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[Manuscript Letter Discussing the Sale of Life Insurance to an Ohio Group Bound for the California Gold Rush] by [California Gold Rush]. Fitch, O.H.

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Title: [Manuscript Letter Discussing the Sale of Life Insurance to an Ohio Group Bound for the California Gold Rush]
Author: [California Gold Rush]. Fitch, O.H.
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: About very good.
Description: Ashtabula, Oh: January 29, 1849. About very good.. [1]pp., on a bifolium. Previously folded. Light dampstaining and short closed tears along gutter, somewhat affecting first few lines of text but not overall sense. An interesting letter from O.H. Field, an aspirational field representative of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company in Ashtabula, Ohio, to the company secretary, George R. Phelps, inquiring about a policy for a group of men headed to the Gold Rush in California in January 1849. Connecticut Mutual was founded in Hartford three years prior to the composition of this letter, in 1846. Fitch's missive begins with a report on his efforts to drum up interest in life insurance in his area with pamphlets and other materials sent to him by Phelps: "Yours of Oct 1 184[9] with blanks, pamphlets, &c, was not received by me until the 25th of Dec. following... I have not had any definitive applications for insurance. It was somewhat new here and the minds of the people had not been called to it. I have however distributed pamphlets, and in other ways called the attention of our citizens to the subject. I think that something yet might be done. The letter goes on to describe a potential policy for a group soon leaving for the Gold Rush, and requests a favorable rate in order to stimulate interest in policies from additional parties: "A company is now being formed to head out, about ten men, to work in the gold regions of California. The individuals who furnish the money wish to obtain an insurance for two years on the lives of the several persons who go out, to secure the am[oun]t advanced. The men who propose to go are generally hardy, healthy, & of good habits, & from 25 to 45 years of age. They expect to go by the overland route either from Independence, Missouri, or some more southerly route not south of Vera Cruz. Will you have the goodness to inform me by return mail, if the company will take such risks -- & if so, the rates of insurance, as near as may be, which you will charge -- whether you will insure more than the amt. actually advanced & if so how much & any other information you may think proper to give. If I receive a favorably [sic] reply I shall probably send you more proposals soon." A neat letter concerning the preparations and considerations necessary for a journey to California in the early days of the Gold Rush, and the role and rise of early American insurance companies in the planning of such lengthy and dangerous overland travel.

Suite Provinciale by CHAGALL, Marc. COQUIOT, Gustave

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Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts

Title: Suite Provinciale
Author: CHAGALL, Marc. COQUIOT, Gustave
Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Paris: Andre Delpeuch, 1927. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers, skillfully rebacked, covers soiled but internally clean and sound. Uncut. First edition of a rare Chagall illustrated title. Number 344 of 500 copies printed on Velin de Rives. Not signed. French text by Gustave Coquiot; with 92 original unedited drawings by Chagall.

Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies Volume 25 ... In honor of a great librarian this volume is dedicated to Alfred K'Aiming Ch'iu ... in gratitude for four decades of devoted service to libraries, scholars, and students

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Title: Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies Volume 25 ... In honor of a great librarian this volume is dedicated to Alfred K'Aiming Ch'iu ... in gratitude for four decades of devoted service to libraries, scholars, and students
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description: Cambridge: Harvard Yenching Institute, 1965. 8vo, pp. 307, [1]; frontispiece portrait, the occasional illustration; near fine copy in original gray printed wrappers. This copy inscribed at the top of the front wrapper: "To Ptrofessor Romeyn Taylor with the compliments of A. K'Aiming Ch'iu, 1 December 1965." With contributions by Max Loehr, David Farquhar, Helen McCullough, a bibliography of the works of Alfred K'Aiming Ch'iu, and his own reminescences as a librarian at Harvard-Yenching.

Album belonging to a girl named Matilda of Lebanon Maine

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Seller: De Wolfe and Wood

Title: Album belonging to a girl named Matilda of Lebanon Maine
Seller: De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
Description: Hardcover. 30 pp of poems and sentiments. Binding worn, chipped and loose. Some pages loose. Many of her friends are from Lebanon.

PRINTING AND DEMOCRACY by BIRLEY, Robert

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Title: PRINTING AND DEMOCRACY
Author: BIRLEY, Robert
Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Monotype Corp, 1964. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Printed wraps; 29 pages and 9 plates. Prined by the University Press, Oxford. Preface by Frank Francis, Stanley Morison, and John Carter. The text of a lecture on the exhibition Printing and the Mind of Man whose subject was the contribution of print to public debate as an essential preliminary to the formation of democratic public policy. This copy INSCRIBED by Carter on the front endpaper: "for E. A. Lowe/from the writer of the Preface/9 Sept. 64." There is also a signature of "John Carter" at the top of the front cover, but the handwriting does not completely resemble Carter's.

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