Merwin & Hulbert 3rd Model Frontier Army Single Action revolver, .44-40 WCF (Winchester Center Fire) Cartridge, serial number 15391. Top of barrel marked "…3.75 July 11.76 Apr 17.77 Pat's Mar 6.78", left side of barrel marked "…wich, Conn. U.S.A.", left side of frame under cylinder marked "Calibre Winchester 1873". Round barrel, factory pearl grips, metal […]
Lot 545: 5 UCV Reunion Ribbons, Badges, Buttons
Group of five (5) United Confederate Veterans reunion ribbons, badges, and buttons. 1st item: Richmond, VA UCV Army of Northern Virginia Louisiana Division reunion printed grosgrain and satin ribbon, May 29, 1890. Features a quotation about the Army of Northern Virginia from "Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac" by William Swinton, first published 1866. […]
Lot 537: 4 Framed CDVs: CSA Genls, TN Govs
Four (4) framed Cartes de Visite (CDVs) with signatures depicting 19th century Southern political figures; two frames containing two CDVs each. 1st-2nd items: Two (2) framed CDVs depicting Wade Hampton III and Matthew Calbraith Butler, politicians from South Carolina and Confederate generals. Signed by each on the mat below CDVs, dated "Jan'y 2nd 91", below […]
Lot 505: Civil War CSA Pre Battle of Bull Run Artillery Position Map
Confederate States Army hand drawn ink on paper artillery position map of the defensive line arranged by Brigadier General Philip St. George Cocke prior to The First Battle of Bull Run. Also known as the First Battle of Manassas, the battle was the first major engagement between Union and Confederate forces, fought in Prince William […]
Lot 504: 8 Civil War items, inc. L. M. Coleman letters
Civil War era archive, 8 items total. 1st item: ALS. Two page double-sided letter. From Lewis Minor Coleman, University of Virginia, to Mary Orell Coleman, his mother, dated February 24, 1861. Coleman begins the letter by writing about family matters, specifically concerning his daughters Claudia and Maude. He also responses to his mother's "anxiety about […]
Lot 145: Virginia Slant Front Desk, Star Inlay
Federal star-inlaid walnut desk, yellow pine secondary, attrib. Winchester, Virginia area. Comprised of a hinged slant front, opening to reveal a plain prospect door enclosing a fitted interior, flanked on each side by three pigeonholes over two half drawers and one long drawer. Four graduated dovetailed and line-inlaid drawers, over a serpentine carved skirt with […]
Lot 118: Charles Woodbury O/C, Ogunquit Bath House
Charles Herbert Woodbury (American, 1864-1940) oil on canvas painting titled "Bath House, Ogunquit" depicting figures sitting under umbrellas on a sunny beach, with the bath house in Ogunquit, Maine, in the background. Vose Galleries, Boston, label with artist's name and title en verso and number W-8. Unsigned. Housed in a giltwood molded frame with brass […]
Lot 117: Charles Woodbury, O/C, Harbor at Low Tide
Charles Woodbury (Maine/Boston, 1864-1940) "Harbor at Low Tide," oil on canvas impressionist shoreline scene with sailboats in a harbor at left and village beyond; a lone boat sits abandoned at right. Signed and dated '84 lower right. Later giltwood cove molded frame. Canvas – 20" H x 30" W. Framed – 26" H x 36" […]
Lot 507: Military Book Belonging to Lewis Minor Coleman, Maj. Wm. Allen Signed
Military instruction book signed by Major William Allen titled "Instruction for Heavy Artillery; Prepared by a Board of Officers for the use of the Army of the United States", printed Charleston, SC 1861, Steam-Power Presses of Evans & Cogswell. 272 pages with 39 illustration plat, 12mo. Ink inscription to front end paper reading "J. R. […]
Lot 259: 1 John Marshall Signed Letter to Son, dated 1832
Handwritten letter from John Marshall (1755-1835), 4th Chief Justice of the United States. ALS. 2pg. September 18, 1832. No place. A lengthy autograph letter signed "J Marshall" to his son James K. Marshall. He communicated about financial matters, and wrote in part: "After writing to you it occurred to me that the money for Mr. […]
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