A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 2

(GETTYSBURG RELICS): A nice grouping of six better dug Gettysburg relics in a small case, includes two deformed minie balls, a horseshoe, a ring-like

(GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD RECOVERED SPUR): A fine Gettysburg battlefield "pick-up", an iron spur with rotating pointed wheel at the business...

(BITE THE BULLET): A Civil War minie ball "pain" bullet excavated from the scene of a Union hospital, clearly showing tooth marks where it...

(BULLET IN WOOD): A neat battlefield relic, a complete minie ball embedded in a 4" x 2" section of wood which it struck during a battle, r...

(PICKETT`S CHARGE BULLETS): Lot of three heavy caliber minie balls excavated from the scene of Pickett's charge at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. F...

PATRICK F. GARRETT: (1850 - 1908) American frontier lawman who tracked down and killed Billy the Kid, he later organized the LS Pat Garrett Rangers to

PHINEAS T. BARNUM: (1810 - 1891) American showman who opened his circus, "The Greatest Show On Earth", merged with James Bailey to form Ba...

BENJAMIN L. E. BONNEVILLE: (1796 - 1878) American frontiersman and military officer, extensively explored Oregon and the Yosemite area while seeking f

EDWIN BOOTH: (1833 - 1893) American actor who was he brother of John Wilkes and is renowned as the greatest Hamlet of his time. A.L.S. 1p. 8vo., Provi

AUGUSTE CHOUTEAU: (1786 - 1838) French fur trader and explorer in the Midwest, obtained a monopoly on fur trade in the Missouri valley, son of the fou