Large archive of 100 plus items, including land grants signed by Tennessee Governors James K. Polk, Willie Blount, Joseph McMinn, and William Carroll, pertaining to John Davis (1770-1853), early surveyor and prominent land holder in Nashville, Tennessee and grandfather of Edward Dickson Hicks II (1831-1984), the founder of Historic Devon Farm. 1st item: Governor of […]
Lot 744: James K. Polk Signed Land Grant, 1840
Governor of Tennessee James K. Polk (1795-1849) signed land document, granting William Austin thirteen acres and 126/160 acre in Dickson County "…on both sides of the Beavor[sic] Dam creek of Turnbull Creek…," dated May 1, 1840. 15" H x 12" W. Note: Polk was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to […]
Lot 741: Green Family, Culpeper, VA Document Archive, 80 items incl. Texas, Slave, Navy interest
Document archive related to the family of Judge John Williams Green of Culpeper County, Virginia, 80 items total. Topics include the USS Ontario, the Texas Revolution, Slavery, and more. The family included William B. Green (c. 1804-1880), Lawyer; Dr. Daniel S. Green (1811-1864), U.S. Navy Surgeon; and Rawleigh B. Green (born c. 1806), businessman, all […]
Lot 742: Peter Gordon & Fabius Ship Archive, 58 items
Archive of fifty-eight (58) items pertaining to Peter Gordon, Merchant of Alexandria and Fredericksburg, Virginia, including a slave related letter, legal papers, and documents in relation to the ship Fabius under the command of Captain James Hughes and Thomas Farrell, circa 1804-1811. 1st-11th items: Eleven (11) invoices, letters, receipts and other documents pertaining to Gordon's […]
Lot 739: TN Centennial Exposition Archive, 31 items
Archive of thirty (30) items pertaining to the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, held in Nashville, TN, May 1-October 31, 1897, 31 items total. 1st-22nd items: Twenty-two (22) Tennessee Centennial Exposition related souvenir items, including eleven (11) postcards and photographic images (ranging in size from 3 3/8" x 8" H), four (4) cranberry cut glass items (ranging […]
Lot 740: Philip S. Hale Archive, Hawkins Cnty., TN
Archive of three hundred and thirty-six (136) approximately pertaining to Philip Smith Hale (1830-1911), 60th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Crawford's) (79th Infantry), of Hawkins County, Tennessee. 1st-7th items: Group of seven (7) photographic images and one (1) one (1) carte de visite (cdv) album, including one (1) souvenir World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 tintype of […]
Lot 737: Harry Truman Signing Pen for Bill & Signed Photo, Other
President Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953 signing pen and signed photograph with additional Truman photos. 1st item: Signed photograph depicting Truman signing the "Judicial Salary Bill" (Public Law 567) on July 31, 1946 at the White House, Washington, DC, surrounded by various politicians. Signed lower […]
Lot 738: H. Graham Morison Archive, incl. Harry S. Truman Signed
Archive of twelve (12) paper ephemera items related to H. Graham Morison, Executive Assistant to the Attorney General, 1945-48 and Assistant Attorney General and Head of the Civil Division, 1948-50, including one (1) commission signed by President Harry S. Truman, 16 items total. 1st item: President Harry S. Truman signed commission document conferring on H. […]
Lot 734: Colonial Families of America, ed. Ruth Lawrence, circa 1928
COLONIAL FAMILIES OF AMERICA, issued under the editorial supervision of Ruth Lawrence, published by the National Americana Society of New York, circa 1928. Hardcover folio, four hundred nineteen (419) gilt-edged pages, with fifty-nine (5)9 illustrations, including portraits and seven (7) full-color family Coat of Arms for the Wetherill, Foster, Chapman, Chamberlain, Brigham, Talmage, Thompson families, […]
Lot 735: 9 Nashville Related Publications, incl. Tax Ledger, Legal Books
Nine (9) Nashville historical related publications, including Tax Ledger, Legal Books, and Directories. 1st item: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, WARD NO. 9 TAX LEDGER, for 1936-1938, complied by Joe P. McCord, tax assessor, sworn before a county judge, June 14, 1936. Hardbound in brown leather with handwritten entries arranged in alphabetical tabs. 16" H x 11 […]