EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, JANUARY 1863,NY HERALD The Emancipation Proclamation was put to force on January 1, 1863 and printed in the New York Herald with this January 3, 1863 edition being a very early historically...
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GETTYSBURG ADDRESS IN MASSACHUSETTSBOOK, 1864 Address of His Excellency John A. Andrew, to the Legislature of Massachusetts, Together with Accompanying Documents. January 8, 1864. Complete with fold out map...
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9PCS GEORGIA CONFEDERATE CURRENCY Georgiaconfederate currency with different notes. The included notes are the December 2, 1861 timber cutters note, the January 15, 1862 5 dollar note; the January 15, 1865 5 dollar...
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9PCS US CONSTITUTION, MASSACHUSETTSCENTINELS The Massachusetts Centinel, having 9 different dates with important colonial news about the Constitution and all other news of the day. The following dates represented...
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VERY RARE PAIR OF GRAEME PARK PHILADELPHIAQUEEN ANNE C...1740-1760, each with scrolled and shell carved crest over a figured splat with four scrolled volutes, set on shell carved legs with trifid feet, upholstered...
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GA 9TH CSA CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE - E. S.CASSADYConfederate Archive of 4th Private Elbert S. Cassady, Georgia Company G, 9th Regiment (Walker Co., GA - Lafayette Volunteers). 10 total letters (2 pre-war, 8 Civil...
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CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE OF JACOB K. LONAS,KNOXVILLECivil War Archive of Jacob Kimberlin Lonas (earlier spelling Lones), Sergeant/Captain, 4th TN Infantry which later became the 1st TN Cavalry. He was born on July...
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12 BANK OF EAST TN PRE CIVIL WAR BILLSBankof East Tennessee Pre Civil War Bills, 12 bills total. Issued Jonesboro, Chattanooga, and Knoxville, TN, November 15th, 1852-January 1, 1855. Jonesboro: One Dollar Bill, Serial...
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LORAN SPECK O/B TROMPE-L'OEIL STILLLIFE PAINTINGLoran Speck (California, 1943-2011) oil on board trompe-l'oeil still life painting titled "Confit Jar with Grapes and Pears" depicting a two-tone glazed pottery...
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1840'S SLAVE EPHEMERAFramed groupingof four handwritten receipts for the sale of slaves, circa 1846. Comprising: 1) "Rec'd of Henry D. Smith the sum of three hundred dollars for the purchase of a negro man Davy.....John...
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LETTER FROM ANDREW WYETH (AMERICAN,1917-2009) TO ALICE MOORE AND A LETTER FROM CAROLYN B. WYETH TO ALICE MOORELetter from ANDREW WYETH (American, 1917-2009) to Alice Moore and a Letter from CAROLYN B. WYETH...
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SUPER BOWL I PRESS GUIDE, JANUARY 1967Veryrare media guide -- far rarer than game programs -- for the AFL-NFL World Championship game, known as Super Bowl I. This game took place on January 15, 1967. Note the wrong...
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PAIR OF EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND HISTORICALLYSIGNIFICANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TEETH BY JOSIAH SHEFFIELD, JR., KNOWN AS THE "LOG TEETH" CIRCA 1831-1835 LENGTHS 6" AND 6.25". INCLUDES STANDS. SIGNIFICANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S...
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COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY NEWSPAPERSAND PERIODICALS Newspapers, as follows: Essex Patriot (Haverhill, MA, January 17, 1818); New-Jersey Eagle (Newark, February 9 & September 21, 1821, October 8, 1839); Hampshire...
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BILL CLINTON INAUGURAL LUNCHEON CRYSTALSPECIMEN MOUNTED ON ARKANSAS WHETSTONE, JANUARY 20, 1993 WIDTH: 4 IN. (10.16 CM.) SPECIMEN MOUNTED ON ARKANSAS WHETSTONE, JANUARY 20, 1993, with plaque 'President William...
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AMERICAN GLASS ETCHED PRESENTATION VASEFOR ATTENDEES OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FIRST INAUGURAL LUNCHEON, JANUARY 20, 2009 HEIGHT: 10 1/2 IN. (26.67 CM.) FOR ATTENDEES OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FIRST INAUGURAL...
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AYN RAND AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED,REGARDING SALE OF RIGHTS TO 'NIGHT OF JANUARY 16TH', DATED 1938 REGARDING SALE OF RIGHTS TO 'NIGHT OF JANUARY 16TH', DATED 1938, the letter, signed by Ayn Rand on second page...
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THREE CONFEDERATE $100 INTEREST BEARINGNOTES T-39 G/VG June 24, 1862 Woman carrying water jug on left, Train vignette at center. CR-290 (?), Reverse has three interest paid stamps ?Interest paid to 1st January...
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THE TAYLOR FAMILY QUEEN ANNE MAHOGANYEASY CHAIRThe Taylor Family Queen Anne mahogany easy chair, Philadelphia, ca. 1760 , an early example of American upholstered seating furniture in the Queen Anne style, with...
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(28) PINUP CALENDARS AND POSTERS, CA.1920s-1930s,many by Brown & Bigelow, to include: a July 1954, "I'm Ready", Eriksson's Greenhouses, Riverside, IL, art by Zoe Mozert. A small greeting poster of a cowgirl. A December 1943...
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21 MOTTAHEDEH JANUARY 18TH 1981 PRESIDENTIALPLATES: Comprising; 18- Plates & 3- Cache Pots created for the President Ronald Reagan & Vice President George Bush Candlelight Inauguration Dinner, January 18, 1981, Fitzhugh...
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AN EXTREMELY RARE CHINESE EXPORT SCOTSMENPLATE An extremely rare Chinese Export Jacobite Highlanders plate for the Scottish Market. Early Qianlong Era, 1741-45 decorated in Famille Rose enamels with two members of...
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US Civil War Model1850 Staff Officer'sSword Inscribed to Lt. Harry E. Pease 30.5'' U.S. etched blade with military motifs single brass guard. Inscription reads Lieut. Harry E. Pease Quartermaster Independent Corps...
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Capt. George Randolph Dyer AQM--Lincoln-SignedCommission and Pilot Knob Archive Comprising an early eagle mast head commission partially printed on vellum 12.25 x 15.75 in. matted framed and glazed 14.25 x 17.25 in. dated...
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1 vol. English Commonwealth PeriodImprints: (Cromwell, Oliver.) His Highness Speech to The Parliament in The Painted Chamber, at Their Dissolution,... January, 1654. London: Henry Hills, 1654[5]. Sm. 4to,...
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William R. Carr 12th Massachusetts Vols.KIA Gettysburg Civil War Archive 9 letters from Sgt. William R. Carr 1861-1863. Plus 6 related family letters. The war letters start with Carr??Ts May 17 1861 admission to...
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USS Brooklyn Landsman George TittleCivil War Archive This archive of seven letters written between January 16 and June 18 1861 by Surgeon??Ts Steward George A. Tittle aboard the USS Brooklyn gives the reader...
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CSA Account Book of Capt. W.S. Wickhamfrom Creation of Army of Tennessee 7.5 x 3 in. leather-bound memo book inscribed on cover CS Army / Captain / W L Wickham / Pay Department / 1862 - 63 with similar inscriptions...
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Bess & Harry Truman White House correspondenceand memorabilia circa 1943-1957 consisting of: 2 type-written handsigned letters written to Louise Stewart from President Harry S. Truman on White House stationery thanking...
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1 vol. (Philadelphia 18th-Century ToryNewspapers.) Bound collection of 46 issues, supplements & extras: The Pennsylvania Ledger. Philadelphia, October 29, 1777 - November 12, 1777, December 3, 1777 - December...
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24 pieces. (Philadelphia 18th-CenturyNewspaper.) The Pennsylvania Packet. (Philadelphia), August 3, 1772, October 26, 1772, October 30, 1775, August 11, 1778, November 19, 1778, November 24, 1778, December 12,...
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QUEEN ANNE SLANT-FRONT DESK. ProbablyPhiladelphia Pennsylvania ca.1760 figured walnut pine poplar and possibly cedar. Five-drawer desk on ogee bracket feet the stepped interior with shell-carved drawers...
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Sixty pieces Confederate fiscal paper:33 Confederate States of America issues: two $500 bonds, February 17, 1864, pink and black printed, each with 59 attached coupons, 27-3/4 x 17 in.; nine $500 bonds, May 16,...
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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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1858 autograph book, title page handlettered "Devoted to Religious Poetry and Literature, 1858, multum in parvo ", 48 pages of essays, stories and poems hand written and signed by prominent people,...
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EPHEMERA: Women's Magazine from 1940'swith excellent advertisements including: Collier The American Magazine Womans Home Companion dates included January 22 1944; May 13 1944; October 27 1945; January 19...
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