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1[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA & OREGON] HALL, William Henry Harrison, Captain (1823-1907)

[Manuscript Journal and Letter Book, Compiled by California Argonaut and Columbia River Steamboat Captain William Hall, and Containing Diary Entries on His Voyage to San Francisco on board Ship “New Jersey” around Cape Horn in May-October 1849, His First Months in California, and Several Travels to Vermont and Back; With...

The journal: ca. 1860s-1880s. Octavo journal (ca. 18x11,5 cm). 79 leaves. 58 leaves filled in manuscript ink, generally both on.....

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3[NORTH AMERICA - ALASKA - KENAI PENINSULA – GOLD RUSH] WISWELL, George E. (1852-1938)

[Historically Significant Private Archive Documenting the Experiences of a Gold Prospector during the Kenai Peninsula Gold Rush (1895-98); the Archive Consists of Wiswell’s Pocket “Excelsior” Diary with over 60 Pages of Entries; Two “Notices of Location” for the Claims in the Turnagain Arm Mining District, Two Related Power of Attorney...

Diary: ca. 12,5x8 cm (4 ¾ x 3 ¼ in). Standard pocket full calf “Excelsior” diary with a closing flap.....

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7[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA – GOLD MINING] NEVILL[?], P.W.

[Extensive Autograph Letter Signed by a Gold Miner from Michigan Bluff (Placer County, California), Describing the Hardships of His Work on the Basin Mine, Sharing His Loneliness and Longing for Home, and Supplemented with His Original Verses about the Gold Rush].

The Basin (Placer County, California): 16 December 1855. Quarto bifolium(ca. 25x19,5 cm). 4 pp. Brown ink on blue-lined laid paper.....

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8[NORTH AMERICA - DAKOTA TERRITORY - DEADWOOD OUTLAW] WEST, Isaac E., Attorney at Law (1838-1900) & “Laughing Sam” (Hartman, Samuel S.)

[Autograph Letter Signed Regarding the Defense of Dakota Outlaw “Laughing Sam” (Samuel S. Hartman), and Mentioning the New Governor of the Dakota Territory William A. Howard, the First State’s Attorney of the Lawrence County A.J. Flanner, and Yankton’s Store Owner and Public Figure A.W. Lavender].

Yankton, D[akota]. T[erritory]. 25 April 1878. Quarto (ca. 27,5x21 cm). 2 pp. Brown ink on watermarked laid paper, West’s printed.....

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[CENTRAL AMERICA - MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR] FOSTER, Charles Warren (1830-1904)

[Autograph Letter Signed by Charles W. Foster, an 18-Year Old Serviceman of the Corps of Engineers, Written in Mexico City in the Last Weeks of the Mexican-American War].

Cassa de Correa, City of Mexico: 7 April 1848. Quarto bifolium (ca. 24,5x19,5 cm). 4 pp. Brown ink on watermarked.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - ALASKA - JUNEAU] KENNEDY, W. W.

[Original Autograph Letter Written on Printed Letterhead of the Juneau’s “Circle City Hotel” by an Alaskan Gold Miner, with Notes about Hard Living and Working in Juneau in Winter].

Juneau, Alaska: 11 January 1899. Quarto (ca. 27,5x21 cm or 10 ¾ x 8 ¼ in). Two leaves of watermarked.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - ALASKA - KODIAK ISLAND – GOLD MINING] LASCY, Albert (ca. 1827-1917)

[Collection of Two Extensive Autograph Letters Signed by Gold Miner and Surveyor Albert Lascy, Giving a Detailed Account of His Gold Exploration near Karluk, Uyak and Uganik Bays on the Northern Kodiak Island].

1) Kodiak, Kodiak Island, 25 August 1893. Quarto (ca. 25x19 cm or 9 ¾ x 7 ½ in). 6 pp.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - ALASKA - NOME GOLD RUSH] SHERZER, Edwin B..

[Autograph Letter Signed "Edwin" from Sherzer to his Fiancé Clara Miller in St. Louis MO. Dated Nov. 1, 1900. Sherzer].

Nome, Alaska: Nov. 1, 1900. With 6 1/2 large octavo pages of text on rectos in dark brown ink on.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - ALASKA - SITKA - BARANOF CASTLE] HALEY, Julia E. (1868-1943)

[Original Autograph Letter Signed by Julia Haley, Daughter of Noted Sitka Pioneer and Miner Nicholas Haley, Giving an Eye-Witness Account of Burning of Sitka’s Baranof Castle on March 17, 1894].

Sitka, Alaska: 1 August 1894. One and half Octavo bifolium leaves (ca. 20x12,5 cm or 8 x 4 ¾ in).....

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[NORTH AMERICA - ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY - UNALASKA]

[Original Autograph Letter Signed by “Frank” to His Mother, Mentioning ACC’s Steamship “Dora,” USRC “Corwin” and Its Search for USS “Jeannette” in the Bering Sea, Unalaska’s Sunsets, “Corwin” Capturing a Small Schooner Selling Liquor to the Indians,” etc.]

“Ounalaska Station”, Alaska: 18th July 1880, “Sunday eve – 9 o’clk.”. Quarto (ca. 26,5x20 cm or 10 ¼ x 7.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - ALASKA – SHUMAGIN PACKING COMPANY] SMITH, W[illiam]. D.

[Collection of Three Original Autograph Letters Signed by W.D. Smith, Owner of the “Shumagin Packing Company” in the Chignik Bay (Alaska Peninsula), Addressed to His Agents in San Francisco and Discussing Financial Operations and Shipping of Supplies and Canned Salmon].

Karluck [sic!], 25 May 1889; Chignik Bay, 27 July 1889 and 16 August 1890. In all three leaves with 5.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA - LOS ANGELES] ABBOTT, William Whittlesey (1856-1899), attributed to

[Autograph Letter Signed to His Aunt, Talking about His First Month in Los Angeles, Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, the Capture of Los Angeles by John C. Fremont in August 1846, the City’s Active Business Life, His Attempt to find work Picking Grapes, Market Prices for Grapes and Wine, &c.]

Los Angeles: 5 November 1882. Two Octavo bifoliums (ca. 20x12,5 cm). 7 pp. Black ink on lined laid paper, blind-stamped.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA - WOODSIDE] VANDUSEN, Zina

[Autograph Letter Signed Describing the Early Lumber Industry in Woodside (San Mateo County), Discussing Redwood Sawmills, His Co-Workers, His Financial Matters and Sickness of “Fever and Ague,” Vaccination, &c.]

Red Woods: 9 October 1854. Quarto (ca. 23,5x19 cm). 3 pp. Black ink on wove paper. Fold marks, paper slightly.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA WINERIES]

[Attractive Collection of Over Seventy Rare Documents and Ephemera Illustrating the Early History of Californian Wineries and Liquor Producers, Including Correspondence and Envelopes with the Official Letterheads, Postcards and Business Cards, Two Albumen Photos of the Wineries and Their Managers, Invoices and Receipts, Shares, Price Lists and Wine and Liquor...

Ca. 1877-1910. Collection of 73 various documents and ephemera (see detailed description below). One large chromolithographed ad with a corner.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA – COLORADO RIVER SURVEY] WHITING, Jasper S.; [IVES, Joseph Christmas] (1829-1868)

[Autograph Note Signed by an American Engineer and Surveyor of Lower California and Sonora, Talking about Him Joining Lt. Ives’ Exploratory Expedition to the Colorado River].

San Francisco: 22 October [1857]. Small Octavo bifolium (ca. 19x12 cm). 1 p. Brown ink on blueish lined paper. Addressed.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA – GOLD QUARTZ MINING]

[Autograph Letter Signed Describing the Operations of a Gold Quartz Mill in the Pleasant Valley near Placerville, El Dorado Country, the Author’s Partnership with the “Pleasant Valley Quartz Lead” owned by “Mr. Deihl,” and His Concerns about the New Steam Boiler].

Placerville: 9 July 1857. Quarto (ca. 24,5x18,5 cm). 3 pp. Pencil on two leaves of blueish wove paper. Fold marks.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA – GREAT FLOOD OF 1862] HARDY, William Harrison (1823-1906)

[Autograph Letter Signed to his Business Partner Samuel S. Kennedy, Emotionally Describing the Effect of the Great Flood of 1862 in Sacramento, and Mentioning that the “Excitement is Terrible” and that the “Huntington, Hoplins & Co.” Hardware Store was under “Water Two Feet Deep”].

Sacramento: 9 December 1861. Quarto (ca. 24,5x19 cm). 2 pp. Brown ink on laid paper, blind-stamped paper maker’s monogram in.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA – MINING] [STECH, Baron Ferdinand]

[Original Autograph Letter to an Agent of a Potential Buyer for a Mining Property in California, Urging Him to Make up His Mind and Complete the Negotiations Because the Repairs of Machinery Need to Be Done and the Mine Needs to be Pumped before the Winter Rains].

San Francisco: California, 21 September 1872. Quarto bifolium (ca. 23,5x18 cm). 3 pp. Pencil on laid paper, written in a......

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA – SANTA CLARA VALLEY FARMING] GHOLSON, Toliver Craig (1823-1898)

[Autograph Letter Signed with the Original Envelope, Talking about Farming in the Santa Clara Valley, Prices for Barley, Flour, Horses, Cattle and Milk Cows, Average Wages, the Increased “Emigration,” and Saying that “This Valy is Healthy and Pleasant and is Bound to Bee a Wealthy Place”].

Santa Clara Co., California: 12 September 1852. Quarto bifolium (ca. 25x20 cm). 3 pp. Brown ink on watermarked laid paper.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - CANADA - CRIMEAN WAR] MEREDITH, Edmund Allen (1817-1898)

[Autograph Letter Signed “Meredith” to James McFesters, the Mayor of Bowmanville, Regarding Russian Guns Captured During the Crimean War and Transferred to Canada].

Toronto: Secretary's Office, 19 May 1859. Folio (ca. 33x20,5 cm). 2 pp., with an integral blank leaf. Brown ink on.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - CANADA - MONTREAL] CHARLAND, Louis (1772-1813); CHABOILLER, Louis (1766-1813); RICHARDSON, John (1755?-1831)

[Manuscript Signed Document in French of Charland’s Request for Payment of his Salary at the District of Montreal and Signed by Him, and two Justices of Peace, Chaboiller and Richardson].

[Montreal, at the weekly session of the District de Montreal], 10-11 June 1800. Folio (ca. 32,5x20 cm). 1 p., with.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - CANADA - UPPER] STUART, Rev. John (1740-1811).

[Autograph Letter Signed "Jn. Stuart" to His Son, James Stuart, then Personal Secretary of Lieutenant Governor of Lower Canada Sir Robert Milnes].

Kingston [Upper Canada]: 8 November 1803. Folio (ca. 32,5x20 cm). 1 p. (with three lines on verso). Brown ink on.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - COLORADO - PIKE’S PEAK GOLD RUSH] BARKER, Leverett N. (1834-1930)

[Autograph Letter Signed by the Owner of a Jewellery Store in Eddyville, Iowa, to His Brother in Oriskany Falls, New York, Talking About his New Shop, the Construction of a Railroad Planned to Reach Eddyville, and a Description of the Recent Pike’s Peak Gold Rush].

Eddyville [Iowa]: 25 January 1859. Small Octavo bifolium (ca. 20x12,5 cm). 4 pp. Brown ink on lined laid paper, blind-stamped.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - COLORADO] DYNES, Joseph (Canadian, 1825-1897).

[Sepia Watercolour and Ink Painting:] Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado - Drawn from Nature by J. Dynes. Quebec V.C. [Canada].

1879. Mounted on period board with manuscript title on recto and verso. One small spot mildly rubbed, otherwise a very.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - IDAHO - GOLD RUSH] ROBINSON, D.H.

[Autograph Letter Signed by a Gold Miner in the Idaho Territory, Describing His Prospecting on the Salmon and Lemhi Rivers and at the Boise Basin near Idaho City].

Idaho City, I.Ty. 11 February 1867. Octavo bifolium & additional single Octavo leaf (ca. 19x14,5 cm). 5 pp. Brown ink.....

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