Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

With a Compendious Gazetteer of the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, and the Territories of Wisconsin and Iowa...By J. Calvi

9" x 6 1/2" Photograph of Engine Co. 131, NYFD. Shows horse-drawn apparatus pulled by three horses. Horse names written on photo: "Ji...

Orangetown Fire Co. No. 1. Nyack, New York. Great vignette of horse-drawn fire wagon. All three have adhesive revenue stamps. Folds and cut cancels. (

Personal letter (dated Nov. 4, 1849) from Thomas Hight from West Point to Mary Legg (probably a family member). In the letter he talks about how much

Lot of 20 early bank drafts. Includes: nine drafts from Lombard Bank, 1825 (2.5" x 6"); one unused draft from the New York, Providence an...

A caring datelined letter (Nov. 30, 1831) from Caleb (last name?) possibly to his brother saying to be careful who he trusts and wishing him prosperit

200+ checks from New York state. Most are 19th century. Cooperstown, Albany, New York city, New Berlin, Canajoharie, etc. Please inspect! (Prag Collec

Lot of 8. Includes: 1855 with steamer paddleship; unused Chelsea Bank w/ carriage; unused 1860s Fulton National Bank w/ steamer vignette; 1885 J.C. Ki

The text is a little hard to read, but it appears to reference the transport of a body to Jonathan K. Horton, who was a municipal clerk in Washington

Two certificates of the DeForest Radio Company, one issued to Emil Joseph, the other to Miss Mathilda A Gilles City: State: New York,

Lot of 65. Many pictorial. Some have adhesive revenues. Includes checks from: Blowing Rock (NC), Memphis, Piedmont, Asheville, Richmond, Salem (VA), B

Shows the North Pacific Railroad Company from Jamestown, North Dakota to Montana boundary. Large foldout out map. Reverse is full of information and a

This is a 1933 reprint of a 1923 book. Great book for early resource for Tulsa. IT starts wit "Tent Town," first in Tulsa, earliest reside...

23.25" long. Vignette of Native American chief and white text "101 Ranch." Purple/blue background. Overall good condition with light...

Lot of 26. Includes: three pictorial Ferdinand Ritterbusch checks, Guthrie (1899); Muskogee, I.T. (1905); Olney, I.T. (1908); Coalgate, I.T. (1907); W

Over 50 Letters, billheads, price lists, broadsides, advertising requests, blank letterheads for A. B. Hudelson & Son, dealers in General Mercha...

Small hardbound book (5.5" x 7"). The exposition commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of the famous and daring expedition of the int...

Very nice color map put out by the General Land Office. Measures 19" x 23.5." Scale 1 inch=15 miles. C. Roeser, Principal Draughtsman. Sen...

Letters (several from his brother, R. H. Haines), petitions, agreements, hand-written bills, etc. and a writing that declares: "Our Gov. sprung...

Nice map from the Dalles of the Columbia River to Great Salt lake under the Command of Capt. H. D. Wallen, 4th Inf. by Lieut. Joseph Dixon T. Eng., 18