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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
241 (Texas)  **  Court Judgement addressed to the Sheriff of Washington County, Texas, instructing him to seize money of property from the guilty parties, along with court costs  Washington County, Texas  June 30, 1843  200/300 
242   [Cox, James, editor]  Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas, and Adjacent Territory  New York  1959  300/500 
243   Cranfill, J[ames] B.  Dr. J.B. Cranfill's Chronicle. A Story of Life in Texas. Written by Himself About Himself.  New York  [1916]  200/300 
244   Cross, F.M.  A Short Sketch-history from Personal Reminicences [sic] of Early Days in Central Texas  [Brownwood, TX]  1911  300/500 
245   Cushing, Caleb  Speech of Mr. Cushing, of Massachusetts, on the Resolution of Kentucky and Massachusetts, Recommending the Distribution of the Proceeds of the Public Lands among the States. House of representatives, May 23, 1836  Washington  1836  100/150 
246   Cushman, H[oratio] B.  History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw And Natchez Indians  Greenville, TX  1899  300/500 
247   Céliz, Fray Francisco.  Diary of the Alarcón Expedition into Texas, 1718-1719  Los Angeles  1935  500/800 
248 (Dalton Brothers)  **  Wanted circular for Bob and Emmett Dalton, for attempting to rob a train  San Francisco  1891  1000/1500 
249   Dalton, Emmett  When the Daltons Rode  Garden City, NY  1931  150/250 
250   DeShields, James T.  Cynthia Ann Parker: The Story of Her Capture at the Massacre of the Inmates of Parker's Fort; of her Quarter Century Spent Among the Comanches, as the Wife of the War Chief, Peta Nocona; and of her Recapture at the Battle of Pease River, by Captain L.S. Ross, of the Texas Rangers  St. Louis  1886  400/600 
251   De Vilbiss, John Wesley  Reminiscences and Events in the Ministerial Life of Rev. John Wesley DeVilbiss, (Deceased) Formerly a Member of the West Texas Annual Conference, by a Number of Contributing Authors, and the Compiler, Rev. H.A. Graves, of the West Texas Annual Conference...  Galveston  1886  400/700 
252   Delano, A[lonzo]  Life on the Plains and among the Diggings; Being the Scenes and Adventures of an Overland Journey to California: with particular Incidents of the Route, Mistakes and Sufferings of the Emigrants, the Indian Tribes, the Present and the Future of the Great West  Auburn & Buffalo  1854  150/250 
253   Dixon, Charles D.  The Menace: An Exposition of Quackery Nostrum Exploitation and Reminiscences of a Country Doctor  San Antonio  1914  200/300 
254   Dobie, J. Frank  The Longhorns  Boston  1941  200/300 
255   Dobie, J. Frank  The Longhorns - a with Typed Letter signed by Dobie  London  [1943]  300/500 
256   Dodge, Richard Irving  Our Wild Indians: Thirty-Three Years' Personal Experiences Among the Red Men of the West  Hartford  1882  100/150 
257 (Doheny Collection)  Marez Oyens, Felix de & Paul Needham  The Estelle Doheny Collection from the Edward Laurence Doheny Memorial Library, St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, California  New York, et al.  1987-89  300/500 
258   Drake, Daniel  Discourses Delivered by Appointment, before the Cincinnati Medical Library Association, January 9th and 10th, 1852  Cincinnati  1852  150/250 
259   Dunbar, Edward E.  The Romance of the Age; or, the Discovery of Gold in California  New York  1867  120/180 
260   Dunn, J[acob] P., Jr.  Massacres of the Mountains: A History of the Indian Wars of the Far West  New York  1886  150/250 
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