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ONE OF INDIA'S POOREST DISTRICTS PRESENTS A LUXURIOUS SATIN SCROLL ENUMERATING THEIR DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL NEEDS TO SIR FRANCIS JACKSON, GOVERNOR OF BENGAL (AND ONE OF ENGLAND'S MOST FAMOUS CRICKETERS), IN ITS ORIGINAL PRESENTATION CYLINDER
[INDIA]. [BENGAL, DINAJPUR,]. JACKSON, Sir Francis (1870-1947), Governor of Bengal, presented to. To His Excellency Colonel the Right Hon'ble Sir Francis Stanley Jackson, P. C., G. C. L. E. Governor of Bengal. May it please Your Excellency... Folio broadside scroll printed on fine quality, thick, double-sided satin, 25 1/2 x 13" (64cm x 32cm), printed in red and black, 2 decorative gold borders, one of which is inside 2 plain green borders, bordered on all sides with 1/2" gold braid, top and bottom edges of which have long gold fringed ends. HOUSED IN: Original wooden cylinder, 16 1/4 x 3.65" (diameter), with inner felt lining, 3 x 5 1/2" silver metal plaque on the side, reading: "Presented to His Excellency Colonel The Right Honble Sir Francis Jackson P. C.… Read More

AN ILLUSTRATED BROADSIDE DEPICTING THE SMALLEST BOAT THAT EVER CROSSED THE ATLANTIC OCEAN COMPLETING ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE JOURNEYS OF THE 19th CENTURY
INGERSOLL, O[liver] R[oland], (1837-1914), boatmaker. HUDSON, [John Morley], Captain and owner, and [FITCH, Frank E., companion and sailor]. O. R. Ingersoll's Metallic Life-Boat, "Red White and Blue." The Smallest Boat that ever crossed the Atlantic Ocean! Taken from a Photograph taken at the CrystalPalace, London...4to broadside, 11 12 x 8 1/2". [New York: 1866].
An illustrated broadside advertising both Ingersoll's boat "Red, White and Blue," the smallest boat to ever cross the Atlantic, sailing from New York to Margate in 34 days, and his "Great American Boat and Oar Bazaar, 213 & 244 South Street, New York," where he offers "Over 100 Race, Tow, Sail, Fancy, Ship and Metallic Life Boats on hand. Steam Yachts built to order. The Largest Boat Establishment in the United States." The illustration by "Wilson" depicts the boat… Read More