34 star personal or parade flag, ca. 1861-1863, plus important book on the exploration and mapping of the U.S.-Mexican border from Texas to California, both owned by U.S. Washington Territory Indian Agent, Westley B. Gosnell. 1st item: Personal or parade flag, printed cotton or muslin with 34 stars commemorating Kansas statehood, 9" x 5". Note: […]
Lot 648: 15 Star Parade Flag and Envelope, Framed
15 Star Parade Flag, commemorating Kentucky Statehood and/or the South in the Civil War, framed with a Civil War era envelope with printed flag decoration. The printed cotton flag measures 5 1/8" H x 7 3/4" W and features an unusual medallion configuration of large middle star in a circle of ten smaller stars, with […]
Lot 649: Miniature 25 Star Parade Flag, c. 1837 – Arkansas
Scarce miniature American 25-Star Parade Flag, printed gauze cloth measuring 1 1/2" x 2" x 1 5/8" on a straw pole with minuscule brass cap, 3 3/4" H, circa 1837. Note: The 25-Star American Flag became the official United States Flag on July 4th, 1836. A star was added for the admission of the State […]
Lot 645: Archive of 35 Documents, incl. Early TN, Civil War
Archive of thirty-five (35) paper ephemera items, including Tennessee Governor signed documents, Anti-Slavery Tract and other Civil War related items, early Knox County sheriff summons and legal documents, and more. 1st-2nd items: Two (2) Aaron Venable Brown, 11th Governor of Tennessee (1855-1857), signed land documents granting Thomas Shelby and Gastton Mathis land in Gibson County, […]
Lot 646: Sam Houston Signed Land Grant, 1827
Governor of Tennessee Samuel Houston (1793-1863) signed land document, granting Andrew A. Brown twenty-five acres in Dixon County "…On the waters of the four mile fork of Jones Creek…," dated October 20, 1827. 15" H x 12" W. Note: Sam Houston's term as Tennessee governor lasted from 1827 until 1829, when he resigned and moved […]
Lot 642: John Haywood: Civil History of Tennessee, 1823
THE CIVIL AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, From Its Earliest Settlement Up To The Year 1796; Including the Boundries of the State, by John Haywood, printed by Heiskell and Brown, Knoxville, 1823. Hardcover octavo, 504 pages including Appendix, hardbound in brown leather with gilt lettering to spine. 8 3/4" H x 5 […]
Lot 643: Ramsey's Annals of TN & 1868 Laws of Nashville, 2 items
1st item: THE ANNALS OF TENNESSEE TO THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY by J. G. M. Ramsey, A. M., M. D., published by Lippencott, Grambo, and Company, Philadelphia, 1853. Hardcover octavo, 744 pages including appendix with 36 pages of back advertisments, MAP OF CUMBERLAND AND FRANKLIN foldout map after dedication page, rebound in navy […]
Lot 644: Archive of 8 TN & KY Slave Related Documents
Eight (8) Tennessee and Kentucky slave-related documents, including bills of sale pertaining to William James (1794-1864), Register for Davidson County, TN, dated circa 1840-59. 1st item: Slave bill of sale between Thomas C. James and William James, stating that Thomas had received "…two hundred & seventy-five dollars in full for George, about seven years old, […]
Lot 640: Political Collection incl. Rare Truman button, Plush Animals
Mid 20th c. plush Gund Donkey in boxing gloves and Jee-Bee "I am a Republican" Elephant, plus 17 buttons, 2 plastic campaign whistles and 1 plastic GOP donation piggy bank. Political buttons include 1 rare 1949 President Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley Tennessean Inaugural button with ribbons, plus 1 Forward With Truman button, […]
Lot 641: Signed Art & Mystery TN Furniture Book and Rare Grand Ole Opry Pamphlet, 2 items
Autographed Tennessee Furniture Book plus rare pamphlet, BIRTH OF THE GRAND OLD OPRY. 1st item: Author Signed, 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. Octavo, 344 pages with photographic illustrations, hardbound in brown cloth with […]