French Model 1822 T Bis Single-Shot Converted Percussion Pistol, Charleville, .72 caliber. Right side of lock plate marked "(star)/S" and "Mre Rle / de Charleville", left side of barrel marked "AI" and "Cde 17-6A" with additional proof marks, tang marked "M le 1822 T bis", left side of stock marked "N", "156", "Sr ETIENNE", and […]
Lot 618: Stacey & Angel, Knox, TN Percussion Long Rifle
Stacey and Angel, Knoxville, Tennessee percussion long rifle, .40 caliber. Top of barrel marked "STACEY & ANGEL, KNOXVILLE, TENN.". Walnut half stock, octagon barrel, iron mounts, double set triggers with brass trigger guard with spur, brass fimbles and butt plate, blade front, rear sight, ramrod. Barrel length – 42 1/2". Overall length – 59" L. […]
Lot 614: Civil War Era Colt Model 1851 Revolver, Belt, & Holster
Civil War era Colt Model 1851 Navy revolver plus leather belt and holster, .38 caliber, serial number 134781, all visible serial numbers matching. Top of barrel marked "Address Col. Sam Colt New-York U.S. America", cylinder marked "Colt's Patent No. 781", left side of frame under cylinder marked "COLT'S PATENT", proof marks to cylinder. Walnut stocks, […]
Lot 615: Philadelphia Derringer, .44 cal.
Philadelphia Derringer, .44 caliber. Breech and lock plate marked "Deringer Phila", right side of breech marked "P", back of trigger guard marked "J". Checkered walnut stocks, heptagon barrel, German silver mounted, foliate engravings on breech of barrel, bolster, lock plate, hammer, and trigger guard with pineapple finial, plain escutcheons, unmarked shield insert on back strap, […]
Lot 611: 63 Civil War ephemera items, incl. Soldier Ambrotype, Autograph Album, Johnson's Island Envelopes
Archive of sixty three (63) 19th century Tennessee and Alabama Civil War related items, including McMinn County TN related Confederate Soldier Ambrotype, Alabama Civil War era autograph album, forty-five (45) envelopes postmarked to and from Blount County, Tennessee and Johnson's Island Union prison, Sandusky, Ohio, and more. 1st item: Ninth plate ambrotype depicting an unidentified […]
Lot 612: VA Civil War Photo, Alexander Gardner – Timothy O'Sullivan
Timothy O'Sullivan / Alexander Gardner albumen view of the quarters of Captain Harry Clinton, Quartermaster/Provost Guard, at the Army of the Potomac Headquarters, Brandy Station, Virginia, Dec. 1863-1864. The battle of Brandy Station, fought June 9, 1863, was the largest predominantly Cavalry engagement of the Civil War (and the largest to ever take place on […]
Lot 610: Assembled Group of 34 Civil War/U.S. Revolution Related Items
Archive of thirty-four (34) items, many Civil War era, Revolutionary War era, or Confederate Reunion related, including 1848 Mexican silver coin given as payment to Samuel Milton Taylor of Tennessee by the Confederate States of America (CSA), Union brass buttons, Iron signal cannon base used at Fort Ninety-Six, South Carolina, CSA $500 bonds, 1887 Reunion […]
Lot 609: Matthew Calbraith Perry Mexican-American War ALS
Mexican-American War ALS. One page handwritten bifolium. From Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore of the United States Naval Forces, Flagship USS Mississippi off Veracruz, Gulf of Mexico, to Paped Mid Francis Gregory, dated March 24, 1847. Written during the Battle of Veracruz, Perry commands Francis to "…report yourself to Captain [Issac] Mayo for duty on board […]
Lot 606: Cheek's Cross Roads Archive, 1802-1807, Davy Crockett interest
Cheek's Cross Roads, Tennessee, leatherbound journal or ledger, dating from June 12, 1802 through June 10, 1807, for a store owned and operated during this time period by David Deaderick (1754-1823), William Conway (born ca. 1775), and David Wendel (1785-1840), plus book and cabinet card (3 items total). Located in what is now Hamblen County, […]
Lot 607: John Sevier and Oliver Ellsworth, 2 Signed Documents
John Sevier (1745-1815), First Governor of Tennessee, and Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807), third Chief Justice of the United States, signed early North Carolina sheriff summon writs, 2 items total. 1st item: Sheriff summons writ signed by John Sevier as clerk of Washington County, North Carolina, dated November 1782, prior to the creation of the State of […]