CIVIL WAR-ERA PAINTED SNARE DRUM UnitedStates,C. 1850s-60sRed-painted hoops/rims (some loss), shell painted with an eagle and no regimental markings, brass tacks around the vent, a horn ferule in the vent, calf...
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(11) U.S. CIVIL WAR RELATED ENGRAVINGS(lotof 11) U.S. Civil War related engravings: (1) General Philip Sheridan; (1) Union Naval Officers, seven shown including David Porter, Farragut; (1) John Sherman, U.S. Senator,...
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BRITISH CIVIL SECOND CLASS COATEE, CIRCA1856A British civil Second Class coatee worn by Lieutenant Governors, Chief Justices of Colonial Supreme Courts, and other senior officials throughout the British Empire....
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COLUMBUS GA POSTMARKED COVERS 1842-44& CIVIL WAR PASSGroup of documents relating to Columbus Georgia. 1st grouping - 4 framed envelope covers from 1841-1844 with Columbus, GA postmarks. Three are written to Thomas...
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GA 9TH CSA AMBROTYPE R. CASSADY & CIVILWAR ARCHIVEConfederate Archive of 4th Sergeant Russell M. Cassady, Georgia Company G, 9th Regiment (Walker Co., GA - Lafayette Volunteers, mortally wounded 1865). Includes...
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CSA CHAPLAIN WITHERSPOON DIARY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY1862Confederate diary of T. D. Witherspoon, Chaplain of the 2nd and 42nd Mississippi Regiment, starting July 7th, 1862-Dec. 31, 1862, together with an 1875 autobiography penned...
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1871 FOSTER MAP OF DAVIDSON COUNTYLarge,early and scarce map of Davidson County - NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, FROM ACTUAL SURVEYS MADE BY ORDER OF THE COUNTY COURT OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, 1871 surveyed and mapped by Wilbur...
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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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GIERS FAMILY PHOTO AND LETTER ARCHIVEExtensivephotographic and document archive of the family of William Hunter, C.C. Giers, and Otto Giers. William Hunter's daughter Sarah ("Sallie") married Nashville photographer Otto...
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12 WEST TN DOCUMENTS INCL. CIVIL WARCSA GENERALS VAUGH...Twelve (12) Tennessee documents, 1836-1887, including signatures of Confederate Generals Alfred Jefferson Vaughan (dated 1881, as Shelby County Court...
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MORTIMER NELSON CIVIL WAR UNION GENERALSPLAYING CARDS....Mortimer Nelson Civil War Union Generals Playing Cards. New York, 1863. 52/52. Very good. Lightly soiled and some courts and 10s have lightly penciled denominations....
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AN ANTIQUE RECONSTRUCTION ERA MAP, "KOSSE& SCOTT'S MAP...AN ANTIQUE RECONSTRUCTION ERA MAP, "Kosse & Scott's Map of the City of Houston and Environs," 1867, hand colored engraving on paper, compiled and drawn by...
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AN ANTIQUE RECONSTRUCTION ERA MAP, "TRAVELLER'SMAP OF ...AN ANTIQUE RECONSTRUCTION ERA MAP, "Traveller's Map of the State of Texas," CHARLES M. PRESSLER, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1867, photolithograph with color on paper, "Compiled...
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SAMUEL AUGUSTUS MITCHELL JR., AN AMERICANCIVIL WAR ERA... CIVIL WAR ERA MAP, "County Map of Texas," CIRCA 1863, hand-colored lithograph on paper with profusely floral and fruit border, plate 34. from Mitchell's New...
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A CHINESE QING DYNASTY CIVIL SERVANTCOURT BADGE, RANK ... COURT BADGE, RANK SEVEN, MANDARIN DUCK, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, embroidered blue silk fragment with a Peking stitch sun, with a long and short stitched landscape,...
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A CHINESE QING DYNASTY CIVIL SERVANTCOURT BADGE, RANK ... COURT BADGE, RANK FIVE, PHEASANT, 19TH CENTURY, gilt couched embroidery and ink on silk fragment, 11" x 11 3/4", framed, 22 1/4" x 22 1/4".
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ATTRIBUTED TO PETER LELY (DUTCH/ENGLISH1618-1680) A PA...attributed to PETER LELY (Dutch/English 1618-1680) A PAINTING, "Portrait of a Lady in Grey with Pearls and Sapphires, Thought to be Louise de Keroualle,...
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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY POTTERY POLO PLAYERW/ TL TESTEast Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. An exemplary pottery polo player with a well-modeled figure upon a galloping horse with finely painted details...
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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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CIVIL WAR GENERAL BENJAMIN BUTLER AUTOGRAPHBenjaminFranklin Butler was a Civil War Major General who went on to serve 5 terms in the House of Representatives and became the Governor of Mass. As a lawyer he had a hand in core...
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CIVIL DOCKET JP COURT 1914-1915 MILAMCOUNTY TEXASBook: The Civil Docket of Justice of the Peace Court, Precinct 8, Milam County, Texas, the records of filings, findings and disposition of approx. 272 law suits...
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PRUSSIAN CIVIL SERVANT DEGEN COURT SWORDPRUSSIANCIVIL SERVANT DEGEN COURT SWORD, 31" etched blade with 3/4 length fuller, folding clamshell design guard, wire wrapped brass grip with decorative "D" guard and pommel. Leather...
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1964 WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM FROM ROYWILKINS OF THE NAACP URGING THE HONORABLE JENNINGS RANDOLPH TO VOTE AGAINST PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL1964 Western Union Telegram from Roy Wilkins of the...
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LARGE LOT OF HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS ANDPHOTOGRAPHS,RELATING PRIMARILY TO THE CIVIL WAR. 7 BINDERS, WITH MILITARY DOCUMENTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, CDVS, CUT SIGNATURES, LETTERS. TO INCLUDE: ALBUM 1 INCLUDING SIGNATURES AND PHOTOGRAPHS...
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Framed Chinese Ancestor Portrait, 19thcentury, gouache on paper, 61-1/2" x 38", painted with the wife of a court civil official of the first rank, seated on a tiger skin-draped chair, wearing court robes over...
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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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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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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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[Autographs and Manuscripts] Group ofNY Supreme Court Documents from the Early 19th Century Lot of approx. 60 documents; 4 dated 1818 26 dated 1828 and 30 dated 1831. In the New York State court system the...
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[Civil War Archive] Archive of Dr. RomualdSamuel Santoire Civil War Surgeon Collection of material related to the life of Dr. Romuald Samuel Santoire consisting of 5 photographs 17 buttons and post-war medals a...
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[Civil War - Manuscripts] Capt. HenryG. Thomas 11th US Infantry Civil War Letters Lot of 2 letters written by Captain Henry G. Thomas 11th U.S. Infantry 2nd Division V Corps Army of the Potomac. First is 4pp...
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Chinese School late Qing Dynasty 19thc. two ancestor portraits the first depicting a male official wearing a fur-trimmed blue court robe with a crane rank badge over a dragon robe having a string of court beads...
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[Civil War - Manuscripts] Civil WarLetter from Corporal Warren B. Thorndike 19th Maine Inf. POW & Died at Andersonville 4pp on patriotic letterhead dated October 12 1862 at Camp Howard Boliver Hights. Accompanied...
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[Civil War - Manuscripts] Civil WarGeneral Orders Referencing the Firing Squad for Union Deserters & a Confederate Spy Lot of 2 including: General Orders No. 114 dated May 4 1863 ordering William F. Corbin...
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