- AMISTAD TRIAL, NILES NATIONAL REGISTER,
MARCH 1841 Niles National Register, March 20, 1841. A very important issue, as an inside page has: "The Case of the Amistad" being the report of the Supreme Court on this...
[more like this] - WINCHESTER REVOLUTIONARY WAR ACCOUNT
BOOK, 1779-1804Revolutionary War related account book and notebook belonging to early Tennessee settlers General James Winchester (b. 1752-d.1826) and his brother, Major George...
[more like this] - CSA CHAPLAIN WITHERSPOON DIARY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY1862
Confederate 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...
[more like this] - 1805 TN SUPREME COURT BOOK, JOHN OVERTON
AND HUGH WHITE...CASES RULED AND ADJUDGED IN THE SUPREME COURTS OF LAW AND EQUITY AND FEDERAL COURT FOR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE BY AND OF THE JUDGES OF THAT STATE, BOOK THE...
[more like this] - GROUP OF MIDDLE TN EPHEMERA INC. SLAVE
SALE, 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,...
[more like this] - GROUP OF EAST TN DOCUMENTS, 1795-1857
INCL. KNOXVILLE, ...Thirty-nine (39) documents related to early life in East Tennessee, including mentions of slaves, a duel, signatures of Charles McClung, Hugh White, Alexander...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - RELIEF-CARVED WHALE'S TOOTH EARLY 19TH
CENTURY LENGTH 5". WITH WOOD AND METAL STAND. HEIGHT ON STAND APPROX. 6.5".RELIEF-CARVED WHALE'S TOOTH, Early 19th Century, Believed to be French. Depicts a stylized version...
[more like this] - THREE SLAVE DOCUMENTS: 1815 COURT INQUEST
FOR SLAVE WHO IS SAID TO HAVE MURDERED A MAN AND TWO 1847 TEXAS REGISTRY PAGES: BOND OF $1,700 IN SLAVE OWNERSHIP DISPUTE AND DISPUTE OF OWNERSHIP WITH NAMES AND VALUES OF...
[more like this] - 7-PIECE DOCUMENT LOT CA. 1788-1848 RELATING
TOGEORGIA. LOT INCLUDES A NUMBER OF RECEIPTS, LEGAL DOCUMENTS, AND SLAVERY RELATED DOCUMENTS. TO INCLUDE: FEBRUARY 23, 1788 BILL OF SALE FROM EPHRAIM WILLARD OF FAIRFIELD,...
[more like this] - 2 ITEMS FROM FLORIDA SLAVE, STATE SENATORTwo
documents, dated 1868 and 1873, certifying the pastoral credentials (within the African Methodist Episcopal Church) of Robert Meachem (American, 1835-1902). Born a slave in...
[more like this] - North Carolina slave bill of sale, 22
line 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...
[more like this] - 1830 estate inventory of slaves, three-page
court copy of manuscript dated February 24, 1830, the estate of Joseph Neely, listing 19 slaves, "…1 negro woman Milly and child Rodey, $400.00…",...
[more like this] - [African Americans] Louisiana Slave
Bill of Sale 1848 7.5'' x 12.55'' 4pp dated May 11 1848. The commission to Manuel Moreno Auctioneer for the sale of the estate of John Kleinpeter deceased of East Baton...
[more like this] - [African Americans] 1860 Calhoun County
Arkansas Will Including Slaves Lot of 2 including a 1pp manuscript document submitted to the Probate Court of Calhoun County Arkansas regarding the estate of the late James...
[more like this] - Capt. George Randolph Dyer AQM--Lincoln-Signed
Commission 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...
[more like this] - Letters Between the Sturges Brothers
Most 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...
[more like this] - Archive of Documents Associated with
the 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...
[more like this] - Ten slavery related manuscripts: two-page
letter, Martindale, North Carolina, July 3, 1864, "…we had considerable stir in our county last Wednesday about the Yanks taking Morganton & Camp Vance…Our...
[more like this] - 1849 Georgia slave document, handwritten
letter dated July 5, 1849, sent from H.B. Troutman (Hiram Baldwin Troutman, dates unknown) of Knoxville, Georgia, and addressed to the Hon. E.A. Nisbet (Eugenius Aristides...
[more like this] - ARCHIVE OF THE FITZHUGH FAMILY OF VIRGINIA
AND WEST VIRGINIA. A large and diverse gathering of letters documents and ephemera spanning the entirety of the 19th century as well as genealogical information created...
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