Mexico: February 20, 1782. [20]pp. Folio. Original stitching, mounted into early 20th-century plain paper wrappers. Moderate wear and some dampstaining to text block edges of lower right quadrant, somewhat affecting text but not sense. Otherwise light toning. Accomplished in a neat secretarial hand. A contemporary manuscript transcription of a petition..... More
Aliford Bay, B.C. November 24, 1912. [3]pp., in ink, plus a separate smaller one-page short note or fragment. Old folds, creasing, some soiling. A unique manuscript account of an encounter with the First Nations Skidegate Concert Band headed by Arthur Solomon, in a letter home from an itinerant worker in..... More
[Various places in British Columbia & Alaska: 1907-1922]. Fifteen real photo postcards. Light wear and soiling. Several with manuscript notations and/or postmarks on verso. A collection of real photo postcards depicting First Peoples and indigenous life in British Columbia, with two images depicting similar scenes in Alaska. Taken by various..... More
Muskogee, Ok. [1909, 1914-1919]. Twenty-two documents, [27]pp. Folio sheets, typed on recto only. Typescript documents, some with manuscript signatures or notations. Some light wear and soiling. Group of documents concerning oil leases for the Wellsville Oil Company on lands owned by the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma. Most of the..... More