#5027 • Manuscript Books-Receipt, Roll and Notes

Part of Fine and Decorative Arts | Day 3 | September 29, 2022 at 10:00 AM (live auction by Alderfer Auction)

High bid $150.00

Status: Sold

Collection of Manuscript books including; 1.) Receipt book of Boothbay Harbor, Maine blacksmith from 1815 thru the 1830's. Book measures 4.5" x 8" and is 1.5" thick and is completely full with various entries including horse shoeing, repairing anchors, making flounder spears, boat nails and repairing masts as well as regular blacksmithing jobs. Book exhibits some loose page and has a weak spine. 2.) Receipt book for Thomas Gillespie of Philadelphia for the 1820's thru 1850's. Book measures 4" x 7" and is 1" thick. Content includes records of rents, taxes, and other financial undertakings of Gillespie. Book exhibits detached boards and a worn spine. 3.) Pair of lecture notebooks belonging to Samuel Jacob Hottenstein and Fannie Hottenstein of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in the late 19th century. Subject notes relate to Latin, languages, poetry, physiology, botany, logic, and literature. Books measure 8" x 6.5". 4.) Receipt book by unknown writer from Orvilla, Pennsylvania. Book measures 7" x 9" and is 0.8 inches thick. Book details payroll expenditures. c.early 20th century. 5.) Roll book of the Corporal A.J. Grim Post No. 640, Department of Pennsylvania, Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) covering the period of 1905 thru 1922. Book measures 9.5" x 7.5" and details officers and membership. Book exhibits some spine weakness. Post 640 was based in Spring City, Chester County, Pennsylvania. 6.) Autograph book from the 1870's with signers being predominantly from Vermont and New Hampshire. Book measures 4.25" x 7". 7.) Pocket diary from 1908 detailing the travels of Earl Marshall of San Francisco, California. Diary covers period of January 20, 1908 thru May 20, 1908. Provenance: Charles Lekites Collection.