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1840s Whitney Family

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Asa, William & Eliza Whitney
Three letters, Philadelphia & Washington DC, RR and women's education
$175

Seal Skins & Oil 1822

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Asa Lee
Letter from Stonington, Connecticut, to his brother Gideon Lee in New York, Wishing to transfer his assets to avoid a law suit over valuable seal skins
$350

Brassai signed typed letter

Brassai
Original TLS on Brassai's letterhead from 1969
$350

Much Manuscript Material

Arthur Machen
Collection of 51 Envelopes and Wrappers Hand Addressed to Fytton Armstrong [John Gawsworth]
$500

1845 Wedding Gifts

Frederick William Lord
Letter to his adopted daughter after her marriage, with additions from a cousin
$85 $100 or less

8 Navy Man's ALS from China, Japan, Panama 1903-09

Ray Beckwith
Group of Eight (8) Manuscript Letters (31 pages) Written by a U.S. Navy Serviceman from China & Japan in 1903 and Panama in 1908-09, Mentioning Life in the Navy; Observations of the Three Countries; and Attempting to Live a Christian Life Among Ill-Behaved Shipmates
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Beekeeping at the Foot of the Rockies

B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Smith
1917-1920 – Sales letter and 13 photographs of Sunnyside Apiaries, a large, single-owner beekeeping business in Montana
$650

From the S.S. Europa to New York City by Catapault

"Marian"
1934 - Mail delivered to New York City by a mail plane catapaulted from the ocean liner, S. S. Europa
$100 $100 or less

"Velly Melly Klis mas, my sendee you."

U.S.S. Paul Jones
Circa 1930 - Photographic Christmas card from from the U.S.S. Paul Jones in Chefoo, China
$100 $100 or less

Pro-Republican and Pro-Suffrage Campaign Flyer

The Republican Party
1880 – Pro-Garfield presidential campaign flyer that demands married men consult with their “equally interested” wives before casting their vote
$250

Christmas in a Contraband Camp

George E. Remore
1864 – A New York soldier sarcastically describes life at Camp Wadsworth, which was a contraband holding encampment located in Fairfax, Virginia
$750

No, not that Southern Pacific Railroad

Southern Pacific Railroad Company
1857 - Notice from the Southern Pacific Railroad (aka Texas Western Railroad, aka Vicksburg and El Paso Railroad, and aka the Texas and Pacific Railway) announcing an upcoming installment payment
$300

A Fatal Panama Steamship Wreck

Nathaniel Fisher and Company
1908 – Mailing envelope recovered from a fatal shipwreck between a Panama Railroad Company steamer and a heavy White Line freighter
$250

Cousins Worry about the Union's Future

Emiline to Mary
1862 – A letter from one cousin to another expressing concern for the Union, hoping the rebellion is crushed, and worrying about soldiers who had been captured
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The Diocese of Charleston is Bankrupt

Ignatius A. Reynolds
1844 – A letter from the newly consecrated Cathoiic Bishop of Charleston to his superiors in France requesting funds to help pay off the massive debt left by his predecessor
$250

A Fatal Duel between Congressmen

Lyman Fulton
1838 – A letter breathlessly reporting breaking news that a Congressional Committee had voted in favor of expelling one Congressman for the killing of another in a duel
$400