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1[PERRY EXPEDITION IN JAPAN - BLACK SHIP SCROLL] [ASIA - JAPAN - PERRY EXPEDITION – BLACK SHIP SCROLL]

[Large Original, Very Finely Hand-Painted “Black Ship Scroll,” with Twenty-Two Watercolour Scenes and Portraits, Illustrating the Negotiations in Yokohama during Commodore Matthew Perry’s Naval Expedition to Japan and the Signing of the Treaty of Kanagawa in February-March 1854].

Several scenes dated Kaei 7 [1854], but possibly a slightly later, Meiji period copy. Hand-painted scroll ca. 1085x27,5 cm (ca.....

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5[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA - SAN FRANCISCO – 1906 EARTHQUAKE AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY] [NORVELL, LOUISE SEVIER] (1883-1973); PILLSBURY PICTURE CO.

[Historically Significant Collection of Five Original Autograph Letters Including Four Signed by Stanford University Student Louise Norvell, Including Her Emotional Eye-Witness Account of the Infamous Earthquake on April 18, 1906, Written Just a Few Hours Later; With Four Period Studio Photos, Showing the Destruction in Stanford after the Earthquake, and...

Five autograph letters signed: Stanford University & “Home,” [1903, 1905, 1906 & 1909]. Eighteen leaves of various size from ca.....

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6[NORTH AMERICA - OREGON – ROGUE RIVER WAR] BARKWELL, M.C., Surgeon General of Oregon Territory; WIXOM, Henry Walker (1820-1888); COOMBS, L.J., Surgeon, Oregon Mounted Volunteers

[Collection of Two Original Autograph Letters Signed and Three Period Copies of Certificates of Service and Discharge, Detailing on the Medical Service and Supplies in the Second Regiment, Oregon Mounted Volunteers during the Rogue River War of 1855-56].

Jacksonville & Fort Leland, 8 May, 10, 16, 28 August, 4 September 1856. Five original Folio manuscripts, each ca. 30,5x19.....

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[AMERICAN FEMALE MISSIONARY IN CHINA] [NEAL, Elizabeth Blackford, née Simonton] (1859-1939)

[Original Extensive Autograph Letter Signed by a Female American Presbyterian Missionary in China, Written to Her Parents and Talking about Her Recent Missionary Trips around Weifang (Shandong Province), Preaching to Chinese Christians, Staying Overnight in a Village School “with the Heat & the Fleas,” Giving an Eye-Witness Account of the...

Tang Wu, 20 April 1888; Wei Hien, 19 May 1888; & Tengchowfoo, 16 June, 1888. Octavo (ca. 20x12,5 cm). 9.....

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[AMERICAN FIRST ASCENT OF ACONCAGUA - ARGENTINA] [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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[AMERICAN TOURISTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, SRI LANKA & INDIA] HENSHAW CHICKERING, Alla [Sarah] (1887-1950); [HENSHAW, William Griffith] (1860-1924)

[Beautiful Custom Bound Keepsake Diary (Typewritten Manuscript) of a Leisure Trip of an Affluent California Family in ca. 1905 across the Mediterranean, Holy Land, Egypt, Sri Lanka, and India, Presented to the Compiler’s Father and Illustrated with Thirty-Four Original Photos Taken on the Trip; the Diary is Titled:] To Papa...

Ca. early 1900s & 1918. Octavo manuscript (ca. 22x16,5 cm). 35, [3], [9 - blank] leaves. Typewritten text on wove.....

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[ASIA - JAVA]

[Collection of Two Sepia Pen and Wash Watercolours after the Aquatints from “A Picturesque Voyage to India by the Way of China” (1810) by Thomas and William Daniell’s; Titled:] Anjere Point, Strait of Sunda; Malays of Java.

Ca. 1810s. Two pen and wash watercolours on paper ca. 12x19 cm (4 ¾ x 7 ¼ in) and 13x19,5.....

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[ASIA - MACAO]

[A Sepia Pen and Wash Watercolour View of Luis de Camões Grotto After the Aquatint from “A Picturesque Voyage to India by the Way of China” (1810) by Thomas and William Daniell’s; Titled:] Camoens Cave, Macao.

Ca. 1810s. Pen and wash watercolour on paper ca. 12x14,5 cm (4 ½ x 5 ¾ in). Mounted on a......

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[CARIBBEAN - JAMAICA - HURRICANE]

[Collection of Three Original Manuscripts, Reporting on the Voyage to Jamaica of a British Merchant Brig “Jane” in August 1780 – March 1781, Including a Detailed Account of “Jane’s” Wreck and Damage in the Mouth of the Great River during the Savanna-la-Mar Hurricane on October 3, 1780].

Montego Bay (Jamaica), 10 January 1781; London, 24 July and 31 August 1781. Three folded Folio manuscripts: two folio bifoliums.....

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[CENTRAL AMERICA - PANAMA] CONANT, John H. (1825-1881) & CONANT, William F. (1822-1897)

[Pair of Autograph Letters Signed by a Young American Merchant in Panama City to His Brother in Boston].

Panama: 20 September 1857 & 30 March 1858. Two Quarto letters (ca. 26,5x21 cm). 1 p. and 1 p. Brown.....

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[EUROPE - GREECE - ATHENS] CUSHING, Joseph Jr. (1806-1879)

[Interesting Content Rich Autograph Letter Signed to His Wife with a Description of Temples and Other Antiquities of Athens, Including the Acropolis, the Prison where Socrates was Sentenced to Death, the “Bema” or pulpit “where Demosthenes and other orators went to address the people," Hill of Areopagus, Temple of Hephaestus...

Athens: 6 December 1851. Quarto (ca. 27x21 cm). 7 pp. On two bifoliums. Brown ink on bluish wove paper, addressed.....

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[MIDDLE EAST & ISLAMIC WORLD - EGYPT (KHEDIVATE OF)] BUTLER, Alfred Joshua (1850-1936)

[A Historically Important Manuscript Diary Documenting Butler's Work in Egypt as a Tutor to the Sons to Khedive Tewfik Pasha, with Detailed Descriptions of His Conversations with the Khedive, His Ministers and Courtiers, European Diplomats and Residents, Mutiny in the Egyptian Army in February 1881, Religious Holidays, State Ceremonies, Coptic...

15 January – 10 May 1881. Folio journal (ca. 36x23 cm). 376 numbered pages, of which 217 are filled in.....

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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 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 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY – 4TH OF JULY PARADE]

[Collection of Three Original Watercolours, Showing the Floats and Participants of the a 1907 Fourth of July Parade – Most Likely, a First Such Parade Held in South San Francisco].

Ca. 1907. Three original loose watercolours ca. 26x43,5 cm (10x17 in), ca. 25,5x41 cm (10x16 in) and ca. 22,5x39,5 cm.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA - SAN FRANCISCO – TRADE SEAMEN & WOMEN AT WORK] [CATTLE, J.?]

[Original Autograph Letter Signed by a Mate on the San Francisco Trade Brig “Ida D. Rogers,” Describing the Ship’s Recent Trade Voyage to Costa Rica, His Salary, a Spaniard Sailor on the Brig “Who did not Know the Bow from the Stern of a Vessel,” Quick Growth of San Francisco...

San Francisco, 14 July 1867. Quarto (ca. 25x20 cm). 4 pp. Brown ink on lined watermarked wove paper. Fold marks.....

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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 – EL DORADO COUNTY] [CLARK, S.M.?]

[Original Autograph Letter Written by a Gold Miner in the Garden Valley (El Dorado County), Talking about His Sea Voyage, Being Fed with “Hard Bread & Stinking Meat,” Gold Mining in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Tree Cutting, Plans to Take a “Job of Fluming to Carry Water from one Hill...

Garden Valley, 17 April 185[8 or 9?]. Quarto bifolium (ca. 25x19,5 cm). 4 pp. Brown ink on bluish laid paper.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA – MILLERTON/FRESNO CO.] MORROW, Jessy (1827-1897); CARROLL, Hugh Augustus (1828-1899)

[Original Handwritten, Signed, and Notary Certified Deed of the Sale of the Millerton Ferry across the San Joaquin River (now the site of the Millerton Lake, Fresno County) from Jesse Morrow to Ira McGray on June 9, 1855].

Millerton, 9 June 1855. Quarto bifolium (ca. 24,5x19 cm). 2 pp. Brown ink on bluish wove paper. Annotated and docketed.....

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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 – PIONEERS & GOLD MINERS] MURRAY, John Sutherland (1818-1882), [MOORE, Henry M.]

[Original Autograph Letter Signed from Moores Flat (a Gold Mining Town Later Abandoned in the Early 20th Century), Written by a California Forty-Niner and Talking about the Construction of a “Store-Room” in the General Store or the Hotel of a Town Founder H.M. Moore, Successful Gold Mining, When “an Ounce...

Moores Flat (Nevada Co.), 1 January 1854. Quarto bifolium (ca. 25x20 cm). 3 pp. Brown ink on laid paper. Docketed.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA – SACRAMENTO] SPURR, George Graham (1828-1903)

[Original Autograph Letter Signed by George Spurr - a Renowned Forty-Niner and Sacramento Pioneer, then the Owner of a “Tea and Coffee Saloon” on the K Street, Delivering the Latest News about His Correspondent’s Sons and Describing Sacramento’s “Deplorable Condition” during the 1853 Flood: “Streets are Like Swamp & Goods...

Sacramento City, 30 March 1853. Quarto bifolium (ca. 25,5x18,5 cm). 3 pp. Brown ink on bluish wove paper. Fold marks.....

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[Large Original, Very Finely Hand-Painted “Black Ship Scroll,” with Twenty-Two Watercolour Scenes and Portraits, Illustrating the Negotiations in Yokohama during Commodore Matthew Perry’s Naval Expedition to Japan and the Signing of the Treaty of Kanagawa in February-March 1854].

[Collection of Two Original Autograph Letters Signed and Three Period Copies of Certificates of Service and Discharge, Detailing on the Medical Service and Supplies in the Second Regiment, Oregon Mounted Volunteers during the Rogue River War of 1855-56].

[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.

[Collection of Two Sepia Pen and Wash Watercolours after the Aquatints from “A Picturesque Voyage to India by the Way of China” (1810) by Thomas and William Daniell’s; Titled:] Anjere Point, Strait of Sunda; Malays of Java.

[A Sepia Pen and Wash Watercolour View of Luis de Camões Grotto After the Aquatint from “A Picturesque Voyage to India by the Way of China” (1810) by Thomas and William Daniell’s; Titled:] Camoens Cave, Macao.

[Collection of Three Original Manuscripts, Reporting on the Voyage to Jamaica of a British Merchant Brig “Jane” in August 1780 – March 1781, Including a Detailed Account of “Jane’s” Wreck and Damage in the Mouth of the Great River during the Savanna-la-Mar Hurricane on October 3, 1780].

[Pair of Autograph Letters Signed by a Young American Merchant in Panama City to His Brother in Boston].

[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].

[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].

[Collection of Three Original Watercolours, Showing the Floats and Participants of the a 1907 Fourth of July Parade – Most Likely, a First Such Parade Held in South San Francisco].

[Original Autograph Letter Signed by a Mate on the San Francisco Trade Brig “Ida D. Rogers,” Describing the Ship’s Recent Trade Voyage to Costa Rica, His Salary, a Spaniard Sailor on the Brig “Who did not Know the Bow from the Stern of a Vessel,” Quick Growth of San Francisco...

[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 Written by a Gold Miner in the Garden Valley (El Dorado County), Talking about His Sea Voyage, Being Fed with “Hard Bread & Stinking Meat,” Gold Mining in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Tree Cutting, Plans to Take a “Job of Fluming to Carry Water from one Hill...

[Original Handwritten, Signed, and Notary Certified Deed of the Sale of the Millerton Ferry across the San Joaquin River (now the site of the Millerton Lake, Fresno County) from Jesse Morrow to Ira McGray on June 9, 1855].

[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].

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