Archives International Auctions - Auction 112 6th & 7th April 2026

Archives International Auctions - Sale 112 70 April 6-7, 2026 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Ephemera - Railroads - Poor’s Manuals New York 374 NY. Poor’s Manual of the Railroads of the United States, 1898, Edition with ABNC Intaglio Poor’s Manual Title Page for 1898.. New York, 1898. Poor’s Manual of the Railroads of the United States, exceeding 1,500 pages. Substantial reference work is uniformly bound with gold-embossed lettering, measuring approximately 6.5 x 9 inches. While a few engraved plates were removed in the past, the volume remains rich with detailed fold-out color maps, financial data, and historical content covering 19th-century American railroads. Condition ranges Fine to VF+, with some wear and damage to the spine as noted. Ideal for research or display. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $75-150 Ephemera - Railroad & Civil War Ephemera Southern States 375 375 Southern States Ephemera & Financial History Collection, ca. 1860s–1910s. Southern States, ca.1860-1910, Lot of over 30 items. A significant and wide-ranging assemblage of Southern-related ephemera and financial documents spanning the Civil War through the early 20th century. Included are Confederate States of America Banknote Identification note facsimiles; an 1860s Savannah, GA bank check with U.S. Internal Revenue stamp; early Georgia correspondence and envelopes; and a detailed late 19th century mining survey map from Cherokee and Forsyth Counties, GA. Complementing these are railroad and express company materials including Louisville & Nashville Railroad items such as a ca.1890s timetable booklet, issued passenger tickets, and receipts; Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway conductors’ waybills, Railroad Passes, statements of earnings, and tickets; Seaboard Air Line receipts bearing revenue stamps; a Southern Express Company 1892 shipping contract with imprinted revenue; and related material from the Atlantic Coast Line and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Collectively, this lot provides an outstanding look into the commercial, financial, and transportation networks of the Southern states during the post–Civil War reconstruction and industrial expansion era. Condition varies, with many attractive, well-preserved examples suitable for display. (30+) ������������������������������������������������ Est. $120-200 Ephemera - Railroad Notables Pennsylvania 376 376 PA. Connecting Railway Co., 1874, I/C Stock Certificate Signed by Thomas A. Scott, as President and ITASB Alexander Biddle. Pennsylvania, 1874. 3 Shares Capital Stock I/C Certificate, Black printing with small vignette of Bald Eagle at top, S/N 18, Stamp Cancelled and POCs. Certificate was made out to Alexander Biddle (signature on back) and signed by Thomas A. Scott, as President, Certificate is in VF-XF condition, T. Sinclair’s Lith. Alexander Williams Biddle (April 29, 1819 – May 2, 1899) was an American businessman from Pennsylvania. He was a member of the prominent and wealthy Biddle family and grandson of American Revolutionary War soldier Clement Biddle. He served as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War and fought in some of the key battles of the war. After the war he retired from Thomas Biddle & Company, and in 1874 he was named a director of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Thomas Alexander Scott (December 28, 1823 – May 21, 1881) was an American businessman, railroad executive, and industrialist. In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln appointed him to serve as U.S. Assistant Secretary of War, and during the American Civil War railroads under his leadership played a major role in the war effort. He became the fourth president of the Pennsylvania Railroad (1874–1880), which became the largest publicly traded corporation in the world and received much criticism for his conduct in the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 and as a “robber baron.” Scott helped negotiate the Republican Party’s Compromise of 1877 with the Democratic Party; it settled the disputed presidential election of 1876 in favor of Rutherford B. Hayes in exchange for the federal government pulling out its military forces from the South and ending the Reconstruction era. ����������������������������������� Est. $120-240 Ephemera - Railroad Passes Tennessee 377 377 TN. Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, 1882 Unique Approval Proof Railroad Pass Tennessee, Nov. 6, 1882. Proof Complimentary Railway Pass to the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, Black text with a gray border around railway name, wide margins. Printed on thin india paper, Writing in pencil in orange, and on back in green, AU to Uncirculated condition with a small pin hole at top left corner. The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway was a railway company that operated in the U.S. states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $100-150