Archives International Auctions Auction 86 July 18, 2023

Archives International Auctions - Sale 86 74 July 18, 2023 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Ephemera - Mormon Related Railroads Utah Territory 356 356 Salt Lake & Fort Douglass Railway Co. 1884 I/U Mormon Related Bond With Brigham Young’s Sons Signature, John Young. Utah Territory, 1884. $1000, I/U 6% 1st Mortgage Coupon Bond, Black with brown border and underprint, Locomotive passes telegraph poles with small train in background, S/N 140, VF-XF condition, Globe Stationary & Printing. Bond is signed by John W.Young as president, Rulon S.Wells as Secretary and included his brother Brigham Young Jr. and other Mormon leaders as shareholders. John Young was born in Nauvoo, Illinois to Latter Day Saint apostle Brigham Young and Mary Ann Angell. As a young boy, John traveled with the Mormon pioneers from Illinois to Utah Territory. He was ordained an apostle by his father in 1855, when he was eleven. He was called as First Counselor to his father in October, 1876 until the First Presidency was dissolved by Brigham Young’s death less than a year later in 1877. Young practiced polygamy and had 4 wives. He was arrested in Denver from a complaint of his 3rd wife from Philadelphia when he took a 4th wife in 1878. Young’s business practices and practice of living in New York City soon brought him into conflict with other church authorities. In 1888, Joseph F. Smith accused Young of unethically using church funds to maintain a lavish lifestyle. He resigned from the position of counselor to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1891. Rulon S. Wells was a Utah politician and was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Rare and historic early Mormon railroad signed by son of Brigham Young. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $250-500 Ephemera - Notable Autographs Connecticut 357 357 Check Signed by Smith Winchester Co. - Famous Paper Company, 1857 South Windham, Connecticut, 1857. Check for $130.00 signed by Smith Winchester Co. Smith & Winchester Manufacturing Co. of South Windham, Connecticut, was a manufacturer of papermaking machinery. In 1827, George Spafford, a machinist, was hired to install a Fourdrinier papermaking machine imported from England by Joseph Pickering, a paper maker in North Windham. Spafford partnered with James Phelps, an experienced mill builder, to begin manufacturing Fourdrinier machines in the United States. Phelps & Spafford flourished until the financial crash of 1837, when the company’s losses forced it to close. The partners sold the business to two employees, Charles Smith and Harvey Winchester, who were also Spafford’s brothers-in-law. Re-organized as the Smith, Winchester & Company, the firm developed and produced innovative papermaking equipment, such as paper cutting and paper bag making machines. The company was incorporated in 1905 as the Smith & Winchester Manufacturing Company. It continued as an independent business until 1965, when it was purchased by Cameron Machines. The company was sold to H.L. Diehl in 1969, and its manufacturing operations ceased soon after. ������������������������������������������������������� Est. $75-150 Ephemera - Political & Historic Autographs and Autographed Letters New York 358 358 Peter Porter, Secretary of War in J.Q. Adams Administration 1835 Letter from to William C. Bouck. Erie, (Black Rock), New York. 1834 Letter from Peter Porter ( John Quincy Adam’s Secretary of War) to William C. Bouck (Commissioner of the Erie Canal Project). Letter discusses project attempt to build the Erie Canal after the War of 1812. Secretary of War. From May 16, 1828, to March 9, 1829, Porter served as U.S. Secretary of War under President John Quincy Adams, and was an advocate for the removal of Eastern Indians beyond the Mississippi. He moved to Niagara Falls in 1836 and was a presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1840. Hand written letter in porter’s hand with his signature, Evidently removed from previous mounting. VF, light stains. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $325-650 359 359 “Boss” Tweed Autograph on National Broadway Bank Draft. New York, NY , October 31st, 1868, Issued check for $166.66 issued to and signed by William M. Tweed (“Boss Tweed”) for salary as supervisor. Blue on white with New York Arms on top left, XF condition. William Magear Tweed “Boss” Tweed, was an American politician most notable for being the “boss” of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in the politics of 19th century New York City and State. Tweed’s greatest influence came from being an appointed member of a number of boards and commissions, his control over political patronage in New York City through Tammany. Tweed was convicted for stealing an amount estimated by an aldermen’s committee in 1877 at between $25 million and $45 million from New York City taxpayers through political corruption. He died in the Ludlow Street Jail. ���� Est. $150-300