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Historically Important Collection of 110 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Pribilof...
Important Early Photos of the Pribilof Islands and Their Settlements and Fur Seal Industry

[Historically Important Collection of 110 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Pribilof Islands, Showing St. Paul Village and Orthodox Church, American Sealers, the Fur Seal Industry, and Native People].

Ca. early 1900s. 110 loose gelatin silver prints of various size, including thirty-three larger photos ca. 11,5x16,5 cm (4 ½.....

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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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Original Autograph Letter Signed to His Niece, Talking about His Appointment as Justice of the...
Interesting Early Pioneer California Letter from Oregon House, First Settled a Year Before.

[Original Autograph Letter Signed to His Niece, Talking about His Appointment as Justice of the Peace, Attempts to Sell His Farm, and Mentioning the Table Mountain Ferry on the Stanislaus River].

Oregon House: 11 October 1851. Quarto bifolium (ca. 24,5x19 cm or 9 ½ x 7 ½ in). 2 pp. Blue.....

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Original Autograph Letter Signed from the “Mines near Ophir,” with the News of His Successful...
Content-Rich California Gold Rush Letter

[Original Autograph Letter Signed from the “Mines near Ophir,” with the News of His Successful Mining and Earning about $3400 “Since I have been in California,” Names of Twenty-Six “Old Comrades” Who died “Since Our Arrival in California,” A Mention of “Our Flood and Fires and Other California Comforts,” Reflections...

At the Mines near Ophir: 22 May 1853. Quarto bifolium (ca. 25x20 cm or 9 ¾ x 7 ¾ in).....

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Original Autograph Letter Signed to His Brother, Talking about Ranching in Northern California,...
Early Content-Rich Northern California Cattle Ranching Letter

[Original Autograph Letter Signed to His Brother, Talking about Ranching in Northern California, Prices for Cattle and Sheep, the Difficulties of Growing Hay, the Advantages of the Freight Business, that “Cattle are More in the Hands of Capatilests this Fall than they were in Fifty,” High Prices for Provisions, and...

Piatts Ranch [northern California]: 11 October 1852. Quarto bifolium (ca. 25x19,5 cm or 9 ¾ x 7 ¾ in). 3.....

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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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Original Autograph Letter Signed by a California Gold Miner from Falmouth, Massachusetts, Talking...
Early Captivating California Gold Rush Letter

[Original Autograph Letter Signed by a California Gold Miner from Falmouth, Massachusetts, Talking about His Unfortunes in Stockton, That He was Sick with “NDysentary” and Treated by Dr. Shurtleff and a “Homepatchic” Doctor McLeans, His Stay at Mount Vernon House and Plans to Continue Gold Mining, Also Mentioning Falmouth, Whaling...

Stockton: 26 November 1850. Large Octavo (ca. 25,5x19,5 cm or 10 x 7 ¾ in). 3,5 pp. Brown ink on.....

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Album of Sixty-seven Gelatin Silver Photographs of a Railroad trip through California, Nevada,...
Early Photos of a Railroad trip Through California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado in 1899

[Album of Sixty-seven Gelatin Silver Photographs of a Railroad trip through California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado].

ca. 1899. Quarto (25.5x17.5cm). 17 grey album leaves. With 67 mounted original gelatin silver photographs, with eight larger ones ca.....

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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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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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Album of 53 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of London, Ontario, Premises of the “McPherson...
Early Photos of London, Ontario

[Album of 53 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of London, Ontario, Premises of the “McPherson Fruit Company,” and including a Portrait of its General Manager and Future Owner R.R. Scott].

ca. 1903-9. Oblong Octavo (ca. 15x18 cm). 22 grey stock album leaves. With 53 mounted gelatin silver photographs of various.....

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Album with Fifty-five Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Construction of the Canadian Pacific...
Historically Interesting Early Photos of the CPR Extensions in Saskatchewan

[Album with Fifty-five Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway’s Extension in Saskatchewan, Showing Wolseley, Grenfell, Construction Camp and Party Members, Railway Tracks, Bridges under Construction, etc.].

Ca. 1906-1907. Oblong Octavo album (ca. 16x20 cm). 24 card stock leaves. With 55 gelatin silver photographs, including 48 mounted.....

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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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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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