Archives International Auctions Auction 81 December 15th & 16th 2022

Archives International Auctions - Sale 81 74 December 15, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Ephemera - Early California Correspondence California and Oregon 353 California State Telegraph Co. 1867 Issued Message about “Ill Chinaman” California and Eugene City and Portland, Oregon, 1867. Issued message on California State Telegraph Company header, Discusses the “Chinaman” that “came through from the south” and was ill. VF condition with light toning on edges. Chinese workers were extremely important for the building of railroads, roads and construction in the west. Chinese miners tended to live in groups and work claims the Americans had abandoned. Initially, Americans found the newcomers peculiar and would visit Chinese camps for amusement. Then, in 1852, a year of serious crop failure in southern China, 20,026 Chinese flooded the San Francisco customs house. The previous year only 2,716 had arrived. By the end of the 1850s, Chinese immigrants made up one-fifth of the population of the four counties that constituted the Southern Mines. ������������������ Est. $110-220 Ephemera - Early U.S. Import & Export Documents Ireland & United States 354 354 Port of Belfast Authorization and Invoice Document, 1835 Ireland & United States, 1835. Issued 3 Page Document from Thomas W. Gilpin, Consul of the United States of America for the Port of Belfast, certifying that William Boyd is “worthy of credit [and] qualified to verify the annexed Invoice.” The second page asserts that the linen goods exhibited in the Invoice are indeed worth 148 Pounds, Thirteen Shillings, and 2 Pence, while the third page is the handwritten invoice, signed by William Boyd. All are attached with an imprinted seal of the United States, affixed with a blue ribbon. Black text, E. Pluribus Unum at top center with American eagle. Fine but fragile condition with damage to margins and splitting along fold lines. Some archival reinforcements. Rare. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $140-285 Ephemera - Early U.S. Scripophily New York 355 355 Troy Grammar-School Society, 1800 Dated and I/U Stock Certificate. Troy, New York, 1 Share, September 1st, 1800, I/U stock certificate, Black text on off white paper, 8 x 4 inches, Issued to Benjamin Tibbits and signed by three trustees and Treasurer, VF condition, Endorsed on back by the treasurer M. Schuyler and dated 1799 evidently by mistake. Rare and almost pre-1800 stock certificate. Est. $240-375 Ephemera - Expos & World Fairs Louisiana & Missouri 356 356 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904 Intaglio Printed Silk Handkerchief with Theodore Roosevelt St. Louis, Missouri, 1904. Souvenir Silk Handkerchief intaglio printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, commemorating the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, 26 cm x 27 cm, featuring a portrait of Theodore Roosevelt at top center flanked by American flags, Ornate embroidery throughout and on edges. VF condition with some stains, still in good condition for its age. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the St. Louis World’s Fair, was an international exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from April 30 to December 1, 1904. Local, state, and federal funds totaling $15 million were used to finance the event. More than 60 countries and 43 of the then-45 American states maintained exhibition spaces at the fair, which was attended by nearly 19.7 million people. BEP ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $450-750