Books & Ephemera: Including Chapman Family Historical Documents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 Historical documents from the Chapman family are part of a collection related to Edward Mortimer Chapman (1862-1952), a Connecticut pastor, academic, author, and descendant of one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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[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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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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[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
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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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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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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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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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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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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