Archives International Auctions Auction 83 February 28, 2023

Archives International Auctions - Sale 83 75 February 28, 2023 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Ephemera - Financial & Scripophily Various States 380 380 Stock, Bond, Ephemera & Fiscal and Tax Document Mélange, ca.1856-1949 Large Collection of 31 Stocks, Bonds, and other Ephemera, Includes: Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co., 1865, I/C Stock; Loan of the City of Philadelphia, 1860, I/C Bond; Lazy Boy Gold Mines Co., 1916, Cancelled Stock; Retail Liquor License, ca.1880s, Unissued; Wholesale Dealer in Malt Liquor, ca.1870s, Unissued, Universal Medicine Co., Order Sheet, Old Faithful Geyser uncut sheet of 4 checks and more. (31). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $110-220 Ephemera - Historic Autographs Rhode Island 381 381 George William Curtis Autographed Handwritten Note, ND (ca.1850s) with engraved portrait George William Curtis by J.C. Buttre (February 24, 1824 – August 31, 1892) was an American writer and public speaker, born in Providence, Rhode Island, of New Englander ancestry. A Republican, he spoke in favor of African-American equality and civil rights. ����������������������������������������������� Est. $120-240 Ephemera - Historic Documents Louisiana and Mississippi 382 382 Louisiana and Mississippi Legal Documents from 1844 and 1871 New Orleans, Louisiana and Mississippi. 1844 and 1871, Lot of 2 legal documents, both involving Louisiana. The 1844 document is 2 pages on toned paper that has been reinforced and repaired involving a law suit against an Mississippi man by the New Orleans and Carrollton Rail Road Company trying to recover $787, VG to Fine condition; and, 1871, State of Louisiana, City of New Orleans, legal filing . The second document of 6 pages dated 1871 involves a woman from New Orleans who is being sued by the state of New York which is also foreclosing on deeds for land and property in Louisiana. Deserves further research. Interesting legal documents from a tumultuous time period pre-Civil War and during Reconstruction, VF condition. (2) �������������� Est. $325-550 Ephemera - Historic Financial Documents & Postal History 383 383 New Orleans, 1838 to 1841 Group of 19 Lawsuit Exhibits, Attached Together by String, All on Stampless New Orleans Unfolded Covers. New Orleans, Louisiana. January to March, 1841, 1 Exhibit from a lawsuit made up of 19 individual documents tied together with string protesting non- payment (bounced) checks by “Shipp Ferriday & Co.” for various amounts between $6000 and $10,000 in at least 4 different checks and possibly more. The checks were drawn in favor of John Routh on Bullitt Shipp & Co. All of the documents are partially printed with extensive notes by the William G. Weston, Clerk-Agent of the Bank on all 19 documents. Each page includes how the Notices of Protest were both delivered in person and sent through Post to locations in Natchez, MS, and Grand Gulf, MS. Each letter has “Exhibit No.” on top with corresponding number from “1” to “19”. Each letter has on the back the stampless cover used to mail the letter, each done separately and then combined in this one document. All have circular “New Orleans - La.” handstamps with various dates, printed mainly in blue with various hand written postage amounts. All of the letters are addressed to A.P. Merrill, Esq. & Cashier who was located in Natchez, Mississippi. Mostly Fine with some in better and a few in lessor condition. One interesting and humerous note is that the first page with “Exhibit No.1” has handwritten at the bottom in the same hand that wrote the protest, “The Last of the Mohicans,” a book written in 1826 by James Fenimore Cooper. This may have been a subtle reference to the fact that this was the final exhibit in this immense legal document, much to his relief. Historic early New Orleans and Postal History related document. ����������Est. $1000-2000