IMPORTANT SWISEGOOD NORTH CAROLINA FIGUREDWALNUT CORNE...attributed to John Swisegood, Davidson County, North Carolina, circa 1820, broken arch pediment with fan carved rosettes and reeded finial plinth over two arched...
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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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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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GIERS NASHVILLE ARCHIVE 2 - UNBOUNDIMAGESAn archive of images of Nashville, most circa 1880s. 1st group: sixteen loose 11 1/2" x 15" album pages, each containing 9 images of Nashville businesses, homes, institutions...
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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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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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TN IRON INDUSTRY POTTERS LEDGER ANDOTHER TN EPHEMERALedger related to an early Greene County Tennessee furnace and pottery, 1820s, plus a doctor's ledger and various ephemera. 1st item: "Potters Book for the...
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VA BIRTH/SLAVE RECORD INC. JOHN OVERTONCirca1760s birth and baptism record from the area around Louisa County and Spotsylvania County, Virginia, including reference to the birth of John Overton and baptisms of two of...
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KENTUCKY FEDERAL SIDEBOARDKentucky Federaltambour-door sideboard, attributed to Lexington, Kentucky; cherry and crotch walnut or cherry with maple and applewood inlay, poplar secondary wood; blocked and serpentine...
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CONFEDERATE Z.B. VANCE SIGNED WAR COMMISSIONDOCUMENTCivil War era Confederate military appointment commission signed by Zebulon Baird Vance (1830-1894) 37th and 43rd Governor of North Carolina, dated March 16, 1864,...
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5 ITEMS PERTAINING TO CSA PRIVATE J.M.WILSON, INCL. 2 ...Five (5) items pertaining to Confederate soldier James Madison Wilson, Private, 1st Regiment Tennessee Cavalry (Carter's), Company K, of Giles County, TN....
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CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE, INCL. GEN. BATE ONDEATH OF POLK, CA...Confederate Civil War archive of twenty-two (22) items, pertaining to the Fulton brothers of Fayetteville, Tennessee, specifically Colonel John S. Fulton,...
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TN LUNSFORD BRAMLETT ARCHIVE, INCL.POLK WHITE HOUSE IN...Archive of six (6) documents pertaining to Lunsford Meredith Bramlett, Esq. (1785-1858), Tennessee judge, planter and politician, 8 items total. 1st-2nd...
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1830 TENNESSEE PORTRAIT MINIATURE OFKINHECHE, CHICKASA...Caroline Dudley (Tennessee, 1802-1832) important watercolor miniature portrait painting, depicting Chickasaw Native American dignitary Kinheche in bright...
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JAMES FULTON ARCHIVE, INCL. CHINESEPAINTINGS, POSS. TI...Six (6) items relating to the Fulton Family of Tennessee, including a James Fulton ALS and an album of 8 Chinese paintings acquired in Hong Kong in 1860...
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GROUP OF MIDDLE TN EPHEMERA INC. SLAVESALE, 1852 ALAMA...1st item: Slave receipt, recording $425 received from Daniel Montgomery for "Polly aged about 16 and George aged about 12 years," sold by John Fitzhugh,...
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GROUP OF EAST TN DOCUMENTS, 1795-1857INCL. KNOXVILLE, ...Thirty-nine (39) documents related to early life in East Tennessee, including mentions of slaves, a duel, signatures of Charles McClung, Hugh White, Alexander...
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10 PCS 19TH C. TN EPHEMERA, INCL. GOVERNORSIGNED1st item: 1806 letter sent from William Dunlop, Hackettstown, New Jersey to James V. Anderson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania inquiring about the worth of goods including...
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JAMES BAILEY O/C MODERNIST LANDSCAPE,1929James G. Bailey (Kentucky, Paris, California, 1868-1930) oil on canvas woodland landscape. Signed and dated "James G. Bailey 1929," lower left. With label from R. Lerondelle,...
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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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VERY RARE VIRGINIA INLAID FIGURED MAHOGANYMAP TABLEPiedmont, possibly Albemarle or Orange County, 1790-1810, map or library table with rectangular top centering a leaf decorated oval patera, boldly banded in mahogany...
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III FIRST COURSE PLATESTimothy Renou, London 1801, each of circular outline with a gadrooned border, engraved with a crest to the bouge(2)Diameter: 25.4cm, combined weight: 38ozHeraldry:The Marital...
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION MARY BLACK NEEDLEPOINTSAMPLERFramed American needlepoint sampler on linen, Mary Black, with upper and lowercase alphabet, floral and geometric border, "July 31, The British King Lost States thirteen,"...
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THOMAS VEAZEY MARYLAND POLITICAL DOCUMENT,1838Document: addressed to his excellency Thomas W. Veazey (American, 1774-1842), dated Baltimore 12th September, 1838, requesting the acceptance of a portrait, reading: "Dear...
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TWO GALLON JUG, JAMES MADISON HAYES(1832-1922 RANDOLPH COUNTY, NC) Salt glazed stoneware having a rounded rim, grooved single strap handle, tooling in two bands at the upper shoulder, stamp "2" between the...
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JAMES EVERETT STUART, AMERICAN 1852-1941,THE FORD SOUTH FORK OF SUR CREEK, SUR RANCH, MONTEREY COUNTY CA., OIL ON CANVAS, 18 X 12 IN. (45.7 X 30.5 CM.), FRAME: 25 X 19 1/4 IN. (63.5 X 48.9 CM.)JAMES EVERETT STUART,...
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CUSTOM QUEBEC - MADE CHEST FOR MAPLESUGAR BUTTER Birdseye Maple and Cherry shop built chest by William Standish (1820-1890) of St. Joachim, Shefford County, for his son James, to hold his award winning maple...
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JAMES MADISON HAYES (RANDOLPH COUNTY,NC, 1832-1922), HALF GALLON JUG Salt glazed ovoid stoneware, stamped on the front "J M HAYS" below an incised band....
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JAMES MADISON HAYES (RANDOLPH COUNTY,NC, 1932-1922), JUG Salt glazed stoneware half gallon jug, grooved handle, inscribed rings at the upper shoulder, faint stamp below the rings, "J M HAYS''....
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RARE DOUBLE PORTRAIT OF ALFRED AND JAMESJ. COLLINS BY MILTON W. HOPKINS (CONNECTICUT/NEW YORK/OHIO 1789-1844). Oil on canvas signed on the back. The two sons of the Collins family identified on the back with...
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TWO PORTRAITS OF JAMES COLLINS AND WIFEBY MILTON W. HOPKINS (CONNECTICUT/NEW YORK/OHIO 1789-1844). Oil on canvas signed and dated on the back with sitters' identities. Pleasant portraits of the parents James...
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8 volumes on early American clocks,Chester County Clocks by James, Connecticut Clockmakers of the 18th Century by Hoopes, (2) Pennsylvania Clocks by Eckhardt, Berks County Tall-Case Clocks by Machmer, Pennsylvania...
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Brevet Brigadier General James M. Ruggles1st & 3rd Illinois Cavalry Civil War Archive 69 letters and documents; 1 diary; 2 presidential appointments; Veteran's hat; 2 shoulder straps; and coin purse with 19 coins....
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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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1858 James Buchanan autographs, twopartially printed land grants on vellum signed "James Buchanan" as president and dated October 1st, 1858, both with seals intact and docketing notes verso: one granting 160...
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