Manuscript Number 9

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their own

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of the Minions. They will allo enjoy a persilanant kevoor ment under whlah lifer property..

nights

way.

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are

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COMMODORE SLOAT'S PROCLAMATION

"HENCEFORTH CALIFORNIA WILL BE A PORTION OF THE

UNITED STATES"

[NUMBER 70]

SALE NUMBER 1604

ON PUBLIC EXHIBITION FROM MONDAY, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FIRST

THE WEST

ITS HISTORY AND ROMANCE

RARE, CURIOUS AND IMPORTANT
BOOKS, PAMPHLETS

BROADSIDES AND MAPS RELATING TO
THE WESTERN STATES

FROM THE OHIO TO THE PACIFIC

'INCLUDING THE

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS

OF SUTTER'S FORT 1846-1847

TO BE SOLD

MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOONS,
NOVEMBER TWENTY-EIGHTH AND TWENTY-NINTH
AT TWO-THIRTY

THE ANDERSON GALLERIES

[MITCHELL KENNERLEY, PRESIDENT]

PARK AVENUE AND FIFTY-NINTH STREET, NEW YORK

CONDITIONS OF SALE

All bids to be PER LOT as numbered in the Catalogue.

The highest bidder to be the buyer. In all cases of disputed bids the lot shall be resold, but the Auctioneer will use his judgment as to the good faith of all claims and his decision shall be final.

Buyers to give their names and addresses and to make such cash payments on account as may be required, in default of which the lots purchased to be immediately resold.

Goods bought to be removed at the close of each sale. If not so removed they will be at the sole risk of the purchaser, and subject to storage charges, and The Anderson Galleries, Incorporated, will not be responsible if such goods are lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed. TERMS CASH. If accounts are not paid at the conclusion of each sale, or, in the case of absent buyers, when bills are rendered, this Com pany reserves the right to recatalogue the goods for immediate sale without notice to the defaulting buyer, and all costs of such resale will be charged to the defaulter. This condition is without prejudice to the rights of the Company to enforce the sale contract and collect the amount due without such resale at its own option. Unsettled accounts are subject to interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum. All books are sold as catalogued, and are assumed to be in good SECOND-HAND condition. If material defects are found, not mentioned in the catalogue, the lot may be returned. Notice of such defects must be given promptly and the goods returned within ten days from the date of the sale. No exceptions will be made to this rule. Magazines and other periodicals, and all miscellaneous books arranged in parcels, are sold as they are, without recourse.

Autograph Letters, Documents, Manuscripts and Bindings are sold as they are, without recourse. The utmost care is taken to authenticate and correctly describe items of this character, but this Company will not be responsible for errors, omissions, or defects of any kind. BIDS. We make no charge for executing orders for our customers and use all bids competitively, buying at the lowest price permitted by other bids.

Priced Copy of this Catalogue may be secured for fifty cents for each session of the sale.

THE ANDERSON GALLERIES

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NEW YORK

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CATALOGUES ON REQUEST

SALES CONDUCTED BY MR. FREDERICK A. CHAPMAN

FOREWORD

This collection is, of course, distinguished by its possession of the greatest historical discovery that has been made for more than a generation. But, even omitting the FORT SUTTER PAPERS from consideration, the material here embraced is unusually noteworthy for its rarity and for its value and intrinsic importance as a record of national development.

Several things have contributed to the present keen appreciation and demand for chronicles relating to the Early West and Far West. One of those elements lies in the fact that more human adventure and hardship were mingled with the western movement in America, than with a similar period in the growth of any other nation. Another reason is the realization of the relationship borne by those migrations to the present condition of the world. Still a third reason is to be found in the fact that the Middle West and the Far West of to-day are filled with libraries, universities, historical societies and other institutions, to which such narratives are a necessity in order that they may possess the early records of their own neighborhoods and regions; and a fourth cause of the competition is the fact that such books, pamphlets, maps, and other productions were almost invariably printed in small editions, despite their unusual and permanent interest.

As a result of all these causes the material dealing with the Pioneer West has almost disappeared, and in the very near future is certain to appreciate greatly in value. Opportunities such as are afforded by the dispersal of this collection are, in consequence, recognized as events of importance.

No necessity exists for comment on the FORT Sutter Papers, the discovery and existence of which are of vastly wider consequence than as an item in a sale of rare historical material. Aside from those documents, the collection is rich in valuable and unusual titles, many of which here appear for the first time. in the records.