Lot 130A: Books and Manuscripts

SOLD: $1,888 (includes Buyer’s Premium)
Estimate: $400 – $600

The Sprague Genealogy, 1828; James Lewis Hunt, Hingham, Mass., Druggist, “The Oldest Apothecary Record Book I have seen related to Hingham. JPR”, c. 1840; Handwritten manuscript, Manuscript Log of the Ship Amity, 349 Days Under Capt. Moore, Bombay, Calcutta, St. Helens, April 23, 1846; Rare manuscript of the “Concord Ornamental Tree Society”, in brown ink, dated 1833; John Atwoods account book, Frankfort, Maine, 1856, with the account of Theophilus Cushing (formerly of Hingham); Manuscript farm journal, Job Nelson, Castine, Maine, 1845-1846, “Every day life illustrated on a mid 19th c. farm located on the rugged Coast of Maine”, originally from library of “H. Beston, The Fo’ Castle”, (Note: all books from the John P. Richardson collection).