RARE "ENSLAVED ALFRED DEAD" DOCUMENT,LETTER TO GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 18TH NOVEMBER, 1863 9 ¾" x 7 ?" letter, 15 ?" x 12 ?" framed Rare document - letter to Governor of South Carolina, dated 18th Nov....
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TN CIVIL WAR BROADSIDE, PAMPHLET, LETTERThree(3) Civil War era documents, including a Tennessee 1865 Franchise Act broadside, Civil War Surgeon letter from Nashville, and an 1858 slavery related pamphlet. 1st item: Broadside...
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15 DECORATIVE ARTS & SOUTHERN POTTERYREFERENCE BOOKSTwo groups of fifteen (15) total reference books, general decorative arts and Southern pottery. The general decorative arts grouping includes seven (7) general...
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EDWIN AUGUSTUS HARLESTON(American/SouthCarolina, 1882-1931)
Sketch of David after Antonin Mercie sculpture, signed lower edge "E A Harleston", charcoal on paper, site 24 x 12 in.; modern frame, 35-1/2 x 22-3/4...
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JEREMIAH THEUS, IMPORTANT GEORGIA PORTRAIT(Charleston,South Carolina/Swiss, 1716-1774)
Portrait of James Habersham, Jr., unsigned, oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in., good old gilt wood frame with applied decoration, 37-1/2 x 32 in.
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BOB GRENKO(American/South Carolina,1943-2014)
31 Views of the Old City Jail, Charleston, South Carolina, signed "Grenko", ink drawings, 20 x 16 in.; unframed
Note: This lot is sold with original documentary...
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THREE LETTERS FROM ANDREW WYETH (AMERICAN,1917-2009) TO ALICE MOOREThree Letters from ANDREW WYETH (American, 1917-2009) to Alice Moore, Mailed Tuesday, November 30, 1937, South Carolina Dearest Alice, Well here...
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JOHN C. CALHOUN SIGNED LETTER & ENGRAVING,FRAMED Letter from John Caldwell Calhoun (American/South Carolina, 1782-1950). Letter dated May 16, 1818 from Secretary of War Calhoun (later Vice President) to the president...
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"AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKLAS" &SIGNED CARD Gertrude Stein (American, 1874-1946), "The Autobiography Of Alice B. Toklas". Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1933, first edition. Octavo,...
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STORY, JOSEPH. (ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OFTHE SUPREME COURT). AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED DOCUMENT TO THOMAS J. GRIMKE, JUNE 27, 1827 THANKI...Story, Joseph. (Associate Justice of the Supreme Court). Autograph Letter,...
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WILLIAM HENRY BROWN (AMERICAN/SOUTHCAROLINA)William Henry Brown (American/South Carolina, 1808-1883), "Silhouette Portrait of John C. Calhoun", 1846, lithograph, from Portrait Gallery of Distinguished American...
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1864 CONFEDERATE LETTER, SOUTH CAROLINALetterfrom Confederate soldier, John P. Matheson, in the Office of Chief Quartermaster, South Carolina, to a family friend, a physician in Williamsburg, William S. Boyd, M.D., regarding...
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CONFEDERATE GENERAL WILMOT G. DESAUSSUREALSOne page letter from Wilmot Gibbes Saussure to a Dr. W. S. Boyd of Salter's Station, South Carolina. Saussure was a Brigadier General in the South Carolina Militia during...
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TWELVE BOOKS MOSTLY ON SOUTHERN PEOPLE,PLACES, AND PASTIMES Largest 4to (over 9 in. spine), to include: The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barret Browning (1897);Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian (1943);...
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Rare books: Ottoman Empire history andreference Edrehi Isaac HISTORY OF THE CAPITAL OF ASIA AND THE TURKS TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE DOMESTIC MANNERS OF THE TURKS IN TURKEY. Vol I-III in one. Boston: Isaac...
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Andrew Wyeth Autograph Letter (Americanartist, 1917-2009), dated December 9, 1978, sent from Chadd's Ford, Pennsylvania, responding to William Rothfuss of Greenville, South Carolina, discussing the portrait "Hawking"...
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Two rare Southern imprints: "Agricola"(A North Carolina Farmer), A Series of Essays On Agriculture & Rural Affairs ; author George W. Jeffreys, Joseph Gales Raleigh, 1819, first edition, full tree calf, 223...
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Five Richard Kidder Meade, Jr. ConfederateCivil War Letters, Civil War Era Photographs, Paintings, Meade Family Archive Virginia, 1861-1862: letter from Fort Sumter, March 21, 1861, to sister Julia Meade (1830-1906),...
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Nathaniel D. Hackett Wisconsin 1st HeavyArtillery Civil War and Personal Archive 330 items dating from 1860-1947. While serving in the 1st Wisconsin Battery Light Artillery Davis Hackett kept in close correspondence...
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6 vols. American South - Georgia, SouthCarolina, Alabama & Mississippi: Carroll, B.R., compiler. Historical Collection of South Carolina. New York: Harper, 1836. 1st ed. 2 vols. 8vo, contemp. sheep, black morocco...
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Letters Between the Sturges BrothersMost Antebellum Including J.R. Sturges 3rd GA Infantry KIA These 58 letters encompass a "snapshot" of antebellum life in the South.Samuel Sturges (1774-1831) was born in Fairfield...
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Ten slavery related manuscripts: two-pageletter, Martindale, North Carolina, July 3, 1864, "…we had considerable stir in our county last Wednesday about the Yanks taking Morganton & Camp Vance…Our...
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Francis Marion signed war letter, three-lineautograph Revolutionary War letter datelined "Sheldon [South Carolina], 23d Dec. 1779" to Stephen Drayton: "Sir, You will Immediately as possible send to Camp as much Cartridge...
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Francis W. Picken war letter, two pages,"State of South Carolina/Head Quarters" printed letterhead, January 15, 1862, to the Governor of North Carolina (Henry T. Clarke), discussing preparations for war:...
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Books: American Civil War RichardsonJames D. A COMPILATION OF THE MESSAGES AND PAPERS OF THE CONFEDERACY INCLUDING THE DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE 1861-1865. Nashville: United States Publishing Company 1905. 2...
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Rare book: Hammond's Letters on SlaveryHammond J.H. TWO LETTERS ON SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES ADDRESSED TO THOMAS CLARKSON. Columbia: Allen McCarter & Co 1845. Provenance: Lexington South Carolina private collection....
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Whiting Stratford sterling flatware,95 pieces, 92.12 oz.T. excluding knives, most with monograms (various). 8 -- 9-5/8 in. knives 8 -- 7-1/2 in. forks 10 -- 6-7/8 in. forks, two with monogram 8 -- 6-1/4 in....
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2 vols. (Henry Laurens.) Chesterfield,Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of. Letters Written by The Late Right Honourable... to His Son Philip Stanhope, Esq. London: J. Dodsley, 1774. First edition. 4to, contemp....
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Four Confederate Soldier's Letters WithCSA Postal Covers each written by Thomas M. Garrison: Camp Lee, Beaufort District, South Carolina, November 24, 1861, three pages in ink on 7-1/2 x 9-3/4 in. sheet, minor...
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Harriet Manigault archive, miniatures:(Harriet Manigault Wilcocks, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1793-1835), The Manigault name is among the most prominent in South Carolina and specifically Charleston history,...
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Early Southern history, 39 documentsand letters, 1795-1923: four pages, partly printed, appointing John H. Smith as "Commissioner to examine claims for unsatisfied military land bounties", with report...
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Views and accounts of the Civil Warin Columbia South Carolina 19th century consisting of: THE DAILY SOUTHERN GUARDIAN. Columbia SC 13 August 1864. First two pages of scarce Columbia Confederate newspaper with...
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Signed books and correspondence: UncleTom's Cabin works by Stowe Cable Pond and Howe Stowe Harriet Beecher. UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. Boston: Houghton Osgood 1879. Cover with bookplate inscribed: Jany. 18. Very Truly...
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Books: South Carolina and Southern literatureconsisting of: Conroy Pat. THE BOO. Verona VA: McClure Press 1970. With dustjacket; Kennedy John P. HORSE-SHOE ROBINSON: A TALE OF THE TORY ASCENDENCY. New York: George P....
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Books: South Carolina history sportingliterature and art THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT REVEREND JOHN ENGLAND FIRST BISHOP OF CHARLESTON. Ed. Sebastian G. Messmer. 7 vols. Cleveland OH: Arthur H. Clark 1908; Burton E....
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Eleven scientists and inventors on tensigned items: "Thos. A. Edison" (Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931, American inventory) in brown ink on verso of post card, 3-1/2 x 5-3/8 in., light creases and stains...
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