Collectibles, Original Historical Documents +

Amassed by a scholar over a period of decades, this unique and significant collection of hundreds of original items includes manuscript maps, personal

South Carolina Rice for Wine. Highly interesting, lengthy letter, Thos. Higham, Charleston, Apr. 29, 1817, 3 pp., to Newton, Gordon, Murdock & S...

Of copper color.... Manuscript bill of sale, Fayette County, Tenn., June 29, 1848, 7 3/4 x 1 0, 2 1/2 pp. For "...a negro slave by the name of ...

Mulato boy called Henry.... Manuscript bill of sale, Nicholas County, Kentucky, Sept. 5, 1820, 7 1/4 x 1 2 1/2 , 1 p., docketed. "I Thomas Math...

Slaves of South Carolina. Niles' Weekly Register, Baltimore, Mar. 2, 1816, 16 pp. "It is now a little more than a year since we closed a co...

Nat Turner Slave Revolt. Two issues of Niles Weekly Register, Baltimore, reporting the historic Nat Turner slave revolt. Aug. 27 and Sept. 24, 1831, (

Drought in the South. Letter of plantation owner John A. Ray, Butler (Ala.), Apr. 23, 1855, 1 1/3 pp., 8 x 12 1/4 , to a family member in Georgia. &...

The Cooper Union Speech. One of the great works of oratory of American history, and the speech which brought Lincoln to national attention. Feb. 27, 1

Full Plate Tintype. A significant Civil War rarity: a full plate, identified tintype of Union soldier "Albert V. Smith, Enlisted at 19, died in...

Communicating in Code. Pamphlet, "The State of the Union - Speech of Benjamin Wood, of New York, in the House of Representatives, May 16, 1862,...

The Two Roads to Peace. 1864 Lincoln campaign broadside, 9 1/4 x 1 2. "The election of Lincoln and Johnson is the death-knell of the Rebellion!...

Death of Lincoln. Two items: Old reprint of The New York Herald, Apr. 15, 1865, reporting assassination. Heavy black mourning borders on columns. On p

John Wilkes Booth. Carte of Lincoln's assassin. 2 1/2 x 4, a slightly larger size than usual. Two tiny pinholes near top edge, where once mounte...

John Wilkes Booth. Theatrical broadside, Jan. 20, 1863, appearing in "Lady of Lyons" at Boston Museum. 6 x 15. Booth's name, in bold t...

Lincoln Campaign Token in Silver. Splendid silver 1864 campaign token, with flattering likeness of Lincoln on obverse. On reverse: "Abraham Lin...

Music of the Rebellion. Group of four pieces of Civil War sheet music: 1) "I Wish I Was In Dixie's Land," by Dan Emmett, Firth, Pond, ...

Prelude to War. Group of five important pamphlets, 1834-1848: 1) "Fugitive Slave Bill," 1850, 36 pp. History of this legislation that chan...

Volunteers Roll of Honor. By Wesley Bradshaw. Booklet, collection of "noble and praiseworthy deeds...performed in the cause of the Union."...

Dismissed by Lincoln. Group of five Union General Orders, 1863-64, 7 pp. in all. Including articles which may be sold by sutlers; Col. John Vanvalkenb

Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. Two-volume set of the Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Monuments. Printed by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg,

Death Sentences. Two Union General Orders, 1863, 18 pp. in all, describing courts martial of numerous soldiers. In all cases, Pres. Lincoln lessened e

Inciting Insurrection Postwar. Significant A.L.S. of Donn Piatt, Cincinnati-born founder of the Capital (1871-80), a Washington weekly, in which he tr

Relics of Identified Soldier. Cabinet photo, about Civil War era. Name on verso Robert Longenhagen, shown in uniform, bugle insignia, three campaign r

Drummer Boy. Ambrotype, c. 1861, of young teenage boy, his blonde hair neatly combed, a strap over one shoulder supporting a large military drum. Wear

Charles Sumner. Senator during Civil War, abolitionist, and victim of a beating in the Senate from which he never fully recovered. Brief A.L.S., (18)6

Edward Everett. "The other speaker" at Gettysburg on the occasion of Lincoln's fabled address; abolitionist, Gov. of Mass., Secretary ...

A Union Rarity. Signature of (Rev.) Samuel Fisk, in pencil on small glazed card. Left his post as Connecticut clergyman to join Union Army; prisoner a

How Lee was Whipped.... Very scarce Civil War songsheet, "How Lee was Whipped at Gettysburg," printed in red and blue, "written and s...

Leslie's "The Soldier in Our Civil War." Two vol. set, oversize (12 x 17), about 900 pp., illustrations on nearly every page, includin...

Gen. Lew Wallace. Lower half of check, including his signature.

Washington during Civil War. Letter, Nov. 22, 1862, 3 pp., from H. Sikes to Lt. Ed K. Russell, 1st Long Island Volunteers. Excellent content: "...

Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Of the United States. Impressive document, 18 x 23, appointing Lt. Col. Chas. Rodman Paul, signed by Union Gen. Wi

Lincoln Replaces McClellan. General Orders, Washington, Nov. 5, 1862, "by direction of the Pres...Maj. Gen. McClellan is relieved from the comm...

Medical & Surgical History.... Of the War of the Rebellion, 1861-65. Second issue, 1875, 2 vols. from set: Part 1 of Vol. 2 (650 pp.), and Part ...

Little Eva. Song sheet, 1852, dedicated to Harriet Beecher Stowe. Illustration on cover of Uncle Tom and Eva. For piano and voice, 6 pp., 10 x 13 1/2

From the Home Front. Letter, Mar. 23, 1862, 4 pp., from young woman to brother in Army, presenting a full picture of life during the Civil War from th

These robbers and assassins.... Printed Union General Orders, Missouri State Militia, St. Louis, May 29, 1862, 5 x 8, 2 pp. "The enemies of the...

Prelude to Gettysburg. Printed Union General Orders, Washington, June 24, 1863, 4 1/2 x 7, 1 p. "Maj. Gen. W.S. Hancock, United States Voluntee...

Court Martial of Henry Wirz. A significant item: Printed Union General Orders, Washington, Nov. 6, 1865, 16 pp., comprising the court martial of Capt.

Alabama's Confederate Constitution. Highly important imprint: Ordinances and Constitution of the State of Alabama, with the Constitution of the ...

Confederate Cloth Bunting. Exceptionally appealing, lengthy piece of red, white, and Confederate-grey cotton gauze bunting, 21" x 14 feet. Beli...

Two Speeches of Judah P. Benjamin. 1) "On the Kansas Question," May 2, 1856, 15 pp. Edge toned, else fine. 2) On the invasion of one of th...

$2 Confederate Bill. Desirable currency, portrait of Judah P. Benjamin, Feb. 11, 1864. Printed by Keating & Ball. Criswell T-70. Blind handling ...

$10 Confederate Currency. Vignette of horses with cannon, and portrait of R.M.T. Hunter. Criswell T-68. Uncirculated.

Confederate Bond. $1000, depicting Stonewall Jackson. On pink paper. Seven coupons attached (one damaged). Criswell #122.

$1000 Bond. Portrait of Jefferson Davis and Richmond, on rarer blue-white paper. Seven coupons attached. Signed by Tyler as Registrar of Treasury, Mar

The First and Last Gasps of the Confederacy. A sensational duo: a pair of pamphlets, reflecting the beginnings and end of the Confederate States of Am

Secret Session. Set of three pamphlets, Ordinances Adopted by the Convention of Virginia, in Secret Session, in April and May 1861, 44 pp. Ordinances

Southern Imprint. Song sheet printed in Augusta, Ga., Jan. 1864, "Rock Beside the Sea," by Converse. Decorative cover design. Additional t...

Richmond Fortification. 1862, sentencing citizen Michael Kearney to thirty days labor on fortifications near city of Richmond, and Tobias Pearsall to

Entitled to salt.... Confederate letter, 1863, A.L.S. of Commissioner Jared L. Whittaker, Commissary General's Office, Atlanta, Ga., 1 p., 8 x 9...

James L. Orr. Group of nine Ds.S., 1869, partly printed, as Speaker of the House, summoning various witnesses. The manuscript portion of these 8 x 10

James Mason. A.N.S. of the Confederacy's Commissioner to England and France during the Civil War; half-namesake of the Mason-Slidell Affair, whi...

Civil War Correspondence. Collection of eight letters written 1862-64, from Benjamin M. Austin, 35th and 60th Regts., N.Y. Volunteers, 19 pp. in all,

Contraband. Letter from H.Q., District of Natchez (Miss.), Feb. 24, 1865, 1 p., from Gen. J.W. Davidson, to Surgeon F.V. Dayton. Clerical copy in an o

Camp Chase. Dramatic soldiers letter from Camp Chase, Ohio, June 6, 1865, 4 full pp., with complete envelope, marked to "Father of Benjamin War...

...to fight the rebels.... Soldiers letter, Budds Ferry, Md., Feb. 2, 1862, 3 pp. "...The boys say here that we shall have to cross the river t...

Freedmen's School. Love letter from a former Union soldier in Hardinsburgh, Kentucky, to Miss Maria Jackson, Chatham, Ontario, "Dominion of...

Oh this Unholy War! An impassioned letter on the Civil War and its relationship to slavery. Wells, Pa., Apr. 10, 1862, 4 pp. "Oh this unholy wa...

Union Soldier - and Poet. A.L.S. of S.H.M. Byers, Civil War soldier in 5th Iowa Vols., captured at Chattanooga, escaped, authored popular poem "...

The War in Indiana. Letter from civilian clergyman in Knoxville, Ind., July 11, 1862, 2 pp., 7 1/2 x 1 2. Writing of the scarcity of money, military m

Frightening the Rebels into submission.... Letter to Union Corporal James Reid, Co. B, 79th Regt., Georgetown College Barracks, D.C., from his wife, N

Guarding 5,000 Rebels. Union soldiers letter from week-old recruit Eli Richardson, Co. G, 43rd Indiana Volunteers, Burnside Barracks, Indianapolis, In

How do you like the news about the war? Union officer's flirty letter to a lady friend, Sgt. F.H. Barnum, 14th Infantry, Ogdensburg, N.Y., Feb. ...

From Occupied Port Royal. Union soldiers letter, Hilton Head (S.C.), Dec. 3, 1861, 4 full pp. (incomplete but fascinating), in dark pencil. Highly art

There in no place like Pennsylvania.... Lengthy Union commissary soldiers letter from Richard McAllister, Knoxville, Tenn., Apr. 9, 1864, 7 1/2 x 9 3/

The Unholy War. Lengthy letter from citizen David Cory, Sparta (evidently N.Y.), Mar. 4, 1862, 7 1/2 x 1 1 1/2 , 3 full pp. "...There is such a...

The lives of the Negro.... Vitriolic condemnation of Reconstruction by S.A. Coffman, Harrisonburg (Va.), June 18, 1870, 2 pp., penned in violet ink....

Lincoln and Cabinet. Composite carte with miniature portraits of the President with eight members of his Cabinet. An unusual style in the carte size.

Gen. U.S. Grant. Union commander, in uniform, 3/4 view. Wearing mourning band on left sleeve, probably following Lincoln assassination. (The Grants ca

Gen. Robert E. Lee. Confederate Commander-in-Chief of Virginia's military and naval forces. Lincoln had Gen. Scott offer the chief command of U....

Stonewall Jackson. General Lee's "right arm"; died of wounds, 1863, when shot by fellow Confederate. A curiosity: fine mezzotint of he...

Gen. Beauregard. Confederate General, at Shiloh, Fort Sumter, coast of Georgia, and South Carolina. In uniform. Very expressive pose, expertly retouch

Gen. William J. Hardee. Considered one of the Confederacy's outstanding generals, nicknamed "Old Reliable." Anthony/Brady. In uniform....

Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan. Led raids into Tennessee, New York, Ohio, and Kentucky; killed in 1864. By Anthony, N.Y. Two upper corners cut, els

Capt. John N. Moffet. Of Confederate Navy, his ship the cruiser Florida. Unusual pair: one carte showing the captain seated, wearing cap, with backgro

James A. Garfield. Carte in civilian clothes. Served at Shiloh, Corinth; Chief of Staff to Gen. Rosecrans; later President of U.S., assassinated. By L

Union Gen. Philip Kearney. Pose with cape and sword. By Curry, New York City. A millionaire who chose the Army as a career, he was called by Gen. Scot

Union Gen. Winfield Scott. Head of Union Army at start of war. Seated, in uniform. Choice.

Union Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock. Wounded in Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg; Garfield's opponent in Presidential race. Carte-size portrait ...

Union Gen. Nathaniel Banks. At Cedar Mountain; later Gov. of Mass. Seated, in uniform, wearing high-crowned hat. Fine to very fine.

Union Gen. Gershon Mott. Standing pose, in uniform. By Stokes, Trenton, N.J. With 3rd Div. at Richmond, Petersburg Crater, and Appomattox. Very fine.

Union Naval Officer John P. Richetson. By Newell, Point Lookout, Maryland, a key base and site of famous P.O.W. camp for Confederate soldiers. Rare.

Gen. George G. Meade. At Seven Days and Gettysburg; traveled in his own ambulance. By Gutekunst. Cut corners, else very fine.

Gen. John A. Logan. Considered the Union's premier combat general; commanded Army of the Tennessee, awarded Congressional Medal. Impressive prof...

Mrs. Julia Grant. Pleasing pose, half of her hoop skirt visible. Anthony/Brady. Cited in contemporary newspapers as the First Lady who set a style in

Maj. Gen. G.B. McClellan & Lady. The Union General shown standing with sword, beside a seated Mrs. McClellan. By Addis, Washington, 1863. Early ...

Brady Carte of Lincoln. Attractive carte, by Brady, Meserve #87, pose of Feb. 9, 1864. Fine. With three different stock certificates, each bearing a d

Gen. David Hunter. Union General. In uniform. Anthony/Brady. First to attempt liberation of the slaves after start of the Civil War, Lincoln annulled

Gen. Benjamin Butler. Union General. In uniform, seated. By Manchester, Providence, R.I. Butler was removed by Grant for ineptness. Fine.

Gen. Hiram Berden. Union General. Profile pose, in cap. By Mulleson, New York City. Invented repeating rifle, musket ball, and submarine gunboat. Fine

Gen. Christopher C. Auger. Union. Anthony/Brady. Seated in uniform. With separate note, May 29, 1865, from H.Q., six lines, signed "C.C. Auger ...

Gen. George Stoneman. Union officer on McClellan's staff, chief-of-cavalry of Army of the Potomac. Anthony/Brady. With separate brief L.S., n.d....

Lincoln Cartes. Group of four: Mrs. Lincoln in ball gown; Lincoln and young son Tad; Lincoln and family; and Lincoln's death scene. The latter t...

Generals of the South. Composite carte with miniatures of Stonewall Jackson, J.E.B. Stuart, Longstreet, Morgan, Robert E. Lee, Jos. Johnson, and Beaur

Fighting Irish. Striking carte photo of Union Gen. Michael Corcoran, the colorful - and controversial Irish-born officer. Awaiting court-martial befor

John Dunlap. Printer of Confession of Faith, Put Forth by the Elders and Brethren of Many Congregations of Christians (Baptized upon Profession of The

From Oliver Wolcott, Jr.'s Library. The Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and Their Neighbors, by Dr. Humphrey Prideaux...

Thoughts on the Cause. Of the Present Discontents. Edmund Burke's influential work, published incognito. London: J. Dodsley, 1770, fourth editio...

Royal American Magazine. "Or Universal Repository of Instruction and Amusement." Issue of Aug., 1774, Boston, (40) pp. Extensive article o...