AMERICAN FOLK ART OIL PAINTED CLOTHBODY DOLLScarce American Folk Art oil painted cloth doll, forth quarter 19th c., cloth body, slightly modeled features, painted hair, stitched fingers, elbow, hip and knee...
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(2) FRAMED HARPER'S WEEKLY CIVIL WARILLUSTRATIONS(lot of 2) Framed illustration prints on paper, from Harper's Weekly, including: (1) "The Siege of Vicksburg - Approach of McPherson's Saps to the Rebel Works,"...
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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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2 SLAVE DOCUMENTS, NASHVILLE TN & NORTHCAROLINA2 Slavery related items pertaining to Charles Ordway, Hardee Murfree, and Gen. Thomas Eaton of Tennessee and North Carolina. 1st item: Handwritten one-page inventory...
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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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PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF LUNSFORD BRAMLETTOF TENNESSEEMiniature watercolor portrait of Tennessee judge, planter, and politician Lunsford Meredith Bramlett (1785-1858), depicted at about age 35, wearing a dark coat...
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15 DECORATIVE ARTS & SOUTHERN POTTERYREFERENCE BOOKSTwo groups of fifteen (15) total reference books, general decorative arts and Southern pottery. The general decorative arts grouping includes seven (7) general...
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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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SIGNED AND DATED DAVE DRAKE EDGEFIELDJUG(Edgefield, South Carolina, b. circa 1800s, d. after 1873) attributed to Lewis Miles Stoneware Manufactory, Horse Creek Valley, Edgefield District, light olive green runny...
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DON BALKE (B. 1933) "ROSS' GOOSE"DonBalke (North Carolina, B. 1933) "Ross' Goose" Signed lower right. Original Watercolor on Illustration Board.
Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder...
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LATE FEDERAL PERIOD COMPENDIUM OF NORTHCAROLINA LAW Haywood, John. A Manual Of The Laws Of North Carolina, Arranged Under District Heads, In Alphabetical Order, With References From One Head To Another, When A...
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A Rare North or South Carolina “ColoredRepublicing Club” Stoneware Cooler
Dated July 7, 1892
in Southern alkaline glaze, with distinctive doubled collared rim, tooled body, two lug handles set low on the body...
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LETTER ADVISES LEASING SLAVE TO SITTINGGOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA James A. Waugh Autograph Letter Signed, "J. A Waugh," Raleigh, North Carolina, December 28, 1850, 8vo, 3 pp. with integral address panel, to his...
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TWO CROCHETED COVERLETS The first withtag reading "Tobacco Twine Wedding Coverlet crocheted by freed slaves on the Nathan Stanley Plantation for F. A. Whitaker and Stanley Daughter, Beaver Creek, Jones County,...
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AMERICAN QUILT REFERENCE BOOKSAMERICANQUILT REFERENCE BOOKS, topics relate to American regionalism as well as women and African American quiltmaking, titles include: The Quilts of Gee's Bend, Tinwood Books, 2002;...
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MICHEL BAYNE, DAVE THE SLAVE 18.5" TRIBUTEJUG Michel Bayne (American/South/North Carolina b. 1959), "Dave the Slave", double handled glazed stoneware jug, inscribed "Dave was the finest Slave Potter so I am told/Little...
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AMERICAN QUILT REFERENCE BOOKSAMERICANQUILT REFERENCE BOOKS, topics relate to American regionalism as well as women and African American quiltmaking, titles include: The Quilts of Gee's Bend, Tinwood Books, 2002;...
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North Carolina slave bill of sale, 22line manuscript court copy, October 23, 1830, "…I the said James Ellis…do Bargain and Sell unto…David George a negro girl named Alcey about twenty...
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Confederate state currency collection,42 banknotes, 1840-1864: 18 North Carolina: 10 cent, 25 cent and $1 issue of Sept. 1, 1862, 25 cent on back of $1,000 bond coupon remainder ; 5 cent, 50 cent, 75 cent, $1,...
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Edgefield pottery jar, ovoid with mottledalkaline glaze, notched rim (under glaze), shoulder with two large circular impressed marks with three smaller dots (attributed to Dave the Slave, 1780-1866), 13-1/4 in. Several...
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Letters Between the Sturges BrothersMost Antebellum Including J.R. Sturges 3rd GA Infantry KIA These 58 letters encompass a "snapshot" of antebellum life in the South.Samuel Sturges (1774-1831) was born in Fairfield...
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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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North Carolina Chippendale china press,walnut with yellow pine secondary, upper case with shaped and molded cornice over two glazed doors opening to deeply shaped interior shelves, lower case with pull-out slide...
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