Sale 2432 - Printed & Manuscript Americana, November 17, 2016

327 ● (WHALING.) Family papers of Captain Charles Williams Fisher of Martha’s Vineyard. 14 items, various sizes, condition generally strong, 1887 letter torn with slight loss and tape repairs. Vp, 1855, 1878-99 and undated [500/750] Captain CharlesWilliams Fisher (1835-1905) of Martha’s Vineyard, MA was the master on several whaling voyages, in the bark Alaska and other vessels. In 1885, he married Parnell “Nellie” Pease (1855-1925) and brought her on a four-year whaling voyage in the South Pacific; her journal of the voyage was sold in Swann’s 4 February sale, lot 284. Most notable in this lot is her seven-page February 1887 letter to sister Cristie, written while she was recuperating on Norfolk Island off Australia. She describes the comings and goings of other whaling vessels and adds “I hope Capt Fisher’s vessel will be the next to come in.” This lot also includes: an 1899 letter to Mrs. Fisher reporting on her husband’s whaling successes off Alaska * an undated note on Capt. Fisher’s medical treatment in New Zealand * Carte-de-visite photograph of Chatham Island war implements, printed in New Zealand, undated * Bill of lading and 4 receipts for the bark Alaska, all dated Russell, New Zealand, 1881-84 * 3 bills of lading for other whaling vessels, New Zealand, 1878-82 * Partly printed whaling contract signed by J.D. Manley of Rhode Island in New Bedford, MA, 1876 * Manuscript transcript of a hymn which begins “Joyfully joyfully onward I move,” transcribed by Beulah Huxford, 1855 * Undated partial letter concerning bomb lances and other whaling business, signed by J. Bourne Jr. 328 ● (WOMEN.) Archive of letters received by pioneering journalist Jeannette Gilder. 109 items, mostly Autograph Letters Signed to Gilder, also 2 photographs; condition generally strong. (MRS) Vp, 1877-1915 [500/750] Jeannette Leonard Gilder (1849-1916) wrote for several newspapers in NewYork and Boston, and founded The Critic, a literary magazine. Many of her correspondents were literary and theatrical figures, including poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox, baritone David Bispham, actress Ava Cavendish, editor Whitelaw Reid, playwright Sydney Rosenfeld, novelist Mary Augusta Ward, and many more. A signed photograph (worn) of author Joaquin Miller is included. Provenance: Swann sale, 18 September 1958, lot 183, to the consignor. 329 ● (WORLD WAR ONE.) Large group of official Signal Corps and Red Cross photographs. Approximately 600 photographs, various sizes ranging from 3 x 5 to 6 x 8 inches; most slightly curled, many with typed or manuscript captions on verso, many with pencil inventory numbers on verso; most with inked stamp of the U.S. Army Signal Corps A.E.F. and a censor’s “passed” stamp on verso, a few either uncredited or stamped “American Red Cross Official Photograph.” Vp, most July-September 1918 and undated [500/750] Most of these photographs show the American military bases and hospitals in England, including aerial views, candid shots of the troops, boxing matches, visiting dignitaries including President Wilson and King GeorgeV, and more. One shows troops salvaging anAmerican airplane in the English Channel (illustrated). 329