Documents, Books, and Maps

Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (1677-1750), GLOBI COELSTIS IN TABULAS PLANAS REDACTI PARS III, from ATLAS COELESTIS, published by Homann Heirs, Nuremberg, c. 1742. Hand-colored copper plate engraving on laid, watermarked paper, depicting a celestial map of the constellations and zodiac. Housed in a later giltwood frame with a mat, lacking glass. Sheet 22 1/2" x 24 7/8". Plate 23" x 19". Frame – 32" x 28 1/2".

PROVENANCE: The Estate of Tinka Brown, Nashville, Tennessee.

CONDITION: Print is hinge-mounted with tape at top and one side, and toned with some foxing; some colors are faded. Vertical fold lines. A couple of tiny holes to left center, near Hydra figure. Frame lacks glass. Silk mat is torn and discolored. [See more photos →]

A miniature terrestrial globe in original cylindrical case, with hand-coloring to the 12 lithographic gores on the globe and a scene of a woman and two children on lid of case. With metallic axis pins. Lid has printed title "Die Erde/The Earth." Published by Johann Georg Klinger (German, 1764-1806) in Nuremberg in the mid-19th century, with lithographs by C. Dunzinger. Numbered 1031 on label of C. Abel-Klinger, Nuremberg, affixed to base of case. Circumference: 7 1/4". Case height: 2 7/8". Case diameter: 2 13/16". Note: The globe includes Wilkes Land, Antarctica, dating its publication to after 1840-42. The J.G. Klinger name was in use until 1852, at which point the firm began operating as C. Abel-Klinger (Source: Elly Dekker, GLOBES AT GREENWICH).

PROVENANCE: Estate of Raymond Holton, Knoxville, Tennessee.

CONDITION: Globe is in very good condition, with negligible, scattered scrapes and losses. Minor wear to lid and to pebbled paper sides of case is commensurate with age and use. [See more photos →]

1st item: AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE, PAR M. BONNE, INGENIEUR — HYDROGRAPHE DE LA MARINE map, drawn by Rigobert Bonne, Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at Depot de la Marine, published in Paris, 1789. Copperplate engraving with hand coloring depicting North America, Canada, Mexico, and the surrounding areas including Alaska, identified as "Alaschka", with regions, cities and towns, bodies, of water, mountain ranges, and other points of interest including Native American tribe locations and unexplored areas, with French text. Title, lower left, scales of miles, top right. Surrounded by scale notations. Housed and matted under glass in a wooden frame. Image: 8 1/2" H x 12 3/4" W. Sight: 9 3/4" H x 13 3/4" W. Framed: 16 1/4" H x 20 1/4" W. 2nd item: NORTH AMERICA DRAWN FROM THE LATEST AND BEST AUTHORITIES, drawn by Thomas Kitchin, engraved by G. Terry, published by Jonathan Harrison, London, 1787. Copperplate engraving depicting America and Canada, including cities and towns, territory borders, bodies of water, mountain ranges, and other points of interest including Native American tribe locations and unexplored areas, with English text. Title, top left. Surrounded by scale notations. Unframed. Image: 13 1/4" H x 15 1/2" W. Plate: 14 1/4" H x 15 7/8" W. Sheet: 17" H x 19 3/4" W.

PROVENANCE: The Collection of Dr. Joe Newsom Rawlings, Davisboro, Georgia.

CONDITION: Both maps with toning, areas of foxing spots, largest 1 1/2" x 1". 1st item: Not examined outside of frame. [See more photos →]

1st item: AN ACCURATE MAP OF THE ENGLISH COLONIES IN NORTH AMERICA BORDERING ON THE RIVER OHIO. Printed map describing New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and Carolina, the Appalachian Mountains, and the Great Lakes as far as Lake Michigan. Tribal lands including those of the Cherokee, Miami, and Iroquois are also noted. With unusual north-south boundary lines as opposed to the now standard westward lines. Published in The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, London, 1754. This map is a truncated version of the undated broadside map of the same name published by Henry Overton earlier in 1754. Housed in a plastic sleeve with print-outs of text from The Universal Magazine and a description of the map. Sheet: 8" H x 10" W. Sleeve: 17 6/16" H x 15 1/4" W. 2nd item: CARTE DES ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE. Hand-colored French map describing the United States just prior to Texas declaring its independence from Mexico, with Missouri Territory extending from Arkansas and Missouri to the Pacific Ocean and Canadian boundary extending into modern-day British Columbia. Two spurious rivers in Utah's Great Basin connect Lake Timpanogos and Lake Teguayo to the Pacific Ocean. Published in Geographie Moderne, Paris, c. 1835, by Thierry. Plate: 10" H x 13" W. Sheet: 11 5/8" H x 15" W. 3rd item: A CHART OF THE WORLD, ACCORDING TO MERCATORS PROJECTION SHEWING THE LATEST DISCOVERIES OF CAPT. COOK. Hand-colored map of the world charting the three voyages of Captain James Cook, first on the HMS Endeavor and later the HMS Resolution. With defunct American locations including Sir Francis Drake's New Albion, New Louisiana, and East and West Florida. Published by C. Dilly and G. Robinson, London, 1785. 16 1/4" H x 21" W. 4th item: NORTH AMERICA SHEET VI NEW YORK, VERMONT, MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND, AND NEW JERSEY. Hand-colored and exceptionally detailed map describing the titular states along the North Atlantic coast. Published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and by Baldwin & Cradock, London, 1832. 15 7/8" H x 13 5/16" W.

CONDITION: 1st item: Overall excellent condition. Some of the upper right and lower left marginal border lines are missing along with part of the 65 longitudinal degree. Missing areas have been replicated in pencil on adhered paper. 2nd item: Very good condition with wide margins. Some pencil notations and slight foxing throughout and losses to lower edge of sheet. 3rd item: Overall good condition, with folds and reinforcement affixed to verso to stabilize partially torn fold line at center left. Some staining and pencil notations. 4th item: Overall excellent condition, with negligible, scattered foxing and pencil inscriptions to upper left corner and verso. [See more photos →]

1st item: A VIEW OF THE TOWN AND CASTLE OF ST AUGUSTINE AND THE ENGLISH CAMP BEFORE IT JUNE 20 1740 BY THOS SILVER. Early English printed map by Thomas Silver describing the siege of St. Augustine and including James Oglethorpe's (founder and then-Governor of the colony of Georgia) troops, war ships, and landmarks such as the Castillo de San Marcos (today the oldest masonry fort in the United States), town, and geographic features of the coast. Text below the image describes Oglethorpe's unsuccessful siege of St. Augustine in Spanish-held Florida, part of the larger conflict now known as the War of Jenkins' Ear. Published by The Gentleman's Magazine, London, 1740. Sheet: 12" H x 7 3/4" W. Image: 11 5/8" H x 6 1/2" W. 2nd-3rd items: AN ACCURATE MAP OF THE WEST INDIES. Early English printed map describing the southmost British colonies in America along with Louisiana (New France), the Caribbean, and Central America. Published by The Gentleman's Magazine, London, 1740. Note: This is the first map of America by the important mapmaker Emanuel Bowen (Wales,1694 -1767), Royal Mapmaker to King George II of Great Britain and Louis XV of France. Plus pages 3-4 of The Gentleman's Magazine, January 1740, which include a note concerning the significance and value of the map along with unrelated letters from readers. Map sheet: 12 1/2" H x 16 3/4" W. Map image: 11 1/2" H x 15 1/4" W. Page: 7 3/4" H x 4 7/8" W. 4th item: A MAP OF PART OF WEST FLORIDA. Early English printed map describing the Gulf Coast from Pensacola to beyond New Orleans, including coastal Alabama and Mississippi. With inset plan for a new settlement on the Mississippi River. Published by The Gentleman's Magazine, London, 1772. Sheet: 8 5/16" H x 14 15/16" W. Image: 7 5/16" H x 13 1/2" W. 5th item: WEST INDIES FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES. Early American map, including Florida from St. Augustine to the mouth of the Mississippi River as well as the Caribbean and parts of Central and South America. With hand coloring. Originally included in The General Gazetteer or Compendious Geographical Dictionary in Miniature by R. Brookes, published by Melvin Lord, Boston, 1816. Sheet: 8 15/16" H x 11" W. Image: 7 3/8" H x 9 1/4" W.

CONDITION: 1st item: Some creases and toning. Sheet is trimmed. 2nd-3rd items: 8" x 1 3/4" area of dampstaining to upper-right corner of map, along with creases. Map sheet is trimmed. Some toning and wear to edges of text page. 4th item: Excellent condition with minimal toning. Some creases. 5th item: Even but marked toning throughout image, absent from margins. With negligible tears and losses to edges of sheet, along with creases. Old archival tape is attached to upper edge en verso. [See more photos →]

1st item: CARTE DE LA FLORIDE, DE LA LOUISIANE ET PAY VOISINS. Hand-colored French map describing the Mississippi River Valley and surrounding areas including French forts, Native American villages, bodies of water, mountain ranges, and other areas of interest such as regions in North Texas and settlements west of New Orleans along the Gulf Coast. Decorative title cartouche and scale of miles, top left. Surrounded by scale miles and a line border. By Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, from Histoire Generale des Voyages by Antoine Francois Prevost, published by Jean Francois de La Harpe, Paris, 1757. Plate: 9 1/4" H x 12 3/4" W. Sheet: 10" H x 14 1/2" W. 2nd item: CARTE DE LA LOUISIANE, ET DE LA FLORIDE. Map describing the Southeastern and Southern United States extending from Illinois to Florida. Inset with one of the earliest mapped inclusions of Kansas City, spelled "Kansez." Published by Rigobert Bonne, Paris, 1787. Plate: 8 13/16" H x 13 3/4" W. Sheet: 10" H x 15 1/2" W. 3rd item: UNITED STATES, EXHIBITING THE RAILROADS & CANALS. Hand-colored map describing early developments in the US rail and canal systems. Map extends from the Florida panhandle to the great lakes and from the Atlantic Ocean to Missouri, covering almost all of the Southeast. By Thomas G. Bradford, from A Comprehensive Atlas, published by William B. Ticknor, Boston, 1842. Housed in a plastic sleeve and corner-mounted to heavy paper with affixed print-outs describing and annotating the map. Plate: 8 1/2" H x 11 3/4" W. Sheet: 8 1/2" H x 11 7/16" W. 4th item: NORTH AMERICA INDEX MAP TO CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. Hand-colored, highly detailed map depicting the eastern United States and Canada's southern border. With US population figures from the 1830 census divided into "Free Population" and "Slaves" along with populations of British Colonies and elevation profiles of five canals at lower right. Published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and Baldwin & Cradock, London, 1834. 13 1/2" H x 16" H. 5th item: NORTH AMERICA SHEET X PARTS OF MISSOURI, ILLINOIS, KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI AND ARKANSAS. Highly detailed map of the titular states with transportation routes, towns and settlements, and geographic features including topography. Published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and Baldwin & Cradock, London, c. 1842. 13 3/4" H x 16 1/4" W.

CONDITION: 1st item: Overall very good condition, with erased plate information in margins at lower left and right and inscriptions in pen and pencil en verso. 2nd item: Excellent condition, with scattered staining or foxing primarily visible en verso. Fold line at center has been reinforced en verso. With archival tape along upper edge of verso. 3rd item: Overall good condition. Upper and lower margins have been trimmed to plate mark. Some damp staining is primarily visible in left margin and Atlantic Ocean. 4th item: Very good condition, with slight toning and marginal tears to edges, the largest measuring 1/2". 5th item: Excellent condition, with slight toning, inscriptions, and upper edge with tears from binding removal. [See more photos →]

1st item: A MAP OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY AND THE TENNESSEE GOVERNMENT COMPILED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES, by Cyrus Harris, engraved by Amos Doolittle, from "The American Universal Geography" by Jedidiah Morse, published by Thomas and Andrews, Boston, 1796. Copper plate engraving of Kentucky and Tennessee depicting early towns and roads, including Nashville and Clarksville, rivers, roads, and boundary lines. Native American boundaries and the Southern boundary of the military reservation set aside for veterans of the North Carolina troops are shown. Roads shown include the "New and Short Road to Virginia". Many forts are indicated including Fort Washington, Fort Massac and Fort Jefferson. Title and scale of miles, lower right, compass rose, top left. "Map surrounded by scale notations and line border. Image: 7 3/4" H x 11 5/8" W. Sheet: 8 1/8" H x 12 1/4" W. 2nd item: TENNESSEE map by Samuel Lewis, engraved by Alexander Lawson, from "A New And Elegant General Atlas: Comprising All the New Discoveries, to the Present Time: Containing Sixty-Five Maps" by Aaron Arrowsmith and Samuel Lewis, published by John Conrad and Company, Philadelphia, 1805. Copper plate engraving of early Tennessee depicting early towns and roads, including Knoxville and Clarksville, county lines and Native American lines, names of counties, rivers, mountains, and remarks about the land including the inscription "Low Broken Ground" vertical across the area of Western Tennessee. Title and scale of miles, top center, legend, lower right. Map surrounded by scale notations and double line border. Image: 8 1/8" H x 10 1/4" W. Sheet: 9" H x 10 3/4" W.

CONDITION: 1st item: Overall toning/acid burn, areas of dampstaining. 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" area of repair to lower right corner. Margins have been cut down. Two vertical 8" x 1 1/8" scotch tape repairs to fold lines, traces of white paper fragments to top margin, pencil inscriptions, visible en verso. 2nd item: Toning, foxing spots, areas of dampstaining, pinprick holes, minor tears and areas of loss to top margin, likely due to original binding. Pencil inscriptions, en verso. Appears to have been cut down as the plate marks are not present. [See more photos →]

1st Item: A MAP OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY AND THE TENNESSEE GOVERNMENT COMPILED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES, by Cyrus Harris, engraved by Amos Doolittle, from "The American Universal Geography" by Jedidiah Morse, published by Thomas and Andrews, Boston, 1796. Hand colored copper plate engraving of Kentucky and Tennessee depicting early towns and roads, including Nashville and Clarksville, rivers, roads, and boundary lines. Native American boundaries and the Southern boundary of the military reservation set aside for veterans of the North Carolina troops are shown. Roads shown include the "New and Short Road to Virginia". Many forts are indicated including Fort Washington, Fort Massac and Fort Jefferson. Title and scale of miles, lower right, compass rose, top left. "Map surrounded by scale notations and line border. Image: 7 3/4" H x 11 5/8" W. Sheet: 8 1/8" H x 12 1/4" W. 2nd item: THE STATE OF KENTUCKY WITH THE ADJOINING TERRITORIES FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES 1800, by John Payne, engraved by John Scoles, from "New Encyclopaedia" published by John Low, New York, 1800. Copper plate engraving depicting a map of Kentucky and the surrounding areas including the "Northwestern Territory" of Illinois and Virginia and the "Southwestern Territory" including the "Tennessee Government", parts of Georgia and South Carolina depicting towns and roads, county lines, names of counties, rivers, mountains, and forts. Title, lower left. Surrounded by scale notations and a line border. Image: 7 1/2" H x 8 3/4" W. Sheet: 8 3/8" H x 10 1/8" W. 3rd-4th items: Two (2) documents pertaining to "Low's New Encyclopaedia", including one (1) leaf of double-sided "Kentucky" text pages and one (1) document titled "Directions to the Binder for Placing the Plates and Maps to Low's New Encyclopaedia," with columns of plates listed under their corresponding volumes. 10" H x 7 7/8" W.

CONDITION: 1st item: Overall toning/acid burn, areas of dampstaining. 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" area of repair to lower right corner. Margins have been cut down. Two vertical 8" x 1 1/8" scotch tape repairs to fold lines, traces of white paper fragments to top margin, pencil inscriptions, visible en verso. 2nd item: Overall toning/acid burn, dampstaining, minor tears, areas of loss with sticky residue to lower margin, likely from original book binding. Old white paper repairs and scotch tape repair, largest 5/8" x 10 1/8" and pencil inscriptions visible en verso. Top margin may have been cut down as the plate mark is not present. 3rd-4th items: Text pages with overall toning, dampstaining, minor tears, areas of loss with sticky residue to left margin, likely from original book binding. List with light toning, creases, handling wear, 7/8" x 3/8" old white paper tape repair to top left corner, en verso. [See more photos →]

1st item: Civil War letter from J.K. Manally to Warham Easley Jr. and dated March 25, 1862. Manally was a member of the 37th Tennessee Regiment, Carroll's Brigade (CSA), and wrote the letter from camp near Iuka, Mississippi. In the letter he discusses "a rumor here that Columbus Georgia money is under par" and he asks that Easley "do me the favor to change off any that there is in the money you have of mine." Manally then discusses life at camp and the war: "I am at Iuca [sic] Mississippi and have heard the cannons belching out terror and death all this morning at East Port on the Tennessee River. Our forces have retreated from that place and we are looking for the Yankeys [sic] to come out from gun boats and [if] they do we will thrash them if we can." 6 1/2" H x 4 3/8" W. 2nd item: List of wartime provisions desired by the 11th Tennessee Calvary (USA), entitled "Report of Deficiency [sic] of Company C 11th Tenn.," dated January 15th, 1865, Cumberland Gap, TN. List includes Calvary jackets and other articles of clothing, blankets, canteens, haversacks, pans, kettles, etc. along with the needed amount of each. En verso is later text relating to the purchase of the "'Millikan Tract' of Land" by John Patterson and dated 1867. 5 11/16" H x 7 11/16" W. 3rd item: List of deserters from Company B, 11th Tennessee Cavalry (USA). List includes 14 names along with rank, day and date of desertion (year is not specified) and place of rendezvous. Entries 9-14 with losses and missing info. Rendezvous locations include Morgan (spelled Mortgan) County, Monroe County, and Blount (spelled Blunt) County. Illegible writing in a different hand en verso includes the date April 16, 1869. 6 1/2" H x 7 1/4" W. 4th item: Civil War draft letter commanding James Meag of Grainger County, Tennessee, who enrolled on October 4th, 1862, to report to the Camp of Instruction at Knoxville by order of Levi Campbell, Enrolling Officer (CSA). 3 3/4" H x 7 1/2" W. 5th item: Civil War letter from Thomas McDermott to the Commanding Officer of the 11th Tennessee Calvary (USA), written on stationary embossed "Congress / AP CO," with an embossed image of the U.S. Capitol building. The letter is addressed to the Headquarters of the 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps at Cumberland Gap and dated August 29, 1864. The letter reads: "You will make the regular detail for the officer of the day for tomorrow." It is signed by McDermott and ordered by command of Colonel William Y. Dillard. Addressed en verso to "Commanding Officer" with later, illegible text relating to a payment of $36.05 and dated April 1, 1867. 8 1/2" H x 7 3/4" W. 6th item: Civil War letter from A. McMillan to the Commanding Officer of the 11th Tennessee Calvary (USA). The letter is addressed to the Headquarters of the 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps at Cumberland Gap and dated September 22, 1864. The letter reads: "You will have your command – mounted and foot- in readiness to march promptly at ten o'clock A.M. tomorrow morning, Sept. 23, with five days rations in haversacks, in light-marching order, with sixty rounds of ammunition to each man." It is signed by McMillan and ordered by command of Colonel William Y. Dillard. Addressed en verso to "Commanding Officer / 11th Tennessee Cavalry" with text reading: "Col W. Y. Dillard / Sept. 23rd '64 / Ordering the command to be ready to moove [sic] at 4 o'clock AM." With illegible text relating to the sale of land including the date June 3, 1867. 6" H x 7 13/16" W. 7th item: Civil War letter from A. McMillan to the Commanding Officer of the 11th Tennessee Calvary (USA). The letter is addressed to the Headquarters of the 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps at Cumberland Gap and dated February 13th, 1865. The letter reads: "Have the officer who went down the valley after cattle report to these headquarters immediately." It is signed by McMillan and ordered by command of William C. Bartlett. Addressed en verso to the Commanding Officer of the 11th Tennessee Calvary. 9 3/4" H x 7 7/8" W.

CONDITION: 1st- 2nd items: Very good condition, with creases and scattered, negligible staining. 3rd item: With creases, toning, scattered staining, and a 1/8" tear without loss to center of sheet. Lower edge has been torn away, with some information relating to the 9th-14th deserters missing. 4th item: Toning and creasing, with tears and losses to edges. Has been stabilized with tape applied en verso. 5th item: With creases, scattered staining, and missing lower edge. 6th item: With creasing, missing upper corner, and missing lower edge. 7th item: With creasing, some including tears, and losses to edges. [See more photos →]

Six (6) post Civil War ephemera including letters, some signed, from Jefferson Davis and CSA Cabinet Members Robert Toombs and John Reagan. 1st item: Jefferson Davis, former Confederate States of America (CSA) President, handwritten list of six members of the CSA cabinet, their roles, and their current location if living. Written in response to and beneath an inquiry from Harry [illegible] requesting the names of CSA cabinet members, dated 1879. Unsigned. Davis writes: "March 1865- J. P. Benjamin, Sect of State, London, England / G. A. Trenholm, Sect of Treasy, Dead / Jno. C. Breckenridge, Sect of War, Dead / Stephen R. Mallory, Sect. of Navy, Dead / Jno. H. Reagan, Post Master Genl, Mebe [sic] Palestine Texas / Geo Davis, Atty Genl, Wilmington N.C." 10 5/16" H x 7 1/4" W. 2nd item: Robert Toombs, former CSA Secretary of State, ASL addressed to James Brooks (possibly the Congressional Representative from New York) dated 1868. Toombs writes "Allow me to introduce to your acquaintance, my friend the Hon Nelson Tift a member elect from the (so called) State of Georgia to the Congress of the United States. Col Tift is a Democrat and has the confidence of the Democracy of Georgia, a true man and I commend him to your courtesy and kindness." On paper with congressional embossment, upper left. 5 11/16" H x 7 5/8" W. 3rd item: General John H. Reagan, former CSA Post Master and United States Senator, ASL written beneath and in response to a list of CSA cabinet members in chronological sequence. Reagan writes: "Your list is correct except that Gen. G. W. Smith was not Sec. of War. And that I was Secretary of the Treasury ad-interum for a short period of time at the close (over) of the war. / Very Respectfully / John H. Reagan." With notations and additional information and officials added to list in pencil. Undated. 9" H x 5 1/2" W. 4th item: John H. Reagan two-page ASL addressed to Jefferson Davis, dated 1889. Reagan begins: "Herewith please find a newspaper slip which contains the editorial comments of the Daily Forth Worth Gazette, on your denial of Lord [Garnet Joseph] Wolseley's statement about the 10,000 Winchester rifles." He also discusses Davis's potential return to Washington, D.C., writing: "I see from the newspapers a statement that Governor Lee of Virginia has written requesting you to be present sometime next month at the unveiling of the R. E. Lee monument; and that Mrs. Davis and your daughter Miss Winnie are expected to be with you there, as the guests of Governor Lee. When you get there would it not be agreeable to yourself and Mrs and Miss Davis to revisit Washington, so late the theater of your public career. You would meet many warm friends here, and would no doubt feel an interest in viewing the changes time has wrought." Reagan concludes with an invitation for Davis to stay with his family in Washington and discussion of his son Jeff's poor eyesight, which led to his leaving West Point. Written on United States Senate letterhead. Both sheets 10" H x 8" W. 5th item: Confederate Veteran magazine letterhead, with image of the first, battle, and last Confederate flags. With the name of the magazine's founder and editor Sumner Archibald Cunningham, upper right, and dated 1901, Nashville, TN. With Titan Bond watermark. 6" H x 8 1/2" W. 6th item: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, number 2023, American Edition volume 56, number 1. Published by Leonard Scott and Co., New York, 1863. Includes the article A Month's Visit to the Confederate Headquarters by an English Officer. This article was written by British Army Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley and describes his 1862 journey "into the forbidden land of Dixey, despite all the blockading, gunboats, and Federal patrols." 9" H x 5 3/4" W x 5/16" D.

PROVENANCE: By descent from the estate of Stanley Horn, Nashville, Tennessee.

CONDITION: 1st item with creases, toning, and negligible soiling. 2nd item in excellent condition, affixed to card stock with glue applied to upper edge. 3rd item with creasing and 1/4" tear to left edge. 4th item with creasing and uneven toning to first page. 5th item with creasing and damp staining. 6th item with wear to edges and corners along with soiling and damp staining throughout. [See more photos →]

1st-4th item: Diaries of Mr. Thomas Tate of Company Shops, North Carolina, later of Jackson, Tennessee, dated January 1, 1861 through December 31, 1866 The diaries deal mostly with Tate's work for the railroad, his personal accounting, and the weather with little detail, although some entries do include discussion of daily life and the Civil War, including the entry for December 31, 1862: "So ends the year of our Lord 1862. A year with continual war and great distress throughout the South." Sizes range from 4 3/4" H x 3" W to 7 1/4" H x 5" W. 5th item: European travel diary of Thomas Tate, beginning November 19, 1866. The latest entry is dated April 22 [1867]. Tate recounts experiences and expenses in London, Paris, and Rome, among other locales. 5 5/8" H x 3 1/4" W. 6th item: Letter signed J.A. McCauley and William C. Tarpley and addressed to Thomas Tate, Company Shops, N.C., and dated December 12, 1878. The letter, which addresses legal matters relating to the Ku Klux Klan, begins: "There has been a proposition made to me, that if you would promise to come forward and tell all you know about the Ku Klux organization in this county and state, and to tell who the leaders of the organization were, that there should be a free pardon and amnesty granted you. They do not ask you to come forward and surrender yourself until they have procured your pardon, but they will desire you to promise as above and probably they may require you to meet some one of the parties making the proposition in secret. I do not think that you need fear of any trick as this proposition came through J.A. McCauley from his father and he does not wish you to deliver yourself up by no means until the thing is arranged satisfactory to all. If you think it worth while you can write to J.A. McCauley through me and he will answer any question you may want to know if he can if he cannot, he will find out from the leaders of the proposition." 11" H x 8" W. Item 6a: Envelope likely having previously contained item 6, addressed to Thomas Tate, Fort Jefferson, Ballard County, KY. With inscription reading "letter about KKK" in pencil. 2 7/8" H x 5 1/4" W. 7th item: Illegibly signed letter addressed to "Brother [Thomas] Tate" from a member of the Grand International Division of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, on the organization's letterhead and dated December 24, 1877, Cleveland, Ohio. The author thanks Tate for the invitation to attend "your annual ball" and then moves on to discuss insurance and membership-related business. 10 3/16" H x 8 1/8" W. 8th item: Letter signed J.C. Clarke addresses to Thomas Tate, Jackson, TN, and dated October 17, 1882, New Orleans, relating to the distribution of a sermon to railroad workers: "I send you today package containing copies of sermon preached at the funeral of the late [illegible] Neeley (?) of the Illinois Cent[ral] RR – Mr. S[amuel] J[arvis] Hayes. Please distribute them among your men." On Chicago, St. Louis, & New Orleans Railroad Company letterhead. 11" H x 8 3/4" W. 9th item: Letter signed J.C. Clarke, General Manager, addressed to Thomas Tate, Jackson, TN, and dated September 27, 1883, Chicago, relating to the shipment and burning of cotton. Clarke writes: "Say to engineer I want this cured, and at once. I won't put up with these losses from burning cotton at station or on the road." On Illinois Central Railroad Company letterhead. 11" H x 8 3/16" W. 10th item: Two-page letter signed E[dward] T[urner] Jeffery, addressed to Thomas Tate, Jackson, TN, and dated April 8, 1884, Chicago, relating to a conversation between the two parties that took place the previous year. Jeffery writes: "I remember having a conversation with you at the telegraph office in East Cairo in the month of December. There was nothing said on either side that was prejudicial to any engineer in the service of the company. I do not remember the conversation in full, but I am quite clear that there was no impression left in my mind that you had tried to prejudice me against engineer rest." 10 1/2" H x 8" W. 11th item: AOUW (Ancient Order of United Workmen), Jackson, TN Lodge notification addressed en verso to Thomas Tate and regarding the death of members Edward Curtis and John C. Cunningham, both of Nashville. Signed Z. N. Wright, Financier. 3 1/4" H x 5 1/4" W. 12th item: Locomotive Engineers Mutual Life Insurance Association receipt dated December 24, 1877, signed Thomas Tate, Treasurer, Jackson, TN. 2 7/8" H x 8' W. 13th item: Photocopy of pages 30-31 of the book Railroads of the Confederacy by Robert C. Black, originally published in 1952. The text discusses the use of slave labor in Confederate railroads before moving to the topic of train speeds and schedules. 8 1/2" H x 11 5/8" W. Note: "Company Shops was the name given to the community that developed around the array of repair shops built for the maintenance and construction of the North Carolina Railroad's rolling stock. The shops were built between 1855 and 1859 on land purchased by the railroad in Alamance County, between Graham and Gibsonville…During the Civil War, Company Shops remained a rustic village without churches or schools. Not until 1863 did stockholders approve the layout of streets and the sale of lots for private homes." In 1887 the name of the town adopted its current name of Burlington. (Source: State Library of North Carolina)

CONDITION: All diaries with wear, soiling, and some losses including missing pages. All letters with creases and toning. Item 6 with foxing and 6a with soiling. Item 8 with tears to edges and upper left corner. Item 11 with soiling. Item 12 is torn into three parts, with creases and soiling. [See more photos →]

1st item: Military pass issued in Union-occupied Nashville allowing an African American man to pass through the military lines. Partially printed document reads "Pass bearer, Mr. Monroe (Colr d [sic]) through our lines to 71 miles on Lebanon Pike [illegible]" by order of Major General Don Carlos Buell and is "good for 20 days." Signed by Provost Marshal Colonel Lewis D. Campbell and also bears the signature "[Illegible] Johnson." 3 3/4" x 7 3/4". 2nd item: Governor's warrant for the arrest of the murderer of an African American resident of Giles County, TN in 1870. The partially printed document explains that an "unknown person or persons having committed a foul and atrocious murder on the 30th day of August 1870 upon the body of John Buck (colored) late of our County of Giles has fled from justice and is now running at large" and that a reward of 500 dollars is offered to anyone "who may apprehend the said guilty party or parties with evidence sufficient to convict." The document is dated September 21, 1870 and is signed by Tennessee Governor DeWitt Clinton Senter and Secretary of State Thomas Harvey Butler. With the embossed seal of the state of Tennessee and directions for publication: "Banner and Pulaski paper, publish 4 times." 13 7/8" x 10". Note: Don Carlos Buell captured Nashville on February 25, 1862, a little over five months prior to this pass's date. Lewis D. Campbell served as U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1849-58 and again from 1871-73; Colonel of the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War; and Ambassador to Mexico from 1866-67.

PROVENANCE: By descent from the estate of Stanley Horn, Nashville, Tennessee.

CONDITION: 1st item: Moderate wear including toning, folds, minute tears to edges, and scattered foxing or staining. 2nd item: Excellent condition, with folds and 1/4" tear to central fold, staining including 1 1/2" area to right edge of sheet, and erased pencil text in upper margin. [See more photos →]

Thirty-two (32) autographed letters signed (ALS) primarily written by Peter Baynhum Mason (1804-1870) of Danville, Kentucky to his wife Katherine "Kate" Aylett White Miller Shreve Mason (1820/22-1885) of Greensburg, KY, including (7) Civil War era letters that discuss the Battle of Perryville; the hanging of Union Captain H. King; Union and Confederate movements in the area; Union General Ambrose Everett Burnside (1824-1881) and his buying of cattle; the situation of African Americans in the area, including the sewing of clothes for "The Contraband" and rate of payment for railroad work, and other events. 1st item: ALS. One page double-sided handwritten letter from P.B. Mason to his wife Katherine A. Mason, dated October 31, 1862. Mason writes of the recently fought Battle of Perryville, also known as the Battle of Chaplin Hills, fought on October 8, 1862, writing that he had visited Danville, Kentucky for the first time since the battle. He also writes of the soldiers involved in the fighting, stating that he "…picked up a Georgia soldier and had brought him home…there are a great many Yankees at Danville and are dying fast." He also mentions the situation in Stanford, writing that he had been advised not to visit as "…Southern Rights people had to leave there on account of a Marauder by the name of Bridgewater who said he would kill 1000 of them for the hanging of King…" Mason also mentions that Bittie and Jane went down to the battlefield, but does not specify which one and mentions seeing Kate in the near future. Note: The "hanging of King" refers to an incident in which Union Captain H. King, his two sons, and some fifteen others were hanged by command of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith (1824-1893) at Cumberland Ford, in Knox County during his retreat from Kentucky. In retaliation, William King, who was Captain King's brother, hanged at least four Confederate soldiers who had been paroled in Crab Orchard and Rockcastle County. (source: New York Times article, page 3, dated November 30, 1862: https://www.nytimes.com/1862/11/30/archives/the-hanging-of-rebel-soldiers-in-kentucky.html). 2nd item: ALS. One page double-sided handwritten letter from P. B. Mason to his wife Kate Mason, dated March 22, 1863. Mason mostly writes of the Yankees movements, stating that "…Yankees called to see if any rebele[sic] soldiers were here…" and that "…The most important news here is that the Yankees have left Danville for Somerset to meet the rebels who are said to be in considerable force in Wain[sic] County–I fear Kentucky will see sights this spring and summer–…" Note: The Battle of Somerset (or Dutton's Hill) was fought on March 31, 1863; General John Pegram led a Confederate cavalry raid into central Kentucky which was defeated by Union forces under General Quincy A. Gillmore. 3rd item: ALS. One-page double-sided handwritten letter from P. B. Mason to his wife Kate Mason, dated March 29, 1863. Mason writes again of the Yankee and Rebel movements in Danville, writing that the Yankees have been pushed out of the city and that it was occupied by the Confederates until they were able to buy up about "…3000 head of cattle and many horses and started south again…" burning the Dicks river bridge as they left. He also mentions the price that he and others received for the cattle and land, writing, "…The Rebs took 9 head of cattle from me at $40 per head…" Mason also mentions the results of the fighting at Danville "…1 [Confederate] killed, 2 wounded, several horses killed and about 100 …taken prisoners.." He also mentions an incident in which "…Mrs. Tom Mitchel cashier of the Danville bank was shot through and died, the ball pas[s]ing through a negro woman at the same time (accidental) from a stray shot throught he window…" Mason refers to fighting that occurred on the Lexington Pike near their daughter Ida's school, stating "…she says she could not help looking out at the windows when thye were fighting along there…" 4th item: ALS. One-page double-sided handwritten letter from P. B. Mason to his wife Kate Mason, dated October 22, 1863. Mason mostly writes of the status of his livestock and the position of General Burnside, writing "…I have soald[sic] my hogg[sic] to Gen Burnside for $4,00–He has taken all the hogs in this & surrounding counties–he [waits] at L[o]udon and Knoxville and intermediate ports…but I shall not furnish any more…to Burnside or [Union General William Starke] Rosecrans…" 5th item: ALS. One-page double-sided handwritten letter from P. B. Mason to his wife Kate Mason, dated November 14, 1863. Mason writes of his progress working the farm and crops and of an important vote that will occur to the benefit of Democrats in Ohio. Mason mentions that William Shreve, Kate's son from her marriage to her second husband, has written him asking for his coat, possibly while he was a Prisoner of War at Camp Douglas, IL. He also mentions that "…I shall look for you home very soon; for all cloth making ought to be home this time of year. The Ohio women are now very busy sewing for their negroes (the Contraband)…" During the War, the term "contraband" came to be associated with African Americans escaping the South or slavery. Written after the events of the Battle of Chickamauga, fought on September 19-20, 1863, Mason also mentions that he might "…learn what [Confederate General Braxton] Bragg has done with Rosecrans…" Note: William White Shreve (1846/47-1863) is believed to have served as a Private in the 6th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry. The 6th Cavalry Regiment was organized during the summer of 1862 with men from the central and eastern section of Kentucky. It was mustered into Confederate service in September. For a time the unit skirmished in Kentucky attached to Buford's Brigade, then it fought with J.H. Morgan. Most of its members were captured at Buffington Island on July 19 and the remaining part at New Lisbon on July 26, 1863. Shreve was a POW at Camp Douglas, IL where his died in 1863 and Kate crossed enemy lines to visit him in prison prior to his death. (adapted from: https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CKY0006RC). 6th item: ALS. One-page double-sided handwritten letter from P. B. Mason to his wife Kate Mason, dated January 14, 1964. Mason's letter states that "…We have very dull times now–no news of importance…" in regards to the war. Of the "…citizens of African decent[sic]…" he writes that "…there seems to be a good many young negroes dying the neighborhood and a good deal of sickne[s]s among [them]…" but also mentions that "…our rail road men are not pre[s]sing negroes now, but hiring them at $14 per month–…" 7th item: ALS. Two-page double-sided handwritten letter from T. D.(?) Maney of Canton, Madison County, Mississippi, to Kate Mason of Danville, KY, dated October 14, 1865. Maney, who was a Confederate soldier and alludes to staying with the Masons for a time during or after the war before heading back to Mississippi [possibly the soldier from GA referred to in the 1st item], writes that he has been "…very busily engaged for some months past in managing a plantation and that has taken all my time…" While Maney expresses gratitude for all that the Masons did to help him, he states that "…the long tedious and bloody struggle has ended and it has left me at the bottom of the "ladder" we gained nothing by the war but lost everything…I have lost some relations and some dear friends by the war they died at their posts that is one consolation for the finger of scorn can never be pointed at their past history as soldiers. I have been fortunate to get out with my life but to tell the truth I would have rather died a soldier's death if I had have been prepared for than to live to see what a fate befel[sic] us…" Of his current position, Maney writes "…I am staying on a plantation managing Freedmen at present…" He also inquires about several acquaintances he made while he stayed with them, including Jimmie Mason and William Shreve, Kate's son, and describes some of the difficulties he had while traveling back down south to Mississippi." 8th-19th items: Twelve (12) letters written between P.B. Mason and Kate Mason, including five (5) written prior to their marriage in 1858 that mainly discuss wedding plans and the integration of their families, dated February 11 to March 18, 1858, and seven (7) pre Civil War letters from the that discuss the impending war, including one letter dated December 20, 1860 in which P.B. Mason refers to his going "…to Louisville to save the Union…", dated May 26 to December 22, 1860. 20- 32nd items: Twelve (12) pre-Civil War, Civil War, and post-Civil War letters primarily written by P.B. Mason and Kate Mason between themselves and other members of their family that mainly concern the farm, post-war debts, and illnesses, dated November 2, 1857 to September 7, 1885.

PROVENANCE: Descended through the family of Katherine "Kate" Aylett White Miller Shreve Mason (1820/22-1885), of Greensburg, KY.

CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with toning, foxing spots, some areas of dampstaining, tears along fold lines, largest 1 3/4", areas of loss, and general handling wear to be expected from age. The majority of the letters do not include envelopes. Some letters are incomplete, partial condition. [See more photos →]

Large Civil War era photograph of steamboats docked at the Nashville Wharf, vessels identified (from left to right beginning upstream) as Bob Roy or Rob, Belle Peoria, Irene, Revenue, Palestine, Lizzie Martin, and Mercury. Inscribed "Nashville Wharf 1864" top left. Housed and matted under glass in a burlwood frame with ebonized top edge. Sight: 12 1/4" H x 15 5/8" W. Framed: 17 1/2" H x 20 3/4" W.

PROVENANCE: By descent from the estate of Stanley Horn, Nashville, Tennessee.

CONDITION: Toning and minor spots of water damage throughout, area of discoloration and foxing spot to upper right quadrant, and three tears to lower right corner and right side, largest at right measuring 3 1/2" L. Not examined outside of frame. [See more photos →]

ANS: President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909, handwritten note written as President and addressed to Patrick E. McKenna, longtime White House doorkeeper and Presidential confidant serving from 1903-1940. The note is dated March 3rd 1909, President Roosevelt's penultimate day in office, and reads: To P.E. McKenna / with all best wishes of Theodore Roosevelt / March 3rd 1909." This note may have accompanied a letter of recommendation given to McKenna by President Roosevelt on this day and which is transcribed in Albert Loren Cheney's publication PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF THE HOME LIFE OF THE LATE THEODORE ROOSEVELT AS SOLDIER, VICE PRESIDENT, AND PRESIDENT, IN RELATION TO OYSTER BAY (1919) and which reads: "The White House, Washington, March 3, 1909. To Whom It May Concern: P.E. McKenna has served me for five years as assistant door-keeper at the White House. He is absolutely honest, always willing and obliging. I trust him entirely and should certainly have kept him if I were going to continue as President. Theodore Roosevelt." Housed under glass in a carved, ebonized wood frame with green mat alongside a printed copy of a photograph of President Roosevelt. Sheet: 7 3/4" H x 5 1/4" W. Frame: Biographical note: McKenna, or 'Pat' as he was known to every President since the first Roosevelt brought him to the White House from Oyster Bay in 1903, served for thirty-seven years as doorkeeper to numerous Presidents. When informed of McKenna's death in July of 1940, then-current President Franklin Delano Roosevelt offered the following statement: "Because I have always thought of Pat McKenna as one of my oldest personal friends, I am grieved and shocked by his death. I had known him since the Administration of President Theodore Roosevelt and saw much of him in the Administration of President Wilson, and finding him here in March 1933 meant much toward making the task of the Presidency more easy. Nobody can ever quite replace him. At the door of many Presidents, he had come to know almost everybody who called at the executive offices during all these years. But this was more than a mere knowledge of faces-he knew the personal characteristics of practically every one prominent in public life during the last forty years. He was a shrewd judge of character and because he and I were such really good friends he was able to help me on many occasions in many ways. I shall miss him greatly." (Adapted from "Patrick M'Kenna, White House Aide, Doorkeeper to the President Since 1903, When Named by Theodore Roosevelt, Dies"; New York Times; July 2, 1940)

CONDITION: Excellent condition, with slight fading to ink. [See more photos →]

Reign of Queen Elizabeth I Bill of Possession document, ink on vellum, describing the Queen's granting of possession of the Manor of Northcote in Devon, formerly held by the Monastery of Breamore, to Thomas Myniffe, son and heir of John Myniffe, who held and rented the manor by Knight-service until his death. Housed in a wood frame with a gilt filet under glass along with two reproductions of portraits of the Queen and a typed description of the contents of the front and verso of the document below. Sight: 4 1/2" H x 12 3/4" W. Framed: 17 1/4" H x 21 1/4" W. Bill is dated February 9th, 1571.

PROVENANCE: Private Tennessee Collection, ex-Morris and Mollye Fogelman Collection.

CONDITION: Creasing along fold lines and edges, tear to lower margin, slight toning to document, description, reproduction images, and mat. Not examined outside of frame. [See more photos →]

Rare ribbon copy of the Declaration of Independence, jacquard woven in silk with the Trophy of Eagles emblem depicting the bald eagle with the American flag, shield, and arrows in the upper margin. Inscribed in thread "American Silk Label Mfg. Co. NY" to lower left corner. 13" H x 8 1/4" W. American/New York, late 19th century, possibly circa 1876. Note: Commemorative versions of this item dating from 1925 and 1975 are housed in the Smithsonian and Metropolitan museums, each including phrases "Presented as a Souvenir of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the American Silk Label Manufacturing co." (1925 edition) and "This historical reproduction was first woven by us in 1876 for the centennial expedition at Philadelphia and was given an award for outstanding workmanship. the original was hung in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. We are proud to weave it again in commemoration of our 100th anniversary and on the coming of the Bicentennial of the United States of America." (1975 edition). The ribbon in this lot appears to pre-date the later editions and does not include references to an earlier version, suggesting it was made closer to or right around the time of the Centennial Exposition, however we can find no extant 1876 examples with which to compare it.

CONDITION: Fabric is very brittle and commensurate with age. With damp staining throughout, slight separations to the fabric, and slight fraying to the edges. [See more photos →]

Archive of ten (10) items relating to the Eckel / Taylor family of Tennessee and Missouri. 1st item: Letter from Charles Paul to Joseph Eckel, 1841. Paul laments the death of President William Henry Harrison whom he regards as a "second Washington" and regrets not attending his inauguration. Paul also states: "The Whigs of Tennessee must do their best at the next Gov[ernor's] election…" to "…never let James K Polk go back to Nashville." Whig Governor James C. Jones would defeat Governor Polk in the Tennessee Gubernatorial election later that year. 2nd item: Letter from Joseph Hamilton to Joseph Eckel, 1842, describing his "stage [coach] driving into a pond of water" leaving his clothes "all wet and dirty" and then discusses financial and economic concerns relating to East Tennessee counties. 3rd item: Presidential document granting Franklin W. Taylor and Joseph Eckel 40 acres of land in Clinton, Missouri and "issued in favor of Henry Hale, Surgeon in Captain Gregg's Company, Tennessee Militia, Creek War," 1854. 4th item: Presidential document granting Franklin W. Taylor and Joseph Eckel 40 acres of land in Clinton, Missouri and "issued in favor of Peter Hodges, Private in Captain Newman's Company, Tennessee Militia, Cherokee War," 1854. 5th item: Presidential document granting Franklin W. Taylor and Joseph Eckel 80 acres of land in Clinton, Missouri and "issued in favor of Sarah Roead widow of Thomas J. Roead, Lieutenant in Captain Richardson's Company, Tennessee Militia, War of 1812," 1854. 6th item: Presidential document granting Franklin W. Taylor and Joseph Eckel 40 acres of land in Clinton, Missouri and "issued in favor of Thomas Cocke, Private, Captain Cumming's Company, Tennessee Militia, War of 1812," 1854. 7th item: Presidential document certifying the purchase by Pleasant J. G. Lea of 37 and 18/100 acres of land in Warsaw, Missouri, 1856. 8th item: Presidential document granting Pleasant J. G. Lea 59 and 93/100 acres of land in Warsaw Missouri and "issued in favor of Lyman Merriman, Private in Captain Yost's and others' companies, New York Militia, War of 1812," 1856. 9th item: Presidential document granting Franklin W. Taylor, Joseph Eckel, and James Carmichael, Sr. 120 acres of land in Warsaw, Missouri and "issued in favor of Jacob Swatzel, Private, Captain Mc[illegible]'s Company, Tennessee Militia, War 1812," 1859. In an 1876 Department of Interior sleeve. 10th item: Presidential document granting Franklin W. Taylor, Joseph Eckel, and James Carmichael, Sr. 160 acres of land in Warsaw, Missouri and issued "in favor of Daniel Claunch, Private, Captain Dalton's Company, Virginia Militia, War 1812," 1859. In an 1876 Department of Interior sleeve.

CONDITION: Generally very good condition. Items 1-2 with some small losses, toning, and creases. [See more photos →]

Four (4) Presidential land certificates, secretarial signed for James K. Polk, Martin Van Buren, Franklin Pierce, and Millard Fillmore, granting land in Fayette, Missouri to John D. Miller and Wyatt Embry. 1st item: President Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States (1850-1853), secretarial-signed land document issued in favor of John D. Miller of Montineau County, Missouri (b. circa 1831) as assignee of "David Gray or Gray private in Captain Hoolden Company Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry" during the Mexican American War. Dated May 8, 1851. With vertical pencil inscription of address to left margin. 2nd item: President James K. Polk, 11th President of the United States (1845-1849), secretarial-signed land document issued in favor of John D. Miller, dated July 1, 1848. Certificate #25338. 3rd item: President Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (1853-1857), secretarial-signed land document issued in favor of John D. Miller, dated March 10, 1854. Certificate #29834. 4th item: President Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States (1837-1841), secretarial-signed land document issued in favor of Wyatt Embry of Morgan County, Missouri, dated January 10, 1840. Certificate #10937. All items with the US Land Grant Office seal lower left. All items housed and matted under plexiglass in wooden frames. Sights: 9 1/2" H x 14 7/8" W. Frames: 16 1/2" H x 22 1/4" W. Provenance: From the collection of Patsey Field Harney Madden, a direct descendent of the founding families of Richmond and Madison County in Kentucky, including the families Estill, Miller, Field, Hume, and Burnham. On Patsey's mother's side was Captain James Estill, an original settler of Fort Boonesborough along with Daniel Boone. She was also a direct descendant of Colonel John Miller, who was originally from Richmond, VA and a Revolutionary War veteran. During the late 1700s, he donated the land where present-day Richmond, Kentucky is now seated, and began his family. The Miller and Estill families were eventually joined in marriage. The items from this collection descended in the family, and resided in the historic Miller Manor in Richmond, KY. It was constructed in 1862 by Robert Miller, grandson of Col. John Miller and great-great-grandfather to Patsey.

PROVENANCE: See description for provenance information.

CONDITION: All items not examined outside of frames. 1st item: Creasing throughout with some corresponding lifting; minor toning. Foxing spots throughout. Discoloration to upper left corner. 2nd item: Creasing throughout with toning to edges, minor scattered lifting, scattered foxing spots, and minor areas of discoloration lower right quarter, largest measuring 5/8" x 2". Evidence of sketch/inscription en verso. 3rd item: Minor creasing with corresponding toning. Toning to upper and right margin. Errant mark to lower left edge. Foxing spots to edges. 4th item: Slight creasing with corresponding toning. Toning and minute dampstaining to left margin. [See more photos →]

1st item: President John Tyler (1790 – 1862) secretarial signed land grant dated June 28, 1842 granting the Chickasaw Indians one section of land located in "section thirty six, in Township Nine, of Range Five, West, containing six hundred and fifty-two acres and twelve hundredth of an acre, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Pontotoc, Mississippi". Signed by their representative Chah ho ya. 9 3/4" H x 16" W. Note: Article 6 of the Chickasaw Treaty of 1834 granted one "section" of land to each person, male or female, over the age of 21 and not a head of a family, this section going to the Chickasaw woman Chah_ho_ya. 2nd item: President James K. Polk (1795-1849) secretarial signed land grant for the purchase of 162 acres of land in Lafayette County, Missouri by Manville Twyman Buford (KY/MO 1807-1885) dated July 1st, 1845. Certificate# 5470 with the US Land Grant Office seal lower left. Unframed, 10" H x 16" W. 3rd item: President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) secretarial signed land grant dated June 15, 1836 for the purchase of 86 acres of land in Saline County, Missouri by John Lewis. Certificate #7673 with the US Land Grant Office seal lower left. Unframed, 10" H x 16" W.

CONDITION: 1st item: Unframed, some scattered spotting, dampstaining along the lower margin, losses to lower left corner. 2nd item: Unframed with fold lines, minor toning to perimeter. 3rd item: unframed with fold lines, minor toning to perimeter, losses to upper left corner. [See more photos →]

1st item: Summons issued to George Nevel to testify on behalf of the plaintiff Joseph Lea in the case of Lea vs. David Robertson, dated July 1796, the month after Tennessee was admitted as a state, and signed by County Clerk Charles McClung. On a pre-statehood form referring to Tennessee as "the Territory south of Ohio." 6 5/8" H x 8 3/16" W. 2nd item: Summons issued to Seth Johnston to testify on behalf of the defendant James Cuswell in the case of James Anderson vs. Cuswell, dated July 1796 and signed by Charles McClung. On a pre-statehood form referring to Tennessee as "the Territory south of Ohio." 6 5/8" H x 8 1/8" W. 3rd item: Summons issued to James Rodgers to testify on behalf of the plaintiff Stephen Duncan in the case of Duncan vs. James McDowell, dated July 1796 and signed by Charles McClung. On a pre-statehood form referring to Tennessee as "the Territory south of Ohio." 6 5/8" H x 7 7/8" W. 4th item: Document directing the Sheriff of Knox County to collect funds including legal fees from Edward McFarland and James McDowell to be paid to Andrew Suckey, with said fees listed en verso. Dated January 1798 and signed by Charles McClung. On a pre-statehood form referring to Tennessee as "the Territory south of Ohio." 6 3/4" H x 8 1/16" W. 5th item: Document directing the Sheriff of Knox County to obtain from Henry Pickle funds awarded by the court to Benjamin White, dated October 1798 and signed by Charles McClung. 7 13/16" H x 6 7/16" W. 6th item: Warrant directing the Sheriff of Knox County to bring Samuel [illegible] to the court house in Knoxville "to answer from John Pickle a minor by Christian Pickle his father," dated April 1799 and signed by Charles McClung. 11 3/4" H x 7 1/2" W. 7th item: Warrant directing the Sheriff of Knox County to bring Henry Pickle to the court house in Knoxville to pay Benjamin White funds awarded to him by the court, dated July 1799 and signed by Charles McClung. 6 5/8" H x 7 3/4" W. Note: The Territory South of Ohio, more commonly called the Southwest Territory, existed from May 1790 until June 1796 when it was admitted as the state of Tennessee. Biographical note: Charles McClung was a lawyer, surveyor, soldier, and merchant. In 1788 he came to White’s Fort from Philadelphia and in 1790 married James White’s eldest daughter, Margaret. In 1791 he was commissioned by his father-in-law to make a plan for Knoxville (the new capital of the Territory South of the River Ohio). He was the first to survey the terrain, then to divide it into lots to be drawn for at a public lottery. He and William Blount were the two Knox County representatives appointed to the committee to draft the Tennessee constitution, and McClung designed the Great Seal of the State of Tennessee as part of the process of developing the constitution. (Adapted from University of Tennessee Libraries, Betsey B. Creekmore)

CONDITION: All items in excellent condition, commensurate with age, with toning, folding and wear to edges. [See more photos →]

1st item: Archibald Roane (1759/60-1819), second Governor of Tennessee, serving from 1801 to 1803, and William Cocke (1748-1828) signed pre-statehood Knox county court document, written in regard to a land dispute between Jacob Vanhooser and Amos Byrd/Bird, dated 1794 and 1795. Signed "Wm. Cocke, attn," and three times en verso, "A. Roane." 13 1/4" H x 8 1/8" W. 2nd item: Pre-statehood survey map dated 1792, concerning land in Davidson County, Tennessee, granted by governor Richard Speight and the State of North Carolina to George Walker, assignee of Private William Gipson, in recognition of military service. The land, referred to in the survey map as "Mero District," would later become part of Nashville. It encompassed 640 acres in the "county of Davidson on the south side of the Cumberland River on a branch of the pond lick, beginning at a cherry tree black walnut and elm marked ID J2 on an old Buffalo Trace that heads north Eastwards from Pond lick thence South…" 7 3/4" H x 6 5/16" W. 3rd item: Pre-statehood court document dated 1790, when Hawkins County was still a part of the State of North Carolina as indicated in the heading: "State of N. Carolina, Hawkins County." Signed by Hawkins County Clerk Thomas Hutchings (1750-1804) and concerning the settlement of a 1789 Hawkins County case between Thomas Henderson and Elliner Ingram. 13 1/4" H x 8" W. 4th item: Summons directing the Sheriff of Knox County to summon John McClellen and Joseph Evans to appear in court in Hamilton County. Signed by Francis A. Ramsey (1764-1820) and dated 1796. On a pre-statehood form referring to Tennessee as "the Territory south of Ohio," which is amended to "State of Tennasee [sic]."6 3/8" H x 8 1/8" W. 5th item: State of Tennessee warrant directing the Sheriff of Jefferson County to bring James Gilliland to the court house in Knoxville in regard to a dispute with George McPherson, dated April 1797 and signed by Francis A. Ramsey. 6 5/16"H x 7 7/8" W. 6th item: State of Tennessee legal document directing William Cobb (1732-1803) and Alexander Greer to pay Thomas King $250, dated February 1799 and signed by Greer and the Reverend Rodham Kenner, and attorney-signed by William Cobb's attorney J. Whiteside. 6 1/2" H x 8" W. 7th item: Pre-statehood legal document directing William Tipton and Henry Reagan to pay John Burden $250, dated August 1793 and signed by Tipton, Reagan, and Lake B…[illegible]. 6 1/2" H x 8" W. Note: The Territory South of Ohio, more commonly called the Southwest Territory, existed from May 1790 until June 1796 when it was admitted as the state of Tennessee. Archibald Roane served in the Revolutionary War and in addition to serving as Governor of Tennessee is the namesake of Roane County. William Cocke is the namesake of Cocke County as was one of Tennessee's first two senators, serving as Shadow Senator from 1796-1797 and as Senator from 1799-1805.

CONDITION: Items with tears, areas of loss, damp staining, foxing spots, toning, later ink or pencil inscriptions, and general handling wear to be expected from age and manner of use. 2nd item: Upper right corner is not present however main body of the letter is extant. With tape to torn fold lines en verso. [See more photos →]

1st item: 18th-century North Carolina document granting John Coulter 400 acres of land in Hawkins County, Tennessee (then North Carolina) along the south bank of the Holston River for the price of fifty shillings, signed twice by North Carolina Governor Alexander Martin (1740-1807), 1791. It is accompanied by a map of the property surveyed in 1779. 2nd item: Handwritten copy of 1st item, transcribed and signed by North Carolina Secretary of State William Hill (1773-1863), 1844. Includes sleeve signed by North Carolina Governor John M. Morehead (1796-1866). 3rd item: 18th-century North Carolina document granting James McHare 400 acres of land in Hawkins County, Tennessee (then North Carolina) along the north side of the Holston River, 1793. Signed by North Carolina Governor and signer of the U.S. Constitution Richard Dobbs Spaight. 4th item: 18th-century Territory South of Ohio (now Tennessee) Indenture attesting to the sale by James McHare of Knox County to John Coulter of Hawkins County of 400 acres of land on the north side of the Holston River for the price of 100 pounds in Virginia currency, 1793. Witnessed and signed by McHare, Thomas Jackson, and Francis Maybury. 5th item: Tennessee document granting Timothy Roark 150 acres of land in Claiborne County, East TN, and signed by Tennessee Governor William Carroll (1788-1844), 1826. 6th item: Requisition order for paper products sent to Colonel Thomas Whiteside by William Rankin. Heading reads "Marshall's Station (Grainger County), May 25 18…[missing corner]" and is addressed en verso to Col. Whiteside & Co., Claibourn (likely Claiborne County).

CONDITION: 1st item: Toning, staining, and numerous creases, tears, and losses including to one of the Martin signatures. 2nd item: Creases, tears and losses. 3rd item: Staining, creases, tears, and losses. Some ink loss due to staining. 4th item: Trimmed edges and creases, tears, and losses. 5th item: Marked creases, tears, staining, and losses. 6th item: Creases, tears, staining and losses including to upper right corner with date. [See more photos →]

1st – 3rd items: Three (3) State of TN land grants signed by Governor William Carroll (1788 – 1844) who served as the fifth Governor of TN twice, from 1821 to 1827 and again from 1829 to 1835. One grant awards Edward C Watson and his heirs six hundred acres in Davidson County, dated July 2, 1827; the second grant awards Thomas Lane and his heirs seventy-three acres in Middle TN, dated September 13, 1833; and the third grant awards Elijah Embree and his heirs five thousand acres in Washington County, dated April 23, 1833. All are unframed. 15" H x 12 1/2" W, 15 1/8" H x 12 1/8" W, 15 1/2" H x 12" W. 4th item: Governor Newton Cannon (1781 – 1841), 8th Governor of TN, signed land grant awarding Robert Glenn, Sen'r sixty-five acres of land in White County, dated January 4, 1836. Unframed, 15" H x 11 5/8" W. 5th item: Governor Albert S. Marks (1836 – 1891), twenty-first governor of TN, signed county court document appointing J. P. Haun as the Notary Public for Hamblen County for it's April 1880 term, dated April 16, 1880. Unframed, 16 3/4" H x 10 3/4" W.

CONDITION: 1st – 3rd items: 1st document with fold lines and some separations to center and top. Overall light toning with minor losses to edges at fold lines, tear below the governor's signature. Fold lines to 2nd document with chipping to edges and overall toning. 3rd document witn fold line, overall toning, chipping to edges and ink stains to the lower right signature. 4th item: Fold lines, light overall toning, some separation at seams of fold lines. 5th item: Overall very good condition. [See more photos →]

5 East Tennessee Mexican War related Letters, 2 U.S. pension forms & 1878 Congressional Record, 9 total items. 1st item: A handwritten copy of Special Order #63 discharge letter dated April 4, 1847, by command of Major General Scott, that grants an honorable discharge to Lt. C. C. Smith due to ill health, received on Dec. 8th, 1848 in Rutledge, Tenn. Reading in part, "Lient (sic) C. C. Smith of the Tenn Regiment of Cavalry being incapacitated for service in consequence of ill health is at his own request being honorably discharged from the service of the U. States…". En verso is written "Copy of my Discharge". Note: C. C. Smith is Charles C. Smith (1812 b. NY – 1898) who was a lawyer as well as a slave owner who lived and died in Rutledge (Grainger County) TN. He was married to Adelaide (nee Frances Anderson) Smith (1818-1899) on Sept. 28, 1847 and together they had one daughter, Ida Pauline Smith (1855-1864). 2nd item: Handwritten pension certificate letter from the Department of the Interior dated March 8, 1851 stating that Charles C. Smith will be added to the pension roll in Grainger County and will receive a pension of eleven dollars a month for his service as 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st TN Regiment of the United States under Capt. N. A. Evans. A certification note and signature from the postmaster Markham Easly, Jr. of Rutledge, Tennessee en verso. 3rd item: Handwritten letter from Wm. R. Caswell dated January 19th, 1850 to the State of Tennessee. Caswell served with Charles C. Smith in the Mexican-American War and is writing on behalf of Smith who is requesting land from the U.S. Government for his service in the war. Caswell details when Smith enlisted as a Private and his rise in rank to 2nd Lieutenant in 1846. He goes on to state that when Smith arrived at Matamoras he became ill and later, after the capture of Vera Cruz, became ill to the point of death. Caswell advises Smith to resign but Smith wants to be honorably discharged and in this letter Caswell states that he helped him with the paperwork that eventually led to a Surgeon writing a letter of disability for Smith. The letter is sworn and validated by the Justice of the Peace for Claiborne County Ten.(sic). 4th item: Handwritten disability document containing two statements, circa 1848, both written by physicians. The first statement states that "we" certify that Charles C. Smith is disabled due to his service in the Mexican American War and "that in our opinion he is disabled from procuring a livelihood by manual labour, three-fourths". The second statement from his current attending physician reiterates many of the points of the first statement. It concludes "he is laboring under a serious derangement…..the result of chronic inflammation of the liver….and frequently diarrhea, that it is my opinion this disability had been caused by disease contracted in the service of the United States in the war with Mexico….and that in my opinion he is disabled from procuring a livelihood by manual labour, three fourths". No signature or other dates appear with the statements. 5th & 6th items: A handwritten letter from the Pension Office dated April 17, 1848, from J. L. Edwards to Charles C. Smith Esq. The letter reads, "In reply to your letter…I have to inform you that the law of the 3rd Ulto. was the only general law passed during the late session of Congress granting pensions. Enclosed herewith is a copy of the law and of the form adopted under it for the guidance of applicants. I am, very respectfully your ob.t Servant, J. L. Edwards." Also included is the State of Tennessee pension form mentioned in the above letter. 7th item: State of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans, request to claim bounty land form dated 1847, consisting of three pages with handwritten instructions along the lower margins of two pages. 8th item: Bound copy of the Congressional Record containing The Proceeding and Debates of the 45th Congress, 2nd Session, Volume VII, 1878. On page 1038, February 14th, congress begins to discuss Bill H.R. No. 257 that would grant pensions to the soldiers and sailors of the Mexican War. The debate would continue throughout this session of Congress but did not pass. Note: After 21 years of debate in Congress, in 1887 President Grover Cleveland signed the "Mexican War Survivors Act" into law. Book measures: 11 3/4"H x 9 1/2" W.

CONDITION: 1st item: Overall good condition, horizontal fold lines with some toning and scattered spotting. 2nd item: Overall good condition. Some fading to ink with some light spotting to left margin, horizontal fold lines. 3rd item: Overall good condition, horizontal fold lines, some toning and spotting, chipping to lower right edge. 4th item: Horizontal and vertical folds, some overall toning and spotting with scattered chipping to perimeter. 5th & 6th items: Both items with fold lines. Form with overall toning, scattered spotting and chipping/losses to two corners. 8th item: Overall good condition with fold lines and some toning. 9th item: Marbleized binding with scattered wear and losses, wear and losses to leather spine, front cover is loose. Front dust cover is loose. Interior pages with toning but appear to be all intact. [See more photos →]

1st item: Handwritten slave bill of sale between John Gibson and Thomas Whitsed for a nine-year-old girl named Sarah for two hundred twenty-five dollars, dated February 13, 1841. 2nd item: Handwritten slave bill of sale between R. H. Armstrong and Albert Sullenbarger on behalf of Eliza Brewster for an eleven-year-old girl named Ann for eight hundred dollars, dated December 13, 1861. 3rd item: Handwritten slave bill of sale between David Noe and farmer K. McCaually for an eighteen-year-old woman named Nancy Lucy for eight hundred dollars, dated August 24, 1858. 4th item: Letter dated March 11, 1853, Roane County, TN from Jas. D. Gibson to C. C. Smith, Esq. The letter is a reply to Mr. Smith who recently bought a woman Martha from Gibson. Gibson explains that he did not want to keep Martha's young son when he sold her but Martha repeatedly entreated he and his wife to keep her son and raise him. They agreed and immediately "dedicated him to the Lord in the Sacrament of Holy Baptism since when he has entwined himself around both our hearts by his winning & precocious little ways – indeed there is I believe not such another boy of his age white or black of such a fine intellect in the whole country". He goes on to say that if Martha "retracts her gift to me of him" that he would consider selling him but not for a price of less than three hundred dollars. Gibson then explains that he sold Martha because she was "not a fine cook, nor a good ironer but my wife thought her an excellent washer & plain cook, we have no family & would gladly have left her on account of her two sweet children". He also states "With regard to the age of her boy Wade I really cannot say precisely. He was sold to me for two years old…". He ends the letter with "He waits at table & to us, is very useful, he is a mullatto". 5th item: Letter written by M. L. Lathem to Mr. C. C. Smith, Esq. asking him to purchase shoes for a woman named Aneka. The letter states that "she is too old to go out during the present cool mornings in the dew bare footed, without prejudice to her health. Please purchase a pair of shoes for this negro and this price of the same shall be deducted from her wages". Dated Set. 30, 1857, Rutledge. 6th item: January 2, 1855, Grainger County, TN report of the slaves belonging to the estate of Joseph Ore valued by W. Galbraith & B. F. McFarland for the executors of the estate. Slaves listed are: John $750, Jim $750, Maria $582.5, Rich (Maria's son) $675, Alice (Maria's daughter) $300 and Catherine (infant daughter of Maria) $130. The prices listed represent "25 percent below what they would bring". 7th item: September 10, 1849, Grainger County, TN 4-page personal property listing and sale of the Estate of Thomas Johnson. The list includes all items sold, the purchaser, and the grand total of $1435.16 which includes "1 Negro Man Tack $440" and "1 Negro Girl Martha – $565.05". 8th item: One-year lease agreement, with the privilege of three years, dated March 4, 1856, between Daniel Whiteside and D. Alexander for the Bean Station brick Tavern House. The lease includes the building along with "the stabling, stock lots, meadows, gardens and all other appurtenances of thereunto….also two black women named Mira and Lucinda and one black man named Sam". Note: Bean Station, TN was one of Tennessee's earliest settlements. The valley you see was a warpath for the Cherokees, led Daniel Boone to Cumberland Gap and was traveled by Davy Crockett. Across Highway 11W to the right stood Bean Fort, built by William Bean, first permanent white settler in Tennessee. In front of the fort stood Bean Station Tavern, built circa 1825, the largest tavern between Washington, D.C. and New Orleans. It housed Presidents Polk, Johnson and Jackson. During the Civil War, the Battle of Bean Station was fought around the tavern.(Source: The Historical Marker Database). 9th item: Three page court document filed in the Chancery Court of Rutledge in Grainger County, TN dated November 2, 1867, for the case Mahala Rucker & others vs. R. P. Moore et al. The case revolves around the death of John Rucker, husband of Mahala, who dies in Sept. 1861 intestate (without a will). This document was part of an ongoing suit brought against R. P. Moore (the court-appointed executor of John Rucker's estate), under the order of the County Court, who sold six slaves of the estate of John Rucker, to Mahala, his widow. She purchased the slaves for $3,590.60 and subsequently the sale was deemed void by the County court due to the absence of a will and clear title for the sale. Ms. Rucker then initiated a suit in the Chancery Court at Rutledge, to enforce the sale of the slaves to her, charging that the prior proceedings in the County Court were void.

CONDITION: 1st item: Vertical fold lines with some separation at edges, overall toning. 2nd item: Vertical and horizontal fold lines, minor toning at folds, minor loss right corner. 3rd item: Horizontal fold lines with some toning. 4th item: One vertical and several horizontal fold lines, some toning at folds, otherwise overall good condition. 5th item: Overall toning with vertical and horizontal fold lines. 6th item: Horizontal fold lines with toning and some separation, chipping to the edges. 7th item: Horizontal fold lines with toning, one area of loss at fold line and some minor chipping to edges. 8th item: Horizontal fold lines, overall good condition with some minor spotting to right margin and brown spotting to the back. 9th item: Overall good condition. Horizontal fold lines with some toning [See more photos →]

1st item: Pre-statehood legal document relating to Nashville and Davidson County, concerning a 1793 court case, Robert Nelson vs. Josiah Love, involving the sale of an enslaved man named Bob, dated 1794. 6 1/2" x 7 3/4" W. 2nd item: Bill of sale concerning an enslaved man named Jerry, sold by the Memphis-based slave trading firm Bolton, Dickens & Company to Colonel John Timothee Trezevant of Memphis, Tennessee, dated 1853. Document is signed by Wade H. Bolton, co-owner of the firm. 9 1/8" H x 7 1/4" W. 3rd item: Letter signed by Wade H. Bolton and L. A. High in acknowledgment of debt owed to the state of Tennessee, Shelby County, as a penalty "for running [a] horse race on [a] public road," dated 1841. 12 11/16" H x 7 13/16" W. 4th item: Four-page Smith County document pertaining to the sale of the estate of Jones and Sarah Bishop of Smith County, TN. Includes references to hire of "negro woman" and "negro man," along with sales of tools, cattle, horses, kitchen utensils, furniture, guns, and more, dated 1825. 12 13/16" H x 8 1/16" W. Note: Bolton, Dickens, & Company "was a professional slave trading firm that eventually became one of the largest in the country. It was made up of Washington Bolton, Isaac Bolton, Thomas Dickens, and Wade H. Bolton, and ran 'through transactions amounting in the aggregate to several millions of dollars.' They used innovative, seasonally-specific marketing practices to buy slaves in the Upper South and sell them in the Deep South, using Memphis as a convenient way station between the two regions. In 1854, the firm advertised in Memphis for the sale of slaves gathered in Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri. By fall of that year, Thomas Dickens advertised for the firm in St. Louis, Missouri, but also purchased property in Richmond. Issac received slaves forwarded from Dickens and Washington Bolton and sold them at Vicksburg. Wade Bolton remained based in Memphis.The firm was later plunged into a bloody feud lasting from 1857 to 1870. It began about a week before the firm dissolved, when Issac murdered James McMillan in Memphis. He and Wade were arrested and imprisoned, and both were eventually acquitted. According to some members of the firm, Wade then refused to settle up with all the partners until and unless they shared in the expenses resulting from Isaac's trial, some of which it was alleged had resulted from bribes paid to witnesses and jurors. Wade's argument was that the trial had arisen out of McMillan's sale of a free man to the firm, though Wade also denied that he had refused to settle up and claimed he and Isaac had shouldered most of the expense from the trial themselves. Wade H. Bolton was later murdered by Thomas Dickens, who was nonetheless acquitted. Subsequently, Dickens himself was murdered" (Source: Prof. W. Caleb McDaniel, Rice University). Colonel John Timothee Trezevant enlisted as a private in Company A, Fourth Tennessee Infantry and later in Cheatham's Division, Polk's Corps. He was wounded by two bullets at the Battle of Shiloh and discharged in 1863 but a year later entered the service again as a Lieutenant of Engineers and served until he surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina in April 1865. He attained prominence for his many activities in Dallas. Directed the building of the Dallas Hunting and Fishing Club, President of the Security Mortgage and Trust Company, the Dallas Consolidated Street Railway Company and the Dallas Golf and Country Club (Source: Obituary, The Dallas Morning News, May 11, 1931).

CONDITION: Generally good condition with some small losses, toning, damp staining, and creases. [See more photos →]

1st item: Russellville, TN (Hawkins County) handwritten bill of sale for a male slave named Henry for two hundred dollars between Russell Riggs and Samuel Long, dated 1846. Document reads: "For and in consideration of the sum of two hundred dollars to Mr. in hand paid I have this day sold to Samuel Long my negro boy named Henry. I warrant the said boy from the lawfull claims of all persons. I also warrant him to be healthy sensible and a slave for life. Russellville (sp?) Augst 16, 1846". Russell Biggs (Seal) with two witness signatures, FM Taylor and John Morris. 2nd item: Hand written bill of sale attributed to Hawkins County, TN for a female slave named Agnes for two hundred dollars between Taylor Long and J. B. Griffin reading partially "Recvd. of Taylor Long two hundred dollars for a negro woman named Agnes aged about forty five years. Sound, healthy and a slave for life…..Feby 3rd 1843" J. B. Griffin. 3rd item: Edgecombe County, NC Court printed and handwritten bill of sale of a 10 year old female named Mary for two hundred dollars between Guilford M. Mooring and G. L. Long dated February 22, 1841 at the court-house in Tarborough (Tarboro).

CONDITION: 1st item: Fold lines, overall light toning and minor wear to left margin. 2nd item: Fold lines and overall toning. 3rd item: Fold lines, overall toning and some separations at fold lines. Chipping to edges and a couple of areas of dampstaining. [See more photos →]

Five (5) Tennessee-related books including history, geology, and rare book of Tennessee poetry. 1st item: HISTORY OF MEMPHIS, by James. D. Davis, published by Hite, Crumpton & Kelly, Memphis, 1873. 1st edition, with John Overton lithograph frontispiece. Includes information concerning many notable Tennesseans including Andrew Jackson and Davy Crockett. 7 5/8" H x 5 3/8" W x 7/8" D. 2nd item: ANNALS OF TENNESSEE TO THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, by J. G. M. Ramsey, published by Walker & James, Charleston, SC, 1853. 1st edition, leather-bound with marbled cover and fore edge. With facsimile replacement map of Tennessee. 8 7/8" H x 6" W x 2" D. 3rd item: GEOLOGY OF TENNESSEE, by James A. Safford, published by S.C. Mercer, Nashville, 1869. 1st edition, gilt leather-bound, without map of Tennessee. With inserted 7-page statement by Safford to the Tennessee General Assembly, published by S. C. Mercer, 1866. 9 1/8" H x 6 1/4" W x 1 7/8" D. 4th item: POEMS, by Sue Currie Taylor, published Brownsville, TN, 1923-34. Very rare book known in only this copy with 31 poems relating to family and general life in Tennessee, all by Taylor. &" H x 5" W x 1/8" D. 5th item: Notebook with marbled cover belonging to Henry McEwen Jones (d. 1898) of Chester County, Tennessee, dated 1856-65, with 45 handwritten pages of notes relating to surveying, measuring timber and plank, constructing casks, and other tasks, plus approximately 80 handwritten pages of records. 7 3/8" H x 6 1/4" x 7/16" D.

CONDITION: 1st item: Rebound, in excellent condition. 2nd item: Wear to exterior and damp staining to lower edge of some pages. 3rd item: Rebound, with slight staining to fore-edge. 4th item: Missing lower right corner of cover, some damp staining to cover. 5th item: Staining and losses to cover, interior wear commensurate with use. [See more photos →]

Four oversize volumes of the 1907 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Memphis, Tennessee, with 1922 and 1928 revisions pasted in. These color lithographed maps describe the city in great detail, including the location of all buildings, roads, railroads, and water systems. Maps 14-15, vol. 1, and 140-143, vol. 2, are either missing or were not included. Published by Sanborn Map Company, 1907, New York. Folio, 27 1/4" H x 19 1/2" W x 2 3/8" D. Note: Of interest to historical researchers and for preservation and restoration purposes, these volumes describe demographic changes in Memphis. For instance, plates 151-152, vol. 2, show the area changing from a white middle-class neighborhood to a black middle-class neighborhood and business district, evidenced by the "negro tenements" and black churches, including Centenary Methodist Episcopal and Metropolitan Baptist Church. The area on plate 152, vol. 2, was razed in 1939 for the construction of William H. Foote Homes, a public housing project. Daniel Alfred Sanborn, a civil engineer and surveyor, began working on fire insurance maps in the 1860s and his company soon became one of the largest and most successful American map companies. Sanborn's first work mapping cities for insurance purposes began in Tennessee when Aetna Insurance hired him to survey a few towns across the state. (Courtesy Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee Virtual Archive)

CONDITION: All four volumes with wear commensurate with age and use, including spine and corner leather losses, but all holding firm. Missing numerous tabs. Maps with buckling, toning, minor soiling, and an occasional pencil annotation. [See more photos →]

Five (5) hardback Colt firearm-related books, all 20th century. 1st item: A STUDY OF THE COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER, by Ron Graham, John A. Kopec, and C. Kenneth Moore, published by Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, TX, 1976. Flyleaf is inscribed in pen "May 8, 1987, To Brick Sturgeon, with my best wishes and warmest regards – John A. Kopec." 11 1/16" H x 9" W x 1 3/8" D. 2nd item: COLT'S VARIATIONS OF THE OLD MODEL POCKET PISTOL 1848 TO 1872, Second Revised Edition, by P. L. Schumaker, illustrated by C. H. Pence, Jr., published by Borden Publishing Company, 1966. 9 1/2" H x 6 1/2" W x 3/4" D. 3rd item: COLT: AN AMERICAN LEGEND, Sesquicentennial Edition, Second Printing, by R. L. Wilson, photographs by Sid Latham, published by Abbeville Press, New York, 1985. 9" H x 11 1/4" W x 1 3/8" D. 4th item: THE COLT HERITAGE, by R. L. Wilson, photographs by Sid Latham, published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1979. 8 3/4" H x 11 1/4" W x 1 1/4" D. 5th item: COLT FIREARMS FROM 1836, Seventh Edition, by James E. Serven, published by Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, PA, 1954, 1979. 12" H x 9" W x 1 1/4" D.

PROVENANCE: Private Nashville, Tennessee collection.

CONDITION: 1st item: Adherents to some pages including I-VI and index, 519-523, and foxing to fore-edge. Staining to upper margin of title page does not interfere with text or image. 2nd item: Minute residue or foxing to fore-edge and interior of dust jacket. 3rd item: Unobtrusive staining to fore-edge and interior of dusk jacket. 4th item: Slight wear to exterior and foxing or staining to flyleaf and pages I and III, including title page. Minute staining throughout. Adherents to some pages including index, pages 355-358. 5th item: Slight foxing or staining to fore-edge and pages I-3. [See more photos →]

Three (3) signed first-edition firearms reference books from the "Sporting Firearms Series" published by Safari Press, Inc., Long Beach, CA, including one (1) copy of THE HOUSE OF CHURCHILL by Don A. Masters, eleventh book in the series, No. 390 of 500 copies, published 2002; one (1) copy of THE BEST OF HOLLAND & HOLLAND ENGLAND'S PREMIER GUNMAKER by Michael McIntosh and Jan G. Roosenburg, tenth book in the series, No. 125 of 500 copies, published 2003; and one (1) copy of BRITISH GUN ENGRAVING by Douglas Tate with photographs by David Grant, eighth book in the series, No. 347 of 500 copies, published 2000. All with authors' signature(s) and hand-written copy number to cover pages. All with gilt lettering to covers and housed in publisher's slipcases.

CONDITION: All items in overall very good condition with minor shelf wear to slipcases. HOLLAND & HOLLAND with surface grime to cover. [See more photos →]

Seven (7) finely illustrated French-language nature books, all but one with color plates, including studies of birds, mammals, and horticulture. 1st-3rd items: L'ILLUSTRATION HORTICOLE, Vols. 15,16, and 23. Published in Ghent, Belgium in 1868,1869, and 1876. Each includes approximately 37 chromolithographs including foldouts, with plates in Volume 23 by Pieter de Pannemaeker (Belgium, fl. 19th c.). All 10 1/4" H x 7 1/4" W. 4th-7th items: OEUVRES COMPLETES DE BUFFON, Vols. 1, 3,4, and 5, by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788), 1837. Published by Pourrat Freres, Editeurs, Paris, France. Vol. 1, on geography and geology, with three maps and four engraved plates, none colored. Vol. 3, on mammals, with approximately 66 hand-colored engraved plates. Vols. 4 and 5, on ornithology, with approximately 84 and 58 hand-colored engraved plates, respectively. All 10 1/2" H x 7" W.

CONDITION: Covers with shelf wear, scuffs, stains, tears, and areas of loss. Pages with foxing spots and toning. [See more photos →]

Grouping of ephemera items all relating to the 1925 Paris International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts. 1st-3rd items: Three (3) magazines, all with articles, numerous illustrations, and photos reporting on the exhibition, including two (2) large examples titled "L'Illustration Exposition Des Arts Decoratifs" dated April 25, 1925 (64 total pages) with cover illustration by Tony George Roux and August 8,1925 (48 total pages); and one (1) smaller magazine with the same title by Braun & Company with numerous photos of the pavilions at the fair and a guidemap (20 total pages). 15 3/4" H x 11 3/4" W and 9 3/8" H x 12" W. 4th item: Small guidebook titled "The New York Hearald European Edition of The New York Herald Tribune American Guide to Paris" compliments of Albert William Bryan which answers questions related to "passports, police, traffic, touring, sports, sightseeing, hotels, theatres, shopping etc.". 7 1/2" H x 4 1/2" W. 5th item: A "Diplome de Medaille d Ora" lithographic certificate on cardstock awarded to Kathleen Hewitt with neoclassical artwork by the French artist Gustave Louis Jaulmes. 25 1/2" H x 30 3/4" W overall. 6th item: Magazine page from the French magazine Le Monde Illustre dated November 21, 1925 showing two pages of photos of the Paris Exposition after its closure. Two pages total 331 & 332. 15 3/4" H x 11 1/2" W.

CONDITION: 1st-2nd items: Losses and splits to spines, some chipping to edges and dampstaining. April issue with losses to upper corner of back cover. Both are housed in archival covers. 3rd item: Some chipping to edges and dampstaining. Housed in an archival cover. 4th item: Overall good condition, some toning to cover and interior pages with some creasing to corners. 5th item: Certificate with overall toning. Some creasing, minute foxing, and losses to lower edge of cardstock. Previously rolled. 6th item: Overall good condition, previously rolled. [See more photos →]

Signed, Limited, First American Edition THE BFG by Roald Dahl; 1982, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY. Copy #160, signed on the limitation page by Dahl and illustrator Quentin Blake. 9 3/4" H x 6 1/2" W. Note: Limited to 300 copies, this slipcased copy was published simultaneously with the First American hardcover edition.

CONDITION: As New from publisher, in original shrinkwrap, opened only to photograph [See more photos →]

1st item: THE ART AND MYSTERY OF TENNESSEE FURNITURE AND ITS MAKERS THROUGH 1850, by Nathan Harsh and Derita Coleman Williams, published by the Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, 1988. 11 1/4" H x 8 3/4" W. 2nd item: TENNESSEE SILVERSMITHS, by Benjamin Hubbard Caldwell, Jr., copyright 1988, The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts. 11 1/4" H x 9" W.

PROVENANCE: Estate of Judge John Nixon, Nashville, Tennessee.

CONDITION: Both books overall very good condition, retain the original dust covers. [See more photos →]

1st item: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ATHENIAN ARCHITECTURE, Francis Cranmer Penrose, Macmillan & Co., 1888. 22" H x 15 1/2" W x 1 1/2" D. 2nd item: TWENTY DRAWINGS OF THE PRINGLE HOUSE ON KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S.C., Alice Ravenel Huger Smith and D. E. Huger Smith, c. 1914, loose leaves in paper portfolio containing 20 lithographs. 18" H x 16" W x 1/4" D. 3rd item: THE ERECHTHEUM, Gorham Phillips Stevens, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1927. 21" H x 15 1/4" W x 1/2" D. 4th item: DIE ARCHITEKTUR DES KLASSICHEN ALTERTUMS UND DE RENAISSANCE, Joachim Buhlmann, Paul Neff Verlag, Stuttgart, 1904.17" H x 13" W x 1 1/2" D. 5th item: THE WORKS IN ARCHITECTURE OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAMS, Dover Publications, New York, 1980. With dusk jacket.18 3/4" H x 14 1/2" W x 1" D. 6th-8th items: ITALIAN RENAISSANCE: SIXTY MEASURED DRAWINGS WITH DETAILS FROM THE TWENTIETH TO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, volumes 1-3, The Architectural Book Publishing Company, New York, 1913. Dimensions range from 18 1/2" -19" H x 13 1/2" -14" W x 1" – 1 1/4" D.

PROVENANCE: The collection of the late Fount and Ida Smothers, Thompson's Station, Tennessee.

CONDITION: 1st item with scrapes and wear to edges and corners. Toning, foxing throughout and tears to edges of initial pages. 2nd item with scrapes, wear to edges and corners, and scattered soiling and foxing. Uneven toning and some tearing to front cover. 3rd item with scrapes and wear to cover. Creasing and folds to some edges and corners of pages. 4th item with missing spine, scrapes, and wear to edges and corners; water spots to cover. Foxing throughout. 5th item with soiling and foxing throughout and wear to dusk jacket and cover. 6th-8th items with scrapes, wear to edges and corners including folding and tears, and scattered soiling. [See more photos →]

Collection of thirty-three (33) auction or sale catalogs, including thirty (30) from Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, with dates ranging from 1946-1968, and estates from notables such as Mrs. Andrew Carnegie (Dec. 1946); Harriett Pullman Schermerhorn (Mar. 1957); Robert Livingston Gerry Sr. (Mar. 1958); Marguerite Anna Keasbey (Jan. 1961); John Motley Morehead III (May 1965), and others. Also included are three (3) sale catalogs from Christie's ranging in dates from 1981-82. Sizes range from 9 1/4" H x 6 1/4" W to 10 1/4" H x 7" W.

PROVENANCE: The Estate of Edward Laudermilk, Nashville, Tennessee.

CONDITION: Overall very good condition commensurate with age; some have previous owner/library stamps to cover. November 1967 catalog has 3 1/2" missing piece from front cover and 1/2" missing piece from spine. [See more photos →]

1st item: Louisa and Hattie Walker, "My Log Cabin Home," framed handwritten poem and illustration, pencil and colored pencil on cream paper. The poem recounts the history of their family's log cabin located in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, and the illustration at the top depicts the cabin. Framed under glass in a black plastic document frame. 11 1/8" H x 8 1/2" W. 2nd half 20th century. History: The Walker sisters spent their entire lives in a log cabin built by their grandfather in the 1840s in Little Greenbriar Cove, located in what is now the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Their parents John and Margaret had 7 daughters and 4 sons. Only 1 of the daughters married and the remaining 6 daughters (Margaret, Polly, Martha, Nancy, Louisa, and Hettie) remained single and at home. When the National Park was established in 1934, the 5 living sisters (Nancy passed away in 1931) refused to leave their home and negotiated a settlement in which they received $4,750 for their land and were allowed to live in the cabin for the rest of their lives. They became unofficial ambassadors of the park and greeted visitors at their cabin and sold them homemade items, including poems. They continued to live a 19th-century lifestyle until the last sister, Louisa passed away in 1964. Source: https://www.visitmysmokies.com/blog/smoky-mountains/history-of-the-walker-sisters-in-smoky-mountains/. 2nd item: East Tennessee-related book titled THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS by Laura Thornborough. Published by Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, 1937. 160 pages with 16 full-page illustrations from photographs and 27 pen-and-ink drawings by Vivian Moir. Hardcover green cloth, spine and front board lettered in gilt. Cream-colored dustjacket with protective plastic cover.

CONDITION: 1st item: Paper with creasing to the center and minor chipping to lower right corner, not examined out of the frame. 2nd item: Light toning to cover with some losses and chipping to edges and corners. Some fading to hardback cover edges. [See more photos →]

SELECTED BIRD AND FLOWER PAINTINGS FROM THE PALACE MUSEUM, Palace Museum, Cultural Relics Publishing House, Beijing, 1981, hardcover, with separate English foreword. 21 1/4" H x 15" W x 2" D.

PROVENANCE: The collection of the late Fount and Ida Smothers, Thompson's Station, Tennessee.

CONDITION: Very good condition with minute scattered areas of discoloration to cover; in plastic cover. [See more photos →]