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Autograph letter signed "J. J. Audubon" to naturalist Richard Harlan, discussing Audubon's publication of "The Birds of America
by AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851)
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- 1832
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- Bi-folded folio. 4 pp
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St. Augustine, Florida: John James Audubon, 1832. Bi-folded folio. 4 pp. (9 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches). Integral address panel with St. Augustine postal stamp. "Should I live long enough to deserve her applause I shall die happy." A remarkable signed manuscript letter from John James Audubon, which addresses in detail the publication of his landmark work "The Birds… Read more about this item Item Price
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Archive Comprising 1 Certificate Signed by President Grover Cleveland Granting Land in South Dakota to Conservationist Edward A. Bowers and 3 Supporting Documents
by BOWERS, Edward Augustus (1857-1924); CLEVELAND, President Grover (1837-1908)
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- 1895
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Washington DC, 1895. Archive. Sheet sizes variable. 1 US Timber-Culture certificate granting land in Aberdeen, South Dakota, to Bowers, signed in ink and affixed with the wax seal of the US Land Office; 1 brass-fastened collection of 4 typescript pages: "Application for Extension of Time by Edward A. Bowers"; 1 typescript letter corrected and signed in ink from J.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Archive: Abraham Lincoln's 1861-62 Chiriqui Colonization Project and Related Kansas Senator Samuel Clark Pomeroy Papers
by POMEROY, Samuel Clark (1816-1891); THOMPSON, Ambrose W. (1810-1882); et al.
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- 1895
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Washington, DC, 1895. Archive. Sheet sizes variable. Over 60 ink and pencil manuscripts and typescripts, including copies, ledgers, letters, and US Government correspondence on paper. This remarkable archive of manuscript materials tells the story of "Linconia," Abraham Lincoln's failed 1861-62 scheme to resettle free black Americans in the Chiriqui province of what is now Panama.
"You having been… Read more about this item Item Price
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[Autograph letter, signed, from a sailor to his wife during the Mexican-American War]
by [MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR]
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- 1847
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1847. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Old fold lines. Central fold, running the horizontal length of the sheet, reinforced with tape. Minor soiling, else fine. A very affectionate letter from a sailor to his wife back home, full of pining declarations of love and devotion. The sailor, Gregory, notes that he is safe and likely to stay… Read more about this item Item Price
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[Account Book of the Brigs "Nimrod" and "Jasper" under Captain John Hill, 1826-1833]
by [ATLANTIC TRADE] - [WEST INDIES]
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- 1833
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[v.p., including Antwerp, London, Havana, Pensacola, New York, 1833. Folio. (12 3/4 x 8 inches). 21 leaves, plus two additional manuscript leaves laid in. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, manuscript label on front board. Bookseller's label on front pastedown.
Account book of Atlantic trading voyages.
An interesting manuscript ship's log containing financial accounts for the brigs… Read more about this item Item Price
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[Four manuscript letters from Tocqueville to John Stuart Mill (3) and Henry Reeve (1), written in the hand of Gustave de Beaumont evidently in preparation for his edition of Tocqueville's Oeuvres]
by [TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de (1805-1859)]
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- 1849
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Paris, 1849. 17pp., written recto only on 17 sheets. With a few pieces of related ephemera by J.P. Mayer (the editor of the Gallimard edition of Tocqueville's Oeuvres Completes). From the Tocqueville papers of Gustave de Beaumont.
The letters comprise as follows: To John Stuart Mill, 15 October 1839. OC (ed. de Beaumont), vol. VI, p. 93. To… Read more about this item Item Price
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Letter signed ("Edward") to architect James Wyatt, concerning repairs and alterations at Kensington Palace, including proposed work on the library
by EDWARD Augustus, Duke of Kent (1767-1820)
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- 1809
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Kensington Palace, 1809. 6pp., on 3 sheets of paper, each 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Each sheet inlaid at a later date. Renovating Kensington Palace.
In this lengthy letter, the father of Queen Victoria consults architect James Wyatt concerning repairs to Kensington Palace. Wyatt had been previously employed by Edward to renovate Castle Hill Lodge, but here… Read more about this item Item Price
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Autograph letter signed to Member of Parliament Benjamin Hawes, concerning the Spanish slave market in Sierra Leone and the colony at Liberia
by SLAVERY - CRESSON, Elliott (1796-1854)
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- 1834
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Philadelphia, 1834. 3pp. Later annotation at head of first page. Scarce letter on the Liberian colonization movement by one of its founders.
Writing to Hawes, a member of Parliament and a committee member of the Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade, Cresson wishes for success in the British anti-slavery action off the coast of Sierra Leone,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Autograph letter from Elliott Cresson to Member of Parliament Benjamin Hawes, with a resolution titled "Proposition for a Society to co-operate with the Colony of Liberia," along with discussion of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison's opposition
by [SLAVERY]. CRESSON, Elliott (1796-1854)
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- 1833
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England: Elliott Cresson, 1833. Bi-folded folio. 3 pp. (12 1/3 x 7 1/2 inches). Important autograph letter from Elliott Cresson, one of the foremost proponents of the American Colonization Society and its colony in Liberia, to Member of Parliament Benjamin Hawes, presenting a resolution to found the British African Colonization Society. Discusses the famed abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison's opposition… Read more about this item Item Price
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[Manuscript log of the U.S.S. Delaware, kept by Robert Storer, during her final cruise home from the Mediterranean]
by [U.S.S. DELAWARE] - Robert B. STORER
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- 1844
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- Quarto
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[Various places], 1844. Quarto. 62 pp. Original brown cloth. Cloth moderately soiled and stained. Light dampstaining to some of the text.
An American Navy cruise in the Mediterranean.
Manuscript log book of the U.S.S. Delaware, kept by seaman Robert B. Storer, during the ship's final voyage. The U.S.S. Delaware was launched in October 1820. She spent most… Read more about this item Item Price
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An album of original watercolour drawings of Cassowaries, with related manuscript title "Kasuare / Walter Rothschild
by ROTHSCHILD, Lionel Walter, Baron Rothschild (1868-1937) - John Gerrard KEULEMANS (1842-1912, artist)
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- 1899
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London, 1899. Oblong octavo. (8 3/8 x 11 1/4 inches). Black ink calligraphic manuscript title, manuscript map in blue ink of New Guinea, northern extremities of Australia and the surrounding islands, hand-coloured with a related key beneath to show the distribution of the various species and sub-species, 7 plates of pen-and-ink and watercolour drawings of various species of cassowary… Read more about this item Item Price
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