Price: $750 American showman; creator of The Greatest Show on Earth. Autograph Letter Signed, one page, octavo, Bridgeport, Connecticut, September 24, 1881. On lined paper, imprinted with the name, “Waldemere.” To “My dear Dr. Reid.” “I have just returned from the great show at St. Louis and found your letter. I hope Mr. Wildman has … [ Read More ]
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Currier, Nathaniel
Price: $3,750 American lithographer; Currier and Ives. Autograph Document Signed, Nathl Currier, two lines on a sheet of paper measuring 8 inches wide by 2 1/4 inches high, New York, March 4, 1836. “Received New York March 4th 1836–from A.J. Davis…Twenty dollars…” This item is associated with these categories in our inventory: Americana Art
Florida
Price: $6,750 American author Henry O’Reilly; 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. Fine condition. …the plan adopted for our settlement in East Florida, is to have a … [ Read More ]
Garrett, Patrick Floyd
Price: $6,750 Frontier lawman; killed Billy the Kid. Arrest Warrant Signed, “Pat F Garrett / Sheriff of Lincoln County,” July 24, 1882, octavo. The warrant is for the arrest of Ed L. House who is accused of “willfully and maliciously” killing one Juan Chavis of Pino on July 20, 1882. The Warrant, written by Frank … [ Read More ]
Geronimo
Price: $12,500 American Apache chieftain; led sensational campaign against the whites in the southwest; captured by General Crook; later escaped. Signature, in bold pencil, on a sheet of paper measuring 3 1/2 inches wide by 2 inches high. Framed (with taupe outer and cream inner mats, in walnut and antiqued gold frame) dimensions 10 1/4 … [ Read More ]
Hancock, John
Price: $12,500 Autograph Letter Signed, initials, one page legal folio, Council Chamber, Boston, February 18, 1783. As governor of Massachusetts, to the Gentlemen of the Senate & Gentlemen of the House of Representatives. “I am exceedingly Sorry that a Bill upon so important a matter as the Sitting of the Supreme Judicial Court of the … [ Read More ]
Lindbergh, Charles A
Price: $17,500 American aviation pioneer. Manuscript Signed, one page, quarto, May 27, 1927. Six days after his historic non-stop flight across the Atlantic, Lucky Lindy signs a poem written in his honor, in French, by poet Anna de Noailles. This morning, seeing a bird flying in the sky,/ I said to myself, ‘how clumsy he … [ Read More ]
New York
Price: $3,750 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 … [ Read More ]
Sutter, John A
Price: $17,500 Pioneer in California; founded colony on site of what is now Sacramento; gold was discovered on his property (1848), after which he became bankrupt, as his workmen deserted him, his sheep and cattle were stolen, and his land occupied by squatters. Document Signed, J.A. Sutter, three pages, quarto, June 1849. Sutter grants Archibald … [ Read More ]
Voyageurs
Price: $1,250 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 … [ Read More ]
Wilkes, John
Price: $2,750 English political reformer; expelled from the House of Commons three times; become idol of the mob rioting for “Wilkes and liberty”; championed colonial rights during the American Revolution. Document Signed, “John Wilkes/Mayor”, one page, legal folio, Guildhall, London, July 18, 1775. With two embossed English revenue stamps in the top margin, and integral … [ Read More ]