Archives International Auctions Sale 70 September 22, 2021 U.S., Chinese. & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily,

Archives International Auctions - Sale 70 100 September 22, 2021 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com EPHEMERA - HISTORIC CALIFORNIA MILITARY BROADSIDE California 523 523 Emmet Club, 1883 Advertising Broadside for a Sunday Family Excursion to Martinez, California California, September 23, 1883. Advertisement for the Emmet Club’s regular Sunday family excursion to Martinez, touching at Vallejo and Benicia both ways, on the new steamer “Petaluma.” The excursion was to leave Clay Street at 10 AM and would return at 7:30 PM. Tickets were 50 cents, while children could attend for free. The Emmet Club was likely a familial or Irish-related organization related to Robert Emmet (4 March 1778 - 20 September 1803), an Irish Republican, orator and rebel leader. Following the suppression of the United Irish uprising in 1798, he sought to organize a renewed attempt to overthrow the British Crown and Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland, and to establish a national representative government. Emmet’s Proclamation of the Provisional Government to the People of Ireland, his Speech from the Dock, and his “sacrificial” end on the gallows were qualities that inspired later generations of Irish republicans and Irish diaspora. Robert Emmet’s older brother, Thomas Addis Emmet emigrated to the United States shortly after Robert’s execution. He eventually served as the New York State Attorney General. His descendants (who included the prominent American portrait painters Lydia Field Emmet, Rosina Emmet Sherwood, Ellen Emmet Rand, and Jane Emmet de Glehn) helped advance his standing among the Irish diaspora. Emmet has various namesakes throughout the United States, including a statue in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400 EPHEMERA - HISTORIC CIVIL WAR NAVAL DOCUMENTS New York 524 524 Civil War 1862-63 Application for Prize Money for Ship Captures and Naval Discharge Papers New York, 1862-63. Lot of 4 pieces, Includes: September, 5, 1862, Discharge certificate for Charles A. H. Garbers, showing that he has been discharged from the U.S. Steamer “Augusta” and from naval service; Brooklyn, NY. August 8, 1863, Paperwork asserting that Garbers was an ordinary seaman on board the Augusta steamship when it captured the “Prize” ships the Aquila and Cambria, presumably enemy ships while he was a seaman on the Augusta; New York, 1876, Application for Prize Money for a Person Out of Service, stating that while Garbers was serving on the “Augusta” prize ships were captured, and he is entitled to a share of the prize money occurring from the capture of said ships on document witnessed by 2 of Garbers shipmates. The lot also includes an additional document calling for the payment of prize money dated August 8th, 1863 that was owed to Charles A. H. Garbers. All are in fine to VF condition with some archival reinforcement of light splitting along fold lines and other signs of wear. A significant artifact of the American Civil War. Scarce with so many additional supporting documents, all related to the same application and retired seaman. The second USS Augusta was a side-wheel steamer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for the city of Augusta, Georgia. The prize ships mentioned in this lot are the Aquila, Cambria, and E. J. Waterman. (40 ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est. $1250-2500