19TH CENTURY SEAFARING, 15 LETTERS BYJ RUTHERFORD 15 readable documents related to Captain John Rutherford (1762-1814). A manuscript archive of John Rutherford, he was a captured Revolutionary war soldier and...
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR DEBT CERTIFICATE,MASS BAY, 1777 This December 1, 1777, complete Revolutionary War debt loan certificate document is displayed in a black matted and black frame and preserved under two sided...
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PR. RALPH E. EARL PORTRAITS, HARDY CRYERAND WIFEPair of Tennessee portraits by Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl (1788 - 1838) depicting the Reverend Hardy Murfree Cryer (b. 1792--1846), in dark coat with ruffled collar,...
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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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ED HICKS II CIVIL WAR EPHEMERAGroupof Civil War Ephemera related to Edward Dickson Hicks II (1831-1894), including two documents signed by General Felix Zollicoffer (b. Maury County, TN 1812, d. Kentucky 1862)...
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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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GIERS PHOTO GALLERY ACCOUNT BOOKS, ARCHIVEAccountbooks and related items from the photography businesses operated by C.C. Giers (1828-1877) and his son Otto Giers of Nashville. 1st and 2nd items: 2 books, one titled Giers...
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PORTRAITS OF COL. ROBERT BOGARDUS SNOWDEN& ANNIE OVERT...Southern School, late 19th century oil on canvas bust length portraits of Col. Robert Bogardus Snowden and his wife, Anne (Annie) Overton Brinkley Snowden...
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JULIUS STOCKFLETH (AMERICAN/TEXAS 1857-1935)A PAINTING...JULIUS STOCKFLETH (American/Texas 1857-1935) A PAINTING, "View of Galveston from Pelican Island," 1907, oil on canvas mounted to board, signed, placed and dated...
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SHANNON STIRNWEIS (B. 1931) "FT. CHAMBLY"ShannonStirnweis (Arizona, New York, New Hampshire Oregon, B. 1931) "Ft. Chambly" Signed lower left. Original Oil painting on Illustration Board.
Provenance: Collection of James...
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ANDREW N. WYETH (B. 1948) "WINDOW ATNEWGATE"Andrew Nathaniel Wyeth (American, B. 1948) is a grandson of N.C. Wyeth and a nephew of Andrew Wyeth. His father was Nathaniel Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth's older brother....
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ANDREW N. WYETH (B. 1948) WATERCOLORAndrewNathaniel Wyeth (American, B. 1948) is a grandson of N.C. Wyeth and a nephew of Andrew Wyeth. His father was Nathaniel Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth's older brother. Most of his work...
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RARE AND IMPORTANT MONUMENTAL "JCM"STAMPED 10 GALLON T...(Catawba Valley, Lincoln County, NC, circa 1840) olive green alkaline glaze over very large rounded ovoid form, green glassy runs down sides of jug from...
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PAIR OF EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND HISTORICALLYSIGNIFICANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TEETH BY JOSIAH SHEFFIELD, JR., KNOWN AS THE "LOG TEETH" CIRCA 1831-1835 LENGTHS 6" AND 6.25". INCLUDES STANDS. SIGNIFICANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S...
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THREE INTERESTING HISTORICAL DOCUMENTSComprising: 1) Napier Christie (an English soldier or Loyalist in New York) ADS, May 11, 1780, draft on a London merchant; 2) Part-printed order to the Sheriff of Northumberland...
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR LETTER 1779ALS fromGeorgia colonel Leonard Marbury to Major General Benjamin Lincoln, January 1779. Mentions the appointment of Samuel Elbert to Brigadier General (see Lot #67). Some other interesting...
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Cheyenne Beaded Hide Tobacco Bag, withDocumentation
fourth quarter 19th century
sinew-sewn and beaded using colors of pony trader blue, green, red white-heart, and greasy yellow
overall length 16-1/2 inches
Included...
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Photographic Archive of Miles City MontanaPhotographer R.C. Morrison 1880s-1890s Cowan's is proud to present the photographic archive of pioneer Montana photographer Robert C. Morrison (1850-1938) descended directly...
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Thomas Bangs Thorpe (1815-1878 activeNew Orleans 1836-1854 and 1862-1863) "The 'Temple'" and "The Pyramid" both at Chichén-Itzá Yucatán 1843; a pair of paintings oil on canvas signed and dated en verso of...
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Pair of Nimschke-Style Engraved Smith& Wesson Model No.2 Revolvers Inscribed to D.B. Dyer .32 caliber RF 6'' octagonal barrels S/N 19189 S/N 17780. Nimschke-style engraving with nickel finish and pearl grips;...
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Historic Guthrie Oklahoma/ChickamaugaPresentation Gavel to First Major D.B. Dyer With associated newspaper clipping and printed pamphlet relating to the opening of the Oklahoma Territory in 1889. The symbolic...
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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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An Important Miami Pipe With Ties tothe 1795 Treaty of Greenville delicately carved curly maple stem with engraved bands of German silver and diamond-shaped inlay; brass mouthpiece and German silver tip; stem...
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Thomas Jefferson Miniature Portraitby William Russell Birch William Russell Birch (English 1755-1834) enamel on copper portrait of Thomas Jefferson unsigned with?Jefferson?written on verso; 1.5 x 1 in. Frame...
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Attributed to C. R. Parker (American/Louisiana1799-1849) "Portrait of Gen. the Hon. John Bennett Dawson of Wyoming Plantation West Feliciana Parish" c. 1844/45 oil on canvas unsigned identified in ink in a mid-19th c....
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Louisiana School 19th c. "Portrait ofa Young Creole Lady" oil on canvas unsigned 12 in. x 9 1/2 in. in a period frame. Note: Similarities exist between this portrait lot 159 and François Fleischbein's (German/Louisiana...
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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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