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 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 547: 3 Maine Penobscot Porcupine Baskets & 1 SC Gullah Basket, all Signed
1st – 3rd items: Group of Native American Penobscot "porcupine" baskets including 1 signed by Pam outdusis "Little Pathway" Cunningham and dated 2002 (with Cunningham's Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance card), 4"H; 1 signed by Maely N. Parker and dated 2001, 5 1/2"H; and 1 signed by Sylvia Gabriel and dated 2001, 10"H. 4th item: Large […]
Lot 548: 5 Native American Baskets
Assembled group of Native American baskets including one (1) oval coiled basket with vertical zigzag decoration and natural and dyed sumac weavers, possibly Panamint, one (1) round coiled bowl basket with devil's claw geometric design, possibly Pima, two (2) Northwest Coast small lidded baskets including one oval form and one small cylindrical form with an […]
Lot 543: Townley Benson O/C Mexican Landscape w/ Figure
Townley Benson (American/Mexican,1848-1907) oil on canvas Mexican Village Scene depicting a woman at a roadside stand, selling colorful fruit or vegetables. A dirt road leads past her, between two huts with thatched roofs, to a flat landscape beyond. Signed "Townley Benson" and dated 1901 lower right. Parcel gilt wood frame with pale green painted center […]
Lot 523: Greg Ridley Mixed Media Plaque, Christ
Gregory D. Ridley (American/Tennessee, 1925-2004), "Christ," mixed media oval plaque with inset copper panel depicting the face of Christ, surrounded by thick applications of silver and gold metallic paint on an oval wooden support. Signed and dated '95 en verso. 11" x 8 1/2". Biography: Greg Ridley was born in Smyrna, TN, and moved with […]
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