JAMES DUANE, SIGNED REVOLUTIONARY WARDOCUMENT This important pay order document to James Duane (1733-1797) is boldly written and clearly readable. For service to the state of New York, Duane set out from Livingston...
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GEORGE III CARVED MAHOGANY CLOCK, DIALSIGNED JOHN BARR, PT. GLASGOW7 ft. 10 3/4 in. x 20 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.
Note on the interior door: 'This clock was imported in 1751 by Obadiah Curtis, a ship owner of Boston....
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WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION CHRISTMASORNAMENTSCollection of American presidents, wives, revolutionary fife and drummer and eagle
Ornaments are hand made using centuries-old method of zardozi embroidery. Embroidered...
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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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TN AUTOGRAPHS: SEVIER AND WINCHESTER1stitem: John Sevier (1745-1815; first Governor of Tennessee) signed legal document, dated 1783, to the Sheriff of Greene County, North Carolina, appears to be a bailment regarding...
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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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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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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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JAMES WHITE (FOUNDER OF KNOXVILLE) SIGNEDLAND SALE IN ...Partially printed land indenture dated Nov. 22, 1796, between "James White of the County of Knox and state of Tennessee" (Tennessee is handwritten) and "Charles...
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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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EAST TN 14K GOLD PRIZE MEDAL, KING &CARTER FAMILIESTennessee prize medal, 14K (xrf tested), cross shaped with engraved inscription KINGS PRIZE MEDAL / JOHN G. KING TO D.W. CARTER, JR. DEC. 21, 1869. Engraved...
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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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A FACSIMILE CADASTRAL MAP, "MAP OF BEXARCOUNTY, " EARL...A FACSIMILE CADASTRAL MAP, "Map of Bexar County, " EARLY 20TH CENTURY, a reproduction of the original lithograph on pale pink paper, showing San Antonio and...
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NOE?L LE MIRE AFTER JEAN-BAPTISTE LEPAON(French, 1736-1785)
Rare print , Conclusion De La Campagne Libert‚ De 1781 En Virginie/Le Marquis De La Fayette, 1783 , Noe?l Le Mire, engraver, sheet 18-3/8 x 12-...
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR PRINT OF CAPTN. JAMESMUGFORD(19th Century)
Captn. James Mugford of the Schr. Franklin Continental Cruiser 1776, L.H. Bradford & Co., printer, 1854, color lithograph with hand coloring, sheet...
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CARVED POWDER HORN AND JAMES THACHERJOURNAL United StatesC. 1827-28A cow horn carved with foliate designs, a tree, a hunter and dog, a woman, a bird, a patriotic eagle, a man playing a fiddle, and marked "1828XC...
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REMARKABLE OLD NORTHWEST TERRITORY DOCUMENT,1788 Three successive conveyances of a tract of Revolutionary War soldier's bounty land (4000 acres) adjoining the salt springs in Washington Co., Ohio, 1788-1798, signed...
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SIX CONNECTICUT REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERARECEIPTSSix Connecticut Revolutionary War era receipts, all addressed to John Lawrence, Esq., two dated 1777, two dated 1780, and two dated 1781, bearing various signatures...
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Spontoon Pipe Tomahawk, Attributed toSeneca Chief Cornplanter
late 18th century
delicate handle crafted of fruitwood; diminutive forged blade having upturned tines and engraved linear decorations on bowl; inked...
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THE REVOLUTIONARY PLUTARCH, 3 VOLS.,LONDON 1806 Anonymous author, The Revolutionary Plutarch, etc." 3 volumes, London: John Murray, 1806. Fold-out letter in facsimile facing page 369 in volume 3. Three frontispiece...
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GEORGE WASHINGTON SIGNED LAND GRANTGEORGEWASHINGTON SIGNED LAND GRANT, on vellum, dated 1796, to Major General Horatio Gates and assignee James Murray for 2,000 acres within the Virginia Military District in what...
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FOUR EARLY AMERICAN LOTTERY TICKETS1790-1817 1) 2 connected tickets, Number 407-408 from New York, 1790, which entitled the winner to receive the prize drawn on that number, 2) This one is very interesting....
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1967 HIGH TIDE OF BLACK RESISTANCE BYJAMES FORMAN, TOWARD INTEGRITY IN AMERICAN HISTORY: LITERATURE OF BLACK HISTORY AND WHITE RACISM, AND TWO LEAFLETS 'WITHDRAW THE TROOPS FROM VIETNAM AND SEND THEM TO MISSISSIPPI'...
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AFTER DANA C. CHANDLER, JR. (AKIN DURO),(AMERICAN B.1941), 'THE BLACK REVOLUTIONARY FAMILY,' SILKSCREEN ON BLUE PAPER, UNFRAMED: 17 X 11 IN. (43.2 X 27.9 CM.)After Dana C. Chandler, Jr. (Akin Duro), (American b.1941),...
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3 PIECES OF AMERICAN ART 3 pieces ofAmerican art including a pair of silhouettes after James Ellsworth along with a Revolutionary era oil on canvas to board portrait of colonial soldier; largest 7.5"H 6.5"W...
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18TH C. GEN. HENRY DEARBORN FRAMED SILHOUETTERare Verre Eglomise Bust Portrait of the American Revolutionary War Hero, found in Maine, in the original lemon gold frame and backing, with an early 19th c. handwritten label...
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Jedediah Morse, Connecticut history,six items: 16-line autograph letter to General James Wadsworth, Woodstock, October 19, 1786 regarding import fees, signed "Jedediah Morse", 10 x 8-1/4 in., glued...
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10 pieces. Autograph Material - American19th-Century Notables - Military, Political & C: Brent, Robert [1st mayor of Washington, DC], Autograph Letter Signed, Washington, DC, April 3, 1816, 1 p., 4to, as Paymaster...
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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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Misbach (French School late 18th/early19th c.) "A Muscular Male Nude Positioned Frontally His Raised Arms Grasping Posing Straps" 1792 black chalk and stumping (a technique of blending chalk lines into tonal gradations)...
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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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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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Rare Book: Atlas to Marshall's Lifeof Washington ATLAS TO MARSHALL'S LIFE OF WASHINGTON. Philadelphia: James Crissy 1832. Featuring 10 double-page maps nine hand colored depicting Revolutionary America as described...
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Twenty-three Secretaries of State ofthe United States, 1831-1913, signed items: "Edw.[ard P.] Livingston" autograph check, New York, October 8, 1829", cut-canceled ; "Louis McLane",...
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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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A Revolutionary War Era Brass Tinderboxengraved by owner "James Duty/ Ambleside/ February 29/ 1784" with two lids containing flint firesteel and charcloth height 1 3/4 in. diameter 3 3/4 in....
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