President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), 7th president of the United States from 1829 to 1837, signed land document granting Benjamin Huffman 64 and 93/100th acres of land in the military district of Zanesville, Ohio, certificate no. 2355. Dated December 1,1830 and signed "Andrew Jackson" lower right; countersigned by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Elijah […]
Lot 566: 4 19th C.TN Political Portraits, incl. Andrew Jackson, Polk
1st item: Rare Peter Maverick stipple engraved, circular bust-length portrait of a man in military dress, identified in upper margin as Andrew Jackson. With Cumberland Collectors, Lebanon, TN label affixed to verso attributing the print to Peter Maverick, c. 1824, and with explanatory text reading "The portrait is that of Marquis de Lafayette who toured […]
Lot 564: Andrew Jackson Signed 1809 Land Indenture, Lebanon, TN
Early Tennessee land transfer document between future U.S. president Andrew Jackson and his business partners John Hutchings and James Rawlings for "lot number 4 in the Southwest Square" of Lebanon, Wilson County, for $200. Dated May 11, 1809. 12 1/2" x 7 1/2". Note: this is a particularly early example of Jackson's signature. It dates […]
Lot 562: 1819 Greene County, TN Broadside by John Gass, Overmountain Man, w/ Native Land Content
A broadside by Tennessee politician and Overmountain Man John Gass of Greene County published at Murfreesboro, 1819 (then state capital), in which Gass relates to "fellow-citizens of Greene County" "the most important acts that have passed this session." These include a Chickasaw land law "to satisfy the land claims of N. Carolina," and details concerning […]
Lot 563: 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 561: 26 CDVs of 19th C Personalities: Johnson, Webster, Stowe & E. TN
Grouping of CDVs of National and East Tennessee interest. Subjects include U.S. President from Tennessee Andrew Johnson; Henry Ward Beecher together with sister Harriet Beecher Stowe; Daniel Webster; James Russell Lowell from the 1855 drawing from S.W. Rowse; Horace Greeley; John A. Andrew, 25th Governor of Massachusetts 1861-1865; Johann Strauss; John Greenleaf Whittier; Patrick Sarsfield […]
Lot 560: Louisiana Slave Cup and Ambrotype of a Creole Lady
1st item: Sixth plate ambrotype portrait of an unidentified Creole lady, in fashionable dress with hand tinted gilt/gouche jewelry accents. Velvet lined gutta percha union case. 2nd item: Handmade dovetailed copper cup or mug with squared handle and flared foot ring, 4 7/8"H. This cup descended in the Domingue family, members of which had been […]
Lot 559: 11 Photos of Civil War interest incl. Gen. Sam Carter Signed and TN Subjects
Eleven (11) photographs, including CDVs of Civil War military subjects, notably General Samuel P. "Powhatan" Carter of Tennessee. 1st Item: CDV of unknown Union Captain, likely Captain Darius Sullivan of Co. K, 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment; 2nd Item: CDV of Julia Marie (Buel) Trowbridge (1841-1909), wife of Brigadier General Luther Stephen Trowbridge (10-11th items below); […]
Lot 558: Civil War CDV and Tintype Album plus 3 Additional Unframed CDV's
Civil War Era photograph album of East Tennessee interest with CDVs and Tintypes of Union officers and soldiers and three (3) additional unframed CDVs.1st item: CDV album containing approximately 25 cartes-de-viste (CDVs) and eight (8) tintypes. There are seven of the twenty five CDVs depicting Union soldiers and officers including one CDV of a Union […]
Lot 556: Mary Todd Lincoln Dress Fragment and Hair Sample in Shadowbox
Shadowboxed collection containing a dress fragment and hair samples related to President Abraham Lincoln's wife, First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, and convicted Lincoln assassin conspirator Mary Surratt (the first woman executed by the United States government). Includes hair snippet from Mary Todd Lincoln along with a black embroidered silk fragment from the dress Mrs. Lincoln […]
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