Description
Edward Eberstadt & Sons, Catalog 129, 1951. Softcover, 63 pp. Cover letter of Walt Whitman on Abraham Lincoln. "An outstanding collection of original source material, Diaries of Travel and Exploration, Reports of America's Battles and Wars, Narratives on the various Indian Nations, Accounts of the Fur Trade and Gold Rushes, Basic Records of the Conquest of the Southwest Pioneer Papers of the Middle West and Far West Annals of the State and the Territorial Governments Letters of the Founding Fathers and of the Presidents." Detail descriptions and asking prices for 309 historical documents and manuscripts, with 8 illustrations.
Condition & notes
In acceptable condition. Cream paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners. Notes in pencil on front cover and moderate overall aging, scuffing and soiling to covers as well. Binding tight. Pages have moderate underlining and margin notes in pencil throughout, with a few marks in pen. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. A solid reading copy. Notable items include: John Adams letter to William Plumer, Governor of New Hampshire on the Signing of the Declaration of Independence; Juan Antonio Balthasar's original signed manuscript of his Arizon Travels: 1744; Series of 5 Autograph letters signed by Blas del Castillo on the Pima Indian Revolt in Sonora, 1688; Original Journal of Father Jacobo Sedelmayr on the expedition of the Yuma Nation in 1749; The Manuscript Capitulation of Los Angeles Completing the Conquest of California; John E. Montgomery's account of the Bear Flag Revolution, Yerba Buena, July 25, 1846; Captain John Drake's Northwest Company Trading Journal, 1792-98; Nathan Hale's signed letter to Enoch Hale on the Son's of Liberty, 1774; [Kansas Territory] Original manuscript journals of Governor John W. Geary covering the entire period of his administration; Original manuscript of Fr. Antonio de San Jose Muro regarding the Spanish discoveries on the Northwest coast and the need to expel the Russians, 1789; The Rufus B. Sage Papers; Brantz Mayer's Journal, 1841-1842 with a new account of the Santa Fe Prisoners; George Washington's signed manuscript of his surveys of his own lands, 1787; Walt Whitman Letter to Nat and Fred Gray, 1863;
