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Seven Watercolour and Ink Drawings of the Euphrates Valley and the Environs of Baghdad After...
Attractive Early Sketches of Iraq

[Seven Watercolour and Ink Drawings of the Euphrates Valley and the Environs of Baghdad After Plates from J. Buckingham’s “Travels in Mesopotamia” and R. Mignan’s “Travels in Chaldaea”].

1828-1830. Watercolour, ink and pencil on grey and white paper, from ca. 11,5x18,5 cm (ca. 4 ½ x 7 ¼.....

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Original Unsigned Watercolour Showing a "Tuarick of Ghraat" and "Negresses of the Soudan,"...
Attractive Watercolour View After Two Costume Plates in Lyon's "A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa...,"

[Original Unsigned Watercolour Showing a "Tuarick of Ghraat" and "Negresses of the Soudan," Combined from two Illustrations in Lyon's "A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa," Titled in Brown ink:] Lyon's Travels in Africa.

After 1821. Watercolour ca. 18 x 23 cm (7 x 9 in.) on beige artist's wove paper with blind stamp.....

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Interesting Autograph Letter to John Whishaw, Secretary of the African Institution, Written at...
Letter from Ill-fated Expedition to Timbuktu

[Interesting Autograph Letter to John Whishaw, Secretary of the African Institution, Written at the Beginning of Ritchie's Ill-Fated Expedition to Africa, to Introduce Sidi Hassuna D'Ghies, who was a son of the Prime Minister of the Pasha of Tripoli, and Later Would Become the Pasha's Foreign Minister, and Additionally he...

Marseilles: 28 August 1818. Quarto (ca. 25,5x19,5 cm), 1. Brown ink on watermarked laid paper. Mild fold marks and light.....

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Sketch Book of Twenty Original Watercolours and Pencil Drawings Taken during His WW2 Service in...
Attractive Watercolours Documenting a British Officers WW2 Service in North Africa & the Middle East

[Sketch Book of Twenty Original Watercolours and Pencil Drawings Taken during His WW2 Service in North Africa & the Middle East].

May 1942 – June 1945. Oblong Octavo album (ca. 14x22,5 cm). 13 paper leaves (12 blank). With eight original watercolours.....

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A Manuscript Journal, Titled:] Turkey in 1855 & 1856. Notes taken by Edw. Estridge during his...
A Captivating Original Source by an English Military Officer, Describing his Stay in Constantinople (Istanbul) and Environs During the Last Phase of the Crimean War

[A Manuscript Journal, Titled:] Turkey in 1855 & 1856. Notes taken by Edw. Estridge during his residence in Constantinople.

12 September 1855 – 2 December 1856. Octavo journal (ca. 21,5x16 cm). 115 numbered pages of manuscript text, followed by.....

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Autograph Letter Signed to Jean-Denis Barbie du Bocage (1760-1825 - French Cartographer and...
Original Letter on Mapping the Plain of Bournabat, Turkey

[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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Original Autograph Letter Written on Printed Letterhead of the Juneau’s “Circle City Hotel”...
Interesting Klondike Gold Rush Letter from Juneau

[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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Historically Significant Private Archive Documenting the Experiences of a Gold Prospector during...
Historically Important Archive Which Gives A First-Hand Account of the Kenai Peninsula Gold Rush

[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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Collection of Two Extensive Autograph Letters Signed by Gold Miner and Surveyor Albert Lascy,...
Two Historically Interesting Early Letters from a Gold Prospector on Kodiak Island

[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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Original Autograph Letter Signed by Julia Haley, Daughter of Noted Sitka Pioneer and Miner...
Historically Significant Eye-Witness Account of the Burning of Baranof Castle in Sitka

[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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Original Autograph Letter Signed by “Frank” to His Mother, Mentioning ACC’s Steamship...
Early Historically Interesting Unalaska Letter Mentioning the US Revenue Cutter “Corwin” (1876) and its Fruitless Search in the Bering Sea for George W. de Long’s Expedition Onboard the USS “Jeannette.”

[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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Collection of Three Original Autograph Letters Signed by W.D. Smith, Owner of the “Shumagin...
Historically Significant Collection of Three Early Letters Documenting the Beginning of the Salmon Canning Industry in Alaska.

[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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Autograph Letter Signed to His Aunt, Talking about His First Month in Los Angeles, Mission San...
Historically Interesting Detailed First Hand Account of 1880's Los Angeles

[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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Autograph Letter Signed Describing the Early Lumber Industry in Woodside (San Mateo County),...
Historically Interesting Letter Describing the Early lumber industry in Woodside, California

[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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Extensive Autograph Letter Signed by a Gold Miner from Michigan Bluff (Placer County,...
Historically Interesting Unusual Extensive and Content-Rich Letter from a California Gold Rush Miner

[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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Autograph Letter Signed Describing the Operations of a Gold Quartz Mill in the Pleasant Valley...
Historically Interesting Letter Detailing Early Gold Quartz Mining in the Pleasant Valley near Placerville

[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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Autograph Letter Signed to his Business Partner Samuel S. Kennedy, Emotionally Describing the...
Eye-witness Account of the Great Flood of 1862 in Sacramento by Important Pioneer and Forty-niner, William Harrison Hardy.

[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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Autograph Letter Signed to a San Francisco Tobacco Trader and Future Mayor Adolph Sutro by the...
Historically Interesting Letter to Future San Francisco Mayor Adolph Sutro About the Early Tobacco Trade in Sacramento

[Autograph Letter Signed to a San Francisco Tobacco Trader and Future Mayor Adolph Sutro by the Owners of a Cigar Shop in Sacramento, with a List of Goods to Purchase].

Sacramento: 20 April 1854. Quarto (ca. 24,5x19,5 cm). 3 pp. Brown ink on blueish wove paper, blind-stamped paper maker’s monogram.....

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

[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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Manuscript Signed Document in French of Charland’s Request for Payment of his Salary at the...
Original Signed Manuscript from the First Road Surveyor of Montreal

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

[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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