AUCTION  /  Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

Auction Currency:USD Auction Location:860 Canal Street. Second Floor., Stamford, Connecticut, 06902, United States

Auction Details

Our Fall, 2012 Auction is a two-part auction: Day One will offer important military documents and militaria; Day Two has a fine selection of historic letters, documents and manuscripts in other fields of collecting.
PHILADELPHIA MAN SHOOTS A PISTOL INTO RESIDENCE OF FRENCH AMBASSADOR PIERRE ADET980PHILADELPHIA MAN SHOOTS A PISTOL INTO RESIDENCE OF FRENCH AMBASSADOR PIERRE ADET
A dog bite leads to an international incident… Superb content L.S. " Brunet " as secretary to the French Legation to the United States, 3...
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimates : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold for (1,200.00 + 270.00) x 1 = 1,470.00
(SOUJOURNER TRUTH)981(SOUJOURNER TRUTH)
(1797 - 1883) Black American abolitionist born a slave, she became the first black woman to speak out against slavery and lectured throughout the East
Start Price : 600.00 | Estimates : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
Sold for (1,600.00 + 360.00) x 1 = 1,960.00
(AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLK ART)982(AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLK ART)
A highly-unusual and rare ink drawing on an oblong 4to sheet of lined paper c. 1860-80 depicting three black dancers, two women and a man by an unknow
Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimates : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
Sold for (1,000.00 + 225.00) x 1 = 1,225.00
CHILD'S SLAVE COLLAR983CHILD'S SLAVE COLLAR
Extremely rare hand-forged slave collar, ca. 1840’s, approximately 18” in length and likely used on a child on a plantation. The collar is composed of
Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimates : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
CHILD'S SLAVE COLLAR984CHILD'S SLAVE COLLAR
Extremely rare hand-forged slave collar, ca. 1840’s, approximately 14 3/4” in length and likely used on a child on a plantation. The collar is compose
Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimates : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
1841 SLAVE MANUMISSION9851841 SLAVE MANUMISSION
Scarce manuscript D.S., 1p. 8vo., Bourbon Co., Ky., June 7, 1841 in which James M. Allen and William Parker agree to: "...manumit and forever s...
Start Price : 250.00 | Estimates : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold for (460.00 + 103.50) x 1 = 563.50
A BOOK OWNED BYJAMES ALFORD - ESCAPED SLAVE WHO BECAME A QUAKER986A BOOK OWNED BYJAMES ALFORD - ESCAPED SLAVE WHO BECAME A QUAKER
JAMES ALFORD (c. 1769 - 1842) was born enslaved in Elizabethtown, N.J. who early in life had a spiritual awakening at age eighteen that compelled him
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimates : 300.00 - 400.00
A SLAVE AUCTIONEER HOPES TO MEET HIS EX-SLAVE987A SLAVE AUCTIONEER HOPES TO MEET HIS EX-SLAVE
Written on his auctioneer's letterhead Very rare slave auctioneer's letter on his auction house letterhead with imprinted transmittal envelope in whi
Start Price : 350.00 | Estimates : 700.00 - 900.00
Sold for (1,300.00 + 292.50) x 1 = 1,592.50
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SLAVE BILL OF SALE988EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SLAVE BILL OF SALE
Partly-printed slave bill of sale, 1p. legal folio, Savannah, Georgia, Jan. 25, 1789, for the purchase of "Will", a mulatto man, "Dav...
Start Price : 300.00 | Estimates : 600.00 - 700.00
Sold for (300.00 + 67.50) x 1 = 367.50
A SEVEN YEAR-OLD SLAVE BOY IS SOLD989A SEVEN YEAR-OLD SLAVE BOY IS SOLD
Slave bill of sale, 1p. 12mo., [n.p.], Oct. 24, 1853, in part: "Received of R. B. Kyle eight hundred and fifty dollars in full payment for a ne...
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (240.00 + 54.00) x 1 = 294.00
FATHER DEEDS A FOUR YEAR-OLD SLAVE TO HIS SON990FATHER DEEDS A FOUR YEAR-OLD SLAVE TO HIS SON
Manuscript D.S., 1p. 4to., Gallatin, Ky., Nov. 14, 1836 in which a father deeds a four year-old slave boy to his son. In part: "...in considera...
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (180.00 + 40.50) x 1 = 220.50
SLAVE BILL OF SALE991SLAVE BILL OF SALE
Unusual A.D.S., 1p, oblong 8vo., [n.p.], Jan. 14, 1836, in which a man buys a slave, "Ned", from the "Slate River Company" for t...
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (320.00 + 72.00) x 1 = 392.00
SLAVE BILL OF SALE 1849992SLAVE BILL OF SALE 1849
Manuscript document 1p. 4to., Wake County, North Carolina, Sept. 10, 1849, an Indenture in which Sarah Edwoods sells to Carbon [?] Edwoods "......
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (240.00 + 54.00) x 1 = 294.00
1852 MISSISSIPPI SLAVE TAX9931852 MISSISSIPPI SLAVE TAX
Partly-printed D.S. 1p. 8vo., Vicksburg, MI, Mar. 1, 1853, in which S. Edwards, the Sheriff and Tax Collector, bills the heir of one Silas Hilson for
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (850.00 + 191.25) x 1 = 1,041.25
MAN EMANCIPATES HIS SLAVES AND LEAVES THEM HIS ESTATE994MAN EMANCIPATES HIS SLAVES AND LEAVES THEM HIS ESTATE
Fascinating last will and testament of Stephen Goggin, 2pp. legal folio, Madison Co., Kentucky, Mar. 24, 1841 in which the rather bitter writer cuts o
Start Price : 300.00 | Estimates : 600.00 - 700.00
DEBTOR IS JUDGED LIABLE FOR PAYMENT FOR RENTAL OF SEVEN SLAVES... -IN 1869!995DEBTOR IS JUDGED LIABLE FOR PAYMENT FOR RENTAL OF SEVEN SLAVES... -IN 1869!
Fascinating manuscript D.S. 50pp. legal folio attached with ribbon at top margin, Austin, Tex., Jan. 13, 1869 detailing a suit in which the executors
Start Price : 400.00 | Estimates : 800.00 - 1,200.00
Sold for (260.00 + 58.50) x 1 = 318.50
SLAVE AUCTION ADVERTISEMENTS IN NEW ORLEANS NEWSPAPER996SLAVE AUCTION ADVERTISEMENTS IN NEW ORLEANS NEWSPAPER
A large selection on slave advertisements, including the auction of an entire riverfront plantation with about 600 acres and 71 named slaves, all cont
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 200.00
SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN REPORTS ON CAPUTED SLAVE VESSEL IN 1860997SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN REPORTS ON CAPUTED SLAVE VESSEL IN 1860
A copy of the Springfield Republican, Springfield, Mass., Nov. 1, 1860, 8pp. folio, which reports among other things, "...Another slaver captur...
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 200.00
BLACK FAMILY CYANOTYPE AND OTHER IMAGES998BLACK FAMILY CYANOTYPE AND OTHER IMAGES
Three ca. 1918 hard mount photographs of a Jefferson County, Tenn. family playing doctor with their black friend. One depicts a woman with her child t
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimates : 100.00 - 150.00
1925 COPY OF NEGRO WORLD9991925 COPY OF NEGRO WORLD
An issue of the newspaper Negro World: A Newspaper Dedicated to the Interests of the Negro Race", founded by Marcus Garvey in 1914. This copy i...
Start Price : 25.00 | Estimates : 50.00 - 75.00
ANTI-FORD PRO-SEGREGATION BROADSIDE1000ANTI-FORD PRO-SEGREGATION BROADSIDE
A small broadside printed on pink paper measuring 6" x9", published by the White Supremacist Citizens' Council of Greater New Orleans (WCC...
Start Price : 37.50 | Estimates : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for (67.50 + 15.19) x 1 = 82.69
BLACK MUSLIMS NEWSPAPER, 19671001BLACK MUSLIMS NEWSPAPER, 1967
Muhammad Speaks, Outside Illinois, Oct. 20, 1967, 28 pp. Cover pictures the leader of the Nation of Islam with the quote "Warning Black Politic...
Start Price : 37.50 | Estimates : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for (37.50 + 8.44) x 1 = 45.94
1969 "BLACK BUGALOO" BLACK POWER POSTER10021969 "BLACK BUGALOO" BLACK POWER POSTER
An amazing relic of an extreme arm of the Civil Rights movement, a 17" x 21" poster printed by "Jihad Productions" - clearly hav...
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (105.00 + 23.63) x 1 = 128.63
EARLY BRITISH ABOLITION1003EARLY BRITISH ABOLITION
An very rare, early printed broadside measuring 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" , Feb. 18, 1792, reading, in full: "The Public is desired to take not...
Start Price : 350.00 | Estimates : 700.00 - 900.00
Sold for (360.00 + 81.00) x 1 = 441.00
ABOLITIONISTS1004ABOLITIONISTS
Lot of six items signed by prominent American abolitionists and preachers, includes: HENRY WARD BEECHER, A.L.S. 1p. 8vo., Brookly, July 17, 1864, allo
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (120.00 + 27.00) x 1 = 147.00
SLAVERY IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS1005SLAVERY IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
Interesting A.L.S. of one Thomas Braihwaite in St. Johns, Virgin Islands, 4pp. 4to., Apr. 1795 to John Sharpe in New Jersey. Braithwaite was likely a
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold for (220.00 + 49.50) x 1 = 269.50
HAMBURG MASSACRE OF BLACKS IMPRINT1006HAMBURG MASSACRE OF BLACKS IMPRINT
Rare imprint, 166p. 8vo. (uncut), [n.p.], 1876, headed: "A CENTENNIAL FOURTH OF JULY DEMOCRATIC CELEBRATION The Massacre of Six Colored Citizen...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimates : 100.00 - 150.00
IMPRISONING BLACKS IN THE PORTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA1007IMPRISONING BLACKS IN THE PORTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Printed pamphlet titled: "Colored Mariners in Ports of South Carolina: Message from the President of the United States Transmitting the informa...
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (85.00 + 19.13) x 1 = 104.13
FREDERICK DOUGLASS1008FREDERICK DOUGLASS
(1817 - 1895) Black-American reformer born a slave, Douglass was instrumental in the creation of the Union Negro regiments which fought with great dis
Start Price : 400.00 | Estimates : 800.00 - 1,200.00
Sold for (1,300.00 + 292.50) x 1 = 1,592.50
FREDERICK DOUGLASS1009FREDERICK DOUGLASS
(1817-1895) Black-American reformer born a slave, Douglass was instrumental in the creation of the Union Negro regiments which fought with great disti
Start Price : 125.00 | Estimates : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold for (1,000.00 + 225.00) x 1 = 1,225.00
FREDERICK DOUGLASS1010FREDERICK DOUGLASS
(1817 - 1895) Black-American reformer born a slave, Douglass was instrumental in the creation of the Union Negro regiments which fought with great dis
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (140.00 + 31.50) x 1 = 171.50
FREDERICK DOUGLASS1011FREDERICK DOUGLASS
(1817 - 1895) Black-American reformer born a slave, Douglass was instrumental in the creation of the Union Negro regiments which fought with great dis
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 200.00
JOHN BROWN, JR.1012JOHN BROWN, JR.
"One of my two half brothers, who fell in the attack at Harper's Ferry Oct. 185…his remains have come into my possession…" (b. 1821) Elde...
Start Price : 375.00 | Estimates : 750.00 - 1,000.00
Sold for (460.00 + 103.50) x 1 = 563.50
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON1013BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
(1856-1915) Black American educator born a slave, established and headed Tuskegee Institute to provide practical training to blacks. Bold signature on
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (100.00 + 22.50) x 1 = 122.50
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON1014BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
(1856-1915) Black American educator born a slave, established and headed Tuskegee Institute to provide practical training to blacks. Fine bold signatu
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimates : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (100.00 + 22.50) x 1 = 122.50
THADDEUS HYATT1015THADDEUS HYATT
(1816-1901) American manufacturer turned abolitionist who became involved with John Brown started a relief fund for his family after his execution, al
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 200.00
THE SOUTHERN WORKMAN1016THE SOUTHERN WORKMAN
An original copy of the The Southern Workman, Feb. 1904, 127pp. 8vo., published by the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute and "contains ...
Start Price : 15.00 | Estimates : 30.00 - 50.00
VINTAGE KU KLUX CLAN PUBLICATION VIGILANCE1017VINTAGE KU KLUX CLAN PUBLICATION VIGILANCE
A copy of the Ku Klux Klan publication Vigilance, ("Champion of Militant Americanism"), Oct. 10, 1924, 8pp. 4to. The cover bears an image ...
Start Price : 25.00 | Estimates : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold for (50.00 + 11.25) x 1 = 61.25
JOHN JOHNSON ENMEGAHBOWH - FIRST ORDAINED NATIVE AMERICAN EPISCOPALIAN PRIEST1018JOHN JOHNSON ENMEGAHBOWH - FIRST ORDAINED NATIVE AMERICAN EPISCOPALIAN PRIEST
A Native American - and an Episcopal Saint (1807 - 1902) "He that prays [for his people while] standing"; (also known as John Johnson), t...
Start Price : 300.00 | Estimates : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold for (600.00 + 135.00) x 1 = 735.00
SAMUEL KIRKLAND1019SAMUEL KIRKLAND
A missionary and ambassador to hostile Indians (1741 - 1808) A Presbyterian missionary among the Oneida and Tuscarora people in North America. He was
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold for (120.00 + 27.00) x 1 = 147.00
(SPIRIT LAKE MASSACRE)1020(SPIRIT LAKE MASSACRE)
A.L.S. 2pp. 4to., Homer, Iowa, Apr. 22, 1854 by surveyor J. W Ellis to Warner Lewis. Ellis opens his letter discussing surveying business, then mentio
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (100.00 + 22.50) x 1 = 122.50
IMMIGRANT TO AMERICA TELLS OF BEING STRANDED AMONG INDIANS1021IMMIGRANT TO AMERICA TELLS OF BEING STRANDED AMONG INDIANS
Fine content A.L.S. on illustrated letterhead showing the city of Cincinnati, 4pp. 4to., Cincinnati, Apr. 21, 1844 in which Jonas and Hannah Bandsley
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (140.00 + 31.50) x 1 = 171.50
JOHN HEMPHILL1022JOHN HEMPHILL
(1803-1864) U.S. Senator from Texas, Chief Justice of that state and key player in the Indian Wars. Bold signature on a small sheet adding "Tex...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimates : 100.00 - 150.00
TREATY WITH SAC AND FOX INDIANS1023TREATY WITH SAC AND FOX INDIANS
Scarce printed treaty, "Treaty Between the United States and the Sac and Fox Indians", 8pp. legal folio, Washington, May 18, 1854, signed ...
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (80.00 + 18.00) x 1 = 98.00
"SUN-DANCE. MAKING A BRAVE" PHOTOGRAPH1024"SUN-DANCE. MAKING A BRAVE" PHOTOGRAPH
Rare Indian Sun Dance photograph titled "Sun Dance. Making a Brave", 7" x 4 1/2" oval, Boorne & May photographers imprint, Calga...
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (80.00 + 18.00) x 1 = 98.00
WILLIAM CLARK1025WILLIAM CLARK
(1770 - 1838) American soldier and explorer in frontier service under Gen. Anthony Wayne against Indians, and who later joined Capt. Meriwether Lewis
Start Price : 375.00 | Estimates : 750.00 - 1,000.00
Sold for (800.00 + 180.00) x 1 = 980.00
DAVID KALAKAUA1026DAVID KALAKAUA
(1836-1891) King of Hawaii (1874-91), his ideas of reform aroused political opposition culminating in revolution and his powers restricted by a new co
Start Price : 375.00 | Estimates : 750.00 - 1,000.00
Sold for (400.00 + 90.00) x 1 = 490.00
PHINEAS T. BARNUM1027PHINEAS T. BARNUM
(1810-1891) An American showman, businessman, scam artist and entertainer, remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the circus that
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimates : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (420.00 + 94.50) x 1 = 514.50
PHINEAS T. BARNUM1028PHINEAS T. BARNUM
(1810 - 1891) American showman who opened his circus, "The Greatest Show On Earth", merged with James Bailey to form Barnum and Bailey Cir...
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold for (140.00 + 31.50) x 1 = 171.50
P. T. BARNUM'S "LITTLE PEOPLE"1029P. T. BARNUM'S "LITTLE PEOPLE"
The signatures of four of P. T. Barnum's most famous "little people" executed on a single album sheet, includes: CHARLES S. STRATTON [Gene...
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold for (320.00 + 72.00) x 1 = 392.00