SS Central America Shipwreck Artifacts Auction, Part I (December 2022)

Lot of 2 different. Sonora was founded during the Gold Rush by Mexican miners. It is located in Tuolumne County, at the southern portion of the Mother

Rare location. Printed dateline of Sacramento City is crossed out and "Sonora" is handwritten above. Aug. 12th, 1854. Second of Exchange N...

Rare location. Handwritten dateline Sonora, Calfa. June 2nd, 1856. No. 50.927, issued to WH Simmons, agent, for $700. Signed Wells, Fargo & Co. ...

Datelined Sonora April 9th, 1854 Three bags of gold dust valued at $5400 (300 oz.) for assay at the U.S. Mint which just opened. Very early! Earliest

In 3 pieces. Correspondence on letterhead of John Hewston, Analytical chemist and Metallurgist. Rare trio of documents for John Hewston, who worked in

Extra rare! Dateline Sonora, Cal. March 23rd, 1863. Check No. 7, drawn on Donohoe Ralston & Co. bank of San Francisco. Check issued to DM Winfie...

Very rare to find a Gold Rush era bond for a mining camp other than SF or Sacramento. City of Sonora Bond, $100. No. 39, issued May 4th, 1853, in acco

Lot of 5. Two are original period illustrations (from books) and the rest are modern copies. John Sutter started constructing Sutter's Fort in 1...

Lot of 2 different. Both unused. 1) Weaverville & Shasta Wagon Road Company. Dateline Weaverville. Great vignette of Conestoga Wagon. Kachel &am...

Funded Debt of Yuba County. No. 24, issued to Peter Decker on July 1st, 1852 for $334. Signed by Judge Henry P. Hann and county auditor Charles Lindle

Lot of 2. 1) $500. No. 223, issued to M Bennagin & Co. on July 1st, 1857 in Marysville. Signed by the Chairman Board of Supervisors and County A...

$1,000 bond to be paid in gold coin in 1886. Dateline Marysville, July 11th, 1866. Signed by Chairman Board of Supervisors Wm. Carpenter, County Audit

This lot is an important lot illustrating the in-depth length officials went to while they investigated Mexican Land Grant titles to California proper

Lot of 5. These warrants tell the story of how the California state capital location was in flux during the Gold Rush. The meetings of the State Legis

Blue paper lease between William Coleman of San Francisco and Henry Corbett of Portland. William Tell Coleman was a shipping magnate, politician, and

Cover sent to HH Page in St. Louis, Missouri. (Page is likely tied to Page & Bacon, who operated out of St. Louis and SF during the 1850s before...

Lot of 5 different for William T. Coleman & Co.'s California Line. Two different locations are represented: 88 Wall Street and 161 Pearl Str...

This is the only card for Coleman in this group that lists his address as 71 Wall Street. According to NY directories, this address only appears in 18

Lot of 6 different for William T. Coleman & Co.'s California Line, operating at the 88 Wall Street location. According to NY directories, th...

Lot of 2. These are the only two Coleman California Line clipper cards in this group for his location at 117 Front Street in New York. According to NY

Lot of 4 different for William T. Coleman & Co.'s California Line at their 161 Pearl St. location. According to NY Trow directories, the com...

Lot of 3 different for William T. Coleman & Co.'s California Line at their 161 Pearl St. location. All have a fairy-tale or play theme. All ...

Lot of 4 different cards for William T. Coleman & Co.'s California Line at their 161 Pearl St. location. According to NY Trow Directories, t...

Lot of 4 different cards for William T. Coleman & Co.'s California Line at their 161 Pearl St. location. According to NY Trow Directories, t...

Lot of 5 different. Cornelius Comstock, like others in this clipper ship group, associated early on with William T. Coleman. In the 1860 San Francisco

This is the only clipper card for this firm in the group we received. Platt & Newton (Successors to Wm. T. Coleman & Co.), 117 Front Street....

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...

Lot of 5 different. NY directories do not list who made up Sutton & Co., but as they often shared the same address as George D. Sutton, we can a...

Lot of 2. 1) Extremely rare advertising broadside for George D. Sutton's Clipper Line. "First Clipper to Sail For San Francisco!" Ship...

Spectacular California Gold Rush-era document. $500 Bond of the State of California for War Indebtedness incurred in "Expeditions against the I...

"Bond of the State of California for War Indebtedness in Conformity with An Act Authorizing the Treasurer of State to Issue Bonds for the payme...

Rare and early. Dateline Vallejo, California, Sept. 23rd, 1851. Issued for $360 to Reichoff, DeSola & Co. out of the "War Loan Fund" &...

Extremely rare and very historically important. No. 7. Dateline Washington City, May 9, 1860 (just a month after the first Pony Express trip). $10,000

Cover sent September 1862 to Mrs. George Wallace in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Sent "Free" from Milton S. Latham, U.S.S. (which stands for Unit...

Cut square autograph, John Conness, Cal. 4 x 5.5" Conness served as a US Senator for California from 1863-69. Before that, he was a member of t...

Autograph on cover sent from D.C. Broderick, U.S. Senate, to Edwin Carpenter in Schenectady, New York. No stamp or cancel. David Colbreth Broderick ca

Autograph ("W.M. Gwin") in upper corner of small envelope to the Secretary of the Treasury. No contents or stamp. 2.75 x 5.25" While ...

Lot of 3 different. James W. Denver was an American politician and lawyer. He served in the California State Government (as Secretary of State from 18

Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-First Congress.

Message from the President of the United State to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-First Congress. Me

Message from the President of the United States to the Two House of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-Third Congress. P

California and New Mexico- Message from the President of the United States to the 31st Congress, 1850. Ex. Doc. No. 17. First edition. Covers the Mexi

Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-First Congress.

Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-Third Congress.

Governor's Message, Benicia, March 27th, 1853. To the Assembly of California from Governor John Bigler. Discusses the sale of water lot property...

The Gold Regions of California: Being a Succinct Description of the Geography, History, Topography, and General Features of California: Including a Ca

California Gold Regions, with a Full Account of Their Mineral Resources; How to Get There, and What to Take; the Expenses, the Time, and the Various R

A Tour of Duty in California; Including a Description of the Gold Region: and an Account of the Voyage Around Cape Horn; with Notices of Lower Califor

The Gold-Seeker's Manual; Being a Practical and Instructive Guide to All Persons Emigrating to the Newly Discovered Gold Regions of California b...

What I Saw in California: Being the Journal of a Tour, by the Emigrant Route and South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, Across the Continent of North Amer