Large Civil War archive, related to Captain C. B. Huggins (5th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry) of Murfreesboro, TN, and William C. Medders (24th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, Company G, rank in Private, rank out First Lieutenant), plus some post war correspondence and publications, 83 items total. 1st-66th items: Sixty-six (66) Civil War letters, and commissary documents, and […]
Lot 575: 6 Civil War Newspapers incl. Chattanooga Rebel plus Harper's Weekly Southern War Scenes
24 items total. 1st-6th items: Six Civil War Era Southern Newspapers: The Georgia Citizen Extra, single page broadside, for July 23, 1861, reporting on the first Battle of Bull Run (in four pieces from fold line tears, taped repair at bottom); The Chattanooga Rebel for Aug. 9, 1862; the Chattanooga Daily Rebel for Aug. 9, […]
Lot 562: 1819 Greene County, TN Broadside by John Gass, Overmountain Man, w/ Native Land Content
A broadside by Tennessee politician and Overmountain Man John Gass of Greene County published at Murfreesboro, 1819 (then state capital), in which Gass relates to "fellow-citizens of Greene County" "the most important acts that have passed this session." These include a Chickasaw land law "to satisfy the land claims of N. Carolina," and details concerning […]
Lot 512: 2 TN & KY Maps incl. Samuel Lewis, 1804
Two (2) Early Tennessee and Kentucky maps, including Samuel Lewis, 1804, and Thomas G. Bradford, 1835. 1st item: TENNESSEE Map, drawn by Samuel Lewis, engraved by Alexander Lawson, published by John Conrad and Company, Philadelphia, 1804. From A NEW AND ELEGANT GENERAL ATLAS: COMPRISING ALL THE NEW DISCOVERIES, TO THE PRESENT TIME: CONTAINING SIXTY-FIVE MAPS, […]
Lot 350: Attrib. George Dury, Large Oil on Canvas Portrait of the Rhea Sisters, ca. 1887
Attributed to George Dury (Tennessee, 1817-1894), "The Rhea Sisters," large full-length oil on canvas portrait painting depicting three young girls standing against an abstract mottled brown background. The three sisters, identified as Byrd Rhea Robinson, Ann Rhea and Sara Rhea Hallowes, are wearing green, white, and pink dresses with wide sashes.The center child has pink […]
Lot 149: Middle Tennessee Sheraton Sideboard, MESDA documented
Middle Tennessee sideboard with flame grain figured cherry veneers and scalloped case front. Cherry primary and poplar secondary, curved splash-board / gallery top with two short drawers to each side over a two-board rectangular top with reeded edges. Central bow front drawer over a bow front double-door cabinet, flanked by two square drawers and two […]
Lot 584: Collection Civil War Related Envelopes and Covers, 13 items
Collection of Civil War related envelopes and covers including 11 addressed to Major H.C. Bate (4), Mrs. H.C. or Henry C. Bate (5), and Mrs. Rosa(belle) Bate (2), plus 1 Confederate Envelope, unused, with Flag design reading “We are in the field and the bars are up!”, published by Allen & Boyer, Poydras St., New […]
Lot 581: TN Civil War Related Autographs, Ephemera, 11 items
Group of Tennessee Civil War related items including autographs of Generals T.B. Smith, CSA; Union Gen. Emery Upton; Col. James E. Bailey, Lt. R.C. Bone, and more. 1st item: Gen. Thomas Benton Smith, aka T.B. Smith,1891 ALS, 4 pp, with envelope addressed to Mrs. Josephine Farrel, Hardware Merchant, Nashville Tenn. from "Poor Genl. Smith". General […]
Lot 577: 6 Civil War Newspapers incl. Chattanooga Rebel plus Harper's Weekly Southern War Scenes
24 items total. 1st-6th items: Six Civil War Era Southern Newspapers: The Georgia Citizen Extra, single page broadside, for July 23, 1861, reporting on the first Battle of Bull Run (in four pieces from fold line tears, taped repair at bottom); The Chattanooga Rebel for Aug. 9, 1862; the Chattanooga Daily Rebel for Aug. 9, […]
Lot 642: TN Gov. James K. Polk Signed Letter, 1841
ALS. One page handwritten bifolium letter from Tennessee Governor James K. Polk (1795-1849), 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849, Nashville, TN, addressed to William M. Lowry, Greeneville, Greene County, TN, dated March 23, 1841. Composed during his last year in office as the 9th Governor of Tennessee, Polk writes "My […]
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