Mathew Carey (1790-1839) engraved map with hand coloring, “The State of Tennessee,” 1814. A detailed map of Tennessee with Nashville, Knoxville, counties, geographical features, and other points of interest, plus bordering territories. Also includes the Native American/”Indian” boundary line across Middle Tennessee, Fort Massac or Wilkinsonville in Western Kentucky, and other forts along the Mississippi River. […]
Lot 492: Two 18th C Maps of Southern United States Incl. Thomas Walker, Lodge & Bellin
1st Item: John Lodge (England, 1735-1796) engraved map, “An Exact Map of North and South Carolina, & Georgia, with East and West Florida, from the latest Discoveries,” 1778. With the southeastern colonies, from Virginia and Maryland to Florida and the Bahamas and west to Louisiana. Also included is Dr. Thomas Walker’s 1750 settlement along the […]
Lot 491: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner
Scarce William G. Bonner (Georgia, b. 1811) lithographed folding pocket map with original hand coloring, “Bonner’s Pocket Map of the State of Georgia / Complied by Wm. G. Bonner, Civil Engineer / Milledgeville,” 1855. With 1850 census information organized into “White” and Black” columns plus city and county names, geographical features, and railroads. Publication information along […]
Lot 490: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler
Rare American Revolutionary War era Map by William Faden: THE BRITISH COLONIES IN NORTH AMERICA, published London, 1777, first state, engraving with hand coloring on laid paper. This map has descended in the family of, and is believed to have been originally owned by, Virginia Governor John Tyler, Sr. (1747-1813), father of U.S. President John […]
Lot 489: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler
Joshua Fry (c. 1700-1754) and Peter Jefferson (1708-1757), A MAP OF THE MOST INHABITED PART OF VIRGINIA CONTAINING THE WHOLE PROVINCE OF MARYLAND WITH PART OF PENSILVANIA, NEW JERSEY AND NORTH CAROLINA. London, 1775. 6th state. Engraving on four laid-paper sheets, joined. This map, which the Library of Virginia calls “the most important map of Virginia drawn in […]
Lot 488: 2 Benjamin Cleveland Early NC Docs. Incl. Gov.-Signed, King’s Mountain, 1777-80
Two (2) early North Carolina governmental documents that relate to Benjamin Cleveland’s (1738-1806) service as Wilkes County Justice of the Peace. 1st item: Printed document with handwritten annotations and amendments that outlines the responsibilities of Cleveland and fellow Wilkes County Justices in regard to their duty to “legally execute and enforce” state laws. On paper […]
Lot 487: TN Territorial Governor William Blount Signed Document, 1795
Original document signed by William Blount (1749-1800, served 1790-1796), the Governor of the Territory of the United States south of the river Ohio, dated July 22, 1795, written in Knoxville, Tennessee. A warrant for payment to William Richard, the Pay Master for the troops in the territory, for three hundred and thirty-six dollars, “for the […]
Lot 486: Henry Clay signed 1852 American Colonization Society Certificate – Liberia
Rare Henry Clay autographed Black History – Liberia related document. American Colonization Society Membership Certificate for Mrs. Hannah C. Flanders, dated June 22, 1852, signed by Kentucky senator Henry Clay, president of the Society. The partially printed document (by Henry Stone) includes an engraving of a sailing ship with bird overhead holding a scroll with the […]
Lot 485: 2 Southern Regional Views: SC Female Institute, Pulaski Monument
1st item: Rare lithographed print of the front of the South Carolina Female Collegiate Institute in Barhamville, South Carolina, after a painting by Eugene Dovilliers (1818-1887), published by Sarony and Major, New York. This school for young women was founded by Dr. Elias Marks in 1828 and was commonly known as Barhamville Academy; “Collegiate” was added to […]
Lot 484: Large A. P. Merrill Family Archive, Natchez, MS, Plantation Interest, c. 1820s-80s
Archive spanning three generations of the Ayers Phillips Merrill family, including over 500 personal and business papers, c. 1857-1887, plus extended family letters and business documents, c. 1820’s-1850’s. The central figure of the archive is A.P. (“Ayres”) Merrill Jr. (1825-1883), a southern planter, Harvard-educated lawyer (1845), and United States Minister to Belgium under the Grant […]
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