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[ALASKA - KENAI PENINSULA – GOLD RUSH] WISWELL, George E. (1852-1938)

[Historically Significant Private Archive Documenting the Experiences of a Gold Prospector during the Kenai Peninsula Gold Rush (1895-98); the Archive Consists of Wiswell’s Pocket “Excelsior” Diary with over 60 Pages of Entries; Two “Notices of Location” for the Claims in the Turnagain Arm Mining District, Two Related Power of Attorney Documents; a Letter to Wiswell Addressed to him at “Hope City, Cook’s Inlet, Alaska;” and a Receipt for His Return Passage to Seattle; All Dated “1896”]

Са. 1896.

Price: $3,750.00

[ALASKA - KODIAK ISLAND – GOLD MINING] LASCY, Albert (ca. 1827-1917)

[Collection of Two Extensive Autograph Letters Signed by Gold Miner and Surveyor Albert Lascy, Giving a Detailed Account of His Gold Exploration near Karluk, Uyak and Uganik Bays on the Northern Kodiak Island]

1893.

Price: $1,500.00

[ALASKA – SHUMAGIN PACKING COMPANY] SMITH, W[illiam]. D.

[Collection of Three Original Autograph Letters Signed by W.D. Smith, Owner of the “Shumagin Packing Company” in the Chignik Bay (Alaska Peninsula), Addressed to His Agents in San Francisco and Discussing Financial Operations and Shipping of Supplies and Canned Salmon]

1889.

Price: $1,500.00

[ALASKAN MISSIONARY] Barsukov, I.P.

Innokentii, Mitropolit Moskovsky i Kolomensky po Yego Sochineniyam, Pismam i Rasskazam Sovremennikov [i.e. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, His Works, Letters and Stories of Him by His Contemporaries]

Moscow: Typ. of the Holy Synod, 1883.

Price: $3,500.00

[CALIFORNIA - COLORADO RIVER SURVEY] WHITING, Jasper S.; [IVES, Joseph Christmas] (1829-1868)

[Autograph Note Signed by an American Engineer and Surveyor of Lower California and Sonora, Talking about Him Joining Lt. Ives’ Exploratory Expedition to the Colorado River].

San Francisco: 22 October [1857].

Price: $950.00

[CALIFORNIA - MINING] [STECH, Baron Ferdinand]

[Original Autograph Letter to an Agent of a Potential Buyer for a Mining Property in California, Urging Him to Make up His Mind and Complete the Negotiations Because the Repairs of Machinery Need to Be Done and the Mine Needs to be Pumped before the Winter Rains].

San Francisco: California: 21 September 1872.

Price: $950.00

[CALIFORNIA - SACRAMENTO] ALLISON, William P.

[Original Autograph Letter Written by a Young Gold Miner in Sacramento City, Telling the Latest News from the Gold Mines and Mentioning the Latest Cholera Epidemic in the City].

Sacramento City: 14 September 1852.

Price: $950.00

[CALIFORNIA] BUNZO, MAEKAWA AND SAKAI, JUNZO]

海外異聞 [Kaigai Ibun - Ichi Mei Amerika Shinwa: A Strange Tale from Overseas, or a New Account of America]

Tokyo: Seifuen Juō, Kaei kōin, [1854].

Price: $6,500.00

[COLORADO - PIKE’S PEAK GOLD RUSH] BARKER, Leverett N. (1834-1930)

[Autograph Letter Signed by the Owner of a Jewellery Store in Eddyville, Iowa, to His Brother in Oriskany Falls, New York, Talking About his New Shop, the Construction of a Railroad Planned to Reach Eddyville, and a Description of the Recent Pike’s Peak Gold Rush].

Eddyville [Iowa]: 25 January 1859.

Price: $850.00

[DAKOTA TERRITORY - DEADWOOD OUTLAW] WEST, Isaac E., Attorney at Law (1838-1900) & “Laughing Sam” (Hartman, Samuel S.)

[Autograph Letter Signed Regarding the Defense of Dakota Outlaw “Laughing Sam” (Samuel S. Hartman), and Mentioning the New Governor of the Dakota Territory William A. Howard, the First State’s Attorney of the Lawrence County A.J. Flanner, and Yankton’s Store Owner and Public Figure A.W. Lavender].

Yankton, D[akota]. T[erritory]: 25 April 1878.

Price: $1,850.00

[NORTH PACIFIC] Sarychev, G.A.

Puteshestvie Kapitana Billingsa chrez Chukotskuyu Zemliu ot Beringova Proliva do Nizhnekolymskago Ostroga i Plavanie Kapitana Galla na Sudne Chernom Orle po Severovostochnomu Okeanu v 1791 godu... [i.e. Voyage of Captain Billings through the Land of the Chukchi from the Bering Sea to Nizhnekolymsky Ostrog, and the Sea Voyage of Captain Hall on the ship Black Eagle over the North Pacific Ocean in 1791...]

Price: $32,500.00

[SIBERIA & NORTH PACIFIC] Marakuev, V.N.

Petr Simon Pallas, Yego Zhizn, Uchyonye Trudy i Puteshestviya [i.e. Peter Simon Pallas, His Life, Scientific Work and Travels]

Moscow: Typ. of A.A. Torletsky, 1877.

Price: $3,500.00
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[TEXAS – PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONARIES] HAWLEY, Rev. J.L.

[Autograph Letter Signed to the Secretaries of the American Home Missionary Society, Reporting on his Attempt to Establish a Church in Western Texas, and Talking about his Visits to Indian Point, Victoria, De Witt County, Gonzales, Seguin, and New Braunfels, and high Prices for food in Western Texas, &c.].

Near Sequin, Guadalupe Co., Texas: 5 March 1848.

Price: $1,250.00

[UTAH - US SECESSION] JAMES, Nathan & Catherine

[Autograph Letter Signed to Their Son, Mentioning the United States Secession (1860-1861) and a Conflict between Native Americans and Mormons, Apparently in the Utah Territory].

2 June 1860.

Price: $850.00

[ALASKA & KLONDIKE]

[Collection of Twenty-Eight Rare Early Cyanotypes of Alaska and the Klondike]

Ca. 1900s.

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[CALIFORNIA - SAN FRANCISCO BAY – EARLY YACHTING] [OGDEN, Richard Livingston] (1822-1900), Commodore

[A Manuscript Journal, Describing Voyages of the Pleasure Yachts “Restless” and “Peerless” in the San Francisco Bay in the 1860s and 1870s, Illustrated with an Ink Drawing Showing Ogden Hunting from the board of “Restless,” and Several Contemporary Newspaper Clippings about “Restless” and “Peerless;” The Journal is Titled:] A Concise and Condensed History of the Goings & Comings & Voyages of the Sloop Yacht "Restless" by a reliable not contraband but highly respectable gentleman slightly tinctured with a fondness for salt water, a piscatorial weakness and the pursuit of ducks under difficulties. The schooner “Peerless” appears upon the surface of events and the water…

Ca. 1870s.

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[CALIFORNIA – EL CAMINO REAL & AUTOMOBILES]

[Album with 133 Gelatin Silver Photographs Taken During an Automobile Trip in Southern California in the 1910s, Titled:] Along the El Camino Real

Ca. 1910s.

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[CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, UTAH & COLORADO - RAILWAYS]

[Album of Sixty-Seven Gelatin Silver Photographs of a Railroad Trip through California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado, Showing Monterey, San Francisco, Auburn, Ogden, Salt Lake City, Engines and Trains, a “Railroad Camp,” a Train Wreck, a Female “Fellow Passenger,” etc.]

ca. 1900.

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[RUSSIAN AMERICAN COMPANY IN ALASKA, CALIFORNIA & HAWAII]

Materyaly dlya Istorii Russkikh Zaseleniy po Beregam Vostochnogo Okeana: Prilozheniye k Morskomu Sborniku: Vyp. 1-4 [Materials for the History of Russian Settlements on the Shores of the Eastern Ocean/ Supplements to Morskoy Sbornik. Parts 1-4]

Saint Petersburg: Naval Typ. 1861.

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[RUSSIAN AMERICAN COMPANY – ALASKA & CALIFORNIA] ZAVALISHIN, Dmitry Irinarkhovich (1804-1893)

Rossiisko-Amerikanskaya Kompaniya [The Russian American Company]

Moscow: University Typ. 1865.

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[UNALASKA]

[Original Autograph Letter Signed by “Frank” to His Mother, Mentioning ACC’s Steamship “Dora,” USRC “Corwin” and Its Search for USS “Jeannette” in the Bering Sea, Unalaska’s Sunsets, “Corwin” Capturing a Small Schooner Selling Liquor to the Indians,” etc.]

Alaska: 1880.

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[US-MEXICAN BORDER]

[Album of Fifty-Three Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken by a Private of Troop K, 3rd Squadron, 12th Cavalry Regiment, and Documenting His Service on the Mexican Border During the Mexican Border War]

Ca. late 1910s.

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