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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
101 (Lincoln, Abraham)  Sandburg, Carl  Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years [and] The War Years  New York  [1926-43]  300/500 
102 (Lincoln, Abraham)  Schurz, Carl  Abraham Lincoln: An Essay  Boston and New York  1897  1000/1500 
103 (Lincoln, Abraham)  **  Lot of 8 volumes    1860-1984  300/500 
104 (Lincolniana)  Keckley, Elizabeth  Behind the Scenes  New York  1868  300/500 
105 (Lincolniana)  Oakleaf, Joseph Benjamin  A Reprint of the List of Books and Pamphlets Relating to Abraham Lincoln, Compiled by Daniel Fish of the Minnesota Bar in 1906  Rock Island, IL  1926  250/350 
106   Linsley, Miriam  Manuscript album with poems, essays, calligraphy, drawings, etc., all quite elegantly executed  [North Branford, CT?]  c.1805  500/800 
107 (Linsley, Miriam)  **  Ink and watercolor drawing of a soldier on horseback, brandishing a sword  No place  Early 19th century  500/800 
108   Livingston, John  Livingston's Law Register; Containing the Name, Post Office, County and State of Every Lawyer in the United States: Also, a List of All the Counties, with their Shire-Towns; and the Legal Rates of Interest in Each State. Together with the Legal Forms for the Acknowledgement of Deeds in Every State  New York  1851  150/250 
109   Lossing, Benson J.  The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution; or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence  New York  1851-2  2000/3000 
110   Lyon, Mary  Memoirs of Miss Mary Lyon of New Haven, Conn.  New Haven, CT  1837  100/150 
111 (Massachusetts)  [Child, Lydia Maria Francis]  The First Settlers of New-England: or, Conquest of the Pequods, Narragansets and Pokanokets. As Related by a Mother to Her Children. By a Lady of Massachusetts  Boston  1829  120/180 
112 (Massachusetts - Salem Witchcraft)  Calef, Robert  The Wonders of the Invisible World Displayed in Five Parts [or, Salem Witchcraft]  Boston  1828  200/300 
113 (Massachusetts)  Whitmore, William H.  A Bibliographical Sketch of the Laws of the Massachusetts Colony from 1630 to 1686. In Which are Included the Body of Liberties of 1641, and the Records of the Court of Assistants, 1641-1644  Boston  1890  120/180 
114 (Massachusetts)  Winthrop, John  A Journal of the Transactions and Occurrences in the Settlement of Massachusetts and the other New-England Colonies, from the year 1630 to 1644: Written by John Winthrop, Esq. First Governor of Massachusetts: And now first published from a correct copy of the original Manuscript  Hartford  1790  250/350 
115   McKinley, William  Life and Speeches of William McKinley  New York  1896  200/300 
116 (Mining)  **  Collection of 5 day books, ledgers, etc. from the Hayes Mining Company and the Germania Iron Mining Company  Wisconsin, etc.  1882-1905  200/300 
117 (Mormon)  **  Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Twelfth General Assembly, at Their Session, begun and held at Springfield, on the seventh of December, one thousand eight hundred and forty. Published in Pursuance of Law  Springfield, IL  1841  2000/3000 
118 (Mormon)  **  Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed at the First Session of the Sixteenth General Assembly, begun and held at the City of Springfield, January 1, 1849  Springfield, IL  1849  2000/3000 
119 (Mormon)  **  The Latter-Day Saints Millennial Star, Volume I  Manchester, England  1841-1844  3000/5000 
120   Murdock, D.A, et al.  Handwritten journal kept by a young man in western Pennsylvania, 1839-1840, plus related material from the family after moving to Nebraska  Pennsylvania & Nebraska  1839-1903  1000/1500 
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