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Lot 597: Eckel/Taylor Family Archive, 10 Items incl. Missouri Settlement & Presidential

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Archive of ten (10) items relating to the Eckel / Taylor family of Tennessee and Missouri. 1st item: Letter from Charles Paul to Joseph Eckel, 1841. Paul laments the death of President William Henry Harrison whom he regards as a "second Washington" and regrets not attending his inauguration. Paul also states: "The Whigs of Tennessee […]

Lot 596: Henry Clay Steel Engraving Portrait after John Wood Dodge

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A large steel engraved portrait of Kentucky politician Henry Clay seated outdoors near Ashland, his home in Lexington, visible in the distance to Clay's left and also depicted in the vignette in the lower margin. Clay sits beneath a tree and is accompanied by his dog. The print was first published in 1843 as Clay […]

Lot 589: British Naval Royal Coat of Arms Needlework Embroidery

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British Royal Navy coat of arms, hand-embroidered silk needlework patriotic image depicting a central shield surmounted by the English crown with the crowned lion and red rose of England on the left side, and Scottish Unicorn and thistles on the right, with British Admiralty flags and ship's sails visible in the background, and a scrolled […]

Lot 587: Ed Clark Photo of Roosevelt & Churchill, Quebec Conference

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Edward Clark (American/Tennessee, 1911-2000) rare signed photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King at the Quebec Conference, August 19, 1943. The three world leaders are pictured at lower left, seated, surrounded by the press corps. Clark's signature appears in the lower right of the image […]

Lot 573: 2 Civil War Photographs, incl. ID Tennessee 37th Infantry

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Two (2) Civil War period photographs. 1st item: A Confederate ninth plate ambrotype identified as that of John H. Meadows, Private, 37th Tennessee Infantry, Company C. Note: Meadows, a native of Gallatin, Tennessee, was approximately 20 years old at the time of this image. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Nashville. 2nd item: […]

Lot 557: NC/TN Civil War-Era Diary & Postwar Archive, Train Related

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1st-4th item: Diaries of Mr. Thomas Tate of Company Shops, North Carolina, later of Jackson, Tennessee, dated January 1, 1861 through December 31, 1866 The diaries deal mostly with Tate's work for the railroad, his personal accounting, and the weather with little detail, although some entries do include discussion of daily life and the Civil […]

Lot 555: Jefferson Davis, Toombs & Reagan Post Civil War Letters and Ephemera

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Six (6) post Civil War ephemera including letters, some signed, from Jefferson Davis and CSA Cabinet Members Robert Toombs and John Reagan. 1st item: Jefferson Davis, former Confederate States of America (CSA) President, handwritten list of six members of the CSA cabinet, their roles, and their current location if living. Written in response to and […]

Lot 551: 2 Early TN & KY Maps: Cyrus Harris, 1796 & Samuel Lewis & Alexander Lawson, 1805

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1st item: A MAP OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY AND THE TENNESSEE GOVERNMENT COMPILED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES, by Cyrus Harris, engraved by Amos Doolittle, from "The American Universal Geography" by Jedidiah Morse, published by Thomas and Andrews, Boston, 1796. Copper plate engraving of Kentucky and Tennessee depicting early towns and roads, including Nashville and […]

Lot 552: 1800 KY Map by John Payne; 1796 KY & TN Map by Cyrus Harris; 4 items

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1st Item: A MAP OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY AND THE TENNESSEE GOVERNMENT COMPILED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES, by Cyrus Harris, engraved by Amos Doolittle, from "The American Universal Geography" by Jedidiah Morse, published by Thomas and Andrews, Boston, 1796. Hand colored copper plate engraving of Kentucky and Tennessee depicting early towns and roads, including […]