Search Results: Titles starting with A from Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC

Mansfield: J. A. Hawkins, Photographer, [nd circa 1880] albumen photograph, measuring 4 â…ś x 7 ÂĽ inches, mounted on printed burn sienna cardstock mount, measuring 6 x 9 inches, some light staining to image and verso of mount, else in good condition.
The Aultman & Taylor Company of Mansfield, Ohio, was one the first of that city's industrial giants, founded in 1866 it lasted until 1923. The firm specialized in threshing machines and pioneered many advances in agricultural machinery, including the first traction engine (likely the one pictured here) in 1880. Printed text on the verso of the mount (see image) describes this steam powered engine as a "Traction (or Hercules) Engine with Drive Wheels in front of the Fire-box, and with Link Guide and Self-Guide Attachments."

oblong quarto, approximately 200 mounted photographs, plus several laid in photographs, photograph album worn, back-strip missing, images in very good, clean condition.
The images, which generally measure 3 ½ x 4 ½ inches, document an unidentified family's travels to Yosemite, San Diego and the Missions, a parade in Los Angeles, and other places in California. The sights and scenery are documented as well as accommodations, roadside events, suburban houses, family members, et cetera.

oblong 12mo photograph album, containing 51 snapshot photographs, measuring 3 x 4 inches, 50 photographs mounted on black paper leaves, one laid in, bound in original flexible cloth, images are in generally good condition, although some are out of focus or poorly exposed, else good.
The images depict a group of cowboys at work at an isolated ranch in the mountains of either Colorado or Montana, they rope and brand calves, and live in tents or small log cabins, occasionally they go hunting or fishing, in the surrounding mountains. One of them is identified in pencil as "Link Humble."

No Binding. Very Good. 679 letters, 1181 manuscript pages, dated 1812-1939, with about half dating from 1840s-1860s, plus approximately 1,750 pieces of paper ephemera as follows: 1285 pieces of receipts for goods, or services, foodstuffs, property taxes, various accounts, etc., as well as 465 legal documents such as court writs, warranty deeds, mortgages, quit claims, promissory notes, contracts/agreements, property assessments, affidavits, as well as school report cards, newspaper clippings, memorandum notes, used envelopes, verse, genealogy pages, plat maps, and one photograph. The letters from the period of 1840 to 1870 are mostly incoming letters written by members of the Welch family and various other individuals to Benajah Pratt, Jr. The letters are written by business associates of Pratt, attorneys, or by friends and family. Pratt also writes several letters, some are copies. The main correspondents are: 228 letters, 382 pp., of the family of John Welch, dated 1841-1863. The… Read More

Collection consisting of: two autograph letters, signed, by Otto Loewi, 5 pages, one autograph letter fragment by Loewi, 1 page, 28 page carbon typescript The Story of a Discovery, dated 1946 by Otto Loewi, 2 typescript transcriptions of the Loewi letters above, with manuscript corrections, 6 pages.
Small archive of material consisting of two autograph letters dated 1944 by Loewi to William Ruthrauff Amberson (1915-1977), plus one autograph letter fragment, of Loewi's to Amberson, including the remains of a February 7, 1944 letter, describing Loewi's discovery of acetylcholine. Plus, two typescript copies of the text of that letter, with corrections. The archive includes a carbon of Loewi's "The Story of a Discovery", dated 7/31/1946. The text may have been written to be given as a lecture. We can find no evidence that the account, as written here, apparently the text of a lecture, was ever published. It is not cited in biographical references on Loewi. However, Loewi wrote about his discovery in… Read More

46 letters, 100 pages, some splits and tears along folds, some toning and damp staining, else in good, clean, and legible condition.
The letters offer a view of one 19th century Massachusetts family and their lives in the state. The Welch's must have been a family of some prominence and privilege, at least for a time. John N Welch ran the customs house in Boston, and two letters show him being relieved of his position, in 1814 and 1829. His sons went to sea and plied the waters of the world with varying degrees of success.
Sample quotes:
"Lynn July 28th 1816 [James Johnson to Lydia H. Welch, Boston]
My dear Sister,
… My ride here was not very pleasant; it was very dusty & we were obliged to keep the windows shut, which produced very disagreeable sensations in your friend. I never spoke a word till we were within half mile of Lynn. No one interrupted the silence; except a gentleman whose frequent sighs proclaimed him over head & ears in love, to look at him was… Read More

Collection of 856 incoming letters, 957 pages, plus 90 pieces of ephemera, dated 1867-1939, however, only two letters are dated outside the main period of correspondence, the years 1881-1887. The letters are handwritten, in ink, in legible hands, (with no retained mailing envelopes).Description of Collection:
As might be expected, a large part of the correspondence is written by Prince Edward Island merchants. In particular the following gentlemen wrote multiple times: Bernard D. Brown, Lyne Valley, PE (23, 24p); J. W. Chisholm, Souris East, PE (23, 28p); Wm. F. Commeau, Souris East, PE (28, 30p); Doyle & McBride, Souris, PE (49, 49p); S. Farquharson, Souris East, PE (31, 37p); Patrick Kelly, Montague, PE (46, 55p); Donald McEachen, Souris East, PE (19, 28); J. H. McQuaid, Souris East, PE (27, 31); Morson & Morgan, Cardigan's Bridge, PE (112, 149p); John P. Sullivan, St. Peter's Bay, PE (7, 7p).
Besides P.E.I. merchants, other merchants from various Canadian provinces wrote to Connolly, in particular… Read More

212 letters, 288 pages, 132 post cards, 49 printed and manuscript ephemeral items, including trade cards, circulars, etc., 13 snapshot photographs presumably of family members c. 1890s-1920s, plus 4 miscellaneous manuscripts, reminiscences etc., by family members c. 1890-1900. The bulk of the materials date between 1876-1880.
Archive of primarily incoming correspondence of this firm which specialized in the manufacture of agricultural machinery, the bulk of which dates between the years 1876-1880. The correspondence includes orders, and related matters, legal matters and includes correspondence relating to the firm's patents with the patent offices in Washington D.C. and in Canada. The correspondence is primarily from customers in New England, however the firm's customers extended to the Midwest, Minnesota and the plains states of Iowa and Kansas.
In 1855 Burt, Wright & Co. was established by George E. Burt and George Wright, specializing in agricultural machinery. A couple of… Read More

Collection of 123 letters, 437 manuscript and typed pages, (95 retained mailing envelopes), dated 1881-1980, the bulk dating from 1920-1949; also includes over 100 pieces of related ephemera, pertaining to the family including photographs, postcards, telegrams, family genealogy, vital records, greeting cards, etc.
Maud Bauer Miller (1863-1942) and Family
Maud M. Bauer was born on 15 September 1863, in Alfred Center, New York. She was the daughter of Thomas Dodson Bauer and his wife Hannah S. Sherman. Bauer and his wife were professors at Alfred University at the time of their daughter Maud's birth. Maud's mother, Hannah was born 9 December 1828 and married Maud's father on 25 December 1860, in New Albany, Indiana. Hannah died 17 June 1910, in Somerville, Massachusetts. She had been a teacher, and knew seven languages. Hannah was the daughter of Samuel Sherman and Malinda Stanton; Samuel Sherman was the son of Peleg Sherman and Hannah Willett; Hannah Willett was the daughter of Samuel Willett… Read More

Large archive of personal and family correspondence consisting of 1,144 letters, 4,183 manuscript and typescript pages, approximately 85 related ephemeral items, 3 account, scrap and notebooks, 4 photographs.
Archive of correspondence and personal papers of Richard M. Colgate and Henry Auchincloss Colgate, scions of the Colgate family, founders of the present-day Colgate-Palmolive, global household, and consumer products company.
Richard Morse Colgate born 21 March 1854 in New York City was the son of Samuel M. Colgate (1822-1897) son of William Colgate, took over the family soap business after his father's death in 1857 and reorganized it into Colgate & Company. His son Richard, in time was president of Colgate & Company.
The letters detail the lives of the Colgate family then living in Llewelleyn Park, West Orange, New Jersey, their interactions with their friends and neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, and other industrial magnates. The Colgate's discuss… Read More

Archive of 46 items - materials pertaining to this plank road company, correspondence, financial documents, receipts, stock certificates, etc. concerning the financing, incorporation, organization and maintenance of the Auburn and Moravia Plank Road Company, whose 18-mile road along the western shore of Owasco Lake connecting Auburn and Moravia is now part of present-day NY 38.
Several portions of modern NY 38 were originally part of turnpikes and plank roads during the 1800s. On April 13, 1819, the New York State Legislature passed a law incorporating the Cortland and Owego Turnpike Company. The company was tasked with building a highway—the Cortland and Owego Turnpike—from Owego north to the then-village of Cortland. This route roughly followed what is now NY 38 north from Owego to the vicinity of Harford, where it would have turned north to access Virgil, then continued to Cortland by way of modern NY 215. A property dispute case in 1965 showed no evidence of this turnpike having been built.
On… Read More

75 letters, 130 manuscript pages, (23 retained mailing envelopes), plus 29 pieces of paper ephemera and 5 photographs. The correspondence is dated from 3 April 1904 to 1 July 2013, however of the 75 letters only two are dated outside of the 1904-1908 period, that being a 2013 letter from a granddaughter of MacIntyre providing background on the collection and a 1951 letter written to a daughter of MacIntyre concerning the estate of her parents. The photographs measure from 2 ½" x 3 ½" to 6 ½" x 7", with one of the photographs being a tintype. The paper ephemera material includes articles of incorporation, indentures and agreements, receipts, a stock certificate, etc. Wisconsin & Arizona Mining Company Wisconsin & Arizona Mining Company was organized on 10 December of 1904, under the laws of Arizona, with capitalization at $1,000,000.00, shares $1 par. The lands were five claims known as the Copper King group, 4 miles north of Poland, Arizona in Yavapai County. They had shafts of 35', 35', and… Read More

The archive consists of the following:
98 letters, 146 pp., dated 18 June 1900 to 30 Oct 1929, with bulk being from 1900-1914; contains mainly incoming business letters to the firm of Milliken & McGuire, with several outgoing retained copies of letters, or miscellaneous letters sent with an incoming, or outgoing letter; with over 415 pieces of related ephemeral materials, as follows:
Approximately 160 legal documents and papers related to land, and or land companies, including abstracts of titles, affidavits, agreements, trust agreements, amendments to articles of incorporation, by-laws of companies, homestead receipts, indentures, land patents, land register certificates, leases, probate papers, warranty deeds, and other land related documents such as scrip applications, timber contracts, option contracts, etc., all dated late 1880s to 1910s, and mainly for properties in various counties of Minnesota including Aitkin, Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca, and St. Louis Counties.
Approximately 220 pieces… Read More

Approximately 310 letters, comprising 1,172 pages, dated 1837-1972, with the bulk (145 letters, 582 pages) written in the 1890s. The letters are mostly manuscript, some are typed, most of the letters are without envelopes, there are several incomplete letters, and 67 undated letters. The letters mainly center on the family of Edward James van Lennep and his wife Alice Norton Shedd (1870s-1890s), with the later letters also including their children, particularly Cara Hart van Lennep Nesbit. Many of the letters were written on the letterhead of the Sedgwick Institute, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Edward van Lennep took over the management of the school from his father, the Rev. Henry John van Lennep.The archive also includes 4 Diaries (1880, 1898-99, 1899, 1901), 2 Account Books (1863, 1914), 2 Notebooks (1875-76, 1 not dated), 1 Commonplace Book (not dated), 1 Guest Book (c1890s).The collection contains approximately 306 pieces of ephemera, which includes printed and manuscript ephemera, including… Read More

No Binding. Very Good. 96 letters, 109 pages, plus 766 ephemeral items, all dated from 1807 to 1911. The letters are dated from 19 March 1859 to 1 September 1879. The ephemeral materials are dated from 1807 to 1911, with the bulk of the ephemera dating from the 1860s to 1870s. The letters from the 1850s- 1860s are generally one page business letters dealing mainly with Ayer's mercantile business at Lincoln, Maine. The 1870s letters are likewise mainly one page business letters, but these deal with the lumber business that Ayer became involved in, in partnership with Caleb Holyoke, David R. Stockwell, Timothy Fuller and Chandler Bruce. Ayer acted as agent for the company, which was called "Mattanawcook Mill Company," but, it is also seen as the "Holyoke & Ayer Company." The Mattanawcook Mill Company was a set of gang saws at the lower mill that sawed hemlock boards and provided the spool stock for the large Clark Thread Company. It seems to have been associated with the… Read More

Hardcover. Very Good. The archive includes: 16 letters, 45 manuscript pages, dated 1824-1838, with 11 manuscript pages of documents and papers, dated 1827-1836, plus 162 manuscript page genealogy book of the Bradford family, dated 1825; and a 76 page manuscript "Friendship Book" of Mary Ann Rodgers Bradford, c. 1828-1838. Daniel Dunscomb Bradford (1808-1837) Daniel Dunscomb Bradford was born on 14 May 1808, the son of Jacob Bradford (1771-1816) and Elisa Dunscomb, of New York City. He was baptized at Trinity Church, New York City. Daniel was the second great grandson of William Bradford (1658-1752), the first printer in Pennsylvania, and also the printer of the first book and newspaper in New York City. Daniel's father was first cousin to William Bradford (1755-1795), the second Attorney General of the United States (1794-1795). His grandfather Cornelius Bradford was the brother of the Revolutionary War printer William Bradford (1791-1791), the printer for the first Continental Congress. Daniel was… Read More

293 letters, 573 pp, (76 retained mailing envelopes), dated 4 May 1848 to 27 December 1954; bulk of letters date from 1910s to 1950s; with 3 manuscript journals (1904; 1909-1911; and 1943), a newspaper clipping scrapbook, an estate ledger, and a pedigree register; plus 44 photographs and approximately 130 pieces of related printed and manuscript ephemera. Interesting collection of letters, many from the turbulent economic times of the 1930s.
The Family of Eliot Tuckerman, Esq. (1872-1959)
Eliot Tuckerman was born in New York City on March 12, 1872, the son of Gustavus Tuckerman, Jr. (1824-1897) and Emily Goddard Lamb (1829-1894), eldest daughter of Thomas Lamb (1796-1887) and Hannah Dawes Eliot (1809-1879). Gustavus Tuckerman, Jr. was a Boston, Massachusetts, merchant who was involved in the China India trade during the mid-19th century. Tuckerman was born on May 15, 1824 at his grandfather's house in Edgbaston, England, the second son of Gustavus Sr. and Jane Francis Tuckerman. As a boy, he was… Read More

Large manuscript archive consisting of: -571 letters, 1074 pages, dated 1820s-1940s, the bulk from 1898-1900. -5 Diaries (540 pp.), of Thomas R. Hall, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, dated 1937-1949 (with gaps). -7 Memorandum and Account Books, possibly of John P. Barger, of Petersburg, West Virginia, 1883-1884. -572 pieces (approximately) of ephemera, including contracts, deeds, agreements, postcards, invitations, circulars, receipts, printed and manuscript materials such as accounts and financial statements, etc., plus several photographs, the ephemera dates from 1820s-1950s.Archive Description:
Correspondence
571 letters, 1074 pp., dated between 1820s-1940s, with the bulk of the letters (391 of 571) being dated from 1898 to 1900. A further breakdown of the correspondence in this collection is as follows:
1820s-1880s. 48 letters, 101 pp.
1890-1897. 34 letters, 127 pp.
1898. 110 letters, 176 pp.
1899. 281 letters, 387 pp.
1900s. 30 Letters, 91 pp.
1910s. 28 Letters, 114 pp.… Read More

No Binding. Very Good. Archive of 316 letters, comprising 1,311 pp., with 28 pieces of ephemera, (including calling cards, used envelopes, and postcards), all dated between 1925 and 1951, with the bulk of material being 1925 to 1938. Of the 316 letters, 112 of them (545 pp.) were written by Margaret M. "Peg" French to her fiancé, and later husband Charles H. "Peter" Jones, Jr., and are dated 1925-1927. Charles writes 146 (598 pp.) of these 316 letters to his fiancée, later wife, Margaret. The remaining 58 letters (168 pp.) are by various correspondents and include Charles H. "Pete" Jones, Jr. writing letters to his mother-in-law Mrs. Henry C. French (6) and to his son Charles H. "Willie" Jones, III (2). Also in these remaining letters are 14 letters written by Margaret to her son Charles, and 17 letters written by Charles H. Jones, Sr. to his daughter-in-law Margaret and 3 letters to his grandson Charles H. "Willie" Jones, III. There are… Read More

octavo, 50 page pamphlet, ex-library, handstamp on titlepage, removed from bound volume of pamphlets, lacking wrappers, else a good copy.