Group of three (3) 14K yellow gold American Watch Company ladies hunter case pocket watches. 1st item: 14K American Watch Company, Waltham, MA hunter case watch, case with front and back engine turned decoration and star and leaf decoration, white enamel dial marked A.W.C. Waltham, Roman numerals and secondary dial, case #121163, marked 14K, works […]
Lot 242: Sketches of the History of Literature, Tannehill, 1827
SKETCHES OF THE HISTORY OF LITERATURE FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE REVIVAL OF LETTERS IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY by Wilkins Tannehill, printed by John S. Simpson, Nashville, 1827. Octavo, 344 pages. Hardbound in brown leather, partial gilt title lettering on spine. 8 3/4" H x 5 1/2" W x 1 1/4" D. Provenance: Anne […]
Lot 241: Reports of Cases, State of TN, Haywood, 1818
REPORTS OF CASES, RULED AND DECIDED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF ERRORS AND APPEALS, FOR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, Vol. 5, reported by John Haywood, Esq. One of the judges of said Court, printed for the author by Thomas G. Bradford, Nashville, 1818. Octavo, 301 pages with Index. Hardbound in brown leather, "5" stamped on […]
Lot 239: Tennessee Reports, or Cases Ruled and Adjudged, Overton, 1813
TENNESSEE REPORTS, OR CASES RULED AND ADJUDGED IN THE SUPERIOR COURTS OF LAW & EQUITY, AND FEDERAL COURTS FOR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE by John Overton, printed by G. Wilson, Knoxville, 1813. Octavo, 535 pages with Index. Hardbound in brown leather with gilt title lettering and decorative lines on spine. 8 3/8" H x 5 […]
Lot 238: Revisal of All Public Acts of NC & TN, Haywood, 1809
REVISAL OF ALL THE PUBLIC ACTS OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE NOW IN FORCE IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE advised in the winter of 1809 by John Haywood, Esq., Attorney at Law, and formerly a Judge of the Superior Courts of North Carolina, printed and sold by Thomas […]
Lot 237: James Sevier Summons, 1786 State of Franklin
Major James Sevier Signed State of Franklin sheriff summons order with handwritten text reading: to the Sheriff of Washington…We command you to take Thomas Dail if in your Belwick [sic] and him safly [sic] keep so that you have him Before the Justices of Our Court of pleas and Quarter Se[s]sions to be Held on […]
Lot 236: 3 E. Tenn. Autographs, inc. McClung, White and Rhea
Three (3) East Tennessee autographs, including Charles McClung, Hugh Lawson White, and John Rhea. 1st item: Order for the sheriff of Knox County (in the territory South of the Ohio) to deliver Nathaniel Lyon and Thomas Lyon to the county courthouse to answer charges of a broken covenant to Samuel McPheeters regarding one hundred dollars […]
Lot 235: 25 TN Governor Signed Documents, 1820-1923
Collection of Twenty Five (25) Tennessee Governor signed documents, 1820-1923. Includes one (1) Joseph McMinn signed land grant (1820), one (1) William Carroll signed power of attorney registration (1824), one (1) Newton Cannon signed land grant (1835), one (1) James C. Jones signed land grant (1841), one (1) Neill S. Brown signed Justice of the […]
Lot 234: John Sevier Signed Land Grant & Sheriff Summons, 2 items
John Sevier (1745-1815), First Governor of Tennessee, signed land grant and sheriff summons (2 items). 1st item: Land grant document signed by John Sevier as Governor, granting Abraham Maury, assignee of the Heirs of David Rogers, three hundred and eighty acres in Williamson County, dated May 25, 1808 (date entered: August 7, 1807). The land […]
Lot 233: 3 Gov. Willie Blount Land Grants
Three (3) Governor Willie Blount (Third Governor of Tennessee, 1809-1815) signed land grants: White County and Davidson County, 1st item: Land grant document, granting Nicholas Avery [assignee] of the said William T. Lewis…fifty acres, lying in White County, in the Third District…" Dated March 1, 1815. 15 1/8" H x 13" W. 2nd item: Land […]