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Lot 120
[Gold Rush]. Archive of letters, documents, and two Cal Gold quarter dollars belonging to Samuel Curtis Upham (see bio in previous lot). Most items are quarto and in fine condition.
1) ADS "Ebbets & Co," one page, San Francisco, Nov. 26, 1849. Acknowledging receipt of $398.40 from F Bonnard. Rough upper and lower edges. Francis A. Bonnard later printed and bound the first city directory of San Francisco in 1852 at the "Despatch" printing office. From 1853-1856, he published "The Daily Sun." Arthur Mercien Ebbets (1830-1903) came to San Francisco from New York, via Cape Horn, in 1849. He was involved in the shipping and commission industry, insurance and adjustment, and the coal trade.
2) DS "Francis A. Bonnard," "Henry S. Warren," and "Theodore Russell," one page, San Francisco, Dec. 28, 1849. Establishing a partnership in a printing business. Minor smudging.
3) DS "Francis A. Bonnard," one page, San Francisco, Upper California, January 1850. Witness: "Arthur M. Ebbets." Selling his third in the above printing business to J. Munroe Julian.
4) ADS and accomplished by Samuel C. Upham, one page, Sacramento City, June 29, 1850. Marked "(Copy)," in the upper left by Upham, of a document signed by G. Kenyon Fitch acknowledging receipt of $2,900 for Upham for his proportion of the types, presses and other material of the ‘Sacramento Transcript’ Newspaper. Creased.
5) ADS "Samuel C. Upham," one page, Sacramento, August 8, 1850. Marked "Copy," giving Robert D. Merrill power of attorney. Upham had decided to return to Philadelphia.
6) ALS "Saml C. Upham," 2pp, Sacramento City, August 9, 1850. Retained copy, to Robert D. Merrill, instructing him to collect "notes in my favor amounting to $7033.47 … the several amounts in gold dust of a good quality…. I do not wish to return again to California"
7) ADS "Samuel C. Upham" in text, one page, Sacramento City, August 9, 1850. Marked "(Copy)" in the upper left by Upham. Completely in Upham’s hand. In part, "Recd Sacramento city, Aug. 9, 1850, of Samuel C. Upham, Gilbert C. Weld’s six notes in his favors, all in Upham’s hand, including signature.
8) Two ADsS "Saml C. Upham" in text, one page, Sacramento city, August 9, 1850. Marked "(Copy)" in upper left. Completely in Upham’s hand. In part, "Recd Sac city, Aug. 9, 1850, of Samuel C. Upham, Edward J. Feeneys two notes, all in Upham’s hand, including signatures.
9) ADS "Samuel C. Upham" in text and all in his hand one page, Sacramento city, August 10, 1850. Acknowledging receipt of a mortgage.from Edward J. Feeney.
10) ADS "Saml C. Upham," one page, San Francisco, August 13, 1850, In part, "The originals of the enclosed papers I take with me on the Steamer ‘Columbus’ which sails for Panama on the 15th inst. In case the originals should be lost, the copies will be of service as a key to my affairs in California…." Slight tears at right edge.
11) ADS "Saml C. Upham," one page, Steamship Columbus, Panama Bay, September 4, 1850. "(Copy)" penned by Upham in the upper left. All in Upham’s hand, including signatures. Text of a motion passed by the passengers thanking the captain and officers.
12) Newspaper clipping from "The Transcript." Sacramento City, Thursday, December 12, 1850, Reporting "…Mr. U[pham]. intends to reside in Philadelphia and promises to become our regular correspondent … " Slight tear at lower edge.
13) "Journey to the Gold Diggins by Jeremiah Saddlebags. Illustrated by James Alexander Read and Donald F. Read. 56 pages, 9" x 5.75". Engraved caricatures on every page. Publisher's pictorial wrappers; back wrap missing. Adhesive at left edge attaching front wrap to binding. The adventures of Jeremiah Saddlebags, a fictitious prospector, and his quest for gold in California. The illustrations are some of the first caricatures in American literature of the forty-niners. New York: Stringer & Townsend, 1849." Front wrap soiled, light soiling throughout.
14) "To the Pioneers of California. / Ye Ancient Yuba Miner, of the Days of ’49. / An Old Subject in a New Dress. / By Samuel C. Upham, a ’49-er." 6pp, Philadelphia: 1878. Printing of the song Upham wrote in November 1877. With silhouette illustrations.
15) California Fractional Gold. (a) 1873 Indian Head Octagonal Quarter Dollar, measures 3/8 of an inch. Depicts an Indian Head encircled by 13 stars. Date 1873 at base of coin, holed at bottom of "87" of date. Within wreath on verso: "¼ / DOLLAR / CAL" (b) 1874 Indian Head Octagonal Quarter Dollar, measures 3/8 of an inch. Depicts an Indian Head encircled by 13 stars. Date 1874 at base of coin. Within wreath on verso: "¼ / DOLLAR / CAL". Fine condition.
Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,800.
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