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Lot 627
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$200 -
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$219
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Lot Description
[CRIME & PUNISHMENT]. A group of 2 broadsides announcing a reward and warning to trespassers, incl. "Twenty Dollars Reward" issued to Germantown and Bristol Townships, Pennsylvania, by Charles J. Wister, 1844.
Twenty Dollars Reward. Germantown Telegraph [Germantown, PA]: P.R. Freas & Co., 26 April 1844. 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. printed broadside (minor soil, short marignal tear); framed to 18 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (not examined out of frame). Signed in type by Charles J. Wister.
[With:] Warning to Trespassers! All persons are forbidden to trespass on our lands, or hunt with dogs, guns, fire, nets and axes, under penalty of having the law enforced against them. [Winston-Salem, NC?]: N.p., n.d. Visible 10 1/2 x 8 in. printed broadside (toned, small separation); matted and framed, 13 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. (not examined out of frame). Signed in type by 20 men and women.
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents