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WILLIAM WOODS

• 1763 JOHN BASKERVILLE BIBLE1763 John
  1763 JOHN BASKERVILLE BIBLE1763 John Baskerville Bible, brown leather front and backboards, spine with raised bands, gilt floral stamp decoration and red title label. Title page reads "The Holy Bible CONTAINING THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW: Tranf(s)lated out of the Original Tongues and the With the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revif(s)ed By His Majesty's Special Command. APPOINTED TO BE READ IN CHURCHES. CAMBRIDGE, Printed by JOHN BASKERVILLE, Printer to the University. MDCCLXIII (1763). CUM PRIVILEGIO." Beginning end pages together with inserted pages record the family histories of several families, including that of William Woods, native of Ireland, who immigrated to the United States/ Baltimore, Maryland in 1785 and his wife Mary Haggart of Scotland. Several pages detail the births, marriages, and deaths of the family members, beginning with the marriage of William Woods and Mary Haggart on June 7th, 1787 and ending with the death of John Durborow who died on June 21st 1844. Inscription dated December 13th, 1978 describes how bible was purchased at auction by Towne Miller for the price of $5, back of front page. 18 3/4" H x 12 1/2" W x 4 1/8 D. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com) Condition: Front cover, first, and last few pages separated from spine. Scattered foxing and browning to some of the interior pages.
• BARBARA MUELLER (MISSOURI B. 1937) WATERCOLOR
  BARBARA MUELLER (MISSOURI B. 1937) WATERCOLOR ON PAPERBarbara Mueller (Born 1937)Thunder's Wife (Circa 1975.)The abstract expressionist composition of stratified, undulating forms in motion is signed lower right front and titled verso. It was exhibited in the artist's one-woman show at Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York NY in the 1970s and at the University of Nebraska.Barbara Mueller was born in Summit, New Jersey, though, as an artist, she is most associated with Missouri. She served on the faculty of the University of Missouri-Kansas City for more than three decades, retiring as professor of art and art history in 1999. During those teaching years she furthered her own education through seminars, workshops, residencies and artist study tours around the world. At one point she received a Fulbright faculty grant to study in India. All the while she enjoyed invitations to show her work in juried exhibitions across the United States. Today, Barbara's paintings are included in the collections of the Beach Museum, Spencer Museum of Art, Oklahoma State University, William Woods College, Fulton, Missouri and the Women's Center, University of Missouri - Kansas City, among others. Learn more about her at BarbaraMuellerArt.com.Sight size through the mat is 8.75 x 11.75, the frame measures 20.5 x 23.5 inches.Obviously the condition is very good, very clean, intact, strong unfaded colors, no visible stain, damage, repair, punctures or tears. This work has not been examined outside the frame.Provenance: Personal collection of the artist.
• Two William IV grants of arms to Walter
  Two William IV grants of arms to Walter Wilkins, signed by Ralph Bigland and William Woods and dated 1835, suspending gilt cased seals and in a tooled and gilt red morocco case, case 55.5cm wide
• Three North Carolina Governors' Documents
  Three North Carolina Governors' Documents American, 18th through 20th centuries: Richard Caswell (1729-1789, first and fifth Governor of North Carolina), North Carolina Inferior Court manuscript document dated July 21, 1761, regarding a Johnston County dispute, signed "Robert Caswell for the King", on laid paper, 7 x 5-7/8 in., laid down at edges, creases, tears, losses; autograph letter dated January 12, 1787, one page addressed to the Governor of New York, regarding enclosed North Carolina state legislation appointing deputies to attend the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in May, 1787, signed "R. Caswell", with postal cover and printed legislation, on laid paper, 9-1/4 x 7-1/2 in., glue tacked to paper, creases, repaired loss (not affecting text); William Woods Holden (1818-1892, 38th and 40th Governor of North Carolina), three-page autograph letter appealing to the Honorable Joseph R. Hawley regarding a presidential appointment (probably postmaster) for which Holden was no longer being considered, on lined laid paper, 9-3/4 x 7-1/2 in., creases, cellophane tape, pencil inscriptions; Angus W. McLean (1870-1935, 56th Governor of North Carolina), lithograph portrait signed in plate "Sincerely Yours, Angus W. McLean", published by Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C., on wove paper, 11-1/4 x 8-1/8 in., scattered foxing, (four pieces),
• Lincoln presidential appointment, partially
  Lincoln presidential appointment, partially printed document on vellum with seal, dated July 17, 1862, appointing William W. Averell "Captain in the Third Regiment of Cavalry", signed in ink "Abraham Lincoln" lower right and "Edwin M. Stanton" as Secretary of War lower center, docketed top left corner "Recorded. Volume 17. Page 136. Adjutant General's Office, June 5, 1863. E.D. Townsend, Asst. Adj. Genl.", includes senate report dated February 23, 1888, related to William Averell's retirement, page 18 x 13-3/4 in.; modern wood frame. Toning, creases, fading, smudging, soiling, seal missing one point; frame with abrasions. Property of a Descendant of William Woods Averell.