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187124754Glen Cove L.I. New York: Not Published 1871. Two pieces of printed and manuscript ephemera: a printed form receipt accomplished in manuscript dated 5 May 1871 for the annexed bill against the estate of John Hays with the acknowledgment of C.J. Rowllings and signed by the Justice Samuel Frost and the attached handwritten bill from Rowllings on the Hays estate for various amounts of meal and corn dated from Jan. 16 1871. The bill approx. 6 1/4" x 6 3/4" size; the receipt about 1/2 that. Old fold lines little bit of soil and wear; in very good condition. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published Paperback books
188226437New York NY: Not Published 1882. Handwritten letter of two pages dated Feb. 13th 1882 on Richard Dudgeon company letterhead acknowledging payment of a debt:".Allow me to congratulate you on your ability to accomplish what you have been so earnestly striving to doI found none who for a moment doubted your sincerity in the matter ." signed Richard Dudgeon & F. Dettmar atty. Approx. 5 3/4" x 9" size; with 2 checks affixed at side edges made to the McAnerney & Co. and to Richard Dudgeon with a printed sheet dated in ms. 1879. This is a notice regarding the insolvency of John McAnerney and Henry St. George Offutt the firm of John McAnerney & Co. and its assignment to Bentley D. Hassell for the benefit of the creditors of which the Richard Dudgeon business was one. Witnessed by Richard Dudgeon & F. Dettmar attorney and W.E. McDonough with a small red seal. Old paper tape residue at sides; light wear to all; in very good condition; interesting 19th century business and banking history ephemera. Richard Dudgeon 1819 - 1895 was a Scottish-American mechanic inventor of the hydraulic jack and a prototype steam carriage now housed at the Smithsonian; he also proposed a steam-powered aircraft. The business still exists as Richard Dudgeon Inc. located in Waterbury Connecticut. Please see Willi H. Hager Hydraulicians in the USA 1800-2000: A biographical dictionary of leaders in hydraulic engineering and fluid mechanics CRC Press 2015 for his biography. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
188226440Boston Mass.: Not Published 1882. Handwritten letter dated Feb. 11th 1882 on Crosby company letterhead acknowledging payment of a debt: ".Please accept our thanks and congratulations on the prosperity which has enabled you to carry out a noble plan; such examples of business integrity are quite too rare in these days but the few which do come to light shine all the brighter." signed Geo. H. Eager treas. for the Crosby company. Approx. 5 1/2" x 9" size; with 2 checks payments affixed at side edges made to the McAnerney & Co. and to Crosby co. with a printed sheet dated in ms. 1879. This is a notice regarding the insolvency of John McAnerney and Henry St. George Offutt the firm of John McAnerney & Co. and its assignment to Bentley D. Hassell for the benefit of the creditors of which the Crosby business was one. Witnessed by P. Clark & the Crosby Co. treasurer with their company's blindstamp seal. Old paper tape residue at sides; a little edge-wear; in very good condition overall; interesting 19th century business and banking history ephemera. The Crosby company held over thirty patents mostly for steam engine accessories. . Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
188226435New York NY: Not Published 1882. Handwritten letter dated Feb. 13th 1882 on Theo.W. Morris company letterhead acknowledging payment of a debt:".We cannot but express our pleasure for your sake more than our own at this phenomenal experience. It is so unusual that we hardly know how to refer to it and trust that you may reap the firm benefit of your honorable and exceptional course ." signed Theo. W.Morris. Approx. 5 3/4" x 9" size; with 2 checks affixed at side edges made to the McAnerney & Co. and to Morris Co. with a printed sheet dated in ms. 1878. This is a notice regarding the insolvency of John McAnerney and Henry St. George Offutt the firm of John McAnerney & Co. and its assignment to Bentley D. Hassell for the benefit of the creditors of which the Morris Co. was one. Witnessed by Theo. W. Morris Co. with a small red seal. Old paper tape residue at sides; light wear to all; in very good condition; interesting 19th century business and banking history ephemera. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
187025390Boston Mass.: Not Published 1870. Document dated Sept. 27th 1870; with two cent revenue stamp also dated and initialed. Work was accomplished from April 20 - August 13; for various repairs sash nails screws lathes balusters and for the labor associated with accomplishing the tasks. Approx. 6 1/2" x 7" size; plain lined paper; with ink handwriting very legible. Light edge-wear old fold lines; in very good condition. Interesting 19th century Boston occupational trades history ephemera. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
186926497New York New York: Allen Brothers 1869. 260 pages 4 pages of Allen Brothers' Catalogue of Choice Juvenile Books at back. Tissue-guarded frontispiece woodcut and illustrated title page followed by a printed & illustrated title. With small woodcuts throughout; short inspirational stories & poetry with a moral 'application' section following many of the tales. Laid-in are a few periodical clippings with poetry & prose of the time; front endpapers with decorative owner stamps of Sarah A. Tyson and nicely-accomplished calligraphic name of Annie Willets in Red and pink inks. Volume approx. 4 1/2" x 7" size; light purplish-brown decoratively blindstamped cloth gilt spine titles and decoration dulled. Some edge tips wear and fraying to the spine ends of the boards front inner endpaper split about 1"; some spotting and foxing in the text some signatures loosened. Overall in good condition. Later Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Allen Brothers hardcover books
189323962Niantic Illinois: Maggie Herrod 1893. Printed in a flowing very handsomely calligraphic style on pale lavender-pink stiff cardstock; a small announcement-card for this business approx. 2" x 3 1/2" size; a little soiling light wear; in very good condition. . Business Card. Not Bound. Very Good. Maggie Herrod Paperback books
189427037Philadelphia Pennsylvania: The Historical Register Publishing Co. 1894. Single-sided printed sheet promoting stock membership for the publications of this company; a single stock was $ 5.00. The impetus was to offer this stock membership to the historical societies & patriotic groups of the time as an exclusive opportunity. Printed on Agawam Bond watermark paper cream stock with dark blue lettering. Approx. 8 1/2" x 11"size; old fold line; not filled-in; clean and in very good condition. Ephemera. Not Bound. Very Good. The Historical Register Publishing Co. paperback books
184726994New York NY: Not Published 1847. A small handwritten note dated Friday Feby. 21. "Dear Doctor I will have the pleasure to call for you this evening in hope you will ride with me to Chancellor Kents' - say at 7 1/2 o'clock I am Dear Sir yo's very truly J. Goodhue." and addressed on an integral panel to J. Augustin Smith M.D. Park Place. While no year is noted our research indicates 1847 as likely; Chancellor Kent 1763 - 1847 of NYC prominent jurist and legal scholar was dead by the end of that year and J. Augustin Smith 1782 - 1865 was at this time president of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York; he had earlier been President of the College of William & Mary. Note size approx. 4 1/2" x 7"size; paper darkened a bit old fold lines couple of spots at edge and on reverse of sheet; clear legible writing in ink; in very good condition. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
181626868New York NY: Collins & Co. Published Under the Authority of the Physicians and Surgeons of That Institution 1816. x 2 contents 180 2 Table IV Finis pages last page blank. Title page with the ownership signature of James R. Wood at top; and with another name lined-through of William Chambers. Concerning this book ". New York Hospital's pharmacopoeia was published in 1816 four years before the publication of the United States Pharmacopoeia. This caused considerable concern among the attending physicians about the potential abridgement of the physician's right to prescribe." from: New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell site Dr. James Rushmore Wood 1816 -1882 "began the practice of medicine in his native city and in 1847 he became a member of the medical board of Bellevue hospital New York. At that time this institution was a receptacle for lunatics paupers criminals and other victims of a depraved life. The most rudimentary hygienic laws were grossly violated in its management and the nursing was inefficient and untrustworthy. With the assistance of Morris Franklin president of the board of aldermen Dr. Wood set about reforming this state of things and labored so successfully that he soon reduced the annual death-rate by 600. He also made all the post-mortem examinations amounting to many hundreds yearly established Saturday surgical clinics and founded the Wood prize for the best anatomical dissection."Appleton Dr. Wood was also Chair of Operative Surgery and Surg. Path. in Bellevue Hosp. Coll. and Emeritus Prof. of Surgery until 1882.the most famous American surgeon of his day and the pioneer in periosteal surgery. Author of many papers and treatises." Title page also with the previous owner name-stamp of collector George R. Brush M.D. U.S. Navy; a surgeon & medical inspector from 1861-1894; his medical education was accomplished in NY at the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons 1858. Printer A. Paul. Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 1/4" size; bound in later 19th century dark brown textured cloth dark brown morocco leather corners & spine gilt spine titles & lines simple gilt rules on the boards block edges lightly sprinkled red. Cloth with loss of color at edges; binding with edge tips wear; contents foxed spotty; in good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Collins & Co. Published Under the Authority of the Physicians and Surgeons of That Institution hardcover books
188427017Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1884. 226 pages. The material in the reports and papers includes updates from: Ship Island the country's first quarantine station; the Sapelo refuge station; a report on the origin of the yellow fever epidemic in Pensacola Florida in 1882 which is illustrated with a folding architectural plan of medical care facilities along with a Map of Pensacola that shows locations disease spread in red among the neighborhoods with ship names personnel names and various local populace; another folding chart shows ship locations in the harbor and docking facilities at the time. Also reports on New Orleans & Memphis operations; immigrant-inspection services in several large U.S. cities; laws relating the National Board of Health; consular and miscellaneous reports including on cholera in Japan distoma ringeri and parasitical haemoptysis in Hong Kong China; Filaria disease; probabilities of cholera in Europe in Shanghai; the epidemic of typhoid in Liege; treatment of leprosy at Maracaibo; Beri-beri in Ceylon; chemical treatment of sewage in Berlin; and other reports. A folding map offers the General Track of Epidemics in Eastern Asia; another folding map printed in tints shows the course of the epidemics of 1877 & 1879 in Japan and ".the Severity of the Epidemic." compiled by D.B. Simmons M.D.; folding charts printed in red and black track meteorological data during the epidemic and other charts depict filaria data and parasite illustrations. Title page with the small very faint owner name-stamp of collector George R. Brush M.D. U.S. Navy; in service as a surgeon & medical inspector from 1861-1894. Approx. 6" x 9 1/4"size; bound in the original sober governmental dark brown cloth; bronze-gilt spine titles. Some edge tips wear and dustiness to the boards; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Government Printing Office hardcover books
188827036Philadelphia Pennsylvania: Lea Brothers & Co. 1888. 4 ii 549 - 658 8 pages of advertisements. Several of the articles with illustrations; contents include sections on original communications reviews therapeutics medicine surgery dermatology obstetrics and gynecology; this issue largely devoted to findings in acute alcoholic symptoms and research. Approx. 6" x 9 3/4"size; bound in the original printed light gray paper wrap covers. Some wear and dustiness to the binding; old corner-crease; contents clean and in very good condition. . Periodical. Soft Cover. Very Good. Lea Brothers & Co. paperback books
184527178Brooklyn N.Y.: F.G. Fish 1845. 220 pages; with a lithographic frontispiece of St. Ann's Church in Brooklyn. Contents with historical information on early pastors the establishment of the church the Sunday School extracts from the records officers of the first school; the teachers of the first and second schools; genealogical details regarding baptisms marriages burials confirmations; communicants of the church; list of the vestry of the church and short biographical notices of the other Episcopal churches in New York.Title page with the previous owner name-stamp of collector George R. Brush; M.D. in the U.S. Navy; a surgeon & medical inspector from 1861-1894. The front endpaper with a news clipping glued-in regarding the oldest Episcopal church in the U.S.; and another clipping from a bookseller catalog regarding the listing for this book numbered and priced. Volume approx. 4 3/4" x 7 1/2" size; bound in the original decoratively blind-stamped plum cloth gilt spine titles. Some edge tips wear to the covers spine coloring & titles dulled and top edge of spine frayed some; some darkening to endpapers and occasoinaly spotting & darkening in text; in very good condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. F.G. Fish hardcover books
187427094New York NY: Royal Arch Masons Ancient Chapter No. 1 1874. Royal Arch Mason ephemera including: Addresses of M.E. William Fowler H.P. to the members.on the Evening for Election of Officers.1874 1875 1876; these three addresses are bound in one: 9 12 7 pages. Address of M.E. Samuel Jones H.P. 1881; 11 pages; with separate 4-page list of members. Address of M.E. Benjamin F. Haskin H.P. 1882; 11 pages; list of members as above. 1883 Address also by Haskin; 11 pages. Address of M.E. J. Arthur Levy H.P. 1884 13 pages. 1885 Address also by Levy; 16 pages list of members. 1886 list of members only. Address of M.E. Edward P. Wilder H.P. 1887 15 pages. These addresses act as annual reports with membership details revenues convocation news debts assets fraternal news including obituaries and short eulogies of members. These average approx. 5 3/4" x 9" size with the separate membership directories a little smaller. All are bound in the original paper covers. Some wear & spotting to some; old fold lines; the bright orange paper cover of the Fowler Address as offset to and darkened the title page; in very good condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Royal Arch Masons Ancient Chapter No. 1 paperback books
188526072Harmony P.O. New York: Not Published 1885. Five handwritten letters all accomplished on the letterhead of the Office of Sardius Steward Ashville N.Y. and printed Harmony P.O. N.Y.; dated Oct. 2 1885 - May 25 1886. Family news concerning transfers and sales of land speculations selling lumber and the health of the family and other news from Edwin Maxwell to his mother Sylvia M. Maxwell in Buffalo. 4 covers included with Harmony postal cancellations. Sardius Steward son of John Sr. at one time conducted the most extensive farming business in the county and Town Supervisor 1858 - 1860; his relationship to the Maxwell family is unclear. Old fold lines light wear; writing legible and in very good condition. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
188626669Syracuse N.Y.: C.W. Bardeen Publisher 1886. xv 185 pages; with fold-out chart frontispiece showing the original counties of New York the date of their organization and how other counties have grown out of them and in turn their date of organization. A later printing of this educational text of the 19th century of chief interest for its extensive manuscript notes annotations and a few of bits of ephemera of the time; the notes are accomplished in a penciled legible hand and regard various updates to the printed facts changes in administration and lists of convenience for reference - an example of one readers' perspective and method of learning regarding New York State & national civil education of the time. Ephemera includes a die-cut color Chinaman; an African-American - related & another paper clipping tipped-in. Approx. 4 3/4" x 7" size; bound in the original beveled-edge plum cloth gilt spine titles dulled. Edge tips wear-through and rubbing to the binding one page 1/2 torn away within the Organization of the Assembly section; contents in generally good condition; a good historical perspective on late 19th century civil education via the owner annotations. Forty-First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. C.W. Bardeen, Publisher hardcover books
187823510Chicago Illinois: Not Published 1878. Group includes 3 letters on Canada Southern Railway Lines Chicago letterhead: January 3 from W.H. Hurlburt Gen'l Western Passenger Agent to A. Jackson 2 pages on smaller note-size sheets concerning some lands in which he had an interest - back payments taxes; on Jan. 11th larger paper 1 page the same property is being discussed naming other parties - of Oldrich Blanchard and a Mrs. Long - there was a 'consideration' of $ 10000.00 mentioned at the close; January 22 asking Jackson to communicate as Hurlburt is traveling - he is trying to wind up the legalities of the lands concerned; with a 1873 short note written to Jackson on the letterhead of David Dall Vessel Agent 241 South Water Street Chicago asking for his fees due for freight on a schooner signed by Dall; light wear old fold lines; in very good condition. According to the C.S.R. Line letterhead it was the "Only Route Through Canada Under American Management." At this point in its history the Vanderbilt family exercised control over this rail line. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published Paperback books
18738953New York NY: Beers Comstock & Cline 1873. Original Hand-colored Map of Part of Whitestone Village Southern Part from the Beers Comstock & Cline Atlas of Long Island New York. Three sections folded 15 1/2" x 27 1/2" approx. overall size; somewhat age-toned; top edge with a little scraping; old creasing; in very good condition. . First Edition. Not Bound. Very Good. Beers, Comstock & Cline Paperback books
18738957New York NY: Beers Comstock & Cline 1873. Original Hand-colored Map of Woodhaven with Inset Map of South Woodhaven from he Beers Comstock & Cline Atlas of Long Island New York. 15 1/2" x 24 1/4" approx. overall size; somewhat age-toned; on reverse are maps of Springfield Store Willow Tree Station Inglewood Freeport Greenwich Point; left margin edge-chipped right margin with a few nicks; in very good condition. PLEASE NOTE: Shipped rolled for safety. First Edition. Not Bound. Very Good. Beers, Comstock & Cline Paperback books
189824068Placerville California: Pocahontas Mine 1898. Typed letter on the Pocahontas Mine letterhead dated Jan. 19th 1898 to the Norwalk Iron Works Company of South Norwalk Conn. asking for compressor parts & catalog; the mine was using the Norwalk equipment at the time; approx. 8 1/2"x 11" size; old fold lines; light wear; in very good condition. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Pocahontas Mine Paperback books
189227097New York N.Y.: Friedr. Bayer & Co. - W.H. Schieffelin & Co. U.S. Agents 1892. Three informational pamphlets for these Bayer pharmaceutical products all three 24 pages in length; with descriptive notes on the products usage dose information testimonials case reports physical chemical properties modes of action various preparations and more. Approx. 5 3/4" x 9" uniform size original polished stapled printed paper covers Some edge tips wear soiling and dustiness to the bindings; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Friedr. Bayer & Co. - W.H. Schieffelin & Co. U.S. Agents paperback books
187625296New York N.Y.: Geo. Edward Hall Editor and Publisher 1876. 288 42 pages. The contents page acts as a detailed index to the topics and with a separate index to tables at the back which are concerned with various money conversions and measurement conversions weights. The title explains further: ".Contains all Laws Rules and Regulations controlling Trade with Foreign Nations Commercial Treaties U.S. Bonded Warehouses; and compiled from Custom Records a List of Actual Importers Paying Duties at the Port of New York. Also Fees Fines Forfeitures and Penalties List of Commercial Ports and Bonded Routes Coasting Trade and Fisheries the New York Produce Exchange and Rules Tables of Foreign Monies and United States Tariff Including Recent Decisions of the Treasury Dep't" The front and back has advertisement sections mostly for national and international insurance agencies of the time; a few of the leaves printed on light green paper to match the endpapers. The text contents are keyed to begin on page 17 with the advertisements pages being unnumbered and accounting for the other leaves according to our collation. Approx. 6" x 9" size; gilt cover & spine titles; original publisher's ribbed green cloth hardcover boards. Some edge-wear tips wear-through to the binding; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Geo. Edward Hall, Editor and Publisher hardcover books
185825131Long Island New York: W. R. Burling 1858. Two small 'payment received' for subscriptions to this newspaper one dated 1858- 59 for the Estate of John Tredwell George Burling the agent selling; the other for 1868 Est. of A. L. Sands W. Eldridge the agent. Different type-styles & ornament on each. Approx. 2" x 5" size; old fold lines a little light wear. In good condition and interesting 19th century Long Island newspaper industry history ephemera. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. W. R. Burling paperback books
186425127Westbury Long Island New York: Not Published 1864. Promissory note William Layton written here as 'Laton' 1800 - 1872 borrowing 1000 dollars at six percent from his wife Maria Duryea Layton 1804 - 1879. Signed by him and with 5 cent Internal Revenue stamp affixed; reverse with notes on receiving interest amounts paid and finishing with the principal paid; William Layton died in 1872 and the last interest payment is made by Oliver Titus. Approx. 4 3/4" x 7 3/4" size; old fold lines a little wear. In very good condition and interesting 19th century Westbury Long Island history ephemera. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
188625129Hewletts Long Island New York: F.A. Darling & Co. 1886. Statement from this company to the Estate of Peter T. Hewlett 1797 - 1885 for the purchase of a quantity of seed. Approx. 5 1/4" x 8" size; old fold lines light wear. In very good condition and interesting 19th century Hewletts Long Island history ephemera. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. F.A. Darling & Co. paperback books
