Rare and Important American Rococo RevivalRosewood Armchair and Matching Sidechair, probably executed by Alexander Roux, New York, third quarter 19th century, the crests of each featuring a spead-winged bird flanked...
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EARLY KNOX CO. DOCUMENT ARCHIVE RELATINGTO STOCKLEY DO...Late 18th and early 19th century Knox County, Tennessee document archive relating to Stockley Donelson (1752 - 1805), brother of Rachel Donelson (wife of...
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FRAMED LETTER COL. JOHN CROWELL & GIRARDENGRAVING1st grouping - Johnson, Frye, & Co. New York engraving of Stephen Girard and a 1785 note for 1917 pounds signed by Stephen Girard. Stephen Girard (1750-1831) was...
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1791 DATED SAMPLER, LEXINGTON KYKentucky18th c. Needlework Sampler, signed Isabella McDowell, Lexington, May 7th, 1791. Alphabet and numeral sampler, executed in green, gold, brown, and pink silk thread on linen,...
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GEN. JAMES ROBERTSON SIGNED SALE OFLAND TO JOHN DAVISImportant land indenture signed by James Robertson, the explorer and co-founder of Nashville, concerning a transfer of property between himself and John...
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COL. HARDY MURFREE SIGNED LAND SALETO JAMES ROBERTSONLand sale document between two of Tennessee's most important early figures, Col. Hardy Murfree and Gen. James Robertson, signed by Murfree; also signed by...
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32 PCS MISCELLANEOUS AUTOGRAPHS ANDEPHEMERA INC. 1825 ...Group of Assorted Ephemera, 1779-1940s. Includes: 1825 Diploma on vellum, University of Pennsylvania, signed by Frederick Beasley, R.M. Patterson and...
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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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COL. ANDREW HYNES ARCHIVE INCL. NASHVILLELAND SALES, K...Archive related to the Andrew Hynes of Tennessee, including several land indentures relating to property in downtown Nashville. Andrew Hynes (1786-1849) was...
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MEMPHIS TN PLAT BOOKS C. 1900, SNOWDENFAMILYGroup of Memphis Tennessee plat books, formerly owned by Col. Robert Bogardus Snowden (1836-1909), prominent landowner and businessman. 7 books total, including 6 books...
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AN ANTEBELLUM MAP, "J. DE CORDOVA'SMAP OF THE STATE OF...AN ANTEBELLUM MAP, "J. De Cordova's Map of the State of Texas," NEW YORK, 1856, hand colored lithograph on paper, with hand inscribed pencil inscriptions,...
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COL. HANKINS "DAKOTA LAND OR THE BEAUTYOF ST. PAUL" NE...Col. Hankins, "Dakota Land or The Beauty of St. Paul", New York: Hankins & Son, 1869. With Captain Willard Glazier "Down the Great River; Embracing an Account...
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AN ANTIQUE PROMOTIONAL MAP, "CORRECTMAP OF TEXAS," DEC...AN ANTIQUE PROMOTIONAL MAP, "Correct Map of Texas," DECEMBER 28, 1876-1880, newsprint on paper with hand coloring, advertising, "Homes in Texas! The Farmer,...
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AN ANTIQUE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS DOCUMENT,SIGNED BY MIRABE... SIGNED BY MIRABEAU B. LAMAR, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, OCTOBER 2, 1841, hand inscribed ink on paper, "To: Col. Thomas William Ward, Commissioner...
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GRP 2 19TH C. BOOKS ABOUT MINNESOTAAND THE MISSISSIPPI...Col. Hankins, "Dakota Land or The Beauty of St. Paul," New York: Hankins & Son, 1869. With Captain Willard Glazier "Down the Great River; Embracing an...
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IMPORTANT VIRGINIA PORTRAIT(AmericanSchool, 19th Century)
John Mason McCarty (1795-1852), not visibly signed, oil on canvas, 26 x 20 in.; gilt wood frame, 33-1/2 x 27-1/4 in.
Provenance: Descended in the family...
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MARYLAND WAR OF 1812 MILITARY SHOULDER-BELTPLATEAmerican War of 1812 silver (content unknown) military shoulder-belt plate, obverse of the oval plate engraved 30th Regt. (30th Regiment, Maryland Militia, Cecil County),...
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F. GUTEKUNST PAINTED PHOTOGRAPH JOSEPHVEAZEYFramed American painted photograph portrait, Joseph Wallace Veazey (1815-1854), son of Col. Thomas Ward Veazey (1774-1842) and Mary Wallace Veazey (1789-1867), embossed...
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AMERICAN WATERCOLOR PORTRAIT MARY WALLACEVEAZEYFramed American watercolor portrait on paper, Mary Wallace Veazey (1789-1867), third wife of Col. Thomas Ward Veazey (1774-1842), mounted to board, corners trimmed,...
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AMERICAN MARY WALLACE 1802 NEEDLEPOINTSAMPLERFramed American needlepoint sampler on linen, Mary Wallace, age 13, 1802, with upper and lowercase alphabet and numbers, reading: "If there's a pow'r above us, (And...
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AMERICAN VEAZEY (ATTRIB.) NEEDLEPOINTSAMPLERFramed American needlepoint sampler on linen, with alphabet, flowers, and birds, center wreath with initials SV, possibly Sarah Veazey (Cecil, Maryland, 1795-1811),...
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AMERICAN SARAH VEAZEY LUSBY NEEDLEPOINTSAMPLERFramed American needlepoint sampler on linen, Sarah Veazey Lusby (Cecil, Maryland, 1784-1844), age 11, with upper and lowercase alphabet and numbers, motto reading:...
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SEVENTY ASSORTED DOCUMENTSSEVENTY ASSORTEDDOCUMENTS 1) "Discourse in Commemoration of the Lives and Services of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, Delivered in Faneuil Hall, Boston, August 2, 1826" (Boston: Cummings,...
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UNION OFFICER'S AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNEDJOHN T. NORTON Washington, D.C., December 13, 1862, to his father in Norway, New York, reading Pardon me for not writing to you before as I was uncertain whether I should...
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LT. COL. JOHN FITZGERALD NOTE RELAYINGGEORGE WASHINGTON ORDER REGARDING WILLIAM WEST PROPERTY, 1777, FRAMED "His Excellency the Commander in Chief having granted a protection for W. West's Woodland when the Army...
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(17) BOOKS: TEXANA HISTORY SUBJECTS,7 SIGNED(lot of 17) Books: Texana and Texas history subjects, including: (1) "Inside Texas," by Cactus Pryor, foreword by Walter Cronkite, Shoal Creek Publishers, 1982, author...
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GROUPING OF TEN ANTIQUE BRITISH LEGALDOCUMENTS ON VELLUM All manuscript, octavo and quarto, to include: a 1629 deed to a John Garrett; a 1718 lease from Sir William Butler to Daniel Kimberly; the probate document...
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6 BOOKS CONCERNING WESTERN EXPANSIONAND NATIVEAMERICANS. TO INCLUDE: THE SUBSTANCE OF A JOURNAL DURING A RESIDENCE AT THE RED RIVER COLONY BY JOHN WEST, PRINTED FOR L. D. SEELEY, AND SON, LONDON, 1824, 210 PAGES,...
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Historic Guthrie Oklahoma/ChickamaugaPresentation Gavel to First Major D.B. Dyer With associated newspaper clipping and printed pamphlet relating to the opening of the Oklahoma Territory in 1889. The symbolic...
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Archive of Documents Associated withthe Sturges Family Including John R. Sturges 3rd GA Infantry KIA The lot contains a variety of items including over 100 receipts and other ephemera an early indenture and...
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The Vanishing Race by Dixon Plus AdditionalTitles Lot of 9 titles:Dixon Joseph Kossuth LL.D.? The Vanishing Race: The Last Great Indian Council.? Third revised edition.? Philadelphia: National American Indian Memorial...
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Thomas Jefferson & James Madison SignedLand Grant Plus Lot of 2 including: ?Land grant 1p vellum approx. 11.5 x 15.5 in. Washington (DC) 14 March 1804. Signed by Thomas Jefferson (President 1801-1809) and James...
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Ben E. Green Politician & Colonel UnpublishedHandwritten Memoirs & Related Ephemera 406pp manuscript; 2 pamphlets. Ca 1900. It never ceases to amaze how so many arguments for the causes of the Civil come together combine...
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Scrapbook with Piece of ConfederateFlag and Ellsworth Relic Scrapbook 3/4 leather with brown cloth boards approx. 8 x 10 in. Assembled by an unknown hand the album contains just over 40 pages of trimmed and...
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1 piece. Letter Signed. Jackson, Andrew.Nashville, December 1, 1817. 3 pp., 4to (2 sheets); 2 early 20th-Century horizontal cello-tape repairs on each sheet, overlaying but not obscuring the overlaid text, some...
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Three Philadelphia deeds, all manuscriptdocuments on vellum, several signatures of prominent Philadelphians: John Morris "of the City of Philadelphia a free black man and Phillis his wife", deeding a 95...
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