The Harrisburg Auction, Part II - Day 2 - Oct 9

The Harrisburg Auction, Part II - Day 2 - Oct 9

Wednesday, October 9, 2013  |  7:00 AM Pacific
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The Harrisburg Auction, Part II - Day 2 - Oct 9

The Harrisburg Auction, Part II - Day 2 - Oct 9

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Guernsey's will be following up the first Auction by selling an additional 1,000 unreserved lots of rare documents, historic correspondence, printed material, exceptional photographs, maps, rare book

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Photographs - Indian Children (5)

Lot # 8873 (Sale Order: 351 of 548)      

Oregon Indian children including one by Pickel, photographers, Athena Oregon. Varying sizes on cardboard mounts.

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Military Cabinet Cards (10)

Lot # 8874 (Sale Order: 352 of 548)      

All by N.A. Voss, Hays City, Kansas. Three with upper corner clipped, probably for album insertion. All measure 4.5x6.5"

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Six Business Cards

Lot # 8875 (Sale Order: 353 of 548)      

Alfred Dixon, Michigan Bluff, Cal "Gold Dust Bought - Office W.F. & Co's Express; Jacob Tiedemann, Carriage Trimmer, Denver; T. Connell, Branding, Burlington, Indian Territory; Sullivan & Goss, Saddles, Deerlodge; Myer Bannerman Saddlery, St Louis and Alf Youas, Groceries, Green River, Wyoming Territory. Six in the lot.

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D.F. Barry Photographs (3)

Lot # 8877 (Sale Order: 354 of 548)      

All with backstamp for D.F. Barry. Conditions will be visible in photos. 4.5x6.5"

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Indian Photographs (2)

Lot # 8878 (Sale Order: 355 of 548)      

Both measure 4x5.5" on larger 5.25x7.25" mounts.

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Gilchriese Collection of Early Arizona (6)

Lot # 8879 (Sale Order: 356 of 548)      

1879 Tucson check to E.B. Gaye; Fly gallery cabinet card of Dr Willis who lived on Fremont; Receipt of M.W. Kale signed by the wagon master, 1879 (Kale was a famous rancher); handwritten note to "My dear child"- 1881, content discussion of military events and Arizona military officers; hand written 1915 letter on Hotel Gadssen letterhead re: Kickapoo Indians who they tried to settle in Mexico. Signed by Frank A. Thackery, Indian Agent at Sacatou (interesting content); letterhead of US Marshal, Helena, M.T. - 1892 to Robert Paul , US Marshall in Tucson asking him to serve a subpoena on two Chinamen in Grant, Arizona. Six items in the lot.

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Gilchriese Collection of Early Arizona (6)

Lot # 8880 (Sale Order: 357 of 548)      

1892 Letter from Grant County, Silver City, N.M. on his letterhead to R.H. Paul re: someone who is signing their name as US Marshall; letter from a general merchandise dealer in Charelston, Arizona, 1880 to a Mr. Soloman re: WM. Ganshorn whose son wrote the book "I've Killed Men", both men knew the Earps well and were critical of them. Fred Austin who is mentioned in the letter was the post trader at Camp Huachuaca; two 1880 bank checks of Pima County Bank, one at Tuscon and one at Tombstone made out to N.L. Drew & Co and drew Station and Zeckendorf; a Pimp Bank letteread ALW and a Wells Fargo & Co receipt for Mr. J. Jacobs for an 1871 $500 package. Early Wells Fargo document as their office had just opened in San Diego. Six items in the lot.

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War Department Receipt

Lot # 8881 (Sale Order: 358 of 548)      

Signal service receipt - 1877 - from L.M. Jacobs. Signed by Charles Shibell.

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Signed John Clum Receipt

Lot # 8882 (Sale Order: 359 of 548)      

Registry Receipt 1880 for a registered letter of B.W. Smith. Signed by John Clum, post master.

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Fly's Gallery Cabinet Card

Lot # 8883 (Sale Order: 360 of 548)      

Three Children marked Fly's Gallery, Tombstone, A.T. 4x6"

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Western Union Telegraph

Lot # 8885 (Sale Order: 361 of 548)      

Received at Tombstone not from John Galey.

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Letter Jacob Strahle & Co. Letterhead

Lot # 8886 (Sale Order: 362 of 548)      

Discussing the pool table and ivory ball that Mr. Kelly purchased, apparently through the Pima Co. Bank. Signed by J. Strahle. This table was put into Campbell & Hatches billiard saloon.

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Mint Letter Re: Tombstone Silver

Lot # 8887 (Sale Order: 363 of 548)      

Receipt from the Mint at San Fransico to Pima Co. Bank in Tombstone, Arizona, regarding the $1000 in silver dollars sent via Wells Fargo.

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Receipt from Pima County Bank

Lot # 8888 (Sale Order: 364 of 548)      

Dated December 9th, 1881 - credit items to Thos. Fitch and Stephen Marks (famous businessman in Tombstone).

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Farmers & Merchants Bank Letter 1881

Lot # 8889 (Sale Order: 365 of 548)      

Letter to Pima Co Bank to collect funds from Montgomery of Benson, James Carr ( 1 of the 2 largest freighters in Tombstone, signed by I.W. Hellman who opened first bank in L.A. in 1871 and later became president of Wells Fargo & Co in San Francisco.

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Type Foundry & Paper Letterhead

Lot # 8890 (Sale Order: 366 of 548)      

To P.W. Smith, regarding a draft on Clum & Reppy (who werent paying their bills to this San Francisco company on time) - 1881.†

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Letterhead Chilkoot Pass Hotel - 1898

Lot # 8891 (Sale Order: 367 of 548)      

Letterhead that Wyatt Earp picked up while he was in Skaguay. He gave it to John Flood who in turn gave it to John Gilchrise. With a Gilchriese notarized letter of provenance.

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Photograph & ALS - Henry Clay Hooker

Lot # 8892 (Sale Order: 368 of 548)      

Henry Clay Hooker - the last photo taken of him. Included in the lot is a handwritten letter signed by H.C. Hooker, written from Camp Grant 1878 to L.M. Jacobs regarding a payment of a credit to the Santa Bonita Ranch.

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ALS Re: Cowboy Violence in Arizona 1879

Lot # 8894 (Sale Order: 369 of 548)      

Handwritten letter dated "Safford, March 10 1879 This letter reveals the depth of the cowboy violence in Arizona. The nephew owned the mercantile store in Safford and wrote to his uncle, Lional Jacobs, in Tucson. Lional Jacobs started the first bank in Tombstone.†

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ALS Written to L. M. Jacobs, Tombstone

Lot # 8895 (Sale Order: 370 of 548)      

Handwritten note to Jacobs concerning banking needs from Thomas Jeffords and Moronay, Huahuca, A.T. Dec 15th, 1882. Jefford was the famous friend of Cochise who went to his camp many times to try and make peace with him.

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Photograph - Frank H. Hereford

Lot # 8896 (Sale Order: 371 of 548)      

Frank was the son of Benjamin H. Hereford who was a famous attorney and authority on Mexican law and for whom the town of Hereford is named. Frank was a member of John Behan's posse that pursued the Earps to the Hooker ranch. He was later County Attorney for Pima Co. and knew Wyatt Earp well.

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Tombstone Checks William Cooper (2)

Lot # 8897 (Sale Order: 372 of 548)      

Checks drawn on the Pima County Bank - 1881 - to Wm. Hooper & Co headquartered in San Francisco and Los Angeles and owners of saloons all over the Southwest - one being the Hafford Saloon at 4th and Allen from which place the Earps left to begin the street fight of October 25th, 1881.

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Dan O'Toole ALS 1882

Lot # 8898 (Sale Order: 373 of 548)      

Handwritten letter from Dan O'Toole dated from Bisbeen 1882 - Dan O'Toole was a well known mining person who lived in Bisbee, Tombstone and California. He also went with Nellie Cashman to Fairbanks.

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Allen English Hand Written Receipt 1887

Lot # 8899 (Sale Order: 374 of 548)      

Handwritten receipt signed by Allen English, a famous attorney from Tombstone and one time district attorney, for JJ McClelland.

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Gilchriese Collection: Moson & Roberts Family Tombstone

Lot # 8900 (Sale Order: 375 of 548)      

Virginia Elizabeth Moson ( 1877-1963) was a pioneer resident of Arizona. The daughter of William and Ella Roberts, she came to Arizona in 1882. She was the niece of E.J. Roberts who would establish a cattle ranch on the San Pedro River which became Hereford. This blinder includes Camillies - Bisbee, Arizona, a Fly cabinet portrait of Virginia Moson; several E.J. Roberts receipts 1884-1893 inc. a $4032 tax payment on a $12,200 assessment for the San Pedro River Ranch; debit notices to same with Bank of Tombstone stamps 1880s; tax certificate of sale to E.J. Roberts "for taxes" additional properties in Chocise County; bank book of E.J. Roberts, Tombstone with handwritten entries; quit claim deeds; Spanish language receipts; handwritten ledger sheets; letter to W.C. Greene Esq from Geo. Woodward; 1890 E.J. Roberts deed for mines; dues receipts for Trestle Board Assoc. Tombston King Soloman Lodge; Los Pintos documents "Senor E.J. Roberts"; Administration de Rentas Del Distrito de Arize. documents; Los Nagale sites document, etc. An important collection of documents. About seventy items in the comprehensive lot including much of early Tombstone.

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