Collectibles, Original Historical Documents +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,