Archives International Auctions - Auction 118 November 17 & 18 2026

Archives International Auctions - Sale 118 80 November 17, 2026 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Ephemera - Presidential Kentucky 393 393 KY. Lincoln Farm Association, 1908, Issued Membership Certificate Kentucky, 1908. Issued Honorary Member Certificate for the Lincoln Form Association, Black print with portrait of Lincoln at top with log cabin to left and White House at right, Red embossed seal at bottom center. VF to VF+ condition with toning, stains, and small tears around margin. Issued during the early 20th-century historic preservation movement, this certificate relates to the Lincoln Farm Association, organized in 1906 to acquire and preserve Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace in Hodgenville, Kentucky. The Association’s efforts directly led to the creation of what is now Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, making these honorary membership certificates tangible artifacts from one of the earliest nationally coordinated preservation campaigns dedicated to an American president. ������������������������������������������������������ Est. $50-100 Ephemera - Southern & Civil War Related Louisiana 394 394 LA. Group Lot of New Orleans Bank Checks, 1861 Business Correspondence, andManuscript ExpositionSongLyrics Louisiana...., Lot of 2 items. Includes a partially-used checkbook leaf from the Bank of America, New Orleans (printed by Paulin Durel, 37 Chartres St.), comprising three check forms; one is completed and dated July 27, 1868, with payee and amount partly obscured by a period ink stain and signed, apparently, “M. Gonzalez,” the remaining two checks unused. The verso bears manuscript pencil lyrics titled “Louisiana Day,” describing a visitor’s tour of a New Orleans exposition — cotton-spinning machinery, a military band, and a whirlwind “visit” to Texas, California, and Kentucky before returning to Louisiana to “celebrate her day”; the exposition imagery is consistent with New Orleans’s 1884–85 World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, suggesting the lyrics may be a later pencil addition to the blank check leaf rather than contemporary with it. Also included is an autograph letter signed by S. Murdoch, dated October 2, 1861, to a Mr. Shriver, returning $10.00 of an advance and discussing due-bills owed to seamstresses for piecework, noting illness in their families had slowed the work, with the balance not to exceed $44.87½; a period tally of accounts appears on its reverse. Fine to VF. (2) Est. $140-200 Ephemera - Navigation Massachusetts 395 395 MA. Massachusetts 1855 Partial Share Certificate in the Shipping Vessel called Helen Bill of Sale Massachusetts, 1855. Document issued to Daniel Kidder which certified his 1/16th ownership of the Schooner called Helen, for the price of $973.32, paid to Asa P. Morse of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Asa Porter Morse (1818-1906), the son of Daniel and Sarah Morse, moved to Boston in 1840 and began business life as a bookkeeper in the house of Hayward & Morse, who were involved with West India trade. After accumulating enough capital to start a business for himself, Morse continued working in commerce and trade and moved to Cambridge in 1845. He served as a member of the Cambridge School Board, as an alderman, and as a state senator in 1879-1880. VF condition. ��������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400 Ephemera - Business Correspondence New England 396 396 New England Shipping & Freight Bill Collection, 1851 to 1860 New England, 1851-60. Lot of 35 Freight Bills, Shipping Receipt, and Western Railroad Pass & Tickets, Includes: Freight bills and receipts from Providence, Rhode Island and Fall River, Massachusetts for merchandise and iron transported via sloop, schooner, and steamer, with named vessels including Sloop Pointer, Sloop Blackstone, Sloop America, Sloop William H. Bowen and others; Commercial Steamboat Company receipts referencing the steamers Petrel, Pelican, Falcon, and Osceola; Helena Motor Railway Co. pass, Old Colony Railroad ticket stubs referencing Oregon Ry & Navigation Co., Union Pacific, and Denver & Rio Grande lines, and a 1901 Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway System employee pass. Conditions range from Good to VF. (35). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $50-80