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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
401   Marsh, George P.  The Camel: His Organization Habits and Uses Considered with Reference to His Introduction Into the United States  Boston  1856  200/300 
402   Matthews, Sallie Reynolds  Interwoven: A Pioneer Chronicle  Houston  1936  700/1000 
403   Matthews, Sallie Reynolds.  Interwoven: A Pioneer Chronicle  El Paso, Texas  1958  200/300 
404   McConnell, H.H.  Five Years a Cavalryman; or, Sketches of Regular Army Life on the Texas Frontier, Twenty Odd Years Ago  Jacksboro, TX  1889  400/600 
405   McConnell, Joseph Carroll  The West Texas Frontier or a Descriptive History of Early Times in Western Texas, Containing an Accurate Account of Much Hitherto Unpublished History  [Jacksboro & Palo Pinto]  [1933 & 1939]  500/800 
406   [McKenney, Thomas L. and James Hall]  Little Crow, a Sioux Chief  Philadelphia  [1836]  300/500 
407   [McKenney, Thomas L. and James Hall]  Paddy Carr. Creek Interpreter  Philadelphia  [1838]  400/600 
408   McMurty, Larry, et al.  A Part of Space: Ten Texas Writers  Fort Worth  [1969]  200/300 
409 (Mercer Colony Contract)  Houston, Samuel, et al.  Manuscript contract for the founding of the Mercer Colony in Texas, signed by Samuel Houston as President of the Republic of Texas, Anson Jones as Secretary of State, and Charles F. Mercer  Washington, Texas  January 29, 1844  15000/25000 
410 (Mercer Colony)  **  Texas Association Stock Certificate  Texas  1844  600/900 
411   Methvin, Rev. J.J.  Andele Or The Mexican Kiowa Captive A Story of Real Life Among the Indians  Louisville, Kentucky  1899  200/300 
412   Miles, Nelson A.  Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles Embracing a Brief View of the Civil War, or From New England to the Golden Gate and the Story of His Indian Campaigns....  Chicago  1896  400/600 
413   Miller, W. Henry  Pioneering North Texas  San Antonio  [1953]  150/250 
414   Mills, W.W.  Forty Years at El Paso, 1858-1898  El Paso, Texas  1962  300/500 
415   Mills, W.W.  Forty Years at El Paso, 1858-1898  El Paso, Texas  1962  150/250 
416 (Mining)  **  Lot of 5 booklets, one letter, and one broadside related to gold and silver mining in the American West  Various places  1880-1908  250/350 
417 (Monterey)  **  Two advertising posters  [Monterey, CA]  c.1890's  150/250 
418   Morecamp, Arthur [pseud. of Thomas Pilgrim].  Live Boys in the Black Hills, or The Young Texan Gold Hunters...Adventures During a Second Trip Over the Great Texas Cattle Trail, Their Fortune as Gold Miners, Their Life Among the Miners, and Their Experiences with Indians...  Boston  1880  200/300 
419   Morfi, Juan Augustín  History of Texas, 1673-1779  Albuquerque  1935  300/500 
420   Morgan, Dale  Jedediah Smith and the Opening of the West  Indianapolis  [1953]  100/150 
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