A few examples of appraisal values for
THE PILOT

• COLLECTION OF DARLEY ENGRAVINGS FOR
  COLLECTION OF DARLEY ENGRAVINGS FOR COOPER NOVELS Felix Octavius Carr Darley (American, 1822-1888) "Illustrations to Cooper's Novels," collection of approximately 50 loose sheets with engraved illustrations related to the novels of James Fennimore Cooper (American, 1789-1851) including "The Pilot," "Lionel Lincoln," "The Chainbearer," etc. Sheets: 15.25" H x 10.5" W. Wear to edges, some toning and yellowing.
• PARTS OF GREAT WAR BRITISH AND
  PARTS OF GREAT WAR BRITISH AND GERMAN AIRCRAFT COLLECTED BY SIR FENTON GEORGE HORT 7TH BT With Officers record of Service book, each part is labelled, describing the circumstances in which it was found; Cylinder lock from AEG German Biplane, shot down by A& Z defences BEF Sept 3rd 1917; coil from part of the engine of a German Albatros Biplane 'brought down in France'; a piece of a strut from an Aircraft ' Bombardment of Calis April 1917'; a piece of a prop from BE2C 'Broke off during a forced landing by the pilot at Bolugne'
• JAN C. SCHOTEL (1787-1838) DUTCHJan
  JAN C. SCHOTEL (1787-1838) DUTCHJan Christianus Schotel, pilot boat guiding a three master in stormy weather, Antwerp, oil on canvas (relined), signed J.C.Schotel bottom right, inscribed on the pilot boat "Pilotage Anvers". Flemish, 19th Century. Giltwood frame. 22.5 x 31.5 inches.
• IMPORTANT ROYAL CANADIAN AIR
  IMPORTANT ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE MILITARIAMemorabilia and artifacts including period photographs, cap badges and medals. Highlight is the original pilot log book following the history of a Canadian pilot from training in 1941 through to bombing raids in a Halifax bomber over Germany in 1944 (including two aerial photos). Named squadron photos, including the pilot who the logbook belonged to, and a flask with facsimile signatures included.
• TUGBOAT MODELA folk art model of
  TUGBOAT MODELA folk art model of the tugboat Lucy Ashton, in vibrant yellow, red, and black paint and having a small cast eagle mounted on the pilot house. Nice details and mounted on the original yellow base. H: 21"; L: 24"; W: 5". Field Collection.
• CAPTAIN PROP THE PILOT D6812 -
  CAPTAIN PROP THE PILOT D6812 - ROYAL DOULTON TOBY JUGRoyal Doulton Toby Jug, Captain Prop the Pilot D6812 (brown coat and gloves; grey cap; cream scarf). Designed by William K. Harper. Series: The Doultonville Collection, issued 1989 - 1991. Size: 4''H (small) - Doultonville Artist: William K. Harper Issued: 1989 - 1991 Dimensions: 4"H Manufacturer: Royal Doulton Country of Origin: England
• CAPTAIN PROP THE PILOT D6812 -
  CAPTAIN PROP THE PILOT D6812 - ROYAL DOULTON TOBY JUGRoyal Doulton Toby Jug, Captain Prop the Pilot D6812 (brown coat and gloves; grey cap; cream scarf). Designed by William K. Harper. Series: The Doultonville Collection, issued 1989 - 1991. Size: 4''H (small) - Doultonville Artist: William K. Harper Issued: 1989 - 1991 Dimensions: 4"H Manufacturer: Royal Doulton Country of Origin: England
• THE PILOT SKIPPER HN4510 - ROYAL
  THE PILOT SKIPPER HN4510 - ROYAL DOULTON FIGURINEProduced in 2002 exclusively for the Pilot Insurance Company celebrating 75th Anniversary. Royal Doulton factory markings to bottom base. #skipper #pilotinsurance #royaldoulton Issued: 2002 Dimensions: 6.75"H Manufacturer: Royal Doulton Country of Origin: England Condition: Good.
• ROYAL DOULTON FINE CHINA
  ROYAL DOULTON FINE CHINA FIGURINE, THE PILOT SKIPPER HN...Produced in 2002 exclusively for the Pilot Insurance Company celebrating 75th Anniversary. Royal Doulton factory markings to bottom base. Artist: Martyn Alcock Issued: 2002 Dimensions: 4.5"W x 7"H Manufacturer: Royal Doulton Country of Origin: England Condition: Age related wear.
• CLAUDE T. STANFIELD MOORE, OIL, THE
  CLAUDE T. STANFIELD MOORE, OIL, THE PILOT TUGClaude T. Stanfield Moore (British, 1853-1901) The Pilot Tug oil on board signed lower right 5 1/4 x 7in (13.5cm x 17.75cm) Condition: Framed, dimensions 9 1/2 x 11 1/4in (24 x 28.5cm)
• GREEN PATINA BRONZE WEATHERVANE
  GREEN PATINA BRONZE WEATHERVANE OF THE PILOT BOAT D.J. ...GREEN PATINA BRONZE WEATHERVANE OF THE PILOT BOAT D.J. LAWLER , late 19th century. Approximate Size 12 in. x 16 in. Note: The D.J. Lawler was built in 1882 at Weymouth, Massachusetts and was named after the designer D.J. Lawler who also designed many other pilot boats. She met a terrible end on January 7, 1895 when she sunk after colliding with the fishing schooner Horace B. Parker in thick fog in Boston Harbor. Four members of the crew went down with her, and only the steward survived. Condition: Items may have wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Please contact the gallery for further details prior to bidding. Any condition statement given as a courtesy should not be treated as fact.
• AMELIA EARHART 1931 CAST IRON
  AMELIA EARHART 1931 CAST IRON DOORSTOP WITH PROPELLERAmerican Art Deco solid cast iron metal doorstop or statuette memorializing the air pilot, Amelia Earhart. It is decorated with the front of an airplane engine with a movable propeller hovering over the face of the pilot, Amelia Earhart. Raised lettering along the back reads "1931 Amelia Earhart." In 1931, Amelia Earhart set four records in aeronautics. Height: 7 3/4 in x width: 4 1/2 in x depth: 2 in. Condition: Please contact us for a detailed condition report. Please note that the lack of a condition statement does not imply perfect condition. Email condition@revereauctions.com with any condition questions.
• ANTONIO NICOLO GASPARO JACOBSEN
  ANTONIO NICOLO GASPARO JACOBSEN (NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY/DENMARK, 1850-1921), THE PILOT BOAT NEW YORK AND THE S.S. KONIGIN LUIS., OIL ON CANVAS, 22" X 36". FRAMED 29.25" X 43.25".ANTONIO NICOLO GASPARO JACOBSEN, New York/New Jersey/Denmark, 1850-1921, The pilot boat New York and the S.S. Konigin Luis. Signed and dated lower left "A Jacobsen 1899". Dimensions: Oil on canvas, 22" x 36". Framed 29.25" x 43.25".
• FREDERICK TORDOFF (NEW
  FREDERICK TORDOFF (NEW JERSEY/ENGLAND, B. 1939), "PICKING UP THE PILOT"., OIL ON CANVAS, 20” X 28.5”. FRAMED 26.5” X 34.5”.FREDERICK TORDOFF, New Jersey/England, b. 1939, "Picking Up the Pilot". Signed lower right "Frederick Tordoff". Titled lower left. Dimensions: Oil on canvas, 20" x 28.5". Framed 26.5" x 34.5".
• IMPORTANT EARLY 17TH CENTURY
  IMPORTANT EARLY 17TH CENTURY BRASS ASTROLABE FROM THE NUESTRA SENORA DE ATOCHA, SPAIN 1616 DIAMETER 8.25". THICKNESS .38".IMPORTANT EARLY 17TH CENTURY BRASS ASTROLABE FROM THE NUESTRA SENORA DE ATOCHA, SPAIN 1616, Recovered from "the Pilot's chest" in the wreck of the Nuestra Senora De Atocha in 1985. (The Spanish galleons Atocha and Santa Margarita both sank in a sudden storm off the coast of Florida in the autumn of 1622.) Unsigned and impressed with year 1616. Concave ballast to the base, and flanked on either side by mullet and plain arms. Graduated upper quadrants with altitude scale 0-90 degrees at 10-degree intervals and labeled at 50-degree intervals. Lower quadrants also divided, with separate altitude scale centered on the hole below the suspension ring, forming a single 0-90 degree arc, graduated at 10-degree intervals and labeled at 50-degree intervals. Pivoted alidade with adjacent suspension ring, now fitted with a beveled index arm showing a modern repair, reading lower scale. Tabular sights, each with single pinnule. Includes a certificate of authenticity issued by Treasure Salvor's Inc., and the restoration and treatment report by Maureen Russell. Dimensions: Diameter 8.25". Thickness .38". Provenance: Mel Fisher & Salvor's Inc., recovered from the wreck of the Nuestra Senora De Atocha, 1985.Christie's, Treasure Gold and Silver of the Atocha and Margarita Auction, New York, 1988, Lot #19. Acquired from the above sale by Richard Kelton.The Kelton Collection of Marine Art & Artifacts.
• ANTIQUE LEATHERBOUND SET OF (17)
  ANTIQUE LEATHERBOUND SET OF (17) NOVELS BY JAMES FENIMORE COOPER 1860s, matching gilt leather spines, published by George Rutledge & Sons, London, and printed by R. Clay, Son, & Taylor, titles in green including: Last of the Mohicans, Lucy Hardinge, The Heidemauer, Homeward Bound, The Red Rover, The Hunted Knoll, Miles Wallingford, The Borderers, The Headsman, Lionel Lincoln, The Pioneers, The Water Witch, The Spy, The Pilot, The Prarie, The Pathfinder, The Deerslayer.
• MARKLIN CLOCKWORK NEW YORK PADDLE
  MARKLIN CLOCKWORK NEW YORK PADDLE WHEEL RIVER BOATExceptional Marklin clockwork New York paddle wheel river boat, early 20th c. , with well-appointed tiered superstructure with faux wood decking throughout, encased by a post and wire rail, the interior cabin with seated composition figures, two masts, and a red and blue striped smoke stack, the bow with a stamped brass grotesque mask figurehead under an American flag, iron anchor with delicate chain and hand crank winch, the upper windows with painted curtains, life boats hanging from cranes on opposing sides, the sidewheel housing inscribed New York and stamped made in Germany on the inside wall, all supported by a painted wave cradle with small iron wheels, 27" l. Provenance: Property of a New Jersey Educational Institution. NO in-house shipping for this lot. Condition: Currently working, break repair to tip of one mast, flag is replaced, although pole is original, one interior seated figure is by association and has damage, one section of rail forward of the pilothouse with bend, small repair to lifeboat hook eye, overall excellent condition. Has been black lit.
• RAYMOND WADDEY, ENOLA GAY
  RAYMOND WADDEY, ENOLA GAY PAINTINGOil painting of the Enola Gay B-29 Bomber, painted by Raymond Waddey, signed by the artist as well as by Brigadier General Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. Tibbets was the pilot who flew the Enola Gay on it's fated bombing run of Hiroshima, where on August 6, 1945 the nuclear weapon Little Boy was dropped. Unframed, canvas board measures 18" x 24". Some minor areas of surface wear. This item will need to be shipped by a packing company of your choice. We maintain a list of reliable shippers, or youmay choose your own.
• ANTONIO NICOLO GASPARO JACOBSEN
  ANTONIO NICOLO GASPARO JACOBSEN (NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY/DENMARK, 1850-1921), “THE PILOT BOAT NEW YORK”., OIL ON CANVAS, 18” X 30”. FRAMED 23” X 35.25”.ANTONIO NICOLO GASPARO JACOBSEN, New York/New Jersey/Denmark, 1850-1921, "The Pilot Boat New York". Signed and dated lower right "A. Jacobsen 1898 81 Palisade West Hoboken NJ". Titled on frame plaque. Dimensions: Oil on canvas, 18" x 30". Framed 23" x 35.25".
• FREDERICK (FRED) PANSING (NEW
  FREDERICK (FRED) PANSING (NEW JERSEY/GERMANY, 1844-1912), PORT VIEW OF THE SIDE-WHEEL STEAMSHIP TWILIGHT, CIRCA 1890., OIL ON CANVAS, 16.25" X 28.25". FRAMED 21.25" X 33.5".FREDERICK (FRED) PANSING, New Jersey/Germany, 1844-1912, Port view of the side-wheel steamship Twilight, circa 1890. Superbly detailed including "Twilight" on a name board at the front of the pilot house and on the paddle box, an eagle atop a flag pole, a Union Jack at the bow, an American flag at the stern, several passengers on the two decks, a walking beam, stacks and truss work, etc. A sandy shoreline and a two-masted schooner visible off Twilight's bow. Nicely rendered bright sky and reflection of the ship in the water. Signed lower left "Fred Pansing". Dimensions: Oil on canvas, 16.25" x 28.25". Framed 21.25" x 33.5". Provenance: A major international corporation.Notes:Twilight was built in Delaware in 1868. Her first home port was Philadelphia.Fred Pansing began painting in Germany. He moved to New York in 1865 to become a marine painter.
• IMPORTANT SHADOW BOX DIORAMA OF
  IMPORTANT SHADOW BOX DIORAMA OF PILOT BOAT NO. 8 ESCORTING A SHIP INTO STATEN ISLAND DATED 1869 HEIGHT 21.5". WIDTH 27.5".IMPORTANT SHADOW BOX DIORAMA OF PILOT BOAT NO. 8 ESCORTING A SHIP INTO STATEN ISLAND, Dated 1869, A rare and early signed and dated example. Depicts the famous and celebrated Pilot Boat No. 8 approaching a square-rigged American merchant ship in New York Harbor, with a small rowboat with oarsmen in the foreground. The pilot boat is flying an "Isaac Webb" banner off the gaff and an American flag from the main mast. The merchant ship is flying an American flag, an American merchant flag and an American pennant, and has five well-detailed sailors in merchant uniform standing on the bow. Well-constructed hulls, decks and sails made from paper and cardboard. Painted sky and water. Signed lower right "T. Sanderwick, Staten Island Sept. 22nd, 1869". Not only is this one of the earliest signed and dated dioramas we have seen, it is of the highest quality and has a remarkable 3D effect. Housed in its original wood frame with gold liner and original glass. Dimensions: Height 21.5". Width 27.5". Provenance: Notes:William Webb was considered one of America's leading designers and builders of merchant and sailing ships. In 1860 he designed a pilot boat for New York Harbor and named it after his father, Isaac Webb. The Isaac Webb was 95 tons, 72 feet in length, 20 feet in breadth and she drew 7 feet. See Merchant Sail 1876-1947 Volume V by William Armstrong Fairburn, p. 2803.
• SMALL CABIN MIRROR OF WHALING
  SMALL CABIN MIRROR OF WHALING INTEREST AMERICA, 19TH CENTURY 5.5" X 6.25".SMALL CABIN MIRROR OF WHALING INTEREST, America, 19th Century, Label verso states "This Mirror was used on the Preston. This Vessel was built at Commercial Point for the whale fishery by Elisha Preston one of the firm of Kidder Peabody and Co about 1833. Ruty Hildreth the Pilot on the Neponset River who lived at the point gave it to Andrew Hausman and I gave him 50 cents for it in 1891. From the Edward A. Huebener Collection". Boxed mirror with eye hook and chain hanger. Dimensions: 5.5" x 6.25".
• DAVID THIMGAN (CALIFORNIA,
  DAVID THIMGAN (CALIFORNIA, 1955-2003), “CLIPPER FLYING CLOUD AWAITING THE PILOT OFF SAN FRANCISCO BAY”., OIL ON CANVAS, 18” X 30”. FRAMED 25” X 36.5”.DAVID THIMGAN, California, 1955-2003, "Clipper Flying Cloud awaiting the pilot off San Francisco Bay". White-hulled two-masted schooner pilot boat off the Flying Cloud's stern. Signed and dated lower left "1999 D. Thimgan". Titled, signed and dated verso. Dimensions: Oil on canvas, 18" x 30". Framed 25" x 36.5".
• JAMES HARRIS OF SWANSEA (BRITISH
  JAMES HARRIS OF SWANSEA (BRITISH 1810-1887) PICKING UP THE PILOT OFF WORMS HEAD Oil on canvas51cm x 76cm (20in x 30in)Literature: R. G. Howell, Under Sail: Swansea Cutters, Tallships and Seascapes 1830-1880 (Swansea, SMS, 1987), p.19, in which the author identifies the Swansea pilot cutters in service 1840-1860. The cutter in the painting is numbered S2 and is identified as the 'Tom Rosser'.
• CA. 1930 MARX TIN LITHOGRAPH
  CA. 1930 MARX TIN LITHOGRAPH WIND-UP TOY, POPEYETHE PILOT, WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. ORIGINAL FADED PAINT. 9" LONG, 6" HIGH, 8 1/4" WIDE.
• AMERICAN FOLK STYLE MARITIME
  AMERICAN FOLK STYLE MARITIME SCHOONER PAINTING United States,Dated 1964Executed in 19th century style, depicting the Pilot Schooner circa 1855, inscribed along bottom "A short hull, low full board, strong sheer, exaggerated tumbling in of the stem and round stern".
• 6 PC ROYAL DOULTON FIGURINES: 1)
  6 PC ROYAL DOULTON FIGURINES: 1) ''Spring'', HN 4720, #594/2000, 2) ''Alice'', HN 3368, First Year of Issue, Copr. 1990; 3) RARE, ''Tess of the D'Urbervilles'', HN 3846, #998/3500, Copr. 1998; 4) ''The Pilot Skipper'', HN 4510, Produced exclusively for Pilot Insurance Co., Copr. 2002; 5) ''Pauline'', HN 2441, Copr. 1983; 6) ''Judith'', HN 2278.
• POPEYE THE PILOT Louis Marx
  POPEYE THE PILOT Louis Marx lithographed tin airplane with seated Popeye wings read ''Popeye the Pilot '' clockwork. 7'' l. Replaced pipe overall (VG Cond.)
• MARKLIN ''KAISERIN AUGUSTA
  MARKLIN ''KAISERIN AUGUSTA VICTORIA'' STEAM POWERED #5050/11D Germany the real liner of which this was replicated was billed as the largest in the world and this Marklin toy example is the largest in their toy fleet it is almost overwhelming in detail with little exception to true scale and accuracy of appointments; as Mr. Claus points out even the life preservers hangs on the rail across from the pilots house the multi-level railing is quite unbelievable and it continues with the flying bridge and all deck areas ten lifeboats from a full scene of luxury liner necessities two funnels replicate the original liner in true portrayal as the multiple ventilators flags and overall color scheme; superstructure lifts to reveal a very sturdy steam engine. 46'' long. Absolute minimum of restoration to piece; includes two lifeboat replacements enhancement in small areas of hull. Not often found in nearly this condition a rarity. (Exc. Cond)
• BRASS ENGINE ORDER LAMP Electrified
  BRASS ENGINE ORDER LAMP Electrified these were used to help communicate commands to the pilot house and ship's engine room telegraph has glass window with inserts. 18'' l. (VG Cond.)
• JACK R. CRESCENZI OIL ON CANVAS
  JACK R. CRESCENZI OIL ON CANVAS (Oregon 20th century) Dogfight involving the Curtis P-40c #77 flown by Robert T. Smith of the 3rd Pursuit Squadron (Hells Angels) of the American Volunteer Group. Autographed by the pilot lower left. Image measures 24'' x 36'' signed ''J. Crescenzi'' lower right and dated 1986. Framed. Includes a paper with additional information.
• JACK R. CRESCENZI OIL ON CANVAS
  JACK R. CRESCENZI OIL ON CANVAS (Oregon 20th century) Dogfight involving the Curtiss P-40c Tomahawk #88 of the A.V.G. (American Volunteer Group) fighting for China before the U.S. entered WWII. Autographed by the pilot Ken Jernstedt of the Flying Tigers. Image measures 24'' x 40'' signed ''J. Crescenzi'' lower right and dated 1990. Framed. Includes a paper with additional information.
• Hard tire safety ''The Pilot''
  Hard tire safety ''The Pilot'' oil lamp (English).
• BRITISH WOOLSEY - Mid 19th c.
  BRITISH WOOLSEY - Mid 19th c. British Woolsey of British Royal Navy Ship nearing port the pilot boat approaching lighthouses fore and aft floral brackets below in faux painted molded frame with gold liner under original rippled glass SS: 16'' x 21''
• Capt. George Randolph Dyer
  Capt. George Randolph Dyer AQM--Lincoln-Signed Commission and Pilot Knob Archive Comprising an early eagle mast head commission partially printed on vellum 12.25 x 15.75 in. matted framed and glazed 14.25 x 17.25 in. dated 21 February 1862 appointing George R. Dyer as Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers with the rank of Captain. Signed by Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) as President and Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869) as Secretary of War (1862-1868) with a later conveyance letter from the Adjutant General??Ts Office; plus the earlier formal appointment letter to George R. Dyer signed by Secretary of War Simon Cameron (March 1861-January 1862). The archive portion consists of 31 file folders 24 of which contain primarily wartime personal correspondence coinciding with Captain Dyer??Ts assignment as Assistant US Quartermaster at the Pilot Knob Missouri post. The letters span January 1862 to July 1865 but are scant on details regarding the quartermaster operation at Pilot Knob (in fact Geo. Dallas Dyers??T letters are more illuminating). Additionally there are several pieces of interesting ephemera including Captain Dyer??Ts original 1885 GAR membership certificate from the Baxter Springs Kansas Post No.123 an 1864 dated military railroad pass original telegrams and two manuscript documents written and signed by noted abolitionist and educator General Clinton B. Fisk (1828-1890) a personal friend of George R. Dyer. Rounding out the lot are eleven civilian portraits (five are duplicates) of George Dyer taken between the late 1870s (a cdv) and 1892 (mostly cabinet cards) including one view of the regal old gentlemen wearing his MOLLUS medal. A file of 19th century manuscript Dyer biography and George??Ts printed 1895 MOLLUS ?In Memoriam? pamphlet complete the lot. George R. Dyer??Ts Pilot Knob letters contain no battle content and very little concerning the day-to-day operations of the quartermaster department at the post. There are large gaps in the letters and most consist of newsy correspondence between various friends and family members living back in Chicago Elgin and Plainfield Illinois. Even at the Pilot Knob post the presence of family is evident??"the captain??Ts son George Dallas Dyer worked as a clerk and died there in 1863 while Mrs. Dyer seems to have visited her husband with some regularity during the war. As the tempo of operations moved further south after 1862 Pilot Knob became something of a Missouri backwater albeit for sporadic guerrilla warfare that flared in a region dotted with Rebel sympathizers. The letters hint at legitimate business dealings as the buying and selling of ?contraband horses and mules? became a reoccurring theme. The quartermaster seems to have also speculated locally in food supplies and animal fodder systematically ?hauling it in teams? from a radius around the post. Captain Dyer who frequently complained of ill-heath was able to take leave on occasion and just happened to be absent ?in the North on sick leave? in September 1864 the one time Pilot Knob came under attack during Sterling Price??Ts ill-fated Missouri Invasion. After 1863 Captain Dyer hinted once or twice at pursuing loftier goals ??" a staff position with General Fisk ??" but remained at his post until his resignation from the army on May 15 1865. A few excerpts from the letter collection: September 10 1861 from Patience Huntington Dyer??Ts sister: Not all in Illinois were stirred by the prospect of war and buoyed by patriotism. George sister was terse in her feelings: ?I am about to employ all my powers of argument and persuasion to prevent you joining the army. Under other circumstances it might be your duty. Were your wife in vigorous health and your children (not so young) and your own health firm I would say no word to prevent it??|but our patriotism must not make us forgetful of the virtues we owe to those for whom none can be a substitute??|? Having reconciled his conscience with family responsibilities George Dyer enlisted on October 31 1861. The centerpiece of that decision is the Lincoln signed commission and accompanying War Department paperwork rarely found together after 150 years. January 8 1862 to his wife Elizabeth (Howell Kimball) a long letter: Already Captain Dyer confesses his loneliness writing that the pain of being separated from his children is ?harder than I thought it would be.? He hopes to return home ?some time next month? if he can get a leave of absence. George briefly describes his duties ?I have a vast amount to attend to? and tells Elizabeth that ?George (their eldest son George Dallas) arrived the 2nd day of this month and has done very well since he came??|? He offers some insight into business matters ?We sold 52 horses & mules that had been taken from the enemy I had to sell them. They brought 1300. They were very poor and small (and) sold rather low. Some were good but I did not buy for I thought I would rather send all the money home I could for you.? The letter includes a lengthy list of goods that Elizabeth should bring to Pilot Knob ??" ?towels butter tea a lamp or two? ??" as ?some items can??Tt be had in this country.? He will express his pay ?Only 156 dollars instead of the 200 as I expected but I hope to have George have 60 per month which will help pay for being scattered all over the world.? The family might have been experiencing some financial difficulties as Capt. Dyer then rationalizes the quartermaster job lamenting ?If I can stand it for one year it will help my family some and that is all I am at work for.? He gives some instructions relating to the livestock management at the Plainfield farm and concludes by asking Elizabeth to send ?my cane for it would help me to get through the mud which is very deep.? September 15 1862 to sister Patience: Young George Dallas Dyer has left his Pilot Knob clerkship and joined the army. A proud but fearful Captain Dyer writes ?My poor boy only 17 years old gone to defend his country. Sister he is a fine boy manly as most men of 25 years (see George??Ts military cdv) & capable of doing any kind of business??| He has gone & I hope he will do his duty. He is the youngest man in his company & is the captain. They all like him & I hope he will return the confidence of his company??|? November 2 1862 from Lt. W.F. Crain 5th Illinois Cavalry: A mundane request asking Captain Dyer for his help in locating and recovering ?a dozen lost or stolen horses? from the regiment. The animals were left at Pilot Knob and were due to be returned by cavalrymen convalescing in the hospital. A newspaper article dated January 8 1863 reported on an abundance of new from Pilot Knob giving scope to the quartermaster operation there as well as featuring the approbations of Captain Dyer??Ts peers who had presented him with a ?superb gold watch? on New Years Eve. The correspondent noted ?An air of unusual bustle and activity pervades this usually quiet town caused by the arrival of 300 wagons from General Davidson??Ts Division Army of Southeast Missouri. They are now loading with commissary stores for his army??|? destined for Little Rock. The article quoted the lengthy testimonial ?engraved on the case? and showered platitudes ?Our Government has been blessed and cursed with many faithful and unfaithful disbursing officers but few who stand so noble and deservingly high as Captain Dyer where is known and appreciated.? The author noted that Captain W. L. Banning was ?relieving him (Captain Dyer) of the duties of the Commissary Department from January 1st.? What follows in an extended gap in the letters. The next two letters written to Captain Dyer at Pilot Knob date to June 1863 from a Joliet friend named Willis Danforth formerly Captain Company F. 13th Illinois Cavalry. June 1 1863: Danforth writes at length conveying the conditions in Joliet and mentioning ?speculators and traitors.? He is spiteful of ?Vallandigham Copperheads? and complains that soldiers and those serving in the army get no respect. He mentions Colonel (Frederick A.) Bartleson of the 100th Illinois a local Joliet hero later killed at Kennesaw Mountain and finally asks Captain Dyer to intercede on his behalf with General Davidson as there are ?charges pending? against him ostensibly having to do with a forged signature for payment. Captain Danforth had resigned from the army on February 7. A prominent Chicago homeopathic doctor and medical instructor Danforth would be exonerated and restored as surgeon of the 134th Illinois. He later gained notoriety as one of the five physicians who gave testimony at Mary Todd Lincoln??Ts insanity trial in May 1875. Danforth??Ts testimony was said to be ?particularly damning? to Mary's cause ultimately forcing her into Bellevue Place a private mental institution in Batavia Illinois. In a follow-up letter dated June 9 1863 Danforth wrote of a little known incident in Chicago that fundamentally challenged the very basic First Amendment principle of free speech. The Democratic leaning Chicago Times newspaper had published articles supporting the controversial Clement Vallandigham who had been arrested and convicted by a military court of ?uttering disloyal sentiments.? District commander General Burnside ordered the paper suppressed and publication was suspended under armed Federal guard. Groups of armed citizens from rival political factions begin congregating and troops from nearby Camp Douglas patrolled the streets in the midst of rising tensions and vocal threats by angry Democrats to ?gut the Tribune office? (the Chicago Tribune the Republican mouthpiece). Chicago was a tinderbox and Danforth an eyewitness inferred that ?a single pistol shot fired by some disorderly drunkard would have exploded the whole machine & cost at least 900 lives??"fortunately the occasion passed without any accident.? Danforth added that ?W.B. Ogden (Chicago Mayor) and some few Republican friends joined the terrified Democrats in petitioning honest old Abe to revoke Burnsides order??"which was done the next day & freedom of the press restored and (indignantly) such freedom!? He ended the letter with the observation that ?Chicago is standing still no growth but money is plentiful ? adding that the city is in the midst of ?diphtheria? outbreak. September 19 1863: The long summer gap in Dyer??Ts letters is unexplained. However this original double-sided telegram exchange between Captain Dyer and General Clinton Fisk reinstated Captain Dyer to duty at Pilot Knob. Dyer requested that he be reassigned to the post and General Fisk quickly accommodated ?BG Allen/CQM/St. Louis Mo./ If agreeable to yourself I would be glad if you would relieve Capt. S.H. Moore AQM from duty at this post (Pilot Knob) & assign to the vacant place Capt. Geo. R. Dyer again./(signed) Clinton B. Fisk/BG.? On the same day son George writes his father from Pilot Knob with the news that the captain had been reinstated to duty and included a verbatim transcription of the earlier telegram from General Fisk to General Allen. Attached to the letter is a small 3.50 x 2.25 in. printed ?St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad Pass? filled out to ?Captain G.R. Dyer & family? good for 1864. Also a missive entitled ?4 Rules of Live.? October 20 1863: A extemporaneous tongue-in-cheek three stanza rhyme written on the front of a large envelope by General Fisk to Captain Dyer from ?Head Quarters D.S.E. Missouri/Pilot Knob.? One stanza will serve to convey some unknown but deliberate frivolity at play ?Respectfully returned to Captain D./Who smokes his pipe from dinner to tea/With information from General Fisk/ That playing with sick is attended with [risk].? The playful rhyme hints at some shared secret and underscores the bond between the two officers and friends. November 2 1863: A two-sided letter from brother Dr. Charles V. Dyer who writes from Geneva Switzerland with much travel news from the past several months indicating that he ?had been to Africa to establish my court.? Charles Dyer had been appointed by President Lincoln in 1863 ?as judge of the mixed court at Sierra Leone for the suppression of the slave trade.? November 17 1863: Young George Dallas Dyer died at Pilot Knob on November 13 of gastroenteritis. Captain Dyer was devastated by the loss of his son and this heartfelt letter from S.J. Kimball the husband of Dyer??Ts sister Patience offers sympathy and advice for finding solace ?Look to God for support for the Bible alone can direct us in time of affliction.? December 11 1863: To Capt. Dyer from Uncle Alonzo Huntington. Another condolence letter in the wake of George??Ts untimely death offering what else but more Biblical support. September 17 1864: After another long gap a parting letter from Clerk Charlie Price to Capt. Dyer as he leaves Pilot Knob traveling back to Plainfield on business or sick leave. Price relates an interesting bit of news saying ?the photographer Hunt at Ironton (was) arrested & put in the Guard House last night for feeding secreting & assisting Rebs.? There is no suggestion that Confederate General Sterling Price is poised to invade Missouri later in the month with his Trans-Mississippi Army. Captain Dyer missed the battle of Pilot Knob (September 27) where Price captured Fort Davidson while suffering crippling casualties that allowed the Union army to escape. September 19 1864: Another short letter from Clerk Charlie Price informing the absent Captain Dyer of the state of affairs at Pilot Knob. Price assures Dyer that everything is well and that he will update and keep him ?informed as necessary.? Still no hint of impending battle. September 20 1864: Another short communication letter from the ever efficient Charlie Price ?Everything running in pretty good shape. Rice still acting as Forage master and speculating in hay. We posted in shops this morning the following Order: -NOTICE-/It is hereby positively prohibited to manufacture or repair any other than Government Stores at this shop. Except by Special Order from this Office. All employees transgressing this rule will be discharged without pay and will be reported to the Commanding Officer for severe punishment./Geo. R. Dyer/Capt.AQM.? November 4 1864: A short note on ?Head Quarters St. Louis? letterhead from General Fisk acknowledging Capt. Dyer??Ts request for a letter of recommendation to be forwarded to Secretary Stanton ?in securing advancement for you.? Fisk adds ?I would be glad to see you promoted and trust that you may be signed Clinton B. Fisk/Brig. Gen?. March 8 1865: A full page manuscript letter from General Fisk answering Captain Dyer??Ts earlier inquiry regarding a position on Fisk??Ts staff. The general responds ?I would be much pleased to be able to confer upon you my former faithful staff officer any position of honor or trust within my gift ? but Fisk doubts that he will get another command and demurs without offering a firm answer. ?Colonel Beveridge and the officers of the 17th Illinois Cavalry? are mentioned in closing. Fisk had been brevetted and the letter is now signed as ?Maj. Genl.? The last letter from July 1866 illustrates Captain Dyer??Ts transition from military to civilian life. Captain Dyer resigned from the army on May 15 1865 and returned home to Joliet Illinois. George Randolph Dyer??Ts original hand written biography later edited and published in the 1878 History of Will County is included as is the MOLLUS ?In Memoriam? pamphlet printed at the time of his death in 1895. The first is by far the most comprehensive history of Dyer while the second ??" composed by committee ??" focuses necessarily on his military service and bears annotations in the hand of cousin Mabel E. Green. George Randolph Dyer was born in Clarendon Rutland Country Vermont on June 3 1813 from a lineage of illustrious ancestors going back to 13th century England. Among his early Colonial brethren were Roger Williams of Rhode Island and the unrepentant Quaker Mary Dyer martyred on Boston Common in 1660. Dyer??Ts father Daniel Dyer had served in Revolutionary War and George Randolph later inherited the commission signed by John Hancock. Educated at Rutland Academy in Vermont George trekked westward in 1834 to Chicago then little more than a small settlement and trading post on Lake Michigan followed by his older brother Dr. Charles V. Dyer who later served as post surgeon at Fort Dearborn. George then moved to Milwaukee and during that time aided in the organization of the territory of Wisconsin in 1838. George surveyed ?the Fox River with a view to using that stream as a feeder for the Illinois canal.? In 1841 he sold his Chicago holdings and relocated to Will County Illinois becoming one of the earliest settlers in the area. There he acquired farmland near present day Bolingbrook-Plainfield. For the next decade George and his wife Elizabeth H. Kimball of Elgin Illinois engaged in farming and stock-raising adding to their modest wealth while raising six children. The other characters in our story of our lots sons George Dallas Dyer and Daniel B. Dyer were both born on the Will County farm. Both boys helped to work the property as dark war clouds descended across the land. Sometime during the 1840s George Dyer befriended a young lawyer named Abraham Lincoln who was then traveling the state as a circuit rider (1840-1847). There is reason to believe that Lincoln occasionally stayed at the Dyer farm during the decade thus the source of an undefined friendship that survived into the Civil War years. George and brother Charles Dyer became committed Abolitionists during the 1850s and fairly early on family story relates that the George Dyer??Ts Plainfield farm was surreptitiously used as a way station on the Underground Railroad. In 1856 George Dyer was elected Sheriff of Will County residing in Joliet the county seat where he became acquainted with like-minded politicians and influential power brokers of the anti-slavery Republican Party founded in 1854. By 1860 George and Charles could claim sufficient stature as party loyalists to be named electors in the Republican nominating convention where all energy was focused on launching the states??T favorite rustic son Abraham Lincoln ??" soon to be known as the ?Rail-Splitter? ??" on a course toward the Whitehouse. Captain Dyer??Ts war years as Assistant Quartermaster at Pilot Knob are well documented by the important Lincoln signed commission and the letter archive offered for sale here. Following the war Captain Dyer returned to Joliet and according to the History of Will County ?entered the hardware trade continuing in that until 1870 since which time he has not been engaged in active business.? Dyer??Ts earlier letters suggest lifelong health problems yet he lived until 1895. In retirement he must have spent long hours adding to the Dyer family genealogy and perfecting his Will County biography. In March 1880 his younger son Daniel B. Dyer then serving as Indian Agent at the Quapaw Agency saw fit to write and entice his father and mother with a government job teaching at the Indian school. Despite Daniel??Ts solid economic persuasiveness George Dyer apparently declined. By 1884 George and Elizabeth had relocated to Baxter Springs Kansas closer to Daniel where the captain became a charter member of the local GAR Post No.123 parenthetically once more listing his occupation as ?farmer.? George R. Dyer died at Excelsior Springs Missouri on July 13 1895 age 83. He was suitably memorialized by friends and fellow citizens for his ?loyal nature and esteemed service to country? and buried in Joliet Oakwood Cemetery. Descended Directly in the Dyer Family Condition: Lincoln commission is complete and intact without damage or noticeable fold lines. The ink is somewhat lighter than desirable but both Lincoln's and Stanton's signatures are strong enough to read without assistance. The blue seal is undamaged and vibrant. A hint of brown toning is noticeable around the edges. The commission was not removed from the frame for inspection. Except for expected fold lines all letters and documents are undamaged and completely readable. The photographs show varying degrees of wear else fine.
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