President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, TLS, one-page typed letter on The White House, Washington, D.C., stationary to John Marshall Butler, Senator from Maryland, dated January 17, 1963. Addressed to "The Honorable John Marshall Butler," lower left, Kennedy remarks upon Butler's retirement from the Senate, writing "Dear Senator: I am sorry […]
Lot 649: Signed Samuel Morse Photograph of Locust Grove
Albumen print signed by Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872), American artist and inventor of the telegraph. The photograph depicts Locust Grove Estate, Morse's Poughkeepsie, New York Italianate style mansion, located on the Hudson River, from the side, and several people (presumably Morse and his family). Handwritten ink inscription by Morse to Joseph Burbeen Walker (1822-1913), […]
Lot 648: 10 TN and VA Land Grants, incl. Pres. Fillmore and Buchanan Signed, War Related
President Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States (1850-1853), and President James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States (1857-1861), signed land documents to Tennessee and Virginia veterans of the War of 1812 and the Cherokee Removal, 10 items total (Buchanan secretarial signed). 1st-3rd items: Three President Millard Fillmore signed land documents granting to […]
Lot 647: 6 F. Pierce Secreterial Signed Land Grants, 8 items
Six (6) President Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (1853-1857), secretarial signed land documents to veterans of the War of 1812, Cherokee War, and the Florida Seminole War, one (1) President Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (1829-1837), secretarial signed land document, and one (1) Creek Agency Arkansas, 1858 related letter, […]
Lot 645: Andrew Jackson ALS, 1830
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) autograph letter, signed, as President (1829-1837), to Major Nathan Reid of New London, Virginia, detailing Jacksonâs intervention with Lt. Col. (Sylvanus) Thayer of West Point on behalf of Reid's grandson, William Steptoe Reid (roommate of future author Edgar Allan Poe), and encouraging the younger Reid to embrace and continue his education there. […]
Lot 646: Wm. Steptoe Reid TN 19th C. Medical Bag & Photo
Traveling Doctor's Saddlebag belonging to Dr. William Steptoe Reid of Williamson County, Tennessee (1813-1899). During the Civil War, Reid was held briefly as a prisoner by Union forces. Lot also includes a circa 1890s photograph of Dr. Reid. Leather double saddle bag, top stitched, with buckle straps. Contains approximately 3 dozen medical and surgical tools […]
Lot 643: 13 Historical Tennessee Related Documents, W.B. Campbell, W.B. Carter
Thirteen (13) historical letters and documents, most signed, including William Bowen Campbell, William Blount Carter, Parry Wayne Humphreys, Samuel Cole Williams, and more. 1st item: Autographed document (AD), unsigned with clipped signature. One page quarto handwritten document from William Bowen Campbell, Governor of Tennessee, Colonel in the Mexican-American War, Union BrigadierGeneral in the Civil War, […]
Lot 644: Pres. James Monroe Signed Cahaba, AL Land Grant, 4 items
Four (4) Early Cahaba, Alabama land documents, including one (1) President James Monroe signed, pertaining to Thomas A. Rogers (1792-1821), second Secretary of the State of Alabama and a member of the first General Assembly of Alabama. Cahaba, also spelled Cahawba, was the first permanent state capital of Alabama from 1820 to 1825. 1st item: […]
Lot 642: TN Governor Signed Land Grant Archive + Broadside
Tennessee Governor archive including Willie Blount, 3rd Governor (1809-1815), Joseph McMinn, 4th Governor (1815-1821), James C. Jones, 10th Governor (1841-1845), and Aaron V. Brown, 11th Governor (1857-1859) signed land grants and related documents, plus legal broadside and land warrant ledger, 10 items total. 1st item: Governor Willie Blount and Secretary William Grainger Blount (1784-1827) signed […]
Lot 640: 6 Slave Documents, incl. 1853 Trust for 25 Slaves
Six (6) Slave related documents, including one (1) 1853 bill of trust for twenty-five slaves and land, one (1) 1838 bill of sale for three slaves, court documents, and letter. 1st item: Slave and land deed of trust between Robert S. Mills and Franklin William "Frank" Taylor, Sr. (1810-1886), Grainger County, Tennessee, "…for a certain […]