WINCHESTER REVOLUTIONARY WAR ACCOUNTBOOK, 1779-1804Revolutionary War related account book and notebook belonging to early Tennessee settlers General James Winchester (b. 1752-d.1826) and his brother, Major George...
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1799 TENNESSEE MAPA MAP OF THE TENNASSEEGOVERNMENT FROM THE LATEST SURVEYS, 1799, Engraved for Payne's Geography. This early map of Tennessee depicts Knoxville, Nashville, and "Clerksville" (Clarksville); Memphis,...
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TENNESSEE MAP CIRCA 1795"Map of theTennassee government, formerly part of North Carolina, taken chiefly from surveys by Gen. D. Smith and others." Engraving by Joseph T. Scott for Careys American Edition of...
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NASHVILLE BATTLEFIELDS AND TN MAPTwoTennessee related maps. 1st item: A NEW MAP OF TENNESSEE WITH ITS ROADS AND DISTANCES FROM PLACE TO PLACE ALONG THE STAGE AND STEAM BOAT ROUTES by H.P. Tanner, dated 1841,...
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BLOUNT COUNTY WOOL BIRD SAMPLERTennesseepictorial needlework sampler by (Mary) Ann Pass of Blount County, worked in wool on linen, depicting a central red bird or cardinal and floral branch, with flowers, urn, and...
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KNOXVILLE, TN SAMPLER, I. BAKER, 1848Knoxville,Tennessee genealogical sampler, signed Isabella M. Baker, 1848; executed in silk needlework on linen, with floral vine border and stitched garden at lower edge; features three...
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CINCINNATI RIOT OF 1884 AND PULASKITN DESTRUCTION, ALB...A group of 8 unmounted photographic prints depicting the 5th Battery of Ohio National Guard and the aftermath of the 1884 Cincinnati Courthouse Riots,...
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FIVE 18TH CENTURY NC/TN LAND GRANTSGroupof 5 documents signed by North Carolina governors Richard Dobbs Spaight and Samuel Ashe granting land in what would eventually become known as Tennessee in return for Revolutionary...
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A MAP OF THE TENNASSEE [SIC] GOVERNMENTFROM THE LATEST..."A Map of the Tennassee [sic] Government from the latest Surveys 1810" by John Payne for his New and Complete Universal Geography, Volume 4, America, published...
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1871 FOSTER MAP OF DAVIDSON COUNTYLarge,early and scarce map of Davidson County - NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, FROM ACTUAL SURVEYS MADE BY ORDER OF THE COUNTY COURT OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, 1871 surveyed and mapped by Wilbur...
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SURVEYOR'S TRANSIT - KY TIENSCH & STANCLIFFTienschand Stancliff, Louisville Kentucky brass surveyor's transit level compass on stand, steel dial with engraved name "Tiensch & Stancliff Louisville Ky", engraved fleur-de-lis...
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JOHN DAVIS'S BRASS SURVEYOR COMPASSAND SCALEBrass surveyor compass and Gunter's Scale used by John Davis to survey Davidson County (Nashville) in the late 1700s. Brass Compass with engraved eight-point dial,...
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JOHN DAVIS AND FAMILY ARCHIVEArchiveof items related to John Davis (1770-1853), early surveyor of Nashville, Tennessee, and his family. Includes Davis's will, numerous land documents, survey maps and some slave...
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HARDING FAMILY ARCHIVE, ACCOUNT BOOKExtensivearchive relating to David Morris Harding (1795-1854) and wife Frances "Fanny" Grieves Davis Harding (1801-1865), including ledgers for David Morris Harding's whiskey business...
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HICKS FAMILY ARCHIVE, TNAn extensivearchive of material related to the family of Edward Dickson Hicks II, Edward Dickson Hicks III and Edward Dickson Hicks IV of Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. The archive...
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PAIR OF GOV. WILLIE BLOUNT LAND GRANTSPairof Willie Blount Land Grants. No. 2172 and No. 5209. 1st item: 1810 signed Tennessee Governor Willie Blount (1768-1835) and Secretary Robert Houston (1765-1834) land grant...
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1790 ALEX. MARTIN SGD. LAND GRANT, NCTNExceptionally early Tennessee land grant, dated 1790 and signed by North Carolina governor Alexander Martin, partially printed document granting 640 acres in Davidson County...
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TN EPHEMERA AND PRINTS, 30 PCSAssortedTN Prints and Ephemera, 30 items total. 1st item: "Fourth Annual Report of the Public Schools of the City of Nashville, Tennessee" imprint, published by Smith, Camp, and Company,...
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NATIVE AMERICAN/WESTERN U.S. EXPEDITIONEPHEMERA1st item: "Map Showing the Location of the Indian Reservations Within the Limits of the United States and Territories" compiled from the Official and other Authentic...
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MONTGOMERY CO. TENNESSEE SAMPLERMontgomeryCounty, Tennessee needlework sampler, silk on linen, signed Martha E. Edmondson and dated 1828. Sampler features a zigzag border enclosing four rows of alphabets and 1 row...
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RARE MAURY CO. TN FIGURAL SAMPLERImportantMaury County, Tennessee needlework sampler, silk on linen, signed Margaret A. Reaves and dated 1830. Sampler features a floral border enclosing 3 alphabets and 1 row of numbers,...
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8 TENNESSEE MILITARY & SURVEY MAPSAssortedTN 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....
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TENN. MAP 1811, PAYNE/LOW"A Map of theTennassee [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...
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RARE WEST TENNESSEE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER,LUCY MACON GREE...Rare West Tennessee Needlework Sampler, stitched by Lucy Macon Green and dated 1842, silk on linen. Strawberry border enclosing five rows of alphabets and...
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2 MIDDLE TN STONEWARE JARS, J.A. ROBERTS& LAFEVER1st item: Large J.A. Roberts Middle Tennessee stoneware pottery 10-gallon jar, having two lug handles; rare cobalt decoration including a "X", denoting capacity,...
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EXHIBITED WEST TENNESSEE 10 GALLON POTTERYJAR, ATTRIB....Exhibited West Tennessee (Henderson County) ten-gallon stoneware pottery jar attributed to Tinsley W. Craven. Oval-shaped with ear handles and a crimped or...
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EAST TN PIECED QUILT, BLAZING STAR PATTERN,CIRCA 1880East Tennessee, Roane County, hand pieced quilt, Blazing Star variant pattern, by America Waller Goodwin (1835-1893), rendered with all cotton fabric in predominant...
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7 EARLY TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL REPORTS,INCL. 3 TN MAPS &...Seven (7) Tennessee geological survey reports including 4 by Gerard Troost (Netherlands/Tennessee, 1776-1850), first State Geologist, with three rare 1840...
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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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FORT FAMILY OF NC/TN ARCHIVE, 19 ITEMSINCLUDING SLAVE ...Archive of documents and letters related to the Fort Family of Tennessee, primarily Elias Fort (1730-1819) of Edgecombe, NC who came west on a Revolutionary...
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26 PCS NASHVILLE EPHEMERA INC. MCGAVOCKS,SLAVE INTERES...Assorted Nashville ephemera, 1826-1915, including an 1848 document for the sale of a 40 year old man named Jim, sold to James M. Murrell by Harvey Tucker in...
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6 MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE RIVER MAPSSix(6) Late 19th century river maps featuring the Mississippi or Tennessee River. 1st item: Foldout map titled, 'IMPROVING MISSISSIPPI RIVER, 1st & 2nd districts showing existing...
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GEORGE LUKS(American, 1867-1933)
TheRag Picker, c. 1921, signed lower left "George Luks", oil on canvas, 26 x 22-1/4 in.; period carved gilt wood frame, 33-1/2 x 29-3/4 in., Provenance: Samuel O. Buckner, Milwaukee,...
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THREE FIGURAL PARIAN WARE SCULPTURES19th/20thcentury, comprising: with blue sevres mark to base centered with "AA", scene of Joseph meeting his father, Jacob, 14-7/8 x 12 in.; After Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887),...
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EMANUEL BOWEN MAP NORTH & SOUTH CAROLINA,GEORGIA[Emanuel Bowen Map of North & South Carolina and Georgia] , "A New & Accurate Map of the Provinces of North & South Carolina Georgia & c. Drawn from late Surveys and...
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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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