Native American and Tennessee related ALS. One page handwritten letter on laid paper from the "Father of Middle Tennessee" Brigadier General James Robertson (1742-1814), addressed to Colonel Robert Hays (1758-1819), Revolutionary War officer and Muster Master / Lt. Col. of the Cavalry, Mero District, dated April 9, 1795. The letter commands Hays "…on the receipt […]
Lot 624: Early American Partial Richard Morris Signed Letter to Thomas Jefferson
Partial ALS. One page handwritten letter from Richard Morris (c. 1740-1821), commissary of provisions in Virginia during the American Revolutionary War, plantation, and tavern owner in western Louisa County, addressed to American Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809, likely addressed to Monticello, Virginia, no date, probably early […]
Lot 625: Early American Simon Kenton Signed Promissory Note, 1797
American Frontiersman Simon Kenton (1755-1836) signed promissory note, handwritten on a fragment of lined paper, in which D. Duncan J[r?] promises to pay Benjamin Thomas "…the sum of one hundred dollars 30 days after the given under my hand & seal at Washington this 17th day of Feb[ruary] 1797" with signatures for Duncan, lower left, […]
Lot 623: Benjamin Tyler 1818 Copy of the Declaration of Independence
Scarce Benjamin Owen Tyler 1818 copy of the Declaration of Independence, engraved by Peter Maverick, Newark, NJ; considered the first copy of the Declaration produced for commercial purposes. Engraved on laid paper with eagle watermark. Housed under glass in a later ebonized frame. Plate: 29 1/4" H x 23 1/2". Sheet: 31 3/4" H x […]
Lot 621: Early Map of Tennessee, Daniel Smith, 1795
A MAP OF THE TENNASSEE [sic] GOVERNMENT FORMERLY PART OF NORTH CAROLINA TAKEN CHIEFLY FROM SURVEYS BY GENL. D. SMITH & OTHERS, drawn by Daniel Smith, engraved by Joseph T. Scott, for "General Atlas For Carey's Edition Of Guthrie's Geography Improved" published by Matthew Carey, Philadelphia, 1795. Copper plate engraving on laid paper with hand-coloring […]
Lot 622: Henry Mouzon 1775 1st State Map of North / South Carolina With Indian Frontiers
Important American Revolutionary War era map: AN ACCURATE MAP OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA WITH THEIR INDIAN FRONTIERS, First State, by Henry Mouzon and Others, published by Robert Sayer and John Bennett, London, 1775. Copperplate engraved map in four parts with hand-coloring depicting North Carolina and South Carolina, with parts of Virginia and Georgia, with […]
Lot 620: Rare Tennessee Map, Luke Drury, 1822
TENNESSEE map, by Luke Drury, A. M., published in "A Geography For Schools," printed by Miller and Hutchens, Providence, 1822. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring of the state boundary line depicting an early map of Tennessee, surrounding regions partially identified, with cities and town, including Knoxville and Nashville, bodies of water, and mountains identified […]
Lot 618: Rare Iowa Sectional Map of the Black Hawk Purchase, Judson, 1838
IOWA. A SECTIONAL MAP OF THE BLACK HAWK PURCHASE WITH A PART OF ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN, by L. Judson, published by Doolittle and Munson, Cincinnati, 1838. Believed to be the first separately published map of Iowa. Steel plate engraved fold-out map with hand-coloring depicting the eastern part of the Iowa territory that was acquired in […]
Lot 619: 4 Memphis Related Maps, 1843-1933, incl. Exposition Map 1872
1st item: SURVEY OF THE HARBOR OF MEMPHIS, TENN, made in obedience to an order from the Secretary of the Navy by Captain L. Rosseau, Commissioner H. A. Adams, and Lieutenant Johnson, U.S. Navy, April 1843. Printed map with color depicting the Mississippi River and the Wolf River with the Chickasaw Bluff, South Memphis, and […]
Lot 617: 2 Travel Maps of US: Atwood Pocket Map 1851 & Williams Framed, 1854
1st item: PHELPS'S NATIONAL MAP OF THE UNITED STATES, TRAVELLERS GUIDE. EMBRACING THE PRINCIPAL RAIL ROADS, CANALS, STEAM BOAT & STAGE ROUTES THROUGHOUT THE UNION, by J. M. Atwood, published by Thayer and Ensign, New York, 1851. Steel plate engraved fold-out map with hand-coloring depicting the Eastern United States extending to the Nebraska "Indian" Territory […]
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