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ROBERT SUMNERS

• Senator Charles Sumner CDV by Brady
  Senator Charles Sumner CDV by Brady A ca 1861 E. Anthony CDV from a Brady negative of Senator Charles Sumner (1811-1874) the outspoken Massachusetts abolitionist who served as the leader of the Radical Republicans during and after the war but is perhaps best known for being beaten nearly to death on the floor of the Senate chamber by South Carolina senator Preston brooks in 1856. Condition: Scuffed near Sumner's left elbow else very good.
• Robert Summers (American, b.
  Robert Summers (American, b. 1940) Saddling Up, 1973 oil on board signed Robert Summers and dated (lower left) 26 x 45 inches
• ROBERT SUMMERS (1940- ), BOOM
  ROBERT SUMMERS (1940- ), BOOM TOWN Fine Art
• Robert Summers (American, b.
  Robert Summers (American, b. 1940) Texas Legacy, edition 31/40, 1988 bronze signed Robert Summer, numbered and dated (base) height 19 x length 39 x width 13 inches Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia
• ROBERT MORRIS, LS, NOVEMBER, 1781
  ROBERT MORRIS, LS, NOVEMBER, 1781 Robert Morris (1734-1806, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, financier of the Revolution, in 1781 served as Superintendent of Finance) letter, signed, dated at the Marine Office of the United States, November 21, 1781, to three Continental officers appointed as a committee of enquiry; 1 1/2 pp. 4to, 9 x 7 1/4 in. Instructs the officers (Samuel Nicholls, James Craig, and Nathaniel Falkner) to investigate whether Capt. James Nicholson or his officers were culpable in the loss of the warship Trumbull in a battle the previous August. Together with an engraved portrait of Morris.
• Joseph Ames (MA 1816-1872) Major
  Joseph Ames (MA 1816-1872) Major Robert Andersonoil on canvas signed and dated ''Jos. Ames / 1861'' in lower right depicting Major Robert Anderson commander of Fort Sumter during the Confederate bombardment of April 12 1861. Anderson is seated with Fort Sumter in the background and wears red artillery shoulder boards. Presented in its original gilt and gesso frame.This historical painting was produced within months of the event which made Major Anderson a celebrity.SS 35.5 x 28.25 in.; DOA 48 x 41.5 in.The canvas is laid down to cardboard; repairs and in-painting to the head and the front of the major's frock coat.Ex. Skinner Auction 2524B Lot 832 November 7 2010.
• Two Robert Bunn auction posters:
  Two Robert Bunn auction posters: advertising an auction in Abingdon, Virginia, probably mid 1950s, both 22 x 17 in. Surface stains and losses, creases. Estate of the Late Andrew Rowan Summers, Abingdon, Virginia.
• ROBERT SUMMERS (1940- ), SILVER
  ROBERT SUMMERS (1940- ), SILVER DOLLAR JIM Fine Art
• JOHN SUMNER, BLACK & WHITE
  JOHN SUMNER, BLACK & WHITE FIGURAL PHOTO-PRINT John Sumner (American b. 1941), "Rainie Wish I In Georgia" black and white image depicting figure with their back turned under sheer fabric, photomechanical print, signed and titled to lower margin, framed. Provenance: From the Private Collection of Ruth West, Atlanta, Georgia. Approx. h. 20.125", w. 16.25" (framed), h. 13.5", w. 9.25" (sight).
• TWO 19TH C PARIAN BUSTS. ONE OF
  TWO 19TH C PARIAN BUSTS. ONE OF HENRY WILSON,18TH VICE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. AND A SENATOR FROM MASSACHUSETTS (1873-1875). SCULT. H. F. LIBBY, 10" HIGH. THE OTHER IS CHARLES SUMNER, A SENATOR FROM MASSACHUSETTS, 10" HIGH. BOTH MEN WERE ARDENT ABOLITIONISTS AND FORCES IN THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT.
• WILLIAM H. SUMNER (AMERICAN,
  WILLIAM H. SUMNER (AMERICAN, MID-19TH C.), OIL ON CANVAS, HUDSON RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH LAVENDER TONED SKY, WATERWAY BELOW WITH HANDFU...William H. Sumner (American, mid-19th C.), oil on canvas, Hudson river landscape with lavender toned sky, waterway below with handful of boats and sail boats, some sail boats and two people bailing hay at riverbank, signed lower center, not examined out of frame, wear consistent with age, ss: 14 1/2" h. x 19 1/2" w.
• ROBERT WHITECHURCH. (1814-1880).
  ROBERT WHITECHURCH. (1814-1880). The United States Senate A.D. 1850 Hand-colored engraving. After the original by Peter Frederick Rothermel (American 1812-1895); published by Fishel Adler & Schwartz. Framed - 29 3/4 in. x 37 in. sight size
• George Barnard Civil War
  George Barnard Civil War Photographs Lot of 2 albumen photographs from George Barnard's Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign published in 1866. Includes the following titles each printed on mount recto: Fort Sumpter [sic] 10 x 14 in. mounted 15.75 x 19.5 in.; and The New Capitol Columbia S.C. 9.875 x 14 in. mounted 15.75 x 19.5 in. Each includes Photo from nature By G.N. Barnard printed on mount recto. Condition: Small loss to Fort Sumpter albumen located in middle lower portion of print; few spots in print. Light even toning to both prints.
• ROBERT SUMMERS LIMITED-ED. PRINT
  ROBERT SUMMERS LIMITED-ED. PRINT 'PEACEFUL VALLEY'Framed limited-edition print on paper, "Peaceful Valley" signed lower right Robert Summers (Texas, b.1940), numbered 701/ 1500, accompanied by certificate issued by American Masters Foundation Inc., sight: 15.75"h, 25.75"w, overall: 26.75"h, 36.75"w, 11.25lbs
• Robert K. Scott signed $1,000 bond,
  Robert K. Scott signed $1,000 bond, green and black printed State of North Carolina $1,000 bond certificate, January 1, 1869, signed "Robert K. Scott" (Robert Kingston Scott, 1826-1900, Union Civil War general) as Governor, vignettes include ship and black man picking cotton, 8-1/2 x 13-3/8 in. (sight); archivally mounted in custom wood frame. Normal folds, one through "t" in "Robert", not examined out of frame. Collection of H. Donald Nelson, Williamsburg, Virginia.
• American School 19th century
  American School 19th century silhouette of john rogers goldsborough, rsn, 1831 Signed and dated "George Habersham Wash. D.C., 1831" lower left, sitter identified lower right, also inscribed in pencil, "John Rogers Goldsborough/Born July 2nd, 1808, Died June 22nd 1877 at Wash. D.C." verso, ink and watercolor on paper heightened with white note John R. Goldsborough, Captain in the Civil War, was awarded Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. 8 5/8 x 6 3/4 in.
• Sir Robert Southwell Statesman &
  Sir Robert Southwell Statesman & Diplomat DS 1665 Sir Robert Southwell (1635-1702).? English diplomat; Secretary of State for Ireland and President of the Royal Society.? DS 1p 9 x 13 in. April 10 1665 at the Court of Whitehall regarding ship's prize shares of the Le Don De Dier. Condition: Water stain covering the right side of the document.?
• ROBERT SUMMERS "LOST SPIRITS"
  ROBERT SUMMERS "LOST SPIRITS" BRONZE BUST, 29/30 Robert Summers (American / Texas b. 1940), "Lost Spirits" 1975, bronze sculpture on wood base, depicting a Native American male bust next to figural imagery, signed, dated, titled, and numbered 29/30 to lower edge. Provenance: Private Collection of Wayne Hyatt, San Diego, CA; acquired from Altermann Gallery, Dallas, TX. Approx. h. 12.25", w. 7", d. 7".
• Signed Henry C. Meyer Artist
  Signed Henry C. Meyer Artist Proof ''Summation''Lithograph titled Summation and signed in pencil depicting a cartoon style portly attorney giving his winded summation in court before a judge and jury. 32'' H x 27'' W sight and frame. Circa mid 20th century.
• [Autographs and Manuscripts]
  [Autographs and Manuscripts] Thaddeus Stevens Abolitionist Congressman ALS 1833  Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868). Leading Republican figure in the House of Representatives during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Ardently abolitionist merciless to the South and credited with arranging the financing that paid for the war. 1p dated April 8 1833 at Gettysburg addressed to William C. Frazer. Condition: Toning one small tear at margin.
• 2 ITEMS FROM FLORIDA SLAVE, STATE
  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 Quincy, Fla. -- the son of his master -- Meachem was a leader during Reconstruction, helping to write the state Constitution. He was appointed circuit court clerk for Jefferson County in 1868, and later Postmaster of Monticello, Fla. As a Republican, he was elected to the state senate in 1876. He retired to Tampa in 1896 and passed away a few years later. One document is signed by Alexander Walker Wayman, bishop of the AME Church. Documents measure 8-1/2" x 7" and 8-1/2" x 6". See images for detail.
• 2 vols. American Abolitionists:
  2 vols. American Abolitionists: Rogers, Nathaniel Peabody. A Collection from The Newspaper Writings. Concord: John R. French, 1847. First edition. 12mo, orig. brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine; light to moderate edge wear. Frontis. portrait (moderately foxed). A few signatures sprung. Internally generally clean. Sabin 72715; Blockson 9311. * Brown, William Wells. Sketches of Places and People Abroad. Boston: John P. Jewett, 1855. 1st Am. ed. 12mo, orig. green cloth, gilt-lettered spine; light to moderate wear. Frontis. portrait (light foxing). Some spotting & foxing to title page, other scattered minor internal spotting. Sabin 8586; Blockson.
• AFTER JAMES M. EDNEY. (American
  AFTER JAMES M. EDNEY. (American 19th century). Daniel Webster Addressing The United States Senate In the Great Debate on the Compromise Measures 1850. Lithograph. Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year 1860 by James M. Edney in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southerrn District of New York. Unframed - 26 3/4 in. x 33 in.
• American School, 19th century
  American School, 19th century portrait of captain symmes of boston Unsigned, oil on wood, framed. H: 30 1/4 in. W: 24 1/2 in. (sight) PROVENANCE: The Lee Higginson Family, Beverly, Massachusetts; Harry Arons Antiques, 1945. NOTE: Accompanied by a copy of receipt by Harry Arons Antiques. The Symmes family arrived in Charlestown, Massachusetts in the 1620's. ,000-9,000 Framed. Minor losses throughout.
• Gilman Marston Civil War General
  Gilman Marston Civil War General and Politician Manuscript Archive 233 letters 82 essays and speeches ca.80 deeds receipts and miscellaneous business records. Ca 1830-1900 (bulk 1834-1859). A son of Orford New Hampshire a graduate of Dartmouth and Harvard a Republican U.S. Congressman and Senator and Brigadier General during the Civil War Gilman Marston was among the most influential men in northern New England. This extensive collection of Marston??Ts pre-Civil War correspondence documents his rise to fame and prominence and his entry into the progressive politics of the early Republican Party. These superb letters often witty and always friendly come mostly from college friends Orfordians political compatriots and others with whom he had built connections in early life including several women among them. Together they tell the story of the antebellum years from the religious enthusiasm of the Second Great Awakening to the great questions of slavery and sectionalism. Marston??Ts friends are full of good-natured news of home and old friends and lots of local color mixed with a fixation on political affairs. John Dean writes in March 1834 You will perhaps be anxious to know how we get along at Meriden. We don??Tt have many scrapes of late but had one or two since you left. Got comfortable drunk mistook the floor for a chair a number of times and could not fund the door at all... Must close on politicks you know and what do you think of Jackson that old devil who tramples on all law and precept and talks about ''my government'' and ?I never will recharter the bank.? Hope he will put his threat into execution and go to ?desarts of Arabia.? In my opinion it would be a blessing to our country if he had gone years ago... Similarly a college friend G. F. Shepley wrote from Portland May 30 1838: What do you think of Levi Woodbury for chief justice of New Hampshire? Rather a powerful competition for Mr. Wilcox of Orford. The Feds here say he let Washington as rats leave a falling house. If that was the reason he must be a weak rat surely. And if Martin??Ts administration fall I sincerely think that with it fall the best interests of the people of this country but there we join issue I know. But in one point I know we agree that the western candidate for the presidential chair Madam Harrison will be permitted to wait till the reign of woman commences before she succeeds. One year later Shepley wrote an important letter regarding the border dispute with Canada/England that almost boiled over into warfare: The opinion of the governor as well as that of the legislature and the people of Maine seems to be that the troops in the service of the state should not be withdrawn until Sir John Harvey agrees not to attempt to carry his threats into execution. The question of war or no war rests entirely with Sir John Maine is only acting on the defensive. If Sir John attempts to invade our territory to drive off our troops and take ''military possession'' of that part of Maine sometimes called the disputed territory as he has avowed his intention of doing... then he will find a force ready and able to resist him... The movement west affected Marston??Ts generation profoundly. Marston himself moved to Indiana in 1838 -- about which a friend wrote The Yankees have been called a migratory people and in this point you seem to be the greatest Yankee of us all -- but others in his circle made the trek west too. N.W. Dewey newly arrived in Canton Ill. Feb. 1838 describes the journey from Terre Haute in poetical terms: A few miles east of Terre Haute we came upon the Prairie & it is not too much to quote here the well known lines altering one word: Then then a broad bright Eden land / Burst on my raptured view. I will not attempt to describe the scene or my thoughts & feelings as it opened upon me. Indeed I could not do it without more attention to my spiritual operations than I am inclined at present to bestow. And even if I could by one snap of my pen I would not thus forestall those feelings which will rush upon you in original freshness & power when mounted upon some gentle nag you come to visit me & see the wonders of this ocean-land. Some of Marston??Ts friends scattered in other directions with A.S. Wheeler removing to Orange County Virginia. Through him Marston received a taste of how far the south had diverged from the north. On March 6 1841 Wheeler wrote that he wished to learn more about southerners and that subject which has created so much excitement in the country slavery. Till I came here I had no idea how great a moral & political evil this is to the country. As to the slaves themselves they are much happier than if free but the effect of the system is ruinous to the whites & to the general interests of the South... Southerners shared some concerns Wheeler believed but the similarities masked deeper divides: (May 18 1841) If a bank is chartered Virginia will remain in the opposition. The people of this state are strongly opposed to any institution of the kind. I suppose three fourths of the farmers are democrats but a Virginia Democrat & N[ew] E[ngland] democrat are by no means similar. In N.E. I always regarded a democrat as a leveler but here it is totally different. For instance the gentleman I am with voted for Van Buren but in principle he is a monarchist... As an early and ardent convert to the Republican Party Marston was deeply interested in the slavery question and the collection includes some marvelous antislavery content. A.G. Johnson writes from Troy NY Feb. 17 1839: I have just read Henry Clay??Ts speech and I think the abolition question is just as far from being settled as it was before.... He takes it for granted that should the blacks be liberated there would at some future time be a struggle for supremacy between the races. How he has taken it upon him to prophecy and assuming that his prophetic visions will be fulfilled he draws out a long train of consequences to frighten us from abolition. Now is there any danger of such a result? Is it not a fact that in the few states the blacks increase in a much less rate than the whites while the contrary is true in the slave states? Then which race has the most to fear from abolition. And will not abolition be the quickest way to bring about an extermination of the blacks? But is it true that a bloody and exterminating war will be the necessary result of emancipation? The peaceful results in the West Indies affords no ground for forebodings like these. In my opinion a war or extermination will be much more likely to result from an obstinate continuance of the system than from its abandonment... Much more. Similarly there is much on early Republican politicals including seven fascinating printed forms and fliers from the Republican State Committee of New Hampshire 1857 through Jan. 26 1859 preparing for the election and for routing the sham Democracy that the pathway will be clear for the most decided and brilliant victories in 1859 an 1860. Also undated speech delivered by Marston to the Citizens of Orford. By December 1860 with the drive to secession beginning Marston learned from a friend in Iowa that the place was aflame: ?The Union ? ?The Whole Union.? God preserve it he wrote. Mr. Lincoln has my confidence as a man and I doubt not what his will and ability ro do justice to all portions of our loved country... The collection includes only a small amount documenting Marston??Ts distinguished war service through one document stands out for length and interest. Consisting of a series of documents pasted together into a scroll this item regards the case of James Richardson of Baltimore seeking compensation for timber cut from his land for use at the infamous (and nearby) Point Lookout Prison Camp. Among the documents comprising the scroll is a copy of Richardson??Ts oath of allegiance character references and testimony. Finally among the essays and speeches are several political speeches dating from the 1850s a handful of legal opinions and pleadings and at least 20 compositions done while a student at Dartmouth including a fascinating Influence of the imagination on the nervous system. At once personal and political this is an extraordinary collection from an extraordinary man offering a window onto the culture of mobile educated young men in the antebellum period each of whom harbored an intense interest in politics. Expected wear some tearing at folds but sound and relatively clean.
• ROBERT K. ROARK
  ROBERT K. ROARK (MASSACHUSETTS/NEW YORK, B. 1944), "SUMMER SUNLIGHT, HERRING RUN, BREWSTER"., OIL ON CANVAS, 20" X 16". FRAMED 24.5" X 20".ROBERT K. ROARK, Massachusetts/New York, b. 1944, "Summer Sunlight, Herring Run, Brewster". Signed lower left "Robert Roark". Titled verso. Dimensions: Oil on canvas, 20" x 16". Framed 24.5" x 20".
• ROBERT INDIANA (AMERICAN,
  ROBERT INDIANA (AMERICAN, 1928-2018) "ESTHER" Color screenprint on white wove paper, 1967.
• KIPNISS, Robert, (American, b.
  KIPNISS, Robert, (American, b. 1931): ''Summer 1977'', Lithograph, sight size 18'' x 14'', signed lower right, numbered 17/100 lower left, Merrill Chase Certificate of Authenticity, framed, 28'' x 23''.
• Wartime Charleston Group of Eight
  Wartime Charleston Group of Eight Scarce CDV Exterior Views Eight fantastically detailed outdoor views of Ft. Sumter and environs by noted local photographer H.C. Foster Charleston taken in April 1865 during the festivities surrounding the official flag raising ceremony at Fort Sumter. Five of the stark views reveal the crumbling casemates and makeshift interior of Fort Sumter after nearly four years of sustained bombardment. Another view shows the ruins of St. Finebar??Ts Church on Broad Street amidst the skeletal remains of the devastated city. Note the scaffolding put in place to commence repairs. Highlighting the vanquished Confederacy is a temporary artillery park in a shady vista showing captured Confederate ordinance parked wheel-to-wheel with rows of heavy shells marked by type and size. The most memorable carte depicts Fort Sumter??Ts cluttered parade ground and flag pole bedecked in patriotic bunting in preparation for the flag raising ceremony. A gallery of invited civilian dignitaries and casually milling soldiers assemble to view the spectacle in this amazingly candid photograph. A hundred tiny soldiers and a battery of cannons appear on upper parapet with warships anchored on the horizon. On April 14 1865 retired General Robert Anderson the ?Hero of Sumter ? symbolically hoisted the national colors over the remains of the post where the Civil War began. Descended in the Family of Mary Crovatt Hambidge Condition: CDV??Ts uniformly VG. with sharp edges and strong corners. Albumens are crystal clear with strong detail and contrast.
• Confederate Edmund Ruffin CDV
  Confederate Edmund Ruffin CDV Backmark of Webster's of Louisville with inked identification in the recto margin.? Ruffin (1794-1865) was a highly successful planter and agricultural scientist but is known better as the die-hard Confederate who supposedly fired the first shot on Fort Sumter thereby starting the Civil War.? The 67 year-old "Fire-Eater " who had spent years traveling throughout the South arguing in favor of secession to any man of stature who would listen -- and was often dismissed as being too extremist -- was adopted by Beauregard's forces as a sort of mascot and rewarded for his devotion with the "honor" of firing the first shot and was one of the first men to enter the fort once it fell.? Too proud or too disgusted to live under Union rule he penned a final diary entry in June of 1865 proclaiming his "unmitigated hatred to Yankee rule " wrapped himself in the Confederate flag and shot himself in the head. Condition: Very good.
• TWO LETTERS PENNED AS THE
  TWO LETTERS PENNED AS THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR SEEMED INEVITABLE Both by Sam Nesmith to "Brother Robert," the first, 4to (9 in.), 4pp., Charlestown, (MA or NH), May 29, 1860, contains a self-composed "campaign song" reading in part: "... Old honest Abe we will elect/ the rights of all he will respect / The North and South, the East and West / Till all will praise and call him best..., plus a second letter, 4to (9 in.), also "Charlestown," January 3, 1861, states, We are on the very verge of war, there is no mistaking the time - the rebels and disunionists have been taught to believe that the power of the government would not be used against them, but their eyes will soon be opened. The President (Buchanan) has at last got his back bone up...I hope the President will do his duty...but I don't want any fighting, it will only make the trouble ten times worse. There's no trade now between the north and the south and if there is war it will be a sorry day for all parties concerned...I think the 7th regiment of NY could march there and take the state of S.C alone and unaided..."
• William Sargent Kendall
  William Sargent Kendall (American, 1869-1938), Scribner's: January ca. 1895, Robert Blum's painting, lithograph poster; published by J.E. Rhodes, NY; 17 1/4" x 12 1/2"; cover art monogrammed lower right (SK). Pressed seam, damage and staining to border.
• Robert Treat Paine signed
  Robert Treat Paine signed warrant, partly printed, Taunton, Massachusetts, May 10, 1770, for attachment of goods of, and arrest of, Lewis Demoranville, Jr., of Dartmouth, signed "R.T. Paine" (1731-1814, signer of the Declaration of Independence) on verso, 6-3/4 x 8 in., with 4-1/2 x 6 in. attached extension. Small holes and toning at folds, minor chips. Early American History Auctions, June 5, 2004, Lot 129; Collection of H. Donald Nelson, Williamsburg, Virginia.
• ROBERT SPEAR DUNNING (1829-1905,
  ROBERT SPEAR DUNNING (1829-1905, MA, NH)Russell's Mills "The Picnic", ca. 1884. Landscape oil painting on canvas with a view of the pond at Russell's Mills in South Dartmouth, MA. Depicts numerous figures. Signed lower right. Exceptional carved and gilded frame with a cornstalk border, probably original. Sight size 11" x 15 1/2", overall 18" x 23". The painting is in excellent original condition. Black light shows no restoration.
• Stevenson, Robert Louis works,
  Stevenson, Robert Louis works, New York 1895, 23 vols, original cloth. 8.5" x 5.5"
• Robert Somerton (born
  Robert Somerton (born 1972)/Abstract in Blue and White/studio stamp verso/oil on canvas, 60.5cm x 46cm