LIVEZEY/FIRTH FAMILY EPHEMERA & COINS ~ DAY 2 2022-10-09 Auction - 669 Price Results - Russum's Furniture Auctioneers in MD - Page 5
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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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CAMPING IN WOODCRAFT BY HORACE KEPHART: WITH A LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR - PUBLISHED 1960
0399: CAMPING IN WOODCRAFT BY HORACE KEPHARTEst. $10-$100
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1900 PENNSYLVANIA ROADBOOK BOOKLET: WITH PULLOUT MAP
0400: 1900 PENNSYLVANIA ROADBOOK BOOKLETEst. $10-$100
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COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE EPHEMERA: MEMBERSHIP CARD, RULES & REGULATIONS FOR AUTOMOBILES IN FAIRMOUNT PARK, 1902 NOTICE FOR LICENSE PLATE BY COMMISSIONER OF FAIRMOUNT PARK, LETTER
0402: COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE EPHEMERAEst. $10-$100
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YACHT & BOAT EPHEMERA COLLECTION: YACHT INSURANCE, BOAT RECEIPTS, ADVERTISING LETTERHEAD, PAMPHLET ETC.
0403: YACHT & BOAT EPHEMERA COLLECTIONEst. $10-$100
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CHESAPEAKE CRUISING CLUB EPHEMERA LOT: ADVERTISING LETTERHEAD, RULES & REGULATIONS, LETTERS ETC.
0404: CHESAPEAKE CRUISING CLUB EPHEMERA LOTEst. $10-$100
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BOAT TRIP JOURNAL WITH 3 BOAT PHOTOS: ~
0406: BOAT TRIP JOURNAL WITH 3 BOAT PHOTOSEst. $10-$100
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NAUTICAL & GUN RELATED EPHEMERA: PHOTOGRAPH OF ELCO 45 FOOT CRUISER, 1880 CDV PHOTO OF SAILING SHIP, 2 ANCHOR LINE MAPS, ANCHOR LINE STEAM SHIPS TRACK CHARTS
0411: NAUTICAL & GUN RELATED EPHEMERAEst. $10-$100
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5 NAUTICAL/SHIPS RELATED HARDBOUND BOOKS: ~
0417: 5 NAUTICAL/SHIPS RELATED HARDBOUND BOOKSEst. $10-$100
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4 NAUTICAL/SHIPS RELATED HARDBOUND BOOKS: 2 VOLUMES AMERICAN MERCHANT SHIPS BY FREDERICK C. MATHEWS, 2 VOLUMES SHIPS OF THE PAST BY CHARLES G. DAVIS
0418: 4 NAUTICAL/SHIPS RELATED HARDBOUND BOOKSEst. $10-$100
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