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California Clipper Ship Card: Edward Mott Robinson [154003]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Paper Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
California Clipper Ship Card: Edward Mott Robinson [154003]
SOLD
1,050.00USDto R******r+ buyer's premium (210.00)
This item SOLD at 2022 Dec 03 @ 22:18UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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This is the only card for Edward Mott Robinson in the collection we received for this sale. Robinson's California Line for San Francisco. The A1 Popular Extreme Clipper Ship "Free Trade," Commander Drinkwater (formerly of Clipper "Shooting Star"). Edw. Mott Robinson, 161 Pearl Street, near Wall. Agent at San Francisco, Mr. Henry B. Williams, Att'y. Green border, red and green print with vignette of ship on the ocean with other ships in the background. Printed by Nesbitt & Co., NY. 4 x 6.5" Loss around border (especially bottom left), some creases and soiling, adhesive residue on reverse. _x000D_
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Robinson was active at this address only in the year 1865 (NY Trow Directory). He appears in the 1863 directory at 70 Wall, then 70 Wall & 161 Pearl Street in 1865, and then is not listed in the 1866 directory (see below). William T. Coleman & Co. operated at this same address from 1862-1864. According to the New York Times (July 9, 1860), Robinson joined the firm of William T. Coleman & Co. in New York as Cornelius Comstock exited. In fact, he is listed in the 1861 San Francisco directory (along with Henry Carlton) as running the Coleman & Co. office. (He is also listed in the 1862, 1863, and 1864 SF directory listings for Coleman's business). It appears the partnership with Coleman lasted until 1865, when Robinson died. Newspaper articles from December 1865 note that Robinson his estate is being sold. Ex. Du Pont Collection.

Date: c.1865
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State: California
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