Archives International Auctions Sale 55 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera October 10, 2019

Archives International Auctions - Sale 55 83 October 10,2019 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Ephemera - Historic Documents & Autographs Great Britain 614 614 An Act for Granting an Aid to Her Majesty, to be Raised by a Land-Tax in Great Britain, 1709-10 Issued Document. Great Britain, 1st March, 1709, Issued document signed by Order is taken this Fifth Day of March, 1709, signed by Godolphin, marked 3392, VF toning, Upon Queen Anne’s accession to the English throne in 1702, she appointed Lord Godolphin as Lord High Treasurer and the Duke of Marlborough as Master-General of the Ordnance (among other numerous appointments). They would lead this coalition of Tories and Whigs until 1708, one year after the Act of Union formed the Kingdom of Great Britain. ������������������������������ Est. $200-400 Ephemera - Historic European Financial Ephemera 615 615 Letter from 1832 by Railroad Pioneer Francis Fortune. Great Britain.... A 2-page printed open letter by construction engineer Francis Fortune to the directors of the London and Birmingham Railroad, 1832, containing Francis Fortune proposal for linking parts of England by rail, stating that he can build a railroad communicating with the three seaports in the West, North Seas and British Channel. Very good, and an incredibly early and historic railroad item. (John E. Herzog Collection)����������������� Est. $60-120 Netherlands 616 616 Broadside in Dutch, ca.1720, Satirizing John Law’s Mississippi Company Land Scheme. Amsterdam, Netherlands...... MISSISSIPPI OF ‘T WYDEFAAMDE GOUDLAND DOOR DE INBEELDING, Amsterdam, 1720. 10” x 15”. Dutch text. Underneath the title, a well-executed woodcut depicts an artist’s conception of the Mississippi River Valley. There is a vertical fold, and a short repaired edge split, otherwise generally Very Fine. From a Dutch collection of broadsides entitled HET GROOTE TAFEREEL DER DWAASHEID (The Great Mirror of Folly). Like the South Seas Company, John Law’s Mississippi Company was a speculative land scheme that promised an investment in a virtual paradise, but delivered little or nothing for most investors. (John E. Herzog Collection) ������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $180-350 Ephemera - Navigation Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania 617 617 Steamship and Steamboat Prospectus, Proof Ticket and New York Senate Hearing Pamphlet. New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Lot of 3 items, Includes ca. 1830-40’s proof Steamboat “Massachusetts” ticket printed on thin card with eagle and steamboat, Unc.; an 1859 Prospectus of the Philadelphia Ocean Steamship Co. pamphlet, VF; and Memorial of the New York Mail Steamship of the City of New York to the Senate and House of Representative of the United States, includes map of the routes of the New York Mail Steamship to Europe and South America, Fine but water damage. All are rare. (From the collection of John E. Herzog).������������� Est. $90-180 Ephemera - Photography - Autographs 618 618 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific 1915 Stock Certificate ITADSB Frederick H. Meserve. IL and IA. 5 Shares, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Co., I/C, Black on orange border, Train L-R, Endorsed by Manserve on back. S/N A12491. Frederick Hill Meserve, (1865 -1962), New York City businessman, and one of America’s premier Lincoln collectors. Meserve began collecting in 1880, when he set out to find photographs to illustrate the Civil War diary his father was writing. When he bought a packet of photographs at auction for $1.10 that included 100 Mathew Brady salted paper prints, he was hooked. By 1911, he had tracked down and catalogued 100 Lincoln photographs. The photographs document the changes in Lincoln’s face over the years, as he struggled with the tragedy of the Civil War and the death of his son. (Ex. John E. Herzog Collection, June 12, 1997, R.M Smythe) ������������������������������������� Est. $500-1000 Ephemera - Photography - Civil War Military CDV’s 619 619 Civil War CDV lot of 5 different Military Photographs by Frederick H. Meserve including Grant and Sherman in Uniform Civil War CDV Lot of 5 Photographs by Meserve, Includes 5 photographs of U.S. Grant; William T. Sherman; George G. Meade; Philip Sheridan all in uniform and John G Nicolay. All are 2.25 x 4 inches, Backs have printed “Collection of Americana - Frederick Hill Meserve - New York” and name of photo subjects written in pencil in Meserve’s hand. All are in exceptional condition. (Ex. John E. Herzog Collection, June 12, 1997, R.M Smythe) ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $600-1200