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Hiram Sibley & Co., Rochester New York and Chicago ILL., antique (19th century) decorated pine wood "Choice Vegetables & Flower Seeds" - seed box with original lithography by Mensing & Strecher, includes original contents consisting of 63 various vegetable, fruit and herb packets (both envelope and string tied acre as well as partial acre bundles). Contents including numerous varieties of beets, peas, turnips, corn, carrots, cabbage, radish, cauliflower, celery, parsley, onions, muskmelon, spinach, tomatoes (several heirloom varieties including Hathaways Excelsior), tyme, marjoram, caraway, pepper grass and more . Paper lithographs & labels intact including interior descriptions of varieties offered in detail as well as merchant ordering instructions.(see pics). NOTE: Hiram Sibley developed many of the early varietal heirloom vegtables, box contains several of these early produce seeds (as shown). The box measures approximately 20.5 x 9.5 x 5.5 inches. Condition: Very good. All contents (seeds) are intact, paper packaging etc. Colors on crate bold & vibrant. Some light fading and minor staining as to be expected. Cost for shipping is contingent on bidder destination; insurance will be offered with invoice. Actual shipping charges (no hidden fees) PROVENANCE: The Lawson Americana Collection Hiram Sibley (1807-1888) was born in North Adams, Massachusetts. He moved to western New York State during the 1820's and worked as a shoemaker, wool carder and machinist. In 1828 he began a machine shop in Mendon, later adding a wool carding business at Mt. Morris and Sparta. In 1838 he sold his business and moved to Rochester, entered banking and real estate and was elected sheriff in 1843. About this time he met Royal Earl House and became interested in telegraphy. Sibley encouraged Samuel F.B. Morse and in 1851 he organized the New York and Mississippi Valley Telegraph Company. He believed that many small companies could never be successful, and with his partner Don Alonzo Watson of Rochester, Ezra Cornell of Ithaca and others, formed Western Union Telegraph Company in 1856. Sibley held the position of president for the next thirteen years. He was also responsible for a transcontinental telegraph line, which was independent of Western Union until 1864. He also projected a trans-Siberian telegraph to link Europe and America. The project was well under way when the successful laying of the Atlantic Cable in 1868 made it unnecessary, and caused the company great losses.Sibley retired from Western Union in 1869, and went into the seed and nursery business in Rochester and Chicago. He also invested in land, timber, coal and railroads in the South and in Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Washington and Oregon.
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