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Items in Sale # 431 Americana & World History: Books, Manuscripts & Ephemera from the Library of Calvin P. Otto Date: 07/01/2010
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	Lot #	Heading	Author	Title	Place	Date	Estimate
	1		[Adrichem, Christiaan van]	A Description and Explanation of 268. Places in Jerusalem and in the Suburbs Thereof, as it Flourished in the Time of Jesus Christ	London	1653	200/300
	2	(Afghanistan)	Atkinson, James	Sketches in Afghaunistan	London	1842	2000/3000
	3	(Alaska)	**	Fairbanks' Dog Derby and Ice Carnival, March 6, 7, 8, 9, 1941: souvenir booklet (wrapper title)	[Fairbanks?]	1941	200/300
	4	(Alaska)	Lottie	Two Autograph Letters signed, from Lottie bound by ship to Alaska, to her parents	At sea & Seward	1906	200/300
	5		Allen, [James] and Henry Rowe Schoolcraft	Expedition to Northwest Indians...in 1832. 23rd Congress, 1st Session, Doc. No. 323	Washington	1834	500/800
	6	zzc	Allerton, R.G.	Brook Trout Fishing. An Account of a Trip of the Oguossac Angling Association in Northern Maine, in June, 1869	New York	1869	800/1200
	7	(American Bookplate)	**	Bookplate for William Byrd Westover in Virginia	No place	c.1725	400/600
	8	(American Revolution)	**	Archive of 17 partially printed promissory notes for payment for service in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army	Hartford, CT	1780-1782	500/800
	9	(American Revolution)	Colfax, William	Autograph Letter Signed by William Colfax, requesting the pay of several soldiers in George Washington's Life Guards, of which he was captain, to be made directly to him, with 7 partially printed pay receipts signed by Colfax	Hartford, CT	1783	500/800
	10	(American Revolution)	Duane, James	Autograph Letter Signed from James Duane, delegate to the Continental Congress, to George Clinton, Governor of New York	Philadelphia	Sept. 7, 1780	2000/3000
	11	(American Revolution)	Ellsworth, Oliver & George Pitkin	Autograph Document Signed by George Pitkin, and endorsed by Oliver Ellsworth	Connecticut	September, 1777	300/500
	12	(American Revolution)	Ellsworth, Oliver & Thomas Seymour	Autograph pay order signed by Thomas Seymour and Oliver Ellsworth as members of the Pay Table Committee	[Hartford, CT]	February 19, 1776	400/600
	13	(American Revolution)	Ellsworth, Oliver & Thomas Seymour	Manuscript Document Signed by Oliver Ellsworth & Thomas Seymour, authorizing payment to participants in the "Lexington Alarm" of 1775	Hartford, CT	Nov. 30, 1775	800/1200
	14	(American Revolution)	Ellsworth, Oliver	Manuscript Document Signed, August 23rd 1777	[Hartford]	August 23rd, 1777	300/500
	15	(American Revolution)	Ellsworth, Oliver	Two pay orders for service in the Lexington Alarm	Hartford	Dec. 2, 1775 and Jan. 17, 1776	500/800
	16	(American Revolution)	Ellsworth, Oliver, et al.	Autograph Document Signed by Oliver Ellsworth & others, being a payment order to the Connecticut Treasury for military supplies	Hartford, CT	July 6th, 1776	500/800
	17	(American Revolution)	Ellsworth, Oliver, et al.	Autograph Document Signed by Oliver Ellsworth, William Pitkin and Thomas Lawrence, being a payment order to Col. Joshua Porter for service at Fort Ticonderoga	[Hartford, CT]	June 6th, 1775	600/900
	18	(American Revolution)	Ellsworth, Oliver, et al.	Two manuscript payment vouchers for service in the Expedition to Ticonderoga, signed by Oliver Ellsworth & others	Hartford, CT	1775	800/1200
	19	(American Revolution)	Huntington, Ebenezer	Autograph Letter Signed from Ebenezer Huntington to his bother Joshua Huntington, regarding hardships in the Continental Army	Fort Arnold [NY]	18 June 1778	500/800
	20	(American Revolution)	Lovell, James	Autograph Letter Signed by James Lovell while a Delegate to the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary War	Philadelphia	Dec. 27, 1779	500/800