Collectibles and Original Historical Documents

Title Pages. Group of three different, 51/4 x 81/4 to 71/4 x 12, printed in London: 1) "Chronicles of Kings of England," 1696. 2) "Me...

Map of Germany. C. 1740-1750 by Emanuel Bowen, engraver of maps to George II and Louis XV, and one of the foremost mapmakers of his time. Including pa

A New Map of North America from the Latest Discoveries, 1763. Title within a scrollwork cartouche at lower right. Detailing the French and Indian War,

Etats-Unis de L'Amerique. French map, title in cartouche at lower right, including date "20 Janvier 1783." Steel engraved, 81/2 x 9, p...

Luke Usher Business Archive. Letters, 1890-98, from the Adirondack region of New York State. About 215 letters, manuscript and typed, many multiple pa

Life in the West. As described in a 3 pp. letter, 1842, from John L. Cross to his children. From Jerseyville(?), Ill., to family in Somerset County, N

From Hotels around the World. Collection of about 57 letters, on decorative hotel letterheads, from a correspondent travelling in the Far East and Eur

Gayly dressed colored people.... Two letters from parents to their sons, 1892, 7 pp. in all, on letterheads of Princess Anne (Hotel), Virginia Beach,

To President Grant. Letter from a frantic wife and mother, to the President, Nov. 14, 1869, 3 pp., pleading for presidential clemency for her unfortun

From Santa Martha, Columbia. South America, 1836, to Messrs. Sullivan & Barbour, Boston, from Samuel Howe, a merchant, 2 pp. He wants a Cooper t...

Meet Me in St. Louis. Letter, St. Louis, Missouri, Sept. 4, 1848, 4 pp., a detailed account of travelling through the Midwest: Springfield, Ill., mout

Letters to a Young Man. At Phillips Exeter Academy, a preparatory school for boys, and the oldest incorporated school in America. Group of ten letters

From an Architect. Three typed letters from Boston, 1893, to sister, 6 pp. in all, with three envelopes. Albert M. West writes of his daily activities

Utah Territory. A.L.S. of J.D. McCrockwell, Utah pioneer, at "Provo City, Utah Ter.," no date but c. 1865 (according to other papers with ...

Two Letters from San Francisco. 1867, from Agent Yates to Singer Manufactory Co. Detailed discussion of the business in California and the China Trade

Sir Henry Moore. Governor of N.Y. 1765-69, to which he was appointed by George III as reward for suppressing a slave revolt in Jamaica as Lt.-Gov. the

De Witt Clinton. American statesman, member New York Senate, U.S. Senator, Mayor of New York for several terms, twice Gov. of N.Y., Presidential candi

Working in America. Group of five manuscript documents, 1 page each, from Ohio, Mass., and Conn., 1733-1822 for: 1) Housewright (carpenter) acquiring

These United States, 1763-1970. Group of 4 items: 1) 1763 horse tax: "...please to tole to Thomas Powers for a black roan...with four white fee...

Surveying in New York. Group of fourteen letters, 1811-1854, to and from Surveyor General Simeon De Witt and Nathaniel Jones, from Syracuse, Albany, G