Collection of 29 bank checks and promissory notes; includes 28 signed by prominent early Tennesseean John Overton (1766-1833), dated between 1810 and 1832, plus one (1) unrelated item. One Overton signed check is dated to Thomas Jefferson and dated July 13, 1810. Other payees include Joshua Pilcher, Simon Bradford, Robertson Henry, Randall McGavock, Stephen Cantrell […]
Lot 639: Invitation to Pres. Elect Andrew Jackson Nashville Ball, 1828
Engraved broadside invitation to an ill-fated ball, planned to celebrate the election of President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) in Nashville, Tennessee. The ball was to be held at "Mr. Edmondson's Hotel", also known as the City Hotel, on December 23, 1828. It was cancelled when Jackson's beloved wife, Rachel, passed away suddenly of an apparent heart […]
Lot 638: AJ Donelson's Invitation to Lafayette Ball in Nashville 1825, des. by Ralph Earl
Engraved invitation to the Ball held in Nashville, Tennessee in 1825 to welcome Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de La Fayette, General Gilbert du Motier (1757-1834) on his tour of the United States. The invitation, designed by artist Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl (Tennessee/Connecticut/England, 1788-1838), is addressed to Andrew Jackson Donelson (1799-1871), nephew and private secretary […]
Lot 633: 4 U of Nashville Items incl. Andrew Jackson signed Diploma
1st item: University of Nashville Diploma, 1833, hand-lettered vellum document signed by Nashville, Tennessee dignitaries including then-President Andrew Jackson as trustee of the school. The diploma grants a Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree to Abednego Stephens, and is also signed by University President Philip Lindsley, and trustees John Bell and Charles Saul. 21 3/4" x […]
Lot 576: Pair Dog Andirons, Nashville Tenn. Chrome Plate Co.
Pair Tennessee made cast iron Art Deco figural stylized dog andirons. Signed in raised lettering on sides: Nashville Tennessee Chrome Plating Co. Bronze color surface to fronts of dogs. 18" H x 7 1/2" W x 15 1/2" D. Circa 1940. CONDITION: Some oxidation to front and errant paint splatters to backs of dogs, the […]
Lot 186: 3 Nashville Marked Woodworking Tools & TN Blacksmith Scale, 4 items
1st – 3rd items: Three (3) Nashville furniture or carpenter's woodworking items, including one plane, all marked "Macey & Hamilton / Nashville Tenn" to one end, one (1) large stamped "22" on side, and two (2) with turned nobs stamped "82" to one side. Ranging in size from 14" H x 7 1/2" W x […]
Lot 464: 3 TN City Directories, Nashville & Memphis
1st item: THE NASHVILLE CITY DIRECTORY, The Ninth Annual Issue, March 1873, published by Wheeler, Marshall, and Bruce, Nashville, 1873. Hardcover octavo, 352 ink stamp edged pages with 72-page list of U.S. Post Offices, hardbound in one-quarter black cloth with printed paper sides, gilt lettering to spine, pictorial pastedowns and end papers. 9 3/8" H […]
Lot 887: McCollough Partee Watercolor Painting, Nashville Scene
McCullough Partee (Tennessee, 1900-1989) watercolor on paper painting depicting a downtown Nashville urban scene with a round domed structure in the center flanked by a round silo structure and a multistory warehouse structure. Signed upper right "McC Partee". Housed in a silvered wood frame. Sight: 8 3/4" H x 12 1/2" W. Framed: 17" H […]
Lot 654: 2 Slave Documents, Nashville TN & North Carolina
2 Slavery related items pertaining to Charles Ordway, Hardee Murfree, and Gen. Thomas Eaton of Tennessee and North Carolina. 1st item: Handwritten one-page inventory listing the names and ages of slaves belonging to Charles Ordway of Nashville plus those of the slaves brought to his marriage by his wife Mary Crockett Bramlett. Dated February 1862. […]
Lot 651: Civil War Archive, incl. Gen. Bate on Death of Polk, Capture of Nashville
Confederate Civil War archive of twenty-two (22) items, pertaining to the Fulton brothers of Fayetteville, Tennessee, specifically Colonel John S. Fulton, 44th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Johnson's Division; Colonel Alfred S. Fulton, 8th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry; Robert Fulton, 41st Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, Company C; and James Fulton, Pay Director in the United States Navy. The documents […]
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