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A fine USA gold one dollar coin
A fine USA gold one dollar coin dated 1851.
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TWO SOVEREIGNS 1911 & 1957(2)
TWO SOVEREIGNS 1911 & 1957(2)
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A bound volume of The Illustrated
A bound volume of The Illustrated London News for July to December of 1861. Includes much coverage of the American Civil War, the death of Queen Victoria's husband, etc. Together with The Married Woman's Private Medical Companion (New York, 1855), and Physic and Physicians: A Medical Sketch Book, exhibiting the Public and Private Life of the Most Celebrated Medical Men, of former days; with Memoirs of Eminent Living London Physicians and Surgeons (Philadelphia, 1845; vol. II only of two).
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Dated 1904
Dated 1904
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GENTLEMAN SILHOUETTE PORTRAITA
GENTLEMAN SILHOUETTE PORTRAITA framed hand coloured silhouette of a man in a suit and top hat. Written in ink "1851 John Hunt aged 32 years". Light foxing and, or water stains on the left side of the painting. In a pine frame with original pine shingle back. Measuring, 12.5" x 8.5". Ex: Rowe Collection.
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Book dated 1821.
Book dated 1821.
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1891
1891
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A daguerrotype of a gentleman in
A daguerrotype of a gentleman in moulded Union case the image with hand coloured additions.
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1861 Feusier / Bouclet
1861 Feusier / Bouclet chromolithograph showing ring of oval portraits of American presidents from George Washington to Abraham Lincoln showing clean-shaven Lincoln though he had grown a beard before taking office matted and framed behind glass not examined out of frame ss: 25'' h. x 20'' w.
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1 vol. Manuscript Medical Journal.
1 vol. Manuscript Medical Journal. Gibbs, Dr. B.F., Assistant Surgeon. "Medical Journal or Case Book, U.S. Sloop-of-War John Adams." December 4, 1858 - December 1, 1861. 4to, orig. 1/4 morocco & bds.; spine ends & corners scuffed. 253 pp. With a manuscript illustration of a foot before & after amputation of a toe. Recording 47 cases, most on the cruise of May 4, 1859 - December 1, 1861, Norfolk, Va. - East India Station. Internally clean.
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One-hundred U.S.
One-hundred U.S.
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1901 Washington & Alaska
1901 Washington & Alaska Illustrated Book
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1824 United Stat
1824 United Stat
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1851 Three Cent Silver extra fine
1851 Three Cent Silver extra fine +.
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[Union War Prisoners Association]
[Union War Prisoners Association] "Union War Prisoners Association Organized in Charleston Jail Dec. 31st 1861" lithograph published by Goupil & Co. 1863 with soldiers names in cartouches and showing vignettes of the prisons in Richmond Columbia Salisbury Charleston and New Orleans 31 1/2 in. x 27 1/2 in. framed.
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1851 Large cent PCGS 64
1851 Large cent PCGS 64
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1 piece. (African-American
1 piece. (African-American Subject.) (United States Congress.) Senate Amendment 41. [Washington], March 15, 1864. 1 sheet (2 pp.), 12 x 8 inches (305 x 203 mm); chipping along gutter edge - no loss of text, heavy staining across middle of document. "That when any person of African descent, whose service or labor is claimed in any state, shall be mustered into the military or naval service of The Unites States, his wife and children... shall foreverafter be free..." Unsold
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THE UNITED STATES: 1776-1846 AT ONE
THE UNITED STATES: 1776-1846 AT ONE VIEWThe United States: 1776-1846 At One View. New York: H. Phelps, 1846. Hand-colored lithograph of a variety of statistics related to the United States, including populations, canals, railroads, steam boat routes, mountains, and more. 22 x 30”. Light foxing and creasing particularly at margins. B.
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Complete American gold coin type
Complete American gold coin type set:1851 TY 1
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Civil War Stereo Views
Civil War Stereo Views "Photographic History - War for the Union", series published by E & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, 1865, after Brady, 32 stereo views on yellow mounts, images include Union officers, living and deceased soldiers, battle sites, forts and other buildings, fortifications and earthworks, southern views in Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia, one view of General Grant and family signed verso by his son, Frederick Grant, all with paper labels verso describing scene, each approximately 3-1/4 x 6-3/4 in.; detailed listing: #1994: Aqueduct Bridge above Georgetown, on the Potomac. Government Vessels and Canal boats filled with Stores, escaping the Raiders, July 12, 1864.#2296: Slave Pen, Alexandria, Va.#2330: Hanover Junction, 20 miles from Richmond; a point of note in McClellan’s and Grant’s Campaigns.#2365: Fortifications near Yorktown, Va.#2428: Lieut. Gen. Grant and chief of staff, Gen. Rawlins, at his Head Quarters, at Cold Harbor, Va. Taken June 14th, 1864.#2432: Group of Generals: Hancock, Birney, Gibbon and Barlow, in the field, near Richmond, Va.#2549: Gen. Butlers’ Dutch Gap Canal. In the centre is a dam to keep out the water, and passage way for workmen; on the left is a railroad track for drawing out the dirt; in the foreground a mud scow.#2590: Gen. Grant’s favorite filed horse Cincinnati. Taken at City Point, Va.#2591: Jeff. Davis, one of Gen. Grant’s saddle horses. Taken at City Point, Va.#2610: Dutch Gap Canal and Group of Soldiers. Taken after the bank was blown out. On the extreme end a portion of the bank remains, which forms a profile, which the soldiers call Jeff. Davis.#2691: Gun boat Kansas. Officers in the foreground. James River, Va.#3094: Group of Relics in Charleston, SC, Arsenal, showing Rebel torpedoes, shot, shell, and breach of the 600 lb. Blakely Gun.#3103: Broad St., Charleston SC, looking East, with the ruins of the Roman Catholic Cathedral and St. Michael’s church in the distance.#3127: Fort Sumpter, east face, Charleston Harbor, SC showing the Palmetto Works erected to strengthen the fort.#3139: Interior of Fort Sumpter, Charleston Harbor, Sc, April 14th, 1865, pending the ceremony of raising the old Flag.#3175: A Dead Rebel Soldier, as he lay in the Treches of Fort Mahone, called by the Soldiers “Fort Damnation.” The View was taken the Morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865.#3177: C.S. Soldier killed by a shell in the Trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the Soldiers “Fort Damnation.” This View was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865.#3182: Rebel Soldiers killed in the Trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the Soldiers “Fort Damnation.” The view shows the construction of their Bomb Proofs and Covered passages, which branch off in every direction. Taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865.#3183: This Picture is a good view of the Covered Ways inside the Rebel Fort Mahone, called by the Soldiers “Fort Damnation.” The Union Soldiers had to charge up and down these obstructions. In the foreground centre is a dead Rebel Soldier sticking out through the debris, and further on lies another Confederate Soldier. This View was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865.#3184: Rebel Soldier killed in the Trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the Soldiers “Fort Damnation.” This View was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865.#3192: Chevaux de fries, and breast works in the Union Fort Sedgwick, called by the Rebels “Fort Hell,” showing two wounded soldiers. This view was made the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865.#3198: Rebel Prisoners on their way to the rear, captured by Gen. Sheriden at Five Forks April 3d 1865. This View was taken April 3d, after the storming of Petersburgh, Va.#3243: Ruins in the burnt district, from the Petersburgh railroad Depot, showing a portion of the Arsenal grounds, Richmond, Va.#3285: Park of Captured Guns at Rocketts, Richmond, Va.#3362: “Castle Thunder,” Cary St., the place where so many Union prisoners suffered. Richmond, Va.#3288: Residence of Gen. Robert E. Lee, Franklin St., Richmond, Va.#3365: Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.#3366: St. John’s Church, Church Hill, Richmond, Va. This church is the place where Patrick Henry made his immortal speech. #3376: Mansion occupied by Jeff. Davis, during the Rebellion, cor. Clay and Twelfth St. Richmond, Va.#3399: Lieut. Gen. Grant, Wife and Son at his Head Quarters, City Point, Va. (signed)#3624: Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman and Horse. This View was taken in the Trenches before Atlanta, Ga.#3652: Lulu Falls, on top of Lookout Mountain, Tenn.
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Chapin's Ornamental Map of The
Chapin's Ornamental Map of The United States 51 1/2'' x 60'' published 1841
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Miniature watercolor on ivory
Miniature watercolor on ivory portrait of a gentleman in military dress together with two miniature portraits of Lincoln and Grant. ?
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1851 Steel Engraving
1851 Steel Engraving ''Hasting''after J.M.W. Turner engraved by R. Wallis image area 23'' x 15 1/2''.
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English School circa 1810 A
English School circa 1810 A Gentleman profile to the left wearing a coat and cravat silhouette painted on card heightened in gilt oval 8.5cm x 7cm (3.25" x 2.75") in a gilt metal mounted black painted frame
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1 vol. (American Civil War.)
1 vol. (American Civil War.) Carte-de-Visite Photo Album. New York, ca. 1861-1865. Oblong 4to, orig. embossed brown morocco, spine gilt, a.e.g., brass clasps (defective); joints & extremities rubbed. Minor dampstaining near spine of bottom edge - not affecting photos. Holding 60 Carte-de-Visite portraits of Union political & military notables. Signed photos include Robert Anderson (comdr. of Ft. Sumter), Gen. Joseph Hooker, Gen. George B. McClellan, Gen. Fitz-John Porter, Gen. Winfield Scott (signed on verso) - not shown in uniform, Montgomery Blair (Lincoln's Postmaster General, counsel for Dred Scott), William H. Seward (Lincoln's Sec. of State), Gideon Welles (Lincoln's Sec. of Navy); also signed photos of Robert & Louis Philippe D'Orleans (French-born nobles serving under McClellan). Internally generally clean, a few photo frames torn, photos in very good to excellent states of preservation. Album includes gilt-printed title: The Photographic Album. new York: D. Appleton, 1861. Provenance upon request. ,500-
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''Schwatka's Search'' William H
''Schwatka's Search'' William H Gilder Dated 1881
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Attributed to Edward Bird
Attributed to Edward Bird (1772-1819)/The Conscription/soldiers in a tavern/oil on canvas, 24cm x 29cm/see illustration
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1861 Harper's Weekly ''Charleston
1861 Harper's Weekly ''Charleston Duringthe Bombardment of Sumter''.
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1851 English Walsingham Document
1851 English Walsingham Document Framed 12''x10''
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THREE SOVEREIGNS 1910, 1912 &
THREE SOVEREIGNS 1910, 1912 & 1913(3)
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1815 MAP OF THE UNITED STATES,
1815 MAP OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDINGLouisiana. Published by Riley, New York. Black and white. Shows fading and discoloration, some creasing. Modern frame, UV glass. Sight size 16 1/2" x 18 1/2", overall 24" x 27 1/2".
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1851 LIBERTY HEAD $1 GOLD, NGC AU58
1851 LIBERTY HEAD $1 GOLD, NGC AU58 Light wear with trivial marks.
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1790 engraving of British religious
1790 engraving of British religious leaders/theologians; James Hamilton, Methodist founder John Wesley, and Joseph Cotes walk arm in arm on the streets of Edinburgh; the work of artist John Kay. 8" x 5 1/2". Overall staining.
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[Civil War - CDV] Civil War CDVs of
[Civil War - CDV] Civil War CDVs of Soldiers from the 175th New York Volunteer Infantry Autographed Lot of 2: CDV by Whitehurst Gallery of Washington signed on verso Respectfully Yrs H. Fearn Surgn 175th N.Y.V. Herbert Fearn served as an Assistant Surgeon in the 4th U.S. Infantry 44th New York Infantry and 67th New York Infantry before November 29 1863 when he was promoted to Surgeon in the 175th. He served the remainder of the war in that position mustering out in November 1865 at Greensborough Georgia. CDV by Bogardus of New York City signed on verso M.H. Ellis / Capt. 175th N.Y.V. Matthew H. Ellis enlisted at New York City in late 1862 was quickly promoted to Captain and transferred into Co. K 175th New York Infantry in January of 1863. He was discharged while in detached service January 31 1865. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: Fearn's with diagonal crease from upper left to lower right and adhesive residue on verso. Ellis' trimmed to an arched top with adhesive residue at edges of verso.
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Large English patent document
Large English patent document issued 1865, London
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Three Civil War Lithographs
Three Civil War Lithographs American, mid 19th century or later, all with some hand color: "Fort Peirson, Camp of The Fifth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, New Berne [sic,] N.C.", by Samuel J.F. Thayer, 1863, tent camp with fortifications, regimented troops marching in background, 19 x 21-3/4 in. (page), heavily toned, fabric tape verso; "Majr. Genl. William T. Sherman, On His Victorious March…", originally published by Currier & Ives, undated, probably a later printing, General Sherman on rearing horse, 15 x 11-1/4 in. (page), minor corner loss; "Map of the Southern States…", as published in Harper's Weekly History of the Rebellion, 1863, showing southern United States and coastline with blockades noted, borders with patriotic vignettes and portraits of Abraham Lincoln, William Seward, Generals Winfield Scott and George McClellan, two joined pages with maps and other views verso, 21-5/8 x 31-1/2 in. (page), numerous tears, separations and losses (some within image), paper tape reinforcement verso,