Books & Ephemera: Including Chapman Family Historical Documents

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Featuring over 220 lots from the 17th to the 20th centuries, the auction includes antique and vintage books on many subjects and in diverse languages. There is also a wide selection of works on paper – engravings, vintage photographs; maps; war posters, lithographs, and several artworks. Historical documents from the Chapman family are part of a collection related to Edward Mortimer Chapman (1862-1952), a Connecticut pastor, academic, author, and descendant of one of Saybrook’s first settlers.
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[CHAPMAN, EDWARD M. 1862-1952].1 - [CHAPMAN, EDWARD M. 1862-1952].
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A photograph of Chapman (with wear), and a collection of two books, and 13 personal and family documents, including letters concerning the "Ind...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (60.00) = 60.00
 
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PAIR OF CHILD SILHOUETTE PORTRAITS, LATE 19th/EARLY 20th CENTURY.2 - PAIR OF CHILD SILHOUETTE PORTRAITS, LATE 19th/EARLY 20th CENTURY.
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The miniatures are made of cut black paper with inked hair embellishments; in oval hanging/easel frames (marked "Made in Germany/ Richards/ U.S...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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A CONNECTICUT GIRL'S FRIENDSHIP BOOK, 1830s.3 - A CONNECTICUT GIRL'S FRIENDSHIP BOOK, 1830s.
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THE YOUNG LADY'S REMEMBRANCE. New York: J. C. Riker, 1833. With three engraved color plates, and pages for writing. The book is filled
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to j****n for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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SILHOUETTE PROFILE PORTRAITS, LATE 19th/Early 20th CENTURY.4 - SILHOUETTE PROFILE PORTRAITS, LATE 19th/Early 20th CENTURY.
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The smaller portrait shows an inked profile of a woman with a 19th-century hairstyle; in a frame with label for "Hotel Hendrick Hudson/ Troy, N...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
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PAIR OF OPALOTYPE MILK GLASS PORTRAITS, with another.5 - PAIR OF OPALOTYPE MILK GLASS PORTRAITS, with another.
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A pair of c. 1910s hand-tinted opalotype milk glass portraits, showing a man and woman, in matching gold metal frames. 4 3/8in. x 3 3/8in. Goo
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
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PAIR OF 19th CENTURY CHILD PHOTOGRAPHS IN GILT FRAMES.6 - PAIR OF 19th CENTURY CHILD PHOTOGRAPHS IN GILT FRAMES.
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One of an infant, the other a toddler in a hat and wide lace collar; in matching scrolling border hanging/easel frames (embossed "F.A. &am...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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BURD, CLARA MILLER (AMERICAN, 1873-1933).7 - BURD, CLARA MILLER (AMERICAN, 1873-1933).
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An opalotype milk glass portrait signed l/l: "CM Burd," in an oval gilt frame. 4 3/4in. x 3 1/4in.  Together with the original photog...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (275.00) = 275.00
 
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GROUP OF TINTYPES AND A PHOTOGRAPH IN EMBOSSED CASES.8 - GROUP OF TINTYPES AND A PHOTOGRAPH IN EMBOSSED CASES.
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The group is comprised of two tintypes in embossed leather cases (one partial), one depicting a young bearded man, the other an older man in black, ea
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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PHOTOGRAPH OF A WOMAN IN HARD CASE, 19TH CENTURY.9 - PHOTOGRAPH OF A WOMAN IN HARD CASE, 19TH CENTURY.
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The case is molded with a musical tableau of figures at a spinet, with a scrolling border. The paper photograph shows a c. 1860s woman with long earri
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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PORTRAIT MINIATURE IN FITTED CASE, 1912.10 - PORTRAIT MINIATURE IN FITTED CASE, 1912.
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The painted portrait of a woman is signed and dated l/r: "C. P. Newell 1912"; in a gilt metal frame. 3 1/4in. x 2 1/5in. (portrait frame);...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (125.00) = 125.00
 
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TWO ALBUMS OF CARTE DE VISITE PHOTOGRAPHS, 19TH CENTURY.11 - TWO ALBUMS OF CARTE DE VISITE PHOTOGRAPHS, 19TH CENTURY.
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The smaller leather album has a metal clasp and gilt-edged sleeves containing approx. 24 carte de visite photographs and one t
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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TULLY, JOHN, and others; CONNECTICUT, 1753-1800.12 - TULLY, JOHN, and others; CONNECTICUT, 1753-1800.
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A group of one John Tully signed legal document; two letters addressed to John Tully, including one from his wife Parnel Tully; and tw
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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PRATT, MARGARET; SALEM, MA, 1756.13 - PRATT, MARGARET; SALEM, MA, 1756.
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Single-sheet letter, writing on both sides, addressed to "John Tully Esq. in Saybrook," with remnants of sealing wax, dated May 21, 1756.&...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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[FENNER, JOHN, CAPT.]; SAYBROOK, CT, 1739.14 - [FENNER, JOHN, CAPT.]; SAYBROOK, CT, 1739.
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A manuscript document recording the arbitration and determination of a land transfer from the Estate of Capt. John Fenner of Saybrook,
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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WHITTELSEY(WHITTLESEY), AMBROSE, and others; SAYBROOK, CT, 1765-1800.15 - WHITTELSEY(WHITTLESEY), AMBROSE, and others; SAYBROOK, CT, 1765-1800.
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A group of three documents with the signatures of and/or referencing Ambrose Whittelsey, Herkiah Whittelsey, and Natha
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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18TH CENTURY LETTER, UNSIGNED; [THOMAS FLAGG, BOSTON].16 - 18TH CENTURY LETTER, UNSIGNED; [THOMAS FLAGG, BOSTON].
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A single-sheet unsigned, undated letter, c. 18th century, written on both sides. After thoughts of grief and mortality, the writer ent
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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SAYBROOK, CT DEEDS/LAND SALE DOCUMENTS, 1780s-1790s.17 - SAYBROOK, CT DEEDS/LAND SALE DOCUMENTS, 1780s-1790s.
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A group of eight Connecticut deeds/land transfer documents, 1783-1793, each with multiple signatories: 1. BEAUMONT, SAMUEL, and TULLY, SAMUEL. Single-
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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CHAPMAN, GED[EDIAH?]; 1745, 1755(?).18 - CHAPMAN, GED[EDIAH?]; 1745, 1755(?).
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1. A single-sheet summons to the Sheriff of the County of New London, for John Brooks(?) of Saybrook, to appear before John Tully, one of his Majest...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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LOVELAND, TITUS; and others; SAYBROOK, CT, 1786.19 - LOVELAND, TITUS; and others; SAYBROOK, CT, 1786.
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A group of three documents: 1. A single-sheet deed document dated January 25, 1786, between Levi Chapman of Saybrook and Titus and Lydia Loveland, and
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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STEWART, MATTHEW; NEW LONDON, CT, 1761.20 - STEWART, MATTHEW; NEW LONDON, CT, 1761.
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Two ALS to John Tully, Esq. Saybrook, concerning tickets for Matthew Stewart's Connecticut property sale by lottery. Stewart was a New Lond...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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[DICKINSON, RICHARD, CAPT., and others]; 1775-1786.21 - [DICKINSON, RICHARD, CAPT., and others]; 1775-1786.
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Two ledger/accounting sheet fragments, listing goods and services, and debts settled: 1. Ledger document dated from January 4, 1775,
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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INGRAHAM, THOUGHTFUL; SAYBROOK, CT, 1845.22 - INGRAHAM, THOUGHTFUL; SAYBROOK, CT, 1845.
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A single-sheet deed of sale/land transfer from Thoughtful Ingraham, to his brother, Daniel Ingraham, both of Saybrook, CT, dated November 19, 1845, fo
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924.23 - WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924.
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One-page TLS on Princeton University letterhead, April 18th, 1910, when Wilson was university president. Wilson writes to Edward M. Chapman to accept
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (350.00) = 350.00
 
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[OLD LYME CHURCH; CORRESPONDENCE, 1924-1926].24 - [OLD LYME CHURCH; CORRESPONDENCE, 1924-1926].
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SEYMOUR, GEORGE DUDLEY, and CHAPMAN, EDWARD MORTIMER. An archive of 10 letters to Chapman from Seymour, a Waterbury, Connecticut patent lawyer and sel
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924.25 - WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924.
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One-sheet TLS, on White House stationery, with franked/stamped envelope, August 15, 1914. The letter is a personal thanks for the condolences sent by
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (450.00) = 450.00
 
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WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924.26 - WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924.
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1. WILSON: One-sheet TLS on Wilson's personal Princeton, New Jersey letterhead, December 16, 1910, to Edward M. Chapman. Wilson thanks him for h...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (175.00) = 175.00
 
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WILSON, ELLEN AXSON. 1860-1914.27 - WILSON, ELLEN AXSON. 1860-1914.
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A group of three items relating to Woodrow Wilson and his family: 1. WILSON, ELLEN AXSON. One-sheet ALS from Woodrow Wilson's first wife, to Edw...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (650.00) = 650.00
 
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[WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924].28 - [WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924].
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Group of one secretarial signed, and two stamped signature Woodrow Wilson letters, from his time as president of Princeton University, sent to Edward
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (425.00) = 425.00
 
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[WHITE, EDWARD DOUGLAS, 1845-1921]; and U.S. SENATORS.29 - [WHITE, EDWARD DOUGLAS, 1845-1921]; and U.S. SENATORS.
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A correspondence collection of 10 ALS and TLS primarily related to the preparation and placement of the memorial bust for Edward D. White, Chi
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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[WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924].30 - [WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924].
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A TLS by Woodrow Wilson's secretary, and two ALS drafts from Edward M. Chapman to Wilson, regarding the appointment of Clarence L. Clark to the ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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[WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924]; and RAY STANNARD BAKER, 1870-1946.31 - [WILSON, WOODROW. 1856-1924]; and RAY STANNARD BAKER, 1870-1946.
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A group of two letters from Woodrow Wilson's biographer, Ray Stannard Baker, requesting personal remembrances of Wilson, and a 13-page hand...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (375.00) = 375.00
 
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CADMAN, SAMUEL PARKES, 1864-1936; [CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH].32 - CADMAN, SAMUEL PARKES, 1864-1936; [CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH].
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A two-sheet ALS on letterhead of the Central Congregational Church, Brooklyn, New York, to Edward M. Chapman, January 26, 1926. The Rev. Cadman thanks
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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[SAYBROOK COLLEGE, YALE UNIVERSITY, 1934-1938].33 - [SAYBROOK COLLEGE, YALE UNIVERSITY, 1934-1938].
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A correspondence between Elliott Dunlap Smith, Master of Saybrook College at Yale (and later Carnegie-Mellon University Professor), and Edward
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
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HOCKING, WILLIAM ERNEST, 1873-1966; [HARVARD UNIVERSITY].34 - HOCKING, WILLIAM ERNEST, 1873-1966; [HARVARD UNIVERSITY].
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A letter from Professor William Ernest Hocking to Edward M. Chapman, and a typed carbon copy of a letter from Chapman to another Harvard-associated ac
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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SHOREY, PAUL, 1857-1934; [UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO].35 - SHOREY, PAUL, 1857-1934; [UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO].
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A single-sheet TLS to Edward M. Chapman, on University of Chicago letterhead, January 21, 1929. Shorey thanks Chapman for his letter and the book sent
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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BROWN, CHARLES REYNOLDS, 1862-1950; [YALE UNIVERSITY].36 - BROWN, CHARLES REYNOLDS, 1862-1950; [YALE UNIVERSITY].
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A single-sheet TLS to Edward M. Chapman on Yale University Divinity School letterhead, January 22, 1926. Brown thanks Chapman for the offer of his for
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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WATHAM, ARTHUR E.; [DIOCESE OF KENTUCKY].37 - WATHAM, ARTHUR E.; [DIOCESE OF KENTUCKY].
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A lively correspondence (three documents) on theological topics, between Rev. Arthur E. Watham, Presbyter of the Diocese of Kentucky, and Edwa
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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PERSONS, FREDERICK T., b. 1869; [CONGREGATIONAL LIBRARY, BOSTON].38 - PERSONS, FREDERICK T., b. 1869; [CONGREGATIONAL LIBRARY, BOSTON].
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A single-sheet TLS to Edward M. Chapman, on Congregational Library letterhead, April 30, 1935. Persons discusses what he has discovered in response to
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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WILDER, AMOS NIVEN, 1895-1993; and WILDER, AMOS PARKER, 1862-1936.39 - WILDER, AMOS NIVEN, 1895-1993; and WILDER, AMOS PARKER, 1862-1936.
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Letters from Amos P. Wilder (diplomat/journalist) to Edward M. Chapman, one in which he refers to his son Thornton Wilder's writing; together wi...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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"PRECIOUS STEINS," ANONYMOUS, c. 1920s.40 - "PRECIOUS STEINS," ANONYMOUS, c. 1920s.
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Typescript onionskin sheet of a limerick about Gertrude Stein, Albert Einstein, and Jacob Epstein; signed "Author! Author! / The Phoenician.&qu...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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GILMORE, GEORGE WILLIAM, 1858-1933; [FUNK & WAGNALLS/HOMILETIC REVIEW].41 - GILMORE, GEORGE WILLIAM, 1858-1933; [FUNK & WAGNALLS/HOMILETIC REVIEW].
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A group of ten letters from the editor George William Gilmore, to Edward M. Chapman, together with two typed carbon copies of letters from Chapman to
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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PENROSE, STEPHEN B. L. (1864-1947); [WHITMAN COLLEGE].42 - PENROSE, STEPHEN B. L. (1864-1947); [WHITMAN COLLEGE].
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A two-sheet TLS on Whitman College Office of the President, Walla Walla, Washington letterhead, September 10, 1930, to Edward M. Chapman. Penr
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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PARSONS, EDWARD SMITH (1863-1943); [MARIETTA COLLEGE; YALE UNIVERSITY].43 - PARSONS, EDWARD SMITH (1863-1943); [MARIETTA COLLEGE; YALE UNIVERSITY].
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A single-sheet ALS on Marietta College Office of the President, Marietta, Ohio letterhead, July 9, 1931, to Edward M. Chapman. Parsons is responding t
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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[CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, 1927].44 - [CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, 1927].
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1. EDWARD MORTIMER CHAPMAN (1862-1952). Single-sheet draft/copy TLS to Connecticut College President, Benjamin T. Marshall, personal New London letter
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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ATKINS, GAIUS GLENN. 1868-1956.45 - ATKINS, GAIUS GLENN. 1868-1956.
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Group of letters to Edward M. Chapman (all addressed "My Dear Edward"), four from Atkins's time at the First Congregational Churc...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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[THE MARY CELESTE; and BUFFALO PUBLIC LIBRARY].46 - [THE MARY CELESTE; and BUFFALO PUBLIC LIBRARY].
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SHEPARD, FREDERICK JOB, 1850-1934. A two-sheet TLS from Shepard, a longtime head of the Buffalo Public Library Reference Department (1897-1925), to Ed
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
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HOLBROOK SCHOOL SCRAPBOOK, 1913.47 - HOLBROOK SCHOOL SCRAPBOOK, 1913.
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CHAPMAN, EDWARD NORTHROP (1895-1978). A scrapbook of Chapman's time at Dr. Holbrook's Military and Boarding School in Ossining, New York (ac...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL, SR. 1809-1894.48 - HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL, SR. 1809-1894.
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A damaged ALS that is in need of restoration; Boston, September 23, 1865. Addressed "Dear Lu(?)," the letter acknowledges the receipt...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
 
 
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INVITE TO CELEBRATION FOR COMPLETION OF ERIE CANAL, 1825.49 - INVITE TO CELEBRATION FOR COMPLETION OF ERIE CANAL, 1825.
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An original invitation to a celebration to mark the completion of the Erie Canal, engraved by Durand & Wright, 1825. Blank/not addressed. With a...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
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[PIERCE, FRANKLIN. 1804-1869.]50 - [PIERCE, FRANKLIN. 1804-1869.]
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Secretarial signed U.S. Government land grant document issued during the presidency of Franklin Pierce (1804-1896), dated 1854, concerning a g
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
 
 
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