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Quranic Manuscript Leaf On Vellum In Elegent Kufic From The 10th C. -

Quranic manuscript leaf on vellum in elegent Kufic from the 10th c.

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Possibly North Africa, 3d C. AH, 10th AD. on parchement. Nine lines on each side in black Kufic script with possibly later punctuation and one line of heading Surah in glossy colors. 27 x 19.5 cm.
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Invariance of Light Speed: Reality or Fiction?

Invariance of Light Speed: Reality or Fiction?

by Levy, Joseph

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This book was sent to Dr. David Bartlett of the Univ. of Colorado by Dr. Levy of France. Personal letter from Dr. Levy to Dr. Bartlett included. Text is very good——clean & tight & unmarked. Moderate shelf wear with 2 creases on front cover that intersect the spine. Dr. Bartlett's name written on front.
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Unpublished typescript with manuscript corrections. --- Un apres-midi avec Picasso 85 ans. (An...
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Unpublished typescript with manuscript corrections. --- Un apres-midi avec Picasso 85 ans. (An Afternoon with Picasso at 85).

by PICASSO. PABLO. -- BRASSAI. (HALÁSZ, Gyula)

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Cannes. 1966. NP. 1966. Quarto (285mm x 233mm). 20 typed sheets in French (rectos only), legibly hand-corrected throughout by Brassai in black ink. Housed in a black cloth album, with each sheet in a separate clear plastic file. In excellent condition, the final page a little creased and with minor loss to right-hand side, affecting one letter. Overall fresh and clean. ------ A superb unpublished and heavily corrected manuscript in French, in which Brassai recounts his visit to Picasso, a long-standing friend, at his home near Cannes. Brassai, who photographed much of Picasso's work in the 1940s, had published Conversations with Picasso in 1964, in which he created an intimate portrait of Picasso, covering their friendship and artistic collaboration, and recording each of their meetings with minute detail. Picasso said of the volume, "Read this book if you want to understand me." This account is written in a similar style, and during the course of the afternoon, Picasso speaks about his nostalgia… Read More
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FINE AND RARE ARABIC MANUSCRIPT OF ZUBDAT UL AMTHAL (ESSENCE OF PROVERBS)
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FINE AND RARE ARABIC MANUSCRIPT OF ZUBDAT UL AMTHAL (ESSENCE OF PROVERBS)

by MUSTAFA B. IBRAHIM AL RUMI AL HANAFI (D. 1176 AH- 1762 AD)

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Handwritten. As New. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 118 PP, VERY FINE ARABIC TA'LIQ SCRIPT WITH GOLDEN DOTS BENEETH THE PROVERBS. FINE OTTOMAN STYLE HEADING ILLUMINATION IN BRIGHT GOLD AND NATURAL COLORS. ALL PAGES OUTRULED IN GOLD. CHAPTER AND CEGNIFICANT WORDS IN RED. MARGINAL NOTES IN FINE TA'LIQ SCRIPT. COLOPHON WITH SCRIBE NAME: MUHAMMAD B. AHMAD. OWNERSHIP ON THE FIRST PAGE AND SMALL TUGRA. THIS WORK WAS MAINLY WRITTEN FOR THE OTTOMAN SULTAN MURAD KHAN B. SELIM KHAN B. SULEYMAN KHAN. CONTEMPORARY OTTOMAN STYLE BINDING. 12th - 18th C. SCARCELY TO BE EXIST ON THIS SUBJECT. 0.
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Through the Ancient Valley [Concerto No. 2 for Violoncello Soloist and Orchestra]. 2001....

Through the Ancient Valley [Concerto No. 2 for Violoncello Soloist and Orchestra]. 2001. Autograph working manuscript of the complete work in score

by DANIELPOUR, Richard b. 1956

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Large oblong folio. Spiral bound. 53 pp. Notated in pencil on 18-stave manuscript paper with numerous revisions, additions, and annotations in lead and blue pencil. Commissioned jointly by the New York Philharmonic and Kölnmusik and the Orchestre National de Lyon, Through the Ancient Valley was first performed on 14 March 2001 by the New York Philharmonic with Kurt Masur conducting and Yo-Yo Ma as soloist; Mr. Ma was also soloist in the first performances in France and Germany. "Both [of Danielpour's] cello concerti... embrace dualities. In Through the Ancient Valley (2000), several of these are specific to the work and are suggested by the title. There was a literal valley through which ancient travelers passed from East to West. This trade route, in use for about 1,500 years beginning in the second century B.C., is part of ancient history, thus one dichotomy that Danielpour examines is that of ancient versus modern eras. In addition, the valley represents the physical distance between East and… Read More
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Second World War photo album compiled by American Red Cross worker Elizabeth Ridley.
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Second World War photo album compiled by American Red Cross worker Elizabeth Ridley.

by Ridley, Elizabeth.

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1941. Hardcover. Good. Oblong Quarto. Second World War photo album compiled by American Red Cross worker Elizabeth Ridley, with three wartime Naval yearbooks & souvenir books owned by her sister Christine, a naval air mechanic in the WAVES programme. Oblong folio (340 x 260 mm). 1941-45. Contemporary dark blue skiver elaborately embossed in grey with military motifs including an American Eagle, planes, tank, battleship, artillery, and blimp. Bound with black nylon ties that may not be original. 80 black paper pages containing 219 photographs attached with photo corners. The photos range in size, with the majority measuring 90 x 60 mm, and the largest 255 x 200 mm. A few items, including some photos, a small colour Kodachrome, several negatives, and an unused Anchor Line trunk label are loosely inserted. Elizabeth has written her name and address on the front free endpaper and annotated many of the photos with white ink. The naval books owned by Christine Ridley include We Keep 'Em Flying: A Visit… Read More
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La Miniature Flamand au temps de la Cour de Bourgogne (1415-1530). Ouvrage publié avec le...
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La Miniature Flamand au temps de la Cour de Bourgogne (1415-1530). Ouvrage publié avec le concours de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettre (Fondation Piot)

by DURRIEU, Paul (1855-1925)

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Bruxelles & Paris,: G. Van Oest et Cie,, 1921.. 80, [iv] pp. Folio (27,5 x 36,5 cm.). Contemporary half green grained morocco; spine with 5 raised bands, gilt lettered, in compartments gilt decorated with floral motive; hand made marbled boards and marbled end-papers; top edges gilt; original printed wrapper bound in; preserved in a matching slipcase. With 103 fine plates in helio-engraving, depicting 153 miniatures. Title printed in red and black. ¶ A superb, and finely bound large paper copy, being one of the 25 copies printed on "papier à la cuve des Papeteries d'Arches". A very fine faultless 'de luxe' copy. Durrieu, “seigneur de l’histoire de l’art médiéval” was one of the greatest illuminated manuscripts specialist, who wrote many standard works in that field.
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Unpublished typescript with manuscript corrections. --- Un apres-midi avec Picasso 85 ans. (An...
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Unpublished typescript with manuscript corrections. --- Un apres-midi avec Picasso 85 ans. (An Afternoon with Picasso at 85).

by PICASSO. PABLO. -- BRASSAI. (HALÁSZ, Gyula)

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Cannes. 1966. NP. 1966. Quarto (285mm x 233mm). 20 typed sheets in French (rectos only), legibly hand-corrected throughout by Brassai in black ink. Housed in a black cloth album, with each sheet in a separate clear plastic file. In excellent condition, the final page a little creased and with minor loss to right-hand side, affecting one letter. Overall fresh and clean. ------ A superb unpublished and heavily corrected manuscript in French, in which Brassai recounts his visit to Picasso, a long-standing friend, at his home near Cannes. Brassai, who photographed much of Picasso's work in the 1940s, had published Conversations with Picasso in 1964, in which he created an intimate portrait of Picasso, covering their friendship and artistic collaboration, and recording each of their meetings with minute detail. Picasso said of the volume, "Read this book if you want to understand me." This account is written in a similar style, and during the course of the afternoon, Picasso speaks about his nostalgia… Read More
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FINE AND RARE ARABIC MANUSCRIPT OF ZUBDAT UL AMTHAL (ESSENCE OF PROVERBS)
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FINE AND RARE ARABIC MANUSCRIPT OF ZUBDAT UL AMTHAL (ESSENCE OF PROVERBS)

by MUSTAFA B. IBRAHIM AL RUMI AL HANAFI (D. 1176 AH- 1762 AD)

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Handwritten. As New. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 118 PP, VERY FINE ARABIC TA'LIQ SCRIPT WITH GOLDEN DOTS BENEETH THE PROVERBS. FINE OTTOMAN STYLE HEADING ILLUMINATION IN BRIGHT GOLD AND NATURAL COLORS. ALL PAGES OUTRULED IN GOLD. CHAPTER AND CEGNIFICANT WORDS IN RED. MARGINAL NOTES IN FINE TA'LIQ SCRIPT. COLOPHON WITH SCRIBE NAME: MUHAMMAD B. AHMAD. OWNERSHIP ON THE FIRST PAGE AND SMALL TUGRA. THIS WORK WAS MAINLY WRITTEN FOR THE OTTOMAN SULTAN MURAD KHAN B. SELIM KHAN B. SULEYMAN KHAN. CONTEMPORARY OTTOMAN STYLE BINDING. 12th - 18th C. SCARCELY TO BE EXIST ON THIS SUBJECT. 0.
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Through the Ancient Valley [Concerto No. 2 for Violoncello Soloist and Orchestra]. 2001....

Through the Ancient Valley [Concerto No. 2 for Violoncello Soloist and Orchestra]. 2001. Autograph working manuscript of the complete work in score

by DANIELPOUR, Richard b. 1956

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Large oblong folio. Spiral bound. 53 pp. Notated in pencil on 18-stave manuscript paper with numerous revisions, additions, and annotations in lead and blue pencil. Commissioned jointly by the New York Philharmonic and Kölnmusik and the Orchestre National de Lyon, Through the Ancient Valley was first performed on 14 March 2001 by the New York Philharmonic with Kurt Masur conducting and Yo-Yo Ma as soloist; Mr. Ma was also soloist in the first performances in France and Germany. "Both [of Danielpour's] cello concerti... embrace dualities. In Through the Ancient Valley (2000), several of these are specific to the work and are suggested by the title. There was a literal valley through which ancient travelers passed from East to West. This trade route, in use for about 1,500 years beginning in the second century B.C., is part of ancient history, thus one dichotomy that Danielpour examines is that of ancient versus modern eras. In addition, the valley represents the physical distance between East and… Read More
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MASSIVE ARCHIVE OF THOUSANDS OF ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC SLIDES, ALONG WITH NUMEROUS...

MASSIVE ARCHIVE OF THOUSANDS OF ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC SLIDES, ALONG WITH NUMEROUS AUDIO RECORDINGS, COMPILED BY JACOB HARRIS, AN AMERICAN WHO SERVED AS A SENIOR POLICE ADVISOR IN VIETNAM AND THAILAND DURING THE VIETNAM WAR

by HARRIS, JACOB

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Vietnam, Thailand, and elsewhere in Asia as well as the United States, Europe, and the Middle East ca. 1964-1974: Compiled by Jacob Harris, an American who served as a Senior Police Advisor in Vietnam and Thailand during the Vietnam War, 1964 - 1974., 1964 - 1974. First edition. A large and remarkable archive of images from Vietnam and Thailand, covering the decade from the Gulf of Tonkin incident and the beginning of the buildup of American forces in Vietnam to a year before the evacuation of the American embassy. Most notable are the many images showing the training of local security forces by American civil and military advisors. The collection was compiled by Jacob Harris, an employee of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Public Safety (OPS), whose task was to train Vietnamese and Thai police and counterinsurgency forces. Most of the images, in the form of photographs and photographic slides, were created by Harris, his wife, or his associates, and… Read More
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Die Befreiung 1813 - 1814 - 1815 :
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Die Befreiung 1813 - 1814 - 1815 : Urkunden - Berichte - Briefe mit geschichtlichen Verbindungen

by Klein, Tim

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A 1st ed. good paperback, soiling & other signs of wear on covs. & spine as in image, with stamp fr. end p. & inside of cov. (image_2) "Alfred Rosenberg spende fur die Deutsche Wehrmacht 1939/1941 Gau Danzig" also FON pasted label. 520p. 19x13cm. 500gr. "Die Stempel mit dem Schriftzug: "Alfred-Rosenberg-Spende für die Deutsche Wehrmacht …". Eine kurze Untersuchung nach anderen Belegen und Formen über diesen Stempel ergab, dass solche Stempel auch mit anderen Gaubezeichnungen bekannt sind. Es handelte sich bei diesen Aktionen um deutschlandweite Buchsammlungen, die das Ziel verfolgten, den Soldaten an der Front Bücher zukommen zu lassen.
Durchgeführt wurde die Aktion "Buchspende für die Deutsche Wehrmacht" vom Kriegs-Winterhilfswerk, dem ein Aufruf Rosenbergs voranging. Bis zum Jahr 1940 konnten so 8 ½ Millionen Bücher gesammelt werden. Bis zum Frühjahr 1941 konnten in zwei Sammelaktionen 15 ½ Millionen Bücher an die kämpfende Front verschickt werden . Im Oktober 1941 erfolgte… Read More
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DOCUMENT SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR OF CONNECTICUT, APPOINTING A JOURNALIST TO THE STATE COUNCIL OF...

DOCUMENT SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR OF CONNECTICUT, APPOINTING A JOURNALIST TO THE STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE, 21 November 1917

by Connecticut / Holcomb, Marcus H

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Hartford, CT: Governor's Office, 1917. Original document. Very Good. Partly printed document, accomplished by hand. In part: "...reposing special trust and confidence in the skill and patriotism of J.S. Anderson, Jr. of the Mirror of Stonington, Conn., do hereby appoint him...Special Representative of the division of co-operation of the press, committee on publicity, Connecticut State Council of Defense...." Large embossed seal. Signed in full by Holcomb, witnessed by R.J. Dwyer, Deputy Secretary. 11.75" x 9.5" Holcomb (1834-1932) was the 66th Governor of Connecticut.
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Junge Liebe in Einer Alten Stadt
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Junge Liebe in Einer Alten Stadt

by Ickes, Paul

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A 1st ed. good hardcover (cloth-bound), soiling of cloth & signs of age as in image, with stamp fr. end p. (image_2) "Alfred Rosenberg* spende fur die Deutsche Wehrmacht 1939/1942 Gau Westmark". "Die Stempel mit dem Schriftzug: "Alfred-Rosenberg-Spende für die Deutsche Wehrmacht …". Eine kurze Untersuchung nach anderen Belegen und Formen über diesen Stempel ergab, dass solche Stempel auch mit anderen Gaubezeichnungen bekannt sind. Es handelte sich bei diesen Aktionen um deutschlandweite Buchsammlungen, die das Ziel verfolgten, den Soldaten an der Front Bücher zukommen zu lassen. Durchgeführt wurde die Aktion "Buchspende für die Deutsche Wehrmacht" vom Kriegs-Winterhilfswerk, dem ein Aufruf Rosenbergs voranging. Bis zum Jahr 1940 konnten so 8 ½ Millionen Bücher gesammelt werden. Bis zum Frühjahr 1941 konnten in zwei Sammelaktionen 15 ½ Millionen Bücher an die kämpfende Front verschickt werden . Im Oktober 1941 erfolgte nach den Erfolgen der letzten zwei Sammlungen ein… Read More
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Surveillance; Hearings before the subcommittee on courts, civil liberties, and the administration...
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Surveillance; Hearings before the subcommittee on courts, civil liberties, and the administration of justice. on the matter of wiretapping, electronic eavesdropping, and other surveillance. February 6 [through] September 8, 1975. Part 1 [hearings],: 94th congress, first session. Serial no. 26.

by United States. House of Representatives

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Buff House wrap, good clean volume.
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Agreement of Sale between the American Baptist Publication Society and John Wanamaker

Agreement of Sale between the American Baptist Publication Society and John Wanamaker

by Wanamaker, John

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1905. Good +. Signed 3-page typescript of a agreement of sale between the American Baptist Publication Society and John Wanamaker. The American Baptist Publication Society sold to John Wanamaker the Crozier Building at 1420 and 1422 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, for $900,000. The Crozier Building was designed by Frank Miles Day & Brother and was added to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 1980. American merchant John Wanamaker (1838-1922) had made $1.5 million in profits and interest from his stores in Philadelphia and New York in 1904, suggesting that his acquisition of the Crozier Building was an investment. The Crozier Building has continued to function as a successful office building to this day. In Good+ Condition: chipping at edges; loss of lower corner of first page, with minor loss of text; separating along some of the 2 horizontal creases in each page; signatures are clean and intact.
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Invariance of Light Speed: Reality or Fiction?

Invariance of Light Speed: Reality or Fiction?

by Levy, Joseph

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This book was sent to Dr. David Bartlett of the Univ. of Colorado by Dr. Levy of France. Personal letter from Dr. Levy to Dr. Bartlett included. Text is very good——clean & tight & unmarked. Moderate shelf wear with 2 creases on front cover that intersect the spine. Dr. Bartlett's name written on front.
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Vellum indenture of lease and release between Christopher Gullett of Exeter, gentleman, and the...
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Vellum indenture of lease and release between Christopher Gullett of Exeter, gentleman, and the Rev. Saint Andrew Saint John, John Burton, and Ambrose Hall

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1776. Near Fine. 56 x 75 cm. Attractive calligraphy on vellum. Christopher Gullett of Exeter, gentleman, grants to the Rev. Saint Andrew Saint John of Somerly in Southampton Co., John Burton of Jacobstow in Devon Co., esq., and Ambrose Hall of London, administrators and assigns, the property known as Hayton in Sampford Spiney, Devon Co. With an ebossed grey-and-gilt one shilling stamp affixed to one side and an engraved stamp on the reverse; and the signature of Christopher Gullett at the lower edge with a red seal. Sealed and delivered in the presence of Wm. Kirkby and H. Hall. In Near Fine Condition: exterior when folded slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and bright.
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5 letters, 1873-1879, to William Ward (1837-1895) [Philadelphia and Chester County Railroad]

5 letters, 1873-1879, to William Ward (1837-1895) [Philadelphia and Chester County Railroad]

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1873. Near Fine. 5 handwritten letters to William Ward, 1873-1879, regarding the Philadelphia and Chester County Railroad, which existed from 1872 to 1885; it was succeeded by the Philadelphia Midland Railroad. William Ward was one of the organizers of the Philadelphia and Chester County Railroad and in 1874 was the president and treasurer pro tem. Letters #1 and #2 (Sept. 5 and Dec. 5, 1873) are from Jos. H. McKeehan, an attorney in Philadelphia, who is writing about deliquent subscribers to the railroad. Letter #3 (Dec. 18, 1873) is from the Village Record, a newspaper in West Chester, Pa., with a copy of the advertisement that ran in the paper listing the dates that instalments from railroad subscribers were due in 1872. Letter #4 (Nov. 26, 1875) is from John Smith of Ridley Park, about a plan to petition to vacate a street and public ground adjoining Mr. Bartol's purchase. Letter #5 (Sept. 8, 1879) from the superintendant of the Government Paper Mill in Dalton, Mass., complaining about… Read More
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Handwritten Vellum Indenture for Sale of Woodland in Providence Township, Montgomery Co., by...
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Handwritten Vellum Indenture for Sale of Woodland in Providence Township, Montgomery Co., by Margaret Cauffman to Isaac Overholtzer

by Cauffman, Margaret; Willcox, Mark

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1814. Near Fine. On 25 March 1814 Margaret Cauffman of Philadelphia, gentlewoman, sold to Isaac Overholtzer of Norriton Township, Montgomery County, for $650 a lot of woodland of almost 5 acres in Providence Township, Montgomery Co., on the road leading from the Germantown and Perkiomen turnpike and on the Norristown Road. Signed by Margaret Cauffman; witnesses Sarah A. Cauffman, Catharine Wiseman, and Alexander J. Uhlyn; and Delaware County Judge Mark Willcox. Mark Willcox (1743-1827) was the son of Thomas Willcox (1689-1779), the founder of Ivy Mills, which produced the paper used for early currency of the United States. He continued to run the paper mill after his father's death in 1779; he also served as an associate judge for Delaware County from 1791 to 1823. His second wife was Anna Mary Cauffman, a sister of Margaret Cauffman. In Near Fine Condition; 1 x 10 cm. section lacking at lower left-hand corner, with minor loss of writing; otherwise, clean and bright.
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2 mortgage documents involving John K. Cuming, Alphonse A. Brunner, and a brick house at 1736...
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2 mortgage documents involving John K. Cuming, Alphonse A. Brunner, and a brick house at 1736 Grove St., Philadelphia

by Cuming, John K

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Philadelphia: John C. Clark & Sons, 1884. Fine. 2 documents printed by John C. Clark & Sons, Philadelphia, both printed in red and black, and folded. On 2 May 1884, John K. Cuming of Philadelphia, merchant, mortgaged a three-story brick house at 1736 Grove St., Philadelphia, for $900 to be paid within three years. Signed by John K. Cuming, witnesses Harry B. Yerger and Frank A. Brunner, notary public Harry B. Yerger (with his stamp), and Philadelphia County Recorders of Deeds John O'Connell and John Virdin. The note of satisfaction on 16 Oct. 1901 was signed by Kate E. Scott. John K. Cuming (1830-1915) was a prominent Philadelphian who served on the Select Council, the Citizens' Municipal Association, and the Board of City Trusts and was president of the Tenth National Bank for many years. In Fine Condition: clean and crisp.
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