LIVEZEY/FIRTH FAMILY EPHEMERA & COINS ~ DAY 2 2022-10-09 Auction - 669 Price Results - Russum's Furniture Auctioneers in MD
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EXPERIMENTS & OBSERVATIONS ON ELECTRICITY (1769)COOKS VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN - 1783HAND DRAWN THOMAS FIRTH SURVEYOR MAP 1819 PA
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Sudlersvile, MD, United States
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LIVEZEY/FIRTH FAMILY EPHEMERA & COINS ~ DAY 2

RUSSUM'S FURNITURE AUCTIONEERS IS SELLING OVER 3 CENTURIES OF COLLECTED EPHEMERA & CURRENCY FROM THE LIVEZEY & FIRTH FAMILIES OF PHILADELPHIA AND LATER TALBOT CO. MARYLAND. THE 2 DAY AUCTION WILL BE HELD OCTOBER 8TH & 9TH. PLEASE CALL WITH ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS AND TO SCHEDULE PRIVATE PREVIEWS 410-928-3415. THE LIVEZEY FAMILY(THOMAS LIVEZEY) SETTLED ON 500 ACRES(PART OF PHILADELPHIA) IN THE 1670'S. THE FAMILY FLOURISHED IN COLONIAL AND EARLY AMERICA. THEY OWNED LARGE AMOUNTS OF LAND ON THE WISSAHICKON CREEK, PHILADELPHIA, GERMANTOWN, ROXBOROUGH, AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. THE LIVEZEY'S, LATER THE FIRTH'S, LIVED IN THAT AREA UNTIL THE 1930'S WHEN THEY MOVED TO TALBOT COUNTY MARYLAND, "BEAUVOIR" ON THE CHOPTANK RIVER. THIS AUCTION INCLUDES PAPERWORK & BOOKS DATING BACK TO THE 1600'S. THE MAJORITY OF THE COLLECTION SEEMS TO START WITH THOMAS LIVEZEY THE QUAKER AND MILLER (1723-1790). THOMAS WAS WELL KNOWN AS THE OWNER OF GLEN FERN, THE MILL ON THE WISSAHICKON CREEK. AT ONE TIME IT SEEMED LIKE THEY OWNED MOST OF THAT AREA. THIS AUCTION ALSO INCLUDES 18TH CENTURY INDENTURES, BUSINESS LEDGERS, LETTERS, & BOOKS FROM THOMAS LIVEZEY AND HIS SONS, JOHN & JOSEPH LIVEZEY. THERE ARE NUMEROUS WRITINGS THAT CAN BE FOUND ONLINE ABOUT THE LIVEZEY FAMILY, ESPECIALLY THOMAS LIVEZEY. LIVEZEY WAS VERY INFLUENTIAL IN EARLY PHILADELPHIA AND WAS FRIENDS OR ACQUAINTANCES WITH EVERYONE YOU MIGHT EXPECT AT THE TIME, INCLUDING DAVID RITTENHOUSE. WE SOLD A DAVID RITTENHOUSE COMPASS FROM THIS FAMILY'S ESTATE IN 2021. LIVEZEY AND BEN FRANKLIN WERE KNOWN TO BE FRIENDS, MUCH OF THEIR CORRESPONDENCE CAN BE FOUND ONLINE, LOT 615A IN THIS AUCTION ALSO PROVES THIS. IT IS AN INSCRIBED COPY OF FRANKLIN'S FAMOUS BOOK "EXPERIMENTS & OBSERVATIONS ON ELECTRICITY" (1769). THE BOOK IS INSCRIBED TO MR LIVEZEY AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. WE ALSO HAVE BOOKS, LETTERS, INDENTURES, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND MUCH MORE FROM THE 19TH CENTURY THRU THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY.
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THE BOOK OF PIGEONS BY ROBERT FULTON: ILLUSTRATED WITH 50 COLOURED PLATES
0301: THE BOOK OF PIGEONS BY ROBERT FULTONEst. $10-$100
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ORPHAN'S LEGACY/TESTAMENTARY ABRIDGMENT: BY JOHN GODOLPHIN PUBLISHED 1701
0316: ORPHAN'S LEGACY/TESTAMENTARY ABRIDGMENTEst. $10-$100
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4 ANTIQUE GRAMMAR & SCHOOL BOOKS: ~
0321: 4 ANTIQUE GRAMMAR & SCHOOL BOOKSEst. $10-$100
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5 ANTIQUE LEATHER-BOUND GRAMMAR BOOKS: ~
0322: 5 ANTIQUE LEATHER-BOUND GRAMMAR BOOKSEst. $10-$100
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2 ANTIQUE LEATHER-BOUND BOOKS ON LAW: THE OFFICE & AUTHORITY OF A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE - VOLUME 2 BY W. NELSON 1736. COMMERCIAL & NOTARIAL PRECEDENTS BY JOSHUA MONTEFIORE 1803
0324: 2 ANTIQUE LEATHER-BOUND BOOKS ON LAWEst. $10-$100
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