Scarce Nathaniel Alexander (1756-1808) signed document as Governor of North Carolina, establishing William ("Will") White as secretary of state, May 8, 1807. 2 pages, 1 blank. Overall: 16" x 10" (folded). Note: Nathaniel Alexander was born in Mecklenburg County. He graduated from Princeton and served as a surgeon in the NC regiment of the Continental […]
Lot 565: 26 pcs Nashville Ephemera inc. McGavocks, Slave Interest, Survey Maps
Assorted Nashville ephemera, 1826-1915, including an 1848 document for the sale of a 40 year old man named Jim, sold to James M. Murrell by Harvey Tucker in Davidson County; 1802 land indenture between Thomas Claiborne and William Terrell Lewis for a one-acre parcel known as "Lot 23 adjoining the Public Square"; 1813 Davidson County […]
Lot 563: Group of East TN Documents, 1795-1857 incl. Knoxville, Hawkins Co. and more
Thirty-nine (39) documents related to early life in East Tennessee, including mentions of slaves, a duel, signatures of Charles McClung, Hugh White, Alexander McCall, James C. Mitchell, James Fentress, Jenkin Whiteside, and many more, most dated 1795-1823. Counties referenced include Knox, Blount, Rhea, Cocke, Grainger, Morgan, Jefferson and Roane. Includes 1823 broadside published privately by […]
Lot 564: Group of Middle TN Ephemera inc. Slave Sale, 1852 Alamanac
1st item: Slave receipt, recording $425 received from Daniel Montgomery for "Polly aged about 16 and George aged about 12 years," sold by John Fitzhugh, dated July 22, 1823, Fairfax County, Virginia. The purchaser was likely Daniel Montgomery of Sumner County, Tennessee, born to William and Jane McMillan Montgomery in 1789, died Sumner County, 1855), […]
Lot 562: Collection of TN Political Autographs incl. Governors plus Pamphlet, 46 items
Collection of documents and autographs for notable Tennessee political figures. 1st-36th items: group of documents dated 1838-1919 containing signatures of men who served as Governor of Tennessee: Newton Cannon, James C. Jones (7), Aaron Venable Brown (3), William Trousdale (2), William Bowen Campbell; Isham G. Harris; Dewitt Clinton Senter(2); James D. Porter; Albert S. Marks; […]
Lot 560: Col. Andrew Hynes Archive incl. Nashville Land Sales, KY/AL interest
Archive related to the Andrew Hynes of Tennessee, including several land indentures relating to property in downtown Nashville. Andrew Hynes (1786-1849) was born into the prominent Hynes family of Bardstown, Kentucky. (His uncle, also Col. Andrew Hynes [1750-1800] founded the city of Elizabethtown.) Young Andrew Hynes was appointed Deputy Postmaster of Bardstown at the age […]
Lot 561: 10 pcs 19th c. TN Ephemera, incl. Governor Signed
1st item: 1806 letter sent from William Dunlop, Hackettstown, New Jersey to James V. Anderson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania inquiring about the worth of goods including tea in Tennessee. The letter was 9 5/8" H x 15" W. Note: Although this letter is addressed to Anderson in Philadelphia, he was a resident of Jonesborough, TN and was […]
Lot 559: Archive of the Claybrook – Overton Families of Tennessee
Letter archive relating to the families of Judge John Overton (1766-1833) and his nephew John Samuel Claybrooke (1808-1892) of Middle Tennessee, who served as executor of Overton's estate. Overton was a close friend, lawyer, and business associate of President Andrew Jackson, whom he succeeded as a member of the Superior Court of Tennessee, the forerunner […]
Lot 558: Snowden Family Photos and Slave Document, Memphis TN and Sewanee related
Archive of photographs and 1 slave document related to the Snowden family of Tennessee. 1st item: 1848 Bill of Sale recording the sale by J.B. (John Bayard) Snowden of "my negro boy Jack about fourteen years of age (say 14)" for the sum of four hundred fifty dollars" to A.W. Van Leer. Witnessed in Davidson […]
Lot 556: 6 Mississippi and Tennessee River Maps
Six (6) Late 19th century river maps featuring the Mississippi or Tennessee River. 1st item: Foldout map titled, 'IMPROVING MISSISSIPPI RIVER, 1st & 2nd districts showing existing levees and work done on them during the season of 1899-1900". The city of Memphis is featured along the upper left margin. This was an Army Engineering map/diagram, […]
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