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[MIDDLE EAST & ISLAMIC WORLD - TURKEY] FOURCADE, Pascal Thomas (1769-1813)

[Autograph Letter Signed to Jean-Denis Barbie du Bocage (1760-1825 - French Cartographer and Geographer) About a Geometrical map of the Plain of Bournabat Along with a View of Mount Sipylos].

Smyrna [Turkey]: 27 Thermidor, year 11 (14 August 1802). Quarto (ca. 24x19,5 cm). 1 p. Brown ink on laid paper.....

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[MIDDLE EAST & ISLAMIC WORLD - WEST BANK - HEBRON]

[Original Pencil Drawn Panorama of Hebron]

Mid 19th Century. Pencil on paper, ca. 15x25,5 cm (6x10 in). Pencil caption ‘Hebron’ on the lower margin. Recently matted.....

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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 - 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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[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 - SACRAMENTO] ALLISON, William P.

[Original Autograph Letter Written by a Young Gold Miner in Sacramento City, Telling the Latest News from the Gold Mines and Mentioning the Latest Cholera Epidemic in the City].

Sacramento City: 14 September 1852. Quarto bifolium (ca. 25x19,5 cm). 1 p. Brown ink on wove paper, written in a......

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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 – 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 - 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 - 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 - 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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[NORTH AMERICA - MEXICAN WAR] MCCALL, Mary Dickinson.

[Autograph Letter Signed Mary Dickinson McCall to her renowned brother George McCall in the 4th Infantry care of the quartermaster in New Orleans, Recounting his Recent Heroism.]

Philadelphia: 15 June [1846]. Quarto (ca. 27 x 21cm). Five Pages. Brown ink on light blue very thin wove paper.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - OREGON - BRITISH COLUMBIA (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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[NORTH AMERICA - OREGON] GUYLES, R.B.

[Interesting Autograph Letter Written by R.B. Guyles, an Emigrant to the Oregon City Talking about His Experience in the City, Plans to go to the Walla Walla Mines, Local Climate etc.].

Oregon City: 25 June 1850. Large Octavo (ca. 25x19,5 cm). A bifolium, written on two pages and addressed on the.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - SAINT PIERRE & MIQUELON]

[Sepia Watercolour, Unsigned but Titled and Dated]: "Vue de l'ile St. Pierre-Miquelon 29 Janvier 1839 D'apres une Croquis pris en Juin 1853" [View of St. Pierre-Miquelon Islands from January 29, 1839 After a Sketch, done in June 1853].

1853. Sepia watercolour ca. (25.5 x 37 cm). Mounted and matted and with separate manuscript brown ink title on paper.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - TEXAS – PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONARIES] HAWLEY, Rev. J.L.

[Autograph Letter Signed to the Secretaries of the American Home Missionary Society, Reporting on his Attempt to Establish a Church in Western Texas, and Talking about his Visits to Indian Point, Victoria, De Witt County, Gonzales, Seguin, and New Braunfels, and high Prices for food in Western Texas, &c.]

Near Sequin, Guadalupe Co., Texas: 5 March 1848. Quarto bifolium (ca. 25x20 cm). 3,4 pp. Brown ink on blueish wove.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - US SECESSION] JAMES, Nathan & Catherine

[Autograph Letter Signed to Their Son, Mentioning the United States Secession (1860-1861) and a Conflict between Native Americans and Mormons, Apparently in the Utah Territory].

2 June 1860. Octavo (ca. 19x12 cm). 3 pp. Brown ink on laid paper bifolium, blind-stamped monogram in the left.....

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[PACIFIC - AUSTRALIA - SYDNEY] ASHTON, Sir John William (Australian, 1881-1963).

[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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[PACIFIC - AUSTRALIA]

[A Collection of Five (Including Title) Attractive Original Early Unsigned Watercolours of Australia Including Botany Bay, Lake Midgeon, Wagga-Wagga; Tamar River, Tasmania (x2) and the Title of the Collection "Homeward Bound"].

ca. 1870. Four oblong folio album leaves pp. The five mounted watercolours each ca. 16 x 29cm (6.5 x 11.5in.).....

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Manuscripts & Drawings

[Autograph Letter Signed to Jean-Denis Barbie du Bocage (1760-1825 - French Cartographer and Geographer) About a Geometrical map of the Plain of Bournabat Along with a View of Mount Sipylos].

[Original Pencil Drawn Panorama of Hebron]

[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].

[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].

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

[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].

[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.]

[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].

[Original Autograph Letter Written by a Young Gold Miner in Sacramento City, Telling the Latest News from the Gold Mines and Mentioning the Latest Cholera Epidemic in the City].

[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].

[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].

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

[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].

[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].

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

[Autograph Letter Signed Mary Dickinson McCall to her renowned brother George McCall in the 4th Infantry care of the quartermaster in New Orleans, Recounting his Recent Heroism.]

[Interesting Autograph Letter Written by R.B. Guyles, an Emigrant to the Oregon City Talking about His Experience in the City, Plans to go to the Walla Walla Mines, Local Climate etc.].

[Sepia Watercolour, Unsigned but Titled and Dated]: "Vue de l'ile St. Pierre-Miquelon 29 Janvier 1839 D'apres une Croquis pris en Juin 1853" [View of St. Pierre-Miquelon Islands from January 29, 1839 After a Sketch, done in June 1853].

[Autograph Letter Signed to Their Son, Mentioning the United States Secession (1860-1861) and a Conflict between Native Americans and Mormons, Apparently in the Utah Territory].

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

[A Collection of Five (Including Title) Attractive Original Early Unsigned Watercolours of Australia Including Botany Bay, Lake Midgeon, Wagga-Wagga; Tamar River, Tasmania (x2) and the Title of the Collection "Homeward Bound"].

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