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1887 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY AN ITINERANT NEAR ILLITERATE THOUGH WONDERFULLY DESCRIPTIVE TRAVELER
by GEARY BEAM
- Used
- good
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Cochrane, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
BALTIMORE MARYLAND MD SPARROWS POINT MARYLAND, 1887. On offer is a super, original 1887 rather naïve three page manuscript letter handwritten by a young itinerant traveler, Geary Beam to his brother Wesley letter with an interesting narrative of his travels to the Baltimore area for work with a companion. Here are some snippets: "I am down 9 miles below Baltimore by water and 15 miles below Baltimore by land there is only three houses that you can see around and one of them is the other side of the river." No place to sleep..."we went down along the river and we found an old boat laying out on shore...shuved it into the river...old pieces of roten lims of[f] and old tree." Boat came apart, almost sunk. Got board along Chesapeake Bay and "we can see big ships coming from Germany and England." "There is snakes down here as long as 6 to 11 feet long." Overall G.. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Manuscript.
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- Bookseller
- Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc.
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0002407
- Title
- 1887 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY AN ITINERANT NEAR ILLITERATE THOUGH WONDERFULLY DESCRIPTIVE TRAVELER
- Author
- GEARY BEAM
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Place of Publication
- BALTIMORE MARYLAND MD SPARROWS POINT MARYLAND
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF, GEARY BEAM, WESLEY BEAM, SPARROWS POINT, MARYLAND, RIVER ADVENTURE, SEEKING EMPLOYMENT, CHESAPEAKE BAY, STEEL WORKS, SHIPPING, AMERICANA, HANDWRITTEN, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, AUTOGRAPHED, AUTHORS, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, KEEPSA
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century Manuscript; 19th Century Ephemera;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc.
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About the Seller
Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc.
Biblio member since 2009
Cochrane, Alberta
About Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc.
Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. (formerly M. Benjamin Katz Fine Books/Rare Manuscripts) is based out of both Ontario and Alberta, Canada. We do business by appointment, and have had an online presence selling fine books and rare manuscripts since 1999. Specializing in handwritten, historically significant books, manuscripts, diaries, documents and ephemera. A member of The Manuscript Societyeach treasure on offer is guaranteed authentic and as represented for life. Worldwide clientele includes esteemed collections and public, private and university libraries on both sides of the Atlantic and Pacific. Always buying collections and estates.
Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc.has been an online sales and auction presence with over 7000 transactions since 1999.
Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc.has been an online sales and auction presence with over 7000 transactions since 1999.
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