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$ 7500.00
Historically Significant Original Manuscript Logbook, Recording the First Voyage of a New England East Indiaman “America” from New York to Macao and Back in June 1809 – June 1810, Including Notes on the Trade with the Natives of the “Bally Town” (Eastern Lombok, Indonesia) and Audience with the Local “King,” Navigation in the Western Pacific Ocean and Sighting of an “island I did not Find Laid Down in any Chart,” Observation of Two Large Comets in the Indian Ocean “the Blare of Which Lasted Nearly 5 Minutes,” Entries on Endured Storms, Encountered Vessels, a Fight on Board, a Crew Member Falling Overboard, &c. 24 June 1809 – 9 June 1810.
$ 7500.00
XU, Song = 徐松 (1781-1848). Xiyu shuidao ji: [wu juan] = 西域水道記: 五卷 [Records of the Waterways of the Western Regions (five volumes)]; WITH: Han shu Xi yu zhuan bu zhu: [er juan] = 漢書西域傳補注 : 二卷 [Supplementary Notes to the Book of Han: The Western Regions (two volumes)]; WITH: Xinjiang fu = 新疆賦 [Xinjiang Rhapsody]. Daoguang = 道光 3-9 [ca. 1823-1829].
$ 6500.00
Historically Significant Extensive Collection of 202 Loose Phototypes Documenting the Construction of the Central Section of the Amur Railway (1910–1914), and Showing Convict Laborers Working in Harsh Conditions (Earthworks, Bridge Construction, Quarrying), Local Children from a Railway Orphanage Posing with their Teacher, Hired Workers Drinking Before Departure Home, etc.; also, with the Views of Newly Built Railway Stations (Taldan, Gonzha, Magdagachi, Tygda, Ushuman, Tu, Chernyavo, Gondatti, Ledyanaya, Alekseevsk), Early Work Equipment (Trucks, Ballast Trains, Hand-Operated Drilling Rigs, etc.), Emerging Towns & Villages (Alekseevsk, Gondattievo), and Penal Infrastructure (Barracks & Camps). Ca. 1910-1914.
$ 5250.00
Historically Significant Archive of Manuscripts and Period Copies Relating to French Naval and Land Engagements on the East Coast of India and the Cape Verde Islands between 1781 and 1783, Led by Vice-Admiral Pierre André de Suffren as part of the 1778-1783 Anglo-French War, Including the Battles of Porto Praya (16 April 1781), Sadras (17 February 1782), Providien (12 April), Negapatam (6 July), Trincomalee (3 September), and Cuddalore (20 June 1783). [Ca. 1781-1785].
$ 4750.00
Historically Significant Collection of ca. 103 Gelatin Silver Photographs With Captions of 10 Different Islands in Vanuatu and 9 Gelatin Silver Photographs of Papua New Guinea, Taken by a French Planters Showing Copra, Cocoa, Coffee, Coconut And Cotton Plantations, Barques, Canoes And Ports Used For Transportation, Portraits Of The Locals in Traditional Dress And Communicating With Planters, The Vietnamese Settlers, Brought To Help Cultivate The Land, Local Architecture, As Well As Photos Of Important New Caledonian Entrepreneur Tiby Hagen And The Building Of His Headquarters On Epi Island. Ca. May-November of 1929.
$ 4250.00
Historically Significant Album with 97 Original Gelatin Silver Vernacular Photographs, Taken by French Travellers in Tunisia, Showing Tunis (Al-Zaytuna Mosque and Minaret, French Gate, Cathedral of Saint Vincent de Paul, Hotel Eymon, Medina), Saint Louis Cathedral in Carthage, Chapel Saint-Louis de Carthage, Borj Cedria (School, Mansion of Paul Potin, Winery), Kairouan (Great Mosque, Tunis Gate, Street Views), Sousse (Port, General and Street Views), Bedouins, &c. Ca. 1900s – early 1910s.
$ 3750.00
Historically Significant Album with 100 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of German South West Africa, Showing Swakopmund, Windhoek, Karibib, Joahnn-Albrechts Military Fortress, Schutztruppe Soldiers and Officers, German Settlements, Native Namibians and Their Villages, Titled:] Zur Erinnerung an Meinem Aufenthalt in Deutsch-Südwest Afrika [In Memory of My Stay in German South West Africa. Ca. 1910s.
Smith, William Thomas (1919-1978); Smith, Mary Louise (née Mason) (1925-?). Album of Over 390 Original and Studio Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Panama (US Navy Shore Patrol, a Naval Banquet, Portraits of Shore Patrol Officers; Boating on the Panama Canal; Portraits of Indigenous Panamanians; Panamanian Cities (Colon, Cristobal, Balboa, etc.)), an Inspection of the Fifth Naval District Shore Patrol (Virginia), Shooting Range Practice for the US Secret Service Uniformed Force Pistol Team, etc. Ca. 1940s.
$ 3500.00
Historically Significant Extensive Collection of Three Albums with over 200 Original Gelatin Silver Studio and Amateur Photographs, Taken and Collected by a Pilot of the Royal Air Force during His Service in the 208th (Army Cooperation) RAF Squadron, Stationed on the Ismailia Air Base near Cairo in the 1920s – early 1930s. Ca. 1920s – early 1930s.
[Manly/Manley, Merle Wood] (1895-1982). Historically Significant Extensive Collection of Two Albums with ca. 500 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Documenting Hikes and Mountaineering Trips of the Mazamas Club (Oregon) in the Cascades and the Rocky Mountains in the 1920s, Including the Ascents of Mt. Hood (1923), Mt. St. Helens (Labour Day 1924), Mt. Jefferson (1923), “Glacier Peak Region” (1926), Mt. Rainier (1927), Mt. Adams, Mt. Chinidere, Manly’s Surveys for the Club’s “Research Committee,” Views of the Mazamas Lodge, the Interior of the Mazamas Club in Portland, Portraits of Mountaineers, Including the Compiler, &c. Ca. 1923-1927.
$ 2500.00
[Arndt, Max E., Dr.] Historically Significant Album with 110 Original Gelatin Silver Photos, Compiled by a German Engineer, Including 87 Images Taken during His Work in Elisabethville, Belgian Congo (now Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Showing Railway Construction, First Buildings of Elisabethville (Railway Station, Radio Station, Governor’s House, “my house,” “Bucherie, W. Ulmann,” “Carlton Hotel”), Facilities of the Etoile du Congo Copper Mines, Local European Residents, Congolese People, &c.; With Photos of His Work on Repair of Infrastructure in Belgium, Occupied by Germany, in 1914. Ca. 1911-1912, 1914-1915.
$ 2250.00
Baum, Howard E. (1911-1951); Heath, Thelma Jenny (1913-2014). Album of 206 Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Alaska Highway in 1946, Showing Road Signs (Border Crossings, Mile Markers, River Crossings), Service Stations, Rest Stops (Watson Creek, Trutch, Fairbanks, Fort St. John, etc.), Military Installations (US Army Rest Camp, RCAF Base), and Ephemera (Highway Travel Permits, Map, Regulations), etc. Ca. 1946.
$ 1500.00
Album of 94 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Central and Southern Algeria Showing French Military Activity in In Salah and Tamanrasset (Mess Hall, Radio Post, Infirmary, the “Captain’s House,” Pool Opening in El Barka, etc.), Views of In Salah (Post Office, General Views, etc.), French Airship “Dixmude,” the Citroën Mission (1922-1923), and Portraits of Indigenous Algerians (Tuareg Men and Women, Fantasia Performance, the “Orphéons” of In Salah and El Barka, etc.) Ca. 1920s.
$ 1750.00
McNeil, Albertus James (ca. 1823-1881); McNeil, Mary Ann (ca. 1838-1888); McNeil, Homer H (ca. 1856-1842). Collection of Four Autograph Manuscript Letters from the McNeil Family, the Pioneer Publishers of Arizona, Discussing Financial Affairs, Future Prospects, and Plans to Move to the Arizona Territory; with Notes on Severe Job Crisis in San Francisco and Observations on Jew Settlers in Phoenix and Prescott. San Francisco, California: 13 April 1880; Carson City, Nevada: 13 April 1880; Carson City, Nevada: 13 June 1880; Carson City, Nevada: 21 July 1880.
$ 1500.00
Album of 46 Gelatin Silver Photographs of the British and American Sectors of Berlin After World War II, Showing the Berlin Air Safety Centre (Operations and Personnel) and City Views (Control Commission for Germany Headquarters, “York House,” the Olympic Stadium, Theodor-Heuss-Platz, Street Scenes), etc. Ca. 1948.
$ 2500.00
Interesting Album with 233 Original Mounted and Loosely Inserted Gelatin Silver Photos, Including 112 Images of Bermuda, Showing St. George’s (St. Peter’s Church and Clock Tower, Salvation Army Church, Stewart Hall, Harbour, Streets), Hamilton (Princess Hotel, Wharf), Private Residences, Roads, Local People, &c.; The Album is Titled: Bermuda. 1906. Ca. 1900s.
$ 2250.00
[Browning, Frank Elisha] (1866-1917). Historically Significant Album with ca. 189 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs from the Estate of Alameda’ First City Clerk Frank E. Browning, Showing Alameda Officials, Destruction of San Francisco after the 1906 Earthquake, a Military Parade San Francisco, a Service of a “Masonic lodge, Hopi Point, Grand Canyon – 1913,” Browning, his Family and Friends during Car Trips around California and Arizona, Group Portraits from a Gathering in Truckee, &c.; With 10 Printed Postcards Showing the Exterior and Interior of the Elks’ Club in Alameda. Ca. 1900s - 1910s.
$ 2500.00
Turner, Captain Henry A. Royal Artillery (Active 1849-1853). Two Watercolour Panoramas each on four Joined Sheets Titled: "St. Georges, Grenada from Hospital Hill," & "View of the Harbour, St. Georges, Grenada, from Belmont Hill." Dated on verso 1852.
Historically Interesting Private Album with 239 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of a Wealthy German Family in Beijing, Showing Western Children at a Fascist Youth Camp, Christmas Celebrations at a Local German School, Buildings with Fascist Flags, Chinese Nannies and Coolies, and Beijing Streets; also with the Photos of the Compiler’s Family with Other High-Profile Europeans, Miaofeng Mountain, and Tan Zhe Si. Ca. 1920s-1930s.
$ 2250.00
Historically Significant Album with ca. 330 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken and Collected by a Sailor from U.S.S. “Huron” and U.S.S. “Black Hawk” during Their Service in China and the Philippines in the 1920s, Showing U.S. Naval Ships, Naval Exercise at Sea, U.S. Fleet in Chefoo/Yantai, Views of Chefoo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tsingtau/Qingdao, Villages and Native People in the Philippines, American Sailors at Service and Touring the Cities, &c. Ca. 1920s.
[Kitchin, Eleanor Harriet] (1888-1969). Interesting Private Archive of Nineteen Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and ca. Thirty Manuscript, Typewritten and Printed Documents and Ephemera (Letters, Notes, Mandarin Chinese Reading Worksheets, Invitations, Business Cards, Greeting Cards, Newspaper Clippings, a Program of a Charity Enterntainment in Shanghai, &c.), Made and Collected by an American Female Teacher and Administrator in the Y.W.C.A. Establishments in China in the 1920s. Ca. 1922-1925.
$ 1500.00
Bandy, C. W. [Attributed to]. Album with 95 Real Photo and Printed Postcards, as well as Ca. Two Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken and Collected during an Early Hunting Trip to Colorado, Showing the Traveling Party by Campsites and Log Cabins in Rocky Mountains, Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway, Garden of Gods, Glenwood Springs, etc.; also, with the Images of the Now-Demolished Second Antlers Hotel in Colorado Springs, Local Bridges, Railway Lines & Locomotives, Aerial Views, etc. Ca.1908.
$ 2250.00
Badger, William Cogswell, 1st. Lieut., Quartermaster, 6th Infantry Regiment (1826-1897). Collection of Two Historically Significant Official Papers, Compiled by 1st Lieu. William Badger, a Quartermaster of the 6th Infantry, U.S. Army, Who at a Time Served with Lt.-Col. George A. Custer during the Latter’s Commission in the Dakota Territory in the 1870s; the Documents Include: “Abstract of Expenditures at the Standing Rock Cantonment” (December 1875) and “Quarterly Return of Quartermaster’s Stores at Fort Rice” (December 1878). Standing Rock [Cantonment], D.[akota] T.[erritory], December 1875.
$ 2250.00
Album of 87 Gelatin Silver Photographs of Egypt, Including Ancient Temples and Sites (Philae, Medinet-Abou, Dendera, Karnak, Luxor, Edfu, Abydos, Esna), Cairo (Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan, Cairo Citadel, Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Qaytbay Funerary Complex, French Legation), Aswan (Elephantine, Street Market, Quarry), a Malwid Celebration, a Street Demonstration, etc. Ca. 1914.
$ 2500.00
Bonfils, Maison (1867-1909). Historically Important Collection of Fifteen Albumen Photographs of Alexandria, Showing the City Ruins after the British Bombardment in 1882. Ca. 1882.
$ 2250.00
Album of Over 130 Albumen Cartes-de-Visite Photographs and Over 45 Pieces of Travel Ephemera from a Grand Tour of Europe, Showing Italy (Rome, Florence, Venice, Ravenna, Siena, Perugia, Bologna), Britain (London, Oxford, York, Stratford-on-Avon, Country Estates), France (Paris, Strasbourg), Austria (Vienna, Gratz), and Germany (Nuremberg, Passau); the Album is Titled: From Rome Dec 15th, 1869 to Edinburgh May 27th, 1870. Ca. 1869-1870.
$ 2500.00
Interesting Album with 58 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken by Soviet Tourists during Hiking Trips in Georgia and North Osetia, Showing Terek River, Dariali Gorge, Gergeti Glacier, Mount Kazbek, Krestovy/Jvary Pass, Batumi Seafront and Botanical Garden, Mamison Pass on the Ossetian Military Road, Tseydon/Tsey River, Tourist Base in Tsey, “Devil’s Bridge” over the Ardon River, Upper Reaches of the Rioni River, Ossetian Villages and People, Tourists Hiking, Resting, Posing next to Sites, &c., the Album is Titled: I my… po Kavkazu. 1936 [And we are… in the Caucasus. 1936]. Ca. 1936-1938.
$ 1500.00
Zemaitis, William O. (1935-2021). Album of 84 Original Photographs of Guam, Showing Andersen Air Force Base, Including a Review (Marching Band, 54th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron), the “Special Service Shack,” Commissary, Barracks, Runways and Hangars, Celebrations (a Christmas Party, “Comm-Elect. Section Party”), etc. Ca. 1953.
$ 2250.00
Historically Significant Album with 80 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken in French Colonial Guinea and Showing Fula, Susu and Conagui People, Inhabitants of Conakry, Kipe, Rio Pongo, Kourussa, Guinean Forest, Scenes in Local Villages, &c. Ca. 1900s.
$ 2500.00
Manuscript Document of a Report on French Defences in the French Colony of Saint-Domingue, Including Fort Dauphin, Cap-Français, the Dependencies of Port-de-Paix, and the West and South Governments, and Recommendations Concerning the King’s Troops. Ca. 1745.
$ 1750.00
[Spencer, Abigail Leilani] (1935 – ca. 2020). Interesting Album with ca. 230 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, from the Estate of a Native Hawaiian Resident of Waimea/Kamuela (Hawaii Island), Showing her Friends and Fellow Students from Waimea Intermediate School, Hawaii Episcopal Academy, and University of Hawaii, Views of St. James Episcopal Church and Hawaii Episcopal Academy (Waimea/Kamuela), Community Celebrations, Invitations to the Graduation Ceremony and Senior Prom of 1952, &c. Ca. 1948 – early 1960s.
$ 3250.00
[Connor, John Richard, Major, British Indian Army] (1908-1970). Historically Significant Album with ca. 510 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken and Collected by Major John Richard Connor of British Indian Army during His Service in King George V’s Own Bengal Sappers and Miners, with Interesting Images of the Regiment’s Headquarters, Officers and Various Operations in Roorkee, Views of Hindustan-Tibet Road from Narkanda to Ropa Valley and Beyond (Numerous Rest Houses, Settlements, Himalayan Peaks and Valleys, Local People), Kashmir, Mt. Nanga Parbat, Road and Bridge Construction in the North-West Frontier Province (Jehangira, Akora, Haryankot), “Loe Agra Operations, 1935,” &c.
WITH: a Printed “Farewell Address to Major J.R. Connor, R.E. (Roorkee, 15 August 1942)” from “Subedar Mela Ram and Clerical Staff, Orderly Room, KGV’s O. Bengal S. & M. Group I.E.” Ca. 1931-1935.
$ 1750.00
[Sikandar Begum Of Bhopal] (1817-1868; Reign: 1860-68); Canning, Charles, John, 1st Earl Canning (1812-1862), Viceroy of India (1858-1862); Bruce, James, 8th Earl of Elgin & 12th Earl of Kincardine (1811-1863), Viceroy of India (1862-1863). An Office Folder with Two Formal Autograph Letter Signed "Canning" and “Elgin & Kincardine,” Addressed to the Second Female Ruler of the Islamic Principality of Bhopal in Central India, Sikandar Begum, on Account of the Transfer of the Office of Viceroy of India from the Earl of Canning to the Earl of Elgin; Bound with: Seven Leaves of Official Related Period Manuscripts in Urdu, Two Verified as "True Translation" by "Under Sec[retar]y of the Govt. of India in the Foreign Dept.," With a Manuscript Table of Contents, Decorated with a Printed Coat of Arms of the Bhopal State. Ca. early 1860s.
[Benton, William Stephen] (1893-1983); Benton, Dorothy Charlotte (née Leitch, 1911-1992). Historically Significant Private Archive of Five Albums with ca. 530 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, 26 Loose Gelatin Silver Photos and ca. 70 Manuscript and Typewritten Documents, Letters and Notes, From the Estate of a Prominent Engineer and Executive of Government Railways in British India, William Stephen Benton, and his Wife Dorothy, With Interesting Images of Kashmir (Srinagar, Trekking in the Lidder Valley, Sonamarg Hill Station, Picnics near Gulmarg and Nalla Ferozpora), Punjab (Rawalpindi, Murree, Lahore), Khyber Pass, Damaged Railway Bridge, &c., Group Portraits of Associates of the North Western State Railway (Rawalpindi), British Intelligence Office in Nabha House (New Delhi), Members of “Railway Golf Club, Lahore,” “Kashmiri Women,” &c. Mostly ca. 1910s, 1920s-1940s, 1968, 1983.
$ 2250.00
Historically Significant Album with 35 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Construction and Early Operations of a Sugar Factory in the Dutch East Indies – Most Likely, the Djatiroto Complex (Jatiroto, East Java), Showing the Factory, Machinery, an Auxiliary River Dam Under Construction, Railway Station, Locomotive to Transport Sugar Cane, European Administrators and Javanese Workers, &c. Ca. 1900s.
$ 3250.00
Sommers, Giorgio (1834-1914, fl. 1857-1888); Rive, Roberto (fl. ca. 1865-1890s); Amodio, Michele (fl. ca. 1850s-1880s). Attractive Keepsake Folder with 59 Large Original Albumen Studio Photographs of Italy, Showing the Architectural Sites, Streets, and Art Pieces from Rome, Florence, Naples, Capri, Amalfi, Pozzuoli, Casamicciola, Sorrento, Herculaneum, Paestum, ect. Ca. 1870s-1880s.
Interesting Album with 105 Original Gelatin Silver Snapshot Photos of Jamaica (Kingston Streets and Residences, Pier of the “Standard Fruit and Steamship Company,” Road Sign of the Hardwar Gap in the Blue Mountains), Haiti (Port-au-Prince, Interior of Catholic Cathedral, Sans-Souci Palace, Citadelle Laferrière) and Atlantic Colombia (Port with a Pier and Plane Hangar, Coastal Villages, a Road Sign to Tubara, Portraits of the Locals, &c.). Ca. 1937.
$ 1250.00
Okada, Saburo (1890-1954), ITŌ, Kikuzō (1901-1985). Kaitakusha Shirase chui [開拓者白瀬中尉] [i.e. Pioneer Lieutenant Shirase]. 1 volume, complete. Tōkyō: Tsurushobō, Showa 18 [1943].
$ 1750.00
Hayashi, Heizo Michiyuki (1738–1793). Kaikoku heidan hoi [海國兵談補遺] [i.e. Equestrianism. A Military Defense of a Maritime Nation]. Complete in 2 volumes. Edō [Tōkyō]: Yamatoya Kihee, Keio 3 [1867].
$ 1250.00
Nakayama, Takashi (Japanese, 1893-1978). Four Framed Signed Japanese Watercolours Showing a Farmer in Winter; (Probably Same) Farmer and his Wife; A Woman with a Child in Winter; And (Probably Same) Woman and a Child. Ca. 1920.
Album of 67 Lively Gelatin Silver Photographs of Africa in the 1920s, Showing Mombasa (Kilindini Harbour, Golf Club), Gilgil, Mossamedes (ETC Quarters, Portrait of Cable Staff, “Customs House,” Republic Day Celebrations), Delagoa Bay, Zanzibar, Saint Helena (The Briars, Governor’s House), and Aden. Ca. 1920s.
$ 3250.00
Album of 84 Gelatin Silver Photographs of Madagascar, Showing Portraits of Rulers (Sakalava Queen Binao, Antankarana King Tsialana II; Anjouan Princes Abdallah and Halid), Portraits of Malagasy People (Sakalava, Betsileo, Tanala, Antankarana; Fianarantsoa, Diego-Suarez (now Antsiranana), Maintirano, Nosy Be, Sainte-Marie (Nosy Boraha)), Views of Villages (Ambositra, a Betsileo Village, a Tanala Village), etc. Ca. late 1890s-1900s.
$ 1750.00
Album of Ca. 120 Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing New Caledonia, Including Naval Base Noumea, Construction, Street and Rural Scenes, Snapshots and Portraits of Indigenous New Caledonians, etc. Ca. 1940s.
$ 2250.00
Historically Significant Album with 96 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Troops’ Movements and Maneuvres in the Western Provinces of British India – mostly, in Punjab and Sind (Modern-Day Pakistan), Showing Military Camps, Officers and Soldiers, a Military Train of the North Western Railway, Sialkot (British Cantonment, Clock Tower, Holy Trinity Cathedral, St. James Catholic Church, 0-Mile Monument), Kotri Bridge, Kamoke Railway Station, &c. Ca. 1920s.
$ 1500.00
Barber, George W. Album of 179 Photographs Showing the Philippines after World War II, Including Reconstruction Efforts by Weihe, Frick and Kruse (Group Portraits of Architects and Engineers, Construction Sites, Employees Working at Desks), Clark Air Base, Destruction of Manila (Manila Post Office, Legislative Building, etc.), Portraits of Filipinos, Street Scenes and Rural Life (a Parade, Oxen-Drawn Carts), etc. Ca. 1948.
$ 1500.00
Boren, Estelle G. (later Mastroeni, Alacqua) (1920-2010). Album of Over 300 Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Trinidad (Port-au-Spain, North Manzanilla, Mayaro, Toco, Street Scenes, etc.), Puerto Rico (San Juan—Roosevelt Tower, Castillo San Felipe del Morro, Normandie Hotel, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, Street Scenes; Carioca Rum Factory), etc. Ca. 1943-1955.
Leroux, Alexandre (1836-1912); Rhomaïdès Frères (fl. ca. 1868-1910s); Neurdien Frères (fl. ca. 1850s-1900s). Album of 93 Original Studio and Amateur Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Countries in the Mediterranean, Including Greece (Acropolis of Athens, Mycenae, Panorama of Nafplio), and Turkey (Izmir, Ephesus, Honaz), and Algeria (Algiers, Biskra, Roman Ruins, Portraits of Algerians), etc. Ca. 1890s-1900s.
$ 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].
[Willson, E.P.] Historically Significant Album with 96 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Construction of the Burlington Route of Chicago, Burlington & Quince Railroad between Wind River Canyon and Wendover in Wyoming in the 1910s, Showing Railway Tracks, Machinery (File Drivers, Steam Shovels, Grading Machines), Trestle Under Construction, Engineers, North Platte River Ranches, Wyoming Scenery, &c. Ca. 1910s.
