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Quincy, Abigail S. Adams, January 26th 1822. Pen, ink and watercolor on wove paper watermarked WHATMAN 1820, backed on period linen, 30” x 21.5”. Two short horizontal cracks, one inch square of paper loss at center left margin, scattered spotting, evenly but lightly toned, overall very good to nearly fine..... More
![New York State] ALS 31 March 1797 – Abraham Van Vechten (1762-1837) to Stephen A. Bayard,...](/pictures/thumb/100253.jpg?v=1518269178)
Albany, NY: 1797. Letter – small folio, pen & ink on watermarked laid paper, 12.5” x 8”, wax seal broken resulting in small paper loss. Maps – pen, ink and water color on folio sheets laid paper, 17.5” x 21”, one partial fold separation closed.Documents overall very good condition. Van..... More
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likely Paris: Manuscript, c.1836-40. Anon., [Paris?], c.1836 -40. Gouache on laid paper, heavily sized both recto and verso, 17” x 12.25”. Mandan Indian Chief Mato-Tope with headdress, axe and war insignia. Undoubtedly executed in studio with Bodmer’s original watercolor at hand. The most obvious indication of this appears when Bodmer’s..... More
![At A Meeting of the board of Property, March 3rd 1806, On Petition of [Dr.] Robert H. Rose…....](/pictures/thumb/100263.jpg?v=1548626902)
Lancaster, Andrew Ellicott, 1806. Folio, 13” x 8”, 1 page , pen & ink on laid paper exhibiting watermark R G [Gravell 815-816, PM-81], boldly signed by Ellicott. Luzerne Co. District Surveyor George Haines copy, sent to him in the field at Wyalusing. Lightly toned at folds, tissue reinforcements on..... More
Williamsport PA, Anon, 1792. Folio, 3 pp. pen & ink on laid paper without watermark, 13” x 8”. Two short fold separations with a few small edge chips, unsigned, nearly fine condition. Diarized travelogue of an unidentified land agent, likely in the employ of Samuel Wallis, from 29 July..... More
Chester County, PA: Henry Hayes, 1773. Anthony wayne. 1st. Prior to his service in the Revolutionary War, Anthony was a highly respected Chester County, Pennsylvania surveyor. Wayne’s survey expertise attracted the attention of Benjamin Franklin who employed Wayne in 1765 to survey a large tract of land in Nova Scotia..... More
By an act of the New York State Legislature on 11th of May,1784 granting certain lands promised to be given as bounty lands to Revolutionary War soldiers, initially 25 military townships were created and given classical names. Each township was subdivided into 100 lots of 600 acres each. Additional lots..... More
N.p. but likely Savannah, Claud Thomson, August 1794. Broadside, pen, ink and watercolor on laid paper watermarked J Kool with large shield and fleur-de-lis countermark, 19.3” x 23.5”. Verso nearly filled with 32 line parcel description. Very fine condition overall, old folds and a few minute spots, paper cream color..... More
Edward Hutawa, 1842. St. Louis, Edward Hutawa, 1842. Folio broadside, engraving with outline hand color, 24.8” x 16.8”. Backed with glassine and laid down on card stock, edges chipped, sizeable marginal loss at upper right, old restoration, dampstains, color a bit faded, good to very good. Only two other examples..... More
Philadelphia: A.[lfred] Hoffy, 1858. Folio, uncolored lithograph, printed area 19.5” x 24.5” on a 21.2” x 26.7” sheet of wove paper. A remarkable piece of lithography by Philadelphia printer and portraiture artist Alfred Hoffy. Hoffy presents a faithful lithographic reissue of Edward Savage’s highly respected c.1790 aquatint engraving of the..... More
New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton, 1886. Pocket map, gilt and blind stamped cloth, folding map colored by county, 24.5” x 16.5”. Not in Phillips Maps. Attractive and rather late map of the state issued by the Colton firm. The last Colton map of New Jersey listed in Phillips is..... More
New York, March 12th, George Thresher, 1810. Pen, ink and woodcut vignette on (4) four joined vellum membranes, 91.5” x 9.7” overall. Affixed with linen thread to a turned and ebonized maple rod, housed in the original gilt stamped roan case. Case exhibits minor rubbing wear and erosion of cover..... More
New Tork: H. Schile, no date but 1870. Large folio, 2-stone lithograph, 19.2” x 25”. Ref: Peters America on Stone pp. 358-359. Composite of 7 mountain vistas with the central presentation being a 8” x 25.5” panorama Viewed From Mt. Hope, Ulster County identifying six peaks with three smaller captioned..... More
Chester County Pa, Isaac Taylor, 1703. Pen, ink & watercolor on laid paper exhibiting the upper half of a “Pro Patria” watermark. Signed and dated by Taylor, 6.5” x 8”. Fine condition overall. On the 8th day of the 4th month, 1697, George Willard executed a deed for 500..... More
London: J&W Newton, 1818. Pen, ink, and watercolor on vellum, 19.2” x 22.2”. Very attractive example of the mapmaker’s art from the talented firm of J&W Newton, London based surveyors and mapmakers. Title cartouche decorated with a presumed view of Great Burstead, large north indicator and a 36 item key..... More
Sedalia & St. Louis: J. West Goodwin & August Gast, 1887. Broadside, lithograph, woodblock & wax engraving on an elephant folio sheet, 30.5” x 24”. A rare Reconstruction Era promotional composed and printed for “Morey & Crawford, Real Estate and Loan Agents” located at 410 Ohio Street, Sedalia, Mo. Founded..... More
Boston: J.H. Bufford, c.1857. Large folio, multi-stone lithograph, 16.2” x 26.5”. Stunning promotional display of the locomotive Calumet and tender lithographed in colors by J.H. Bufford for the Taunton Locomotive Manufacturing Company. The engine and tender are depicted steaming down a lakeside track. Quite impressive as an advertising item for..... More
New Haven: Baldwin & Ellis, 1833. Broadsheet, letterpress and woodcut, 30.7” x 21.5”. Rare letterpress broadside printing of the U.S. Constitution. Tile in six lines continued with the Preamble followed by Articles 1-7 signed in type by Geo. Washington, Pres’t [sic] and William Jackson, Secretary followed by amendments 1-13 arranged..... More
Baltimore: Edward Sachse & Co., 1855. Multi-stone lithograph with resin highlights, 21.2” x 32.2”. Impressive panoramic view of Pennsylvania’s capitol city looking from the north, drawn from nature and daguerreotype by J.T. Williams, York Pa. Twenty-one vignettes form the primary border and include "View of Bridgeport", "Susquehanna River & Harrisburg..... More
New Haven: E.L. & J.W. Barber, c.1830. Medium folio, woodcut broadside with original wash color, 12.5” x 17.5” including descriptive text. Scarce first state of Barber’s separately issued view of New Haven Green. Stokes – It shows both churches still with the bricks in their original red. The old Methodist..... More
Portland: G. Goold, January 1st 1805. Engraved broadside printed in blue, 13.7” x 18.5”. Upper and lower left corners expertly restored, backed with Japan tissue, some minor stains, overall about very good. A remarkably pleasant presentation by Akin decorated with architectural & floral elements with the title banner flanked by..... More
no place cited but likely Sunbury, Pa. John Adlum & James Chapman, 1796-7. Pen,ink and watercolor on 2 joined folio sheets of laid paper bearing Whatman watermarks, dissected into 10 panels and backed on contemporary linen, 24.5” x 34.5”. Signatory of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Supreme Court..... More
No place but likely Sunbury, unsigned but attributed to John Adlum, c.1795-96. Folio, pen, ink and watercolor on laid paper bearing BUDGEN watermark, 12.5” x 17.7”, mysterious docket title on verso: “Doctr Cahearts[?] Land Sold to Talleyrand / Mifflin”. Old fold lines showing a few minute splits and chips, overall..... More
No place but likely Cincinnati, James Watson Riley, 1824 / 1847. Pen, ink and watercolor on wove paper, 22.5” x 12.7”. Annotation at lower left “Gov Bebb”. OCLC locates a single copy dated 10 August, 1847 held at Miami University Library. Symmes original survey manuscripts were lost to fire..... More
Philadelphia: Author, 1786. Pen, ink and watercolor on vellum, 14.5” x 18.5”, on a 19.7” x 31" membrane. Housed in a tall quarto cloth portfolio with gilt stamped leather spine. (original) and cover labels – DEED BOOK – J. COWPERTHWAIT - 1786. During the American Revolution, Lieutenant John Hills served..... More