Condition: Fair+

1784 ORIGINAL POST REVOLUTIONARY COMPLEX MATHEMATICS AND CYPHER BOOK HANDWRITTEN BY NOTED CITIZEN OF ROCHESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE

Price: $2,485.99

Publisher: ROCHESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE NH, : 1784

Seller ID: 0001768

Condition: Fair+

On offer is an original 1784 manuscript cypher and mathematics book handwritten by John McDuffee of Rochester Vermont. There are 52 pages of arithmetic and mathematical tables, equations and principles: compound multiplication, compound division, reduction for farthings, shillings, etc., calculation the minutes since the birth of the Savior to 1784, tons of wine, hogsheads of wine, The Golden Rule, provisions, measurements, interest, Rules of Practice, gallons of rum, table of money weights and measures, some business principles +++. Measuring 7.25 x 11.75", it is bound in together without...
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1820 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT SCHOOL ACCOUNTING DETAILING TUITIONS PAID

By: JOHN WHEELER, INSTRUCTOR

Price: $225.99

Publisher: AMENIA, NEW YORK Dutchess County, : 1820

Inscription: Autograph

Seller ID: 000619

Binding: Manuscript

Condition: Fair+

An original handwritten ledger sheet which appears to be a school bill for District 19 in 1820. The school bill is for nine different pupils. There is a cut out of the amount for one student. The school bill is 7 3/4"x 7 1/2" Has been folded.
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1742 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT WITH THE ARCHIVAL BLUE ORDER OF MALTA STAMP FOR MADAME LA COMTESSE DE BAO OF ALENCON

By: M. Laurent Françoise Develoger, Notary & Attorneys

Price: $249.99

Publisher: Alençon, Normandy, France, : 1742

Seller ID: 00JT35

Binding: Manuscript

Condition: Fair+

Dated 1742 by notary, M. Laurent Françoise Develoger, (first president of the office of Finance of the generality of Alençon) signs the will and testament of Monsieur Vathoy du Metz, son-in-law of Madame la Comtesse de Bao, who is to be the executor of the last will and testament of Mme Bao. The document is stamped with the blue achival seal of the Order of Malta. It also has at various agreements signatures of all concerned parties. The 4 page document is elegantly and densely written and in good shape save for a tear to the back leave not affect text.
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Image for 1922 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DESCRIBING A DAY SPENT TRAVELING AND VISITING A VILLAGE IN SINGAPORE NEAR SARIBUE DOLOK BY AN UNUSUALLY OBSERVANT AND INTREPID BRITISH WOMAN

1922 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DESCRIBING A DAY SPENT TRAVELING AND VISITING A VILLAGE IN SINGAPORE NEAR SARIBUE DOLOK BY AN UNUSUALLY OBSERVANT AND INTREPID BRITISH WOMAN

By: MARY or MARGARET DISCON [?]

Price: $2,455.99

Publisher: KAMPONG INDONESIA SINGAPORE, : 1922

Seller ID: 0002248

Condition: Fair+

On offer is a super, original 1922 manuscript diary of a woman who we believe is named Margaret or Mary Discon. [While she has not identified herself she does seem to refer to herself at some point in the third person.] The diary describes her time spent in Kampong, Singapore near Saribue Dolok. Using 8½ x 14 inch sheets of paper, folded but loose, she describes her time over 17 pages with some photos as titled: "A Day at _____gale." While the first part of the place name is difficult to read we are sure that local researchers and historians will no doubt uncover the location especial...
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1796 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LEDGER DETAILING EARLY FARMING ACCOUNTING AND PROFITS OF WHEAT SALES

By: NOAH WHEELER

Price: $455.99

Publisher: NEW YORK, : 1796

Inscription: Autograph

Seller ID: 000618

Binding: Manuscript

Condition: Fair+

An original handwritten ledger sheet which appears to be a reconciliation of crop profits. This is Noah Wheeler's accounting of wheat profits from his field somewhere in New York state [assumed Amenia in Dutchess County area based on other items from this same family] dated 1796. The large sheet measures 13 1/2"x 7 3/4". The item has been folded. Some splitting along the old fold lines.
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1893 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LETTER BY THE SON OF MISSIONARIES RELATING HIS OBSERVATIONS OF RELATIONS BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS TO AUNT LUELLA BACK HOME

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $985.99

Publisher: CALCUTTA INDIA, : 1893

Seller ID: 0001434

Condition: Fair+

On offer is a super, original manuscript letter dated 1893, Calcutta 12/12 [India] to Aunt Luella wherein her unidentified nephew writes of other missionaries and relations between Christians and Muslims. Here is a snippet: "I went a day or two ago to call on a Mohammedan friend whose husband has been very sick. Speaking of his sickness and how near God had been to him he said, we have a saying that when in trouble we call on God. He says, Do not call so loud my child, I am near you. It is not you who are seeking me but I am seeking you. He is a devout man, I believe, I think a conscientio...
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1825 HANDWRITTEN MULTIPLE SIGNATURE IOU - LEGAL BOND FOR LOAN AND PAYMENT

By: UNIDENTIFIED BUREAUCRAT OF BORDEAUX

Price: $112.99

Publisher: Paris, France, : 1825

Seller ID: 00JT104B

Binding: Manuscript

Condition: Fair+

On offer a small financial bond document from Maralux, Bordeaux, France dated January 1st, 1825, however there is a stamp, No. 703, states the date as the 10th of Jan. This is a bond made out to Mr. Petiniaud and Mr. Lamy that Misters Bologray and sons paid the sum of 274 francs in Bordeaux. The sum was actually paid out to them on the 13th of January. Small half-moon tear at the bottom with loss of one word, some old pin holes but otherwise in good shape. Stunning vignette of a winged messenger.
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1784 ORIGINAL POST REVOLUTIONARY COMPLEX MATHEMATICS AND CYPHER BOOK HANDWRITTEN BY NOTED CITIZEN OF ROCHESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE

1820 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT SCHOOL ACCOUNTING DETAILING TUITIONS PAID

1742 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT WITH THE ARCHIVAL BLUE ORDER OF MALTA STAMP FOR MADAME LA COMTESSE DE BAO OF ALENCON

1922 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DESCRIBING A DAY SPENT TRAVELING AND VISITING A VILLAGE IN SINGAPORE NEAR SARIBUE DOLOK BY AN UNUSUALLY OBSERVANT AND INTREPID BRITISH WOMAN

1796 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LEDGER DETAILING EARLY FARMING ACCOUNTING AND PROFITS OF WHEAT SALES

1893 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LETTER BY THE SON OF MISSIONARIES RELATING HIS OBSERVATIONS OF RELATIONS BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS TO AUNT LUELLA BACK HOME

1825 HANDWRITTEN MULTIPLE SIGNATURE IOU - LEGAL BOND FOR LOAN AND PAYMENT