A few examples of appraisal values for
APRIL 2 1864

• Civil War-Era Diary Containing
  Civil War-Era Diary Containing April 15 1865 Reference to Lincoln's Death Plus Lot of 3 includes 1865 diary and two period pens (one ivory one wood).  The diary published by A. Williams & Co. of Boston contains simple notes on the keeper's movements meetings and the weather for each day of the year.  The unidentified keeper was from the Boston area traveling to Boston almost every morning and Newton almost every evening.  His entries rarely note anything else excepting a few personal items and national news events including: April 3: Great rejoicing over the fall of Richmond April 10: Great rejoicing over the surrender of Lee and his army. April 15: Astounded by news of the murder of President Lincoln. April 16: At Church Mr. Warren preached on the death of President Lincoln. April 19: President Lincoln's funeral and the entire nation is in mourning...At Church at 12 noon... Notes regarding personal matters include references to meetings of a Road Committee a few visits and dinners with Massachusetts Governor John Albion Andrew (governor for the entirety of the war known for his staunch abolitionist views and for promoting the employment of black soldiers) several references to meetings with friend John W. Candler including efforts to get him nominated as representative (Candler was successful and he served as state representative the following year 1866 and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1881-83 and 1889-91) family matters such as Everett buried and Mother died this morning at 8-1/4 o'clock in her 91st year; Mother's funeral at my house Rev'd Warren read the service body taken to (?) departed at the age of 91 & 23 days a most excellent and respectable woman I never saw her equal and holiday notes: (December 7) State & national Thanksgiving children and grandchildren all at home.  At church snow storm.; (December 24) At Church.  All here to dine including 4 grandchildren 19 in all; (December 31) At Church. Cloudy. Sleighing.  All the children and grandchildren at dinner.
• [Civil War] Early handwritten facsimile
  [Civil War] Early handwritten facsimile of Abraham Lincoln's order to Gen. Grant to force Lee's surrender April 7 1865 dated at City Point VA: ''Gen. Sheridan says 'If the thing is pressed I think that Lee will surrender' Let the THING be pressed'' Endorsed ''The original dispatch sent by Mr. Lincoln to me. Apl. 7th 1865. U. S. Grant'' Ink pen on engineer's glazed linen 7 X 9 in. framed Estimate $ 400-600 The linen has stuck to the straw board backing and stained at upper left and to a lesser extent at the lower left.
• LINCOLN ASSASSINATION NEWSPAPER,
  LINCOLN ASSASSINATION NEWSPAPER, APRIL 15TH, 1865 Original issue of the BALTIMORE CLIPPER, Vol. L, No. 89, with headlines concerning the death of Abraham Lincoln and other news at the close of the Civil War. Together with another issue of the same paper,r June 30th, 1863 (just before Gettysburg) and other newspaper clippings.
• Baltimore Clipper Lincoln Assassination
  Baltimore Clipper Lincoln Assassination April 15 1865 Morning & Afternoon Editions Plus Lot of 9 newspapers related to the Lincoln assassination including: the April 15 1865 morning and afternoon editions of the Baltimore Clipper both mourning ruled the morning edition with the latest dispatch at 4:10am reporting The President Sinking the afternoon dispatched at 2:00pm with the news of Lincoln's death and President Johnson's inauguration. Also included are the Baltimore Clipper editions of April 17 18 19 20 and 21 1865 and a copy of the New York Times of April 26 1865 reporting on Lincoln's funeral procession and an April 30 1861 edition of The Sun of Baltimore reporting on the "War Excitement." The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection
• FRAMED COLLECTION OF TWELVE DIFFERENT
  FRAMED COLLECTION OF TWELVE DIFFERENT CONFEDERATE BANK NOTES As follows: 10¢ April 6, 1863; $1 February 17, 1864; $2 State of Georgia, July 4, 1861; $2 June 2, 1862; $2 February 17, 1864; $5 February 17, 1864; $10 September 2, 1861; $10 February 17, 1864; $20 September 2, 1861; $20 February 17, 1864; $50 September 2, 1861; $100 September 2, 1861. These notes are spot glued to a green linen board within a gilt and gesso frame.
• Currier & Ives print, "Death of
  Currier & Ives print, "Death of President Lincoln at Washington, D.C., April 15th 1865, The Nation's Martyr". 10" x 14". Extremely light foxing.
• HARPER'S WEEKLY APRIL 22, 1865,
  HARPER'S WEEKLY APRIL 22, 1865, AND ENGLISH PICNIC, TWO LITHOGRAPHS, AND SURRENDERING OF CORNWALLIS, ENGRAVINGHarper's Weekly April 22, 1865, and English Picnic, Two Lithographs, and Surrendering of Cornwallis, Engraving
• Currier & Ives Colored Lithographs
  Currier & Ives Colored Lithographs Including The Battle of Petersburg Va. Lot of 2 including The Battle of Petersburg Va. April 2nd 1865. hand colored framed to 11.25 x 15 in.; plus an unframed REPRINT of The U.S. Sloop of War "Kearsarge" 7 guns Sinking the Pirate "Alabama" 8 Guns." Condition: Toning. light soiling and a water stain at upper left.
• TWO AMERICAN CIVIL WAR DISCHARGES.
  TWO AMERICAN CIVIL WAR DISCHARGES. Third quarter 19th century. One for John P. Wilson, dated November 18th 1864. And the second for John P. Fellows, dated August 28, 1865. Folds tears and toning. In frames 22"h. 18"w.
• Lot 2 early books ''New York At
  Lot 2 early books ''New York At Gettysburg July 1-2-3-1863''.
• ABRAHAM LINCOLN ASSASSINATION DAY
  ABRAHAM LINCOLN ASSASSINATION DAY NEWSPAPER. Published by The New York Herald: April 15 1865 Frame: 30'' x 26'' Condition: No Specific Condition Recorded - Sold As Is
• CITY OF RICHMOND 1862 FRACTIONAL
  CITY OF RICHMOND 1862 FRACTIONAL SCRIP Both April 14, 1862 Ten cents and Sixty Cents.
• [Presidential Autograph Civil War]
  [Presidential Autograph Civil War] Abraham Lincoln signed part-printed commission April 15 1861 framed appoints Willard B. Farwell to the office of Naval Officer for the District of San Francisco; signed also by Salmon P. Chase and with the seal of the Treasury Department. (Farwell 1829-1903 had been a member of the California legislature in the 1850s. Lincoln died on April 15 1865.) Estimate $ 2 500-3 500 Intersecting folds with some rumpling and other light creases. The President smudged the signature slightly in writing it.
• LINCOLN ABRAHAM Clipped signature
  LINCOLN ABRAHAM Clipped signature (''A. Lincoln'') April 11 1864 on lined paper. Framed and matted. 3 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches.
• [Civil War Ephemera] Two telegraphs
  [Civil War Ephemera] Two telegraphs on Baltimore & Ohio Railroads on telegraph letterhead the first from George William Brown to John Work Garrett April 21 1861 informing him that he had met with President Lincoln and the Cabinet and had been assured that the Massachusetts Regt. would be removed to Harrisburg the second from John E. Wool to the commandant of officers at Baltimore September 20 1862 ordering the safe passage to Baltimore of George L. Dobbin a political prisoner on parole Estimate $ 100-150
• Two Civil War certificates of discharge
  Two Civil War certificates of discharge dated 1862. ?
• 5 CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
  5 CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA BANK NOTES 5 MISC. CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA BANK NOTES CONSISTING OF 20 DOLLAR NOTE ISSUED FEBRUARY 17, 1864; 2-10 DOLLAR NOTES JANUARY 7, 1864 AND APRIL 6, 1863 RESPECTIVELY; ALONG WITH A 5 DOLLAR NOTE FEBRUARY 17, 1864; ALL NOTES MARKED RICHMOND
• APRIL 24, 1879 DOCUMENT: ARTICLES
  APRIL 24, 1879 DOCUMENT: ARTICLES OF AGREEMENTFOR THE PORT OF NEW BEDFORD FOR THE STEAMER "MISSISSIPPI" OF BOSTON INCLUDING SEAMEN LIST. SIGHT SIZE 17" X 24 3/4".
• 1861 North Carolina $2.00 Civil
  1861 North Carolina $2.00 Civil War Note.
• ROBERT E. LEE LETTEROld facsimile
  ROBERT E. LEE LETTEROld facsimile letter, General Orders #9 signed by Confederate General Robert E. Lee to Brigadier General W.H. Stevens, Chief Engineer of the Army of No. Virginia. It is on watermarked paper dated 10th of April 1865 from the Headquarters of the Army of Northern Virginia. Size: 12.5 x 8 inches and in very good condition. The letter was written a day after Lee surrendered to Union forces at Appamatox Courthouse on April 9, 1865. Stamped verso by Lakeside Press, RR Donnelly & Sons.
• Two James Pattison Civil War sketches
  Two James Pattison Civil War sketches (James William Pattison, Illinois/Asheville, North Carolina, 1844-1915), both pencil on paper: "The Union Picket Line, early morning…as seen from the Grave", 6-1/8 x 11-1/8 in.; "The Grave at Noontime", inscription verso "And I often stop and wonder/as I ponder on my blunder/why in thunder...lapses/born of languor…us lie", 7-7/8 x 8-3/8 in., both sketches from the Siege of Petersburg, June 15, 1864-April 2, 1865, that led to the surrender of Robert E. Lee (Pattison served in the 57th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, Company G), both unframed. Toning, handling grime, creases, added inscriptions at bottom edges in ink indicating artist and location of subject. Estate of Patricia Pattison Shuttles, Asheville, North Carolina.
• TWO UNFRAMED CURRIER & IVES PRINTS
  TWO UNFRAMED CURRIER & IVES PRINTS PERTAINING TO THE CIVIL WAR. Both small folios. ''The Fall of Richmond Va. on the Night of April 2nd 1865''. And ''The Seige of Charleston''. Matted.
• Lincoln assassination letter, detailed
  Lincoln assassination letter, detailed eyewitness account of events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theatre on the evening of April 14, 1865: four-page manuscript letter datelined "'Montauk', Navy Yard, Wash. D.C. April 15th 1865.9 P.M." (sent April 30), from U.S. Navy surgeon Dr. George B. Todd to his brother: "The few hours that have intervened since the terrible (underlined) tragedy of last night have served to give me a little clearer brain…Yesterday about 3 P.M. the President (underlined) and wife drove down to the Navy Yard and paid our ship a visit…In the evening nearly all of us went to Ford's Theatre. I was very early, and got a seat near the President's private box…About 10:25 P.M. a man came in…I heard a man say "there's Booth"…he…was near the (President's) box door when he stopped…the door was opened and he walked in…I heard the report of a pistol…Booth jumped out of the box onto the stage, holding in his hand a large knife and shouting so loud as to be heard all over the house, ['Sic semper Tyranus'…]", 8 x 10 in., [minor separation at folds, light soiling, minor fading]; with a clipped article from [Baltimore and Ohio Magazine], February, 1926, in which the letter is reproduced, 11 x 8 in., [rough edges], and a 4 x 6 in. albumen photograph of the interior of the U. S. monitor "Montauk", [long tear].
• 1864 Two cent MS 65
  1864 Two cent MS 65
• Dated January 14th 1863 letter
  Dated January 14th 1863 letter signed by Civil War Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles.
• Lot of two Pre Civil War Daguerreotypes;
  Lot of two Pre Civil War Daguerreotypes; one with man in stovepipe hat, the other Dated 1854, both also illegibly identified on inner case lining.
• LINCOLN ASSASSINATION NEWSPAPER,
  LINCOLN ASSASSINATION NEWSPAPER, PHILADELPHIA 1865 Original issue of THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, April 17, 1865 (Vol. XLIII, no. 89) with latest news of Lincoln's assassination and related events, the front page text with heavy black leading.
• Confederate Civil War Journal dated
  Confederate Civil War Journal dated June 1, 1861-June 8, 1862, John G. McCall (22nd North Carolina Regiment, Company B), seven pag
• Civil War Confederate Archive mostly
  Civil War Confederate Archive mostly dated January-February, 1862, partially printed and manuscript documents, War Department General Orders imprint, forms for requisitions, discharg
• 1864 Confederate $20.00 Note #11636.
  1864 Confederate $20.00 Note #11636.
• [Civil War - Manuscripts] Civil
  [Civil War - Manuscripts] Civil War ALS from Mother to Son in Army Celebrating Lee's Surrender  4pp dated April 13 1865 at Pittsfield New Hampshire signed Mother and accompanied by the original envelope addressed to Frank J. Drake Esq. of Hanover New Hampshire. In part: ...The news of Lee's surrender come in 2 o'clock Monday P.M. & I assure you about all business was suspended for the remainder of the day & evening they acted as though they thought ''the year of Jubilee had come'' indeed it was a time of general rejoicing without any distinction of sect sex or party. Bells were rung Cannons fired Flags were raised Torches burned &c. I thought that might satisfy but no Tuesday evening they had a great time they had a very large torch-light procession including the whole school... She further describes the celebrations and spends the remainder of the letter reportig to her son the latest news regarding family and friends.
• Civil War New York Herald front
  Civil War New York Herald front pages The Siege of Yorktown'' April 22 1862 23''x15.75'' and ?Important From New Orleans'' April 26 1862 and a book ?Done in the Open'' Drawings by Frederic Remington (reprinted) 16.5''x11.5''
• TWO POSTWAR ITEMS PERTAINING TO
  TWO POSTWAR ITEMS PERTAINING TO CONFEDERATE GENERALS LEE AND JACKSON RESPECTIVELY To include: 1880s facsimile of Robert E. Lee's Farewell Address, the original delivered at Appomattox, Virginia on April 10, 1865 (16-1/2 x 0-3/4 in.) (deeply toned with fold creases from framing); a high quality Stonewall Jackson vignette with a likely hand-written biography below the portrait and carrying over to the back where, after all the careful penmanship, the narrative ends with the year of Jackson's death being erroneously noted as "1862" rather than correctly as "1863" (13 x 9-1/2 in.) (fine condition).
• TWO CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR BILLSTWO
  TWO CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR BILLSTWO CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR BILLS, two bills, one each for the denominations of $10 and $50, with mild wear, both with printing dates of February 17, 1864 (2) Provenance: Stewart R. Crane Family Collection
• CHESTER A. ARTHUR AUTOGRAPHED LETTER
  CHESTER A. ARTHUR AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED DATED APRIL 3, 1862 8.125" X 5.125". FOLDER 11.5" X 9.25".CHESTER A. ARTHUR AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED, Dated April 3, 1862, Written after the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack, pertains to a steel-plated projectile to use as a future tactical advantage. Housed in a Raab Collection portfolio folder also containing a double-sided document with additional information. Dimensions: 8.125" x 5.125". Folder 11.5" x 9.25". Provenance: Raab Collection.
• THE NEW YORK HERALD, 'THE DEATH
  THE NEW YORK HERALD, 'THE DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT,' NEWSPAPER FROM APRIL 15, 1865, FRAME: 23 X 16 INThe New York Herald, 'The Death of the President,' Newspaper from April 15, 1865, Frame: 23 x 16 in