Archive of ten (10) documents and book pertaining to early Tennessee, including land grants signed by Governors Jones and Brown and documents relating to Abram Maury and early Nashville settler John Davis and more. 1st item: State of Tennessee land document signed by James C. Jones (1809-1859), 10th Governor of Tennessee from 1841 to 1845, […]
Lot 350: Cate Family TN archive incl. Governor signed Documents
Group of McMinn County, Tennessee documents related to the Cate family of McMinn County, Tennessee, including 4 land transfer documents signed by Tennessee Governors William Carroll (1788-1844) and Newton Cannon (1781-1841), plus one 19th century advertising broadside. Eighteen (18) items total. 1st-4th items: 3 Tennessee Governor William Carroll signed land documents (note one has upper […]
Lot 347: 3rd Session U.S. Senate, Thos. Blount Owned, KY related
Thomas Blount (1759-1812) owned copy of Journal of the Third Session of the Senate of the United States of American, Begun and Held at the City of Philadelphia, December 6th, 1790, and In the Fifteenth Year of the Sovereignty of the Said United States, 1791. Printed by John Fenno, Philadelphia. Quarto, 203 pages including index, […]
Lot 345: Adams, Dearborn, Boyd Archive, Presidential Interest
Archive of sixteen (16) items related to the Adams, Dearborn, and Boyd families, including a journal with first hand account of George Washington's memorial service from the son of President John Adams. 1st item: Journal identified as belonging to Thomas B. Adams (1772-1832), the third and youngest son of the 2nd president of the United […]
Lot 343: Alexandria, VA map by James Tuthill
Scarce untitled Civil War era map of the area between Washington, D.C. and Mount Vernon by James Tuthill, lithographed by Herline and Hensel, Philadelphia, PA, published in Camden, NJ, circa 1861. Intended to promote the construction of a road to Mount Vernon, with a broadside including a list of subscribers and explanation of the road […]
Lot 344: Collection of 8 Revolutionary War Related Items
Archive of seven (7) documents and one (1) print related to prominent American Revolutionary War figures, including Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., Daniel Brodhead IV. 1st item: Manuscript DS. One page handwritten letter. From Colonel Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau (1725-1807), Colonel of the Regiment D'auvergne, Infantry circa 1760. Letter with […]
Lot 341: John Payne Kentucky Map, 1800
The State of Kentucky with Adjoining Territories Map, by John Payne, engraved by John Scoles, published by John Low, New York, 1800. From "New Encyclopaedia" by John Payne. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring of Kentucky and the surrounding areas including the "Northwestern Territory" of Illinois and Virginia and the "Southwestern Territory" including the "Tennessee […]
Lot 342: John Reid Kentucky Map, 1795
Map of the State of Kentucky with the Adjoining Territories 1795 engraved by A. Anderson, published by John Reid, New York, 1796. From "The American Atlas" by John Reid, based on maps by John Russell that accompanied William Winterbotham's "Historical, Geographical, Commercial and Philosophical View of the United States of America". J Kool watermark, center […]
Lot 339: Tennessee Map, Samuel Lewis & Alexander Lawson, 1804
"Tennessee" Map, drawn by Samuel Lewis, engraved by Alexander Lawson, published by John Conrad and Company, Philadelphia, 1804. From "A New And Elegant General Atlas: Comprising All the New Discoveries, to the Present Time: Containing Sixty-Five Maps" by Aaron Arrowsmith and Samuel Lewis. Copper plate engraving of early Tennessee depicting early towns and roads, including […]
Lot 340: Cyrus Harris KY & TN Map, 1796
A Map of the State of Kentucky and the Tennessee Government Compiled from the Best Authorities, by Cyrus Harris, engraved by Amos Doolittle, published by Thomas and Andrews, Boston, 1796. From "The American Universal Geography" by Jedidiah Morse. Copper plate engraving of Kentucky and Tennessee depicting early towns and roads, including Nashville and Clarksville, rivers, […]