Two (2) framed patriotic and political memorabilia. 1st item: TIPPECANOE AND MORTON TOO, Campaign bandana or handkerchief from Benjamin Harrison’s successful 1888 presidential campaign, featuring U.S. shield and eagle clutching a banner reading “Protection and Home Industries”. “Tippecanoe” represents Harrison’s strategy to invoke the memory of his grandfather, president William Henry Harrison, who originally earned […]

Group of four (4) Civil War related items (7 pcs total) including items of Nashville interest. Includes 1 letter signed by John I. Morris, Capt. 20th Ind Battery, on stationery with printed headline "Headquarters 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Department of the Cumberland," dated May 27, 1865, Camp Harker (Nashville) to Brevet Colonel Smith 96th […]

Two (2) 19th century books, including Fremantle and Suckley. 1st item: THREE MONTHS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES: APRIL, JUNE 1863, Confederate ed., by Lieut.-Col. Fremantle, Goldstream Guards, published by S.H. Goetzel, Mobile, 1864. Octavo, 158 pages, front wrapper printed on blue floral wallpaper, back wrapper missing. Bound in modern materials with marbled paper and tan […]

42nd Ohio Infantry book, 1876 and Lucretia Garfield Card, two (2) items total. 1st item: THE FORTY-SECOND OHIO INFANTRY: A HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION AND SERVICES OF THAT REGIMENT IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. Compiled and written for the Veteran's Association of the Forty Second Ohio by F. H. Mason. Cleveland: Cobb, Andrews & […]

Charcoal on paper portrait of CSA General Thomas Benton Smith in his Confederate uniform, circa 1900. Smith, nicknamed the boy general, is portrayed as a young man, suggesting this image may have been painted from a tintype. Antique oak frame with giltwood floral molded rabbet edge. Sight 19 1/2" H x 15 1/2" W. Framed […]

Two (2) Books: 1st book: James Stanislaus Williams, Old Times in West Tennessee: Reminiscences Semi-Historic of Pioneer Life and the Early Emigrant Settlers in the Big Hatchie Country by a Descendent of One of the First Settlers. Memphis: W. G. Cheeney, 1873. 6, 295pp. 7 3/4″ H x 5″ W x 3/4″ D. 2nd book: […]

Large Samuel Cole Williams archive of Tennessee related papers and ephemera, 20 plus items. Samuel Cole Williams (January 15, 1864-December 14, 1947) was a noted 19th and 20th century Tennessee jurist, historian, educator, and businessman. 1st item: Land Deed between Williams and Mr. James A. Preas and Mrs. Nannie Preas, Johnson City, TN, in which […]

Ten (10) Tennessee Related Books. 1st item: "The Practical Monitor. For the Preservation of Health and the Prevention of Diseases" 1st ed., by Thomas A. Anderson, A.M., M.D., published and sold by Z. Jayne of Philadelphia, Monroe County, 1831. 8" H x 5 1/8" W x 1" D. 2nd item: "The Savage" by Piomingo, a […]

Campbell, John P. NASHVILLE BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Containing The Names, Business, and Residence of All Heads of Families, Business Firms, Etc., Etc., for The City of Nashville and Suburbs. Vol. III ñ 1857. Nashville: Smith, Camp & Co. 1857. 350(of 356) pp. Many advertisements, does not include last three double sided pages of ads, end of […]

Nine (9) Samuel Cole Williams Tennessee Books. 1st item: THE CODE OF TENNESSEE 1932 ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 1931 PREPARED BY THE CODE COMMISSION SAMUEL C. WILLIAMS, CHAIRMAN, JOHNSON CITY; ROBERT T. SHANNON, NASHVILLE; GEORGE HARSH, MEMPHIS published by Authority of the Legislature, Southern Publishers Inc., Kingsport, 1931. Quarto, 2829 pages with Certificate, […]