HISTORIC PLACES IN TENNESSEE, a bound collection of photographs, prints and maps compiled by the Tennessee Society of the Daughters of the Revolution (DAR) for the Tennessee room of the DAR Headquarters, Memorial Continental Hall, in Washington, D.C., with seven gelatin silver prints by noted Nashville photographer Marvin Willard Wiles (1882-1957) and hand printed text […]
Lot 590: Four 19th Century TN Maps
Four (4) 19th Century Tennessee Maps, incl. Thomas G. Bradford, 1838. 1st item: "Tennessee" Map by Thomas G. Bradford, engraved by George W. Boynton, 1838. From "A Comprehensive Atlas, Geographical, Historical & Commercial" by Thomas G. Bradford. Copper plate engraving with hand-coloring of Kentucky and Tennessee depicting towns and roads, county lines, names of counties, […]
Lot 591: Roger Sherman Signed CT Land Grant, 1757
Roger Sherman (1721-1793), early American statesman, lawyer, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Founding Father of the United States, land document signed twice as Justice of the Peace, granting Jonah Todd five acres of land in New Milford, County of Litchford, Connecticut. Dated May 14, 1757. Typed transcription and handwritten notations en verso. Housed […]
Lot 592: Portrait of Gov. Jonathan Belcher, engraved by Faber
Important c. 1734 mezzotint portrait of Jonathan Belcher, the Colonial Governor of Massachusetts and founder of the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University; engraving by John Faber the Younger (British, 1684-1756) after the now-lost painting by Richard Phillips. Over the subject's left shoulder is a view of Beacon Hill and its environs, derived from […]
Lot 587: State of Franklin Map, Purcell
A MAP OF THE STATES OF VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND GEORGIA by Joseph Purcell, engraved by W. Harrison, for Morse's Geography byJedidiah Morse, published by John Stockdale, London, 1792.Rare copperplate engraved map showing the "State of Franklin" – which would later become East Tennessee- and Nashville within the state of North Carolina, surrounded […]
Lot 588: Bird's Eye View Map of Memphis TN
L.B. Folger and C. Kallenback: MEMPHIS – BIRD'S EYE VIEW – SUPPLEMENT TO THE APPEAL. Scarce lithograph on paper aerial view of Memphis, Tennessee, as it appeared circa 1890 or earlier, showing the Mississippi River front with cotton bales being loaded onto steamboats, the U.S. Customs House, and horses and carriages traversing numerous downtown streets. […]
Lot 589: Nashville Plat Map Book, 1928
PLAT BOOK OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, 1925, S.M. Murray Engineering Company. Contains 115 black and white plates of survey maps of Nashville TN showing roads, subdivisions, and various landmarks. Includes index. Cloth covered boards with leather title plaque; each plat map backed with linen. Also includes several loose items stuck into the pages such as a […]
Lot 584: 2 Southeast US Maps, incl. KY and TN
Two (2) Southern Maps. 1st item: Abraham Bradley, Jr. (American, 1767-1838), MAP OF THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, engraved for The American Gazetteer by Jedidiah Morse, published by S. Hall, Boston, 1797. Copper plate engravingwith hand coloring of the Southern United States and Native American territories east of the Mississippi River […]
Lot 585: Early Virginia Map, B. Tanner, J. Reid, 1796
THE STATE OF VIRGINIA map, engraved by Benjamin Tanner, for The American Atlas, published by John Reid, New York, 1796. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring depicting an early map of Virginia with cities and towns, including Richmond, counties, roads, rivers, lakes, islands, harbors, bays, court houses, along with topographical details labelled. Title cartouche and […]
Lot 586: 4 TN/KY Maps, incl. Mathew Carey, 1816
Two (2) Maps of Tennessee, two (2) maps of Tennessee and Kentucky, 4 items total. 1st item: Tennessee map, from American Pocket Atlas, published by Mathew Carey, Philadelphia, 1816. Copper plate engraving depicting Tennessee, center and surrounding areas, with cities and towns, including Knoxville, Clarksville, and Nashvill [sic], roads, bodies of water, and other points […]