Archives International Auctions Auction 101 April 23, 2025

Archives International Auctions - Sale 101 102 April 23, 2025 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Ephemera - California & Nevada Gold Rush Documents California & Nevada 509 509 NV. Nevada Gold & Silver Bullion Assay Documents, ca.1864-65 Virginia, Nevada and San Francisco, CA. Lot of 3 Certificates, Includes: San Francisco, CA. 1864, S. Molitor & Co. Memorandum of Assay of Gold Bullion, VF; Swansea Mill, Virginia, Nevada. 1865, Assay analysis from he Savage Mine, VF; and, a Nevada, 1860s, James J. Ott., U/U, Assay Office receipt for Gold dust, with seated allegorical woman in middle, Uncirculated. Attractive early mining group. (3). ���������������������������������������� Est. $80-140 Ephemera - Checks, Ad Notes, & Miscellaneous Items Dakota Territory, Pennsylvania, New York 510 510 Various States. Collection of Checks and Obsolete Banknotes Dakota Territory, Pennsylvania, New York . Collection of 24 Unissued Checks and Obsolete Banknotes, Includes: Farmers andMerchants State Bank; Farmers &Merchants Bank of Sheyenne, North Dakota; First National Bank; and Dakota Loan & Trust Co. (a number with facsimile Imprinted revenues); Food Stamp Program 5 cents and 20 cents Coupons; Canal Bank Souvenir Card Reprint; United Boosters note and more. Items range from Fine to AU condition. (24). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. �������������� Est. $85-170 Ephemera - Notable Autographs Washington, D.C. 511 511 D.C., Francis Elias Spinner, November 23, 1868. 1 Page Hand Written Letter Washington, D.C., November 23, 1868. 1 page hand written letter by Francis Elias Spinner ( January 21, 1802 – December 31, 1890) who was an American politician from New York. He served as Treasurer of the United States from 1861 to 1875, and was the first administrator in the federal government to employ women for clerical jobs. The letter, written to Judge Ezra Graves, discusses copies of papers received from General Butterfield given to Graves, but Spinner had not heard from the War Department or General Meyers. Judge Ezra Graves (December 1, 1803 – January 8, 1883) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was First Judge of the Herkimer County Court from 1845 to 1847. After the re-organization of the New York court system, he was Judge and Surrogate of the Herkimer County Court from 1847 to 1855, and from 1860 to 1863. He was a delegate to the 1856 Republican National Convention. In 1858, he was Temporary Chairman of the Republican state convention. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1867–68. Rare Spinner letter written fully in his hand with his distinguished signature found on U.S. currency from that time. XF condition, ������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $230-375