"The Tourist's Pocket Map of the State of Virginia Exhibiting its Internal Improvements Roads Distances &c." drawn by John Hamilton Young, engraved by E. Yeager and F. Dankworth, published by Thomas, Cowperthwait, and Company, Philadelphia, 1851. From the Tourist Pocket Map series by Samuel A. Mitchell. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring of Virginia depicting […]
Lot 280: KY/TN Map, Civil War letter, Receipt, 3 items
Kentucky and Tennessee Map, Civil War letter, and receipt, 3 items total. 1st item: "Map of the States of Kentucky and Tennessee," engraved by J. H. Young, published by Samuel A. Mitchell, Philadelphia, 1845. From the "Tourist Pocket Map" series by Samuel A. Mitchell. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring of Kentucky and Tennessee depicting […]
Lot 272: Boyd/Wingate Family Archive, 37 items total
Boyd/Wingate Family Archive, 37 items total. 1st item: Handwritten passport on laid paper issued by order of Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Boyd K.B., Governor of Gibraltar, permitting the bearer Nathaniel Culling, Esqr., of the United States of America, "to pa[s]s to Spain (with 12 his servant and baggage) and return to Lisbon, without any hindrance, molestation […]
Lot 269: 24 19th C. Commerce Docs., inc. B. Lincoln Signed
Twenty-four (24) 19th century commerce documents. 1st-6th item: Six (6) printed and handwritten certifications of importation signed by Benjamin Lincoln, Collector, countersigned by Thomas Melvill, Inspector, from the Port of Boston and Charleston, certifying that "there was imported into this Di[s]trict on the twenty fourth of Oct 1805, by Neh Parsons in the Gov Summer […]
Lot 263: Dearborn Family, Isaiah Thomas Bible, Vol. II & II, 1791
The General Henry Dearborn family Bible. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments: with the Apocrypha Translated Out of the Original Tongues, Vol. II & II, by Isaiah Thomas, 1791. Printed at the press in Worcester, Massachusetts. Both volumes include handwritten list of birth and death dates for members of the immediate Dearborn […]
Lot 262: 2 Library of John Marshall Books, inc. 1 Signed
Two (2) books from the library of U.S. Chief Justice and Secretary of State John Marshall (1755-1835) 1st item: John Marshall signed, Cicero's Epistles to Atticus, Vol. II, translated by William Guthrie, Esq., 1752. Printed for T. Waller, London. Octavo, 536 pages, hardbound with brown leather covers and gilt lettering to spine. Ink John Marshall […]
Lot 257: Henry Clay ALS to John Marshall, Marshall Annotations
ALS. One page handwritten bifolium. From Henry Clay (1777-1852) to U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall (1755-1835), written from Ashland, dated June 3, circa 1830, as an introduction to John Henderson, future Mississippi Senator and political ally of Clay's. Letter also contains annotations written in Marshall's hand. The letter reads "Dear Sir, Mr. Henderson, an eminent […]
Lot 256: Denson, Compendium Nashville Imprint, 1813
A Compendium of Useful Information by Jesse Denson, 1813. Printed for the author, Nashville, Tennessee. 236 pages including a "To the Reader" introduction page by Denson and table of contents, hardbound one quarter leather binding to spine. The book covers wide variety of topics including Arts and Sciences, Aurora Borealis, Government, Mathematics, chapters discussing the […]
Lot 248: Presidential/Civil War Autograph Albums plus Henry Longfellow Letter
Two (2) autograph albums from the early Nineteenth Century to the Civil War, containing the signatures of Presidents and First Ladies, prominent Civil War figures, notable authors, and other important Americans. Approximately fifty-six (56) autographs are inscribed directly onto the pages, pasted to paper, or on loose paper, with a few images, drawn onto the […]
Lot 210: 15 Silver items related to Marshall family
15 silver items related to the family of U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall. 1st group: One Durgin sterling silver cold meat fork, W. Senter & Co. retailer, with applied fleur de lys on tip and script monogram en verso, "JWB" for Julia Wingate Boyd, 8-5/8" L; 1 English sterling tablespoon with swell and shell tip, […]
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