LIVEZEY/FIRTH FAMILY EPHEMERA & COINS ~ DAY 2 2022-10-09 Auction - 669 Price Results - Russum's Furniture Auctioneers in MD - Page 4
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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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COLLECTION OF EARLY RAILROAD EPHEMERA: PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD TICKET FROM 1899, 1892 ANNUAL PASS, PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD 1893 PASS, PAMPHLETS, LETTERS, ETC.
0374: COLLECTION OF EARLY RAILROAD EPHEMERAEst. $10-$100
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1833 ADAMS & SON LITERARY SCRAP BOOK: ~
0379: 1833 ADAMS & SON LITERARY SCRAP BOOKEst. $10-$100
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2 ANTIQUE POETRY BOOK SETS: 3 VOLUMES 1866 - POEMS BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. 4 VOLUMES 1873 - A COMPLETE WORKS OF HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
0381: 2 ANTIQUE POETRY BOOK SETSEst. $10-$100
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2 A. AUBREY BODINE HARDCOVER BOOKS: CHESAPEAKE BAY AND TIDEWATER (SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR), BODINE: A LEGEND IN HIS TIME
0386: 2 A. AUBREY BODINE HARDCOVER BOOKSEst. $10-$100
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SPORTING ADVENTURES IN THE NEW WORLD: BY LIEUTENANT CAMPBELL HARDY 1855. 2 VOLUMES - ROUGH CONDITION
0387: SPORTING ADVENTURES IN THE NEW WORLDEst. $10-$100
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5 U.S. NAVAL RELATED HARDBOUND BOOKS: ~
0390: 5 U.S. NAVAL RELATED HARDBOUND BOOKSEst. $10-$100
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WISSAHICKON & FAIRMOUNT PARK PA EPHEMERA: POSTCARDS, LETTERS, BOOKLET, THE WISSAHICKON COMPILED BY T.A. DALY, PUBLISHED BY THE GARDEN CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA 1922
0393: WISSAHICKON & FAIRMOUNT PARK PA EPHEMERAEst. $10-$100
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FOREST AND STREAM-WOODCRAFT BY NESSMUCK: PUBLISHED IN 1884
0394: FOREST AND STREAM-WOODCRAFT BY NESSMUCKEst. $10-$100
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THE X-RAY BY WILLIAM J. MORTON 1896: ~
0395: THE X-RAY BY WILLIAM J. MORTON 1896Est. $10-$100
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