Miniature Chippendale mahogany slantfront desk complete with dovetailed molded-front drawers and glue blocks back stops. Brass pulls. Secondary wood appears to be yellow pine or cypress and oak, indicating possible Mid Atlantic or Southern origin. 5-1/2" H x 4-3/4" W x 2-1/2"D. Circa 1800. Together with a miniature leather covered sarcophagus tea caddy with shaped […]
Lot 78: Miniature Southern box, sugar chest form, orig. su
Miniature red wash box in a sugar chest form, appears to be cherry with molded edge top and central hinge, post and tenon box with square nail construction, on turned tapered legs with ball feet. Illegible pencil inscription on inside lid. 6-1/2" H x 9" W x 5-1/2 "D. Found in Alabama. Southern, mid 19th […]
Lot 76: Chippendale mahogany pie crust tea tray
Chippendale carved mahogany tea tray, oval, with pie crust edge. 22" x 17". English, 18th century. Provenance: Estate of Salli LaGrone, Franklin, Tennessee. Condition: Very good condition with evidence of nailed feet around the edge. No evidence of central attachment.
Lot 75: 1802 Hand drawn map of Georgia
Hand drawn map of the State of Georgia, dated "8 month 12th 1802", showing the "Tennasee Government," Country of the Cherokees, Country of the Creek Nation of Indians, Seminoles, Chacktaws, etc. along with portions of neighboring Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina. Later matting and molded giltwood frame. 10" x 16" sight, 17" x 23" framed. […]
Lot 73: 1813 Wyld Map of US, East TN called Franklinia
Colored map of United States drawn by J. Wyld, engraved by N.R. Hewitt, and published by John Thomsen & CO. Edinburgh, 1813. Map of U.S. east of the Mississippi River. East Tennessee is labeled "Franklinia." Plate XIXXX. 10 1/4" H x 14 3/8" W. Provenance: Estate of Salli LaGrone, Franklin, Tennessee. Condition: Very good condition. […]
Lot 74: A New Map of the Cherokee Nation
Thomas Kitchin's "A New Map of the Cherokee Nation with the Names of the Towns & Rivers ." Features western North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Northern Alabama, and Northern Mississippi. Published for the London Magazine circa 1760. 8" H x 10 3/8" W. Provenance: Estate of Salli LaGrone, Franklin, Tennessee. Condition: Very good condition. Minor […]
Lot 71: Zachary Taylor land grant to Jacob Biffle, CSA
Land grant to Jacob B. Biffle, "late private in Captain Cooper's Company of Tennessee Cavalry Volunteers", 160 acres in "the district of land subject to sale at Green Bay, Wisconsin", with President Zachary Taylor signature (likely secretarial signed) and date of 12 May,1849. In this document, William Atwater is named as Biffle's assignee for the […]
Lot 72: Folding map, Battle of Franklin
Pocket map of the Civil War Battle of Franklin, marbled end boards with handwritten title, opening to map mounted on canvas, titled "The Battlefield in front of Franklin Tennessee, where the U.S. forces consisting of the 4th and 23d corps and the Cav. corps uner the command of MAJOR GENERAL J.M. SCHOFIELD severely repulsed the […]
Lot 69: CSA Gen. William Raine Peck CDV and album
Carte de visite album containing an image of William Raine Peck (1818 – 1871), a wealthy planter, politician and Confederate General in the Civil War. In this CDV, Peck is shown seated wearing his Confederate General's uniform and holding his sword. Album contains additional CDV's including his elder brother Dr. Isham Talbot Peck and other […]
Lot 70: 1862 Robert E. Lee War Signed Letter
CSA General Robert E. Lee signed letter to Governor Francis Wilkinson Pickens of South Carolina, dated January 3rd, 1862. In this one page (front and back) letter, Lee is responding to an earlier letter received from the Governor. Lee promises to compile a complete count of all active South Carolina state troops serving in the […]