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LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY MOURNS WILBERFORCE $150.00
50489-1
Unique document, 1p., 4to., London, [May, 1834?], a hand-written contemporary copy of a speech given at a meeting of the London Missionary Society to commemorate the passing of William Wilberforce. The speech, delivered by "Thomas Burton", recounted Wilberforce's plea before death that slavery would be repealed in England, and the subsequent passing of that very legislation shortly after. Lot includes an inlaid print of an engraving of an African or West Indian man holding a book and dressed in the English finery of the day, possibly Toussaint L'Ouverture. Age toned with additional pink hue, minor foxing, with an unfortunate doodle of black ink to the right of the print.
EMANCIPATION LEADERS $250.00
20049-1
Excellent oval collage-type photo, 7" x 8" oval image set upon a 13 1/2" x 17" mount, depicts those Senators and Representatives of the 38th Congress who voted to enact the 13th Amendment outlawing slavery, with Lincoln shown at bottom, Hannibal Hamlin at the top, and Schuyler Colfax at center. There appears in print at the edge of the image: "Entered According to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Powell & Co....New York". Slight soiling, else very good.

AERIAL VIEW OF FORT HUACHUCA $150.00
51702-1
Original photograph, 10" x 8" sepia, an aerial view of Fort Huachuca, Arizona Territory ca. 1900, showing several lines of similar structures, and what appear to be barracks with a headquarters structure at the far end. A bit light, with two tiny ink smudges, else very good. On March 3, 1877, Capt. Samuel Marmaduke Whitside, accompanied by two Troops (Companies) of the 6th Cavalry, chose a site this fort at the base of the Huachuca Mountains that offered sheltering hills and a perennial stream. After the surrender of Geronimo in 1886, the Apache threat was essentially extinguished, but Fort Huachuca was kept open because of its strategic border position. The base was home to the "Buffalo Soldiers" of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment for twenty years. It was used as a forward logistics and supply base during the Pancho Villa Expedition of 1916-1917.
noimage.jpg ROBERT PATTERSON $100.00
21263-1
(1753 - 1827) American pioneer and author who served in Clark's 1778 Illinois expedition, and was second in command to Daniel Boone at the Battle of Blue Licks. Later served as Sheriff. Signature as Deputy Sheriff a small slip, taken from a document. Very good.
DU PONCEAU, PETER S. $70.00
49226-1
(1760 - 1844) French linguist and philosopher, aide to von Steuben, joined the American Philosophical Society in 1791 and served as its president of it from 1827 until his death, fams for his analysis of Indigenous languages of the American Indians.Scarce A.E.S. on the verso of a partly-printed promissory note, 4pp. Legal folio, Philadelphia, July 16, 1808, endorsed by him on verso: "I have received of John D. Coxe, Esq. the the whole of the principal & interest due on the Bond. Philad'a 7 March 1814" Boldly signd. Seal tear causes slight loss not affecting endorsement, else very good.
PHINEAS T. BARNUM $260.00
60021-13
(1810 - 1891) American showman who opened his circus, "The Greatest Show On Earth", merged with James Bailey to form Barnum and Bailey Circus. Scarce A.D.S. signed twice on the face of another man's business card, a pass: "Pass Mr. Candee & friends P. T. Barnum Paid for all time P. T. Barnum". A few letters blurred, else very good.
(AZTEC LAND AND CATTLE COMPANY) $180.00
60078-37
Fine content A.L.S. "Henry Kinsley", 1p., 4to, Holbrook, July 14, 1890, a letter to his uncle, Edward Kinsley, a major investor in the ranching concern. Edward Kinsley, a Boston lawyer and figure in the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, took advantage of an offer from the railroad to buy a million acres of grazing land for fifty cents an acre, and formed the corporation in 1884 to do so. Kinsley, his nephew, and others purchased 33,000 head of cattle and a swath of grassland stretching 650 miles from New Mexico to Flagstaff, headquartered in Holbrook, and bought the Hashknife cattle brand, so named for its likeness to a utensil used by chuck wagon cooks. Kinsley brought the cattle, the cattle brought the Hashknife cowpunchers, and the punchers brought big trouble to the little Arizona town. Although only the country's third-largest ranching operation, the Hashknife quickly earned a reputation for primacy in thieving, rustling, brawling, and outright gun fighting. In 1886, the 250-soul town recorded 26 shooting deaths. The Salvation Army even made the area a prime target for charity and evangelizing, to no avail. Only a severe blizzard in 1899 that killed thousands of Aztec cattle and forced the company to liquidate would bring peace back to Holbrook. He writes, in part: "...It will please the boys out here to read it for they are always asking where old man Kinsley is, and when he will come out again. They say you are a rail road man from way back and no flies on you - you bet. Mr. Robinson is in Albuquerque and writes that he will not be able to go to the coast this month, so now I am in doubt whether to wait or go on, for I hate to go alone...". Very fine, with transmittal cover canceled in Holbrook with Aztec Land and Cattle Company printed return address.
(TEMPERANCE) $85.00
16610-1
Scarce pro-Temperance ribbon issued by the "COLD WATER ARMY", 2 1/2" x 7" beige silk with two scenes, namely a large fountain and a group of people drawing water from a well. At bottom is the printed pledge: "So here we pledge perpetual hate, To all that can intoxicate". Published by the Massachusetts Temperance Union. Light staining here and there, penciled-in name of holder at bottom, overall very good.
(UNDERTAKER`S BILLS FOR ALMS HOUSE) $65.00
19275-1
An unusual piece of Americana, a D.S. 1p. 4to, Boston, Apr. 3, 1874, the bill from the undertaker for burying various individuals from the Boston alms house, including: "Daffeney, a Negro Woman", "Charles Woodman, a child", and "Widow Carter". Very good.
INDIAN TERRITORIAL DOCUMENTS $150.00
61285-4
A collection of documents from the Indian and Oklahoma Territories including three summonses issued to the U.S. Marshal in 1903 concerning a man named Mose Brenner who "Rob[bed] one Joe Laughton of $65". Offered together with four pages of manuscript depositions signed by several witnesses including describing the theft. One witness recalled, "...On that same day there was a darkey in [illeg.] when I first saw him I thought I recognized of him, he walked on down to where I was at the first claimed he was following a stolen mare wanted me to give him something to eat. He was a short heavy set, thick built, dark complexion darky full breasted. I don't see that man in court room - Defendant is not the man. I said it was a Brumer negro that was there..." More good content. Together nine pages, in very good condition.
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