Archives International Auctions Auction 98 December 2, 2024

Archives International Auctions - Sale 98 63 December 2, 2024 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Ephemera - Colonial & Revolutionary Organizations Maine 296 296 Daughters of the American Revolution, 1909, Membership Certificate Membership Certificate for a Miss Alta Elvira Gray to join the Daughters of the American Revolution through her descent from Thomas McFadden. Thomas McFadden was born in 1740 in Georgetown, Maine. He is the son of James McFadden and Rebecca Pierce. In 1768, Thomas married Hannah Savage in Georgetown, Maine. In 1776 Thomas McFadden was commissioned in the Revolutionary Army and was made Lieutenant. Hannah Savage died in 1807 and his second marriage was to Ruth Spinney in 1808 in Georgetown, Maine. He passed away in 1840, at the age of 100 years, in Embden, Maine. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $150-250 Ephemera - Early California Correspondence California and Oregon 297 297 California State Telegraph Co. 1867 Issued Telegram Message about “Ill Chinaman” California and Eugene City and Portland, Oregon, 1867. Issued telegram message on California State Telegraph Company header, Discusses the “Chinaman” that “came through from the south” and was ill for two (2) days. 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. $140-280 Ephemera - Federal Documents Washington, D.C. 298 298 U.S. Visa or Passport, 1913 for Young Man to Visit Berne, Switzerland. Washington, D.C. and Berne, Switzerland, 1913 U.S. Passport for 16 year old boy, He also visited Italy. U.S. Arms with Bald Eagle, Arrows, Olive branch and shield on top. VF condition. BEP. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $65-110 Ephemera - Historic Notables Rhode Island 299 299 State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations 1845 FireWard Election Document Providence, Rhode Island, 1845. Document from the City of Providence Clerk, Albert Pabodie, certifying that Thomas Aldrich “has been, by the City Council of said City, duly elected Fire Ward.” Black text with dark brown handwriting, Embossed seal at top left, Signed by Providence Mayor Thomas Burgess. VF condition. Thomas Mackie Burgess ( June 6, 1806 - October 17, 1856) was an American politician. He served as second mayor of Providence, Rhode Island from 1841 to 1852. He was mayor during the Dorr Rebellion (1841-42), a violent free-suffrage movement that promoted voting rights for all men regardless of property ownership. This was a turbulent time when Rhode Island had two separate governors vying to run the state concurrently. He also was president of the Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad Co. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $60-100