west point foundry (3 resultados)

Condición: Very good condition. A receipt on West Point letterhead paper signed by S. Rumpf of the Foundry to A.W. Humphrey, Treasurer of the Sterling Railway Co. acknowledging receipt of a draft for $100, with Sterling stamp. The Sterling Iron and Railway Company was situated in Ramapo (Rockland County), New York, and operated under various names from 1736 until 1923. The West Point Foundry was an American iron working and machine shop located in Cold Spring, New York. It's manufacture of Parrott Guns was instrumental in helping the North during the Civil War. It operated from 1818 to about 1911. 7 5/8 x 9 7/8", blue lined letterhead, original folds, manuscript, round stamp mark by Sterling on 20 October 1868, 4 binder holes at left.

Paperback. Mr. Livingston's signed copy of a pamphlet pertaining to Florida as a suitable "health resort" for Northern patients, by Frederick Lente MD. Dr. Lente (1823 - 1883) was the primary surgeon at the West Point Foundry, Cold Spring NY, during the Civil War. He served at the Foundry from 1851 to 1870; later he was head of gynecology and children's health at the University of the City of New York, and founder of the American Academy of medicine. Livingston was a member of a family of the Hudson River Valley, which at one point owned some 900,000 acres of land and about three dozen mansions in the area, giving the area the nickname "Livingston Valley". 8vo, 56pp, errata slip bound in. Printed paper wrappers. Wrappers chipped at edges and marked. Good + condition, but fragile. OCLC: 1648852.

Condición: Very good condition. Broadside listing the West Point Foundry in Cold Spring, N. Y. as a reference for a sand company in what is now known as Beacon, NY. Printed signature of Geo. Wade, President. With the initial caps of the company elaborately decorated. Original horizontal folds. Printed broadside, 5 x 8".