Fifteen Shillings New Jersey Colonial note, dated March 25, 1776, signed by John Hart, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Serial number 11248. Printed by Isaac Collins, Burlington, New Jersey. Additionally signed by Jonathan Johnston and John Stevens, Jr. Includes an acrylic display stand. Note – 2 1/4" H x 4" W. Mat – […]
Lot 722: Southern Soldier Photo Archive w/ Paper Mache Box
Archive including a quarter plate tintype of an unidentified Confederate soldier, possibly from Nashville, seated and holding a book, together with a ninth-plate tintype of the same subject in a civilian suit (with a partial gutta percha case); 1 CDV of the same subject attired in a dark suit and holding a book, unframed, with […]
Lot 721: Civil War R.C. Crouch, Johnson's Island Photograph
Cabinet card copy of a tintype photograph depicting First Lieutenant Robert Chester Crouch, 19th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Company B, Walker's Battalion, taken by C. B. Smith of Bristol, Tennessee, while they were prisoners of war at Johnson's Island Prison, Sandusky Bay, Ohio, 1864. Inscription above the photograph describes when he made the black metal ring […]
Lot 720: CSA Ambrotype & Tintype of Man w/ Gun
Two (2) Civil War era photography items, including Confederate soldier ambrotype. 1st item: Civil War era tintype, 1/6 plate, depicting a young man attired in a black suit seated and holding a pistol. Housed in a partial molded case. 2nd item: Confederate Civil War ambrotype, 1/6th plate, depicting a Confederate soldier holding a bowie knife […]
Lot 719: SM Taylor Confederate Civil War Parole Documents
Three (3) Civil War era parole, discharge of prisoner of war, and amnesty oath documents of Confederate soldier Samuel Milton Taylor (1842-1875), Private, 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Ashby's), Company E. 1st item: Discharge of prisoner of war special orders by Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell document, dated March 21, 1865, issued by the headquarters department […]
Lot 718: Civil War Feamster/Taylor Family Archive, 8 items
Civil War era archive of eight (8) items, including one (1) ALS letter from Andrew Jackson McDowell Private, 14th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, Company G, and Private, 43rd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, Company B, Artesia, MS, leather roll up "housewife" carried by William George Taylor Private, 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, Company 1, Receipt for purchase of hay […]
Lot 717: Civil War Buckle Plates, Letter, CDV, 6 items
Six (6) Civil War era related items, including Confederate belt plates, Stonewall Jackson CDV, letter written byEdwin Burford Paschall, editor of The Nashville Press newspaper, and stamped envelopes. 1st item: CSA "Rope Border" oval die-struck rolled brasswaist belt plate made into a paperweight. Raised "CS" letters with a thin "rope style" border surrounded by a […]
Lot 716: CSA "Spun Hooks" Waist Belt Buckle
Confederate States of America (CSA) "Spun Hooks" infantry sand cast brass waist belt plate. Raised "CS" letters surrounded by a line border with rounded edges, obverse, circular pattern of lathe or mold marks around the base of each belt hook, reverse. Approximately 47mm x 73mm x 9.5mm (1 7/8" H x 2 7/8" W x […]
Lot 715: Confederate Clip Point Side Knife
Confederate clip point side knife comprised of a black painted wooden one piece grip,iron "S" shaped cross guard,flat iron pommel,blade with flat back and clip point. Unmarked. Includes a plastic display stand. Blade length – 13". Overall length – 17 3/4".Provenance: private Nashville collection. CONDITION: Areas of pitting, nicks to edge of blade. Cross guard […]
Lot 713: U.S. Springfield Artillery Model 1832 Short Sword & Scabbard
Civil War era UnionN. P. Ames Springfield Foot Artillery Model 1832 short sword and scabbard. Brass grip with cast fish scale design, spread winged eagle stamped on both sides of pommel, inspector marks ORD and HKC stamped to top of cross guard,ricasso stamped "eagle/N P AMES/SPRINGFIELD" and "UNITED/STATES/1835" to either side, steel gladiatorstyle blade has […]