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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 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,...
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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Album with Sixty Original Gelatin Silver Photograph Portraits Taken on a Voyage from St. John’s...
Early Arctic Photos Taken on a Voyage of the Steamship 'Kite'

[Album with Sixty Original Gelatin Silver Photograph Portraits Taken on a Voyage from St. John’s in Newfoundland to Rowsell Harbour Located North of Saglek Bay in Northern Labrador, Including Views of Rowsell Harbour and Camp Headquarters, Moravian Missionary Station in Hebron, Bays and Inlets of Labrador, Icebergs and Packed Ice...

Ca. 1905. Oblong Folio (ca. 28,5x40 cm). 18 gray card stock album leaves. With sixty mounted gelatin silver prints, including.....

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Original Autograph Letter Written by a Young Gold Miner in Sacramento City, Telling the Latest...
Early Sacramento Gold Miner Letter

[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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Autograph Note Signed by an American Engineer and Surveyor of Lower California and Sonora,...
Letter Regarding Ives’ Exploratory Expedition up the Colorado River in 1857-1858

[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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Original Autograph Letter to an Agent of a Potential Buyer for a Mining Property in California,...
California Gold Mining Letter

[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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Nachrichten von der Amerikanischen Halbinsel Californien: mit einem zweyfachen Anhang falscher...
Rare Work with Very Early Depictions of California Natives

Nachrichten von der Amerikanischen Halbinsel Californien: mit einem zweyfachen Anhang falscher Nachrichten. Geschrieben von einem Priester der Gesellschaft Jesu, welcher lang darinn diese letztere Jahr gelebet hat. [News from the American Peninsula California..,]

Mannheim: Churfürstl. Hof- und Academie-Buchdruckerey, 1773. Second Edition (With Corrections). Small Octavo (17.5 x 10.5 cm), [xvi], 358, With one.....

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海外異聞 [Kaigai Ibun - Ichi Mei Amerika Shinwa: A Strange Tale from Overseas, or a New...
Important Early Japanese Shipwreck Account on Baja California

海外異聞 [Kaigai Ibun - Ichi Mei Amerika Shinwa: A Strange Tale from Overseas, or a New Account of America].

Tokyo: Seifuen Juō, Kaei kōin, [1854]. First Edition. Complete in 5 vols. Quarto (ca. 25x17,5 cm). [26], [20], [21], [18].....

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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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Album with over 160 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Great Slave Lake and the Nearby...
Historically Important Early Gold Prospecting Photos of the Northwest Territories

[Album with over 160 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Great Slave Lake and the Nearby Rivers, Showing Early Gold and Metal Prospecting (most likely by Cominco Employees), Hudson’s Bay Company Steamers “Athabasca River” and “Distributor,” RCMP Boat “Resolution,” “Speed II” Schooner, Fort Resolution, Fokker Planes G-CASM, and G-CASQ and...

ca. 1929. Oblong Quarto (ca. 18x30 cm). 65 card stock leaves (27 blank). With 162 original gelatin silver snapshot photographs.....

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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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Album of 50 Original Albumen Photographs Showing the Royal Artillery Park in Halifax, the...
Early Photos of the Royal Artillery in Halifax, Nova Scotia

[Album of 50 Original Albumen Photographs Showing the Royal Artillery Park in Halifax, the Officers’ Mess, Close-Up Photos of the Artillery Guns, Eight Group Portraits of the Artillery Officers, with Many Names Marked, Group Portraits of the Officers’ Wives and Families, etc.]

Ca. 1880s. Oblong Folio (ca. 28x38 cm). 23 stock album leaves. With fifty mounted albumen photos, the majority are from.....

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Autograph Letter Signed by the Owner of a Jewellery Store in Eddyville, Iowa, to His Brother in...
Historically Interesting Letter by a Pioneer Jeweler Describing the Pike's Peak Gold Rush

[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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Sepia Watercolour and Ink Painting:] Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado - Drawn from Nature by J....
Attractive Watercolour of Mount Holy Cross, Colorado by a Listed Artist

[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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Autograph Letter Signed Regarding the Defense of Dakota Outlaw “Laughing Sam” (Samuel S....
First Hand Account of the 1878 Trial of Notorious Deadwood, Dakota Outlaw "Laughing Sam"

[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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Autograph Letter Signed Mary Dickinson McCall to her renowned brother George McCall in the 4th...
Letter to a Hero of the Battle of Palo Alto

[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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Early Interesting Atmospheric Letter from an American Fortune-Seeker in Oregon, Written at the...
Early First-Hand Account of the Oregon Territory and the 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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