Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 49

Manuscript, Collectibles and Aerospace Auction

Hawaii and The South Pacific

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1005		Independent Order of Odd Fellows Certificate. Parchment paper certificate with red seal and illustrated border, stating that Brother Wm. O. Smith is a member in good standing of Excelsior Lodge No 1 in Honolulu Hawaiian Island, 11 x 8½ in., Honolulu, 1881, 16 August, 1p. From notations on verso, it appears that Smith visited Parker Lodge in San Francisco on Sept. 13, 1881 and Yorba Buena Lodge, San Francisco on Sept. 16th 1881. Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $242
Lot 1006		Hawaiian Cattle Branding Permit. 7 x 8½ in., Helu, 2354 Keena Kiaaina O Hawaii, Office of the Governor of Hawaii, 1884, 1p. Certificate deals with branding and ear marking of cattle. In Hawaiian language, with embossed seal and signed by F. L. Lyman, deputy governor of Hawaii. Slight foxing. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $265
Lot 1007		Whale Oil Bill of Lading. For 300 cases of whale oil on the ship Lysen, captained by J. Warren Perkins, who signs the bill of lading, 5¾ x 11 in., Boston, 1868, November 6, 1p. Oil sold by James F. Hunnewell of Boston to C. Brewer & Co. of Honolulu. Hunnewell was among the Hawaiian traders arriving in the 1820's. Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $173
Lot 1008		Damon, Samuel C. - Missionary. Autograph letter from S.C. Damon to Milton M. Fisher, an old college classmate, 8 x 5 in., Honolulu, 1881, 4 pp. He congratulates Fisher upon turning "threescore and ten" and reminisces about college days and friends. He says that he has been a missionary for nearly 40 years, that he has three sons living, and "I am still blessed with the wife of my youth." Smeared signature. With a separate autograph,"Yours truly S.C. Damon," 1½ x 3½ in. Damon was educated at Amherst College and Andover Theological Seminary. In 1841 he was ordained and married Julia Sherman Mills. He was sent to Honolulu by the American Seaman's Friend Society and served as pastor of Oahu Bethel Church for 42 years. He was also editor and publisher of "The Friend,"a periodical that ran well into the 20th century. With transmittal envelope. Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $240
Lot 1009		Hawaiian Plantation Letters. Three autograph letters to Mr. Challinor from J.R. and Clement Sneyd Key Mersley, 1882-85, 8 x 5 in., 10 pp. total, Kohala regarding selling shares of stock to invest in a plantation, and with many details about sugar cane, crop results on two plantations, plantation debt, investments in the Union Mills, etc. Good insight into the problems and pleasures of running a plantation in Hawaii. Slight soiling to one letter; overall fine. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 1010		Palekaluhi, Abraham - Letter to Governor Bush of Kauai. Autograph letter from Abraham Palekaluki, tax collector, to Governor Bush of Kauai, 8 x 5¼ in., Waimea, Kauai, 1877, Oct. 2, 2 pp. In Hawaiian. Letter talks about the Sinclair family which had bought the entire sland of Niihau for $10,000, from King Kamehameha IV. The island is still managed today by Sinclair descendants. During the 1870's the family also bought plantation lands on the southwestern side of Kauai at Makaweli. Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $529
Lot 1011		Monarchy and Republic Documents. Document headed "Consulate-General of the United States of America," 8 x 5 in., Honolulu, 1886, December 30, 1p. To Andrew Fuller, Harbor Master, stating that W. C. Burhu, a crew member of the American schooner, W. S. Bowne, lying off Honolulu is entitled to be discharged. With an 1896 document headed "Custom House," Hilo, H.I., 1896, May 28, 5 x 7¼ in. giving permission for Mary T. Hichcock to leave for San Francisco. With embossed One Dollar Hawaiian Duty Stamp. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $311
Lot 1012		Hawaii Cover, 1889 Wailuku, Maui, & W.D. Alexander. Wailuku, 1889, Hawaii Scott #39 on envelope (3 x ½ in.) postmarked December 14, 1889. Mailed from Wailuku, Maui, with letter, 8 x 5 in., 1½ pp., to Mrs. Walbridge from Ah Tong. Cover has Wailuku Maui cds in purple double circle, and Honolulu black. Black San Francisco and black Buffalo, NY back stamp. With two envelopes, one addressed to Professor W.D. Alexander and one to his wife in Honolulu, postmarked Oakland 1900 and Lahaina 1903. Alexander was an important government and business luminary, as well as a historian in Monarchy Hawaii. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 1013		1867 Hawaiian Alcohol Shipment and Two Engraved Billheads. Account of alcohol shipped by G. W. Brooks & Co. on the bark "Sanprioo" from Honolulu and sold by Henry B. Williams to James Hunnewell of Boston, 10 x 7¾ in., San Francisco, 1867, Feb. 16, 1p. A total of 316 full cases of alcohol, plus storage, insurance, etc., came to $1,728.23. Ink stamp at upper right of James Hunnewell, 14 March, 1867. With an 1871 billhead used by M. McInerney, a Honolulu dealer of gentlemen's apparel, as an invoice to Mr. H. Allen for a $9.00 pair of boots. Graphic vignette of a paddle wheel steamer, printed by Black & Auld. Signed by Michael McInerey. Also, a Hotel Honolulu Hawaii engraved billhead. All fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $368
Lot 1014		1898 Military Invitation & General Orders No. 1. Partly-printed invitation to Capt. S.S. Saxton, A.A.G. U.S.V. and Ladies "to attend the HOP given to the U.S. Army and Navy Officers by the Officers of the National Guard of Hawaii, Drill Shed, Friday evening, October twenty-first, Eighteen hundred and ninety eight…" 3½ x 4½ in., 1898. With envelope. Also, General Orders No. 1 addressed to Capt. Saxton, from Headquarters, District of Hawaii, Honolulu, September 5, 1898, announcing staff positions for the Military District of Hawaii. Signed by Charles King, Brig. Gen. Volunteers. Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $253
Lot 1015		Missionary Letters - 1850 and 1895. Autograph letter from Mrs. Benjamin D. Bailey of Providence, 1p, 9¾ x 7¾ in., 1850, April 3. To Henry Hill, Missionary House, Boston, sending calico, bleached muslin, and other useful articles, plus five dollars, all "for the purpose of supporting a native girl in the school of the missionary at Waimea, Hawaii, S.I…." Letter is fine; address is smeared. With a postcard in French addressed to Rev. Father Maxime of the Catholic Mission in Hilo, Hawaii, from fr[ère] Corneille in Honolulu, 1895, May 14. Giving permission and saying R.P. Léonore hasn't yet told him anything about going to Hilo. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $391
Lot 1016		Emerson, O.P. - Early Micronesian Letter. Autograph letter from Rev. O.P. Emerson, Secretary of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association to Rev. J.F. Whitney, a missionary in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands in Micronesia, 11 x 8½ in., Honolulu, 1895, July 19, 1p. Regarding European powers in Micronesia: "…Spain seems to be still in the night--the Spain of Torquemada & the Inquisition & so they keep our missionaries out of Pompe[Pohnpei.?]. He adds, ".fix up your foreign policy as a nation big as America to continually say they have no responsibility out side of our borders. I blush for such a policy…." Micronesian survivals are extremely rare. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $173
Lot 1017		1898 Soldier's Letter From Honolulu. Autograph letter from Charles B. Hollingsworth, of the 10th PA Regiment, to his mother in Pennsylvania, on Senate Chamber letterhead, Honolulu, 11 x 8½ in., 1898, June 24, 5 pp. He mentions Queen "Lill" (who was deposed in 1893) and describes her palace, President of the Republic (Sanford) Dole, with whom he shook hands at the palace, and says that most people are in favor of annexation. He also mentions Manila and asks her to keep all of the letters he sends her during the war. Fine. Due to the nationalism generated by the Spanish-American War, Hawaii was annexed to the United States in 1898. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $276
Lot 1018		(Bishop, Artemas and Sereno E.) Early Missionaries. Manuscript envelope addressed to "Rev. Artemas Bishop; Ewa, Oahu, Sand. Islands", 3 x 5½ in. (c. 1845). Has two circular black stamps: "Paid 6"; and "Geneva N.Y. Aug 4; Paid". Damaged; moderate age toning. With a manuscript envelope addressed to "S.E. Bishop Ewa Hawaii, Sandwich Islands / via San Francisco," 2¾ x 4¾ in., postmarked San Francisco, 1853, Jan. 18, Chipped; some minor staining. Includes two U.S. three cent postal stamps. Artemas Bishop (?-1872) was part of the second company of missionaries which came to Honolulu in 1823 on the brig Thames. Sereno Bishop (1827-1909), also a missionary, was the only son of Artemas. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $204
Lot 1019		Military Cabinet Photo of Arthur O. Wood. 6½ x 4¼ in., Honolulu by J. Williams, c. 1898. Cabinet photo with classic soldier posing against bridge in uniform of the Hawaiian Guard. Handwritten on the back "To my 'Dear Little Mama' Me Ke Aloha Nui Loa o ko loving son Arthur O. Wood." Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $253
Lot 1020		1879 Honolulu Missionary Letter. 10½ x 8½ in., Octavo, Honolulu, 1879, July 5, 4 pp. (back & front of one sheet), From Mallie A. Chamberlain to Brother James. News includes a student, Solomon Kahea, who "has gone for a vacation & preaching practice," and an Evang. Association that lasted 10 days and caused much excitement. Some fold splits and marginal paper loss. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $204
Lot 1021		Hawaiian Cattle Bill of Sale. 10 x 8 in., 1880, November 20, 1p. Transaction by which J.P. Mendonca selling all of his cattle with the brands S.N.E. W.E. & M.L. to Gaspar S(y)ilva. Signed by the following: J.P. Mendonca (twice); W.L. Wilcox (as Witness); W. Kinney (as Witness) with later notation signed by C. Hatch. Age toning, 2 small holes in fold. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $173
Lot 1022		Waikiki Mortgage Note. 7 x 8 in., 1878, July 17, 2 pp. Handwritten manuscript in fine pen. Original note for $400.00 loaned by Mr. M. McInerny to Kapiko and wife Pahoa of Waikiki and witnessed by Rich F. Bickerton. Note was apparently sold twice more, first to H.A. Wideman on behalf of M.D. Monsarrat. M. D. Monsarrat then apparently sold the note to Alexander J. Cartwright (as trustee for H. R. M. Princess Likelike Cleghorn, wife Cleghorn). There follows a detailed loan payment summary extending from March 25, 1880 through August 19, 1882. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $150
Lot 1023		Portugal Legation Letter Re A Commercial Treaty With Hawaii. 12 x 15 in., 1879, 25 July, 1p. Letter written in French by the Vicomte de Noqueira from the Portuguese Legation in New York, with stamped envelope addressed to the His Excellence Elisha H. Allen, Envoyé Extraordinaire & Plenipotentaire de Hawaii" asking for a copy of any commercial treaties Hawaii had made with other countries and promising to do his utmost to promote such a treaty between his country and Hawaii. Letter folded to fit included (3¾ x 4¾ in.) postmarked, stamped envelope. Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $144
Lot 1024		Byron, George Anson - 7th Lord Byron. Front panel of an envelope free franked "Byron" at lower left and stamped "Free 2 MR 1838," addressed in George Anson Byron's hand, 3¼ x 5 in. Byron (1789-1868) was a naval officer and the cousin of the famous poet Lord George Gordon Byron, whom he succeeded as 7th Lord Byron. He was commander of H. M. S. Blonde, which transported the bodies of the King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands back to Hawaii, after their deaths of measles while visiting England. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $150
Lot 1025		1839 Letter Mentioning A Hawaiian Missionary. A very pious autograph letter from Mariah to Nathaniel Cudworth, 9¾ x 8¾ in., Brookline, 1839, Dec. 7, 3 pp. She describes listening with rapture to a missionary from the Sandwich Islands preach of the "wonders God had wrought on these Islands of the Ocean." She was almost convinced to spend her life "in a heathen land." Christian missionaries first went to Hawaii in 1820. One fold split. With manuscript postage. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $288
Lot 1026		Missionary's Marriage Proposal to A Woman He Has Never Met. Contemporary copy of a letter from missionary Samuel Newell to Philormelia Thurston in Boston, 12½ x 8 in., Bombay, 1892, Nov 1, 4 pp. Newell, a widower, has read the letters Philomela has sent to Mrs. Bardwell and declares his love for her. He regrets that his work in a "heathen land" will not permit him to come to Boston to court her, but he sets out the reasons he thinks she could be happy with him. Small edge tears. The torn, soiled envelope refers to Newell as a missionary of the Sandwich Islands, but he refers to India in his letter. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $150
Lot 1027		Whitney, Rev. Joel. F. Two bills, one from E.O. Hall & Son and one from J.T. Waterhouse, 10½ x 8½ and 4¾ x 8½ in., 1872 and 1876, from the papers of Reverend Joel F. Whitney; a member of the American Board of Missions, who arrived on the island of Ebon with his wife around 1871. The Whitney's arrived aboard the Morning Star. They were supported by Adolph Capelle, a German trader who arrived on Ebon in 1859, and was later the largest trader in the islands. The Whitney's would stay on Ebon for approximately 6 years, where his main responsibility was to translate the Bible into the native Panape. Near fine. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $288
Lot 1028		1884 Description of A Visit to the Volcano of Kilauea on Mauna Loa. Autograph letter from Julia E. Ward in Hilo, Hawaii, to her uncle and aunt in Vermont, USA, 8¼ x 5¼ in., Hilo, 1884, 6 pp. She describes her trip into the Volcano of Kilauea on Mauna Loa. In part: "…we went with a guide into the crater….walked two miles across the old lava and then reached the brink of two lakes…more or less active…The hot lava from fire fountains overspread the whole surface of one of the lakes…called Halemanmau or 'House of everlasting fire,' supposed in old times to be the home of the goddess Pelu…the other new lake…the hot lava burst forth…it spread…on the whole lake perhaps 1200 by 800 ft. It seemed as if the very foundations of the earth were giving way…. " More details. Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $252
Lot 1029		Early Hawaii Settlers - The Dowsett Family - 1848. An 1848 letter from Mary Dowsett to her daughters Deborah and Elizabeth, Honolulu, 10 x 8 in., 4 pp. Mary and her husband, Captain Samuel James Dowsett, settled in Hawaii in 1828 (he was lost at sea in 1834). Their son, James Isaac, was the first white child not of missionary parents to be born in Hawaii. James was a successful entrepreneur in Hawaii in the shipping, lumber, whaling and sugar industries. Mary sends lots of news and mentions their brothers, Capt. Brewer, the Carters, and other names. She laments her poor health and that her lame hands created the necessity to have someone else pen her letter. Toning to last page, else fine. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $391
Lot 1030		Herbert, Hilary A. - Secretary of the Navy. Typed letter signed ("H.A. Herbert") as Secretary of the Navy, 10½ x 8 in., Honolulu, 1894, June 29, 1p. To Rear Admiral John G. Walker, Commanding U.S. Naval Forces, Honolulu, H.I., and marked "Personal". In part: "… I now expect to relieve you… The 'Charleston' is on her way to San Francisco, and, as soon as she is out of dry-dock, I will send her to Honolulu to relieve the 'Philadelphia'… I shall expect you…to take charge of the Academy…" Herbert (1834-1919) was a Confederate Colonel, 8th Alabama; served postwar in the U.S. Congress (1877-93) and as Secretary of the Navy; Rear Admiral John G. Walker (1835-1907) was in the Civil War and later President of the Isthmian Canal Commission. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $192
Lot 1031		Whitney, Henry M. & T.G. Thrum. Printed newspaper subscription bill from Henry M. Whitney, who was a pioneer printer, publisher and Hawaii's first postmaster, 7 x 4½ in., Honolulu; 1868, July 6, 1p. With envelope addressed to T. G. Thrum, Kohala, Hawaii. Thrum was a legendary Hawaiian ethnographer and historian. Rare correspondence between two of the towering figures in 19th century Hawaii. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $242
Lot 1032		1862 Sandwich Islands Letter From A Whaler. Autograph handwritten letter from N. E. Ransom to Miss Sarah Dexter, Pine Island, Mass. 7½ x 5 in., Hilo Harbour, 1862, April 1, 1½ pp. This man was probably a whaler on a whaling expedition in the Arctic Ocean as he writes he was "in Hilo Harbour for 2 weeks and expect to leave tomorrow for Honolulu and from there to the Arctic Ocean and if we do well this season I expect we shall go home but if not go 2 more seasons north.…." He also asks the lady to answer his mail "this August the next and direct your letter to Barque Barnstable Captain Brownson Hilo Owhyhu Sandwich Islands". Two small tears and light toning. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $150
Lot 1033		1861 Whaling Letter From the Sandwich Islands. Autograph letter from Wesley J. Bundy to his father in Vermont, 9½ x 7½ in., 1861, Jan 4, 1p, with postmarked stamped envelope. Bundy, who is probably a whaler, writes: "…I have a little spare time to let you know where I am and what I am doing…. Never was better in my life. I am fit and tough … We have not been into port yet to get liberty, but expect it in Sandwich Islands where we shall be in the course of two weeks if we have a good breeze. We have been into New Zealand made a port but did not get any liberty …will be at home sometime father and fetch some money if nothing happens." About fine. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $150
Lot 1034		1891 and 1918 Hawaiian Photos. Cabinet photo of John and William Carden, taken by J. Williams, Honolulu, 6½ x 4¼ in., dated 1891 on verso. Taken in front of a Diamond Head backdrop. Williams was based at 102 Fort Street, Honolulu. Someone wrote the brothers' first names in ink on the bottom front. With a 5 x 7 in. photo (on 7¼x9¼ in. mount) of a home with a man and woman identified as John Keawe Pulehu and Mary Papu Mahi on the back, with notes in Hawaiian language. Mount is chipped; photos are fine. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $161
Lot 1035		Mormon Missionary Letter, 1878. 9¾ x 7½ in., Kohala, HI, 1878, 1¼ pp. Letter to Mrs. Jane E. Molen, the wife of a Morman missionary who served there, from a woman in Hawaii, Lilly Kahaiao. Written in Hawaiian. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $276
Lot 1036		Freycinet, Louis Claude Desaulses de (1779 - 1842) French maritime officer and Pacific explorer. Assigned to Baudin's exploring expedition to Australia in 1800, he edited the reports and maps of the expedition in 1805. In 1817, he commanded the ships "Uranie" and "Physicienne" on a scientic exploration into Australian waters, visiting the Mariannas, Hawaii, and other Pacific Islands. His ship was wrecked off the Faulkland Islands (in Antarctic Waters) but the records of the expedition were saved. On his return, Freycinet again set to editing the scientific findings, as "Voyage Autour du Monde" which was issued in 13 volumes over the years 1824-44. Autograph letter signed ("L. De Freycinet"), 1p, 8 x 6 in., in French, 3 Oct. 1828. To Mr. Bouvard of the Royal Academy of Science in Paris, saying that he had redone the calculations which Mr. Bouvard had questioned and that temperature corrections were applied so that the discrepancies noted could not be attributed to that. Light toning and small tear, affecting nothing. With English translation. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $242
Lot 1037		South Pacific Whaling Letters - 1850 and 1853. Autograph letter from Ezra Gifford to his aunt in Taunton, Mass., 1850 Dec. 24, 3 pp., written "At Sea on board Ship Phocion" telling her of the history of the South Pacific voyage which began in New Bedford on Nov. 18, 1849. He describes his "introduction to old Neptune in rather an uncivil manner…employed as whaleman usually are in getting all things ready for a successful attack on the monster of the deep. Dec. 25th the joyful cry of there she blows was heard which proved to be sperm whales…." Many details of his voyage and whaling. Small hole in left margain; light toning. With a one-page letter from Moses How, New Bedford, 1853, July 22, telling Dr. Beardsley of Willet, N.Y., of the last letter he received from Orondo (Beardsley's son) was in 1847, and it said that Orondo sailed from N. Bedford in (whaling) Ship Formosa and runaway from her at Talcahuano…Chile where he calculated to stop for a number of years & perhaps for life…." With 5¢ stampless cover postmark. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $240
Lot 1038		1832 South Pacific Voyage Abstract. Manuscript abstract of depositions given by John C. Coffin and Reuben Fitch, who were officers of the ship Rebecca Simms during her last voyage in the South Pacific Ocean, 7½ x 6 in., 1832, 7 pp., bound with green ribbon. Mr. Coffin testified that Shadrac Norris and seven other crew members refused to "heave up ye anchor". Norris indicated that he did not want to go to sea because he was dissatisfied and would not go unless "chained in irons". Coffin's testimony went on to say that Norris indicated he did not feel there was sufficient meat on board for the voyage. Captain Coffin then went to Lima to retrieve the American Consul. who confirmed that there was sufficient meat, yet Norris and the seven others still refused to sail. The eight crew members were taken aboard the US Navy ship Guernere. Similar testimony was given by Reuben Fitch indicating "grumbling" and "muttering" by the men. Each abstract taken before Folger (Justice of Peace) for a fee of $2. Fine; light toning. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $240
Lot 1039		British Admiralty Group: Sandwich, Howe, Stephens, and Gambier. Four cut autographs mounted on a 5¾ x 7¼ in. sheet of paper, c. 1779; Lord Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty; Richard Admiral Earl Howe; Admiral Earl Stephens, the Admiralty secretary and Admiral James Gambier (1756-1833), important South Pacific explorer. Light toning. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1040		1870 Manuscript "The Adventures of Ben Jones the Sailor!" Handwritten booklet: "The Adventures of Ben Jones the Sailor!" By G. Smith, 11 pp., 4 x 5 in., Salem, 1870. Includes drawings in the manuscript plus and an inserted drawing. The manuscript was found near Salem, Massachusetts and is the story of Benjamin Jones of Salem, Mass., a sailor aboard the ship "Flying Cloud" who has adventures with Pirates, natives of the Society Islands, etc. Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $173
Lot 1041		Letters From A South America Guano Expedition. Two autograph letters from James Koopman, a ship's doctor, to his daughter Nellie in Maine, total of 6 pp. One is written from the Lobos Islands (off the north coast of Peru and famous for their guano), 1876, 2 May. He writes of various people around him: Capt. Randal, the Scots cook and his German wife, a Capt. Patton of Bath [Maine] with a partially-paralyzed wife, the ships Grandee and Southern Ocean, and a cat which "hangs around me all the time like a child homesick…" The second letter is from Callao (Chile), 1876, June 26. He writes that "the ship Stars of N. Yarmouth has foundered and all but one man was lost…There is three other Guano ships here in the same fix that I am and four in Valparaiso…every one refused to proceed…we could not get the ship home…" Faint stain. One original stamped and postmarked (at New York) envelope. Guano is the feces of seabirds, bats, and seals. It was used as fertilizer and as a gunpowder ingredient due to its high levels of phosphorus and nitrogen and its lack of odor. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1042		Batavia (Java) - 1837 Missionary Letter. Folded autograph letter from H. B. Ennis, Batavia, Island of Java, 10 x 8 in., 1837, 1 Aug, 3 pp. To Miss Palmer in Charleston, SC, describing the natives of Java and his missionary work. He expresses a favorable opinion of the Chinese character, and calls the Javanese "a very mild & interesting people & more intelligent than the Malays…" Interesting observations about the various women and educating girls, and much religious content. Age toning and several edge chips. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $299
Lot 1043		Hong Kong Missionary Letter. Autograph letter from Mr. Warren, a missionary to China for the Church of England Missionary Society, to the parents of children attending Britannia Row Sunday Schools, 11 x 9 in., Hong Kong, 1865, 21 Nov., 8 pp. He describes learning the Chinese language and provides a detailed account of Chinese culture from his point of view. He has written his name in Chinese characters as well. Age toned. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $312
Lot 1044		Mills, William & Sarah Ellis - Extremely Early and Important Polynesian Missionary Letter. William Mills (1794-1872) was one of the group of the first permanently settled white missionaries in Samoa, arrived in "Dunotar Castle" in 1836; next to John Williams he was the most famous L.M.S. missionary of the South Pacific; he authored Polynesian Reminiscences. Autograph letter from William Mills to William Ellis, 12½ x 8 in., 1p, Apia, 1840, 9 April. Regarding order for goods annexed, with red seal. It was apparently carried to Sydney by the Missionary brig Camden. Age toning, piece missing from label with no affect to text, torn at seal. With an autograph letter from Sarah Ellis (1812-1872) who was the author of Family Secrets, Northern Roses and many other works, and wife of William Ellis (1794-1872) who was a missionary to the South Seas and to Madagascar, 7¼ x 4¾ in., Rose Hill, c. 1859, 3 pp. Letter to "My dear Friend" making arrangements for a long awaited visit. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $489
Lot 1045		1838 Letter From Berlice (Guyana), Boimern, To the London Missionary Society. Autograph letter from Giles Touaard to the Treasurer of the London Missionary Society regarding payment of his salary, 12½ x 8 in., 1838, 22 Jan, 1p. Red seal is intact on address leaf. Slight tear, small piece missing from label with no affect to text. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $311
Lot 1046		Williams, John - 1836 Letter Written 3 Years Before He Was Killed and Eaten (1796-1839) Missionary in the South Seas; visited England from 1834 to 1837, when he published his popular and influential Narrative of Missionary Enterprise in the South Sea Islands. He was killed and eaten at Dillon's Bay, Erromanga, in the New Hebrides on 20 November 1839. Autograph Letter Signed ("J. Williams"), 7 x 4½ in., Bedford Square, London, 1836, 15 Jan., 1p. Addressed to "My dear Brother," under the impression that "the Secretaries were to meet on Friday night," adding that he himself "should have come this evening for the purpose of meeting them," and saying that "I will be with you at 12 o'clock today." Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $368
Lot 1047		Missionary Joel Whitney 1870's Correspondence From A. Capelle & Co. Four pieces of correspondence (sent by various boats) from A. Capelle--three autograph letters and an invoice--datelined Bonham Island, 1873-78 and addressed to (Rev.) Joel F. Whitney on Ebon. The invoice is for $150 be paid to Mr. T. Kaehuaea "for the charter of the 'E.A. Williams'." Capelle hopes to have a keg of beer for Whitney by the time their next vessel goes to Ebon. Kaehuaea received payment on 20 Dec.; with Bonham Islands stamp. Kaehuaea was one of two traders employ by Capelle; he was later expelled for killing a native of the Nonouti Gilbert Group. Another letter thanks Whitney for the "tune of one of the last hyms [sic]," goes on about one of the island's making people sick, and discusses at length Whitney's theory of doing business: "Whatever is useful & beneficial that seek to furnish." Another mentions Capelle's broken leg, his family, and visiting "all my stations." Joel Whitney and his wife settled on the island of Ebon roughly in 1871, replacing Reverend B.S. Snow who went home ill. The island of Ebon was the head station for A. Cappelle and Co. Cappelle was born in Germany in 1838, moved to the Marshall Islands at the age of 21, and started a trade in coconut oil. He married a native woman from Ebon and was the U.S. Consul during this time. All early Micronesian documents are extremely rare and valuable on the market. Estimated Value $600 - 800. From the personal papers of missionary Reverend Joel Whitney. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $834
Lot 1048		1870 Micronesian Treaty Between Foreign Missionaries and the High Chiefs of Tarawa Islands. Contemporary copy of a treaty by which Naevaia and Kaiea ae Tekabu, the High Chiefs of Tarawa, "agree to pay to the Missionary agent of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions Stationed in the Gilbert Islands…(50) Fifty Casks Cocoanut Oil…and [to] forever confine ourselves to our own part of the Island and refrain from war….," 9½ x 8 in., 1870, 23 May, 1p. Fine condition. Treaties involving native royalty, especially Micronesian, are exceedingly rare and historically important. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $719
Lot 1049		1870 Micronesian Treaty Signed On Board the "Jamestown". Contemporary copy of a treaty signed on board the U.S. Steam Sloop "Jamestown" at Roan Kiti Harbor, Island of Ponape, 24 June 1870, between "Nouakui and Chiefs of Roan Kiti" and the resident missionary, E.T. Doune, and witnessed by (Lt. Commander) W. T. Truxtun of the U.S. Navy, 12¼ x 8 in., 1p. The Chiefs agree that land at the mouth of the Roan Kiti River was donated in 1852 by their predecessor, Nanakin, to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, and they promise to protect the Board "from the aggressions of any and all persons whatsoever trespassing on said Mission lands." Treaties involving native royalty, especially Micronesian, are exceedingly rare and historically important. Near Fine. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1050		Nobbs, Reverend George Hunn - Rare Norfolk Island Letter (1799-1884) Missionary and chaplain of Pitcairn Island; he moved his flock of 194 to Norfolk Island in 1856 to replace the convicts. Autograph letter from Nobbs to Mrs. Georgianna Coombs thanking her "working party" for their gifts, and sending news of his own family (37 grandchildren), 8 x 6½ in., Norfolk Island, 1870, 12 April, 4 pp. In part: "Tell Priscilla I expect by the end of the year D.V. to be her debtor for plain black Silk Cap - to wear at funerals, and occasionally at Church; for when there is a strong breeze blowing it is inconvenient to stand bareheaded. It is to be lined but without ornament…."An early letter from the Norfolk Island community ("the Communal Family") is a rarity. Very good; signature page slightly soiled. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $288
Lot 1051		1843-1904 Four Miscellaneous Missionary Letters. Two letters from missionaries in Jamaica, one dated 1843 from "Francis" to Mrs. Denke in North Carolina about his ministry, 13½ x 8¼ in., Fairfield, 1843, Sept., 4 pp. Crosswritten on first page, with fold split. The second is from Reverend James Hume, missionary of the BMS (Baptist Missionary Association) in Jamaica. He was the pastor of the little church in Jericho, which was a significant contributor to the welfare of blacks during the post emancipation period. In this letter Hume talks about church matters and attendance, education, funding, Africa, 10 x 8 in., Jericho, 1857, 3 April, 3 pp. Letter posted at "Rodney Hall Jamaica 1857". Scarce cover (British Commonwealth) With an 1861 letter from J.Q.A. Edgell at Andover, asking the Rev. G.P. Tyler to encourage his church to support mission work in the western United States, and a 1904 letter from Rev. Edwin Simpson, a missionary in India, to his fiancee in Conway, Arkansas, telling her about life in India. Includes 2 postmark Indian stamped envelopes and a letter from Simpson's sister to him. Near fine. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $518
Lot 1052		Marau Pomare, Queen Consort of Pomare V of Tahiti. Manuscript document signed as Queen, 10½ x 8½ in., Papeete, 1878, 10 Dec., 1p. Authorizing Mr. Vincent, a notary, to deliver a copy of a marriage contract to the French Commissioner on Tahiti: "S.M. la Reine Marau autorise Mr. Vincent notaire a délivrer une copie de son contrat de marriage à M. le Commandant Commissaire de la Republique a Taiti…." An unusual document written and signed in the year following the death of her mother-in-law Queen Pomare IV and a mere two years before the abdication of her husband Pomare V, which saw the full transfer of power to France under the annexation. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $432
Lot 1053		Mormon Letters From French Polynesia. Four letters and a poem addressed to Reverend Eli Holton, a Mormon missionary at Taeohae, Nukahiva, Marquesas Islands, between 1898-1900, total of 13 pp. From other missionaries in French Polynesia, his sister in Salt Lake City, and a poem dedicated to him by W. McGrath. Much religious content pertaining to their ministries, a ship-wrecked missionary, typhoid fever, quarantine and other problems they have to address in their work. The sister talks about the Spanish American War's volunteers marching into town, feeding them dinner, etc. With three envelopes, one postmarked Papeete (18)99. Fine. With an 1898 letter on New Zealand Mission Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints letterhead, 2 pp, datelined Ngaruawahia, N.Z., in the native language, to "Kia Te rahikairo Kavra" and signed "Na Aaranihi." Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $575
Lot 1054		Grey, Sir George (1812-1898) British colonial administrator in New Zealand, South Australia, and the Cape Colony Africa. He became a pioneer scholar of the Maori culture, writing a study of their mythology and oral history. Two autograph letters signed ("G. Grey") as Governor of New Zealand, and a cut signature with closing from a letter. One letter, datelined Whitehall, 1846, Nov. 24, 9 x 7 in., 2 pp., thanks Reverend A. Tidman for a copy of a Memorial addressed to Lord Palmerston by the Directors of the Missionary Society with reference to Tahiti. A strip of paper is affixed to front left margin. The second letter, datelined London, 1847, Dec. 14, 7 x 4½ in., 2 pp., acknowledges receipt of "a copy of your reasons for dissenting from the address of the Clergy of the Archdeacon of Exeter against the appointment of Dr. Hampden to the See of Hereford." All about fine. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold

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