11-18-201211-18-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2621BBoston
November 18, 2012 11:00 AMCalender
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Jamestown, New York. Hotel Register, Jamestown House (1862-1864)

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$450$375
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2621BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2012 11:00AM

Description:

Jamestown, New York. Hotel Register, Jamestown House (1862-1864)
Folio, ruled in columns throughout, filled with ink and pencil signatures of hotel guests, bound in half leather with cloth boards, binding worn.
Thousands of inscriptions fill this album. Horace Greeley's signature appears twice. There are entries for Brian's Circus from Philadelphia; Hart and Simmons' Minstrels, Gardner and Hemming's American Circus; the Sixty-Eighth Regiment Band; the Ninth New York Cavalry; W.J. Chappelle, a press agent for a troupe of performing Indians, and the names of the performers, many more await discovery.
Estimate $700-900

Keywords

Jamestown, Hotel Register, Horace Greeley, Philadelphia, Simmons