LIVEZEY/FIRTH FAMILY EPHEMERA & COINS ~ DAY 2 2022-10-09 Auction - 669 Price Results - Russum's Furniture Auctioneers in MD - Page 6
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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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2 EASTERN SHORE BOOKS SIGNED BY AUTHORS: LAND OF THE EVERGREEN BY JOHN WILLIAM ROBERTSON, M.D. 1963, ON LAND AND SEA - THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA BY JOHN WILLIAM ROBERTSON, M.D. 1961
0420: 2 EASTERN SHORE BOOKS SIGNED BY AUTHORSEst. $10-$100
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2 ANTIQUE BROADSIDES: DURYEAS'S CORN STARCH ADVERTISEMENT, PHILADELPHIA COURT OF COMMON PLEAS LIST OF JURORS 1902
0421: 2 ANTIQUE BROADSIDESEst. $10-$100
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9 ANTIQUE ACADEMIC HARDBOUND BOOKS: ~
0422: 9 ANTIQUE ACADEMIC HARDBOUND BOOKSEst. $10-$100
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4 LEATHER BOUND MAGAZINES 1840's: ~
0424: 4 LEATHER BOUND MAGAZINES 1840'sEst. $10-$100
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3 ANTIQUE CHARCOAL PORTRAITS: ~
0426: 3 ANTIQUE CHARCOAL PORTRAITSEst. $10-$100
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1872 ATLAS OF PENNSYLVANIA: PUBLISHED BY STEDMAN BROWN & LION
0434: 1872 ATLAS OF PENNSYLVANIAEst. $10-$100
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2 ANTIQUE SHIPPING DOCUMENTS 1807 & 1823: BOTH PRINTED BY JAMES HUMPHREYS OF PHILADELPHIA
0441: 2 ANTIQUE SHIPPING DOCUMENTS 1807 & 1823Est. $10-$100
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1873 PASSPORT OF THOMAS T. FIRTH: ~
0442: 1873 PASSPORT OF THOMAS T. FIRTHEst. $10-$100
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