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1805LOT1.1L.A.S de Bertrand Molleville (marquis Antoine de) Datée du 2 mars 1805 à Londres 2 écritures sont présentes, celle de Bertrand Molleville et de son destinataire
1872B90794Turnhout, Antoine Van Genechten 1872 56pp.de texte + une grande carte dépliante du Canada (74x32cm.), br. muette moderne, 2 cachets, peu de rousseurs, bon état, rare, [cet ouvrage contient toutes sortes d'information pratique (e.a. aperçu général, climat, milice et défense du pays, chasse et peche, orphelinats, richesses forestières, transports, colonisation, canton de Suffolk, renseignements divers utiles au Colon Canadien, etc.) concernant le Canada, ayant pour but d'informer les Belges et de les convaincre d'émigrer à Canada], B90794
1868841781868 Paris, Plon, 1868, 2 volumes in 8° reliés demi-chagrin brun, dos à nerfs orné de filets dorés, XXIX-456 et 511 pages ; portrait en frontispice ; petits frottis d'usage, 2 mors fendus.
188929025Paris Plon, Nourrit & Cie 1889 2 Forts Volumes In-8 1 portrait - XXXI - 629 ( i ff d'errata) + 1 portrait - 811 pp, dos légèrement bruni, menues traces de frottements, papier des portraits, roussi , et rousseurs éparses, exemplaire tout à fait acceptable malgré les défauts décrits
181498361814 Paris, Imprimerie de la République, Germinal An XII, puis chez les Marchands de Nouveautés, An XII, puis Imprimerie de Chaignieau,ainé, 1814; 3 textes reliés en un volume in-8°, demi-basane fauve de l'époque, dos lisse très orné de filets droits, chainettes, larges palettes et fleurons "à la corbeille" dorés, plats de papier fauve marbré de beige. 159pp.; 188pp.; 160pp.
1861RO80068045GUILLAUMIN et Cie.. Déc. 1861. In-8. Relié demi-cuir. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 333 pages. Titre et caissons dorés sur le demi-chagrin noir.. . . . Classification Dewey : 304.8-Emigration
1832402650Hamburg, Hoffmann und Campe, 1832-34. Leinen d. Zeit (leicht berieben u. stellenw. verblaßt, Bd. 5/6 abweichend). [2 Warenabbildungen]
1854List2315New Orleans 1854. Fine. A lengthy description of life in New Orleans written by Samuel Sumner 1824-1866 the son of Michael and Mary Sumner of Newburyport Massachusetts describing life as an insurance salesman in New Orleans. He talks about his brother Richard Richard Bartlet Sumner 1816-1868. Sumner describes his life in New Orleans and alludes to previous difficulties presumably in his travels from Newburyport and establishing his family in the New Orleans. He talks about the difficulty in establishing business relationships stating “It has been most unfortunate for me & I presume there is not one young man in a hundred that has suffered as much as I have from its causes that I have never been placed in a position suitable to my taste or character that is I have had partners for whom I lost all respect & confidence because they had no respect for themselves & therefore it was impossible to succeed under such circumstances; but now I am in a very respectable position and am constantly thrown among a class of men whose influence is good whom I can respect and between whom there is some congeniality of feeling.†He discusses sending his family to a plantation two-hundred miles north of the city where they are doing “tolerably well.†An interesting letter overall that gives a detailed account of an emigrant familly from the east in New Orleans during the period. <br /> <br /> Full transcription follows:<br /> <br /> New Orleans Augt. 21st 1854<br /> <br /> Dear Father & Mother <br /> <br /> It is a long long time since I availed myself of the opportunity of addressing you but allow me to assure you that it was not for a want of inclination to do so but because I have met with so many misfortunes & reverses in one way and another that I could not spur myself to write in that buoyant & happy spirit I desired & moreover I was aware that you occasionally heard of me through Richard. <br /> <br /> The changes & vicissitudes of this life have been many during the past few years and more than ever I anticipated to experience during my whole life but I trust it has not been thrown away upon me but has added much to my experience and judgement; however through the kindness and assistance of Richard I have been enabled to get through thus far & now am feeling quite content having forgotten the past with all its troubles & trials and entered upon a new sphere of action with the hope of some day in future to reach the head. I presume you have heard that I am now engaged in the Office of the Home Mutual Ins. Co. which was something of an undertaking for me at the time as I knew nothing of the system they pursued; but it took me but a short time to learn the traces & now I would not yield to anyone in the same line of business for quickness in figures or correctness in calculations tho I am but three months in service. <br /> <br /> It has been most unfortunate for me & I presume there is not one young man in a hundred that has suffered as much as I have from its causes that I have never been placed in a position suitable to my taste or character that is I have had partners for whom I lost all respect & confidence because they had no respect for themselves & therefore it was impossible to succeed under such circumstances; but now I am in a very respectable position and am constantly thrown among a class of men whose influence is good whom I can respect and between whom there is some congeniality of feeling. My salary is also tolerably fair $2000 to the 1st of Jany after which $2400 which will enable me to get along quite comfortably so you may expect to hear from me more frequently hereafter. <br /> <br /> Richard is now rich and well. He deserves it for no one ever paid closer attention to his business than he or worked harder to gain it & it certainly must be a great source of gratification to you to know of his success as I know it is to him that it is in his power to lend us aid. <br /> <br /> I was in hopes to have visited you long ere this but fortune did not smile upon me & therefore I must be content and await the day when good luck will again take me back to my old home the place of my birth the days of my childhood where I have enjoyed so many happy happy scenes many of which are now in my mind's eye; even the old house on Merrill St. & the grassy lot in front with the old pump & the old School house seem but yesterday & then comes the present house the garden the trees the fruit & the old Russell Apple Tree with its overhanging branches in the rear the cow the milking going to pasture the pigeon house & pigeons all all rise before me and often do I wish myself a boy again; but to these scenes I cherish a hope altho vague that I will one of these days return; but ere that time changes may take place that will only render it sad & melancholy; but to this I trust to a higher power & hope that we may all be submissive to will. <br /> <br /> A few days since I gave Mr. Breaux a friend of mine a letter of introduction to you & I presume he will call upon you during the summer - he visits the north in search of health. In him you will find a real true Southerner & gentleman intelligent & interesting born in this State but educated in Cambridge; he has been a good friend of ours & has taken a great fancy to our little 'Jennie' which is equally returned on her part for I don't believe she would ever forget him. Mr. Breaux can tell you all about us & give you a better description of us than anyone else. I hope you will welcome him & that his short call may prove interesting to all - if Hannah or Abby would like to talk French they will now have a chance - his parents both being French. <br /> <br /> My Wife & little ones were all tolerably well when last I heard of them - for the past 6 weeks they have been on a visit to the country about 200 miles above the City and will remain until they get tired of plantation life. It is the first time Mary ever visited a plantation & if you could read some of her letters to me you would find them truly interesting & instructive. Mary went up altogether on a/c of the ill health of our little girl who has always been delicate & becomes much reduced as warm weather approaches so much so that we are fearful at times that her constitution will fail her beyond all hope - but Mary writes me now that she thinks the country air is producing a good effect upon her & that they are having fine times. Mary rides horseback from 6 to 10 miles every fair morning before breakfast; the little ones ride the pony nearly all day & after dinner they all take their carriage drive. These amusements together with the calls of friends all tend to pass away the time most pleasantly. <br /> <br /> Since Richard left we have experienced one of the heaviest losses by fire the City ever felt but the Offices are all sound & you can say to Richard that we settled up all but 2 small losses which the parties have not brot in in 15 days after the fire took place - our loss about $65000 which we paid without going into bank for discount. I will not inflict a longer letter upon you this time but you may expect to hear from me more often than heretofore. If Mary was here she would send much love to you all. Give my love to all & believe me truly your aff. Son Sam. unknown
188118727London: Her Majesty''s Sationery Office 1881. Very good condition. Circular providing information to those emigrating to Australia with an Addendum inserted at the front listing important changes in eligibility requirements recently imposed by the Agent General for New South Wales. <br /> <br /> The addendum states the changes which will take effect following June 1 1881: "Emigrants will be required to pay a moiety of the passage money. Only married couples not exceeding 35 with our without children and single women will be eligible." The circular provides descriptions of New South Wales resources including gold mining: "The Government is empowered to proclaim Crown lands to be gold fields and to grant what are called "miners' rights on the payment of a small fee which enables any person to search or dig for gold. Leases of auriferous tracts of alluvial ground . for limited periods may be granted at annual rents under special conditions as regards labour and machinery". Also includes current price lists of clothing & food principal trades and rates of wages railways telegraphs and customs duties. <br /> <br /> Small 8vo circular 12pp with color folding map. Color map showing the counties in color as well as established railways and those in progress. Map by J. Bartholomew FRGS. Trove 2385679. Her Majesty''s Sationery Office hardcover
1869WRCAM26103Falun 1869. 60pp. plus large folding map. Printed wrappers. A fine copy. Called the third enlarged edition on the title although no earlier one is known to exist. It gives directions to Swedish emigrants to America mainly directed at the upper Midwest where so many moved in the ensuing decade. unknown books
1875457Cincinnati 1875. Very good. Broadside 11 x 8 inches. Slight worming at edges minor wear. Contemporary ink stamp on lower corner. Broadside advertising the services of George A. Knight ticket agent for the Ohio & Mississippi Railway. "Bear in mind the fact the Ohio & Mississippi is the only line that runs its entire trains through from Cincinnati to St. Louis with NO MIDNIGHT CHANGES!" The broadside bears the ink stamp advertisement of Henry H. Hannan Land and Emigration Agent based in Swan Creek Ohio. A nice ephemeral piece. OCLC records three institutional copies at the University of Missouri the Hagley Library and Southern Methodist University. unknown books
18621107New York 1862. Very good. Broadside 12.5 x 8 inches. Previously folded. Light wear and scattered discoloration. An unrecorded 1862 circular from the American Emigrant Company intended to soothe jittery purchasers who had not yet received deeds to lands in Iowa or received instructions for travel and moving arrangements to their new homesteads. The company was established during the Civil War to entice European immigrants to the United States particularly Germans and Scandinavians westward with promises of land and employment. At the outset of their business however they apparently had difficulty in obtaining clear title to land that they had already offered stating herein that: "The company can make no use whatever of the lands until the title to the same has been perfected in the county. Hence the importance of giving this branch of the matter their first and undivided attention. A large number of applications are already registered of those who wish to make a home in Iowa and the Company are only waiting the opportunity to forward them immediately." Another source of concern came from previous settlers of Iowa as to the desirability of the emigrants being offered land to which this circular responded: "Some anxiety is manifested on the part of many 'old settlers' as to the character and ability of the 'Emigrants' intended for Iowa. To such as well as all other proper inquiries we are ever pleased to respond to in the frankest manner. In no instance will contracts be made with settlers not having sufficient means and in all other respects being competent to perform their contract." The American Emigrant Company proved to be quite a successful venture and operated well into the late-19th century but this circular provides evidence of its early difficulties. unknown books
185811257Paris, Durand, 1858 ; in-8, broché ; (4), 352 pp., lithographie en frontispice, couverture imprimée.
18584106Jacksonville Fl: March 15 1858. Very good plus. 4pp. on a single folded sheet. Old mailing folds. An informative dispatch from antebellum Florida from A.C Scranton to "Friend Barton" in 1858. In his letter Scranton reports that despite some problems he is enjoying southern people and general life in Florida: "The people generally in the south are very kind & hospitibal but I need hardly to tell you that Florida has got some hard times as every new state or Territory has but thare is a more healthy Emigration coming in every year I have been fortunate anough to find some Northern people here which makes it seam a little more like home to me. I am boarding with a family from Georgia whome I like first rate & I do just as I would at home so that things are quite pleasant here considering I am amongst strangers."<br /> <br /> He then provides information on Jacksonville and then two disasters that hit his adopted hometown: "Jacksonville is the largest place in Florida & had at one time about 3000 inhabitants it is not as large as it was once some three years ago it was visited by a very destructive fire & burned nearly half of the town. Last summer there was some kind of Fever here that almost prostrated the place some called it the Yellow Fever & some the African but none could tell for certin.about a hundred & fifteen or twenty that died here in 3 months & a grate many left the town nearly all the stors wer closed not a sound of a hammer was to be heard. When cold weather came it stoped the sickness and it seams quite lively now. It has been for many years a grate resort in the winter season for invaleds but on account of the sickness last summer thare are but few this winter if it continus healthy this summer the place will revive but if not it will kill it entirely."<br /> <br /> Scranton also discusses the transportation system that served Jacksonville and the recent winding down of the Seminole Wars: "It is situated on the Johns River about 23 miles from the mouth and is connected with Charleston & Savana by a regular line of steamers that runs up the river a hundred miles to a place called Platka whare Emigrants land & then travel by land to the interior to settle the country thare is a railroad building from this place to Tallahasse the capital of the state a distance of a hundred & eighty miles which wen completed will be a little help to this place. There is also another in progress from Fernandina a new town that lays in the North East corner of the state to a place called cedar keys on the gulf side whare they intend to carry the US mail direct from New Orleans to New York insted of going round by Key west & will shorten the time considerable. Florida has cost Uncle Sam a large some of money.the government.will make a treaty with them & send them into the Indian Territory & then close the Indian war in Florida." Almost all of the Seminoles remaining in Florida relocated to Indian Territory in the year this letter was written.<br /> <br /> A wonderfully-detailed firsthand account of Jacksonville and its development and challenges during the late 1850s. A printed transcription accompanies the letter. March 15 unknown
186935505London: Sampson Low Son and Marston 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. 217 pages. Green cloth hardcover ruled in blind on the borders with gilt stamped title on the front cover. Illustrated with an oval albumen photograph portrait of William Gilpin first Governor of Colorado and three large folding maps in front. Possible ex-institutional copy with 4 very faint black numbers top of the spine with a small label removed lower spine. Appears the rear flyleaf is pasted down to the rear paste down. No other markings found in the book. Covers are light shelf worn and edge worn. Corners are bumped. Heavy foxing to the end papers. The title page frontispiece photograph and maps all have some light to moderate foxing. Light occasional foxing to some of the text. <br /> <br /> Various copies of this work have different collations some including additional photograph plates. This copy has the frontispiece photograph and three maps only. From wikipedia: William Henry Blackmore 1827-1878 was an English lawyer who gained a fortune by exploiting a large social network as an investment promoter. He used his fortune for philanthropy primarily centered on his interest in Native Americans but ended his life after a failed investment deal related to the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.1<br /> <br /> Howes C 607; Graff 318. Sampson, Low, Son, and Marston hardcover
1846WRCAM17477New Braunfels 1846. Printed indenture 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches executed in ink. Some old folds light soiling. "55" written in red pencil in top blank margin. Very good. Printed indenture executed in ink and signed in full by John O. Meusebach as Trustee of the German Emigration and Rail-Road Company drawing on the banking firm of H. Flersheim in Frankfurt for the sum of $3000 to be deposited to the account of the Company dated December 12. Meusebach a highly educated and civilized man came to Texas from Germany in 1845 to succeed Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels as commissioner-general of the Verein zum Shutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas in the course of which he assumed Texas citizenship oversaw the affairs of the colonists and accomplished the 1847 treaty with the Comanche chiefs which made colonization possible. This document coming from the period of his service to the Verein no doubt represents a draft for funds to further the establishment of the colony the cities of New Braunfels and Fredericksburg and the attempted settlement of the financial horror show which Prince Carl left behind. A superb piece signed by one of the major figures of early Texas colonization. unknown books
187846954Red Cloud: Argus Steam Print n. d. ca 1878. 1878. First edition. First edition. 8vo. 13 1/2" x 12" illustrated map on one side plus pictures of the Farmers and Merchants Bank and the home of J. L. Miner Red Cloud and front and rear cover panels. The other side promotes Webster County and Red Cloud plus views of homes of prominent residents as well as businesses. A promotional booklet with plat map produced by the real estate firm of Warner & Warren of Republican Valley. Touted here are both Webster County and the city of Red Cloud including the businesses public schools street-car lines factories creamery real estate railroads and more. Advertisements for the Burlington & Missouri River Railway as well as the Chicago Burlington and Quincy R. R. both of which ran from Chicago to Red Cloud are included as well. The map of Webster County Nebraska shows the town of Red Cloud and sixteen of its neighboring counties as well as railroad lines rivers and property divisions. This map was produced by Fort Abstract Co. of Red Cloud said here to keep a complete set of books and plats of all towns and sub-divisions. Illustrations depict buildings in Red Cloud various residences of town citizens and appealing views of the town. Red Cloud was founded on homestead land in 1871 by a group of men including Silas Garber 1833-1905 who would go on to serve as Nebraska's Governor from 1875 to 1879. The town was named by Garber and local businessmen in honor of the chief of the Olgalala tribe of the Teton-Lakota Sioux. When Webster County was organized Red Cloud was designated as the county seat. In 1879 the Burlington & Missouri River Railway reached Red Cloud -- stimulating immigration from America's eastern seaboard and bringing a variety of cultural heritages to town including those of Germany Scandinavia Great Britain and Canada Austro-Hungary aka Bohemians and so forth. The town's cultural melting pot was marvelously depicted in the literary works of Willa Cather who lived in Red Cloud for several years with her family beginning in 1883 at the age of nine. Cather would use the town as the basis for such fictional towns as "Black Hawk" in My Antonia 1918. We could find no copies recorded in OCLC. A few small old water stains to the rear cover short separations and small punctures along old folds. Argus Steam Print, n. d. (ca 1878). unknown
1815003065Paris, L.G. Michaud, Delaunay et Dentu, février, 1815
184344013Toronto 5th of June: Canada Company Office Frederick Street 1843. folio. 31cm 4 pages folded on light weir tinted blue paper in mint condition very rare. mint. Being Twenty-One numerated questions with detailed paragraph answers concerning emigration. Subjects include costs wages crops climate society etc. taxes transportation . T.P.L. 2571 "The memorandum describes the land of the district facilities for settlement and cultivations also costs". In 1843 the Canada Company led by commissioner Frederick Widder issued publications to address numerous inquiries from British North America and the United States regarding settlement in Canada West formerly Upper Canada. These documents often featuring memos from local agents provided information on land in the Huron Tract and assisted in advising prospective emigrants on farming opportunities. Key details about the Canada Company around 1843: Active Promotion: The company was actively answering questions to boost immigration to the Huron District which contained about one million acres of land. Frederick Widder was a key figure having been appointed co-commissioner in 1839 leading to improved efficiency in the company's operations. By 1843 the company was operating more effectively following the Act of Union 1841 and was in the process of paying off its debt to the British. Various documents from 1843 and 1845 were published to promote the thriving towns such as Guelph and the surrounding Wellington District. Canada Company Office, Frederick Street unknown
