REVOLUTIONARY WAR, INDEPENDENCE HALLPAY DOCUMENT Revolutionary War pay order for repairs to the Assembly Room of the Statehouse, later to be named Independence Hall. ADS, 1 page. Dated February 13, 1779 in Philadelphia...
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RARE SILK AND METAL THREAD 'POLONAISE'RUG, ISFAHANApproximately 6 ft. 3 in. x 4 ft. 2 1/2 in.
Note: The above offered rug is illustrated in F.R. Martin, History of Oriental Carpets before 1800 , Vienna, 1808,...
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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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RUTHERFORD B. HAYES OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSECHINA PLATEA White House Haviland Limoges porcelain fish plate from the Rutherford B. Hayes service, designed by artist Theodore R. Davis, depicting two lobsters, signed lower...
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TN CIVIL WAR BROADSIDE, PAMPHLET, LETTERThree(3) Civil War era documents, including a Tennessee 1865 Franchise Act broadside, Civil War Surgeon letter from Nashville, and an 1858 slavery related pamphlet. 1st item: Broadside...
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CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE, 11 ITEMS TOTAL1stitem: Confederate States of America Oath of Allegiance, Department of East Tennessee, Office Provost Marshal. Inscribed "Greeneville Augt. 26th" with printed "1863", top right,...
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ALEXANDER MORIN COIN SILVER TEA SET,KY CIVIL WAR INTER...Six (6) piece Alexander Morin, Philadelphia coin silver tea set, circa 1845, plus associated armorial engraved silverplated tray, seven (7) items total....
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A LATE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR ERA MAP,"MAPA DE LOS ESTAD... "Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Mejico, Revised Edition," JOHN DISTURNELL, NEW YORK,1848-1850, hand colored copper plate engraving on paper, the Gulf...
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RARE AMERICAN CARVED OAK U.S. HOUSEOF REPRESENTATIVES ...mid 19th century, interior back rail with faint traces of stenciled signature for Bembe & Kimball, New York, crest with Federal shield flanked by carved...
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RARE AMERICAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESOAK DESKcirca 1856, attributed to Doe Hazelton & Co., Boston, with brass label "No. 5W", crest carved with federal shield, lidded inkwell, slant lid with felt writing surface...
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JOHN SWATSLEY (B 1937) STEAMBOAT WASHINGTON(1816)John Swatsley (American, B. 1937) "Steamboat Washington (1816)" Signed lower left. Original Oil painting on Illustration Board.
Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer...
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A LATE 19TH-CENTURY GILT-COPPER ELECTROTYPETANKARD Elkington Mason & Co. of Birmingham circa 1860, of cylindrical form, with S-scroll handle, the hinged lid with baby Bacchus finial, after a 17th-century ivory tankard...
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CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL WINNER'S UNIFORMPATCH(See lot 150 about John Kissinger.) Hospital orderly patch from John Kissinger, recipient of the nation's highest honor for his actions during the time he wore this very...
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CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL YELLOW FEVER1929Congressional Gold Medal for the Conquest of Yellow Fever. Awarded to John Kissinger. In 1900, Kissinger was the FIRST person to step up and volunteer to be infected in order...
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JOHN BAEDER, "THE MAIL ORDER HOUSE"ETCHING 1980 John Baeder (American / Georgia, b. 1938), "The Mail Order House," 1980, etching and color screen print, pencil signed lower right, edition noted lower left...
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EXTENSIVE AND UNIQUE COLLECTION OF MEMORABILIAPERTAINING TO RHODE ISLAND'S CIVIL WAR HOSPITAL MID-19TH CENTURY PERTAINING TO RHODE ISLAND'S CIVIL WAR HOSPITAL Mid-19th Century A U.S. Army General Hospital, named Lovell...
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THOMAS CUSHING ALS TO JOHN HANCOCK,PRESIDENT OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AT PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 22, 1776 PRESIDENT OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AT PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 22, 1776, three pages, Royal Crown watermark...
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THREE MINT ERROR DOLLARSThree mint errordollars, 2007 with John Adams overlapped, 2007 John Adams Inverted, and a 2007 Washington missing edge lettering.
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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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MYRA REYNOLD RICHARDS, AMERICAN (1882-1934),BUST OF A MAN, WILLIAM H. LEEDY, (INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS), 1923, BRONZE, 27"H X 18"W X 11 1/2"DMyra Reynold Richards, American, (1882-1934) bust of a man, William...
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A VICTORIAN SOUP TUREEN, LINER AND COVERThe Barnards, London 1845, of baluster bombe form, applied cast acanthus, floral and C-scroll decoration throughout, with a centrally applied marital Armorials of Campbell...
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? ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS POOLEY (IRISH1646-1723)
HALF LENGTH PORTRAIT OF JONATHAN SWIFT AS A STUDENT IN DUBLIN COLLEGE With later inscription, feigned oval, oil on canvas71cm x 58cm (28in x 22.75in)Provenance...
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? PAIR OF GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRYDEMILUNE CONSOLE TABLES, ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS CHIPPENDALE
CIRCA 1760 the semi-elliptical tops inlaid with fan medallions and wide bands of leaves and anthemion, enclosed by...
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1782 DOCUMENT, COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,ON THE BIRTH OF THE DAUPHINE OF FRANCE True Copy, attested by John Avery, First Secretary 1780-1806, reading: "Commonwealth of Massachusetts, In Senate, June 4th, 1782. Ordered...
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Rare John Wilbank 1836 PhiladelphiaBellcast bronze signed and dated 1836 bell form with yoke stamped within two upper rings.Only three John Wilbank bells are said to exist in the United States. Harry Long MD...
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AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED LETTER GOVERNOR JOHNJAY FROM HIS FARM IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY NEW YORK DATED JULY 20 1797 Jay was a founding father diplomat abolitionist the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and was Governor...
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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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Northern European Cream-Painted BeechwoodSide Table, first quarter 19th century, in the neoclassical taste, the rounded rectangular top above a frieze fitted with two small drawers, raised on tapering square legs...
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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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Colonel Francis Parker 32nd MassachusettsVolunteers Civil War Archive 38 war-date letters 1860-1862. During the first days of the secession crisis in December 1860 Francis J. Parker wrote to Massachusetts Gov. John...
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William Hobbs 70th Indiana InfantryCivil War Archive 35 items (29 soldier??Ts letters) 1862-1865. A soldier in the 70th Indiana William Hobbs wrote home regularly to his family to keep them up apprised of his...
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Order of the Spanish American War medalLt. James J. Igoe late 19th/early 20th century gold medallion above anchor and crossed cannons on white enamel cross supported from spread-winged eagle under ribbon and gold...
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Breckinridge Family Archive Approx.165 items including 130+ photographs cased images & portraits plus 35+ paper items and newspaper clippings.Since Kentucky was established as a state in 1792 the Breckenridge...
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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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[General Americana] Ledger from OhioPhysician L.C. Herrick 1870s Records for a small town doctor 1872-1877. 12mo leather with gilt edging on boards spine lettered ?Ledger? in gilt marbled page edges 4 spine...
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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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