, Station at Henchir Souatir, Sbeitla, El Kef, Ruins of Dougga and Bulla Regia Archaeological Sites, &c., the Album is Titled: A Travers la Tunisie. Notes et Impressions de Voyage. 1914 [Across Tunisia. Notes and Impressions of the Travel. 1914]. Ca. 1914-1915.
$ 525.00
Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph Freiherr von (1774-1856). [Autograph Letter in Secretarial Hand Signed by Hammer-Purgstall to “Charles Fellows, Esquire” Regarding the Latter’s Book. Vienna, 12 January 1841.
$ 750.00
Nixon, Joseph (ca. 1824-1892). Historically Important Original Letter Signed by Joseph Nixon, a Pioneer Hotel Owner in Oregon Territory, and Addressed to Daniel Hubbard, an Early Farmer from Washington Territory, Discussing the Nearing Completion of the Famous Umatilla Hotel in the Dalles, Two Successful Balls Held in Celebration of its Upcoming Opening, and News of the Fraser River Gold Rush. The Dalles, Oregon Territory: 12 September 1858.
$ 1500.00
[Tiffin, Edward] (1766-1829), 1st Speaker of the Northwest Territory House of Representatives. Historically Significant Period Copy of an Official Letter to the Sheriff of the Ross County of what was then the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, Regarding the Detention of “Negro Joe” and “Negro Sinah” on the Request of a Chillicothe Pioneer, Robert W. Finley, with the Signature of a Local Politician and Future First Governor of Ohio, Edward Tiffin. Territory of the United States North West of the River Ohio, [December 1799].
$ 525.00
Historically Interesting Original Letter Signed by Louis Lienemann, Owner of the “California Brewery” in Butte (Montana), Addressed to Theodore Kleinschmidt, Co-Founder of the First National Bank of Helena (Montana), Encouraging to Make a Land Investment in Port Townsend (Washington State) Just a Few Years Before the Economic Crisis Left Thousands of Investors Bankrupt. Butte, Montana: 30 December 1889.
Taylor, George B (1857-1938). Historically Interesting Letter Written by an Early Sawmill Worker from Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington, and Addressed to “Friend Charley,” Talking about the Best Flavor and the Immense Size of Crops, the “Trees Breaking Down with Loads of Fruit,” the Abundance of Timber, Farm & Wild Lands (With the Indication of Prices), and Glorious Climate; Also, Inviting the Addressee Over to Experience a Life Akin to “Kings.” Bellingham, Whatcom Co., Washington: 20 July 1884.
$ 1250.00
Historically Important Original Letter by a Potential Miner and a Serviceman From Fort Steilacoom, Washington Territory, Addressed to One of His Siblings in Angelica, Allegany County, New York, Reacting to the News of Gold Discovery Near Fraser River, Contrasting the Salaries of Fort Steilacoom Carpenters With Pioneer Prospectors in British Columbia, and Highlighting the Massive Migration to Fraser Canyon: “Nearly All of the Citizens in This Part of the County Are Going to the Mines.” Fort Steilacoom (Steilacoom City, Washington Territory): 27 April 1858.
$ 950.00
Tykel, George A.; [Hubbard, Daniel J.] (1828-1890). Autograph Letter Signed by a Thurston County Pioneer George Tykel to Another Pioneer Daniel J. Hubbard, Discussing Financial and Territorial Conditions of Their Potential Co-Ownership of the Chambers Prairie near Olympia, the Latest News from the Local Society and Olympia Masonic Lodge and Mentioning the Execution of the Nisqually Chief Leschi. Masonic Hall, Olympia, W.T., 6 and 11 February 1858.
$ 950.00
Gray, Thos M. (ca. 1834 - ?). Original Autograph Manuscript Letter Signed by Thos M. Gray, a Young Farmer and One of the Earliest Residents of Walla Walla, Suggesting to “Dear Cousin” the Best Places to Buy Livestock and the Fastest Transportation Routes from Missouri to Washington Territory. Walla Walla, Washington Territory: 22 December 1860.
$ 750.00
Milroy, Robert Huston (1816-1890), Gen., Indian Agent for the Yakama Agency. Historically Interesting Original Autograph Manuscript Letter Written by an Indian Agent Robert H. Milroy at Fort Simcoe during His Second Year of Service in Yakama, and Addressed to His Son Bruce Milroy in Olympia, Mentioning the Best Possible Route to Yakama and Talking About the “Hartsuck Note” Held Against Him by His Former Colleague in Puyallup. Fort Simcoe (Yakama), 2 March 1883.
$ 425.00
Farragut, David Glasgow (1801-1870). Secretarial Copy of an Autographed Letter Signed by David Glasgow Farragut Concerning a Seized Whaler, Copied by his Clerk and Signed by him: "D.E. Farragut, Comd'g.". La Paz, Mexico: 20 November 1855.
$ 6500.00
[Gordon, Charles George CB] (1833-1885); Watson, Charles Moore, Lt., RE (1844-1916). Collection of Three Original Autograph Letters and a Manuscript Map by the Governor of Equatoria Charles Gordon during his White Nile Expedition of 1874-1876 and Reporting on His Steaming up the River from the Mouth of the Sobat River to Gondokoro; WITH: Three Original Autograph Signed Letters by Gordon’s Subordinate Lt. Watson, also Written during the Expedition. Gordon’s manuscripts: Three original autograph letters signed and addressed to Col. Nugent. Saubat, 21 August 1874; Entrance Bahr el Abiad from Bahr Gazal, 25 August 1874; Bahr el Abiad, 26 August – [8 September] [1874].
$ 9500.00
Weatherley, Captain Cecil Poulett (1860-1932). Historically Significant Content-Rich Original Manuscript Notebook Documenting the Exploration and Survey of Lake Bangweulu in British Central Africa (Soon to Become North-Eastern Rhodesia, Now – Zambia), With Detailed Notes on the Local Chiefs, Customs, Methods and Styles of Tattoos, Teeth Filing and Its Negative Impact on the Teeth Health, &c., Illustrated with Over Forty Pencil and Watercolour Maps and Sketches of the Lake Shores, Islands, Marshes, the Course of the Luapula River, Native Hairstyles, &c. Ca. 1898-1899.
