Framed collection of four (4) Woodrow Wilson items. 1st item: TLS. One page typed letter. From President-Elect Woodrow Wilson, State of New Jersey, to Judge John Allison, Nashville, TN, dated February 20, 1913. Typed on State of New Jersey, Executive Department stationary. Wilson writes "My dear Judge:-Of course your name would be considered in presented […]
Lot 758: 2 Jackson items, incl. Printed Silk Broadside, 2nd Inauguration Speech
Two (2) President Andrew Jackson items, including a Printed Silk Broadside of his 2nd Inauguration Speech, and a lithograph portrait. 1st item: Broadside printed on silk with United States President Andrew Jackson's (1767-1845) second inaugural speech, delivered March 4, 1833. The speech, delivered to a large assembly inside the Hall of the House of Representatives […]
Lot 759: Historical TN items, incl. Gov. W. Blount Signed, Acts of TN
One (1) Willie Blount Tennessee Governor Signed Land Grant, and three (3) "Acts of Tennessee" books, including 1861, 1881, 1895, 4 items total. 1st item: Governor of Tennessee Willie Blount (1768-1835) and Secretary William Grainger Blount (1784-1827) signed land document, No. 4008, granting James Tatum assignee of the Joseph Eaton "ten acres lying in Dickson […]
Lot 757: Andrew Jackson Silk Broadside, 1832 Proclamation to SC
Printed silk broadside with United States President Andrew Jackson's (1767-1845) Proclamation to the People of South Carolina speech, issued on December 10, 1832. The proclamation was written by Edward Livingston, the 11th United States Secretary of State, in office May 24, 1831-May 29, 1833. Written at the height of the Nullification Crisis, the proclamation directly […]
Lot 755: 5 Abram Maury Owned Books, incl. Declaration of Indepence/Constitution
Five (5) books owned by Abram Maury (1766-1825), founder of Franklin, Tennessee, and son Abram Poindexter Maury (1801-1848) including Maury's copy of the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution; Bridgewater Treatise (Kirby); Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy (2 vols), and Schrevelii Lexicon. 1st item: The Constitutions of the United States; According to the Latest Amendments. To […]
Lot 756: 6 US Senate Pubs., incl. President Jackson Nullification Crisis
Six (6) 19th Century United States Senate publications, including President Andrew Jackson response to the Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833, President Andrew Johnson speech, and more. 1st item: Message from the President [Andrew Jackson] of the United States, Transmitting Copies of the Proclamation and Proceedings in relation to South Carolina, January 16, 1833, 22nd Congress, 2nd […]
Lot 753: 2 Historic TN Books, incl. TN Gazetteer, Prominent Tennesseans
Two (2) Tennessee related books, including The Tennessee Gazetteer, 1834, and Sketches of Prominent Tennesseans, 1888. 1st item: The Tennessee Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary by Eastin Morris, 1834. Published by W. Hasell Hunt and Company, Banner and Whig Office, Nashville. 12mo, 178 pages with appendix and pasted errata square, rebound in quarter tan calf leather […]
Lot 754: Journals of TN House & Senate 1821, 23, 24, 26, 29
Five (5) Journals of the Tennessee Senate and House of Representatives. 1st item: Journal of the Senate at the First Session of the Fourteenth General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, 1821. Printed by George Wilson, Nashville. 12mo, 344 pages, rebound in tan cloth, red leather label with gilt lettering to spine. 7 3/4" H […]
Lot 752: 16 Books on Assorted Dec. Arts, incl. TN Furniture
Sixteen (16) American and Asian decorative arts books. 1st item: The Art and Mystery of Tennessee Furniture and Its Makers Through 1850 by Derita Coleman Williams and Nathan Harsh, edited by C. Tracey Parks, 1988. Published by the Tennessee Historical Society, Tennessee State Museum Foundation, Nashville. Octavo, 344 pages including list of artisans, index, lithographic […]
Lot 750: Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, 1st Ed., 1979
SUTTREE, First Edition, by Cormac McCarthy, 1979. Published by Random House, New York. Octavo, 471 pages, stated first edition with publication line 24689753, hard bound in quarter black cloth over yellow paper boards embossed "CM" in gilt lettering with gilt lettering to spine, includes original pictorial dust jacket with $12.95 price on flap. 8 5/8" […]