Three (3) Elvis Presley items, including 2 signed photographs and 1 signed International Hotel folder. Pictured in the photographs are Jim and Gladys Tipler, who owned Crown Electric in Memphis, celebrating Mrs. Tipler''s birthday with friends at two separate Elvis performances at the Las Vegas Intercontinental Hotel, in the early 1970s. (note: On April 20, […]
Lot 585: 3 Slave Documents, TN and Connecticut
Slavery and Abolition: Three (3) 19th century documents, concerning slaves sales in Tennessee plus abolitionist Rev. David Root of New Hampshire and Connecticut. 1st item: Williamson County, TN receipt for the Feb. 8,. 1821 sale of 5 slaves, names and approximate ages Willis (19), Nelson (12), Nelly (30), Mary (10) and Lucy (16), by John […]
Lot 586: Thomas Lewis Family Letter Archive; Boston, Massachusetts
Archive of 30 letters and documents pertaining to the early Boston, Massachusetts family of Thomas Lewis (1750 -1813) and his descendants. Thomas Lewis founded Lewis Wharf in Boston, having obtained the property from John Hancock in 1793. With his son Thomas III (1771 -1824), he operated the merchant firm of Thomas Lewis & Son, sending […]
Lot 583: 17 Early Wilson County TN Documents including Public Square Deed 1802
1st item: One of the first Lebanon TN Deeds dated August 16, 1802, for "a certain lot… North 13 in the South East Square" of the newly established town of Lebanon, Tennessee, to James Peacock, purchased "at public sale." Signed by 5 original Wilson County commissioners Christopher Cooper, Hanson Trigg, John Doak, Matthew Figures, and […]
Lot 584: 3 West Tenn. Documents incl. Slaves, War Pensions
Three (3) West Tennessee Documents. 1st item: Mid-19th century copy of the Will of Job Rogers, Weakley County, TN. Rogers'' will, penned in 1837, provides a detailed look at life on a prosperous West Tennessee plantation in the second quarter of the 19th century when this part of the state was still relatively undeveloped. In […]
Lot 581: 1805 Thomas Jefferson Inaugural Speech
Scarce 1805 silk broadside printing of President Thomas Jefferson''s second Inaugural Speech, published by True and Parks, Boston. In the address, delivered March 4, 1805 in Washington, Jefferson reviews the successes of his first term in office, defends taxes that have been levied and the recent Louisiana Purchase, complains about "the artillery of the press," […]
Lot 582: 2 John Overton Signed Letters, 1803, re: TN Statehood
John Overton of Tennessee (1766-1833), two 1803 letters, signed, documenting the beginning of his negotiations with North Carolina over land issues including settlements and land grants or titles in the newly formed state of Tennessee (once part of North Carolina). The letters are bound together and each measures 9 1/2" x 7 14". The first […]
Lot 580: 5 Early American Historical Prints, incl. Currier & Ives
Five (5) early American historical framed prints including one (1) titled "Washington''s Reception by the Ladies on the Bridge" published by James Baillie; one (1) titled "The Declaration of Independence" published by N. Currier; one (1) titled "Surrender of Cornwallis" published by James Baillie; one (1) titled "George Washington" published by Nathaniel Currier; one (1) […]
Lot 578: $1,000 Railroad Bond; Selma, Marion and Memphis signed by N.B. Forrest
Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877) twice-signed Selma Marion Memphis Railroad Company $1,000 First Mortgage Eight Per Cent Bond, No. 239, endorsed by the State of Alabama, dated September 1, 1869. Signed by Forrest as Company President, as well as Secretary Alpheus Monroe Fowlkes. Lithographed by Henry Seibert & Brothers, New York, with a vignette of a […]
Lot 579: Collection of Railroad Bonds, US and International
Eight (8) United States railroad bonds, consisting of: One (1) Rock Island, Peoria & St. Louis Railway Company, $100 bond, Jan. 1 1891, No. 3497 with 75 coupons attached; One (1) Michigan Central $50,000 bond, July, 1930; One (1) New York Central Railroad $10,000 bond, Feb 1, 1918; One (1) New York, New Haven & […]
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