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A Period Office Copy of Glover’s Official Despatch to the Duke of Newcastle, British Colonial...
Important Foundation Document for the History of Nigeria

[A Period Office Copy of Glover’s Official Despatch to the Duke of Newcastle, British Colonial Secretary, Explaining his Decision to Create British Protectorates in the Nearby Kingdoms of Addo, Pocrah and Okeodan. Description of the Relations between Lagos Colony, the French Protectorate in Porto Novo and the Neighbouring Yoruba Tribes...

Government House, Lagos: 6 November 1863. Folio manuscript ca. 33x20 cm (13x8 in). Twelve leaves of laid paper, several leaves.....

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Manuscript Report by a Notable Portuguese Diplomat, Reporting on Napoleon's 1800 Campaign in...
Report on Napoleon's 1800 campaign in Italy, including the siege of Genoa and the Battle of Marengo by a Portuguese Diplomat

[Manuscript Report by a Notable Portuguese Diplomat, Reporting on Napoleon's 1800 Campaign in Italy, including the Battle of Marengo].

Livorno: 6 July 1800. Folio (36,5x24 cm). 10 leaves stitched together over pink ribbons; pink stitching in gutter mostly gone.....

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Illuminated Manuscript Leaf from the “Suffrages to Saints” Part of a French Latin Book of...
Beautiful Illuminated Book of Hours Manuscript Leaf

[Illuminated Manuscript Leaf from the “Suffrages to Saints” Part of a French Latin Book of Hours, Appealing to Saint Martin and Saint Fiacre and Illustrated with Miniature Portraits of Both Saints].

Paris: ca. 1510-1520. Single leaf, manuscript on vellum, written/decorated area ca. 14,8x8 cm (ca. 5 ¾ x 3 1/8 in);.....

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Illuminated Manuscript Leaf from the “Prayers” Part of a French Latin Book of Hours, with the...
Beautiful Illuminated Book of Hours Manuscript Leaf

[Illuminated Manuscript Leaf from the “Prayers” Part of a French Latin Book of Hours, with the lines from Two Prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary: O Intemerata… and Obsecro te…, Illustrated with a Miniature Portrait of the Blessed Virgin Mary].

Paris: ca. 1510-1520. Single leaf, manuscript on vellum, written/decorated area ca. 14,5x8 cm (ca. 5 ½ x 3 ¼ in);.....

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Two Watercolour Panoramas each on four Joined Sheets Titled: "St. Georges, Grenada from Hospital...
Two Artistic Watercolours of St George's, Grenada

[Two Watercolour Panoramas each on four Joined Sheets Titled: "St. Georges, Grenada from Hospital Hill," & "View of the Harbour, St. Georges, Grenada, from Belmont Hill." Dated on verso 1852.]

1852. Each panorama ca. 18 x 54 cm (7.5 x 21.5in.). Both watercolour panoramas consisting of four sheets of paper.....

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SYDNEY HARBOUR: Watercolour Signed with Initials and Dated "W.A. 98" (lower right)]. PACIFIC -...
Attractive Watercolour of the Sydney Waterfront by a Listed Artist

[SYDNEY HARBOUR: Watercolour Signed with Initials and Dated "W.A. 98" (lower right)].

1898. Watercolour ca. 24 x 33cm (9.5 x 13in). Watercolour in very good condition. Recently matted. This atmospheric attractive watercolour.....

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Two Detailed Manuscript Testimonials of a Voyage of the Merchant brig Jane to the West Indies in...
Interesting Manuscripts Documenting a Shipwreck in Montego Bay, Jamaica

[Two Detailed Manuscript Testimonials of a Voyage of the Merchant brig Jane to the West Indies in 1780, and the Circumstances of Her Shipwreck during the Savanna-la-Mar Hurricane, Notarially Certified in Montego Bay and London; [WITH] a Period Copy of Jane’s Portledge Bill for 1781].

Montego Bay (Jamaica) - London: 1780-1781. Three Folio Manuscripts (ca. 44x28 cm, ca. 40x26 cm and ca. 36,5x22 cm) folded.....

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Autograph Letter Signed by an Indiana Land-Owner to his “Old Friend and Brother” John Wilson,...
Interesting Letter to Indian Agent in Salt Lake City Asking About the Conditions in California

[Autograph Letter Signed by an Indiana Land-Owner to his “Old Friend and Brother” John Wilson, Just Appointed the Indian Agent of the Salt Lake Agency, Inquiring about the Travel Conditions for Gold Miners in California].

Near Rockville, Parke County, I[ndian]a: 30 April 1849. Quarto bifolium (ca. 25x19,5 cm). 2,5 pp. Brown ink on wove paper.....

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Original Autograph Letter Signed by an Arizona Pioneer Homer McNeil to His Brother, Written on...
Interesting Early Letter from Phoenix from an Arizona Printing Pioneer

[Original Autograph Letter Signed by an Arizona Pioneer Homer McNeil to His Brother, Written on the Official Letterhead of his “Daily and Weekly Arizona Gazette”, and Talking about the Smallpox Epidemy in Phoenix, McNeil’s Work in the Printing Office, His New “Girl” and a Greyhound Pup he Had Bought for...

Phoenix, Arizona: 8 September 1883. Quarto (ca. 25x30 cm). 4 pp. on two separate leaves with printed letterheads of the.....

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Original Autograph Letter Written by a Young Gold Miner to his Parents, with Interesting Notes on...
Early First Hand Account of Sacramento just after the 1852 Fire

[Original Autograph Letter Written by a Young Gold Miner to his Parents, with Interesting Notes on the First Years of Sacramento City, Including the Latest Fire (November 1852) and the Reconstructed City with “Most Houses Built with Rough Boards,” Muddy Streets and the Transportation of Goods on Boats Pulled by...

Sacramento City, California: 31 December 1852. Quarto (ca. 25x19,5 cm). 2 pp. Brown ink on wove paper, written in a......

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Official Autograph Letter Signed by an Administrator of the Walker River Indian Reservation to...
Early Account of Freighthopping by Native Americans in Nevada

[Official Autograph Letter Signed by an Administrator of the Walker River Indian Reservation to David Bender, the Agent of the Carson & Colorado Railroad Company, Regarding the Illegal Use of the Railway by Native American Men Barney Taylor and Nick Vipont].

Schurz, Nevada: 2 December 1896. Quarto (ca. 26,5x20 cm). 2 pp. written on rectos of two separate leaves with the.....

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Early Interesting Atmospheric Letter from an American Fortune-Seeker in Oregon, Written at the...
Early Account of the Fraser River Gold Rush

[Early Interesting Atmospheric Letter from an American Fortune-Seeker in Oregon, Written at the End of the First Year of the Fraser River Gold Rush; the Author Dissuades the Addressee From Mining of the Fraser River, Calling the Rush a “Humbug” and a “Specklation among the Steam Boat Men,” and Mentions...

Dayton (Oregon): 27 November 1858. Octavo (ca. 20,5x16 cm). 2 pp. Brown ink on laid paper, written in a legible.....

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Autograph Letter Signed to His Brother “Charlie,” Describing His Recent Fur Trade Expedition...
First Hand Account of the Fraser River Gold Rush from Hudson’s Bay Co.’s Captain and Fur Trader William Mitchell

[Autograph Letter Signed to His Brother “Charlie,” Describing His Recent Fur Trade Expedition in the Puget Sound, and Sharing His Impressions on the Fraser River Gold Rush].

Fort Nisqually, Washington Territory: 6 September 1863. Quarto bifolium (ca. 28,5x23 cm). 3 pp. Brown ink on blueish watermarked paper.....

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Original Autograph Letter Signed and Addressed to Noted Californian Pioneer Jefferson Wilcoxson,...
First Hand Account of Early Cattle Ranching in Northern California

[Original Autograph Letter Signed and Addressed to Noted Californian Pioneer Jefferson Wilcoxson, Written by His Ranching Partner “Jack”, Possibly by His Brother Jackson, With News from the Union Cattle Ranch near Marysville, Yuba Co.]

Union Ranch [near Marysville, Yuba County, California]: 14 March 1854. Quarto bifolium (ca. 25x19,5 cm). 3 pp. Brown ink on.....

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Two Early Hawaiian Autograph Letters (on one Bifolium) Signed to Dr. George Clymer, the Surgeon...
Early First Hand Accounts of Honolulu by US Consul Milo Calkin and his Wife

[Two Early Hawaiian Autograph Letters (on one Bifolium) Signed to Dr. George Clymer, the Surgeon on USS “Cyane”, with the Latest News from Honolulu, Talking about Calkin’s Business, “Real Sandwich Island Winter Weather,” “Quiet, Sober and Sedate” Social Life in Honolulu, Eveline Reading Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” Milo’s Recent Asthma Attack...

Honolulu, Hawaii: 22 December 1843. Quarto bifolium (ca. 24,5x20 cm). 3 pp. Brown ink on wove paper, written in a......

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Autograph Letter Signed C. M. to Her Mother by a Female Resident of Satank (est. 1882, Now...
Interesting Colorado Letter by an Early Female Pioneer

[Autograph Letter Signed C. M. to Her Mother by a Female Resident of Satank (est. 1882, Now Non-Existent), Mentioning Numerous Tramps who Begged for Food but Spent Their Money in the Town Saloons, the End of the Ute War, Describing her Family Life and Hard Household Work, Recording Her Weight...

Satank [Carbondale, Garfield Co.], Colorado: 6 September 1884. Quarto (ca. 26x19 cm). 2 pp. Brown ink on watermarked “Dove Mills”.....

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Historically Significant Rare Autograph Letter Written in the Besieged Cape Coast Castle during...
First Hand Account from a Besieged Cape Coast Castle During the Ashanti War

[Historically Significant Rare Autograph Letter Written in the Besieged Cape Coast Castle during the First Ashanti War (1824-31) and Addressed to William Williams, the Secretary of the British Gold Coast Colony, with the Notes about the Burning of Cape Coast Town, Williams’ Imprisonment by the Ashantis, Deputy Colonial Governor Lieut.-Col...

Cape Coast Castle: 26 June 1824. Octavo bifolium ca. 22,5x18 cm (8 ¾ x 7 in), 4 pp. Brown ink.....

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An Office Folder with a Formal Autographed Letter Signed "Northbrook," Written in Fine Palace...
Begum of Bhopal Becomes one of only four Female Knight's Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India

[An Office Folder with a Formal Autographed Letter Signed "Northbrook," Written in Fine Palace Script and Addressed to Sultan Shah Jehan, the Female Ruler of the Princely State of Bhopal; With ca. Eleven Official Related Period Manuscripts in Urdu, Seven Verified as "True Copy" or "True Translation" by J.W. Willougby-Osborne...

Northbrook's letter: Fort William (Kolkata), 13 January 1873. Altogether about 12 Folio official manuscripts (ca. 32,5x21 cm); some on folding.....

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Rare Collection of Twenty-Seven Early Original Watercolour Views of the Nile, Taken During a...
Rare Early Scenic Watercolours from a Nile Cruise to see the main Archeological Sites Along the River

[Rare Collection of Twenty-Seven Early Original Watercolour Views of the Nile, Taken During a Cruise in Winter 1864-1865 and Showing the Ancient Sites and Cliffs of Upper Egypt and Nubia, and the Second Cataract].

November 1864 - February 1865. Twenty-seven original watercolours on paper, including one three-part panorama ca. 13x108,5 cm (5 x 42.....

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Album with Four Original Watercolours and One Ink Drawing of New Zealand, Showing Auckland,...
Important Watercolours Documenting the Early Colonialization of New Zealand's North Island After the Waikato Invasion

[Album with Four Original Watercolours and One Ink Drawing of New Zealand, Showing Auckland, British Stockade at the Bluff on the Waikato River, Taupiri Mission Station and British Camp in Ngaruawhia; With Two Early Original Albumen Photos of Maori Women.]

Ca. late 1860s. Folio album (ca. 29x23,5 cm). 7 paper leaves of different colour. With four original watercolours ca. 14x22,5.....

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Original Autograph Letter Written in Akbarpur by a British Officer during the Indian Mutiny,...
Interesting First Hand Account of the British Suppression of the Indian Mutiny

[Original Autograph Letter Written in Akbarpur by a British Officer during the Indian Mutiny, Mentioning the Capture of Lucknow, Death of Captain William Thunne, the Troops' Movement, "Calpee Force," the Beginning of the Hot Season, Plans to Hunt and Take Part in a Steeplechase, etc.]

Akberpore [Akbarpur]: 24 March 1858. Small Octavo bifoium ca. 18x11 cm (7 x 4 ¼ in). 4 pp. Brown ink.....

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Collection of Seven Original Autograph Letters Signed, Written During the Siege of Sevastopol,...
Vivid Firsthand Account of the Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimean War

[Collection of Seven Original Autograph Letters Signed, Written During the Siege of Sevastopol, Which Describe the Battle of the Great Redan, the Explosion of the French Magazine on November 15, 1855; Fights between French and British Soldiers; an Arm Amputation he Assisted with; Mentions Several British Commanders; Lists the Menu...

Balaklava Bay, Camp before Sevastopol: 14 February 1855 – 14 April 1856. Seven ALS, including six small Octavo ones, ca.....

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Album of 154 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Taken by an American Sailor of the Cavite Navy...
Interesting Photos of the American Navy in Cavite, Philippines

[Album of 154 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Taken by an American Sailor of the Cavite Navy Yard in the Philippines, with Interesting Informal Portraits of the Sailors, Views of the Yard Facilities, Radio Towers, Ships, Cavite Cabaret, Views of Cavite City, Street Parades, and Portraits of the Filipino People.]

Ca. 1910s. Oblong Quarto (ca. 21x29 cm). 49 stock album leaves. With 154 original gelatin silver photographs, including 131 larger.....

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