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California Gold Rush

August 26, 2015 by admin

California Gold Rush

  CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH “SUNDRY AMUSEMENTS IN THE MINES” Group of four illustrations on an oblong quarto sheet, entitled Sundry Amusements in the Mines. Lithographed and published by Britton & Rey, San Francisco. Each image measures 3 3/8 by 4 3/4 inches; the sheet measuring by 8 3/8 by10 3/4 inches. The first image, A … [ Read More ]

Filed Under: Americana, Western Tagged With: california gold rush, joseph britton, lithograph, western americana

California Gold Rush

August 4, 2017 by admin

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH STOCK CERTIFICATE FOR THE TUOLUMNE COUNTY WATER COMPANY A stock certificate for the Tuolumne Country Water Company, 6 ¼ by 9 ¾ inches, Columbia, [California], September 26, 1862.  With a fine vignette of miners working a sluice and a cradle, typical of the California Gold Rush. The one-share certificate is signed by … [ Read More ]

Filed Under: Americana, Western Tagged With: california gold rush, stock certificate, western americana

Durant, Henry Fowle

August 15, 2017 by admin

Founder of Wellesley College. Autograph Letter Signed, three pages, small octavo, Wellesley, Massachusetts, August 15, 1887.  “I want for immediate use at College about 200 feet in length glazed drain pipes.  I can use 9, 10, or 12 caliber – I prefer 10 inch.  Have you got it on hand so that I can have … [ Read More ]

Filed Under: Americana Tagged With: autograph, Henry Fowle Durant, letter, Wellesley College

Florida

October 28, 2015 by admin

EARLY FLORIDA REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT [FLORIDA].  Henry O’Reilly, American author; prominent in early Rochester affairs, including the Anti-Masonic Excitement.” Autograph Letter Signed, Henry O’Reilly, one and a quarter pages, legal folio, [Rochester, New York], August 5, 1836. To Moses King in Attica, New York. “…the plan adopted for our settlement in East Florida, is to … [ Read More ]

Filed Under: Americana Tagged With: americana, autograph, florida, henry oreilly, letter

Gone With the Wind

August 26, 2015 by admin

Gone With the Wind

A copy of the final mimeographed shooting script, dated on the front cover, January 24, 1939, and stamped copy number 137. Starring Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland. Screenplay by Sidney Howard. Produced by David O. Selznick. Directed by Victor Fleming. 273 pages. Folio. Enclosed in a full blue morocco clamshell box. … [ Read More ]

Filed Under: American, Americana, Literature, Motion Pictures Tagged With: american literature, clark gable, david selznick, gone with the wind, motion pictures, movies, script, sidney howard, vivien leigh

Greeley, Horace

October 1, 2015 by admin

Greeley, Horace

“THERE IS NO SAFETY, NO REAL PEACE BUT IN UNIVERSAL JUSTICE AND IMPARTIAL FREEDOM” HORACE GREELEY.  American journalist and political leader. Autograph Quotation Signed, one page, octavo, Rochester [New York], October 15, 1866. “There is no safety, no real peace, but in universal justice and Impartial Freedom.” Fine condition. Price: $1,750 This item is associated … [ Read More ]

Filed Under: Americana, Western Tagged With: autograph, horace greeley, western americana

New York

September 18, 2015 by admin

New York

Document, issued in the name of Queen Anne, of England, one page, folio, [15 by 17 1/2 inches], on vellum, May 15, 1703. A land grant in favor of William Lawrents for “a small island containing about eight acres, sitting at the mouth of Little Spillgate, and between great and Little Agazzi Islands in the … [ Read More ]

Filed Under: Americana, Law Tagged With: americana, law, new york, queen anne

Oregon

August 10, 2017 by admin

A VERY EARLY AND IMPORTANT EFFORT TO ATTRACT AND ENCOURAGE THE SETTLEMENT OF OREGON The American Society for Encouraging the Settlement of Oregon Territory. Document Signed, by the president and secretary of the Society, two pages, large oblong quarto, with the paper and wax seal of the Society.  The document is headed Oregon Settlement Stock, and bears … [ Read More ]

Filed Under: Americana, Western Tagged With: Oregon, western americana

Voyageurs

September 3, 2015 by admin

Voyageurs

A Partly Printed Contract in which Louis Rocquebrune is engaged by the firm McTavish, McGillivray & Co. and their associates, John Ogilvy and Thomas Thain, “to make the journey both to and from Fort William on the River Kaministiguia; pass through Michilimakinac and go to the Rain Lake, if he is so required to do, … [ Read More ]

Filed Under: Americana, Business, Explorers, Western Tagged With: americana, business, explorers, voyageurs, western americana

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