Category: 19th Century Ephemera

1850 ORIGINAL, HISTORIC MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A GREATLY RELIEVED FATHER THAT HIS DAUGHTER SURVIVED THE DEVASTATION OF THE BELLE OF THE WEST DISASTER

Price: $2,055.99

Publisher: CINCINNATI [CINCINATTA] OHIO MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, : 1850

Seller ID: 0007032

Condition: Good

On offer is a superb piece of original correspondence from the mid-1800s in America. This 3-page letter measures 9.5 inches by 7.5 inches and is in excellent condition. The handwriting is very neat and quite legible. The author of the letter is Issac Davey, a businessman from Cincinnati, OH. The letter is written in May, 1850 to his daughter, Elizabeth. Davey was born in the early 1800s. Records indicate that he owned a clothing store in Cincinnati. He passed away in 1864. The letter to his daughter reflects his concern for her well-being and relief at knowing she escaped a major tragedy of th...
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c1800s ARCHIVE OF SEVENTY-FIVE+ [75] HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTERS, NOTES AND GENEALOGICAL AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS OF A BUSY SHIPPENSBURG PENNSYLVANIA ESTATE ATTORNEY

By: J. A. McCune

Price: $1,445.99

Publisher: SHIPPENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA PA, : 1850

Seller ID: 000700

Condition: Very Good

On offer is a huge archive of letters, notes and correspondences of an estate lawyer named J. A. McCune of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. For the most part the correspondence originates from Cumberland, Franklin and Adams counties. The majority of these correspondences are information about estates. A few are orders of orphan's courts. This superb archive is a treasure trove of genealogical, historical and legal history of the area. Many names mentioned include Grove, Smith, Pague, Croft, Sailhamer, Bomberger, Reese, Duncan, Hoffman, Hostetter, Clark, Negley, Hain, Rebuck, Adams, Speese, Unger, W...
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1861-1863 Archive of Five Civil War-Era Manuscript Letters Relating to the Robust US Banking System, Army Units, Debts, Corporate Elections

By: J. C. Anderson, S. R. Drury, E. R Bell, Robert Jaffray

Price: $1,850.99

Publisher: United States, Civil War America, Bank of America, 115th Ohio Infantry : 1861-1863

Seller ID: 0011015

Binding: Non-Book

Condition: Very Good+

On offer is a unique collection of five letters that detail several financial transactions during the American Civil War. The first letter details a financial transaction between one J. C. Anderson and a Mr. D. McLaren. McLaren is identified further on in the note as "Brigadier of the 115th Ohio Volunteers". The 115th Ohio Infantry was organized Massillon, Ohio, and mustered in September 18, 1862, for three years service under the command of Colonel Jackson A. Lucy. After being raised, they were moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. They were assigned to duty by detachments as provost guard and g...
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1801 HANDWRITTEN AUTOGRAPH LETTER [ALS] BY FRENCH EMIGRE TO PHILADELPHIA DESCRIBING HIS VOYAGES AND FINANCES

By: J. DREUX MONCRE

Price: $385.99

Publisher: PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA PA, : 1801

Seller ID: 0001103

Binding: Manuscript

Condition: Good

On offer is an interesting handwritten manuscript letter dated May 1st, 1801 wherein French Emigré in Philadelphia J. DREUX MONCRE writes a two page letter describes the details of his ship travel and payment of debts.
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1883 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPH LETTERS [2] SIGNED [ALS] BY A KEEN EYED AMERICAN VISITOR TO ST. JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND WHO ADVISES 'I AM DELIGHTED WITH THIS PLACE AS A SUMMER RETREAT'

By: J.J. HALSEY, PROFESSOR [?]

Price: $1,185.99

Publisher: ST. JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND, : 1883

Seller ID: 0001422

Condition: Very Good

On offer are a super, pair [2] 18th Century manuscript letters describing one American's summer trip to St. John's, Newfoundland. "Everything is up or down hill in this town & it is a fruitful field for the cobbler", states the author in this handwritten letter signed "J. J. Halsey". Halsey. The first, on four pages, two conjoined sheets, 8 x 5 in., dated St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, July 20, 1883 writes to his colleague, Professor [John H.] Hewitt. In full: "I have found a place where it is always cool & where fever & ague [i.e., malaria] cometh not. I have been here ...
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1877 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER RELATING TO THE INTEGRATION OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE AGRICULTURE AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE

By: J.L. CROSS

Price: $985.99

Publisher: NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA LA PHILADELPHIA PA, : 1877

Seller ID: 000917

Binding: Manuscript

Condition: Good

On offer is a super handwritten letter by J. L. Cross, dated New Orleans, Sept. 29, 1877 to his sister on arriving in New Orleans: "Our (law) suit-to keep the college (Louisiana Agriculture and Mechanical) in (New Orleans) and at the same time a separate institution (from LSU) has gone against us. I am afraid the removing it to Baton Rouge at this late day will preclude its opening at all this session...." Cross' reference in this letter deals with the two institutions La. A and M in New Orleans and LSU in Baton Rouge. A and M had black students while LSU was segregated...on October 5...
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1865 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY AN AUBURN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY GUARD AND CIVIL WAR VETERAN THANKFUL HE RETURNED FROM HIS SERVICE IN THE CAROLINAS FOR 'UNCLE SAMUEL'

By: J.M. HAMMONS

Price: $485.99

Publisher: AUBURN NEW YORK NY, : 1865

Seller ID: 0001690

Condition: Very Good

On offer is an interesting, original manuscript letter dated December 16, 1865 Auburn, New York handwritten by J.M. Hammons wherein he describes him work at the state prison, believed to be the Auburn Correctional Facility. Mr. Hammons writes his friend Hosea Edgerly [?] a chatty warm letter describing in short his work overseeing the prisoners in the shoe department, his happiness with the easy work conditions but particularly interesting is Hammons subtle reference to the Civil War, mentioning working for 'Uncle Samuel' in North and South Carolina [in the army] and pondering on how lucky he...
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c1850s ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF FOURTEEN [14] MANUSCRIPT LETTERS REGARDING VERY EARLY MORGAN HORSE BLOODLINES AND SENSATION PHILIP ALLEN 'THE BLACK HAWK'

By: J.W. PECK

Price: $2,245.99

Publisher: BRIDGEPORT VERMONT NEW ENGLAND, : 1850

Seller ID: 0001203

Condition: Very Good

On offer is an original archive of fourteen [14] New England horse breeding and racing manuscript letters, mostly from J. W. Peck to his father, Hiram, during the 1850s, with excellent content regarding the legendary Morgan colt referred to as "the Black Hawk", assuredly the horse named Philip Allen, bred by Vermonter Hiram Peck and sired by one of the most famous Morgan horses, Black Hawk, grandson of the first Morgan, Justin Morgan (also known as Figure). Philip Allen's brother, so to speak, was world champion trotter Ethan Allen. This horse, Black Hawk, was so revered that for a tim...
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1864 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF 71 MANUSCRIPT TELEGRAMS WITH ORDERS FROM THE WAR DEARTMENT OF THE UNION INCLUDING THE PROVOST GENERAL, THE SECRETARY OF WAR et al

By: JACOB F. BLUM, H.B. REED, FRANK P. MUHLENBERG et al

Price: $3,385.99

Publisher: : 1864

Seller ID: 0001441

Condition: Very Good+

On offer is a significant, historical relic of the Civil War being a book of 71 bound-in original handwritten telegraphs dated from May 19, 1864 to December 6, 1864. All appear to be handwritten and all have been folded at least 2 times or more. Many have original autographs by the sender. Several different types of paper were used to write them on. All in excellent condition. Examples of some of the subjects of telegrams are: Where to send white and colored recruits; payment amounts for recruits; forbidden furloughs granted to recruits by Provost Marshalls; Arrest Acting Masters Mate Edw. P...
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1870s ORIGINAL FORT EDWARD SEMINARY SCRAPBOOK COMPILED BY A YOUNG TEENAGE STUDENT AND BIBLIOPHILE WHO WOULD GO ON TO RUN THE LIBRARY, TEACH AND LECTURE EXTENSIVELY

By: JAHU DEWITT MILLER

Price: $3,855.99

Publisher: Fort Edward, New York, : 1870

Seller ID: 0008029

Condition: Fair

On offer is an absolutely fascinating scrapbook that belonged to Jahu DeWitt Miller. Dated 1876, it was put together when Miller was 19 and working as a lecturer and teacher at the Fort Edward Institute in upstate New York. The book measures 7 inches by 5 and 3/4 inches. The binding on the book is broken and the pages are loose. However, they are intact and contain a veritable goldmine of notes, jotting, etc. There are an estimated 100 pages and of these, and estimated 80% are complete. Miller began his studies at age 14 at the Fort Edward Institute - a collegiate or seminary as they were know...
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1863 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTERS - TWO AUTHORS - ONE PIECE OF PAPER - TWO SEPARATE LETTERS - CIVIL WAR SAILORS WRITE HOME

By: JAMES AND BENJAMIN

Price: $229.99

Publisher: Boston, : 1863

Seller ID: 0MV239

Binding: Manuscript

Condition: Very Good

[CIVIL WAR NAVAL] ALS, USS Marion, Boston, Mass., "Sabbath morning Aug. 23, 1863", 2 pages. Each page is a separate letter to friends at home. Both are complete but bear no signatures. Each begins mentioning the other - Benjamin and James; both are sailors serving on board the Union vessel USS Marion. Benjamin writes of buying alpaca, church and visits. James in his letter mentions sick men and doctor coming on board who writes prescriptions partially in Latin, which he cannot read - it appears it is James duty to tend the ill after doctor is gone. He further mentions Lt. Kane, a trip ...
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1844 ORIGINAL, CHATTY MANUSCRIPT LETTER HAND WRITTEN BY AN ENGAGING BROWN UNIVERSITY SOPHMORE

By: JAMES FLETCHER BLACKINTON

Price: $1,585.99

Publisher: PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, : 1844

Seller ID: 0007031

Condition: Fair

On offer is an excellent piece of original correspondence from early 19th century America. This 3-page letter measures 9.5 inches by 7.5 inches and is in excellent condition. The handwriting is very neat and quite legible. The letter was written by James Fletcher Blackinton of Providence, RI in 1844 while he was a Sophmore at Brown University. Written to an unknown male recipient, the letter is an effort to explain certain actions that he took while on a trip to another town. Reading into the lines, it would appear that he either rented or borrowed a horse for the journey. He explains his jour...
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1829 ORIGINAL MASSIVE MANUSCRIPT MATHEMATIC AND ARITHMETIC CYPHERING COPYBOOK FILLED WITH COMPLEX AND BASIC EQUATIONS AND SOLUTIONS

By: JAMES McDONALD

Price: $2,285.99

Publisher: BULLS FERRY NEW JERSEY, : 1829

Seller ID: 0001671

Condition: Fair

On offer is a super, original 1829 manuscript mathematics copybook and school book handwritten by James McDonald of Bulls Ferry, New Jersey and was bought October 11th, 1829. The book features beautiful period penmanship. The breadth and depth of this copybook is remarkable with many dozens of complex and basic problems and solutions and explanations including: simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, simple reduction, apothecaries' weight, long measure, land measure, liquid measure, dry measure, and compound addition and subtraction. Some of the money problems are in "F...
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1844 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA MAN KEEPING UP WITH HIS FRIEND IN MISSISSIPPI

By: JAMES RAGSDALE

Price: $1,285.99

Publisher: HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA, COLBERT, MISSISSIPPI, : 1844

Seller ID: 0002439

Condition: Good

On offer is an interesting, three [3] page original manuscript relic of ante bellum Alabama being a handwritten letter signed James Ragsd(ale?), some small portion is torn away at the seal, addressed to John B. Fitts, of Colbert, Mississippi in Lowndes County with a Huntsville Alabama postmark. The letter while somewhat challenging to read provides an interesting peek into the times of in the Deep South in the decade before the Civil War as the content discusses the state of their business dealings together, the business of Doctor Moore, wages, money scarcity, Col. Harston (?) being sick, hurt...
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1846 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTERS [2] HANDWRITTEN BY ONE OF ALABAMA'S LEADING COTTON FACTORS AND WHY COTTON WAS INDEED KING IN MOBILE

By: JOHN B. TOULMIN

Price: $1,485.99

Publisher: MOBILE, ALABAMA, : 1846

Seller ID: 0002291

Condition: Good+

On offer is a super, original, significant 1846 autographed pair [2] of manuscript stampless letters dated Mobile Alabama handwritten by John B. Toulmin to Abraham Bell & Son, New York City. The business letters from one of the leading cotton factors in 19th Century Mobile, Alabama exemplify the importance of the cotton trade, shows the international nature of cotton and how a receivable from New York City even in 1846 could affect claims in Mobile a commercial town filled lawyers, factors, merchants and professionals serving the cotton trade's needs. Mobile in the 1840s was the second busiest...
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1873 - 1886 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AND PHOTOGRAPHIC RETROSPECTIVE MEMOIR OF A BOSTON BORN MAINE MAN

By: JOHN BEAL

Price: $1,155.99

Publisher: Mechanic Falls, Maine, : 1873

Seller ID: 0008047

Condition: Good+

On offer is a simply superb collection of photographs from the later part of the 19th century. This volume is actually a small 3-ring binder measuring 5 inches by 3 inches. The volume consists of 64 pages and is 100% complete. The handwriting is actually printing and it it perfectly legible. John D Beal was born in Mechanics Falls, ME in 1873. His family moved to Boston about a year later. Casual research has not found any additional biographical data. This volume includes a mix of excellent photographs and general commentary of events from the year of his birth until 1885. This was clearly pu...
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1867 HANDWRITTEN CIVIL WAR ERA MANUSCRIPT LETTER REFERENCING THE CONFEDERACY, RECONSTRUCTION, STUMP SPEECHES

By: John H. Lippert

Price: $449.99

Publisher: Spring Hill, Navarro County, Texas TX, : 1867

Seller ID: 000594

Condition: Good+

This is a great post Civil War letter to Capt Charles E. Culver (who was on the Savannah during the Tybee Blockades) and from John H. Lippert asking for help in his mission. It mentions him giving the captain an introduction to Governor Pease of Texas. It mentions Stump Speeches and helping the "Colored People". What is ironic is that Captain Culver does not want the Rebs or Rebels to get the upper hand, yet he fought on the Confederate Side from what our research regarding him during the Civil War. It also mentions that he will help if he can get a guard to keep him from being assa...
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1857 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM ONE BROTHER ABOARD A WHALING SHIP TO HIS BROTHER THE CAPTAIN OF THE BARK MATTAPOISETT

By: JOHN H. WING

Price: $949.99

Publisher: ASEA ABOARD A WHALING SHIP, : 1857

Seller ID: 0001211

Condition: Poor

On offer is a super, original manuscript letter dated March 12th 1857 addressed to Captain Perry C. Wing on the Bark Valapraiso on the Atlantic. Here is a partial transcription: Dear Brother, I suppose that you are situated in a far better place than a whaling vessel for a living and for happiness in this life I have thought a great many times that I should like to be as well contented on shore as you are you don't know what a difference there is in living on the water some thousands of miles from home and friends or living ashore in all the luxuries and pleasures of a happy home if a man or a...
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1802 ORIGINAL SIGNIFICANT MANUSCRIPT RELIC OF EARLY PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS AND POLITICKING IN WASHINGTON CITY BY ONE JOHN JENKINS TO HIS RENOWNED RELATIVE COLONEL JOHN JENKINS BACK HOME IN LUZERNE COUNTY

By: JOHN JENKINS to COL. JOHN JENKINS

Price: $4,455.99

Publisher: LUZERNE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, WYOMING COUNTY, : 1802

Seller ID: 0002588

Condition: Good-

On offer is a significant, original manuscript relic of Pennsylvania state history dated City of Washington January 20 1802 a mere 27 or so years after the first and second Continental Congresses in 1774 and 1775 and 15 years after Statehood. Handwritten by John Jenkins to the renowned Colonel John Jenkins [b.1751], the author's father or brother most likely]. The letter reads in part "…letter from new York restating our position and had to attend on business….Eleventh day here…our petition are not yet presented to Congress… Judge Baron? from Starkbridge…I have given out a number of our co...
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1812 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER BY GEORGIA SUGAR PLANTATION OWNER MOVING TO LOUISIANA TO HIS FAMED BUSINESS PARTNER SAMUEL COATES OF PHILADELPHIA

By: JOHN JOSEPH COIRON

Price: $1,285.99

Publisher: NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA LA PHILADELPHIA PA, : 1812

Seller ID: 000905

Binding: Manuscript

Condition: Good

On offer is a super, original handwritten manuscript autograph latter signed [ALS] and dated January 21, 1812 New Orleans Louisiana by a Georgia sugar plantation owner John Joseph Coiron to his friend and associate Samuel Coates in Philadelphia. Research finds that Mr. Coiron was a noted businessman, slave-owner and entrepreneur whose portrait hangs in the Louisiana State Museum. His wife, Zelime Gautier is buried in New Orleans. Mr. Coates is also famous in his own right having been very prominent in Philadelphia. The letter mentions the plantation owner's 30 day journey from Savannah with hi...
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Category: 19th Century Ephemera