1870 P. T. Barnum Handwritten and Signed Letter Best Traveling Show on Earth
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Alexander Hamilton, Personal Letter & Cover to his sister, Adelaide 1904
Scott #319 on Cover – General Alexander Hamilton. Personal Letter dated 16 July 1904 to his sister Adelaide. Relates to a Fourth of July speech honoring his grandfather. First Treasury Secretary of the United States. At a Grange meeting in Tarrytown on Hudson, NY. Letter is transcribed (see the photos). Relates to real estate and […]
Ca. 1844 American Letter Mail Co SC#5L2 (Local Post) High valued stamp on cover
Their businesses, however, were short lived. Lysander Spooner started this letter service that stretched up and down the Eastern Seaboard from New England to Maryland and Points west. The upper and lower inscriptions are double lined lettering. The middle circle line touches the thick middle borderline at each side of the stamp. The lower background […]
Letter from a Very Angry Union Civil War Soldier Camped at Arlington, Virginia
Letter from a Very Angry Union Civil War Soldier Camped at Arlington, Virginia. Letter from a very angry soldier who had reached his limit dealing with his Lieutenant Colonel, whom he described as a villain while ominously suggesting that there will be more officers shot than privates before this war is over. Halls Hill, Virginia: […]
CIVIL WAR LETTER NATCHEZ LA. DEC. 16, 1864 83RD OVI HAMILTON OHIO Black Troops
CIVIL WAR LETTER NATCHEZ LA. 16, 1864 83RD OVI HAMILTON OHIO Black Troops. I have a vast amount of estate items I’ve bought over the last 20 plus years. There are fewer and fewer estate auctions than there were in years past. Items are becoming much harder to find. Condition for age as shown. Just […]
Signed Letter & Cover John Starin Congress Steamboat NY 1st Amusement Park 1878
RARE Advertising Cover & Signed Letter. Congressman, Steamboat Company Owner. & Founder of First Amusement Park in America. Allover cover & letter New York, NY. For offer: a nice old cover and letter. Fresh from a local estate. Never offered on the market until now. Vintage, Antique, old, Original. A Reproduction – Guaranteed!! Autograph signed […]
1850 Lockport NY #1 5 cent 1847 on folded letter 4 margin 5379.9
Pretty Lockport NY example of the 5 cent 1847, Scott #1, on folded cover in 1850. Blue CDS and smudged grid killer, stamp with four margins (though just clear of frameline at bottom left at at left of top). Long letter regarding some parcels of land; small bleach spot. There are 30 5 cent 1847 […]
USS AKRON AIRSHIP MEMORIAM ON US NAVY COVER SURVIVORS AUTOGRAPHED w /DEAL LETTER
USS AKRON AIRSHIP MEMORIAM ON US NAVY COVER WITH THE ONLY THREE SURVIVORS AUTOGRAPHED WITH A RICHARD E. Akron Flight, In Memoriam Akron Disaster, original autographs in fountain pen by the only three survivors, Wiley, Erwin and Deal, plus an addition autograph of RICHARD E. DEAL as it was addressed to himself in pencil. Condition […]
Thomas Buchanan US Governor Liberia 1839 SFL Letter Abolition Slavery Africa
Offered – Antique letter penned by Governor Thomas Buchanan in Monrovia, Liberia. The letter is addressed to a Ms. The letter describes a recent trip to Sierra Leon by Buchanan and the state of affairs in the area. Near the end of the letter Buchanan describes the capturing of slave ships and one having 427 […]