24 items total. 1st-6th items: Six Civil War Era Southern Newspapers: The Georgia Citizen Extra, single page broadside, for July 23, 1861, reporting on the first Battle of Bull Run (in four pieces from fold line tears, taped repair at bottom); The Chattanooga Rebel for Aug. 9, 1862; the Chattanooga Daily Rebel for Aug. 9, […]
Lot 574: 32 pcs Miscellaneous Autographs and Ephemera inc. 1825 U Penn Diploma
Group of Assorted Ephemera, 1779-1940s. Includes: 1825 Diploma on vellum, University of Pennsylvania, signed by Frederick Beasley, R.M. Patterson and others; 1 Author and historian Henry Lee of Virginia 1827 ALS, 4 pp, large folio, to Lt. Col. Cockburn sending a large collection of revolutionary papers and letters with comments on each of the great […]
Lot 575: Presidential Autographs & Portrait Prints incl. Eisenhower Photo, 18 items
1st-4th items: Autographs of U.S. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower (2), Richard Nixon (secretarial), and Lyndon Byrd Johnson. Includes one (1) signed photograph of Ike inscribed "for the faculty and students of Dean Academy and Junior College," dated December 1955 (12" x 10 1/2" sheet) along with one (1) accompanying brief typed letter, signed, on White […]
Lot 573: President Andrew Jackson Sheet Music, Broadside and Pamphlet, 4 items
Sheet Music and Song Broadside from the presidential campaign and administration of Andrew Jackson (b. 1767- d. 1845, served as President 1829-1837), plus a Jackson related pamphlet. Includes "President Jackson's Parade March," pub. by Geo. Willey, undated; and "President Jackson's Grand March," arr. by Mr. Peile, "performed by the Boston Brigade Band." Each approx. 13" […]
Lot 571: 3 Andrew Jackson period Political Cartoons inc. Petticoat Affair
Three (3) political caricatures from President Andrew Jackson's administration (1829-1837). 1st item: "Rats Leaving a Falling House," 1831, referring to the breakup of Jackson's so-called "Kitchen Cabinet," also known as the Petticoat Affair. 10 1/2" x 8". 2nd item: "Grand Fantastical Parade New York Dec. 2, 1833" by Hassan Straightshanks (possibly a pseudonym for David […]
Lot 572: Cdre. Jesse D. Elliott ALS and Sarcophagus Print, Andrew Jackson & USS Constitution elated
Navy Commodore Jesse D. Elliott ALS, rare print and pamphlet regarding an ancient sarcophagus he purchased in Beirut in 1839 and brought back on his flagship, the USS Constitution, while serving as commander of the US Naval fleet in the Mediterranean. Elliott offered the historic vessel (thought to have once held the remains of 3rd […]
Lot 569: Andrew Jackson Coffin Handbill and Political Cartoon
1st item: The New Hampshire Journal, Oct. 20 1828, newspaper with a "Coffin Handbill" presidential campaign broadside attacking Andrew Jackson on the front page. 4 pp. Note: The Presidential campaign of 1828 between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson was one of the most vicious in American history, with character assaults on both sides. This […]
Lot 570: 3 Andrew Jackson Bank War Cartoons, incl. Way to Arabay
Collection of 3 rare political cartoons from the administration of President Andrew Jackson (1829-1837). Includes "Troubled Treasures," an 1833 satire against Jackson's plan to revoke the charter of the Second National Bank of America and Henry Clay's resistance (13 1/8" x 9 5/8"); "A Political Game of Brag," an 1831 satire of the Banking controversy […]
Lot 568: Fort Family of NC/TN Archive, 19 items including Slave Receipts, Land Grants
Archive of documents and letters related to the Fort Family of Tennessee, primarily Elias Fort (1730-1819) of Edgecombe, NC who came west on a Revolutionary War land grant and settled in Robertson County, TN, and his son, Josiah Fort (1762-1848). Includes an 1811 slave receipt for $350 paid by Josiah Fort "by the hands of […]
Lot 567: Rare 1807 NC Gov. Nathaniel Alexander Signed Certification of Will White
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 […]
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