Civil War era album containing fifty (50) cartes-de-visite (CDVs), including thirty-two (32) lithographed images of engravings and eighteen (18) photographic images, depicting Presidents, Presidential Cabinet members, Union and Confederate generals and leaders, and other figures of historical significance, including John Wilkes Booth. Album includes: Presidential related images, including one (1) depicting the Sixteenth President Abraham […]
Lot 753: Civil War era Photos & Book Archive, 3 items
Civil War era photographic and book archive, 3 items total, including one (1) carte de visite (cdv) album containing three (3) CDVs, 10 total, of Confederate and Union military leaders, including Brigadier General George Hume Steuart (1828-1903), Major General Edward Otho Cresap Ord (1818-1883), and General John McAllister Schofield (1831-1906). Also includes one (1) CDV […]
Lot 754: John Hunt Morgan related Bible Flag + 4 CSA Covers
Confederate Personal or Bible flag found with personal belongings of the wife of General John Hunt Morgan, First National pattern, 15 stars; hand sewn silk striped field and blue canton with fourteen embroidered stars encircling a large single star. Red or burgundy silk cord and tassels. 5" x 8 1/2". Circa 1862. Note: This flag […]
Lot 750: 4 Civil War Related Personal Memoirs, incl. Grant, Sheridan
Four (4) Civil War Related Personal Memoirs, including President Ulysses S. Grant, Philip Henry Sheridan. 1st-2nd items: PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. GRANT, First Edition, Vol. I & II, published by Charles L. Webster and Company, New York, 1885-86. Hardcover octavos, 1,231 total marble edged pages, including engraved frontispieces with tissue paper guards, additional illustrations, […]
Lot 751: 9 Books Related to Civil War/Post Civil War era America
Nine (9) Books Related to Civil War/Post Civil War era America. 1st-2nd items: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT, Vol. I & II, by Jefferson Davis, published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1881. Hardcover octavos, 1,515 total pages including engraved frontispieces with tissue paper guards and additional engraved plates, hardbound in […]
Lot 748: Archive: Wm. Vance of Memphis, TN, Slave and Lincoln Assassination interest
Archive of over three hundred (300) items primarily pertaining to Colonel William Little Vance (1815-1888), early Memphis, Tennessee businessman, slave trader, and witness to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Includes slave receipts, inventory lists, and other documents related to Vance and members of his prominent family including his wife Letitia Hart Thompson Vance (1826-1896), […]
Lot 749: 3 African-American Related Books, incl. Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1st Ed.
Three (3) African-American related books, including UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, First Edition, 1852. 1st-2nd item: UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, First Edition, Later Printings, Vol. I: No. 115,000, Vol II: No. 110,000, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published by John Jewett and Company, Jewett, Proctor and Worthington, Cleveland, 1852. Hardcover 12mos, 634 pages with engraved vignettes to title pages, […]
Lot 745: Sam Houston Signed Land Grant, 1827
Governor of Tennessee Samuel Houston (1793-1863) signed land document, granting Andrew A. Brown fifty acres in Dixon County "…on the pounding mile fork of [Beaver Dam Creek]…," dated October 20, 1827, No. 295. 15" H x 12" W. Note: Sam Houston's term as Tennessee governor lasted from 1827 until 1829, when he resigned and moved […]
Lot 746: Sam Houston Signed Land Grant, 1827, 2 of 2
Governor of Tennessee Samuel Houston (1793-1863) signed land document, granting Andrew A. Brown fifty acres in Dixon County "…on the Beavor[sic] Dam fork of Turnbull Creek…," dated October 20, 1827, No. 296. 15" H x 12" W. Note: Sam Houston's term as Tennessee governor lasted from 1827 until 1829, when he resigned and moved to […]
Lot 747: Willie Blount Signed Land Grant + TN Archive, 19 items
Governor of Tennessee Willie Blount signed land grant and archival items pertaining to Johnson County and Burns, TN, 19 items total. 1st item: Governor of Tennessee Willie Blount (1768-1835) and Secretary William Grainger Blount (1784-1827) signed land document, granting David Pasmore, assignee of Peter Burgess, ten acres in Dickson County, "…lying in the First District, […]