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Items in Sale # 319 The Library of Ford Mitchell: Early Americana, Texas & the West Date: 10/20/2005
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Part I: Americana, primarily East of the Mississippi (including signed Presidential material) - Lots 1-178 - 10:00 a.m.
Part II: Texas & the West, primarily West of the Mississippi, Lots 179-570 - 1:00 p.m.
PART I STARTS AT 10:00 A.M. PACIFIC TIME
PART II STARTS AT 1:00 P.M. PACIFIC TIME
An important collection of books, manuscripts, autograph material and related items gathered over many decades. Milford G. "Ford" Mitchell, a dedicated scholar as well as astute collector, put together a superb library featuring manuscripts by George Washington, John Adams, Samuel Houston, Stephen F. Austin and many others, as well as books vital to the history of Texas and the United States.

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  Lot # Heading Author Title Place Date Estimate
1   Adams, John & John Quincy Adams  Autograph receipt, in John Quincy Adams hand, signed by John Adams  Quincy, MA  May 2, 1807  4000/7000 
2 (African-American)  Brawley, Benjamin  Women of Achievement. Written for the Fireside Schools...  [Chicago]  [1919]  300/500 
3 (African-American)  Brooks, Charles H.  Official History of the First African Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA  Philadelphia  [1923]  200/300 
4 (African-American)  Cooley, Rossa B.  Homes of the Freed  New York  1926  150/250 
5 (African-American)  Cooley, Timothy Mather  Sketches of the Life and Character of the Rev. Lemuel Haynes  New York  1839  150/250 
6 (African-American)  Corey, Charles H.  A History of the Richmond Theological Seminary, with Reminiscences of Thirty Years' Work Among the Colored People of the South  Richmond, VA  1895  200/300 
7 (African-American)  Dunbar, Paul Laurence  Lyrics of the Hearthside  New York  1899  200/300 
8 (African-American)  Furr, Arthur  Democracy's Negroes...A Book of Facts Concerning the Activities of Negroes in World War II  Boston  [1947]  300/500 
9 (African American)  Haynes, Lemuel  The Nature and Importance of True Republicanism with a Few Suggestions Favorable to Independence. A Discourse Delivered at Rutland, (Vermont,) the Fourth of July, 1801.-- It Being the 25th Anniversary of American Independence  [Rutland, VT]  [1801]  200/300 
10 (African-American)  Johnson, Edward A.  A School History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1890, Combined with the History of the Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, Also a Short Sketch of Liberia  New York  1911  250/350 
11 (African-American)  Johnson, Edward A.  History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest  Raleigh  1899  300/500 
12 (African-American)  Miller, Kelly  Race Adjustment: Essays on the Negro in America  New York and Washington  1908  150/250 
13 (African-American)  Murray, Pauli, editor  States' Laws on Race and Color and Appendices. Containing International Documents, Federal Laws and Regulations, Local Ordinances and Charts  [Cincinnati]  [1951]  200/300 
14 (African-American)  Washington, Booker T.  A New Negro for a New Century: An Accurate and Up-to-Date Record of the Upward Struggles of the Negro Race...  Chicago  [c.1900]  150/250 
15 (African-American)  Washington, Booker T.  Working With the Hands; Being a Sequel to ''Up From Slavery'' Covering the Author's Experiences in Industrial Training at Tuskegee  New York  1904  200/300 
16 (African-American)  Weeden, [Miss] Howard  Bandana Ballads - 2 copies  New York  1899  200/300 
17 (African Americans - Civil War)  Williams, George W.  WITHDRAWN. A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Preceded by a Review of the Military Services of Negroes in Ancient and Modern Times  New York  1888  400/700 
18 (Aitken, Robert)  **  Printed promissory note/loan agreement filled out in ink  Philadelphia  1786  150/250 
19   American Laundry Machine Company  The American Laundry Machine Co.: Catalog A  New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, San Francisco  [c.1915]  100/150 
20 (Americana)  **  Lot of 19 miscellaneous Americana titles  Various places  1853-1990  250/350 
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