Large lot of Gen. Benjamin Butler Governor related documents including a Butler signed photograph, twenty-nine (29) various newspaper articles related to Butler, two (2) speeches written while governor, a 108 page manuscript titled "Notes of a Hearing Before the Committee on education Labor", a 51 page governor's address, a newspaper address titled "Necessity for a […]

General Benjamin Butler Civil War letter and document related archive. 1st item – Over 30 late 19th century copies of orders given by General Butler during the Civil War. 2nd item – Two Head Quarters Department of Virginia and North Carolina: Army of the James field letters written by General Butler, dated 1864, 3rd item […]

Colonel Thomas E. Major Massachusetts Militia uniform items including his frock coat by John ? Warrel (who operated in Boylston Hall in Boston) with Scovill MFG Massachusetts state seal buttons, along with chapeau hat, epaulets, belt, and kepi. Note: Colonel Major was the personal secretary to Benjamin F. Butler during his term as Governor of […]

Ulysses S. Grant Signed Note & 3 others. 1st item – President Ulysses S. Grant pencil handwritten signed note, dated March 1st, 1875, reading " Will the Sec. of the Treas. please see Mrs. Shaw whos husbands letter of appreciation I handed the Sec. on Friday last? U. S. Grant". 2nd item – Edward Pierrepoint […]

Significant Civil War era archive relating to the seizure of $60,000 gold from Samuel Smith & Co. of New Orleans in May of 1862 by Union General Benjamin Butler. Includes letters, document evidence, and excerpts from U.S. newspapers relating to the case brought by two New Orleans bankers to recover $60,000 in gold taken by […]

Leatherbound New Testament belonging to Confederate Sgt. J.H. Martin and used during his Civil War service with the 7th Tennessee Infantry, Company D, inscribed with his name and inside front cover along with the date August 22, 1863. Later inscription in frontspiece: Sam Anderson from J.H. Martin Christmas 1898. The 7th Tennessee saw heavy action […]

Two Civil War documents connecting General Benjamin Butler and the Confederate State of Texas including Proclamation of Retaliation and Texas Secretary of State letter. Item 1: A period Texas Proclamation of Retaliation against General Benjamin Franklin Butler reading "Joint Resolution concerning Retaliation: Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Texas, that we heartily approve […]

A March 3, 1857 letter of appreciation written by the cabinet of President Franklin Pierce Cabinet (including Jefferson Davis) reading in part, "and with the fullest opportunities of appreciation, know well, how conscientiously you have discharged the high trust devolved upon you, and we confidently believe that, as time rolls on, the voice of impartial […]

Grouping of Civil War items including a signed document discussing Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard's treatment during the Civil War by Union General Benjamin Butler, a G. T Beauregard compliment card, and General Butler's personal 2-volume copy of "Military Operations of General Beauregard" by Alfred Roman. Document appears to be correspondence between General Beauregard […]

Victorian silver with 14k yellow gold overlay diamond pendant or lavaliere in a flower design on a sterling silver chain, containing 18 bead set oval and pear rose cut diamonds with a total weight of approximately 0.72 carat. I1 clarity, L-M-N color. Weight of pendant: 4.2 grams. 1-3/4" L including bale. The sterling cable link […]