Archives InternationalAuctions,PartXIX
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May20, 2014
Archives InternationalAuctions
Autographs
NewYork
377
377 Roycrofters,1902StockCertificateSignedbyE.Hubbardaspres-
ident.
NewYork, June 4, 1902. 4Shares, S/N 3, Issued and ink can-
celled stock certificate, Signed by Elbert Hubbard as president and
ElbertHubbard II as treasurer.XF condition. Roycroftwas a reform-
ist communityof craftworkers andartistswhich formedpart of the
Arts andCraftsmovement in theUSA. ElbertHubbard founded the
community in 1895 in the village of East Aurora, ErieCounty, New
York, near Buffalo. Participants were known as Roycrofters. The
workandphilosophyof thegroup, often referred toas theRoycroft
movement, hada strong influenceon thedevelopmentofAmerican
architectureanddesign in theearly20thcentury. ���������������Est.
$120-240
Mexico
378
378 Boston Mexican Petroleum Trustees, 1919 Stock Signed
by L.Sherman Adams, Governor of NH.
Massachusetts and
Mexico. 30 Shares, I/U, Oil pipes on piers, green border, XF.
JohnALowell. ������������������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$35-70
Autographs -Authors
379
379 Washington Irving Autographed 1 Page Letter ca.1822.
Wash-
ington Irving (American author, short story writer, essayist, poet,
travel bookwriter, biographer, andcolumnist. Irvinghasbeencalled
the father of theAmerican short story.) Autographed letter on en-
gravedstationary, formerSpinkSaleJune18, 2008. Letterarchivally
backed. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$200-400
Autographs -Business&Fi-
nance
Pennsylvania
380
380 Robert Morris, Jr., Declaration of Independence Signer, 1796
Autographed Indenture.
Robert Morris, Jr. was a Liverpool-born
Americanmerchant, andsignerof theDeclarationof Independence,
the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution.
Signed Indenture for the payment to Jeremiah Parker for £488.17
“payable in 3 yearswith lawful interest.”DatedMay 13, 1796. Bond
exhibits someerosionaswell as splitson folds fragileneedsarchival
backing.None the lesshistoricallysignificant.���������������������Est.
$250-500
