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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH] HINKLEY, Timothy Duane (1827-1907 or 1914)

[Autograph Letter Signed by California Gold Miner and Future Pioneer of Seattle, Timothy Hinkley, with an Early Description of the Weaverville Gold Mining Town, Mentioning its Stores, Hotels, “Gambling Halls and Whorehouses,” as well as the “Shasta Courier” Gold Mining Newspaper Founded by his Brother].

Weaver Creek, Trinity County, California: 1 June 1852. Quarto bifolium (ca. 25x20 cm). 2 pp. Brown ink on bluish wove.....

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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] 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 - FRASER RIVER GOLD RUSH] MITCHELL, William (1802-1876)

[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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[NORTH AMERICA - KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH] DIX, J.

[Historically Important Autograph Letter Signed from Early Prospector, J. Dix to his friend Jack, Dated Yakobi Island, Alaska July 7, 1895. This Content Rich Letter Describes Dix's solitary life on Yakobi Island and the Difficulties he Encountered Trying to Prospect on it as well as Giving the Latest News on...

Yakobi Island, Alaska: July 7, 1895. Quarto (ca. 26 x 20 cm). 2 leaves written recto and verso so 4.....

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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 - NIAGARA FALLS] WALTON, Frederic E.

[Album with Twenty-one Original Watercolours Signed "F.E.W." and Titled:] Sketches in the United States of America and Canada.

ca. 1892. Quarto (27 x 24). With 21 monochrome mounted watercolours ca. 12.5 x 24.5cm (5 x 9.5 in.). Period.....

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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 - SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA] SMITH, C. E.

[Historically Interesting Autograph Letter Signed from C. E. Smith, an Early Inhabitant of San Jose, California, to James P Slusser of Blacksburg, Virginia, Dated San Jose, CA, April 16th 1859 Describing Business Opportunities Including Mining and Ranching Available and Salaries Being Paid in San Jose and Environs. [With] Original Opened...

San Jose, CA: April 16th 1859. Duodecimo bifolium (ca. 16 x 10 cm). 3 pp. Brown ink written in a......

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[PACIFIC - AUSTRALIA - GOLDFIELDS] HOWORTH, W.

[Journal of H.M.S. Lily on her Homeward Voyage to England, from Melbourne Around Cape Horn via Rio de Janeiro just After the Eureka Rebellion in Ballarat, Victoria].

18th Jan. - 7th May 1855. Quarto ca. 25.5 x 22cm (10 x 8 ½ in.). 15 pp, each page.....

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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 - HAWAII - MAUI] CROCKER, Whaling Master Geo[rge]

[Historically Early and Important Autograph Letter Signed from Whaling Master Geo[rge] Crocker to his Business Partner in New Bedford, MA, Merchant John Russell, Dated Mowee [Lahaina?, Maui], Nov. 29th,1834. This Content Rich Letter Describes the Crew Including Native Hawaiians, Conditions on the Ship Including a Hurricane, Punishments and Injuries the...

[Lahaina?, Maui]: Nov. 29th,1834. Quarto bifolium (ca. 25 x 20.5 cm). 3 pp. Brown ink written in a legible hand.....

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[PACIFIC - HAWAII] CALKIN, Milo (1810-1872) & CALKIN, Evelyne (née Johnson) (1817-1899)

[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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[SOUTH AMERICA - ACONCAGUA - FIRST AMERICAN ASCENT] [De La MOTTE, Edward],

[Typewritten Manuscript Account of the Fifth Ascent of Aconcagua, by British Climber Edward de la Motte and American Mountaineer James Ramsey Ullman, Being also the First American Ascent of Aconcagua, Titled:] Horcones Valley and Aconcagua. February/March 1928.

Ca. 1928. Quarto (ca. 28,5x22 cm). 25 numbered leaves of typewritten text. Occasional period ink corrections in text. Vertical centrefold.....

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[SOUTH AMERICA - BRAZIL - RIO DE JANEIRO] BARBOSA, Januario da Cunha (1780-1864)

[Protocols and Procedures for Burials in the Churches of Rio de Janeiro] Exposição do Padre Januario da Cunha Barbosa a El-Rei D. João VI sobre as sepulturas nas Egrejas do Rio de Janeiro.

Rio de Janeiro: Ca. 1813-1816. Folio (ca. 33x20 cm). 4 pp., with two integral blank leaves, tied with two pink.....

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[SOUTH AMERICA - BRAZIL - RIO DE JANEIRO] LAINE, J.H.

[Autograph Letter in French from a Young French Cotton Merchant in Rio de Janeiro to his Father, Signed “J.H. Laine,” with the latest News about the Brazilian Market].

Rio de Janeiro: 20 September 1816. Quarto (ca. 25,5x19,5 cm). 3 pp. Brown ink on watermarked laid paper, addressed and.....

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

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

[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].

[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.]

[Album with Twenty-one Original Watercolours Signed "F.E.W." and Titled:] Sketches in the United States of America and Canada.

[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].

[Journal of H.M.S. Lily on her Homeward Voyage to England, from Melbourne Around Cape Horn via Rio de Janeiro just After the Eureka Rebellion in Ballarat, Victoria].

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

[Typewritten Manuscript Account of the Fifth Ascent of Aconcagua, by British Climber Edward de la Motte and American Mountaineer James Ramsey Ullman, Being also the First American Ascent of Aconcagua, Titled:] Horcones Valley and Aconcagua. February/March 1928.

[Protocols and Procedures for Burials in the Churches of Rio de Janeiro] Exposição do Padre Januario da Cunha Barbosa a El-Rei D. João VI sobre as sepulturas nas Egrejas do Rio de Janeiro.

[Autograph Letter in French from a Young French Cotton Merchant in Rio de Janeiro to his Father, Signed “J.H. Laine,” with the latest News about the Brazilian Market].

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