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ARCHIVE OF TWO (2) HANDWRITTEN HOLOGRAPH LETTERS GIVING OPPOSING TESTIMONIES REGARDING THE SAME INCIDENT FROM THE SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS COLLECTION

By: DELABIQUE AND AN UNIDENTIFIED CHIEF SURGEON TO THE KING

Price: $449.99

Publisher: VERSAILLES, FRANCE, : 1792

Inscription: Autograph

Seller ID: 00TP75

Binding: Manuscript

Condition: Very Good

Archive of two (2) handwritten letters, both dated January 14th, 1792, both physically attached at the bottom left corner with sealing wax. Very interesting: The first letter, beautifully penned, whose author's signature is indecipherable yet whose status as a 'ancient surgeon to the King' is foremost in presentation, tells of the story of a young boy named Colinot. The boy has been severely injured to the point of blood building up under his eye lids and that he required many sutures to the head and around the nose. The second letter, (in a much rougher handwriting style than the refined Chie...
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1801 & 1803 [2] SMALL ARCHIVE OF SMALL POX RELATED HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTERS

By: MAURICE DEVILLIERS and UNIDENTIFIED OFFICER OF HEALTH

Price: $945.99

Publisher: DU BLANC [MONT BLANC?] PARIS FRANCE,

Seller ID: 00JT51b

Condition: Good+

On offer is a small archive of handwritten letters relating to small pox. Letter 1 penned by Maurice Devilliers a citizen of Du Blanc France writes of small pox throughout the district and much more in this tightly written stampless letter with wax seal. Letters 2 and 3 are from the same health officer of the Revolutionary government whose signature is affixed on both letters but not quite legible.G+.
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1524 EXTRAORDINARY ANCIENT 32 PAGE MEDIEVAL GENEALOGICAL REPORT REGARDING CHABANS FAMILY: FORMER DOCUMENT OF CABINET D'HOZIER - ONE OF THE GREATEST GENEALOGISTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $2,245.99

Publisher: France, : 1524

Seller ID: 00JT308

Condition: Good+

On offer is a remarkable ancient document, 32 pp, handwritten in French gothic calligraphy, relating to the family of Martel de Chabans, as noted by later handwritten notes on later paper rag cover, who makes the inquiry of the 16th century genealogists. The document features three bold signatures of the authors but they are illegible. This cover also features the handstamp of Cabinet D'Hozier, one of the most famous genealogists of the 19th century. This medieval document is fragile and the first two pages feature a number of faults, some loss but overall this superb document is legible and h...
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1665 ANCIENT HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT REGARDING ANDORRA

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $1,245.99

Publisher: EUROPE ANDORRA [ANDORRE], : 1665

Seller ID: 00JT36b

Condition: Very Good+

On offer is a superb, ancient handwritten document with beautiful calligraphy. Casual reading finds reference to the ancient principality of Andorra but given the incredible history of Andorra this document requires further research. Three signatures include Brousse, the other two illegible. The document has a few slight faults along the old fold lines and a few words have been crossed out. Overall G. ; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; ANDORRE, ANDORRA, CALLIGRAPHY, SPAIN, FRANCE, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUS...
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1754 - 1763 TEN YEAR ACCOUNTING FOR A HOSPITAL SUPPLY COMPANY SPECIALIZING IN BUILDING SUPPLY AND BED CONSTRUCTION

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $945.99

Publisher: Reims, France, : 1754

Seller ID: 00TP127

Condition: Good+

On offer is an accounting summary for a ten year period being 1754 through 1763 for an unidentified hospital supply company. While the clients and the company are unnamed the document was part of a file from the Sir Thomas Phillipps collection relating to Hotel Dieu and the Hopital Incurables. G+.
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1783 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRANSCRIPT OF A PROSECUTORIAL INTERROGATION REGARDING THE THEFT OF MONEY

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $1,255.99

Publisher: France, : 1783

Seller ID: 00JT91

Condition: Very Good

On offer is an intriguing, original manuscript transcript dated 1783 during the reign of Louis XVI of what appears to be a prosecutorial interrogation taking place over a number of days involving the theft of money. Nine [9] tightly written pages and sometimes written in excitement make for an mysterious pre Revolution document. Overall VG.
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1786 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT PRE FRENCH REVOLUTION AUDIT OF EXPENSES OF A WEALTHY NOBLE FAMILY

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $759.99

Publisher: PARIS LYON FRANCE, : 1786

Seller ID: 000944

Condition: Good

On offer is an interesting enigmatic 1786 handwritten manuscript economic portrait titled "Naissance de George & Mort de Benjamin Reverdun" being what appears to be a financial breakdown and accounting table of expenses of a late 18th Century noble French family divided for Monsieur, his [business, travel to and from Paris, Lyon] and for Madame, her "domestiques, blanchissage, pain, vin, viande, boisson" etc. etc. and also "menus plaisirs: journal, comedie, musique…" etc., etc. This is written on heavy paper with some losses of a few letters on the upper corners. A very...
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1793 - YEAR II - FRENCH REVOLUTION DOCUMENT CALLING UP CITIZEN TRAVERSIGNY TO DUTY IN THE NATIONAL GUARD

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $245.99

Publisher: DIJON FRANCE, : 1793

Seller ID: 00JT58B

Condition: Very Good+

On offer is a small French Revolutionary document calling a citizen up for active duty in the National Guard. This 4 x 5 inch printed document is mounted on board with a small fault to the bottom right corner not affecting the document. Manuscript entries include the name of the citizen, the dates to show up for service and it is signed but illegible. Some stains, perhaps old thumbprints to the front of the document, otherwise G+.; 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall; FRANCE, ARMY, NAPOLEON, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS...
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1805 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF EARLY NEW YORK STATE LIFE BY A YOUNG SCHOOL AGE MAN

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $359.99

Publisher: KINGSBURY WASHINGTON COUNTY NEW YORK NY, : 1805

Seller ID: 000756

Condition: Good

On offer is a handwritten manuscript 'Memorandum' dated Kingsbury Sept. 24th, 1805, Washington County, State of New York, Republic of North America. Eight pages, string tied, with handwriting notations on five pages, thusly three pages are blank, small hole to rear cover, affecting a couple of words. It talks about going to school on Saturdays and boarding with different people and it is a record of how many loads of wood he cut for different people for credit. Names mentioned include Isabel Haskins, John Bond, Sam'l Harris, John Patterson and Elijah Smith. This is a very interesting little di...
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1809 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT NAPOLEON ERA LETTER FROM THE GENERAL OF THE RHINE ARMY TO THE COMMISSARY OF WAR OF LE HAVRE

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $395.99

Publisher: BAMBURG, GERMANY, : 1809

Seller ID: 00JT48

Condition: Good+

On offer is an original handwritten manuscript letter from the Intendant General of the Rhine Army to advise the Commissary of War of Le Havre that Chevalier M. Langlois was named Commandant d'Armes of La Place Du Havre. Boldly signed and with a flourish the signature is undecipherable. VG
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1809 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DISCHARGE PAPERS FOR A LIEUTENANT LEFEVRE A 33 YEAR VETERAN OF ACTIVE SERVICE FOR PRE-REVOLUTION FRANCE AND NAPOLEON

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $885.99

Publisher: LILLE FRANCE, : 1809

Seller ID: 00JT54

Condition: Good

On offer is the original handwritten discharge papers of Lieutenant Lefevre of the 51eme Regiment a Ligne. Folio sheet details the Lieutenant's service from 1776 through 1809. Effective service grades, Campaigns, pension details and his final medical status are all reported. The soldier's CV covers 85% of the page and in the bottom 15% is the medical report as detailed by the senior surgeon to the Corps. Very interesting, very detailed in very good shape save for the usual folds, shallow creases and fault to the top left where a pin hole has been made. Overall G+.
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1821 SUPERB HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM THE CLOISTERED NUNS OF THE CARMEL MONASTERY OF TROYES TO THE PRIEURE [CHIEF ABBESSE] OF CARMEL OF MORLAIS

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $1,195.99

Publisher: TROYES FRANCE,

Seller ID: 00JT51c

Condition: Very Good+

On offer is a superb tightly written three page 'Circulaire', an obituary for one Sister. The custom in France when a Carmelite nun would die they would write the life story of this sister and distribute to all of the Carmels in France. From the cloistered Carmelite nuns of Troyes to the Chief Abbesse of the Carmelites based in Morlais. Small loss at the stampless letter closure otherwise VG+. Lovely embossed paper seal of the Carmelites. Signed with initials.
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1829 - 1834 THREE [3] ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LEDGERS FOR A VERY BUSY GENERAL STORE TYPIFYING THE LOCAL COMMERCE, ECONOMY AND TRADE OF DOVER NEW HAMPSHIRE

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $1,155.99

Publisher: DOVER NEW HAMPSHIRE, : 1829

Seller ID: 0001184

Condition: Good

On offer is an archive of three [3] manuscript ledger books from a general store in Dover New Hampshire. The three 'books', all approximately 120 leaves, thusly 240 pages of entries, are handmade, held by string and coverless but complete, folio sized 13x8 with entries dating from November 1829 through to April 1834. Thousands of entries with names, products or service, price etc. Given that Dover was a natural crossroads for traveland a thriving community area historians and collectors have a wealth of information typifying the economy and commerce in these historical ledgers. The usual stain...
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1830s - 1840s ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN BOOK OF MEMORIES, SENTIMENTS, ESSAYS, POETRY, HYMNS, RIDDLES AND CLASSICAL LITERATURE IN A STUNNING BURGUNDY LEATHER FINE BINDING

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $1,285.99

Publisher: KITCHENER WATERLOO LONDON GUELPH ONTARIO ON, : 1835

Seller ID: 0001231

Condition: Good

On offer is an exceptional 1830s-1840s manuscript album of memories, stories and poetry. Stunning well kept cover, burgundy leather with embossed classical harp/lyre design with gilt edges, silk moiré endpapers, a strong gilt spine treatment makes for a beautifully well preserved relic of early/mid 19th century poetic, literary and religious thought. Originally found in Kitchener-Waterloo/London Ontario area estate there are no clues to location or authorship save for G. Wilmot 1834 watermark on the multi-colored papers. Every entry is in lovely calligraphy with what appears to be one main uni...
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1838 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER TO THE EDITOR REGARDING THE POOR STATE OF HOME AND POLITICS DURING AND AFTER THE REBELLIONS OF UPPER AND LOWER CANADA

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $2,285.99

Publisher: BATH KINGSTON ONTARIO ON CANADA, : 1838

Seller ID: 0001051

Condition: Good

On offer is a super Upper Canada - Lower Canada Rebellions era twelve [12] page handwritten manuscript addressed 'Monsieur l' Editeur' in French by a woman who appears to be living in a village near Kingston [Ontario]. The anonymous author writes to a newspaper in Lower Canada [Quebec] and denunciates, after the revolts, the necessity of a new church that she says does not betray the courage and the will of the [Canadian] heroes. She begins with the title 'Conduit d'un homme sans principe' and with ardor and passion our writer expresses her desires for the political and religious renewal takin...
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1847 ALMANACK OF A GERMAN BEER MERCHANT INCLUDING PAYABLES, RECEIVABLES, EXPENSES, CONTACTS AND PERSONAL WRITINGS

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $385.99

Publisher: Germany, : 1847

Seller ID: 0001085

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

On offer is a charming, original 1847 Munsterischer Almanack used by a German merchant. Bound in marbled paper covered boards, printed in two colours the almanac is interspersed with blank pages, the majority, about 22 pp, which have handwritten entries which appear to be appointments, orders, expenses and costs. Research suggests this man was a beer merchant. The book has some wear and rubbing to covers. Interior is tight and clean. Overall G+. Small 3 x 4.5 inch.; German Language; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; Europe, Business, Trade, Commerce, Industry, Almanac, Personal, Memoir, Handw...
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1849 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT GOLD RUSH ERA WORK DIARY OF A BOSTON FREIGHT HANDLING COMPANY

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $3,585.99

Publisher: NEW HAVEN BOSTON NEW YORK CHARLESTON MA NY SC CT, : 1849

Seller ID: 000872

Condition: Very Good

On offer is a super, original leather-bound handwritten daily Diary/Account book of an unidentified freight handling company out of Boston who loaded ships, many bound for California and the Gold Rush, on the various wharves from Boston to Charlestown from Feb-April of 1849. It is handwritten in black ink and contains daily entries of goods & supplies from various Boston businesses to the myriad of ships taking on supplies on the huge array of wharves in Boston. The diary begins in early February in East Boston but by Feb. 15 the log details barrels of this and that going to as many as three s...
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1854 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT RECIPES FOR BLACKWASH [SYPHILIS] AND GREEN SALVE "FOR DRAWING HEALING SORES"

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $595.99

Publisher: : 1854

Seller ID: 000836

Condition: Good

On offer is an original 1854 handwritten manuscript of medicinal recipes for Blackwash and Green Salve for Drawing Healing Sores, Cuts. Written in a neat script at the left margin: "This certificate got from Sam Palmer, March 3-1854." The text of the certificate contains 2 recipes for medicinal applications. The first is to make green salve for drawing & healing sores, mix Lard, Honey, Oil Amber, Pint Spirits Turpentine, Beeswax and (?sp) …grease, put all these in a pan and simmer them over a slow fire…let cool and put into close tin…it can be kept for years and is the best healing sal...
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1855 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND LEDGER OF A NEW YORK CITY BUSINESSMAN AND ATTENDEE TO THE FUNERAL OF LEADING BOWERY BOY WILLIAM (BILL THE BUTCHER) POOLE

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $1,285.99

Publisher: New York NY USA, : 1855

Seller ID: 000968

Binding: Leather

Condition: Very Good

On offer is an original 1855 handwritten manuscript diary and journal of commerce, real estate and industry in pre Civil War New York City. While the author is unidentified there are many clues in the references to properties he owned, sold and to whom and what prices and the manner of commerce and trade he was involved in. Entries are sporadic but they give a historical picture of New York economy given that this merchant was quite prosperous given the size of his transactions and his own evaluations on his trade of the day. Our writer was also sufficiently prominent to attend the funeral of ...
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1864 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF ONE WISCONSIN MAN'S LAST MONTHS OF WAR AND FIRST HARDSCRAP MONTHS BACK HOME - RETURNING TO A SICK WIFE AND SICK FARM

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $3,595.99

Publisher: GRAND RAPIDS MADISON WISCONSIN WI, : 1864

Seller ID: 000884

Condition: Fair

On offer is an exceptional original handwritten Civil War soldier's diary that details the final months of the war and what awaits him home in Wisconsin. Beginning June 7th, 1864, our writer heads home on a furlough, finds his wife very sick and his homestead and farm in very poor order. He stays home a few months and then heads back to his troop to get his discharge signed. He then heads back home again to take care of his wife and make the farm pay again. While the author is unidentified research provides that he is from Wisconsin and belongs to the "Beaver Dam Rifles" and many menti...
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