VERY RARE PAIR OF GRAEME PARK PHILADELPHIAQUEEN ANNE C...1740-1760, each with scrolled and shell carved crest over a figured splat with four scrolled volutes, set on shell carved legs with trifid feet, upholstered...
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MATAGORDA, TEXAS 1846 SLAVE DOCUMENTTexasslave document written and dated October 3, 1846, at the Port of Matagorda, Texas regarding the shipment by Sam W. Fisher, Agent for I.R. Lewis, from Matagorda to New Orleans...
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AMERICAN SCHOOL: PORTRAIT OF EUDOCIAHILL FOOTE, WIFE OF SAMUEL AUGUSTUS FOOTEOil on canvas, unsigned, lined.
22 x 16 in., 26 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (frame).
Note: The sitter here is Eudocia Hill Foote, the wife...
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GEORGE III CARVED MAHOGANY CLOCK, DIALSIGNED JOHN BARR, PT. GLASGOW7 ft. 10 3/4 in. x 20 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.
Note on the interior door: 'This clock was imported in 1751 by Obadiah Curtis, a ship owner of Boston....
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An antique Matthew Brady albumen print,1867, titled 'Trustee of the Peabody Education Fund for the Southern States', dated March 1867. Posing in the image are the original trustees of an organization formed to...
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Plains of Abraham Historical Pamphlet:Mr. Cooper's Sermon, Occasioned by the Reduction of Quebec, 1759 8vo., 53p., on wove paper saddle stitched: 'A sermon preached before His Excellency Thomas Pownall, Esq;...
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EARLY KNOX CO., TN DOCUMENT ARCHIVERELATING TO TN MILI...Grouping of early Knox County, Tennessee documents relating to the Militia, and Revolutionary War soldier signed deeds from Knox County, Governor Willie...
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COPIES OF NC/TN LAND DOCUMENTS 1786-1840Groupof 9 land documents concerning property in Middle Tennessee, 1790-1840. All are handwritten,"true" copies, and the names of governors appear to be signed by secretaries -...
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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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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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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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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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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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MARK TWAIN SIGNED LOTOS CLUB DINNERBROADSIDENovember 10th, 1900 dinner by New York Lotos Club, lithograph on deckle edge stock, signed "Mark Twain" in pencil, sight 11-1/4 x 14-1/4 in., framed 19 x 22-1/2 in....
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EARLY AMERICAN SIGNATURES COLLECTIONLargeboards formerly binding the Baltimore Evening Post -- the entire year of 1809. Front endpaper has accession bookplate from the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore. Inside the...
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(2) BEN FRANKLIN RUOTTE & BALTIMOREMAP ENGRAVINGS(lot of 2) Framed engravings on paper, including: (1) Benjamin Franklin (American, 1706-1790), after the original drawing by Charles Nicolas Cochin II (French,...
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(27) BOOKS: POLITICAL HISTORY/ NONFICTION(lotof 27) Books: political history and nonfiction, titles include: (two) "The Pictorial History of the Democratic & Republican Parties," (two) "The Life of John Marshall," volumes...
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(96) MILITARY AND POLITICAL CIVIL WARERA CDV'S, PLUS (28) UNRELATED GEM TINTYPES The CDVs' backmarks, when present, are generally for E. Anthony, yet sometimes they credit Brady's Portrait Gallery. Many of the...
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17TH-CENTURY MA DOCUMENT: SIMON BRADSTREETSimon Bradstreet (1603-1697, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1679-'86 and 1689--'92) document, signed, dated at Boston, February 21, 1683: the complaint of Samuel Shrimpton,...
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SAMUEL OGLE, COLONIAL MD GOVERNOR, DS,C.1740 Samuel Ogle (c.1694-1752, Governor of Maryland for much of the period 1731 - 1752) handwritten document, signed, not dated, but c. 1740; 1 1/2 pp., folio, with integral...
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SAMUEL WILLIAMSON COIN SILVER PAP BOATAmericanFederal Coin Silver Pap Boat , Samuel Williamson (1772-1843), act. Philadelphia 1794-1813, marked "WILLIAMSON" in rectangle, straight gadroon border, period script monogram,...
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SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, SIGNER OF DECLARATIONDS1787 document signed by Samuel Huntington (then Connecticut governor), a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. Document is the commission...
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14-PIECE CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE DOCUMENTLOT. TOINCLUDE: 1864 LETTER FROM MAJOR SCREVEN TO MAJOR HARRY HAMMOND, REGARDING A MISTAKE IN INTELLIGENCE. A LETTER FROM MAJOR HARRY HAMMONDS’ WIFE, EMILY HARFORD CUMMING...
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LOT OF 15 PIECES OF EARLY EPHEMERA,MOSTLY FROMCAPE CODE. RANGING IN AGE FROM THE EARLY 18TH TO THE LATE 19TH CENTURIES. TO INCLUDE: CA. 1810 DIARY ENTRY OF A WOMAN WHICH MENTIONS GENERAL WILLIAM H. SUMNER (WITH...
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An autograph letter, signed, from Col.Richard Kidder Meade to General Henry Knox. Meade (1746-1805) was like his friend Alexander Hamilton an aide-de-camp of George Washington, and is perhaps best remembered...
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1860 Letter to Samuel Colt from H. RichardsonRegarding a Call for Arms 1p approx. 9.25 x 10.75 in. Richmond VA 26 Jan. 1860. Signed by Wm. H. Richardson Adjutant Genl. of Virginia. To Samuel Colt requesting an exchange...
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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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Samuel Adams DS 1779 Samuel Adams (1722-1803). American revolutionary and Founding Father; Fourth Governor of Massachusetts (1794-97). Document signed by Massachusetts Bay Council laid paper originally 15.75 x 13 in. separated...
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John Penn 1773 land grant, partiallyprinted on vellum, "Thomas Penn and John Penn, Esqrs., True and absolute Proprietaries and Governors in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania…" grant to Samuel...
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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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1 vol. Glasse, Samuel L. A Sermon Preachedbefore The President, Vice-Presidents and Governors of The Marine Society,... St. Andrew's Church Holburn,... 10th February, 1774. London: J. Dodsley; Sewel, 1777. Third edition....
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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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Samuel Lawrence Early New York Representative& the Lawrence Family Manuscript Archive An extensive archive of approximately 67 documents of the noted Lawrence family of New York spanning the years 1799 to 1908. Dealing...
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[Maryland Militia] Four military commissions1) Governor J.H. Stone to Tristram Meridith as Anson in the 35th Regt. of Militia Queen Anne Co. June 1796; 2) Joseph Kent appointing Samuel R. Balenner as Captain of a company...
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1821 Georgia land lottery grant, andlater deed: land grant partially printed and string bound, first page with hand-drawn surveyor's maps of Tract No. 256 in Monroe County, dated September 1821, drawn in lottery...
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"The Indiana Medal"; copyright 1916by the Indiana Historical Society and hand signed by Governor Samuel M. Ralston. This book commemorates a century of statehood and includes a bronze medal designed by sculptor...
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