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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3 CIVIL WAR GENERALS SIGNATURES3 FramedAutographs of Civil War Generals, all involved in the Battle of Chickamauga: Braxton Bragg, William Rosecrans, and George Gordon. All signed documents are framed under glass...
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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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TATUM DAVIS ARCHIVE, TEXAS C. 1850SAgroup of about 70 letters from 1828-1850s related to Howell Tatum Davis (b .1813-d. 1861, brother of John Davis, son of Frederick Davis, who moved to Texas circa 1840s). The...
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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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CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE OF JACOB K. LONAS,KNOXVILLECivil War Archive of Jacob Kimberlin Lonas (earlier spelling Lones), Sergeant/Captain, 4th TN Infantry which later became the 1st TN Cavalry. He was born on July...
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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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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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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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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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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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RAMSEY'S ANNALS OF TENNESSEE 1853 CHARLESTONINC. MAPRamsey, J. G. M. The Annals of Tennessee to the end of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising its Settlement, as the Watauga Association, from 1796 to 1777; a Part of...
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ANDERSON, PROFESSOR (JOHN HENRY ANDERSON).PROGRAM OF J...Anderson, Professor (John Henry Anderson). Program of John Henry Anderson, Wizard of the North. Circa 1865. Handsome letterpress program for the great Scottish...
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2 EARLY TENNESSEE RELATED NEWSPAPERARTICLES PLUS 1 MAU...1st item: December 29, 1790 issue of the Gazette of the United States, Philadelphia, including article written by John Sevier (1745-1815), announcing...
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JOHN SPEED 1676 MAP OF VIRGINIA, MARYLAND,AND CHESAPEA...A MAP OF VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND by John Speed, 1676, engraved by Francis Lamb. London: Thomas Basset and Richard Chiswell. Hand colored. In addition to showing...
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RARE EDITION, "LES CUIVRES DE REMBRANDT"LesCuivres de Rembrandt, R‚impression des Planches Originales, complete set of 80 etchings, 78 by Rembrandt, one etching by Ferdinand Bol (No. 272), one etched copy after Rembrandt...
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THREE 19TH CENTURY NORTH CAROLINA HISTORYTITLESincluding: The Heart of the Alleghanies or Western North Carolina by Wilbur G. Zeigler and Ben S. Grosscup, Raleigh: Alfred Williams & Co., 1883, with folding map of...
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THE TRUE TRAVELS OF CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH,1819The True Travels, Adventures, and Observations of Captaine John Smith in Europe, Asia, Africke, and America: Beginning about the Yeare 1593, and Continued to this Present...
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THE TRUE TRAVELS OF CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH,1819The True Travels, Adventures, and Observations of Captaine John Smith in Europe, Asia, Africke, and America: Beginning about the Yeare 1593, and Continued to this Present...
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PRINCE OF WALES COMMEMORATIVE SHIP'SWHEEL CANADA OR AMERICA, MID-19TH CENTURY DIAMETER 48". DEPTH 7.5". WHEEL, Canada or America, Mid-19th Century, One of the fanciest and well-constructed ship's wheels we...
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MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
A LARGE QUANTITY,INCLUDING Horne, R.H. The History of Napoleon. 1841, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt; Turner, Sharon The History of the Anglo-Saxons. 1830, 3rd edition, 3 volumes,...
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19TH CENTURY COLORED CHART OF THE NORTHATLANTICOCEAN, WITH TRACKS OF SHIPPING TO THE WEST INDIES AND NORTH AMERICA, AS WELL AS BORDERING LAND MASSES. SHOWS MINOR STAINING AND FOXING, FOLD IN CENTER, AND MINOR LOSS...
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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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Gilman Marston Civil War General andPolitician Manuscript Archive 233 letters 82 essays and speeches ca.80 deeds receipts and miscellaneous business records. Ca 1830-1900 (bulk 1834-1859). A son of Orford New...
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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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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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Three early U.S. maps: "A Planof the Country from Frogs Point to Croton River Showing the Positions of the American and British Armies from the 12th of October 1776 Until the Engagement on the White Plains...
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18th century North Carolina map, "theState of North Carolina from the best Authorities", engraved by B. Tanner, published in John Reid's American Atlas , New York, 1796, engraving on laid paper, 14-1/2...
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Francis W. Picken war letter, two pages,"State of South Carolina/Head Quarters" printed letterhead, January 15, 1862, to the Governor of North Carolina (Henry T. Clarke), discussing preparations for war:...
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2 vols. Weld, Isaac. Travels ThroughThe States of North America and The Provinces of... Canada,..., 1795, 1796, and 1797. London: John Stockdale, 1800. Third edition. 8vo, 20th-Century buckram; extremities...
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North Carolina Federal inlaid chest,walnut with yellow pine secondary, four dovetailed drawers, inlaid top and skirt, attributed to Anson County, circa 1800, 41-1/2 x 40 x 17-3/4 in., with Anson County land...
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William Hooper manuscript document,North Carolina, Salisbury District, September 5, 1768, "The Jurors of our Sovereign Lord the King George III do present upon this oath that James Noland late of the County...
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1 vol. Weld, Isaac. Travels ThroughThe States of North America, and The Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, during... 1795, 1796 and 1797. London: John Stockdale, 1799. First edition. 4to, contemp. 1/2 calf...
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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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John Marshall Masonic letter, twice-signedsingle hand written page authorizing initiation of a new member: "Virginia/In the name of th[e] Holy Craft, I john Marshall [De]puty Grand Master by order of the Grand...
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Charles Hook Armco Steel Company Lotof Manuscripts & Documents Lot includes letters photographs pamphlets mostly from the late 1930s through the 1960s. Born in 1880 the youngest of four children of Henry and...
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