‎Collectibles‎

‎MERRILL, Dana T (?-?)‎

‎Typed Note Signed‎

‎This career Army officer joined the Maine Volunteer Infantry at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War and was active with the 4th Army Corps in World War One; in 1935 he was promoted to brigadier general. TNS1p 7¼" X 10½" Fort Sheridan IL 1935 March 5. Addressed to Louis Thuringer. Near fine. On letterhead of "The Commanding General" Merrill offers a taut "Thank you for your good wishes" and signs boldly in full -- no doubt he was congratulated on his new rank of brigadier general. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 31368

‎NOLAN, Dennis E (1872-1956)‎

‎Signature and Inscription‎

‎This Military Intelligence Hall of Fame inductee was an Army general who served throughout the Spanish-American War Philippine Insurrection and World War One before being chosen by Pershing to oversee the American Expeditionary Force's intelligence operations -- making him America's first G2; he helped organize the Corps of Intelligence Police the army's first counterintelligence organization. Large bold and sloppy "Very cordially yours / D.E. Nolan. / Maj Gen U.S.A." 5½" X 2 3/4" Columbus OH 1931 June 17. Very good. Name/address of Nolan's command from 1927 to 1931 Headquarters Fifth Corps Area purple inkstamped at top edge along with typed date. Autograph material of this military intelligence pioneer is uncommon. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 31407

‎GODON, Sylvanus W (1809-79)‎

‎Signature‎

‎This U.S. naval officer distinguished himself in the Mexican-American War commanding the bomb vessel "Vesuvius" in 1847; a captain in the Civil War he participated in the attack on Port Royal; named commodore in 1863 he commanded a portion of Admiral Porter's fleet in the bombardment of Fort Fisher; as rear admiral he served as commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard from 1868 to 1870. Signature on portion of a Printed Document 6" X 4" n.p. Brooklyn 1869 July 31. Near fine. Printed portion along top reads "for the month ending. 18. which" with printed "APPROVED:" at center left and printed "Commandant" at lower right. Godon signs boldly near the center while the date and his title "Rear Admiral" have been penned in another hand. Nice example signed while commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 31652

‎ANDERSON, George W (1907-92)‎

‎Typed Note Signed‎

‎This U.S. Navy admiral was Chief of Naval Operations in charge of the U.S. blockade of Cuba during the Soviet missile crisis in 1962; denied appointment as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff because of friction with Secretary of Defense McNamara he was named U.S. Ambassador to Portugal. TNS 1p 5 3/4" X 7 3/4" n.p. 1962 August 31. Addressed to Gerald L. Arnholt. Near fine. Single faint horizontal fold. On "Chief of Naval Operations" letterhead featuring a 4-star blue flag the admiral complies with an autograph request. "I am honored that my signature will be added to such a distinguished collection." Bold full signature. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 27398

‎BUCHER, Lloyd M (1927-2004)‎

‎Photograph Signed‎

‎American naval commander whose ill-fated vessel the USS "Pueblo" was captured off the coast of North Korea in 1968 with he and his crew imprisoned and tortured for many months. PS 8" X 10¼" n.p. n.d. Fine. Handsome formal portrait of Bucher in dress uniform boldly signed on the blank lower margin; below his signature he adds rank "CDR USN". A choice example. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 14194

‎BARONDESS, Benjamin (1891-1960)‎

‎Typed Note Signed / Unsigned Typescript‎

‎This prominent New York attorney was a noted Lincoln scholar author of the 1954 "Three Lincoln Masterpieces"; charter member and vice president of the noted Civil War Round Table of New York and namesake of the prestigious Benjamin Barondess Award for new Civil War titles. TNS 1p 8½" X 11" New York NY 1951 November 20. Addressed to CARL HAVERLIN 1899-1985 noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar radio pioneer and president of Broadcast Music Inc. BMI. Near fine. Referencing a Civil War Round Table event of the previous day Barondess jokes "Did you think you were going to escape thanks for your invitation to me to be one of the panel at the Gettysburg Address Seminar last night If so the error was profound." Boldly signed. Haverlin has scrawled the draft of a brief reply in bold pencil at upper left as was his custom. Accompanied by a carbon copy typescript of the very talk Barondess had given at that seminar 10pp rectos only 8½" X 11" n.p. 1951 November 19. Very good. Titled simply "BENJAMIN BARONDESS'S TALK" this double-spaced typescript on thin onion skin paper presents his overview of Lincoln's speech its preparation and reception. The following year an article by Barondess titled "The Gettysburg Address: Revealing facts about one of the 'Supreme Masterpieces of the English language'" was published in the Spring 1952 issue of "Autograph Collectors' Journal" and this is presumably the precursor of that article. An interesting and unusual pair for the Lincoln specialist. From the collection of noted Lincoln/Civil War scholar ARNOLD F. GATES 1914-93. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 28310

‎Hugelshofer, Walter, et al‎

‎Die Lithographie in Der Schweiz. Festschrift Zum 50jahrigen Bestehen Des Vereins Schweizerischer Lithographiebesitzer 1894-1944‎

‎Verein Schweizerischer Lithographiebesitzer Bern 1944. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Size: 4to. Original decorated brown paper over cardboard a very thick 4to 8.5 x 11.75 in. 356 pages plus numerous inserted plates and facsimiles including some folding and in color text in German. Text traces history and technology of lithography with examples. Paper is torn with pieces missing so that cardboard is exposed at corners along some edges and along spine; paper missing at top of spine for about 2" covers soiled moderately back cover lightly. Interior is basically clean and tight with only an occasional fingerprint smudge in a blank margin; plates maps etc. all in excellent condition. This is a heavy book which may require extra postage. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 6 lbs 0 oz. Category: Art & Design; Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 002014. . This is a heavy book and may involve extra shipping charges. Verein Schweizerischer Lithographiebesitzer paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 002014

‎Askew, Gilbert‎

‎A Catalogue of Roman Coins‎

‎B. A. Seaby Ltd London 1948. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Size: Octavo standard book size. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Exterior is not in great shape but interior is clean. Green cloth 126 pages 2 5 plates 4 Gold Coins listing; illustrated in text as well as the five b & w plates. Spine badly faded wear all along spine corners and edges of boards scuffed and soiled; interior pages are clean with some toning along top & bottom edges. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 10 oz. Category: Antiques & Collectibles; Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 004344. . B. A. Seaby Ltd hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 004344

‎JM (or GEORGE) WEATHER and SAMUEL BENN J M‎

‎c1904 THREE 3 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN FIELD BOOKS OF THE EXTENSIVE DETAILED AND PLANNED WORK REQUIRED TO REBUILD THE TOWN OF ABERDEEN WASHINGTON AFTER IT HAD BURNT TO THE GROUND A YEAR EARLIER‎

‎ABERDEEN WASHINGTON WA. Good. 1904. On offer are three 3 original field books most probably written in 1904 and detailing the rebuilding of the city of Aberdeen Washington after a raging fire destroyed the town. On October 16 1903 a raging fire destroyed 140 buildings in the center of Aberdeen Washington. A city constructed primarily of wood including sidewalks Aberdeen had little chance of stopping the fire once it began to spread. Obviously the city needed to rebuild its streets after the fire. Two people one by the name of Weatherwax and the other by the name of Benn seem to have been hired to do the task. Weatherwax is most probably J.M. Weatherwax or George Weatherwax two men who owned a large lumber company in Aberdeen and Benn is most probably Samuel Benn. The three books are labelled P-138 book 44 P-214 book 105 and P-215 book 106. Each book contains an index at the beginning which lays out what streets in the city are written about. For example book P-215 deals with information on old planks new elevations storm sewers street levels and more on the 20 different street including ‘Michigan Ave’ ‘Jefferson St.’ ‘Washington St.’ and more. The books are excellent artifacts of city construction from the early 20th century containing dozens of pages of detailed schematics drawings charts and figures for the city of Aberdeen in the wake of its destruction. There are approximately 450 handwritten pages over the three books. The books each measure 7 ¼” by 4 ¼” inches. All three show sustained use and strong wear. For the most part the structural integrity is still there however the last book P-215 shows the most wear with parts of the book disconnected from the binding. Two of the books shows evidence of taping to the spine and boards. These books are a fascinating look at the intricacies and details of rebuilding a city after its destruction and an intimate part at the history of Aberdeen Washington a place that Kurt Cobain would eventually call home. Background: On October 16 1903 a fire destroys 140 buildings in the center of Aberdeen. Fed by wood-frame structures wooden sidewalks and sawdust fill the fire rages unchecked until some 20 acres have burned. The fire will spur the city leaders to enact a more stringent fire code. On the morning of October 16 1903 a resident of the Arctic Hotel began making breakfast in his room. An accidental fire started and the room was quickly engulfed in flames killing the lone occupant. Within minutes the three-story frame structure was ablaze and the fire spread to adjoining buildings including the fire station and jail.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ABERDEEN WASHINGTON FIELD BOOKS TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY 1903 ABERDEEN FIRE MILL TOWNS J.M. WEATHERWAX GEORGE WEATHERWAX SAMUEL BENN FIELD BOOKS TOWN REBUILDING FIELD BOOKS SURVEY NOTEBOOKS HAND DRAWN AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D’ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0009174

‎Fraxi, Pisanus; Legman G (introduction by)‎

‎Bibliography of Prohibited Books 3 Volumes; one of 1000 copies of the Edition De Luxe‎

‎Jack Brussel New York 1962 First edition thus. Three volumes in a very good green paper-covered slipcase with mild edgewear and rubbing. The three volumes are Index Librorum Prohibitoru 542 pp. Centuria Librorum Absconditorum 591 pp. and Catena Librorum Tacendorum 593 pp. All have tan cloth-covered boards7 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches gilt spine lettering bright and a yellow ribbon marker. Partially unopened. Fine neat signature of previous owner on the front free endpaper of Volume I and Volume II; mild sunning spines. 1722RO003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Jack Brussel, New York hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3667

‎KATHERINE NEARY JOHNSON‎

‎1938 - 1939 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A HARD DRIVING WESTERN NEW YORK WOMAN TRYING TO WORK HER WAY OUT OF THE DEPRESSION‎

‎HORNELL NEW YORK WESTERN NEW YORK. Good. 1938. On offer is a unique little journal written by a woman in upstate New York immediately before the outbreak of WWII. Measuring 6 inches by 3.5 inches this journal has 72 pages and is 100% complete. There is evidence of pages having been torn out at some time in the past. The handwriting is in pencil and although faint can be read. The cover is in very good condition and all pages are intact. Although the name on the cover is Emmett Johnson 1914-1992 context suggests that this 1938 diary was written by his mother Katherine Neary Johnson. She refers to family members by the initial of their first name and 'E' and 'J' crop up repeatedly. The 'E' likely stands for Emmett and the 'J' for her husband John. They lived around Hornell in upstate New York in what is known as the 'Southern Tier' - the mountainous western part of New York state that borders Pennsylvania. These were the last years of the Great Depression and life was not easy here. The pages are un-numbered and undated. She simply writes through from one month to the next. In her journal Johnson recounts daily chores and events that matter to her family their farm and their circle of friends. "Nice day John went to the city to sell his veal. I just done my housework."Feb 4 1938; "I went to Canisteo with the grist. Fixed the fence in the P.M." Apr 25 1938; "J went to church. Raymond and children brought him home. E and C came stayed for supper came with cow and took the veal calves." June 5 1938. Life wasn't easy and events could turn one's work upside down very quickly: "Blacksmith came and shod the team. came and helped. Barn burned."Aug 6 1938. The rest of her entries are in this vein. They paint the picture of a hardworking woman living in a poorer area of rural America. Yet despite the continual hard work there is a sense of quiet confidence and pleasure with her life. A student of Womens' Studies would find this an excellent window into the life of so many American women living at that time; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF UNITED STATES; MID-20TH CENTURY; 1930S; KATHERINE NEARY JOHNSON; EMMETT JOHNSON; HORNELL NY; STEUBEN COUNTY; NEW YORK; THE GREAT DEPRESSION; 'SOUTHERN TIER'; AMERICAN FARMERS IN THE LATE 1930S; LIFE ON FARMS IN DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION; WOMEN'S LIFE IN RURAL WESTERN NEW YORK; BUFFALO AREA RURAL AMERICA IN THE MID-20TH CENTURY; FARMING OPERATIONS; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008141

‎UNIDENTIFED‎

‎1918 ORIGINAL NORTH-WEST OREGON MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A CHARMING WOMAN WHO MANAGES TO KEEP A SENSE OF GRACE AND HUMOUR WHILE SHE AND HER SISTER DEAL WITH HARDSCRAP LIVES AND THE DARK BACKDROP OF A TERRIBLE WAR‎

‎MCMINNVILLE OREGON. Good. 1918. On offer is a delightful diary dating to WWI. Coming from the American west this diary measures 5.75 inches by 4 inches and contains 365 pages. It is 90% complete. The cover and the pages are in good condition and all pages are intact. The back cover and the spine have separated from the binding but the front cover remains attached. The handwriting is legible. Also included with the diary are three black and white photographs. They depict 2 couples and a single picture of a woman. There is no annotation or identification with them. The diary is written by an unknown woman from the area around McMinnville Oregon. She is never identified. However she does live with another woman Anna who appears to be her sister. References crop up about someone named Peter and context would suggest that he is a boy although the relationship is never explained. This is a story of these two single women living in a small community in 1918 as WWI is coming to an end. Rationing is something they live with daily and their financial circumstances are tight. Anna in particular is continually looking for work. Jobs are hard to come by and often short-lived. But they manage. There are some entries that talk about selling personal items to raise some money. In April our author falls and suffers a serious leg fracture ending up in the hospital. Despite a long recovery she is remarkably cheerful and a warm quiet humour comes through in some of her entries. "The dickens of a day! I did a washing but did not hang out the clothes for it was stormy and cold. Anna went to work for Sealy; but don't know how long it will last. Bernard was in in the evening. The typewriter came up and I copied several recipes." Mar 4; ". had dinner upstairs to save wood . but . proved not good as it was burnt. Crisco for butter canned and a wonderful pudding made of coco flour and water. War menu! The conservation people can't teach us anything." Feb 15; ". We read and knit all day except long enough to get dinner and eat it. Things taste much alike though I don't know just why. Lack of milk meat butter and sugar I suppose. We truly are doing our share toward food conservation. In the evening Anna wrote to Ida and I made a valentine for Peter to give to Mrs. Ball." Feb 10; "Did about the usual things. Ruth was over in the evening to show us Nell's pictures. Finished Esther's little dress. The Ball children & their chums had a great deal of fun throwing ashes and mud and rocks on to our front porch and writing with soap on our front windows such remarks as "Wanted -a man". Helen is such a fool for a 17 yr. girl and Frances is growing to be a rowdy but as Mrs. Ward says "What can you expect when you consider their mother" Oct 31. You can almost hear the exuberance in her entry for Nov 11th: "Peace! Peace! Peace! The news came about midnight ."Nov 11. Notwithstanding a year filled with a bad accident financial worries and daily hard work her last entry for the year is really inspiring: ".This year has been good to us in many ways. We are all in usual health none of us missing our soldiers are well and safe and the world at peace and in spite of my accident I can walk." Dec 31. This is a delightful diary to read. It gives a very intimate look at the day to day struggles of two women in fairly difficult economic times. Notwithstanding their challenges they get on with their daily lives with determination and good humour. For a social historian it is an excellent look into the daily lives of very ordinary people struggling with the circumstances thrust on them by the demands of a wartime economy; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF 20TH CENTURY 1910s MCMINNVILLE OR; YAMHILL COUNTY OREGON UNITED STATES WWI; RATIONING; FIRST WORLD WAR AMERICAN WEST EARLY 20TH CENTURY BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS; AMERICAN WOMEN IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY ; WORKING WOMEN IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY; AMERICAN DIETARY PATTERNS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY; "HOOVERIZING"; FOOD CONSERVATION EFFORTS DURING WW1; WARTIME MENU; LIFE IN AMERICA DURING THE WW1; WARTIME ECONOMY; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008140

‎JOHN BARTLETT MESERVE‎

‎1930s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT HISTORY OF NATIVE INDIANS OF THE SOUTH EASTERN USA WRITTEN BY A NOTED HISTORIAN AND JURIST OF OKLAHOMA‎

‎TULSA OKLAHOMA SOUTH WEST USA. Good. 1935. On offer is a rare and fascinating manuscript by a noted lawyer judge and historian in the United States. Dating from the 1930s this outstanding manuscript is typed on 8.5 inch by 11 inch pages and bound in a 3 inch 3-ring binder. It contains approximately 250 sheets of paper; 3 ring punched typed 1 side only. Included in the manuscript are 39 black and white illustrations. The binder is in good condition and the pages are all intact save for the title page which is loose. The manuscript is typed with handwritten editing changes noted on various pages. John Bartlett Meserve was a noted American lawyer. He was a member American and Oklahoma State bar associations the Oklahoma Society S.A.R. state president 1928 the Oklahoma State History Society director and the N.H. State History Society. Later in his career he was a judge serving in Tulsa Oklahoma. Outside of his distinguished legal career Meserve was a recognized historian who made significant contributions to the study of the history of the native people of southeastern United States - the Cherokee Creek Chickasaw Choctaw and Seminole peoples. His was a regular contributing author to the Chronicles of Oklahoma the official journal of the Oklahoma Historical Society. His is also a published author with a number of credits to his name - all revolving around the history of the "Five Tribes" of the U.S. southeast. This manuscript is a biography of notable leaders of the Cherokee and Creek people. It is organized into 19 separate chapters. His goals are laid out in the Foreword: The life stories of such Indian Chieftains are of historical significance; some of them were calm thoughtful and discerning leaders possessing an intelligence equal to if not above that of many of their white oppressors and rendered a service of sterling worth; some were indifferent; some were bad . Biography is said to be the alphabet of history. With that thought in mind a portrayal of the lives of these Indian leaders in the historic background in which they moved should mirror the emotions of these simple people. Their history becomes fossilized in the cold narration of facts. Foreword The first two chapters entitled Early Controversy and Lawless Days in the Indian Territory set the historical stage. Pagination of this manuscript restarts with each chapter. Once the stage is set he begins with 17 individual biographies of men whom he considers significant leaders within these two nations. Included in his list are Sequoyah John Ross William Potter Hoas Lewis Downing Charles Thompson Dennis Wolfe Bushyhead Joel Bryan Mayes Colonel Johnson Harris Samuel Houston Mayes Thomas Mitchell Buffington William Charles Rogers Opothleyahola The McIntosh Dynasty Samuel Chicote The Perrymans Iaparhecher and Pleasant Porter . The anglicized names reflect the long interaction between the Cherokee and Creek people and very early colonists and explorers. These men are very much full members of their respective Indian nations. Some of the Chapters were separately published as stand-alone articles in the Chronicles of Oklahoma. The chapters contain photographs of the subject of that chapter original buildings drawings and maps. There are 39 in total. There are many editing changes and notations. For a historian this is an absolute treasure trove. Meserve is a meticulous researcher bringing a trained legal eye for details to a task that he is obviously passionate about. Researchers keen to understand the history of these peoples will find a wealth of details within the manuscript which will shed light on a tumultuous time in the growth of the United States. It will certainly shed light on the foundations of issues that are of significant national interest to this day.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF COLONIAL CANADA BATTLE OF THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM; SEVEN YEARS WAR; FRENCH INDIAN WARS; ELIPHELET COFFIN; GENERAL JAMES WOLFE; VICE-ADMIRAL CHARLES SAUNDERS; LOUIS-JOSEPH DE MONTCALM UPPER CANADA LOWER CANADA PRE REVOLUTIONARY WARS FRANCE VERSUS ENGLAND NORTH AMERICA PRE CONFEDERATION CANADIANA QUEBEC AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0007026

‎HR HOBSON, LT [JG] H R‎

‎c1917 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR I NOTEBOOK DETAILING THE NEVER ENDING WORK OF A SHIP'S ENGINEER‎

‎U.S. Navy. Fair. 1917. On offer is a fascinating U.S. Navy notebook dating from WWI. The hardbound notebook measures 6.75 inches by 4.25 inches and contains 146 pages. It is about a quarter complete. The cover has the seal of the United States navy embossed on its cover. At some point in the past a number of pages were torn out of the notebook. The handwriting is legible. Interestingly the notebook serves as a record of work on 2 US Navy ships each record beginning from one of the covers. The author of this notebook is Lt JG H.R. Hobson UNSRF United States Naval Reserve Force. He served on 2 ships in WWI - USS Agamemnon and USS Cape Romain. The notebook is a 'Work Book' detailing a variety of maintenance tasks carried out by the Engineering Department of which he was the 1st Assistant Engineer. The USS Agememnon started life as the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II named for the German Emperor. She was a 19361 gross ton passenger ship completed in the spring of 1903. She was designed as a high-speed luxury cruiser for the German shipping firm Norddeutsher Lloyd. In June of 1914 she collided with another ship in British waters and was repaired in Southampton. After she left Southampton war was declared and she had to evade British navy patrols eventually arriving in New York City. When the United States declared war in April 1917 she was in New York and was seized by the US Government. She was repaired from a failed sabotage attempt and returned to service as a troop ship under the name USS Agamemnon. She served until the end of the war when she was decommissioned. Transferred to the US War Department as an army transport vessel she was renamed USAT Monticello. Eventually she was scrapped in 1940. USS Cape Romain was a cargo ship built in 1918 by Bethlehem Steel for the Unites States Shipping Board. She was assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service. She was used as a supply ship making trips between US ports and South America before finishing the war carrying supplies to the US Army of Occupation in Europe. She was decommissioned in 1919. She was sold and spent the next 36 years working as a cargo ship for various owners. She foundered in 1956 and sank in the Aegean Sea. Hobson's notes list numerous engineering tasks. This sample from May 27 hints at the on-going nature of his job: "Pack Boiler Stop #16 Clear #16 Safety Valve Drain Plug pin-hole in lower end #10 Port W.C. fitting Tag W.C steam pipes on #11 and #14 Boilers Overhaul Hand Gear #3 Bunker Doors Overhaul #2 Ash Hauler Slick Valve & Cock on lower end; Straighten Siphon Suction Valve Stem #2 Pump Room". On the Cape Romain he was engaged in similar work. His notes include some drawings for various fittings. This is an excellent example of the type of daily work that consumed naval engineers on the steam-powered vessels of WWI. Naval historians or Engineers would find that it offers a wealth of detail about the day-to-day operations of the engineering department at that time.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; UNITED STATES; 20TH CENTURY; 1910S; WW1; FIRST WORLD WAR; GREAT WAR; US NAVY; H.R. HOBSON; UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE FORCE; SS KAISER WILHELM II; SS INCEMORE; USS AGAMEMNON; USN MARINE NAVAL WAR AT SEA NAVAL COMBAT USAT MONTICELLO; USS CAPE ROMAIN; NORDDEUTSHER LLOYD; HAPAG LLOYD BETHLEHEM STEEL; SHIP MAINTENANCE DURING WW1; ENGINEERING TASKS IN THE NAVY; US NAVAL HISTORY; US NAVY ASSISTANT ENGINEER; STEAM-POWERED VESSELS IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008146

‎MILTON DILTZ HOLTON‎

‎1909 ORIGINAL MODEST GROUP OF LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A KENTUCKY MAN WORKING IN THE MINING TOWNS AND CAMPS OF THE NEVADA - CALIFORNIA MOUNTAINS‎

‎SWEETWATER NEVADA. Good. 1909. On offer is a very unique collection of diary and papers from store keeper in the American west at the turn of the last century. The collection consists of a small diary and a collection of ephemera. The diary measures 4 inches by 2.75 inches. It is leather bound. It contains 365 pages plus memoranda and is about 60% complete. The cover is in good condition and all of the pages are intact. The handwriting is legible. The ephemera consists of 3 letters a photograph/portrait newspaper clippings and receipts. Milton Diltz Holton a member of a noted Kentucky family was born in Mount Sterling Montgomery County KY in 1869. He came to Murray at the end of the 19th century was a second Mayor of Murray and a Master Commissioner of the Calloway county in the early 1900s. He studied law changed several jobs but since 1905 was mainly working in the insurance business. He was married and he refers to 3 children in his letters home. He passed away in 1948 at the age of 78. His wife Juliet lived her life in Murray KY. She was born in 1877 and passed away in 1960 at 82 years of age. Some time around the turn of the century Holton left his home and travelled to Dawson Springs KY. Later he became interested in a mining proposition in Sweetwater Nevada where it appears that he while looking after it worked in a General Store then he worked for a Travel Insurance Company near Chicago. His diary is dated 1909. The ephemera contains letters dated as early as 1904 Dawson Springs and 1908 and 1909 from Sweetwater. NV. These along with U.S. Postal Money Order receipts would suggest that he has been seeking work to support his family. The Sweetwater Range was the scene of a great deal of prospecting and mining. It was not as productive a region as nearby Brodie Aurora or Masonic regions the latter mentioned several times in the diary. ". not much business. Dave Leroy came down on his stage - which came down from D.O. Moodies camp and staid all night says he has a contract for 50 feet." Feb 8. ". Stage business is good. Not much in store." Mar 8 ". Groves over. Buck Top Conway and Gord's partner left for Brodie this A.M. Cohn left this morning. Davis said he was going to Yenington also Brodie and Mono Lake ." May 9. The work is hard and business is fairly slow. He recounts the comings and going of men working in fairly isolated communities in the Sweetwater mountain range. Both his diary and the money order receipts show that he continually sent money east to his wife. One of the 3 letters is a beautiful note from his wife: ". You mustn't forget Dily a little momma who is playing the best little mother she knows how to your children and remember she needs all the assistance i you can give her. You'll be a better happier man to know you are doing all in your power to help your own. With Love and best wishes . your wife Julie Ann." Letter dated Mar 28 1909. Also included is a black and white portrait of Holton taken in St Louis MO. At some point in time Holton returned home to his family. A fourth child was born. He resumed the life insurance business and over a long career became very successful in that industry. He is buried with his wife in Murray KY. This is an outstanding personal collection illustrating the struggles and efforts of a man to support his family at the turn of the 20th century. His diary provides a fascinating glimpse into the way of life in the small villages and camps of Nevada that are now long gone ghost towns. This would be quite helpful to genealogists as he mentions many names in the sparsely-populated Nevada - California mountain region around Sweetwater as well as the names and descendents noted in the obituary.; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF UNITED STATES EARLY 20TH CENTURY; 1910S; PROGRESSIVE ERA; MILTON DILTZ HOLTON; SWEETWATER RANGE; CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH; SWEETWATER USMC; BRODIE NV; MASONIC GULCH NV; MURRAY KY SWEETWATER NEVADA; LYON COUNTY; MURRAY KY; CALLOWAY COUNTY KY GENEALOGY; KENTUCKY; DAWSON SPRING KY; MINING IN NEVADA IN THE 1900s; PROSPECTING IN NEVADA; INSURANCE BUSINESSES IN KENTUCKY AMERICAN WEST; MURRAY MAYORS IN THE EARLY 1900S; KENTUCKY POLITICIANS IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY; INSURANCE BUSINESSES OF CALLOWAY COUNTY; KENTUCKY BUSINESSMEN OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY NEVADA ECONOMY OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008143

‎RITA ZUCCA aka AXIS SALLY‎

‎1940s SUPER GROUP OF ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS LETTERS AND EPHEMERA RELATING TO THE HIGH CRIMES AND TREASON OF THE NOTORIOUS PROPAGANDA TOOL OF THE ITALIAN DICTATORSHIP 'AXIS SALLY'‎

‎ROME ITALY. Good. 1945. On offer is an absolutely fascinating significant extensive group of historic documents and correspondence all related to the arrest and trial of the infamous propagandist tool of the Italian government run by the dictator Mussolini Rita Zucca 1912-1998 an Italian-American singer and radio announcer whose vile propaganda broadcasts from Rome to Allied soldiers in North Africa Sicily and Italy garnered her the nickname "Axis Sally" but who Allied courts were unable to try for treason due to her Italian citizenship. The group includes a typed document 5pp. 4to. Rome Aug. 24 1946 a legal brief submitted to the Allied Command in Italy in Zucca's defense by her attorney Ottavio Libotte. The document gives a thorough overview of the Zucca's current status and the circumstances by which she came to be appear in anti-Allied propaganda broadcasts in small part: ". On June 5th 1945 the Counter Intelligence Corps proceeded to arrest Rita Zucca in Turin as responsible for Radio Propaganda held in Italy in the interest of the Italo-German Axis after Sept. 8th 1943. at the hearing of Sept. 29th 1945 she was sentenced to four years and five months imprisonment as responsible of the above stated offense. ''For having in Rome. maintained intelligence with the enemy with the aim of favoring their military operations by means of radio transmissions especially directed to the American forces and tending to demoralize said Armed Forces and to instigate the members of said Forces to desert or in any way cease fighting.'' Rita Zucca appealed against the above sentence. and at the hearing of March 8th 1946. the sentence. was cancelled without recourse and it was ordered the transmission of the acts to the Attorney General of the Court of Appeal of Rome. On August 19th 1946 the trial took place and the prosecutor could ask an acquittal. inasmuch as it was a political offense committed at the detriment of the Italian State and not the detriment of the Allied Armed Forces. Now before the Allied Command take any action toward he fate I invoke this Allied Command to release her completely for the following reasons. Rita Zucca is not a person dangerous to the interests of the Allied Armed Forces in Italy. On January 2nd 1940 she arrived in Italy. on June 10th 1940 with the advent of the declaration of war by Italy to France and England and inasmuch as all sailings form Italy to the United States ceased she was compelled to remain in Italy. on June 6th 1941. Rita Zucca had renounced her American citizenship and regained her Italian Nationality. She came to this decision. presuming probable a war between Italy and the United States. Thus to avoid as an enemy alien a possible confinement to a concentration camp and or the possible confiscation of her father's properties. The State of War between Italy and the United States. put her in a difficult financial condition which condition grew worse on account of a love relation contracted around December 1941 with a certain Siro Mariottini who exploited her compelling her to sacrifice all her savings and a few personal valuable objects she had with her. she was compelled to accept a position as typist with the office of ''Viticoltura''. In March 1942 she was discharged after being caught copying an anti-fascist magazine. in February 1943 she accepted a position as announcer for English language broadcasts offered to her by the Radio Section of the Ministry of Popular Culture. She was then taking part in the ''Sally and Peter Program'' which provided news broadcasts to the Allied English American Forces in Tunisia. On September 8th 1943 the Rome Radio stopped functioning and again she was discharged so she found herself again in serious financial difficulties. on January 28th 1944 Rita Zucca received an invitation to resume her work at the Rome Radio then under German Control. Destitute full of debts she accepted. She took part in the program called ''Jerry's Front Calling'' produced and directed by the German Karl Goedel always taking a very secondary part in the dialogue of said program. Her participation in the above program was merely material she was only giving her voice in the reading in English of dialogues prepared by Goedel. She never participated in the composition of said dialogues. She never had in her soul neither the will nor the conscience to give aid to the Germans or to damage to interests of the Allied Forces." Libotte goes on to introduce several affidavits made by close friends with Zucca as well as that of an American sergeant who was sent to work at the radio station with Zucca as a prisoner of war unfortunately not present here all stating that Zucca never wrote any of the programs in which she performed never broadcast any news on the movements of American troops had no interest in politics always had secondary roles in the dialogues and was emotional and easily influenced. Several copies of this document in both Italian and English are presented here. Three pieces of correspondence from Rita Zucca herself all in Italian are also present. These include: A.N.S. "Tucci" 1p. 12mo. n.p. n.d. a note to her father Constantino presumably written while under arrest; a partly-printed L.S. 2pp. 8vo. n.p. March 21 1945 to her lover Siro Mariottini executed on a Red Cross message form; and an unsigned typed letter possibly a contemporary copy 3pp. 4to. n.p. April 12 1944 again to Mariottini informing him of her bad health during her pregnancy and lamenting his inattention to her and his dalliances with another woman. Two retained copies of typed news briefs regarding the case are also present: the first 1p. 4to. n.p. n.d. states that attorney Max Spelke has been retained in regards to the case. He releases a statement: ". no charges of treason or any other offense are pending in the Department of Justice against Rita Louise Zucca. Miss Zucca has been in Italy and away from this country for over six years and she is an Italian subject. " The second release 1p. 4to. Milan June 8 1945 by Overseas News Agency correspondent June Frank who had covered Zucca''s activities prior to her arrest. Frank laments being unable to secure an interview with Zucca and relating many of the facts of her case in small part: ". Rita Zucca alias Axis Sally is not an American. The point is of major importance since were she to be tried for treason as a United States citizen she would be subject to capital sentence. In 1941 she regained her Italian citizenship. She fell deeply in love the next year with one Siro Mariottini. Early in 1944 she found herself destitute and to add to her troubles pregnant. Siro had deserted her and she was apparently forced to accept a position as an announcer over the Nazi radio in Italy. the Germans told her bluntly ''announce programs on the radio for us or go to a concentration camp''. She retreated north with the Nazi's radio crew in a state that was the equivalent of a nervous breakdown. From her private diary it is plain that she suffered at the hands of the Germans. After the birth of her son she begged to be dismissed from her radio duties. That permission was refused and the Nazis also refused to pay her salary while she was ill. She came to know another form of German slavery. She was arrested with her baby and seemed unafraid although surprised. She insisted on taking the baby into custody with her. She offered no defense for her acts. ''I don't feel guilty'' she told American authorities. ''I was only an announcer.''" The collection also features eight typed letters some signed some with retained copies in Italian dated between Sep. 24 1945 and March 3 1946 from attorney Ottavio Libotte to Rita Zucca's father Constantino in New York mostly providing updates on his daughter''s case and apprising him of his legal fees. Further present are three A.L.S.''s each 2pp. 4to. dated between March 20 and July 12 1945 to Constantino Zucca from Rita's erstwhile lover Siro Mariottini. These letters untranslated presumably request money as also present are a mail transfer receipt and a letter from the National City Bank of New York dated April 20 and November 16 1945 confirming that Constantino Zucca has sent $501.50 and $500 respectively to Siro Mariottini. The collection is rounded out by approx. 20 telegrams regarding the case all in Italian between Constantino Zucca and his brother Louis in the United States and Siro Mariottini and Ottavio Libotte in Italy as well as a typed list of goods sent to Rita in prison and a large collection of newspaper clippings related to the case. The majority of the Italian items present here are untranslated by us and are certainly worthy of further research. Zucca was in reality one of two propagandists to receive the "Axis Sally" moniker the other being Maine-born Mildred Gillars who broadcast out of Berlin and was successfully convicted of treason being sentenced to ten to thirty years. Zucca was sentenced to 4 and years for collaboration by an Italian military tribunal but was released after nine months. She was barred from returning to the United States and died in obscurity in 1998.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; RITA ZUCCA AXIS SALLY PROPAGANDA PROPAGANDIST PROPAGANDA WAR FAKE NEWS TREASON LORD HAHA ITALY ITALIAN PROPAGANDA OTTAVIO LIBOTTE MILDRED GILLARS WWII WW2 WORLD WAR II AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0007027

‎UNKNOWN‎

‎1876 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG NEAR PHILADELPHIA WOMAN IN THE YEAR OF AMERICA'S CENTENARY‎

‎Collegeville Pennsylvania. Good. 1876. On offer is a small diary kept by a teacher in the centennial year of the United States. Measuring 3 1/2 inches by 2 1/2 inches the leather bound diary contains about 400 pages and is about 90% complete. The handwriting is legible and the book is in good condition. The writer is unknown. She is a teacher living away from home. Context clues suggest she lives and works in the area immediately west of Philadelphia PA. quite likely Collegeville PA. ref.: Sept 7. The students few as they are live at the school. Much of her entries make a brief comment on what is happening at her school and the letters she writes or receives. "Took the young ladies to the creek to skate before school. They enjoyed it so much they insisted on going again after dinner. We went down Miss C accompanying us. Feel somewhat the worse for our efforts at skating" Jan 15; ". Was surprised and delighted to receive a lovely letter from my friend Sally to whom I had not written for nearly two years. Sent me a lovely tie she is a dear good girl. Received a letter also from ." Jan 19. Like many small private schools enrolment was always a challenge: "Rained and I was sorry Mary had to go home but there seemed no alternative. Had a note from her saying she was very wet when she reached home. We had several new day scholars added to our slender number" April 3. On May 17th she refers to an opportunity to write a Teacher's Examination which suggests that she is not yet licensed. On June 1st she references a parade that she attended in Philadelphia which helps confirm her location and time: "A most delightful cool day. Had went to the city to witness the parade of the Knights Templar pronounces it the finest sight of its kind ever witnessed Received letter from C saying that the little daughter's name is Mabel Lois. I am greatly pleased. Wrote to Mary C" June 1. This small book is a fine record of the events in the daily life of a young woman at the centennial of the United States. Its details give a very good window into what life was like for a young unattached woman as she was beginning to make her own way in the world. A social historian or researcher into gender studies would find this an excellent reference work.; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; UNITED STATES; 19TH CENTURY; 1870s; GILDED AGE; EDUCATION IN POST CIVIL WAR AMERICA TEACHING IN RURAL PENNSYLVANIA PHILADELPHIA; COLLEGEVILLE PA; MONTGOMERY COUNTY; WOMEN'S EDUCATION IN THE 19TH CENTURY; FEMALE TEACHERS; WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY; WOMEN'S SOCIAL LIFE IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY; WOMEN'S STUDIES; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008152

‎HATTIE CARNES‎

‎1869 SUPER ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT EUROPEAN TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE EXCEEDINGLY BRIGHT YOUNG GIRL WHO IS THE NIECE AND WARD OF HER FAMOUS AMERICAN ARTIST UNCLE‎

‎Italy. Good. 1869. On offer is an original manuscript travel journal of a young woman who is closely related to two of America's significant art figures of the 19th Century. Measuring 6 inches by 3.5 inches the journal contains 60 pages. It is approximately 66 percent complete. The covers and pages are in good condition. However several pages are loose within the journal. The handwriting is legible. The journal is a record of Hattie Carne's trip to Italy in 1869. Hattie Carnes was born in 1858. She and her brother were orphaned after her father died in 1860 and her mother in 1863. She was raised by her uncle and aunt Henry Grant DeForest and his wife Julia. They were a very prosperous New York family. Both her uncle Frederic Edwin Church and de Forest's son Lockwood de Forest were prominent artists. In 1868 de Forest took his family on an extended tour of Europe. On that tour they were frequently joined by Hattie's uncle Frederic Church. Hattie was 11 at the time and has obviously been well-schooled. This is the journal she kept. The journal is chock full of the details of each day's exploring. The diary begins Mar 15th 1869 after they have been in Europe for several months. Keep in mind these are the words and descriptions of an 11 year old. Describing a museum she visited she wrote: ". we went to the room where they keep their most precious things. There were necklaces earrings bracelets and perfume bottles. And beautiful silver mirrors. Ivory images covered with gold and painted. . " Mar 20. As they tour she visits galleries and museums soaking up the aesthetic delights that served her uncle Frederic and her cousin Lockwood so very well. "I think I have seen and done quite enough today. In the morning I stayed at home and in the afternoon I went to the museum with Aunt Julia. We saw the statues and frescoes but it would be impossible to tell about each 1 only. " Mar 22. She then goes on to try to enumerate them in detail. "Went in the morning to church & in the afternoon to the tomb of philopapus" Apr 11. For an art historian this is an excellent view of what were considered 'must see' cultural / artistic exhibits. Considering that she was living in and amongst two of America's great artists this also offers an insight into what was considered important within their artistic circle. A social historian would certainly be able to compare the lifestyle and quality of life of this girl relative to that experienced by the vast majority of girls her age in the United States at this time.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; 19TH CENTURY; HATTIE CARNES; HARRIET CARNES; FREDERIC EDWIN CHURCH LOCKWOOD DE FOREST; HENRY GRANT DE FOREST; TRAVEL JOURNALS; TRAVELOGUES; AMERICAN TRAVELERS IN ITALY; ITALY IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY; YOUNG GIRL'S DIARY; AMERICAN ARTISTS IN THE MID 19TH CENTURY; TRAVEL DIARIES; ITALIAN MUSEUMS; EUROPEAN TRIPS IN 19TH CENTURY; AMERICAN ARTISTS IN EUROPE; EUROPE IN 1860TH; HUDSON RIVER SCJHOOL ARTISTS PERSONAL LIFE; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008150

‎SAMUEL EDWARD WARREN‎

‎1852 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A NOTED AND RENOWNED MASSACHUSETTS AUTHOR EDUCATOR AND ENGINEER‎

‎Massachusetts West Newton Boston. Good. 1852. On offer is an outstanding journal/manuscript written in the mid-19th century by a well-recognized educator. Measuring 8.5 inches by 7 inches the journal contains 235 pages. They are 100% complete with some editing alterations. The volume is in good condition and the handwriting is quite legible. Several pages have been cut out and several others have pieces cut out of them. This is not damage from an external source but rather part of his editing process as this is a draft for a final publication. Samuel Edward Warren was born in West Newton MA in 1831. His father was a physician as well as a farmer and it is little surprise that his son was well educated. Warren was educated at the Massachusetts State Normal School School of Education and Teacher Training and Renssaeler Polytechnic Institute. Established in 1824 Rennssaeler describes itself as the oldest technological university in the English speaking world and focuses on research and applied sciences. He graduated in 1851 and immediately began teaching 'descriptive geometry and drawing'. In 1854 he was promoted to professor of that chair and retained the position until 1872 when he resigned and took up a similar position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He resigned in 1875 to concentrate exclusively on a series of text books that he was writing. Warren passed away in 1909 at the age of 78. The journal is titled Volume 5 and a notation on the inside cover reads: "Thorough revision complete Oct 22nd 1865". The last sentence of an entry in Jan 1852 confirms the author's identity: ". I have been pressed so much about it a piece of overdue writing that I must get off this week the other two on Orphan Asylum and a Temperance movement the later which will be signed S. Edw. Warren" Jan 31 1852. p 26. Entries however date back to 1852 and appear to span that year. There are editorial notes that do date from 1865 on various pages. "On this day of rejoicing it would be a sin to suffer one gloomy note to enter into the chorus of content ." Jan 1 1852. He notes seeking work or engagements and is not above a wry turn of phrase: "I went to Albany this morning and Mr. March the uncivil Resident engineer said there was no business for me. I found that the new division engineer had not come into power and I could not find Vernon the R or Richmond the D nor Prof Mitchell the eng. of the Cincin & St. Louis RR but I am not discouraged yet. I shall ask Mr. Bergher for letters of introduction . and Prof Green for a recommendation to Prof Mitchell ." Jan 31 1852 pp 26-7; Professor Mitchell whom he mentions is probably Ormsby M. Mitchel an astronomer educator and Union army leader during the Civil War who was working at the Cincinnati and St. Lewis railroad at that time and after whom town Mitchell in Illinois was later named. "I got leave to go home from Prof Green found he will engage new Repeaters and have heard from Plympton that Mr. Edely his former partner is so unsettled as to business that it would not be worthwhile to apply to him. On Monday I shall go to Albany to hand my petition to the canal Board and see Mr. McAlpine William Jarvis McAlpine was an American civil engineer and politician from New York he was New York State Engineer and Surveyor from 1852 to 1853 and also some of the city engineers and see if they want to engage an assistant. I have got a no letter from N. York and if I do not get one soon shall write again or advertise in the Tribune for a situation as a teacher of Mathematics and Drawing for to teach such subjects to advanced scholars would be the happiest situation I could have ." Feb 21 1852 p. 38. What is significant is that the above paragraph is starred in the margin with the following note at the bottom of the page: "Here my true calling appears. Oct 15 1865". He relates a visit with his father to Boston and shows him around a number of factories engaged in engineering & manufacturing: ". Mother and Father and I went to Boston Father and I went through the freight house and engine house. I showed him the pump valve. Then we went to Algers and saw the huge shaft of the Hoosac Drill. Then we went to Wilmarths Locomotive works where is one of the finest screws in the world part of an iron planning machine it is 65 ft long and about 5 1/2 inches diam. But was first cast about 6 1/4 in diameter. . Today I wrote a momentous letter to Prof Green about returning to Troy with an increase of duties and pay $125 for a session. . I am getting very fond of Tupper and found some grand hints about teaching children ." Mar 19 1852 pp 53-4. He makes an interesting notation on the number of steam ships plying various waters: "Ocean steamers early '51 from Maine to C Sable 46 in the Gulf 13 on Pacific 37 total 96. Whole number including small steamers 625. Inland steamers on the northern frontier 164 Ohio Basin 348 Mississippi Valley 255 Total 767 which alone exceed the whole steamer tonnage of Great Britain by 60000 tons" Apr 2nd 1852 pp. 63-4. He makes an interesting reference to the American Civil War when he notes the death of one of his former students: "Died of fever in the U.S. War of Civilization" Oct 15th 1865 p. 107. The journal contains a 5-page Index of all entries. In all this outstanding journal offers terrific insights into the early thinking of a man who go on to be a noted educator and author of at least 15 books. It gives an interesting view of the state of engineering in pre-civil war America and hints at the industrial strength of the northern states which would play a crucial role in the North's victory in the American Civil War.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MID 19TH CENTURY 1850s; 1960s; UNITED STATES MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON; SAMUEL EDWARD WARREN; MASSACHUSETTS STATE NORMAL SCHOOL; RENSSAELER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE; ENGINEERING IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY; STEAM BOATS ON AMERICAN WATERS; AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; CINCINCINNATI & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD; WILMARTHS LOCOMOTIVE WORKS; HOOSAC TUNNEL; TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION IN THE 19TH CENTURY AMERICA; INDISRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE MID 19TH CENTURY; ENGINEERING JOBS IN MASSACHUSETTS IN THE 19TH CENTURY; RAILWAYS AND EMPLOYMENT IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY AMERICA; HISTORY OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES INDUSTRIALIZATION IN THE NORTHERN STATES; AMERICAN EDUCATORS OF THE MID 19TH CENTURY; BOSTON INDUSTRIES IN 1850s; ORMSBY MCKNIGHT MITCHEL; WILLIAM JARVIS MCALPINE; CYRUS ALGER'S SOUTH BOSTON IRON WORKS; ENGINEERING IN PRE-CIVIL WAR AMERICA; RENNSSAELER ALUMNI AND PROFERSSORS; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PROFESSORS IN THE 19TH CENTURY; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008148

‎NOT IDENTIFIED‎

‎1883 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF THEOLOGY THEOSOPHY PHILOSOPHY AND ESOTERICA HANDWRITTEN BY AN UNKNOWN RECHABITE‎

‎NOT IDENTIFIED. Fair. 1883. On offer is a most unusual and unique volume dating from late 19th century England. It measures about 4.5 inches by 3 inches. The volume contains 104 pages plus numerous Memoranda pages. The cover though worn is intact. The spine has broken and the binding is loose. However all pages are intact. Written in English Greek and Hebrew the handwriting is clear and legible. Some letters and words are written in a very decorative manner and an 'Engraver' style of font is used in many places. The author of the volume is unknown. There is a reference much later in the book to a William Green but no connection to the book can be clearly drawn. The book is a printed diary for the year 1884. It was printed in and used in England. However it was used more as a notebook to record prayers reflections and esoteric thoughts than as a daily diary. Entries are dated in 1884 and as late as 1895 without reference to the printed calendar pages in the book. "THOUGHTS Not a thought can I allow to disturb my peaceful brow! But should any such arise I'll conduct it to the Skies There to see that wondrous sight GOD the Everlasting Light" on Week 8. Some pages are written exclusively in Greek and others in Hebrew. One notation following a long entry in Greek reads: "Chemical elements with which on earth have been distinctly traced on the Sun"on Week 11. From context it seems that the writer is investigating aspects of astronomy as relates to his philosophic speculations: "line obtainable when placed at the focus of the telescope entirely hides the disc of the star" on Week 46. Another entry is an acrostic where in the first letter of each line spells out the title of the piece: "MRS TERNOUTH" Week 32. On Week 48 is written out a detailed Certificate of Candidate certifying that a 6 year old boy is healthy and a fit candidate for the Independent Order of Rechabites Tent# 2227. It is signed by a William Green. The Independent Order of Rechabites also known as the Salford Unity of Rechabites was a fraternal or 'friendly' organization founded in England in 1835. It was part of the overall growth of temperance societies that sprang up across England. It spread to Australia and the United States. It is still active today as The Rechabite Friendly Society as a mutual insurance company and financial services organization that specializes in ethical savings and investment products. Undoubtedly the Greek and Hebrew portions of the book would yield even more information. A student of the esoteric or researcher into esoteric philosophy or theosophy would find this an intriguing look into how these thoughts were developed and expressed. Considering that entries span a period of over 10 years this is a fairly consistent thought structure.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; LATE 19TH CENTURY; 1880s; 1890s; PHILOSOPHY; THEOSOPHY; ESOTERIC WRITING; INTERNATIONAL ORDER OF RECHABITES; IOR; WILLIAM GREEN; SALFORD UNITY OF RECHABITES; 19TH CENTURY THOUGHT; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008160

‎UNKNOWN‎

‎1935 SUPER ORIGINAL SCANDINAVIA THROUGH RUSSIA MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A KEEN EYED ERUDITE BROOKLYNITE‎

‎NORWAY SWEDEN FINLAND RUSSIA SOVIET UNION. Good. 1935. On offer is a super original and unique 1935 travel diary handwritten by an unidentified Brooklyn woman who left New York July 3rd onboard the steamship "Stavaugerfjiord" to Norway Sweden and Russia. The 7 x 5 inch journal has about 100 double sided handwritten pages with entries through Aug 30 1935. She does a wonderful job describing interactions with passengers and crew mentions her state room receiving a welcome and national anthems played landing in Norway than crossing the border from Finland to Russia. She writes about visiting a Lapp Community in Sweden. Some of the most interesting entries are descriptions of Leningrad & Moscow. She visits the hermitage listens to a factory choir of boys and girls takes a sleeper train to Moscow visits a Russian mining town and much more. Here are some snippets: July 4 1935 At sea board the S.S."Stavaugerfjiord" A beautiful bright day the room was trimmed with American flags and bunting we had a fourth of July celebration on deck the tourist and third class people coming for it. We were awakened at eight by the ships orchestra playing patriotic airs. At 10:45 there was a parade on deck led by the band and participated in by all the passengers each of whom had been given an American flag. Them there was the hymn God of our fathers and address by Rev. S.G. Hauge the hymn God bless our native land remarks by the Captain the hauling down of the Norwegian flag and hoisting of the American flag which flew all day a fourth of July speech by Dr. J.N. Brown and the music patriotic airs. Later on there were Olympic games while we were at the dinner table Mr. lars Esmark. Introduced himself to us. July 15 1935 - Norway Left Oslo at 9:10 this morning and went by train to Lillehammer reaching there about one. the ride was through beautiful fertile country hay was drying on the fences women were turning it in the fields flowers were blooming. July 191935 Beautiful day to day clear & sunny we went out on deck all day and were perfectly comfortable with a coat. We sailed by many snow capped mountains first bare 7 barren rocks & everyone in a while we would come to a little settlement the houses nearly always red & the church white. July 27 1935 Costal waters- Norway Today we stopped at Barentsburg on Green or Greenfijord It is a Russian mining town we called at 7:30 had an early breakfast and went ashore. The Dane the Pole the German Mr Falch the Norwegian lady and I. It was raining and everything was very muddy and desolate looking at he wharf. A building with pictures of Lenin and Stalin with red decorations below them greeting us. The houses were well built - better looking than those at Long Year City. Some of the men spoke to us but none of the women did. They were as well dressed as men and emcee in any mining town on a rainy day would be but no one looks happy and smiling. The only women who was dressed in a coat pants going to the mine who stopped for the German to take her picture. Every building that we went in had pictures of Lenin and Stalin. We went to the children's home or day nursery. We saw two women feeding babies at the breast in that little bit of an alcove. In the larger room were little beds children lay in bed or playing on the floor and several attendants. A statue of Lenin stood on the table. These women smiled and spoke to us. We went to the dining hall where men with their hats on and women were eating than into the recreation hall were men were playing billiards with wooden balls about the size of a croquet ball and one man was playing the piano. Then we went o the fire engine house and to see the cows & pigs. A Mr. Felch said the stables and pens were clean nearly white washed the cleanest things we saw. Everywhere we saw pictures of Stalin and Lenin the red flag and pictures of Russian activities. July 20 1935 Finland Beautiful snow capped mountains with green patches and little villages in open spaces the inevitable red houses & white churches. The air was almost balmy to hot in the sun. Five of us two men and three women went ashore we started to see the Meridian Stone The Polish Naval officer had taken the town's taxi to go. We were walking he overtook us all and took us all in. We were a truly International party. Two Americans a Swedish woman three men a Norwegian and German and Pole. Aug 8 1935 Finish/ Russian boarder - Leningrad. Left Helsinki at 11:20 pm in a comfortable sleeper for Leningrad. At 10:30 we reached the last Finish station where we had breakfast. Then we went a short distance till we came to the small station separating Russia & Finland. On the Finish side is a white building on the Russian side a red one. Half of the bridge over the stream is painted white and half red. At the Russian size Russian officials came on & examined our money counted our express checks and gave us a signed paper with our declaration of money. The baggage examination was very simple the train is made up almost entirely of medical people going to Leningrad to the convention. An intertourist girl guide met us and took us to the Moscow Hotel. It apparently had been a fine hotel in former times and is still very elegant in a shabby way. We have very large rooms electric light telephone private bathing furniture which had once been fine although now rather threadbare. The dining room is a magnificent large room with four large glass chandeliers a high vaulted window and alcove with stained glass window and a platform orchestra which played in the evening. The waiters are dressed in white there is a pathetic air of trying to do things in the right way by the people who do not know how. At noon another shabby & wilted bouquet was at the table but in the evening fresh white flowers where there. At 4:30 we took a sight seeing drive we two a chaffer a girl guide in a broken down car. Leningrad must have been a magnificent city with wide streets fine large buildings parks monuments. We saw the fine square on which the Winter Palace now a museum is located. One the opposite side is the large building built by Catherine the Great. We saw Alexander the III monument with the insulting inscription written there by the communist- the statue of Peter the Great placed by Catherine the Great.We visited a beautiful park near the palace where victims of the revolution were buried. Aug 10 1935- Moscow We left Leningrad last night by sleeper for Moscow very comfortable compartment only the two of us. Reached Moscow in the morning and went to Savoy Hotel where we had single rooms took a sight seeing trip around the city a most magnificent city in the afternoon we drove pas the Kremlin but it was closed and we could see it only distance. We saw the coronation church with its golden domes - the church where the Czar worshiped and the church where many czars are buried but we could nor go in. Lenin's tomb was also closed but we saw the great magnificent square where a red funeral was to be held but we could not go we went into a cemetery and saw Stalin's wife's grave. In the evening we went to a great cinema of the great parade held in the square on June 30 celebrating fourteen or seventeen years of physical advancement before going upstairs to cinema we heard a concert given by boys and girl factory workers.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; TRAVEL RUSSIA FINLAND NORWAY AMERICAN FEMALE REMOTE RUSSIAN MINNIG CAMP SWEDISH LAPP VILLAGE MOSCOW STAVAUGERFJIORD LAPLAND SCANDINAVIA LENINGRAD GULF OF BOTHNIA BALTIC SEA BARENTSBURG ON GREEN GREENFIJORD INTERTOURIST HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0007028

‎DR JUDGE A WACHS‎

‎1940s SUPER FASCINATING PRE INDEPENDENT STATE OF ISRAEL BRITISH LEGAL VOLUME PROVIDING SIGNIFICANT INSIGHT INTO THE BRITISH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ENGLISH LEGAL SYSTEM REPLACING THE ELABORATE NOW DEFUNCT OTTOMAN EMPIRE'S LEGAL SYSTEM‎

‎BRITISH MANDATED PALESTINE ISRAEL THE HOLY LAND. Good. 1940. On offer is a rare legal work that dates from the British Mandate for Palestine. The hard cover document measures 8.5 inches by 6 inches and contains 210 pages. It is 100% complete. The document is typed and is printed in both English and Hebrew. There are a number of typed inserts at various places in both the English and Hebrew sections. Although there is some staining on the pages the typing is completely legible. All pages are intact with no pages or sections missing. However the numbering begins with page 35. The index begins at page 35 as well. The book was the property of a Jewish judge Dr. A Wachs. The book is entitled Supplementary No. 2 to the Palestine Gazette Extraordinary No. 978 of 15th January 1940. In the opening paragraph titled Court Rules the rationale for the Supplement is laid out: "IN EXERCISE OF THE POWERS VESTED IN HIM BY ARTICLE 19 OF THE PALESTINE ORDER IN COUNCIL 1922 AND SECTION 26 OF THE MAGISTRATES COURTS JURISDICTION ORDINANCE 1939 AND ALL OTHER POWERS ENABLING HIM IN THAT BEHALF THE CHIEF JUSTICE HAS WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER MADE THE FOLLOWING RULES OF COURT" p 35. The book then goes on to delineate in great detail the rules to be followed in the Magistrate's Courts in the British Mandate. On a number of pages there are numerous typed notes inserted or attached to specific sections. These are almost exclusively in Hebrew. There are also extensive handwritten notes and marginalia. The civil Mandate administration was formalized at the League of Nations in 1923 under the British Mandate for Palestine. The Palestinian judicial system was unique because Palestine has been occupied and influenced by different powers and rulers for proceeding century. The result was an elaborate legal system. Obviously much came from the now-defunct Ottoman Empire but large amounts were imported from Europe especially the French legal system. On top of this was now added English common law. The British Mandatory administration in keeping with the policy of Great Britain in administering its colonies was anxious to introduce into Palestine the essentials of the English legal system. This volume is one part of that extensive exercise. For a legal historian this is an excellent piece of the legal mosaic that formed the judicial foundation for the Palestine Mandate and the new State of Israel that would come into being in eight short years. Legal scholars may find the added notation by this Judge to be interesting commentaries on the law and its application in this volatile time and place.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; ISRAEL; 1940s; 20TH CENTURY; DR. A. WACHS; BRITISH MANDATE FOR PALESTINE; MANDATORY PALESTINE; ISRAELI JUDICIAL SYSTEM; LEAGUE OF NATIONS; PRE-INDEPENDENCE ISRAEL; MAGISTRATE COURTS IN MANDATORY PALESTINE; BRITISH POLICY MAKING IN PALESTINE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION IN MANDATORY PALESTINE; CIVIL MANDATE ADMINISTRATION; BRITISH MANDATORY ADMINISTRATION LEGAL SYSTEM IN MANDATORY PALESTINE; PALESTINE GAZETTE; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008164

‎DW FARNSWORTH D W‎

‎1854 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LOG BOOK HANDWRITTEN BY AN ILL FATED SAILOR ABOARD A TWO MASTED MERCHANT BRIG PLYING ITS TRADE BETWEEN MAINE AND THE CARIBBEAN‎

‎NEW ENGLAND - THE CARRIBEAN. Good. 1854. On offer is an interesting original manuscript journal detailing a sailor's voyage from New England to the Caribbean during the heyday of the sailing ships. Measuring 7.5 inches by 6 inches it contains 134 pages and is about 20% complete. The cover binding and pages are in good condition and the handwriting is legible. The first journal belongs to D.W. Farnsworth of Machias ME. Casual research has not turned up any additional biographical information other than the fact that he passed away in April 1855. Farnsworth is a sailor working on board coastal commercial sailing ships - what would be referred to today as bulk carriers. His hometown is one of the many New England seaports. His journal begins on Nov 24th 1854: "My first voyage at sea on board brig State of Maine Capt A. Cates." Nov 24. Her cargo is corn and lumber and she is bound for Barbados. His entries detail shipboard life including ship handling and descriptions of weather: Vivid description of people on the docks in Barbados add colour to his entries: "wind increased shorten sail 10 o'clock squally with gusts of rain gulf stream some heavy squalls" Nov 7; "Wind moderate from N.E. Steering S.E by E made Bermuda at 8 o'clock in A.M. run in within 6 or 7 miles of island ten run south west til clear of reef hauled the brig up the wind S.E by E. Wind increased . " Nov 10; ". made Barbados 11 P.M. ."Nov 21; ". the Capt and I stepped into a Darkey Boat alongside and were rowed ashore by 4 of the Blackest Negroes I ever saw. ." Nov 21. They were unable to get a satisfactory price for their corn so they left for Guadeloupe and St. Thomas. This was not an uncommon experience and it was not uncommon for a ship to have to call at another port to try and sell their cargos for a higher price. The journal ends abruptly on Jan 3rd while en route to Louisiana. In 4 months Farnsworth would be dead. This is an excellent example of the brief simple log-keeping that a sailor on the 2 masted merchant brigs would keep. It provides a concise yet clear record of the work in sailing such a ship. For a historian it is another description of life on board a working brig.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; 19TH CENTURY 1850S; UNITED STATES; DW FARNSWORTH; SV STATE OF MAINE; MACHIAS ME; MAINE; BARBADOS; GUADELOUPE; ST. THOMAS; CARIBBEAN; NEW ENGLAND; SAILING SHIPS; SEAPORTS OF NEW ENGLAND; SAILORS; WORK ON SAILING SHIPS; CAPTAIN A. CATES; CARGO SHIPS IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY; MARITIME HISTORY; TRADE WITH THE CARIBBEAN IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY; MERCHANT BRIGS; MARITIME TRADE; AMERICAN SAILORS IN THE 19th CENTURY; SEAFARING; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008166

‎BETSY ALLEN‎

‎1847 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT INTRACONTINENTAL TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG WOMAN TRAVELING FROM NORWICH TO NEW YORK TO CLEVELAND TO PHILADELPHIA TO NEW YORK ALL BY THE CANAL NETWORK ESTABLISHED IN THE PRIOR 20 YEARS‎

‎NORWICH CONNECTICUT INTRA CONTINENTAL USA. Good. 1847. On offer is a rare handmade travel journal dating from early 19th century America. The paper volume is composed of 16 pages hand stitched inside a heavier paper cover. The small volume is in good condition and all pages are intact. There is some discolouration due to age but it does not affect the handwriting. The volume measures 6.5 inches by 4.25 inches and is approximately 50% complete. The journal is written in 1847 by a woman named Betsy Allen. Her home is recorded as Norwich which could refer to Norwich CT as her journey begins by travelling to New York City. Allen travelled in a great loop from New York City up the Hudson River and into the Erie Canal. She passed through Buffalo and sailed on to Cleveland OH. From Cleveland she travelled south by canal boat to Ellsworth OH arriving on July 22th. She stayed in Ellsworth until Oct 19th. Daily entries often take the form of a single line or comment: "Left Norwich landing for New York sailed all day slow and sure come to New York" July 7; "7 o'clock came to Rochester" July 16; ". went into Capt Allen's boat Buffalo early in morning" July 19; "50¢ sail out for Cleveland" July 20; On Oct 19th she left Ellsworth in the company of her father and 5 other women and began a remarkable trip back to the east coast via the Ohio and Pennsylvania canal systems. This canal route was a complex transportation system that included canals dams locks tow paths aqueducts and viaducts. Construction of this network began in the early 1820's and continued for the next several decades. She travelled through places like Petersburgh Bridgewater and Lowry. Eventually she reached Pittsburgh. From Pittsburgh she followed the canal through places like Johnstown and Holidaysburgh crossing over the Juniata River by means of a rope ferry. She crossed the Susquehanna River by an aqueduct eventually arriving at Philadelphia after passing through Harrisburg. At Philadelphia she boarded a steam ship for New York City and then Norwich on Oct 27th. She offers more details in her comments during this portion of her trip: "Left Ellsworth for home. Got a cup of coffee and dinner at Mr. Speers in Petersburgh . put up early at Mr.Wells four miles from Bridgewater fare not very good" Oct 19; ". passed through 16 locks in the forenoon. Nothing particular this afternoon only the passage through the tunnel this is a piece of art." Oct 21; ". crossed the Juniata while eating by means of a rope ferry" Oct 23. This is an absolutely fascinating journey and her description spare at times provides an excellent catalogue of the canals and locks that she traversed. It is all the more remarkable because this is a woman making the trip and she obviously came from a family with the means to afford such a trip. By 1900 the canals essentially ceased to operate as railroads took over as the preferred way to move people and goods. However the canals played a vital role in opening up the interior to move settlers west and bring raw materials and crops east to the growing cities of New York and Philadelphia. For a historian this is an excellent first-hand account of travel around the entire system.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; UNITED STATES; MID-19TH CENTURY; 1840s; BETSY ALLEN; ERIE CANAL PENNSYLVANIA CANAL; OHIO AND ERIE CANAL; DELAWARE CANAL NORWICH TRAVEL IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY AMERICA; HUDSON RIVER; AMERICAN CANAL BOATS; NORTH AMERICAN CANAL AGE; AMERICAN WATERWAYS IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY; NEW YORK STATE CANAL SYSTEM; TRAVELING WOMEN IN THE 19TH CENTURY AMERICA; WOMEN'S STUDIES; TRAVEL DIARIES; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008168

‎CHIEF OFFICER et al‎

‎1937 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT MERCHANT SHIP'S LOG AND SUPERB RELIC OF MERCHANT MARINE COMMERCE FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT SHIPPING COMPANIES‎

‎SS PRESIDENT MONROE. Good. 1937. On offer is the log book of the SS President Monroe a small part of the Robert Dollar Company and part of the history of the third largest shipping line today. The log measuring 14.0 inches by 10.5 inches Notwithstanding the cover has separated from the bound volume the volume is in otherwise excellent condition. It contains 68 pages and is approximately 90% complete. The handwriting is clear and legible. The SS President Monroe was a ship in the fleet of the Pacific Mail Company. Organized in 1866 to transport mail for the U.S. government the company's assets were later taken over by the Dollar Shipping Company. Dollar Shipping was founded by Robert Dollar a Scot who came to Canada to make his fortune in the lumber industry. He eventually moved to California where he built his shipping empire. He acquired the Monroe in 1923 and she remained in service with his firm until it went under in 1937. The firm was taken over by the United States Maritime Commission and renamed the American President Line APL. American President Lines Ltd. now simply referred to as APL along with its parent company CMA CGM is the world's third-largest container transportation and shipping company providing more than 80 weekly services S.S. President Monroe was originally named the Panhandle State. She was built for the US Shipping Board. In 1922 she was renamed President Monroe and in 1923 purchased by the Dollar Line. In 1938 she was transferred to the American President Line APL. In 1940 she was renamed the President Buchanan. During WWII in 1944 she was converted to hospital ship and renamed the USAHS Emily H. M. Weder. After the war in 1946 she became the U.S. Army Transport President Buchanan. She was laid up in 1947 and scrapped in 1957. The log book covers the time period July 7th 1937 to August 5th 1937. The ship has sailed from Manila Philippines to Alexandria Egypt in this period of time. The log carefully notes the ships position each day as well as notations regarding course winds barometer readings and state of bilges. Accompanying the notations are daily remarks that reference course changes weather and any other details considered pertinent to record. Each 2-page daily log entry is signed by the Chief Officer and the ship's Master. Immediately before and after leaving dock ship's officers and heads of departments searched ship for stowaways and contraband - none found. Chief Officer prior to leaving harbor inspected all cargo holds ports and . "Vessel's ice boxes were inspected". July 7th ; "4:34 off dock. 4:38 1st line to dock 4:36 All fast port side to . 5:00 Stevedores abd commence rigging gear . ship and shore watchmen about decks and hatches" July 14th; "8:00 - 12:00 watchmen making regular rounds and reports. High rough SW sea and long heavy swell. Vessel pitching and laboring heavily; shipping green seas over focsle head decks and hatches. Inspections of deck and quarters made. All secure" July 27. This is an excellent example of merchant marine log book and a piece of the history of one of the great maritime shipping companies.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; 20TH CENTURY; 1930s; UNITED STATES; AMERICAN SHIPS; AMERICAN VESSELS; SEA TRAVEL; SHIPPING COMPANIES; SS PRESIDENT MONROE; UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD; DOLLAR SHIPPING COMPANY; ROBERT DOLLAR; PACIFIC MAIL COMPANY; UNITED STATES MARITIME COMMISSION; U.S. ARMY TRANSPORT PRESIDENT BUCHANAN; AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINE; APL; CMA CGM; USAHS EMILY H. M. WEDER; MARITIME SHIPPING COMPANIES; MARITIME HISTORY; LOG BOOKS; MERCHANT SHIPPING; NAVIGATION IN INDIAN OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN PORTS; PORT PROCEDURES IN 1930S; MANILA PHILIPPINES; ALEXANDRIA EGYPT; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008171