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1)	AMERICAN LINE, LIVERPOOL TO PHILADELPHIA -- Five (5) shipping manifests/ bills of lading, specifying the goods shipped and the steamship carrying each shipment: American Line
	Liverpool, England, 1888. Original manuscripts. Very Good. Partly printed, accomplished by hand, as follow: (1) Three Cases & Seven Bales Merchandise, shipped to Order at Philadelphia, 13 March 1888, aboard the Steamship "Indiana"; (2) Eight hundred, forty-nine bags Potatoes (Williams Selected Magnums), shipped Roberts & Williams at Philadelphia, 18 April 1888, aboard the Steamship "British Prince"; (3) Two Bales Wool, shipped by F. Willey to Order at Philadelphia, 23 April ... more information Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (IOBA) (New Jersey, United States)	$100.00

2)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) to V.H. LODOISKER, WRITTEN AT LAKE MILLS [IOWA? WISCONSIN?], 10 MARCH 1855 Hulburd, L.E
	Lake Mills, 1855. Good. One page, written in a legible hand; margin torn away below signature. Apparently written to her daughter (addressed as "Duck") who is visiting the Blackmar family. She is needed at home to work. "Bill agreed to send you down in the stage. We have just so much to do before we move. I want you and Mrs. Blackmar hired girl to go to the store and get 2 yards (of gingham). It was 11 cents a yard. I send postage stamps. It is for your dress. It is in the block where Peab... more information Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (IOBA) (New Jersey, United States)	$12.00

3)	AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT ALBUM: Hawkins, Etta L
	Illinois, 1878-1883. Original manuscript. Full Leather. Very Good. 60pp occupied; illuminated title-page. Some entries are simply name and place (Aurora, Chicago, etc.), while others are full-page messages and sentiments. 2.75" x 4 In 1881, Aurora became the first city to use electricity for street lighting. ... more information Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (IOBA) (New Jersey, United States)	$60.00

4)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER (ALS) FROM CONCORD [NEW HAMPSHIRE], 30 MARCH 1857, RE HORSEHIDES TO BE SENT TO VERMONT Davis, George B
	Concord, MA, 1857. Good. One page, computation figures cover the back. "....You may cut off those butts from those horse hides for me and send the rest to Mr. Fletcher of Stow to be finished....As I understand the price, they are to cost me 10 cents a foot as they are now...." 5" x 7.5 ... more information Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (IOBA) (New Jersey, United States)	$10.00

5)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS), CAMPTON [NH], TO BROTHER JOSEPH [SMITH] RE HIS UNFRUITFUL QUEST FOR APPLES AT THREE FARMS Currie, E.B
	Campton, NH, 1856. Very Good. One page, black ink on blue paper. 5.25" x 7.75 ... more information Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (IOBA) (New Jersey, United States)	$8.00

6)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) TO HER SON, SOMERSET (Ohio), JULY 9, 1858, RE FAMILY AND DOMESTIC MATTERS Parkinson, M
	Somerset, OH, 1858. Original manuscript. Very Good. Two pages, sepia ink on white paper, in a light but legible hand. Her health is good. "We had a good quarterly meeting two weeks ago. I staid at my old friend's Mrs. Dennisons . I am at Andrew's yet, sometime I go to Marg's and help her sew . I am at Aunt's today preparing my skirt for quilting . Marg. Pugh and I will be over to see you soon as Harvest is over . I have been to Reading . Hannah has not many warm friends in New Readin... more information Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (IOBA) (New Jersey, United States)	$8.00

7)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS), WEST RIVER [VERMONT], June 6th, 1859, TO HIS UNCLE Gibbs, Tom H
	West River [Vermont], 1859. Very Good. One page, written in ink in a legible hand. Acknowledges payment of a note; sends his father's love; refers to his little daughter's illness; etc. 9" x 7 ... more information Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (IOBA) (New Jersey, United States)	$8.00

8)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER (unsigned), SCHEDULING A WHIG PARTY CAUCUS, DEMOCRATS, ETC Whigs
	Tremont, PA: Not published, 1856. Original. Very Good. 2pp; integral leaf has pencilled notes on various matters, including the "extension of slavery." In part: "Dear Jones, I had made arrangements to have our Whig caucus come off at (?) 23d August provided John Andrew could speak to us on that day. Just now I received a letter from V.J. Thomas saying that the Democrats would have their caucus at Somerville on the 23 inst. Now it will not do to have both caucuses on one day.I can't make... more information Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (IOBA) (New Jersey, United States)	$32.00

9)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) ON U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LETTERHEAD, JANUARY 15, 1884: Ochiltree, Colonel Thomas Peck, 1839-1902
	Washington DC, 1884. Original manuscript. Good . One page, quarto; small archival repair on verso. Contains 15 lines, including signature, in part: "in regard to a fitting inscription to be placed upon a monument to the great philanthropist Peter Cooper. Of all men who have existed no one better deserves the beautiful legend of Leigh Hunt in Abu Ben Adhem--'Write me as one who loves his fellow man.' .... Ochiltree was a member of Walker's Texas Rangers, a Confederate officer, and after... more information Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (IOBA) (New Jersey, United States)	$160.00

10)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) TO J.S. SMITH, HIS COUSIN, REGARDING A VISIT AT HOLDERNESS, NEW HAMPSHIRE Brown, Thomas
	Laconia, NH, 1856. Very Good. 2pp, written in sepia ink on blue laid paper, in a legible hand; with original small envelope, stamp removed. In part: "Saphid wishes Me to Say that we expect to be at Holderness Tomorrow on the Noon Train. You said I Might Let you know 3 or 4 Days Previous. But I have Some engagements after this week which will Take Me all My Time...so you will excuse us coming on so Short a Notice as I could Not of had the Pleasure in Payeing you a visit if we do Not come this week...... more information Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (IOBA) (New Jersey, United States)	$12.00

11)	AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT ALBUM KEPT BY THIS STUDENT AT THE DELAWARE (NY) LITERARY INSTITUTE, 1866-1870: McClure, Charles
	Morocco. Very Good. 160pp, some blanks, containing about 80 signatures and handwritten messages. In an embossed and blind-stamped leather album, gilt picture and "Autographs" on cover; ends of front joint are cracked and holding. 8" x 5" Most of the signatures and sentiments were written when McClure was a student at the Delaware Literary Institute, in Franklin, Delaware County, NY. This “literary institution for the instruction and education of youth of ... more information Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (IOBA) (New Jersey, United States)	$140.00

12)	AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) WRITTEN FROM GRISWOLDVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, VERMONT, DEC. 24, 1851, RE ORDERS FOR MACHINERY Griswold, I
	Griswoldville, VT, 1851. Good. One page. Griswold is unhappy that delivery of some machinery has been delayed, so he sends a $1500 draft, asks for partial shipment, etc. 4.25" x 7.75 ... more information Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (IOBA) (New Jersey, United States)	$8.00

13)	Autograph note signed (ANS) on front of his two-page seasonal greeting (printed holograph), NOTES FROM LAKE COMO, Dec. 1969 Meredith, William
	Connecticut, 1969. Original manuscript. Fine. 4pp. This two-page, seasonal message re Lake Como (April 1969) was "edited nostalgically in December for his friends." On the front of this copy, the Connecticut poet has written in blue ink: "Dear Kitty-- Thank you for your kind note. I want to come see you, but New Haven is more realistic--I'd love to come down for dinner, or lunch, or better have you up, when you're there next." Gives the telephone numbers at his Connecticut Coll... more information Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (IOBA) (New Jersey, United States)	$28.00

14)	Autograph letter signed (ALS) from Wallingford, Delaware Co., PA, dated May 15, 1894 to "My Dear Yankee Girl Furness, William H. (1802-1896, clergy)
	Wallingford, PA, 1894. Original manuscript. Good. Lower half of integral leaf excised, barely clipping signature. 1.5 pages, sepia ink in a readable hand. 6.75" x 4.5 Furness, a Unitarian clergyman, was born in Boston, graduated Harvard Divinity School, served the Unitarian Church in Philadelphia, championed the anti-slavery cause, authored various works, etc. ... more information Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (IOBA) (New Jersey, United States)	$16.00

15)	Autograph letter signed (ALS) on his stationery, to Jessie G. Bridgman, Woodstown, NJ, giving his birth date and autograph Fleisher, Samuel S
	Philadelphia, 1938. Original manuscript. Very Good. One page, in part: "...It is gratifying to know that you hold me in such high esteem. The date of my birth is November the twenty-seventh, Eighteen hundred and seventy-one.... Sincerely yours, Samuel S. Fleisher." 9.25" x 5.75 The author founded the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, the oldest tuition-free art school in the US.... more information Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (IOBA) (New Jersey, United States)	$12.00

16)	Autograph Letter Signed, on Roycrofters letterhead, to a Miss Bridgeman re a book sent to her, dated Nov. 23, 1903 Hubbard, Elbert
	East Aurora, NY, 1903. Original. Fine. One page. 7.25" x 4.25 Here is Elbert Hubbard as an aggressive bookseller, sending a "choice" volume to a customer on approval. "We are not sure that the book sent you this day will appeal to you. Anyway we want you to see a copy before the edition disappears. As you are a book-lover, we know you are glad to see these choice things. Should you not want the volume, simply return it at your convenience. Sincerely, Elbert Hubbard." ... more information Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (IOBA) (New Jersey, United States)	$80.00

17)	Autograph Letter Signed (ALS) on letterhead of Harper & Brothers Editorial Rooms, to a Miss Bridgman, 24 January 1895 Sangster, Margaret E
	NY, 1895. Original. Very Good. One page, written clearly in black ink. Sangster sends her autograph and thanks Miss Bridgman "for your very kind and sweet letter....Cordially yours...." Signed in full. 8.25" x 5.25 ... more information Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (IOBA) (New Jersey, United States)	$80.00

18)	Autograph letter signed (ALS) on his letterhead as Chaplain of Stanford University, August 27, 1938, to a Miss Bridgman Trueblood, D. Elton, clergy
	Stanford, CA, 1938. Original manuscript. Very Good. One page, blue ink in a readable hand. In part, " . I was born Dec. 12, 1912 near Pleasantville, Iowa. Thus, by a remarkable coincidence, on 12-12-12, I was twelve . " 8.5" x 5.5". ... more information Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (IOBA) (New Jersey, United States)	$12.00

19)	Autograph letter signed (ALS) from Bakersfield, California, March 19, 1896: Burdette, Robert J
	Bakersfield, CA, 1896. Original manuscript. not bound. Very Good. One page, in part: " . It is a far cry from Bryn Mawr to Bakersfield and now you understand why you have waited so long and--I trust--so patiently for this autograph. As March is not usually a month of roses in Philadelphia, I take the liberty of sending you a native of this land of sunshine and flowers. Sincerely yours, Robert J. Burdette." 8" x 5.25 Burdette (1844-1914) was an author and poet. A four-page biography of him... more information Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (IOBA) (New Jersey, United States)	$60.00

20)	Autograph letter signed (ALS) on letterhead of Spring Hope Creamery, Timicula, PA, 6/4/1891, to "Est. Friend Dr. Martin Brinton, David
	Timicula, PA, 1891. Original manuscript. Very Good. One page. Says he is "inclined to pay a visit at thy house at a future day, and desire to ask thee whether I can reach Masonville early enough some first-day morning to enable me to attend your meeting. If so, what is the route?" etc. Signed as "Thy friend, David Brinton. " 8.5" x 5.5 ... more information Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (IOBA) (New Jersey, United States)	$12.00

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