Books & Ephemera: Including Chapman Family Historical Documents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 Historical documents from the Chapman family are part of a collection related to Edward Mortimer Chapman (1862-1952), a Connecticut pastor, academic, author, and descendant of one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