SSCA Part 1B

["49View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2199 California c.1862-64 California Clipper Ship Cards: William T. Coleman, Ships Named After People Lot of 4 different cards for William T. Coleman & Co.\u2019s California Line at their 161 Pearl St. location. According to NY Trow Directories, they operated at this address c.1862-64. All of these cards feature ships that are named after people. All printed by Nesbitt & Co. 1) Ship \u201cShirley,\u201d Nath. Brown Jr., Commander. Green border, with red, gold, green and blue print. Color flag vignette. 4 x 6.5\u201d Creases, chipped corners, soiling. 2) Ship \u201cEdith Rose,\u201d F. Watlington, Commander. Ornate purple border with red, purple, and blue print. Advertises that \u201cshe will go well armed\u201d (a unique selling point). 3.75 x 6.25\u201d Large creases, paper loss, soiling and discoloration. 3) Ship \u201cC.A. Farwell,\u201d Wm. Girard, Commander. Gold border, black and gold print. Oval vignette of clipper ship at sea and fancy script for ship\u2019s name. 6.5 x 4\u201d Chipped corner, creases, some discoloration, partial sticker on reverse. 4) Ship \u201cGov. Morton,\u201d L.W. Horton, Commander (formerly of the \u201cSierra Nevada\u201d and \u201cFlying Childers\u201d). Purple border, black and purple print. Large vignette of pilgrims and Native American with clipper ship at right and Mayflower at left, along with patriotic imagery. 4 x 6.5\u201d Deep creases incl. tape repair, sticker on reverse, some discoloration. Possibly named after Oliver P. Morton, 14th governor of Indiana during the American Civil War, and a stalwart ally of President Abraham Lincoln. William Tell Coleman was a California pioneer. He arrived in California in 1849 during the Gold Rush and starting a shipping and commission business. He is listed at 56 California in the 1852 SF directory, and then the Corner of Front & California in subsequent directories. Coleman was tied to the 1851 and 1856 San Francisco Vigilance Committees. Many of the owners of the other shipping lines in this clipper card collection worked for or were partnered with Coleman, including Edward Mott Robinson, Cornelius Comstock, and Platt & Newton (who took over his business in 1868). Coleman spent time in both New York and California. After leaving the commission business, he engaged in mining borax in Death Valley in the 1880s. He was owner of the Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley which he eventually sold to Francis Marion \u201cBorax\u201d Smith to form the Pacific Coast Borax Company. Coleman died in San Francisco in 1893. Ex. Du Pont Collection Est. $2,000-$4,000 HWAC#154013Lot# 2200 California c.1862-64 California Clipper Ship Cards: William T. Coleman, Classic Roman Figures Lot of 4 different cards for William T. Coleman & Co.\u2019s California Line at their 161 Pearl St. location. According to NY Trow Directories, they operated at this address c.1862-64. All of these cards feature ships that are inspired by classic Roman figures. All printed by Nesbitt & Co. 1) Ship \u201cCalypso,\u201d Baker, Commander. Built \u201cexpressly for the California and China Trade.\u201d Gold border, black and gold print. Color vignette of clipper ship at sea. 6.5 x 4\u201d Soiling, wear to edges, sticker on reverse. 2) Ship \u201cChallenger,\u201d Winsor, Commander. Gold border, black and gold print. Vignette of Roman soldier. 6.5 x 4\u201d Missing bottom left corner, paper loss, soiling, sticker on reverse. 3) Ship \u201cVitula,\u201d W.F. Peck, Commander. Gold border, blue and gold and red print. 4 x 6.5\u201d Deep creases, soiling, sticker on reverse. 4) Ship \u201cEuropa,\u201d Robertson, Commander. Black border, red and white print. Vignette of goddess flying over ocean and color vignette of flag. 6.5 x 3.5\u201dCreases, adhesive residue on reverse, some discoloration. William Tell Coleman was a California pioneer. He arrived in California in 1849 during the Gold Rush and starting a shipping and commission business. He is listed at 56 California in the 1852 SF directory, and then the Corner of Front & California in subsequent directories. Coleman was tied to the 1851 and 1856 San Francisco Vigilance Committees. Many of the owners of the other shipping lines in this clipper card collection worked for or were partnered with Coleman, including Edward Mott Robinson, Cornelius Comstock, and Platt & Newton (who took over his business in 1868). Coleman spent time in both New York and California. After leaving the commission business, he engaged in mining borax in Death Valley in the 1880s. He was owner of the Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley which he eventually sold to Francis Marion \u201cBorax\u201d Smith to form the Pacific Coast Borax Company. Coleman died in San Francisco in 1893. Ex. Du Pont Collection Est. $2,000-$4,000 HWAC# 154014View current and opening bids online at HolabirdAmericana.com","50December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2201 California c.1861-68California Clipper Ship Cards: Cornelius Comstock & Co. Lot of 5 different. Cornelius Comstock, like others in this clipper ship group, associated early on with William T. Coleman. In the 1860 San Francisco Directory, he is listed (with Rollinson and Carlton) as running William T. Coleman & Co.\u2019s line. He is also listed in the 1860 NY directory at 88 Wall. 1) Two cards for his business when it was at 96 Wall Street (c.1862-67, according to NY Directory listings). a) One card is for C. Comstock & Co.\u2019s Regular Line of Clipper Ships for San Francisco. Aboard the second voyage for the \u201csmall favorite extreme clipper\u201d Harriet, commanded by Almy (formerly of the \u201cRattler\u201d). Consignee at San Francisco, Mr. Albert Dibblee. Gold border and text, with colorful title \u201cHarriet.\u201d No printer listed. 4 x 7.25\u201d Bends and creases, some soiling, wear to corners. b) Comstock\u2019 Clipper Line for San Francisco. Time, 112 Days. The Magnificent A1 Clipper Ship \u2018Commonwealth,\u201d commanded by McLellan. Cornelius Comstock (no \u201c& Co.\u201d). Agent at San Francisco, Mr. Albert Dibblee. Gold border, red and green text, and black & white vignette of the clipper. Printed by Nesbitt & Co. 6.5 x 4\u201d Creases, staining on top. 2) Two cards for his business when it was at 102 Wall Street (c.1868, according to NY Directory listings). a) The Well-known Favorite California Clipper Ship \u2018Sunrise,\u201d Commander Luce. Third voyage. Consignee at San Francisco, Mr. Albert Dibblee. Gold border, red print with color vignette of ship flag. Printed by AF Ivers, NY. 6.5 x 4\u201d Creases, bends. b) Clipper ship \u201cPrima Donna,\u201d Herriman, Master. Consignee at San Francisco, Mr. Albert Dibblee. Black border and print. Nice vignette of beautiful, well-dressed woman standing on ship deck. Printed by GF Nesbitt & Co., NY. 6.5 x 4\u201d Creases, some soiling. 3) One card for his business at 106 Wall Street (c.1861). Advertising passage on clipper \u201cRattler,\u201d commanded by Almy. Passages of 115 and 119 days. Agent at San Francisco, Crosby & Dibblee. Gold border, gold, red, and blue print with color vignette of ship flag. 6.5 x 4\u201d Printed by Nesbitt & Co. Staining around edges. Ex. Du Pont Collection Est. $2,500-$5,000 HWAC# 154004Lot# 2202 California c.1868-70California Clipper Ship Card: Platt & Newton This is the only clipper card for this firm in the group we received. Platt & Newton (Successors to Wm. T. Coleman & Co.), 117 Front Street. The California Line for San Francisco. The Celebrated New Mystic Built Clipper Ship \u201cTwilight,\u201dcommandedbyCaptain J.N. Sawyer. Departing on her second voyage at Pier 20 in the East River. Gold border and ship title, purple print, and allegorical vignette of woman carrying a star across the ocean (reminiscent of Manifest Destiny imagery). No printer listed. 4 x 6.5\u201d Creases, bends, some discoloration. Pencil notations on reverse: \u201cCarrie L. Stover, Erwinna, Penn.\u201d George Platt appears as a bookkeeper for William T. Coleman & Co. in San Francisco in the 1856-1863 SF directories. He is also mentioned as being Coleman\u2019s lawyer in newspaper clippings. In 1864 and 1865, he is listed as a partner in the firm. The succession appears to have happened in 1868, as Platt & (LH) Newton appear in the 1868 and 1869 SF directories as owning Coleman\u2019s business. They are also listed in the 1868 NY directory as operating at 117 Front Street (same as Coleman). They are listed at this address until the 1871 directory (then 180 Pearl). Interestingly, Coleman reappears as a partner in the firm (with LH Newton) in the 1872 SF directory. George Platt is no longer listed. Ex. Du Pont Collection Est. $500-$1,000 HWAC# 154005Lot# 2203 California c.1865 California Clipper Ship Card: Edward Mott Robinson This is the only card for Edward Mott Robinson in the collection we received for this sale. Robinson\u2019s California Line for San Francisco. The A1 Popular Extreme Clipper Ship \u201cFree Trade,\u201d Commander Drinkwater (formerly of Clipper \u201cShooting Star\u201d). Edw. Mott Robinson, 161 Pearl Street, near Wall. Agent at San Francisco, Mr. Henry B. Williams, Att\u2019y. Green border, red and green print with vignette of ship on the ocean with other ships in the background. Printed by Nesbitt & Co., NY. 4 x 6.5\u201d Loss around border (especially bottom left), some creases and soiling, adhesive residue on reverse. Robinson was active at this address only in the year 1865 (NY Trow Directory). He appears in the 1863 directory at 70 Wall, then 70 Wall & 161 Pearl Street in 1865, and then is not listed in the 1866 directory (see below). William T. Coleman & Co. operated at this same address from 1862-1864. According to the New York Times (July 9, 1860), Robinson joined the firm of William T. Coleman & Co. in New York as Cornelius Comstock exited. In fact, he is listed in the 1861 San Francisco directory (along with Henry Carlton) as running the Coleman & Co. office. (He is also listed in the 1862, 1863, and 1864 SF directory listings for Coleman\u2019s business). It appears the partnership with Coleman lasted until 1865, when Robinson died. Newspaper articles from December 1865 note that Robinson his estate is being sold. Ex. Du Pont Collection. Est. $500-$1,000 HWAC# 154003Lot# 2204 California c.1855-1869California Clipper Ship Cards: Sutton & Co. \/ George D. Sutton Lot of 5different.NYdirectories do not list who made up Sutton & Co., but as they often shared the same address as George D. Sutton, we can at least assume he was the main partner. 1) Sutton & Company. Four different cards. All give their address as 58 South St., cor. Wall. Trow directories place them at this address from 1855-1869. a) Two are black and white and have Geo. F. Nesbitt & Co. listed as printer. Card for ship \u201cMary Ogden,\u201d with Hathaway as Master. Vignette of woman. This ship was launched in 1854. 5.75 x 3\u201d Some soiling. The other card is for ship \u201cFavorita,\u201d with Bush as Master. 6 x 3.5\u201d Vignette of well-dressed woman at loom. Light wear. b) Two color cards. Smaller card for ship \u201cCold Stream,\u201d Greenman, Master. Gold border, blue print. This ship was built in 1866. 3 x 5.5\u201d Some loss at corners. Larger card for ship \u201cLadoga,\u201d Willey, Master. Blue border and print, with colorful title and vignette of multiple ships on a green sea. Nesbitt & Co. Printers. 4 x 6.5\u201d Some soiling. 2) George D. Sutton. One card. Address at 70 Wall Street (c.1866-70, according to Trow directories). The A1 Clipper Ship \u201cIsaac Jeanes,\u201d Boyling, Master. Passage from New York to San Francisco in 108 days. Consignees in San Francisco, JH Coghill & Co. Nesbitt & Co, printers. Red border, blue and red print with color vignette of flag with star. 5.5 x 3.25\u201d Some wear to edges, light discoloration. The Isaac Jeanes was built in 1854. Ex. Du Pont Collection Est. $2,500-$5,000 HWAC# 154006","51View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2205 California c.1862-70 California Clipper Ship Broadside and Coleman Card w\/ Eagle Theme Lot of 2. 1) Extremely rare advertising broadside for George D. Sutton\u2019s Clipper Line. \u201cFirst Clipper to Sail For San Francisco!\u201d Ship is \u201cNational Eagle,\u201d Nickerson, Master. \u201cHas beaten every Vessel now loading from Eleven to Forty Days.\u201d Bottom half of broadside advertises for another ship, \u201cHelen Angier.\u201d Consignees in San Francisco, JH Coghill & Co. Sutton is listed at 70 Wall Street, a location he was at c.1866-70 (according to NY directories). Blue border, red and blue print. George F. Nesbitt & Co., Printers. 7 x 10\u201d Heavy folds, some paper loss in center and some staining. The ship \u201cNational Eagle\u201d was built in 1852 at Medford, Massachusetts. 2) Clipper ship card for William T. Coleman & Co.\u2019s California Line. Ship is the \u201cGeorge Peabody,\u201d JD Paine, Commander. Red border, green and red and brown print. Great vignette of bald eagle flying over the sea with an American flag in its talons and a clipper ship in the background. Nesbitt & Co., printers. Listed at 161 Pearl St. in New York, a location he was at c.1862-64. 6.5 x 4\u201d Creases, adhesive residue on reverse, some soiling and discoloration. Coleman was a California pioneer who set up shop in San Francisco during the California Gold Rush (1849). After operating in the commission and shipping industry for 20 years, he later was involved in borax mining in Death Valley. He sold his borax claims to FM \u201cBorax\u201d Smith in the 1880s. Coleman died in SF in 1893. Ex. Du Pont Collection Est. $1,000-$3,000 HWAC#154015Lot# 2206 California 1854 California Indian Wars Bond Signed by Gov. John Bigler and James W. Denver Spectacular California Gold Rush-era document. $500 Bond of the State of California for War Indebtedness incurred in \u201cExpeditions against the Indians.\u201d Approved May 3rd, 1852. No. 420, issued July 15th, 1854 to John E. Lockwood (signs on reverse). Signed by Treasurer Selden A. McMeans, Comptroller Sam. Bell, Governor John Bigler (on reverse), and Secretary of State James W. Denver (on reverse). Stamp and punch cancelled. Black border and print with unusual red underprint design and vignettes of George Washington and a Native American warrior. Fishbourne\u2019s Litho., SF. 6.5 x 11.5\u201d Hole at center fold (which affects Bigler\u2019s autograph). The California Indian Wars were a series of wars, battles, and massacres between the United States Army (or often the California State Militia, especially during the early 1850s), and the Indigenous peoples of California. The wars lasted from 1850, immediately after Alta California, acquired during the Mexican-American War, became the state of California, to 1880 when the last minor military operation on the Colorado River ended the Calloway Affair of 1880. On April 22, 1850, the Act for the Government and Protection of Indians was passed by the legislature of California. This allowed settlers to continue the Californio practice of capturing and using Native people as forced workers. It also provided the basis for the enslavement and trafficking in Native American labor, particularly that of young women and children. Raids on villages were made to supply the demand, the young women and children were carried off to be sold, the men and remaining people often being killed. This practice did much to destroy Native tribes during the California Gold Rush.John E. Lockwood is listed as working for a grocer firm in the 1854 SF directory. He appears to have also established the first trading post at Petaluma in 1850.Selden A. McMeans served as state treasurer from 1854-56. In the fall of 1859, McMeans moved to Virginia City, Nevada at the beginning of Comstock Lode Rush. When the news of the firing on Fort Sumter reached Virginia City in 1861, McMeans announced that he would capture Fort Churchill for the Confederacy, but gave up when he heard about a detachment of Union soldiers heading from Fort Churchill to Virginia City. After the Civil War, he organized the Democratic Party in Nevada. James W. Denver was an American politician and lawyer. He served in the California State Government (as Secretary of State from 1853-55), was an officer in the United States Army, and was Governor of the Kansas Territory during the struggle over whether or not Kansas would be open to slavery. The town of Denver, Colorado is named for him.John Bigler was the third governor of California, serving 1852-56. While he enacted anti-Chinese policies, he was also part of the Free Soil Party that was against the spread of slavery into the Western US. Lake Tahoe was also originally named Lake Bigler in his honor. Est. $1,500-$3,000 HWAC# 155412High resolution images, including many additional photos are available online! Zoom in and see close up details by visitingFHWAC.com","52December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2207 California 1857 California Indian Wars Bond, Signed by Gov. J. Neely Johnson, Issued to Wells Fargo \u201dBond of the State of California for War Indebtedness in Conformity with An Act Authorizing the Treasurer of State to Issue Bonds for the payment of expenses incurred in the suppression of Indian Hostilities in Certain Counties in This State, Approved April 25th, 1857.\u201d No. 178 issued for $500 on Aug. 25th, 1857. Reverse indicates it is issued to AH Brown for Nathaniel T. Cutler. Signed by Treasurer Jas. English, Controller Whitman and Governor J. Neely Johnson (on the reverse). Pen cancelled. Black border and print on thin paper with Native American and allegorical vignettes. Fishbourne\u2019s Litho., SF. 6.25 x 13\u201d Folds, creases, some staining. Attached to the back of the certificate is a State of California form from 1877 saying Wells Fargo & Co. are surrendering this bond. The California Indian Wars were a series of wars, battles, and massacres between the United States Army (or often the California State Militia, especially during the early 1850s), and the Indigenous peoples of California. The wars lasted from 1850, immediately after Alta California, acquired during the Mexican-American War, became the state of California, to 1880 when the last minor military operation on the Colorado River ended the Calloway Affair of 1880. On April 22, 1850, the Act for the Government and Protection of Indians was passed by the legislature of California. This allowed settlers to continue the Californio practice of capturing and using Native people as forced workers. It also provided the basis for the enslavement and trafficking in Native American labor, particularly that of young women and children. Raids on villages were made to supply the demand, the young women and children were carried off to be sold, the men and remaining people often being killed. This practice did much to destroy Native tribes during the California Gold Rush. Governor John Neely Johnson was California\u2019s 4th governor (1856-58), following John Bigler. He was sworn in at age 30, making him the youngest governor in California\u2019s history. He was in charge during the Vigilance Committee uprising in 1856, and instructed General Sherman to call the California Militia to San Francisco on June 2, as well as issued a gubernatorial proclamation declaring San Francisco in a state of insurrection the following day. It was not enforced. This crisis overshadowed the rest of his term. After leaving office, he headed to Utah Territory (soon to become Nevada). In 1863, Johnson was elected to the Nevada Constitutional Convention in Carson City. The following year, he was elected as Convention President. In 1867, Nevada governor Henry G. Blasdel appointed Johnson to the Nevada Supreme Court. Johnson served until 1871. Est. $1,000-$2,000 HWAC# 155411Lot# 2208 California 1851 California Indian Wars Comptroller Receipt, Vallejo, 1851 Rare and early. Dateline Vallejo, California, Sept. 23rd, 1851. Issued for $360 to Reichoff, DeSola & Co. out of the \u201cWar Loan Fund\u201d \u201cfor Military services in defending the Eastern Frontier against the attacks of the Indians.\u201d Signed by Comptroller John Houston. 1852 notation on reverse that money had been paid. 3.25 x 7.25\u201d Rough edges. The California Indian Wars were a series of wars, battles, and massacres between the United States Army (or often the California State Militia, especially during the early 1850s), and the Indigenous peoples of California. The wars lasted from 1850, immediately after Alta California, acquired during the Mexican-American War, became the state of California, to 1880 when the last minor military operation on the Colorado River ended the Calloway Affair of 1880. On April 22, 1850, the Act for the Government and Protection of Indians was passed by the legislature of California. This allowed settlers to continue the Californio practice of capturing and using Native people as forced workers. It also provided the basis for the enslavement and trafficking in Native American labor, particularly that of young women and children. Raids on villages were made to supply the demand, the young women and children were carried off to be sold, the men and remaining people often being killed. This practice did much to destroy Native tribes during the California Gold Rush. Est. $200-$400 HWAC# 155413RETURN POLICYAll items are guaranteed to be authentic unless otherwise noted. If authenticity is challenged, please call our office for assistance. ALL SALES ARE FINAL.You may only return any piece that was significantly inaccurately described by calling our office within 10 days of receipt of item(s) and notifying us of the error and reason for return. We do not refund postage or insurance. PLEASE CALL US IF YOU REQUIRE A MORE SPECIFIC CONDITIONREPORTORADDITIONALPHOTOS.Any items that are returned must be returned in the exact, unaltered condition. When we receive your bids we will assume you have read the description in the catalog, viewed the image of the item, have contacted us regarding any questions you may have on any lot and\/or have previewed the lot in person. ","53View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2209 Washington, D.C. 1860 Original Pony Express War Department Loan Note, \u201cIndian Bond Scandal\u201d Extremely rare and very historically important. No. 7. Dateline Washington City, May 9, 1860 (just a month after the first Pony Express trip). $10,000, to be paid in 130 days, for value received at the Bank of the Republic in New York City and charge to account of our transportation contract of the 12th day of April 1860. Signed Russel Major Waddell. Addressed to Hon. JB Floyd. Signed on the back by Russel, Major & Waddell. Also signed by Samuel Allen. Red ink on front says \u201cWar Department, May 9 1860 accepted. John B. Floyd. Secretary of War. Endorsed Russel Major Waddell. Samuel Allen.\u201d 5.5 x 8\u201d Folds, ink stains on reverse. John B. Floyd was the 31st governor of Virginia (1849-52), Secretary of War under President Buchanan (1857-60), and a Confederate General in the Civil War. He died in 1863. His time as Secretary of War was fraught with scandal. To start, he was part of the bungled Utah Expedition in 1857. Floyd was also implicated in the scandal of the \u201cAbstracted Indian Bonds\u201d, which surfaced at the end of the Buchanan administration in 1860. Floyd\u2019s wife\u2019s nephew, Godard Bailey, worked in the Interior Department and removed bonds from the Indian Agency safe during 1860. Among the recipients of the money were... Russell, Majors, and Waddell, a government contractor that held, among its contracts, the Pony Express. The War Department owed the Pony Express\u2019s parent company money for transporting military supplies. Congress hadn\u2019t appropriated the funds yet, but Floyd illegally gave Russell and his partners a written assurance of future payment. Russell used the document as collateral to get short-term bank loans. Our note here is a direct link to that scandal! In December 1860, after learning that Floyd had honored heavy drafts made by government contractors in anticipation of their earnings, President Buchanan requested his resignation. Several days later, Floyd was indicted for malversation in office, although the indictment was overruled in 1861 on technical grounds. No proof was found that he profited by these irregular transactions. Russell was also forced to resign as president of the Pony Express. After leaving his post, Floyd is suspected of aiding the South as the Civil War was about to begin. Ulysses S. Grant stated in his memoir: \u201cFloyd, the Secretary of War, scattered the army so that much of it could be captured when hostilities should commence, and distributed the cannon and small arms from Northern arsenals throughout the South so as to be on hand when treason wanted them.\u201d Freighters William Russell, Alexander Majors, and William B. Waddell were the three founders of the Pony Express. Under charter from the Kansas legislature, the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company started the Pony Express which began operations on April 3, 1860. By utilizing a short route and using mounted riders rather than traditional stagecoaches, they established a fast mail service between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California, with letters delivered in 10 days. The company only lasted 18 months. Frajola notes that the first Eastbound and Westbound trips (SF to St. Joseph and vice-versa) took place April 3, 1860 to April 13, 1860. Does our note here (noting April 12th transportation contract) reference this first trip? Perhaps. In any case, its ties to Floyd and the Indian Bond Scandal make it an extremely important Pony Express document. Est. $3,000-$5,000 HWAC# 155397Lot# 2210 California 1862California Governor Milton S. Latham Autograph on Cover Cover sent September 1862 to Mrs. George Wallace in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Sent \u201cFree\u201d from Milton S. Latham, U.S.S. (which stands for United States Senator). This autograph is from Latham when he served as a US Senator for California 1860-63. He was inaugurated on January 9, 1860 as the 6th governor of California. However, less than a week into his term, he expressed to the State Assembly & Senate his desire to fill a Senate vacancy left by Henry P. Haun. He resigned as governor and was elected as a Senator, thus becoming the shortest-termed governor in California history at just 5 days in office. He lost re-election in the Senate and traveled to Europe, joining the London and San Francisco Bank Ltd, where he became the bank\u2019s San Francisco chief. Throughout the late 1860s and into the 1870s, he helped finance the California Pacific and the North Pacific Coast Railroad, earning recognition as one of California\u2019s rail barons. Est. $200-$400 HWAC# 155386Lot# 2211 California c.1860sCalifornia Civil War Senator John Conness Autograph Cut square autograph, John Conness, Cal. 4 x 5.5\u201d Conness served as a US Senator for California from 1863-69. Before that, he was a member of the California State Assembly (1853-55 and 1860-62). He tried unsuccessfully to run to be governor of California in 1861. As a Republican senator during the Civil War, he became close with President Lincoln. They worked together on legislation to protect Yosemite and Mariposa Grove with federal land grants. Lincoln said of Conness that he is \u201chabitually careful not to say what he does not know\u201d and that he was \u201cone of our United States Senators, of high standing, whom I cheerfully endorse.\u201d Conness voted to abolish slavery and introduced a bill to establish Yosemite National Park. His advocacy of Chinese immigration and civil rights cost him re-election due to opposition from his California constituents. Conness served as a pallbearer at Lincoln\u2019s funeral. Est. $200-$400 HWAC# 155391Lot# 2212 California c.1857-59California Senator \/ Private Coin Minter David C. Broderick Autograph on Cover Autograph on cover sent from D.C. Broderick, U.S. Senate, to Edwin Carpenter in Schenectady, New York. No stamp or cancel. David Colbreth Broderick came to California in 1849 and worked as a smelter, assayer, and minter of private coinage. Broderick was one of the people who James King of William attacked in the newspapers for allegations that his gold coins were not as represented. He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of California in 1849, a member of the State senate from 1850-51, and then a US Senator for California from 1857 to his death in 1859. Just prior to the start of the American Civil War, the Democratic Party of California was divided between pro-slavery and \u201cFree Soil\u201d factions. Broderick led the Free Soilers (those opposed to the expansion of slavery into the Western States). One of his closest friends was David S. Terry, formerly the Chief Justice of the California State Supreme Court. Terry advocated extending slavery into California. Terry lost his re-election bid because of his pro-slavery platform, and he blamed Broderick for the loss. The tensions between the two escalated and led to a duel. Broderick was mortally wounded and died on Sept. 16, 1859. Est. $300-$500 HWAC# 155388","54December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2213 California California Senator William McKendree Gwin Autograph on Cover Autograph (\u201cW.M. Gwin\u201d) in upper corner of small envelope to the Secretary of the Treasury. No contents or stamp. 2.75 x 5.25\u201d While a politician, William McKendree Gwin was a major proponent of California Gold Rush issues, USAO, and the San Francisco Mint. He was a US Marshall in Mississippi in the 1830s, then elected as a US Representative for Mississippi (1841-43). He came to California in 1849, was a member of the State constitutional convention, and then became a US Senator for California (1850-55 and then 1857-61). After the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, Gwin helped to organize secret discussions between Lincoln\u2019s Secretary of State, William H. Seward, and some southern leaders to find a compromise that would avoid dissolution of the Union. He returned to California where he supported Southern causes. In 1864, he attempted to interest Napoleon III in a project to settle American slave owners in Sonora, Mexico. Despite a positive response from Napoleon, the idea was rejected by his prot\u00e9g\u00e9, Maximilian I, who feared that Gwin and his southerners would take Sonora for themselves. After the war, he returned to the United States and gave himself up to Major General Philip Sheridan in New Orleans. He retired to California and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death in New York City in 1885. Est. $300-$500 HWAC# 155404Lot# 2214 Washington, D.C. c.1850sThree Covers Addressed to James W. Denver incl. Pomeroy Autograph Lot of 3 different. James W. Denver was an American politician and lawyer. He served in the California State Government (as Secretary of State from 1853-55), was an officer in the United States Army, and was Governor of the Kansas Territory during the struggle over whether or not Kansas would be open to slavery. The town of Denver, Colorado is named for him. 1) Full face cover from SC Pomeroy, U.S.S. to Gen. JW Denver at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, then forwarded to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. Fort Leavenworth cancel. Pomeroy autograph in upper right corner. Samuel Clarke Pomeroy was a US Senator from Kansas (1861-73). 2) 1858 cover from WF Johns to Sen. JW Denver in Lawrence, Kansas Terr. Wilmington cancel. 3) c.1856 cover to JW Denver, House of Representatives, Washington DC. San Francisco Free cancel. Est. $300-$700 HWAC# 155408Lot# 2215 California Message from the President to Congress (31st Session), 1849 Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-First Congress. Part. II. Ex. Doc. No. 5. Printed in 1849. Includes a report from the Secretary of the Interior and the message from President Zachary Taylor. 370 pages plus 11 foldout maps. Bound in black contemporary half leather with gilt embossed lettering to the spine and contemporary marbled paper covered boards. Rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and to the boards, most marked at the corners. The rear end paper has been torn, with loss of most of the leaf. Some leaves a little toned and slight foxing in places. Otherwise, good condition. 5.75 x 9 inches. Est. $150-$300 HWAC# 158993Lot# 2216 California Message from the President to the 31st Congress, 1849 Message from the President of the United State to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-First Congress. Message by Zachary Taylor. Also contains a follow up on gold in California by B. Riley Brevet, Brigadier General U.S.A. 851 pages with 4 foldouts. Foxing throughout, otherwise good condition. 6 x 9 inches. Est. $150-$300 HWAC# 159035Lot# 2217 California Message from the President to Congress (33rd Session), 1849 Message from the President of the United States to the Two House of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-Third Congress. Part II. Printed by Robert Armstrong in 1853. First section is a report by Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis, who later became president of the Confederacy. 591 pages. Original binding, cover blind stamped \u201cHouse Documents.\u201d 6 x 9 inches. Est. $100-$200 HWAC# 158987Lot# 2218 California California and New Mexico: Message from Pres. Taylor, 1850 California and New Mexico- Message from the President of the United States to the 31st Congress, 1850. Ex. Doc. No. 17. First edition. Covers the Mexican War in California, and other significant events such as the formation of the provisional military government and the transition from territory to statehood. President Zachary Taylor also discusses California\u2019s desire to be admitted to the Union as a state. This volume contains a plethora of information about the annexation of California and the early days of the Gold Rush. This was a such a popular volume that Congress ordered 10,000 extra copies to be printed. 977 pages plus 7 maps. Particularly interesting maps of San Francisco and the California Mining District. Rebound in contemporary cloth with leather binding with four raised ridges. Light foxing, otherwise good condition. 6 x 9 inches. Est. $1,000-$2,000 HWAC# 158995Lot# 2219 California Message from the President to the 31st Congress, 1850 Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-First Congress. Printed in 1850. This is a message from President Millard Fillmore. 488 pages. Good condition. 6 x 9 inches. Est. $150-$300 HWAC# 159032","55View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2220 California Message from the President to Congress (33rd Congress), 1853 Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-Third Congress. Part I. Printed by Robert Armstrong, 1853. This message is from President Franklin Pierce. Ex. Doc. No. 1. 525 pages. Original brown cloth binding with gilt on spine. 6 x 9 inches. Est. $150-$300 HWAC# 158999Lot# 2221 California 1853 Gold Rush Era Report from California Governor John Bigler, 1853 Governor\u2019s Message, Benicia, March 27th, 1853. To the Assembly of California from Governor John Bigler. Discusses the sale of water lot property in San Francisco in 1850. References the Treaty of Peace at Queratero where the sovereignty over the soil of California was transferred from the government of Mexico to the US. Also references the Water Lot Act of 1851 which regarded all the sales made after the ratification of that treaty and before admission of the State into the Union as illegal. 4pp. Taken from a book. 9.5 x 6\u201d Rough edges. Bigler was California\u2019s 3rd governor, serving 1852-56. Lake Tahoe was also originally named Lake Bigler in his honor. While he enacted anti-Chinese policies, he was also part of the Free Soil Party that was against the spread of slavery into the Western US. Est. $200-$400 HWAC# 155410Lot# 2222 California Gold Mines of California by Foster, 1848 The Gold Regions of California: Being a Succinct Description of theGeography,History,Topography, and General FeaturesofCalifornia:IncludingaCarefullyPreparedAccountofthe Gold Regions of that Fortunate Country. Prepared from official documents and other authentic sources. EditedbyG.G.Foster.Published by Dewitt & Davenport, 1848. This is an important Gold Rush book. According to Streeter, \u201cThis is one of the first published accountsofthegolddiscovery in book form.\u201d The frontispiece map shows California from Los Angeles to Sutter Buttes, with the Gold Region encircled by a dotted line. Sutters Fort is located along with Fremont\u2019s Route, the route to Oregon, and towns along the Pacific Coast of California. According to Wheat, the map is one of the first to mention the Gold Region. This is the first edition of Foster\u2019s work, but the wrappers are not printed in gold, nor does it include the six leaves of ads usually found at the rear. This copy appears never to have included the advertisement pages and may represent a first printing. 80 pages. Good condition with original printed brown wrappers. Contained in a cloth clamshell box that is 6.25 x 9.5 inches. Est. $3,000-$5,000 HWAC# 159041Lot# 2223 California CaliforniaGoldRegionsbyPratt,1849 California Gold Regions, with a Full AccountofTheirMineral Resources; How to Get There, and What to Take; the Expenses, the Time, and the Various Routes. With Sketches of California; an Account of the Life, Manners, and Customs oftheInhabitants,ItsHistory,Climate,Soil, Productions, etc. Compiled and published by F.M. Pratt, 1849. Firstedition.Thisguide was published as a \u201ccheap edition for the people\u201d and was extremelypopularamong gold seekers. It includes historical, geographic, and economic information about the California gold regions. The information in this guide was put together using many different sources including Colonel R.B. Mason\u2019s report, a letter of Thomas Larkin dated June 1, 1848, newspapers, and other sketches of California. This was a very early guide to the California Gold Rush and is very rare today. 48 pages. Disbound and missing wrappers. Preserved in a custom dark brown cloth enclosure that is 5.75 x 9.5 inches. Est. $5,000-$7,000 HWAC# 159039Lot# 2224 California A Tour of Duty in California by Revere, 1849 A Tour of Duty in California; Including a Description of the Gold Region: and an Account of the Voyage Around Cape Horn; with Notices of Lower California, the Gulf and Pacific Coasts, and the Principal Events Attending the Conquest of the Californias. By Lt. Joseph Warren Revere (grandson of Paul Revere). Published by C.S. Francis & Co., 1849. First edition. Streeter called this \u201cone of the most important books on the Gold Rush.\u201d As a lieutenant in the US Navy, Revere offers a firsthand account of the conquest of California. He includes descriptions of California\u2019s natural resources, scenery, quicksilver mines, crops, economy, inhabitants, etc. Revere was also present in California to observe the early days of the Gold Rush. However, he was concerned about the lawlessness of California in those early days writing, \u201cShe is without government, without laws, without a military force, while tens of thousands of adventurers from all parts of the earth are pouring into her golden valleys... [and they] will be transformed by the evil spirit of avarice...into knaves and men of violence.\u201d Overall, this work is a very important account of the Mexican-American War and the Gold Rush. 305 pages plus advertisements. and six lithograph plates sketched by Revere. Also includes a foldout map of the Harbour of San Francisco, also sketched by Revere. Rebound, gilt stamped spine. 5 x 7.75 inches. Est. $600-$1,200 HWAC# 159045","56December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2225 California The Gold-Seeker\u2019s Manual by Ansted, 1849 The Gold-Seeker\u2019s Manual; Being a Practical and Instructive Guide to All Persons Emigrating to the Newly Discovered Gold Regions of California by David T. Ansted. Published by D. Appleton & Company in 1849. First edition. This reference work was regarded as the standard of the time, according to Cowan. It includes detailed sections on extraction of gold, assaying, weight systems, etc. This is a very good copy with the pages rebound in leather with four raised sections on the spine and red and gold gilt title and author. 5 x 7.5 inches. Est. $500-$1,000 HWAC# 158979Lot# 2226 California What I Saw in California by Bryant, 1849 What I Saw in California: Being the Journal of a Tour, by the Emigrant Route and South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, Across the Continent of North America,theGreatDesertBasin, and Through California, in the Years 1846, 1847 by Edwin Bryant. Fourth Edition. With an Appendix of the Gold Mines, Various Routes, Outfit, Etc. Published by D. Appleton & Company, 1849. A great firsthand account of someone who arrived in California shortly after the gold discoveries. This book quickly became a bestseller and was read by many people who wanted to become gold seekers. The popularity of this book helped to increase the intensity of the Gold Rush. The author also covers events of the Mexican-American War in this book. During his travels, Bryant met many important figures including John Sutter, Joseph Folsom, Robert Stockton, John C. Freemont, and many more. 480 pages. Original blind stamped brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine. A few minor nicks to binding, otherwise fine condition. Inscribed by a previous owner, Henry Chapin, on the front page. 5.25 x 7.5 inches. Est. $300-$500 HWAC# 159037Lot# 2227 California Report of Hon. T. Butler King of California, 1850 Report of Hon. T. Butler King of California printed by Gideon & Co. in 1850. This report relayed the first official information about the gold rush to the federal government. Thomas Butler King, a Georgia congressman, arrived in California on June 4, 1849, by way of the Isthmus of Panama. It was his purpose in making this extended journey to investigate conditions in California and to give the federal government its first official information on the gold discoveries. While in California, he served as the U. S. Collector of Customs at San Francisco. 72 pages. Good condition in publisher\u2019s original wrappers, including the errata slip. Rare in this condition. 5.75 x 9.25 inches. Est. $500-$1,000 HWAC# 158976Lot# 2228 California Six Months in the Gold Mines by Buffum, 1850 Six Months in the Gold Mines: From a Journal of Three Years\u2019 Residence in Upper and Lower California. 1847-8-9. By E. Gould Buffum, Lieutenant First Regiment New York Volunteer. Published by Lea and Blanchard in 1850. Interesting source on the early gold discoveries in California. Buffum was a newspaper reporter and Mexican War volunteer soldier. He was discharged in 1849 and went searching for gold in California. In this book, he describes his experiences during the Gold Rush and the early history of California. 172 pages plus advertisements. This is a good copy in its original cloth binding. Spine ends corners chipped, top of joint cracked, front hinge loose, circular erasure mark on title page, otherwise good condition. 5 x 8 inches. Est. $500-$800 HWAC# 158992Lot# 2229 California Geology and Industrial Resources of California by Tyson, 1851 Geology and Industrial Resources of California by Philip T. Tyson. Published by Wm. Minifie & Co., 1851. Second edition. Expanded version of this important work that was first published as a Senate document in 1850. Wheat notes that the work was \u201cprobably the earliest work of true scientific research to emerge from the Gold Rush.\u201d The maps include George H. Derby\u2019s \u201cThe Sacramento Valley from the American River to Butte Creek,\u201d Tyson\u2019s \u201cGeological Reconnaissance\u2019s in California,\u201d and R.S. Williamson\u2019s \u201cSketch of the Route of Capt. Warner\u2019s Exploring Party in the Sacramento Valley and the Sierra Nevada.\u201d Along with the maps are 9 foldouts showing geological cross sections across California and the gold region. 127 pages with 3 folding lithographed maps and 9 folding lithographed plate sections. Original blind stamped dark brown cloth; spine lettered in gilt. Spine ends chipped, joint ends splitting, mild rubbing; occasional short tears to folding plates and page edges (a few with light damp stains), foxing, previous owner\u2019s signatures on the front pastedown and title. 6 x 9 inches. Est. $1,000-$2,000 HWAC#159034","57View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2230 California Horn\u2019s Overland Guide to California, 1852 Horn\u2019s Overland Guide, From the U.S. Indian Sub-Agency, Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River, to the City of Sacramento, in California by Hosea B. Horn. Published by J.H. Colton, 1852. This is the second issue of the first edition with the \u201copinions of the press\u201d on page 5, and the longer pagination of the main text. This is a landmark guide for pioneers and prospectors published four years after the California gold discoveries. Hosea Horn was an Iowa lawyer who travelled the routes himself and produced this detailed overland guide, the most popular and best known of its day. The text consists of a lengthy list of \u201cNotable Places, Objects and Remarks,\u201d and follows the trail in a detailed, step-by-step fashion, with mileage charts, distance between places, etc. The map was executed by Colton and shows the entire central route, with all the cutoffs, marked in red. 83 pages plus advertisements and a large folding map. Original brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Protected in a custom cloth slipcase with gilt leather label. Very fine copy. Slipcase is 4.75 x 6.75 inches. Est. $7,000-$10,000 HWAC# 159043Lot# 2231 California Life on the Plains and Among the Diggings by Delano, 1854 Life on the Plains and Among the Diggings; Being Scenes and Adventures of an Overland Journey to California: with Particular IncidentsoftheRoute, Mistakes and SufferingsoftheEmigrants, the Indian Tribes, the Present and the Future of the Great West by Alonzo Delano.Publishedby Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1854. First edition, first issue. Delano(1802?-1874), better known by his nom de plume \u201cOld Block,\u201d arrived in California after an overland journey from Saint Louis in the company of fifty men. Unlike many others, he had some success in mining and certainly had a great facility for telling their story, which makes this account so desirable. This work is the opening chapter of a very successful California writer. 384 pages. Includes a wood-engraved frontispiece and 3 wood-engraved plates (engraved by Nathaniel Orr after sketches by Frederick M. Coffin). Bound in original blind-stamped plum cloth with half leather gilt spine. A very fine copy of a book that is difficult to find in decent condition. 5 x 7.5 inches. Est. $400-$600 HWAC# 157168Lot# 2232 California The PioneerorCaliforniaMonthly Magazine, 1854 The Pioneer; or California Monthly Magazine, edited by F.C. Ewer. Vol. I. January to June, 1854. Published by the W.H. Brooks & Company. Contains articles related to early California history, politics, mining, exploration, society, and leisure.Animportanthistorical work. 384 pages. Good condition. 6 x 9 inches. Est. $200-$400 HWAC# 159030Lot# 2233 California The Pioneer or California Monthly Magazine, 1855 The Pioneer or California Monthly Magazine, edited by F.C. Ewer. Vol. III January to June 1855. Published by Lecount and Strong, 1855. Contains articles related to early California history, politics, mining, exploration, society, and leisure.Animportanthistorical work. 384 pages. Good condition. 6 x 9 inches. Est. $200-$400 HWAC# 159036Lot#2234CaliforniaScenery of the Plains, Mountains, and Mines by Langworthy, 1855 Scenery of the Plains, Mountains, and Mines: or A Diary Kept Upon the Overland Route to California, by Way of the Great Salt Lake: Travels in the Cities, Mines, and AgriculturalDistricts-Embracing the Return by the Pacific Ocean and Central America, in the Years 1850, \u201851, \u201852, and \u201853 by Franklin Langworthy. Published by J.C. Sprague in 1855. Langworthy started for California on April 1, 1850, from near Galena, Illinois, followed the California Trail, and arrived at the Humboldt Sink on October 2. He crossed over the Sierra Nevada by way of Carson Pass and arrived at Sacramento on October 27. Langworthy spent two years traveling throughout California and the mining regions and presented his readers with a compact, but vividly written description of the mines, mining methods, and mining society. His accounts of thievery and gambling halls painted a sordid picture of the land of gold. Langworthy also wrote of the November 1852 fire in Sacramento; Dr. Bourne\u2019s hydropathy; bull and bear fights; San Francisco; and the burning of the S. S. Lewis. These observations were balanced with positive statements about California\u2019s flora, fauna, and agricultural wealth. Concerning his own livelihood, he explained: \u201cI supported myself in traveling, by giving popular lectures on scientific subjects. At times, I attempted to labor at mining, but was obliged to desist on account of my health.\u201d On April 16, 1852, Langworthy boarded the steamship Brother Jonathan, bound for San Juan del Sud. The remainder of the book detailed his return home via Nicaragua. This book is bound in the publisher\u2019s original blind stamped brown cloth; spine stamped in black. Minor shelf wear, hinges weak, occasional foxing to text (more pronounced at front), overall, a very good copy. 324 pages. 5 x 8.25 inches. Est. $500-$1,000 HWAC# 158970","58December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2235 California The Land of Gold by Helper, 1855 The Land of Gold: Reality Versus Fiction by Hinton R. Helper. Published by Henry Taylor in 1855. In this book, Helper recounts early travels in San Francisco and Gold Rush country. 300 pages. Bound in publisher\u2019s blind stamped cloth. Bookplate of Arthur Wakefield Chapman insidefrontcover.Goodcondition. 5 x 7.75 inches. Est. $200-$300 HWAC# 158998Lot# 2236 California Eldorado or Adventures in the Path of Empire, 1855 Eldorado, or Adventures in the Path of Empire: Comprising a Voyage to California, via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures of the Gold Region, and Experiences of Mexican Travel. By Bayard Taylor. Seventh Edition. Published by George P. Putnam & Co., 1855. Eldorado\u2019 is considered one of the best contemporary accounts of the California Gold Rush by a highly renowned traveler. Taylor had a great eye for detail and shares some fascinating experiences in this work. His impressions of San Francisco, which basically presents a picture of a very busy unfinished frontier town, are especially interesting. Taylor spends a lot of time discussing the gold rush and concludes that gold prospecting isn\u2019t for the sickly or faint of heart because you need to be able to survive in some difficult surroundings, and with some mighty tough characters. 444 pages. Colorized litho of San Francisco in 1848 opposite title page. Slip of paper inscribed by the author inside front cover. Good condition. 5 x 7.25 inches. Est. $150-$300 HWAC# 159031Lot# 2237 California California: Its Gold and Its Inhabitants by Huntley,1856California: Its Gold and Its Inhabitants by Henry Vere Huntley.Firstedition published byThomasCautleyNewbyin1856.Twovolumes rebound together into a singlevolumewith three quarter blackleatherbindingwithraised ribs and gilt on spine. Henry Vere Huntley was a British naval officer and colonial administrator. The book highlights notations from a journal kept about his experiences in California in 1852 as the San Francisco-based representative of a British gold quartz mining company. He describes business and social life in San Francisco as well as visits to Marysville, Sacramento, Columbia, and two months at Placerville supervising large-scale mechanized mining operations. Special attention is given to shipping news, crime, violence, and American justice, political corruption, and disasters such as the Marysville flood and Sacramento fire. [Book description taken from the Library of Congress] Vol. 1 303 pages, Vol. II 286 pages. 5 x 8 inches. Est. $700-$1,500 HWAC# 157161Lot# 2238 California California and Its Resources by Seyd, 1858 California and Its Resources: A Work for the Merchant, the Capitalist, and the Emigrant by Ernest Seyd.PublishedbyTrubnerandCo. in 1858. First edition. A thorough and lively work on California,withmuch on the state\u2019s natural resources, history, and economy, as well as its gold fields and agricultural prospects. Illustrated with 18 plates, 8 of which are colored or tinted. The tinted frontispiece showing Yosemite Falls and another tinted plate showing Yosemite Valley were derived from sketches made in 1855 and appear to be the first views of Yosemite Valley to be published in a book. Other illustrations show buildings in San Francisco, forest scenes, and mining operations. This book also contains two foldout maps. One map shows all of California, while the other shows several routes to California from England and Europe, including overland from New York or New Orleans, across the Isthmus of Panama, or around the Horn. 168 pages plus advertisements. Original cloth binding. Light edge wear, joints a bit worn. Light tanning, occasional foxing, but generally clean internally. 5.75 x 9 inches. Est. $1,000-$2,000 HWAC# 158985Lot#2239California Romance of the Age by Dubar, 1867 The RomanceoftheAge or Discovery of Gold in California by Edward E. Dunbar. Published in New York by Appleton andCompany,1867. First edition. Original blind and gilt-stampedbluecloth cover. Dunbar gives his view of the Donner tragedy, a biography of John A. Sutter and the events leading up to and including the discovery of gold, the war to take possession of California from Mexico, the Mormons, and transportation to the goldfields. There are black and white engravings of Sutter\u2019s Fort, Sutter\u2019s Mill, and Coloma. At the rear of the book are ten pages of ads. Much of Dunbar\u2019s account is devoted to a history of California, the gold discovery, and the plight of Captain Sutter and James Marshall. The most interesting feature consists of Dunbar\u2019s important recollections entitled: \u2018the Trip of the First Passengers from New York to San Francisco by Steam,\u2019 an ill-fated trip. 134 pages plus advertisements and two plates. 4.75 x 7.25 inches. Clean crisp copy in near fine condition. Est. $300-$500 HWAC# 157163","59View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2240 California The Life and Adventures of James W. Marshall by Parsons, 1870 The Life and Adventures of James W. Marshall, the Discoverer of Gold in California by George FredericParsons.Publishedin Sacramento by James W. Marshall and W. Burke, 1870. First edition. Original brown blind-stamped cloth, with gold-stamped front cover title, lettered in gilt. Considered one of the most important works of California history and the first of many books on Marshall. Essential for the study of the Bear Flag Revolt and the gold discovery in California. Close to an autobiography, it was written as a defense, a vindication, and in part a memoir of Marshall, who published the volume in an attempt to secure a pension for his services as a gold discoverer. This book is a Gold Rush classic, listed in all of the major bibliographies.188 pages. Illustrated with wood-engraved frontispiece and headpieces. 4.75 x 6.75 inches. Spine tips and corners chipped, offsetting to title page and frontispiece, darkened endpapers, otherwise very good condition. Est. $300-$600 HWAC# 157162Lot# 2241 California Scenes in El Dorado in the Years 1849-50 by Upham, 1878 Notes of a Voyage to California via Cape Horn, together with Scenes in El Dorado, in the Years 1849-50. With an Appendix Containing Reminiscences of Pioneer Journalism in California. By Samuel C. Upham. With 45illustrations,includingportraits of Sutter and Upham. Upham arrived in San Francisco on August 5, 1849. He went to the digging on the Calaveras River in search of gold. He later moved to Sacramento and started the Sacramento Transcript, one of California\u2019s first newspapers. As a journalist, he covered many historical events including the Sacramento fire, the Squatters Riots, etc. This book is 594 pages. Bound in publisher\u2019s original \u201cEnglish ruby-cloth,\u201d upper cover ruled in black, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt and with gilt illustration of bear, beveled edges, edges tinted red. Overall a fine copy. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. Est. $300-$500 HWAC# 158986Lot# 2242 California The Land of Gold: A Tale of \u201849 by Spurr, 1881 The Land of Gold. A Tale of \u201849. Illustrative of early pioneer life in California and founded upon fact. Dedicated to California pioneers. By George G. Spurr. Includessevenillustrations.Published in Boston by A. Williams & Company, 1881. First edition. Bound in publisher\u2019s green cloth stamped in gilt and black. The preface states, \u201cThis narrative is contributed to the literature for the purpose of keeping the memory of the achievements of the early pioneers in California, and to show future generations what it cost to add what was once a wild unbroken solitude to civilization and fame.\u201d The illustrations include \u201cCapturing the Grizzly Bear.\u201d Spurr would later publish A Fight with a Grizzly Bear: A Story of Thrilling Interest (1886). This book is 271 pages with 7 plates. 5 x 7.5 inches. There are a few marks and creases to corners, otherwise a very good copy. Light wear to the cover as well. Bookplate of a previous owner, M.N. Prescott, inside the front cover. Est. $150-$300 HWAC# 157164Lot# 2243 California Experiences of a Forty-Niner by Johnston, 1892 Experiences of a Forty-Niner, by Wm. G. Johnson, a Member of the Wagon Train First to Enter California in the Memorable Year 1849. Published in Pittsburgh in 1892. First edition and limited edition (50 copies were made for private distribution, according to Mintz). Illustrated with frontispiece halftone portrait of author (from a daguerreotype made in 1848) and 13 halftone plates (portraits and scenes). Original dark olive-green cloth, upper cover gilt-stamped \u201c1849\u201d within diamond border, title gilt-lettered on spine, beveled edges, floral endpapers. Howell notes that this book is, \u201cOne of the most readable of the overland narratives. Johnston\u2019s party left Independence in April of 1849, and with Jim Stewart as their guide, traveled through Fort Bridger and Salt Lake City and arrived in Sacramento at the end of July. The author gives an account of his life in San Francisco, Sacramento, and the mines, and concludes with his return to the East by sea.\u201d According to Kurtz, \u201cJohnston privately published and distributed this highly regarded account. Approximately 200 copies were printed. After publication, Johnston mailed a blueprint map and a portrait of himself, asking the owners to tip the additions in to the volume. Apparently, not everyone complied, as many copies lack the map and the portrait.\u201d This copy has the map and a card signed by the author to a Mr. Joseph J. Dunnell. Ex Libris Volkmann. 390 pages. Custom slip case is 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Front joint split, a few minor spots to cloth neatly refurbished, otherwise fine with original tissue guards. Est. $1,500-$3,000 HWAC# 158971Lot# 2244 California Adventures of a Forty-Niner by Knower, 1894 The Adventures of a Forty-Niner. An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days by Daniel Knower. Published by Weed-Parsons Printing Co., 1894. First edition. Contains very good descriptions of early life and business in San Francisco. The author was an entrepreneur who organized an expedition to California on the ship Georgia on July 1, 1849, crossing the Isthmus of Panama and then boarding the steamer Panama arriving in San Francisco on August 18th. He arranged to ship a large number of prefabricated houses to San Francisco in anticipation of a housing shortage. But his timing was bad, and he just about lost his shirt, returning east after a sojourn in the mines near Coloma and Dutch Bar. 200 pages. Very good condition with a gilt image of the building of the Society of California Pioneers on the front cover; gilt title to the spine. 5.25 x 7.25 inches. Est. $150-$250 HWAC# 159033Lot# 2245 California Life Sketches of a Jayhawker of \u201849 by Stephens Life Sketches of a Jayhawker of \u201849 by L. Dow Stephens. Actual Experiences of a Pioneer Told by Himself in His Own Way. Published in 1916. A scarce western overland account by a restless New Jersey Jayhawker who traveled through Death Valley with Manly. According to Kurutz, \u201cStephens joined an Illinois company that left for California on March 28, 1849. The company traveled to Fort Laramie, South Pass, Fort Bridger, and Salt Lake City before veering off to the Southern Route and Death Valley. Surviving this ordeal, he followed the coast from Los Angeles to San Jose and then to the diggings on the Merced River...With the beginning of the rainy season in the fall of 1850, Stephens took up farming and freighting. A restless type, he joined the mining rushes in British Columbia in 1862 and the Klondike in 1898.\u201d 68 pages plus 6 plates. Original stiff printed wrappers, rebacked with brown paper tape. Edges a bit chipped. Overall, a good copy. 6.25 x 9.5 inches. Est. $200-$400 HWAC# 158977","60December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2246 California Books of the Gold Rush by Wheat, 1949 Books of the California Gold Rush: A Centennial Selection by Carl I. Wheat. Published by the Colt Press in 1949. This is a selected bibliography of the California Gold Rush. First edition, limited to 500 copies. Bound in original yellow paper covered boards printed in red and gold, with red cloth backstrip. Very good condition. 6.25 x 10.25 inches. Three unrelated booklets on California history are tucked inside the front cover. Est. $150-$300 HWAC# 158983Lot# 2247 California Gold Rush: The Journals of J. Goldsborough Bruff Gold Rush: The Journals, Drawings, and Other Papers of J. Goldsborough Bruff,Captain,WashingtonCity and California Mining Association. April 2, 1849- July 20, 1851. Edited by Georgia Willis Read and Ruth Gaines with a Foreword by F.W. Hodge. Published by Columbia University Press in 1949. This is the California Centennial Edition. 794 pages. 7.75 x 10.25 inches. Good condition. Jim & Barbara Sherman Private Western Mining MuseumEst. $100-$200 HWAC# 156164Lot# 2248 California New Varieties of Gold and Silver Coins by Eckfeldt, 1852 New Varieties of Gold and Silver Coin, Counterfeit Coins, and Bullion;withMintValues.Third edition rearranged with numerous additions. By Jacob R. Eckfeldt and William E. DuBois. Published in New York by George P. Putnam, 1852. This is an early reference work on gold coins from California and other states issued for collectors and those dealing in the money trade. The authors were assayers of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. The first edition of this work, issued in 1850, contained several samples of genuine California gold ore and is notably scarce. This revised edition was issued without the private gold samples but contains new material on the California gold situation and California coins; Mormon coins; and other West Coast imprints. There are five engraved plates at the end of the book showing gold coins from California and Oregon; Mormon coins; gold ingots; mining company issues; coins from Central America; and much more. The second half of the book, written by DuBois, is devoted to ancient coins in the U.S. Mint\u2019s private collection, including coins from the Roman Empire, Persia, the Byzantine era, and more. This collection was formed in 1838 with Du Bois serving as its first curator. This is a very good copy with original brown cloth, gilt-stamped cover. 5.75 x 9 inches. Est. $300-$600 HWAC# 158975Lot# 2249 California Private Gold Coinage of California by Adams, 1913 Private Gold Coinage of California, 1849-1855, Its History and Its Issues by Edgar H. Adams. Published in 1913. Original pages, rebound with gold gilt on spine. Illustrated with 11 photographic plates. Comprised of an introduction and three different sections: 1) The State Assay Office of California, 1850, 2) The Moffat & Co. Issue, San Francisco, and 3) Various California Private Mines, 1849-55. 110 pages. 8 x 10 inches. Est. $150-$300 HWAC# 157160Lot# 2250 California Commentaries on the Mining Ordinances of Spain, 1830 Commentaries on the Mining Ordinances of Spain: Dedicated to His Catholic Majesty, Charles III, by Don Francisco Xavier de Gamboa. Translated from the original Spanish by Richard Heathfield. Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green in 1830. Two volumes bound together. This work is about the mining laws of Mexico and South America. However, it was also used as a foundation for mining laws in California\u2019s Gold Rush up until 1866 when Congress enacted more comprehensive laws. This particular copy was once owned by Adolph Sutro, who used it in readying himself for debates with Congress regarding his Tunnel on the Comstock. Sutro\u2019s autograph is inscribed on the title page. This copy is rebound in contemporary cloth and leather binding with five ridges and the title in gold gilt. 752 pages with three foldouts. 6.5 x 9.75 inches. Est. $2,000-$4,000 HWAC# 158981Lot#2251CaliforniaCompilation of Spanish and Mexican Law by Rockwell, 1851 A Compilation of Spanish and Mexican Law, in Relation to Mines, and Titles to Real Estate, in Force in California, Texas, and New Mexico; and in the Territories Acquired Under the Louisiana and Florida Treaties, When Annexed to the United States. Volume I. By John A. Rockwell. Published by John S. Voorhies, 1851. This translation is an edited work of Gamboa\u2019s Commentaries on the Mining Ordinances of Spain which was used as a foundation for mining laws in California\u2019s Gold Rush up until 1866 when Congress enacted more comprehensive laws.664 pages. Binding is loose and held together with tape.6.25 x 10 inches. Est. $500-$1,000 HWAC# 158988","61View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot#2252CaliforniaA Collection of Mining Laws of Spain and Mexico by Halleck, 1859 A Collection of Mining Laws of Spain and Mexico. Compiled and translated by Henry W. Halleck. Published by O\u2019Meara & Painter in 1859. Mining laws of Spain and Mexico were used as the basis for California mining laws in the early days of the Gold Rush. This work was often used as a reference in early mining claim cases. It is inscribed by the author to John Young, an early superintendent of the New Almaden Mines. Halleck went on to be a General in the Union Army and warned Abraham Lincoln of the dire consequences of the Supreme Court\u2019s reversal in the New Almaden Mine case. 649 pages. Bound in brown leather with red label and gilt on spine. Joints cracked about halfway on both boards. Otherwise, good condition. 6 x 9 inches. Est. $1,000-$2,000 HWAC# 158997Lot# 2253 California 1849FranklinCalifornia Trading andMiningCo.Stock Certificate No. 34 for one share of associationformedon June 26, 1849, made out to George Harrington. One share equaled 1\/100th of the beneficial interest. Signed by President David Laville and Secretary Geo. M. Bancroft. This is possibly the only known US issued 1849 mining stock as the other known stocks are British or French. Est. $3,000-$5,000 HWAC# 160128Lot# 2254 Nevada City, California 1851 Enterprise Quartz Company Stock Stock Certificate of the Enterprise Quartz Company, issued in Nevada City, California on November 21, 1851. Printed by the Nevada Journal Print Co. Enterprise Quartz was located in an area known as Kentucky Ridge in Nevada County. Gold-Quartz was discovered in the region in 1850-1851 by an early 49er named George Roberts. E.W. Roberts when the gold tunnel vein was found. However, important production did not commence until the early 1860\u2019s because of difficulties milling the ore. Eventually production in the region would yield between $300,000 and $500,000 per year. Nevada County was the leading gold mining county in the state of California during this time period, making Nevada City one of the most important towns in the state. \u201cCity\u201d was added to avoid confusion with the State of Nevada in 1864. The stock has two ornate geometric patterns on the left and right margin. It is small, only measuring 3 \u00bd\u201d x 8\u201d. It is signed by President E.W. Roberts and Secretary (Illegible) J. Andrews. A Border and vignettes are absent. The reverse informs of a transfer on July 1, 1853, also signed by E.W. Roberts. Crease on the left, rough top edge. Good Condition. Est. $1,500-$2,500 HWAC# 160129Lot# 2255 California Rocky-Bar Mining Stock Certificate No. 1278 for 2 shares made out to Thomas Houston dated Nov. 21, 1854. The mine is located on the middle fork of the American River,aboutseventy miles from Sacramento City in El Dorado County. The Company was capitalized at $1,000,000; 10,000 shares at $100 each and incorporated in New York in November of 1850. This was the first California Mining prospectus in the Gold country. Est. $2,000-$4,000 HWAC# 160131Lot#2256California State ofCaliforniaRelief Check to John A. Sutter Sacr ament o, CANov.5th,1867 Engraved check(StateC ontr oller \u2019s Warrant),for$250, filled out in ink, signed by Controller Geo. Oulton. 5x10\u201d. The check, the purpose of which is listed as \u201csubsidy,\u201d is made out to John A. Sutter or D.O. Mills & Co. Atty.; it is endorsed on the verso by D.O. Mills & Co. acting on Sutter\u2019s behalf, with notation \u201cRelief of Genl. John A. Sutter.\u201d Sutter\u2019s vast holdings of land in California had had been wrested from his grasp in the wake of the California Gold Rush, and by 1852 he was virtually bankrupt. Sutter received a modest stipend from the state government of $250 a month as he sought to regain his empire. In 1871, he was in Washington, D.C., presenting claims to the U.S. government for his lost holdings. He was not successful, and he died in Washington at the age of 76. Not signed by Sutter. Fine. \u201cJohn Augustus Sutter (February 23, 1803 \u2013 June 18, 1880), born Johann August Sutter and was a Swiss immigrant of Mexican and American citizenship, known for establishing Sutter\u2019s Fort in the area that would eventually become Sacramento, California, the state\u2019s capital. Although he became famous following the discovery of gold by his employee James W. Marshall and the mill-making team at Sutter\u2019s Mill, Sutter saw his own business ventures fail during the California Gold Rush.\u201d from wikipedia. Est. $600-$1,000 HWAC# 160132Lot# 2257 Florida Letter Signed by Phillip IV, Reign Coinciding with Spanish Treasure Galleon Sinking off Florida Keys Letter signed by Phillip IV, King of Spain(1621-65) during the reign coinciding with Nuestra Senora de Atocha (Spanish: Our Lady of Atocha) a Spanish treasure galleon and the most widely known vessel of a fleet of ships that sank in a hurricane off the Florida Keys in 1622. Signature has his characteristic \u201cfish hook\u201d. 12x8\u201d with horizontal fold. Top wear signs. Jim & Barbara Sherman Private Western Mining MuseumEst. $500-$800 HWAC# 157889","62December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2258 New York 1852-56Adams & Co. Express Drafts for New York & Boston, Gold Rush Era Lot of 2 different. 1) Adams & Co. Express Office, Boston, Nov. 3, 1852. No. 162, issued to Edward Smith for $1,514, payable \u201cin bars or gold dust.\u201d Signed CC Haskell. To be drawn on San Francisco office. Black print on thin paper. Paddlewheel steamer vignette (top center) and allegorical vignette (at left). Morse & Tuttle. 4 x 9.25\u201d Many folds, creases. 2) Adams & Co. Express Office, New York, Aug. 26th, 1856. No. 217, issued to EW Clark, Doge & Co. for $100 for \u201cduties\u201d related to the \u201cStaghound.\u201d Signed John K. Stinson & Bro. Black print on thin paper. Locomotive vignette (top center) and small ship vignette (bottom center). Left border lists Adams & Co. offices. Printed by Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear, & Co. NY. 3.75 x 8\u201d Stag hound was a clipper ship built in 1850 and used in the New York to California trade from 1851 to 1861 (when it burned down). Est. $300-$500 HWAC# 155383Lot# 2259 Manhattan, New York c1892-1915 Gold Pocket Watch, Illinois Watch Company, N. Gamse \u201dThe Queen\u201d private label gold pocket watch made by Illinois Watch Company c1900 for N. Gamse, New York. 136 grams. Manual wind gold pocket watch. Beautiful heavy gold case. Front of watch case has fancy rose gold monogram \u201cRN\u201d surrounded by flowers in different shades of gold. Back of watch case features 3 horse heads in rose gold, white gold and yellow gold with jeweled eyes. Face of watch is labelled \u201cThe Queen \/ N. Gamse \/ New York, U.S.A.\u201d Roman numerals and working second hand. Ticks when wound! Illinois Watch Company operated from 1869 - 1927 out of Springfield, Illinois. The first movements were produced by the company in 1872, but the company was not operating at full production until 1875, the same year the first stem-wind watches were made. Illinois Watch Company is known for the company\u2019s extensive line of extremely fine and accurate Railroad-grade pocket watches. Nicholas Gamse was a jeweler and major watch distributor in Manhattan, New York who operated out of the prestigious Maiden Lane District. Gamse contracted 11 different private label watches with Illinois Watch Company, as well as 2 with Waltham and 2 with Elgin. Gamse\u2019s private label watch names included New York themes, such as \u201cThe Queen\u201d in addition to his own signature. The earliest Gamse movement on record is dated 1892. Gamse watches are known to have marked plates, identifying dials, the specific name given by Gamse for the movement style, which is often two-toned, gilt movement screws and regulator assemblies, gilt Louis XIV hands and unusual damascene patterns. Est. $10,000-$15,000 HWAC# 151584Lot# 2260 Salt Lake City, Utah 1858Congressional Document Re: Utah ExpeditionContracts(MormonWar) Ex. Doc. No. 99., 35th Congress, 1st Session. \u201cLetter from the Secretary of War, in answer to A resolution of the House calling for a statement of all contracts made in connection with the Utah expedition.\u201d 5pp. Binding loose, foxing and soiling. The Utah Expedition, also known as the Utah War \/ Buchanan\u2019s Blunder \/ the Mormon War \/ or the Mormon Rebellion, was an armed confrontation between Mormon settlers in Utah Territory and US armed forces. The confrontation lasted from May 1857 to July 1858. The Mormons blocked the army\u2019s entrance into the Salt Lake Valley, and weakened the U.S. Army by hindering them from receiving provisions. While there were some casualties, the war had no notable military battles. It ended with Brigham Young being removed as governor of Utah. President Buchanan also awarded full amnesty for charges of sedition and treason to the citizens of Utah Territory if they accepted US federal authority. Est. $200-$400 HWAC#155374Lot# 2261 Dawson City, Yukon Territory Dawson City, Yukon Territory Letters Home 1898 This is a collection of letters from Chauncey Clark looking for gold in the Yukon Territory to his mother, brother, and sister in Rochester, New York. One letter is dated October 1, 1898 and the other is dated November 15, 1898. \u201cA little frosty at 35 below zero\u201d. He describes seeing the Northern Lights nearly every night. Both letters have been re-typed for your reading pleasure. Almost 19 pages hand written. Jim & Barbara Sherman Private Western Mining MuseumEst. $800-$1,500 HWAC# 158464Lot# 2262 1867 Panama Rail Road Company Stock Certificate (Used by SS Central America) No. 14489, issued for 88 shares to Louis McLane on March 22, 1867 in New York. Signed by the vice president Joy and treasurer Henry Smith. Pen and punch cancelled. Black print. 4.25 x 7.5\u201d 25 cent adhesive revenue stamp with tied cancel. In 1847 a group of New York financiers organized the Panama Railroad Company. This company secured an exclusive concession from Colombia allowing construction of a crossing, which might be by road, rail, river, or a combination. After surveys, a railroad was chosen, and a new contract so specifying was obtained in 1850. The railroad track followed generally the line of the present canal. The first through train from the Atlantic to the Pacific side ran on the completed track on January 28,1855. This rail was used by the SS Central America. Est. $100-$150 HWAC# 155364Lot# 2263 Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon by Herndon Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon by Herndon, 1854. In 1857, Captain William Lewis Herndon sacrificed his life trying to save 600 passengers and crew when his ship foundered in a hurricane off the Carolina coast. Memorialized in Gary Kinder\u2019s best-selling book Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea, Herndon, with this final courageous act, epitomized a lifetime of heroism. Seven years earlier, the secretary of the Navy had appointed Herndon to lead the first American expedition into the Amazon Valley. 417pp plus TOC. Jim & Barbara Sherman Private Western Mining MuseumEst. $300-$600 HWAC# 156128","63View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2264 Colton\u2019s Traveler and Tourist\u2019s Route Book through the US and Canada, 1856 Colton\u2019s Traveler and Tourist\u2019s Route Book through the United States and the Canadas: Containing the Routes and Distances on the Great Lines of Travel, by Railroads, Stage-Roads, Canals, Lakes, and Rivers. Published in New York by J.H. Colton & Co., 1856. Includes colored map. Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800-1893) founded the mapmaking company known as \u201cJ.H. Colton and Company\u201d, known internationally and highly regarded for the quality of their maps, which were printed using engraved steel plates and often hand-colored, recognizable for their decorative borders. This volume is the 1856 printing of the guidebook for what was then \u201cthe West\u201d, today what we would consider the middle of the country - Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, and the \u201cterritories\u201d of Minnesota, Nebraska, and Kansas. Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering and lavishly decorated front board with gilt vignettes of a train on a high bridge and a steamship, all surrounded by an elaborate ruled border intertwined with vine. Rear board blind stamped with the same decorations and lettering. Spine is blank. Pagination: [ii] blank, [1-2] title and copyright page, [3]-4 the \u201cPublisher\u2019s Advertisement\u201d (in reality an introduction to the book), 5-100, 1-36 publisher\u2019s ads, [2] blank, hand-colored folding map attached to rear paste down. A lovely copy in near fine condition. 4 x 6 inches. Est. $500-$1,000 HWAC# 157166Lot# 2265 System of Mineralogy by Dana, 1837 A System of Mineralogy: Including an Extended Treatise on Crystallography: with an Appendix, ContainingtheApplicationofMathematicstoCrystallographicInvestigation, and a Mineralogical Bibliography by James Dwight Dana. Published by Durrie & Peck and Herrick & Noyes in 1837. Rare first edition. 452 pages plus 119 pages of appendices and 4 plates of crystal formations. Original full leather bound with 4 raised bands on spine, faded title on spine starting to split on outside. Text block and binding are tight. Inside pages exhibit light to moderate scattered foxing. 6 x 9.25 inches. Est. $500-$1,000 HWAC# 158994Lot# 2266 History of the PreciousMetalsbyJ.L.Comstock, 1849 A History of the Precious Metals, from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time; with Directions for Testing Their Purity, and Statements of Their Comparative Value, Estimated Cost, and Amount at Different Periods; together with an Account of the Products of Various Mines; a History of theAnglo-AmericanMiningCompanies, and Speculations Concerning the Mineral Wealth of California by J.L. Comstock. Published by Belknap and Hamersley in 1849. First edition. Much on the economic effects of gold and silver throughout history. The early mines of the Spaniards including the Potosi are discussed. The last chapter reviews the costs of outfitting the Gold Rush seekers through May of 1849 and summarizes that some $22M will be expended and must be made back before any net positive. 222 pages plus advertisements. This copy has the original brown blind stamped cloth cover with gilt on the spine. Spine tips and corners rubbed, light foxing and a few pencil marks, otherwise very good condition. Notable for its scarcity. 4.75 x 7.5 inches. Est. $500-$1,000 HWAC# 158980Lot# 2267Miner\u2019s Guide and Metallurgist\u2019s Directory, 1849 The Miner\u2019s Guide, and Metallurgist\u2019s Directory by J.W. Orton. Published by A.S. Barnes & Co., 1849. First edition. Rare. Title page with small vignette of 3 miners panning for gold plus 2 Indian or Black laborers. The book contains the earliest descriptionsofassaying,extraction and parting of gold and silver used by early Gold Rush miners. The basis of the book is a discussion of the metal and their properties, with methodology of identification. Orton discusses quicksilver amalgamation in detail, but there is insufficient detail from which to render quantitative assays for gold ores containing silver; thus, the miner would get incorrect higher assays for gold using the methods described in this book. For the general gold ores found in most of the Mother Lode region of California, this methodology would be adequate, though nowhere near as accurate as it could be. This is clearly a book intended for California miners attempt to educate them about metals and, to some degree, about geology. Unlike some other similar works of this period, Orton knows his subject matter very well and has illustrated important points in carefully flowing language that makes sense. While Orton has used the term \u201cDirectory\u201d in the title, it is not a directory in the sense of a bibliophile\u2019s use of the word. Rather, the reference to \u201cdirectory\u201d here is with regard to a directory of metals, though Orton did not use these terms. 86 pages plus advertisements. Bound in brown cloth with floral designs, gilt lettered spine. Some wear the ends of spine, some brown spots on first few pages, otherwise good condition. 4 x 6 inches. Est. $1,000-$2,000 HWAC# 159040Lot# 2268 Whitney\u2019s Metallic Wealth of the United States, 1854 The Metallic Wealth of the United States, Described and Compared with That of Other Countries, by J.D. Whitney. Published by Lippincott, Grambo & Co. in 1854. Josiah Dwight Whitney(1819-1896)wasan American geologist who graduated from Yale in 1839. During his career, he would be involved in a number of important geological surveys and would even serve as professor of chemistry at the University of Iowa for a few years. This work, which is quite scarce, is highly regarded and was \u201cone of the first systematic texts in the field, it stimulated serious research on mineral ores and helped to establish mining geology as a scientific discipline (DSB).\u201d 510 pages with three lithographed plates and text illustrations. Original cloth binding with spine lettered in gilt is in good condition. 6 x 9.25 inches. Est. $500-$1,000 HWAC# 158984Lot# 2269 SS Central America AuctionCatalogs(2)A) Catalog for Sotheby\u2019s 1999 auction, \u201cTreasures from the SS Central America: Glories of the California Gold Rush.\u201d This catalog is filled with color photos of coins, nuggets and assayers\u2019 ingots recovered from the SSCA. The catalog also contains a historical essay about the ship. B) Catalog for Christie\u2019s 2000 auction, \u201cGold Rush Treasures from the SS Central America.\u201d This catalog is filled with Filled with color photos of coins found on the ship. Also includes historical information about the ship. Est. $100-$300 HWAC# 158978","64December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2270 Florida Ship Wreck Books, 11 11 Florida ship wreck books. Atocha, 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet, Marigalera, Concepcion and more. Atocha DVD. Est. $150-$250 HWAC# 155116Lot# 2271 Treasure Books (7) A) The World\u2019s Richest Wrecks: A Wreck Diver\u2019s Guide to Gold and Silver Treasures of the Seas by Robert F. Marx and Jenifer Marx. Published in 2009. 420 pages. Like new. B) Buried Treasure of the United States: How and Where to Locate Hidden Wealth by Robert F. Marx. Published in 1978. 401 pages. C) Isle of the Caribbean. Prepared by the Special Publications Division of the National Geographic Society. Published in 1980. 215 pages. D) Ships and Shipwrecks of the Americas: A History Based on Underwater Archaeology edited by George F. Bass. Published in 1988. 272 pages. E) Treasures of the Spanish Main: Shipwrecked Galleons in the New World by John Christopher Fine. Published in 2006. 184 pages. F) The Sea Remembers: Shipwrecks and Archaeology edited by Peter Throckmorton. Published in 1987. 240 pages. G) The Atlas of Shipwrecks and Treasure: The History, Location, and Treasures of Ships Lost at Sea by Nigel Pickford. Published in 1994. 200 pages. Est. $150-$200 HWAC# 156077Lot# 2272Treasure Book Library (13) Library of thirteen books related to treasure hunting. Titles include the Handbook of Sailing, Treasure Hunting: The Treasure Hunter\u2019s Own Book of Land Caches and Bullion Wrecks, In Search of the Golden Madonna: The Treasure Finders of the RV Beacon, Sinkings, Salvages, and Shipwrecks, In the Wake of Galleons, Six Galleons for the King of Spain, The \u201cTumbaga\u201d Saga: Treasure of the Conquistadors, Fell\u2019s Guide to Sunken Treasure Ships of the World, Sunken Ships of Treasure, Doubloons: The Story of Buried Treasure, Undersea Treasures, In Search of Spanish Treasure: A Diver\u2019s Story, Treasure Recovery from Sand and Sea, and Treasures of the Armada. All books are in good condition. Est. $200-$300 HWAC#156088Lot# 2273 Treasure Books, 7 7 treasure related books. Treasure by Cussler, The Sea Hunters II by Cussler, The Pirate Hunter by Zacks, Disney Pirates of the Caribbean, The Self Sufficient Sailor by Pardey, The Treasure Hunter by Moore, Admiral of the Ocean Sea by Morison. Est. $80-$100 HWAC# 156124Lot# 2274 Treasure Books, 6 6 treasure books, Cities of Gold by Yenne, The Beale Treasure by Viemeister, Canadian Treasure Throve by Basque, Fantasies of Gold by Sayles, Treasure Hunting by Wilkins, waybill to Lost Spanish Mines and Treasures by Rhoades, Handbook of Treasure Signs and Symbols by Carson. Jim & Barbara Sherman Private Western Mining MuseumEst. $100-$150 HWAC# 156185Lot# 2275 Treasure Diving Books, 7 7 treasure diving related books. The Treasure Divers Guide by Potter, I Dive for Treasure by Rieseberg, The Underwater Dig by Marx, Pieces of Eight by Wagner, Advanced Wreck Diving Guide by Gentile, The Treasure Diver\u2019s Guide by Potter, Diving to a Flash of Gold by Meylach. Est. $100-$200 HWAC# 156125Lot# 2276 General Treasure Books, 12 12 treasure related books. Royal Mail Steamer Route, The Macuquiba Code, Treasures of the Spanish Main, Sedwick Treasure Auction #5, Spanish and English Ruins in Jamaica, Spanish Galleon 1530-1690, Islands by Menard, 2 Caribbean diving books, Treasure Hunting with a Metal Detector, Boatmen\u2019s Guide to Light Salvage, 1733 Spanish Galleon Trail, 2 Treasure of the Concepcion, Ships and Shipping, The Mariner\u2019s Mirror and more. Est. $150-$300 HWAC# 156126","ABSENTEE BID SHEETHolabird Western Americana Collections3555 Airway Dr. #308 Reno, NV 89511 775-851-1859 fax 775-851-1834Email: info@ hwac.com Website: www.FHWAC.comfName ___________________________________________________Company ________________________________________________Phone ___________________________________________________Alt. 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