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Lot 634: Edward VIII Signed Letter Autograph

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Autograph: King Edward VIII (1894-1972, crowned and abdicated 1936) TLS dated Dec. 16, 1937 from the Hotel Meurice, Paris, to Newbold Noyes, Associate Editor of the Washington Star, regarding the publicity around his decision to abandon the throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson. Single page, on blue letterhead. 7 1/2″ x 8 1/2″. PROVENANCE: […]

Lot 633: Large Marius Roy O/C, The Morning Attack, 1882

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Marius Roy (French, 1833-1921) oil on canvas painting entitled “The Morning Attack,” 1882. French soliders including Zouaves storm a fortifiied wall while those inside fire at them, as indicated by the emergence of smoke and fire from behind the fortification. Numerous fallen soldiers lie on the ground. Signed and dated lower left. With Hammer Galleries, […]

Lot 632: Henri Victor Lesur French Military Oil Painting, The Military Stable

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Henri Victor Lesur (French, 1863-1900) oil on panel genre painting entitled L’Ecurie Militaire (The Military Stable), Two uniformed French soliders converse in a stable while one adjusts a saddle. Three other figures accompanied by a dog stand beside a horse in the middleground. In the distance a sixth figure enters through a doorway. Signed “V. […]

Lot 631: Army of Tennessee by Stanley Horn, Presentation Copy signed by Margaret Mitchell

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THE ARMY OF TENNESSEE by Stanley Fitzgerald Horn. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv, 503 pp. Presentation copy from Margaret Mitchell to her brother Stephens. Signed by both Horn and Margaret Mitchell: “Inscribed for / Stephens Mitchell / with best wishes of Stanley F Horn” and “To Stephens / from Margaret / Nov. […]

Lot 629: Civil War CSA Saddlebags & Socks, Bledsoe Co. Family

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Civil War era Crow or Y-Strap leather saddlebags, comprised of double bags and connecting yoke with cow hair on flaps and blue ticking interior. Flaps close with a “Y” shape billet, a characteristic of Confederate construction as illustrated on page 111 of the book CONFEDERATE SADDLES AND HORSE EQUIPMENT by Ken R. Knopp. Similar to […]

Lot 628: 2 Southern Crosses – Coleman Scouts and Beauregard

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2 Southern Crosses of Honor for Confederate Soldiers, William J. Moore and Victor A. Beauregard of New Orleans. Moore (1840-1913) was born in Tennessee and was a member of the Coleman Scouts. He served alongside the legendary Sam Davis of Smyrna, Tennessee. Private V.A. Beauregard served in the Miles Legion Volunteer Infantry Company C (Turner’s, […]

Lot 627: 1860’s Diary & Photo of W. H.H. Gaines, E. TN, Civil War related

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Diary and Photo of William Henry Harrison Gaines (1836-1910), East Tennessee Union Sympathizer & Refugee. Gaines, of Sullivan County, Tennessee, fled East Tennessee in 1862 to avoid conscription into the Confederate army due to his Union and Abolitionist sympathies. Additional item – Cabinet card pictures Gaines and his second wife Amanda Maria (Seneker), likely on […]

Lot 626: Andrew Johnson Presidential Pardon & Signed Seward Document

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1st item: President Andrew Johnson, Warrant of Pardon, “Executive clemency for taking part in the rebellion against the government of the United States” issued to Thomas L. Williams of Greeneville, TN, dated January 21st, 1867, signed by Andrew Johnson and William H Seward, Secretary of State, with the United States Great Seal, 2 pages. 18″ […]

Lot 625: Rare 15th Amendment Illustration, 1872

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Extremely scarce Black voting rights related illustration, “Voting by Ballot in the United States,” from the English magazine “The Graphic,” published Nov. 23, 1872. The image depicts an African American man in suit and hat, casting a ballot at the center of a busy polling place, surrounded entirely by white men wearing clothing suggesting a […]