2007 Oct: The Luhrs Collection #9675

<B>1777 Edition of </B></I><B><I>The Pennsylvania Evening Post</B></I></B></I> <B>With B...

<B>Francis Rotch Autograph Letter Signed</B></I> “<I>F Rotch</B></I>”. Two pages, 7.5” x 12.25”, Surry, August 7...

<B>New York Governor George Clinton Document Signed,</B></I> partially printed, one page, 15.25” x 8.25”, Albany, New York, March ...

<B>Early Pennsylvania Land Deed,</B></I> partially printed, two pages, 8”x 13.5”, Pennsylvania, December 23, 1785. This document t...

<B>Henry Dearborn 1805 Autograph Letter to His Son </B></I> signed “<I>H. Dearborn</B></I>”. Two pages, 7.75” x ...

<B>Patriot Henry Dearborn Document Signed,</B></I> “<I>H Dearborn</B></I>”, partly-printed, one page, 8.25” x 13...

<B>General Ebenezer Huntington Letter to Major General Noah Phelps.</B></I> One page, 7.5” x 12”, Norwich, July 2, 1798, to Major ...

<B>Early Philadelphia Merchant David Lennox Archive of Approximately 30 Business Manuscript Items,</B></I> ca. 1790s through early...

<B>Charles Pettit Autograph Letter Signed</B></I> “<I>Chas. Pettit</B></I>”. Two pages, 7.75” x 10”, New York, D...

<B>1774 Arthur St. Clair Autograph Letter Signed</B></I> “<I>Art. S. Clair</B></I>”. Two pages, 7.25” x 9”, Ligo...

<B>John Witherspoon and Richard Stockton Document Signed.</B></I> Partly printed diploma in Latin, vellum, 10” x 8”, October 4, 17...

<B>Oliver Wolcott Autograph Document Signed</B></I> “<I>O. Wolcott</B></I>”. One page, 8.25” x 7”, March 24, 178...

<B>Revolutionary War Soldier Autograph Document Signed. </B></I> One page, 8” x 13”, March 9, 1796. In this application for a gran...

<B>1779 Revolutionary War Pay Voucher Signed</B></I> “<I>Col. Henry Sherburne</B></I>”. One page, 7.25” x 3.5”, ...

<B>1777 Revolutionary War Provisions Receipt Document.</B></I> One page, 6” x 2”, dated November 19, 1777. It reads in full: “<...

<B>1867 Autograph Letter With Travel and American Indian Content.</B></I> Four pages, 6.5” x 8”, New York, June 26, 1867, in ink. ...

<B>G. W. Ingels Autograph Document Signed,</B></I> one page, 7.75” x 4.25”, n.p., May 15, 1810, to Tench Cove, likely Mississippi....

<B>Early American Manuscript Note Regarding Indians,</B></I> one page, 6.5” x 3”, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, unsigned, January 17, ...

<B>Colonial Autograph Letter Signed Regarding Murder of Indians,</B></I> from Francis West and Hermann Alricks, one page, 7” x 12”...

<B>Early Translation of Ojibway Native American Names.</B></I> One page, 7.75” x 4”, undated (circa early 19th century), in ink. A...

<B>Quaker William Dillwyn Autograph Letter Signed,</B></I> one page, 7.5" x 12", Philadelphia, August, 20, 1762, to John...

<B>Henry Ward Beecher and William Lloyd Garrison Archive.</B></I> A miscellaneous lot of items from noted abolitionists Henry Ward...

<B>Horace Mann Autograph Letter Signed.</B></I> One page, 6.75” x 8.5”, August 4, 1849. Horace Mann (1796-1859) was a well-known e...

<B>Wendell Phillips Autograph Letter Signed,</B></I> 2 pages, 4.5", 7.25", June 1864, to a "<I>S Wolf Esq<...

<B>1830 Letter to President Andrew Jackson Seeking Consideration For Slavery Law Violation.</B></I> One page, 7.75” x 9.5”, Newbur...

<B>Abolitionist Gerrit Smith Printed Speeches and Letters With Slavery Content.</B></I> A lot of five printed speeches, ranging fr...

<B>Abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens Autograph Letter Signed,</B></I> one page, 5" x 8". n.p., August 22, 1867. A hastily wr...

<B>1852 Letter With Slavery Content.</B></I> One page, 8” x 6.5”, December 23, 1852. In this letter an inquiry is made as to the c...

<B>1816 Slavery Bill of Sale.</B></I> One page, 8” x 5.75”, Baltimore, October 16, 1816, with endorsements on verso. A bill of sal...

<B>Peruvian Slave Sale Document</B></I>, ten handwritten pages, in Spanish, 8.5” x 12.25”, front and verso of five sheets, 1677. E...

<B>Great Content Manuscript Entitled "Narrative of my Rafting Expedition with Th. Stevens in Spring 1831",</B></I> 8 pag...

<B>Manuscript Journal Detailing a Niagara Falls Excursion,</B></I> 54 pages, 7.75” x 9.75”, New York, 1850, with paper wraps. Neat...

<B>Archive of Accounts for the 18th Century Philadelphia Schooner <I>Nimrod</B></I>,</B></I> consisting of eight...

<B>Group of Ten Early American Maritime Documents,</B></I> as follows: <BR>Partly-printed DS, "<I>Sam Hopkins<...

<B>1699 New Hampshire Autograph Document Signed</B></I> “<I>Theodore Attkinson, J: Peace</B></I>”. One page, 7.7...

<B>Newport, Kentucky Founder James Taylor, Jr. Autograph Letter Signed,</B></I> four pages, 8" x 10", Newport, Kentucky,...

<B>Two Early Kentucky Letters Dealing With Tobacco.</B></I> Includes a three page letter, 7.75” x 10”, Lexington, July 16, 1817, s...

<B>Large Lot of Early Pennsylvania Correspondence.</B></I> Over 17 miscellaneous early American letters with Pennsylvania content ...

<B>Four Early Letters With Pennsylvania Content.</B></I> Includes a <B>Fisher Ames</B></I> autograph letter sign...

<B>Archive of Colonial Pennsylvania Correspondence.</B></I> A lot of five letters dating from 1755 to 1769, including: a one page,...

<B>Large Collection of Early Massachusetts Correspondence.</B></I> Over 20 early American letters with Massachusetts connections. ...

<B>Maritime Stock Certificate,</B></I> East Boston Dry Dock Company, partially printed document, two pages, 9” x 6.5”, Boston, Apr...

<B>Huge New York Vellum Land Deed,</B></I> conveying land from William James St. John to Luke Harrison and George Browne, two sepa...

<B>Lot of Early American Letters and Documents.</B></I> This lot consists of a diverse lot of six Colonial American documents and ...

<B>Grouping of Twelve Late 18th Century American Business Documents,</B></I> included are the following:<BR>Listing of "...

<B>Lot of Colonial American Business Documents.</B></I> A variety of business and legal documents dating from the Colonial period ...

<B>Eighteen Pieces of Early Ephemera,</B></I> a splendid diverse group of mostly 18th and 19th century material. The one 20th cent...

<B>Diverse Group of Seven Early American And English Letters,</B></I> 1780s - 1830s, approximately 20 pp., all 8vo. Politics, roma...

<B>Early Pro-Death Penalty Petition Imprint,</B></I> two pages, 8” x 13.5”, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, ca. early 19th centur...

<B>Early New York State Depositions Regarding a Compulsive Thief,</B></I> manuscript document, two pages, 7.75” x 12.5”, Schenecta...

<B>Robert Anderson Signature</B></I> in full excised from a letter, 6" x 1.75". He has added "<I>Yours Sincer...

<B>Union General Nathaniel Banks Autograph Letter Draft Signed,</B></I> “<I>N. P. Banks,</B></I>” twice, four pa...

<B>Confederate General Braxton Bragg Signature</B></I> excised from a larger document, 3.25” x 2”, in ink. Bragg (1817-1876) was a...

<B>Secretary of the Treasury Salmon Chase Autograph Letter Signed,</B></I> “<I>S Chase,</B></I>” one page on Tre...

<B>Architect Cass Gilbert Autograph Letter With George Custer Content Signed</B></I> “<I>Cass Gilbert</B></I>”. ...

<B>Rear Admiral John Dahlgren Autograph Letter Signed</B></I> “<I>John A. Dahlgren</B></I>”. Two pages, 7.75” x ...

<B>1861 John C. Frémont Autograph Letter Signed</B></I> “<I>J. C. Frémont</B></I>”. One page, 5.5” x 9...

<B>General Winfield Scott Hancock Autograph Letter Signed to Former Confederate Daniel Ruggles</B></I> “<I>Winf'd Hancoc...

excised from a larger document, 3.25” x 2”, in ink on lined paper, mounted on a slightly larger piece of paper. John Bell Hood (1831-1879) was a Confe

<B>General Joseph Hooker Autograph Letter Signed</B></I> “<I>J. Hooker Maj. Genl.</B></I>”. Two pages, 5” x 8”, ...

<B>General Oliver Otis Howard Autograph Letter Signed</B></I> “<I>O. O. Howard</B></I>”. One page, 5.5” x 8.25”,...

<B>Confederate General Joseph E. Johnson Signature,</B></I> excised from a larger document, 4” x 1.25”, in ink on lined paper. Joh...

<B>Civil War Letter With Lincoln Assassination Content.</B></I> Four pages, 5” x 8.25”, near Petersburg, Virginia, April 17, 1865....

<B>Two Civil War Letters With Abraham Lincoln Assassination Content.</B></I> A lot of two letters from a Union soldier to his wife...

<B>Confederate General Leonidas Polk Secretarial Copy </B></I>of a war-dated order. One page, 5” x 8.75”, Columbus, Kentucky, Febr...

<B>Admiral David Porter Autograph Letters Signed</B></I> “<I>David D. Porter Admiral</B></I>” and “<I>D. D...

<B>John H. Reagan Signature</B></I> on a card, 4.75" x 2.5", adding "<I>Texas</B></I>". Card...

<B>Whitelaw Reid Autograph Letter Signed,</B></I> 4 pages, 5.25" x 8" "<I>Cin. Gazette Rooms, Washington, D.C...

<B>General William Starke Rosecrans Autograph Letter Signed</B></I> “<I>W. S. Rosecrans</B></I>”. One page, 5.25...

<B>General Daniel E. Sickles Autograph Note.</B></I> One page, 5” x 8”, on Brevoort House letterhead, New York, November 1, 1876, ...

<B>Rhode Island Civil War Governor William Sprague ALS,</B></I> "<I>Wm Sprague</B></I>", one page on o...

<B>Edwin M. Stanton Autograph Letter Signed as Secretary of War</B></I> “<I>Edwin M. Stanton</B></I>”. One page,...

<B>Secretary of War Edwin Stanton Autograph Document Signed</B></I> “<I>Edwin M. Stanton</B></I>”. One page, tip...

<B>Major General John E. Wool Autograph Letter With Excellent Political Content Signed</B></I> “<I>John E. Wool</B><...

<B>Two Civil War Items Penned by the Reverend Henry W. Bellows,</B></I> as follows:<BR><B>ALS,</B></I> “&l...

<B>1861 Autograph Letter From the Governor of Ohio to President Abraham Lincoln Regarding Militia Call Ups.</B></I> One page, 5” x...

<B>Lot of Four Union General's Autograph Letters</B></I> including a <B>Joseph Hooker</B></I> clipped signat...

<B>Four Postwar Documents Pertaining to Former Union Colonel J. William Hofmann,</B></I> commanding the 56th Pennsylvania Voluntee...

<B>Civil War Journal of a Private in the 1st Massachusetts Volunteers.</B></I> Written on 39 pages of a folio sized (8” x 13”) jou...

<B>Three Letters by Union Soldier William W. Hawkins,</B></I> total 12pp., 5" x 8", written circa 1863 sending home news...

<B>Three Letters Pertaining to Union Soldier,</B></I> W.W. Hawkins, New York 93rd Infantry, Company "I". Hawkins, enlist...

<B>Four Civil War Era Letters,</B></I> as follows:<BR><B>ALS in pencil from A.H. Kiseher,</B></I> two page...

<B>Union Soldier's Letter</B></I> Great content letter by Lewis F. Stockwell of the Massachusetts 37th Infantry, 4 pages, &quo...

<B>Great Content Union Soldier's Letter</B></I> by J. Henry Jenks, 4 pages, 5" x 8", Algiers, La., July 7, 1864, wri...

<B>Union Officer's Letter Home Regarding Slavery,</B></I> four pages, 7.5” x 12.5”, Medon, Tennessee, August 24, 1862. The ide...

<B>Post-Gettysburg Confederate Soldier's Autograph Letter Signed,</B></I> "<I>W. A. Hyman</B></I>"...

<B>Lot of Four Letters and Documents With Civil War Content.</B></I> A diverse lot including a Confederate General <B>Thomas...

<B>Archive of Civil War Letters From Union Captain James F. Grimes With Battle Content.</B></I> Seven letters, four pages each, 5”...

<B>Civil War Era Archive of Letters to Ohio Congressman Samuel S. Cox.</B></I> An interesting archive of thirteen letters, 4.75” x...

<B>Union Army Surgeon Recounts Expedition Against Forrest,</B></I> autograph letter signed, "<I>John B. Bowen</B>...

<B>Union and Confederate Election Tickets,</B></I> as follows:<BR>Delaware County, <B>Pennsylvania Union Ticket,</B...

<B>Two French and Indian War Autograph Letters Signed,</B></I> as follows:<BR>Colonel John Armstrong (1717-1795), "<...

<B>Nine 1863 Editions of the Philadelphia </B></I><B><I>Public Ledger</B></I></B></I> w<B&g...

<B>Early Rhode Island Militia Commission,</B></I> DS, "<I>J. Fenner</B></I>" and countersigned by Henr...

<B>Four 18th Century American Military Manuscript Documents,</B></I> as follows:<BR>ALS, "<I>Willi. Atlee</B&g...

<B>Ebenezer Elmer 1804 Autograph Letter With Barbary Wars Content.</B></I> Two pages, 8.25” x 10”, Washington City, March 19, 1804...

<B>War of 1812 General Jacob Brown ALS,</B></I> "<I>Jac Brown</B></I>", two pages, 8" x 10",...

<B>Early U.S. Naval Hero Stephen Decatur Clipped Signature,</B></I> “<I>Navy Comm'ry Off Stephen Decatur,</B></...

<B>Two British Documents From the War of 1812 Period.</B></I> Includes a one page legal document, 8” x 12”, dated June 10, 1813, a...

<B>Two Letters Penned By Early American Military Officers,</B></I> as follows: <BR><B>Captain Corn (elius?) Lyman Auto...