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 -  - | Antique Receipt dates 1826 Middletown Connecticut
Item # 3106
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For those who wonder why gasoline taxes are so high or why it costs so much to keep the highways in repair, here is an antique document that shows what it used to cost to maintain the nation's transportation system. The document is a bill of expenses owed to one Elijah Paddock for "Repairs of Highways" from May to September 1826. It contains such items as $2.25 for two men and a team of horses for one day's work, $2.00 for two men and a boy for one day (the horses were clearly worth more than the boy!), and 31 cents for one man for part of a day. The total bill comes to $18.23. It was taxpayer utopia. The document itself is 7 and one half inches by 9 inches. It has been custom framed, and its overall dimensions are 12 inches by 15 inches. The condition is very good with no tears or chips. There is an ink smear in the lower left quadrant, which does not obscure any of the writing
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 - | Antique Document Middletown Connecticut dates from 1786
Item # 3107
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This wonderful antique document is a list of expenses owed by the Town of Middletown, Connecticut, to a certain George Phillips for the year 1786. It includes such items as a "load of wood", board for three children for fourteen days, and daily items such as sugar and candles. The piece is dated in January, 1787, which was six months before the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia. Notice that the list of expenses is still denominated in pounds, shillings, and pence, even though it came ten years after Independence. The piece has been custom framed for your enjoyment. The overall dimensions are approximately 8 and three quarters inches wide by 10 and three quarters inches high. The piece itself is approximately 6 inches by 7 and three quarters inches. The condition is excellent. There are crease marks on the page as it was folded for mailing, but there are no tears or chips. A real piece of Americana!
Price: $165
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 - | Antique Civil War Document for Package Express
Item # 3108
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Civil War Collectors-here is an antique document that reflects the daily life of the Civil War soldier. It is a receipt, dated 5 December 1862 in Middletown, Connecticut, and issued by the Adams Express Company's Army and Soldiers Package Express. The receipt is for shipment of one box from Middletown to Washington, DC. The interesting part of this old document is in the fine print. The company promises only to get the package to a convenient point near the destination where it will be turned over to third parties for delivery to the consignee or the "Quartermaster or other officer of the regiment to which the consignee is attached." Disclaimers of liability follow. War was close to home in those days. Still-where were UPS and Federal Express when you needed them? The piece is approximately 8 and one quarter inches wide by 5 inches high. It has been framed for your enjoyment, and the overall dimensions are approximately 10 and three quarters inches by 8 and three quarters inches. Condition is excellent with no chips or tears. There are creases, as the recipient obviously folded the receipt to put it in his pocket, just as we would today. This is a fine piece of Americana, taken from the darkest hour of the country's history.
Price: $185
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 -  -  -  -  -  - | Duex Methodes Silver on Bronze Bookends France circa 1928
Item # 3403
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Antique bronze bookends, entitled Duex Methodes. Silver on Bronze Bookends circa 1928, Duex Methodes is French for "two methods". Shows two ways of doing things, either at a snail's pace or full speed ahead in a Bugatti styled sports car. Each measures 4 and one half inches long 3 inches wide and 4 and one quarter inches high.
Price: $5900
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 -  -  -  -  -  -  -  - | Gorham Sterling Silver Racing Trophy September 24 1910
Item # 3405
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Gorham Sterling Silver Racing Trophy September 24 1910. This sterling silver automobile race trophy weighs 912 grams. This Gorham silver trophy measures 12 and one half inches wide from handle to handle and stands 12 inches tall. The top is 7 and three quarter inches in diameter and the base measures 6 and one quarter inches in diameter. Inscribed is Second Annual Herald Sociability Run, Saturday, September 24, 1910. The other side reads, Dr. A.T. Lawless.
Price: $6750
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