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An archive of signed letters and autographs relating to John Berrien Lindsley as chancellor of the University of Nashville. The archive includes interesting content related to higher education in Tennessee (current institutions that can trace their roots to the University of Nashville include Vanderbilt Medical School, Peabody College, Montgomery Bell Academy, and University School of […]

Framed 38 star flag, stenciled or printed on cotton with 31 small stars in a circular design with 5 large stars at center and corners (sometimes referred to as the Summer Sky or Triple Medallion pattern). Float mounted on ivory mat and framed in an antique stained frame. 5 3/4" x 10", framed 14" x […]

1st item: Miniature Confederate silk parade or reunion flag with stamped design and lettering UDC 89 (United Daughters of the Confederacy, circa 1889-1920s), 3 3/8"H, mounted and framed under glass in a small antique silver-gilt frame, 5 3/4" x 4", with label verso for Jeff Bridgman Antiques, Dillsburg, PA. 2nd item: United States Parade Flag […]

Framed 36 star flag, printed or stenciled on cotton with raw edges. One star added in upper left and lower left corners to create 36-star configuration. Circa 1865-1867. Float mounted on an ivory mat and framed in a grain painted frame. 11 1/4" x 18", framed 13 1/2" x 20 1/2". Provenance: Private Belle Meade […]

Assorted TN Military & Survey Maps, 8 items total. 1st item: "Survey of Cumberland River. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a report of the survey of the Cumberland river. February 24, 1835", Doc. No. 171., 23rd Congress, 2nd Session, House of Representatives War Department, printed by Gales and Seaton, Washington, D.C., 24 pages […]

Map of Kentucky and Tennessee, engraved by Henry S. Tanner and Assistants, published by Henry S. Tanner, Philadelphia, 1823. From "A New American Atlas " by Henry S. Tanner. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring of Kentucky and Tennessee depicting towns, roads, county lines, names of counties, rivers, mountains, and railroads. Points of interest include […]

1st item: "Tennessee & Kentucky" Map, by Thomas G. Bradford, engraved by George W. Boynton, published by William D. Ticknor, Boston, 1835. From "A Comprehensive Atlas, Geographical, Historical & Commercial" by Thomas G. Bradford. Copper plate engraving with hand colored outlines of Tennessee and Kentucky depicting towns and roads, county lines, names of counties, rivers, […]

"Geographical, Statistical, And Historical Map of Tennessee", drawn by Fielding Lucas, Jr., engraved by William Kneass, published by Henry C. Carey and Issac Lea, Philadelphia, 1822. From "A Complete Historical, Chronological, And Geographical American Atlas" by Henry C. Carey and Issac Lea. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring of Tennessee depicting towns and roads, county […]

"Tennessee" Map, drawn by Samuel Lewis, engraved by Alexander Lawson, published by John Conrad and Company, Philadelphia, 1804. From "A New And Elegant General Atlas: Comprising All the New Discoveries, to the Present Time: Containing Sixty-Five Maps" by Aaron Arrowsmith and Samuel Lewis. Copper plate engraving of early Tennessee depicting early towns and roads, including […]

"A Map of the Tennassee [sic] Government from the latest Surveys 1810", by John Payne, published by E. Low, New York, 1811. From "A New and Complete Universal Geography", Vol. IV, by John Payne. Copper plate engraving of early Tennessee depicting early towns and roads, including Knoxville, Nashville, and "Clerksville" (Clarksville), Native American towns and […]