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LINCOLN CDV

• A RARE LINCOLN MEMORIAL CDV1864
  A RARE LINCOLN MEMORIAL CDV1864
• [CDV - Album] CDV Album  A 50pp
  [CDV - Album] CDV Album  A 50pp album with space for four CDVs per page. FFEP inscribed to Jonathan Blott / 1902 chromolithographed title page of D. Appleton & Co. followed by an index page which is penciled with identifications of the photographs which formerly occupied the album. This lot contains no CDVs. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: Shelf wear missing clasps.
• ABRAHAM LINCOLN CDVS AND
  ABRAHAM LINCOLN CDVS AND PHOTOCollection of six 19C cartes-de-visite and a photo, all of Abraham Lincoln, likely 1870s or later. shipping info This item can be shipped in-house.
• [Political Americana - Lincolniana]
  [Political Americana - Lincolniana] Abraham Lincoln Memorial CDVs  Lot of 4 CDVs including: an illustration from the Berger photograph of Abraham Lincoln reading with his son Tad with the printed paper label of New York publisher and book jobber W.I. Pooley applied to verso advertising photos of Boston Corbett the killer of John Wilkes Booth; a cropped version of the same illustration placed inside an embossed patriotic border with the backmark of Providence publishers and gold dealers Salisbury Bro. & Co.; an illustration of President Washington welcoming President Lincoln to heaven as angels place an olive leaf crown on the latter titled Washington & Lincoln (Apotheosis) in the recto margin with artist's credit to S.J. Farris and 1865 copyright to J.A. Arthur blank on verso; and a lithographed CDV from an engraving of Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: First with missing corners chipped edges and glue residue on verso. Others very good.
• SEVEN (7) CDVS WITH ABRAHAM LINCOLN
  SEVEN (7) CDVS WITH ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND TWO (2) CDVS WITH ANDREW JOHNSON Highlights include Washington welcoming Lincoln to heaven; Lincoln reading with Tad; Lincoln with his Peace Commissioners in 1865. All images lack backmarks.
• [Political Americana - Lincolniana]
  [Political Americana - Lincolniana] Abraham Lincoln Memorial CDVs  Lot of 4 including: CDV featuring miniature albumen portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd placed inside an embossed patriotic border anonymous; CDV featuring a miniature albumen portrait of President Lincoln reading to Tad placed inside an embossed patriotic border with the backmark of James Burton & Co.'s Art Repository of Albany N.Y.; a full carte print of the same scene imprinted President LINCOLN and SON on recto anonymous; and a CDV published by Teague's of Lewiston Maine showing President Washington welcoming President Lincoln to heaven. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: Scattered soiling especially to fourth.
• [Political Americana - Lincolniana]
  [Political Americana - Lincolniana] Abraham Lincoln Memorial CDVs  Lot of 4 including: an anonymous vignette of a photograph of Lincoln; two different albumen cartes of illustrations/engravings based on the same Lincoln photograph (Meserve O-55); and a miniature albumen portrait 1.375'' x 1.75'' blindstamped J.E. Tilton & Co. Boston. and placed in a CDV-sized paped sleeve with embossed border. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: Some soiling else very good.
• [Political Americana - Lincolniana]
  [Political Americana - Lincolniana] Abraham Lincoln CDVs  Lot of 5 CDVs including: a half-length portrait with the backmark of Philadelphia photographer Frederick Gutekunst; an anonymous vignette portrait; a half-length illustration of Lincoln with his hand in his coat probably from the campaign of 1864; and two anonymous Lincoln Family cartes each a variation on the famous image of Abe reading to Tad. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: Light general wear else very good.
• Fine Group of Abraham Lincoln
  Fine Group of Abraham Lincoln CDVs & Cabinet Photographs Plus Lot of 13 including: CDV of President Lincoln reading to Tad anonymous publisher; CDV of a similar scene stamped Lincoln and Family with childlike signatures Emma Brown and William on verso and the stamp of a notary public attesting that the signatures are from Lincoln's (illegible); CDV of George Washington with embossed patriotic border anonymous; CDV of an engraving of General Phil Sheridan anonymous; silver gelatin cabinet card of a painting of Lincoln meeting with General McClellan by Handy of Washington DC; CDV of the Currier & Ives print The Old Bull Dog On The Right Track; cabinet card of Lincoln's horse a copy published by Our Gallery of Springfield; 4.25" x 5.25" mounted photograph of the Lincoln Tomb at Springfield; a 1905 copy photograph of a seated Lincoln; a photograph of a print titled Mr. Lincoln On Horse At His Old Residence; CDV of eccentric financier James Fisk Jr. wearing the "colonel's" uniform of the 9th New York National Guard Infantry Regiment; Address Delivered by Uriel Wright Esq. on Occasion of Laying the Corner Stone of the Theatre of the St. Louis Dramatic Varieties Association August 18 1851; and Chicago Historical Society Program. Saturday November 12th at 3 P.M. for the laying of the cornerstone of the their new building.NOTE: The Lincoln and Family CDV Lincoln's horse cabinet card and St. Louis theatre dedication booklet
• LINCOLN AND WASHINGTON CDVS,
  LINCOLN AND WASHINGTON CDVS, EPHEMERA7 presidential related Cartes de visite along with George Washington Ephemera. 1st item: Rare CDV of Mary Todd Lincoln, standing in a black dress and holding a fan, published by E. & H.T. Anthony from a photographic negative in Matthew Brady's portrait gallery. Anthony backstamp verso. 2nd item: CDV portrait of Abraham Lincoln, from a Feb. 24, 1861 photograph by Alexander Gardner at Matthew Brady's gallery. The President is seated in an armchair with inkwell on table beside him. No backstamp verso. 3rd-5th items: Composite CDVs depicting the Lincoln and George Washington families. No marks verso. 6th and 7th items: Colored illustrated CDV portraits of George and Martha Washington, one marked "Entered according to an Act of Congress in the year 1865 by J.H. Bufford & Sons." 8th item: Lithographic portrait of George Washington on horseback, after an engraving by F. Halpin, from a painting by A. Chappel. Facsimile signature beneath. Johnson, Fry & Co. c. 1880, frontispiece from a book "Battles of the United States" (the title of which has bled onto the top edge of the image). 8" x 10 1/2" overall. 9th item: Intaglio carved wood square of George Washington's head and shoulders, 1 3/4" square. 10th item: Sheet music, "Father of the Land We Love, Written for the American People by George M. Cohen to commemorate the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington". Illustrated with portrait of Washington by James Montgomery Flagg. Vignettes of Washington's life en verso. Provenance: the estate of Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com) Condition: All in fair condition with toning/light handling grime. Mary Todd Lincoln CDV has small black specks across image and some edge stains visible on back, small corner fold. Abe Lincoln CDV has some staining at right edge and light corner fold. Lincoln family CDV has corner fold affecting image. George and Martha Washington CDVs have light foxing and corner folds. Washington print has corner fold and foxing, toning. Sheet music in fair to poor condition with edge losses and toning.
• CDVs of Lincoln-Era Political
  CDVs of Lincoln-Era Political Figures Lot of 8 including: an E. Anthony carte of Stephen Douglas from a Brady negative; a CDV illustration of Grant & Colfax anonymous publisher; a copy photograph CDV of Jeff Davis and Wife anonymous publisher; a CDV of Henry Clay and Wife with 1861 copyright of Jas. Cremer of Philadelphia; a copy photograph of William Seward published by Disderi of Paris and London; two different later-19th century silver gelatin CDVs of Salmon P. Chase by Hoyt's ''The Brady National Gallery'' of Washington blindstamped at lower left of the prints; and a cabinet card of Robert Todd Lincoln by an anonymous publisher imprinted Secretary Lincoln dating it to his time as Secretary of War under Presidents Garfield and Arthur 1881-1885. Condition: Light soiling and light edge wear else very good.
• [Political Americana - Lincolniana]
  [Political Americana - Lincolniana] Mary Todd Lincoln Framed CDV  A vignette portrait with imprinted identification on recto lacking a backmark housed in an oval brass and blue velvet frame. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: CDV with slightly clipped corners else very good.
• [Political Americana - Lincolniana]
  [Political Americana - Lincolniana] Abraham Lincoln Memorial CDVs  Lot of 5 CDVs including: a portrait of Lincoln with the backmark of D. Appleton & Co. / A.A. Turner photographer; a D. Appleton vignette portrait; an anonymous vignette portrait; a vignette portrait with the recto 1865 copyright and backmark of Boston publisher J.H. Bufford; and an oval portrait with Lincoln's birth and death dates printed on recto and a biographical sketch and credit to J. Hall on verso. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection
• Abraham & Mary Todd Lincoln Group
  Abraham & Mary Todd Lincoln Group of CDVs Lot of 9 CDVs including: two CDVs featuring cropped oval albumen portraits of President Lincoln in an embossed patriotic border one published by A.E. Alden of Providence the other by Salisbury Bro. & Co. of Providence; a similar carte with side by side oval portraits of Abe & Mary Todd placed in an embossed patriotic border by an anonymous publisher and trimmed at the top and bottom; three CDVs based on the same image of Mary Todd one of which is the photograph from life by Brady copyright 1862 published by Anthony the other two engravings of the same pose by anonymous publishers; two similar CDVs of Mrs. Lincoln in black by anonymous publishers; and a lithographed carte of President Lincoln. Condition: Light-to-moderate soiling.
• [Political Americana - Lincolniana]
  [Political Americana - Lincolniana] Abraham Lincoln's War Cabinet Composite CDV Plus  Lot of 4 including: a composite albumen carte of Lincoln and his cabinet circa 1862 (Hamlin Seward Chase Stanton Bates Welles Smith Blair) with the verso hand stamp of C.W. Thorne of New York; and three engraved CDVs by Wm. S. & A. Martien of Philadelphia of Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton and General John Pope. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: Chase and Stanton with paper remnants from a previous mounting on verso else very good.
• [Political Americana - Lincolniana]
  [Political Americana - Lincolniana] Abraham Lincoln Memorial CDVs  Lot of 8 including: an albumen carte of a full length illustration of Lincoln standing beside a table imprinted on verso Abraham Lincoln Late President of the United States anonymous; an albumen carte of the Lincoln family with Abe reading to Tad anonymous; an albumen carte of Lincoln on his deathbed anonymous; an albumen carte of an engraving (from photograph O-92) anonymous; an albumen carte of Columbia between jugate portraits of Washington and Lincoln surrounded by scenes of the Revolutionary War and Civil War anonymous; an albumen carte of an illustration of The National Lincoln Monument Erecting at Springfield Ills. designed by Larkin G. Mead and photographed at The National Gallery in Springfield; an albumen carte of a memorial to Lincoln anonymous; and a printed card 2.75'' x 1.875'' featuring a portrait of Lincoln black mourning borders and the text IN EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE!. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: Second with glue residue on verso. Others with light general wear.
• PERIOD CARTE DE VISITE COLLECTION
  PERIOD CARTE DE VISITE COLLECTION FOCUSED ON ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND HIS FAMILY The collection's fifty images are housed in a deluxe tooled leather album patented by William W. Harding of Philadelphia on October 17, 1865; embellishments include heavily gilt page edges, faux pearls inset on the boards, and ornate gilt floral patterns throughout; the CDVs consist of both photographs and lithographs, sometimes in multiples variously having or lacking a distributor's backmark. Eleven (11) images depict Lincoln by himself; while over twenty (20) repeating images show Lincoln with his family; other topics present are Lincoln's deathbed scene, his apotheosis to heaven and a welcome by George Washington; the Peace Commission of 1865; an Indiana well dug by Lincoln during his youth; the Lincolns' Springfield home; U.S. Grant with a child (usually labeled "Grant in Peace").
• [Political Americana - Lincolniana]
  [Political Americana - Lincolniana] Mary Todd Lincoln CDVs  Lot of 4 CDVs including: a Brady portrait of Mary Todd seated in a floral dress inked Mrs. Lincoln in the lower margin of recto; an E. Anthony vignette of Mary Todd wearing a bonnet with printed identification and 1861 copyright on recto; a Wm. H. Mumler of Boston vignette of an illustration of a plainly dressed Mary with printed identification and 1865 copyright on recto; and a full length seated portrait by an anonymous publisher. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection
• 12pc Group Civil War CDVs. Includes
  12pc Group Civil War CDVs. Includes CDVs published by E& H.T. Anthony (New York), M. O'Brien (Chicago), G.F. Bouve (Boston), Elias Dexter (New York), and Whitehurst (Washington D.C.). Images include Abraham Lincoln and Thaddeus, Mary Todd Lincoln, Major General McDowell, General Phil Sheridan, General Shields, Andrew Johnson, Francis Blair, General Ulysses Grant, and a carton of Benjamin Butler 'Bluebeard of New Orleans'. Some cards have been cut down, some toning, and some scattered stains. Overall good condition.
• CDV AND TINTYPE PHOTO ALBUM, MID TO
  CDV AND TINTYPE PHOTO ALBUM, MID TO LATE 19TH C.CDV and tintype photo album, mid to late 19th c., to include a CDV of president Abraham Lincoln, a tintype of a Civil War soldier, a tintype of a dwarf, etc. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: As found condition. 41 photos, three are loose (not secure in book). No additional information available for this lot.
• CDV Album E
  CDV Album E
• GROUP OF 8 CIVIL WAR & TN CDV
  GROUP OF 8 CIVIL WAR & TN CDV CARDSCollection of 8 Civil War and TN related carte de visite cards from various studios, including 2 of President Abraham Lincoln, 1 of Mrs. Lincoln, 1 of President Andrew Johnson, 1 of Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase, 1 of President Ulysses S. Grant, 1 of Senator William Henry Seward and 1 portrait card depicting the "Old Abe" or Live Eagle, the symbol on the flag of the 8th Wisconsin Regiment. All measuring 4" H x 2 1/2" W. Provenance: Private Warren County, TN collection. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com) Condition: Minor toning, some spotting and wear to edges.
• [Political Americana - Lincolniana]
  [Political Americana - Lincolniana] Mary Todd Lincoln CDVs  Lot of 6 including: a have length vignette of Mary Todd adorned with flowers on an Brady/Anthony backmarked carte with Brady's 1862 copyright line and the inked identification Mrs. A. Lincoln in the recto margin; a slightly different Brady/Anthony carte from the same sitting lacking an inscription; an illustration after the same sitting with the backmark of Charles Taber & Co. of New Bedford Massachusetts; an anonymous vignette of Mrs. Lincoln in dark dress; an illustration from the same sitting imprinted Mrs. Lincoln on recto but lacking any publisher's info; and a lithographed carte of Mrs. Lincoln from an engraving also anonymous. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: First is soiled and more worn than the others which are worn at the edges else very good.
• CDV LINCOLN PORTRAIT, TAKEN IN
  CDV LINCOLN PORTRAIT, TAKEN IN THE BRADY STUDIO, 1864CDV, 1864 Brady's $5, view of Lincoln taken by Anthony Berger at Brady's Studio on February 9, 1864, on a Brady Mount in Acrylic Standing Frame
• CDV OF LINCOLN AFTER AN ENGRAVING
  CDV OF LINCOLN AFTER AN ENGRAVING OF BRADY PHOTOGRAPHCDV OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AFTER AN ENGRAVING OF A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY ANTHONY BERGER IN THE STUDIO OF BRADY IN 1864 now reduced and set in a case with gilt metal surround. Two similar CDV of the same image are reproduced, Schnieder, Collecting Lincoln, Shiffer Publishing, 1997, p. 36.
• CIVIL WAR ERA LETTER AND 4 CDVS,
  CIVIL WAR ERA LETTER AND 4 CDVS, INCL. CONFEDERATE GENE...Civil War era letter and Confederate officer carte de vistes, 5 items total. 1st item: Civil war era letter with envelope from William F. Thurman, 53rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, Confederate States Army, addressed to his wife Margaret R. Thurman, Lynnville, Giles County, Tennessee. Letter from Port Hudson, Louisiana dated Feb the 27th, 1863 reads "Dear wife and children, it is with pleasure that I seat myself to drop you a few line to let you know that I am well and have better health thein [sic] I have since I have been out...Everything is a high price our men freed a kind of a gun boat out of a transport they...with cotton to go up the River to capture lane none dead yankee gunboat wich [sic] the[y] have succeeded in doing the one that left hear [sic] and one we got from the[m] a week or too [sic] ago named queen of the west and another boat captured the yankee Iron clad we have the Iron clad in our possession at this time sunk in a boat & [a] foot [of] water. Jim Polk is sick and has gone to the hospital the Doctors say that he has the fever Nat has got the yellow ganders [possibly yellow jaundice]". The letter also includes Thurman's instructions to his wife regarding the upkeep of the family crops and livestock stating "I think I will be at home by the time Crops is Made...". The letter also contains a shorter message from Thurman, Port Hudson, dated February 28th 11/63 in which he states "I still have the the [sic] ganders I don't know as I am any Better than I was when I wrote you last I am better of the gander but I am so weak..." and later refers to a letter that he received from Dick Weatherford informing him that Joe Perry had died. He ends the letter with the sentiment "your devoted Husband Till Death W. F. Thurman to M. C. Thurman". Envelope includes "PORT HUDSON LA" and "PAID" postmark stamps, with Thurman's name and regiment number. Folded letter - 8 1/8" H x 5 1/2" W. Unfolded letter - 10 7/8" W. Envelope - 3 1/8" H x 5 1/2" W. 2nd-5th items: Four (4) Civil War era carte de vistes (CDVs) depicting officers of the Confederate States Army, including Major-General Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Cheatham, General Albert Sidney Johnston, General Braxton Bragg, and Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner. Johnston, Bragg, and Buckner CDVs published by E & H. T. Anthony, New York, Cheatham CDV taken by Theodore Gubelman (American/Swiss, 1844-1926), Pulaski, TN. Maker's marks and names of officers en verso. CDVs approximately 4" H x 2 1/2" W. All items mid/late 19th century. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com) Condition: 1st item: Letter and envelope with overall toning, Minor wear to center fold line of letter, losses and tears to envelope edges. 2nd-5th items: General wear and chipping to edges of CDVs with overall toning. All with pencil inscriptions en verso.
• RARE SECOND GENERATION FASSETT
  RARE SECOND GENERATION FASSETT CDV OF ABRAHAM LINCOLNRare second generation Fassett CDV of Abraham Lincoln. S.M. Bassett Gallery stamp verso. The CDV is part of a larger album containing assorted 19th century portraits. Dimensions: 4"h x 2.37"w. Provenance: Discovered as part of a 19th century photo album purchased at a year sale. Processing and shipping within the continental U.S. $40.00 (whole album) plus 1.5% replacement cost insurance. Please note we do not accept credit cards. Condition: Mild toning and very slight folds at corners. Very good condition. Witherells strives to provide as much information and photographs as possible but encourages in-person inspection by bidders. Condition: statements are only for general guidance and should not be relied upon as complete statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty or assumption of liability by Witherells. All lots are sold "AS IS" under the Terms & Condition: s.
• CIVIL WAR ERA CARTE DE VISITE OF
  CIVIL WAR ERA CARTE DE VISITE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN Circa 1865, albumin print mounted on card, framed.
• LINCOLN SIGNED CALLING CARD &
  LINCOLN SIGNED CALLING CARD & ORIGINAL CDV PHOTO WITH HIS SON Calling Card signed 'A. Lincoln', 2" x 3 1/2", in plexi slab; PLUS CD photo of the period, of Lincoln with his son Tad (who died in 1871 at age 18), taken by Anthony Berger in 1862, the second year of the war, blank back, in modern silver frame. Note Abe is wearing glasses.
• [Civil War - Autographs] Gideon
  [Civil War - Autographs] Gideon Welles Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy Civil War LS & CDV  Gideon Welles (1802-1878). Secretary of the Navy under Presidents Lincoln and Johnson whose naval warfare strategies were instrumental to the Union victory in the Civil War. Lot of 2 framed together including a wartime CDV by Anthony from a Brady negative and a letter signed 1p dated March 22 1862 at the Navy Department (Washington) granting a leave of absence to Paymaster Gilbert E. Thornton of the U.S. Storeship Brandywine at Baltimore for the purpose of executing a bond in person. Condition: Very good. Some ink bleeding to signature.
• [Civil War - CDV] Civil War CDVs of
  [Civil War - CDV] Civil War CDVs of Confederate & Union Generals  Lot of 10 CDVs including five cropped albumen portraits placed on oval border cartes of Generals McClellan John Pope Henry Halleck Benjamin Butler and Colonel Edward Dickinson Baker and five standard size albumen vignette cartes of Generals Winfield Scott Stonewall Jackson Philip Kearny Nathaniel P. Banks and Joseph Hooker. All by anonymous publishers except for Scott's and Jackson's which bear the backmark of Hall of New York. Condition: All with light general soiling and wear. General Banks with several flyspeck stains on his uniform.
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM Naval commission
  LINCOLN, ABRAHAM Naval commission on vellum, Estimate:$3,000-$5,000
• SIX (6) CDVS OF CONFEDERATE LEADERS
  SIX (6) CDVS OF CONFEDERATE LEADERS Mostly lacking a backmark, to include: Jefferson Davis (2), one by L. Prang & Co., Boston; Varina Davis (2); Robert E. Lee; Joseph E. Johnston (with O.R. Lane, Atlanta backmark).
• Lincoln Wide Awake Marcher Possibly
  Lincoln Wide Awake Marcher Possibly from Hartford Rare CDV Albumen cdv of a Lincoln Wide Awake marcher wearing early-style Wide Awake regalia indicating that this gentleman could very well be an original Hartford Wide Awake. CDV lacks studio imprint. Carte-de-visite images of parade marchers from 1860 to 1880 are much rarer than tintypes and are at least as rare as ambrotypes from 1860 through 1864. This is the first cdv of a Wide Awake that Cowan's has had the opportunity to offer at auction. John D. Pfeifer Collection Condition: Very light even toning.
• [Political Americana - Lincolniana]
  [Political Americana - Lincolniana] John Wilkes Booth and Edwin Booth CDVs  Lot of 4 CDVs including: an anonymous three-quarter length photograph of John Wilkes Booth with his hand in his jacket; an anonymous illustration on a mount imprinted John Wilkes Booth The Assassin showing the devil whispering into Booth's ear as he stands just outside the presidential box at Ford's Theatre; an illustration on a mount with the recto copyright of Francis Hacker Rhode Island 1865 titled in the negative The Assassin's Vision and depicting Booth escaping Washington on horseback but seeing visions of his victim among the trees; and a photograph of John Wilkes' older brother Edwin Booth with a Brady/Anthony imprint and two cent revenue stamp on verso. The Edwin Booth CDV was purchased from a direct descendant of Lincoln's Secretary of State William Seward. Seward was seriously injured in an assassination attempt that was part of John Wilkes' conspiracy to decapitate the Union government but his brother Edwin was a Union supporter who offered condolences and befriended the Seward family in the following years. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection
• Jefferson Davis & Alexander
  Jefferson Davis & Alexander Stephens Virginia Election Ballot Plus CDVs A printed ballot for the CSA election of 1861 endorsing Jefferson Davis for president Alexander H. Stephens for vice president and delegates for each of Virginia's 16 districts.? Framed with vignette CDVs of the successful candidates 9.75 x 13 in. overall.Interestingly congressional candidate Roger A. Pryor has been scratched out.? Pryor (1828-1919) was one of the most outspoken proponents of secession before and during the war but with his personal status and financial prospects diminished following surrender he became a kind of reverse carpetbagger moving to New York joining the law practice of Union general Benjamin Butler and speaking in favor of reunification.? The Virginian who saved this ballot was obviously not pleased with him. Condition: Ballot in very good condition.? Stephens' CDV moderately stained.? Piece is professionally framed hence the items were not removed for examination.