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FALL AMERICANA AUCTION - Session 1

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction LocationUnited States In Person Preview. Wednesday, November 20, 12:00 –4:00 PM and Thursday, November 21, 9:00 AM-1:00

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<p>Cowan’s is pleased to offer more than 800 lots of fine historical and decorative Americana during our special Fall Auction, November 20-21. On November 20 th more than 400 lots of rare historical Americana will be sold, including an exceptionally rare hand-painted flag presented by the Ladies of Gordonsville, Virginia to the "Greys" on the eve of the Civil War; a rare North Carolina First National Confederate Flag; George Barnard's photographic album documenting "Sherman's March"; a campaign flag from the 1860 presidential campaign featuring a portrait of Abraham Lincoln; many fine American Indian photographs by Gardner and Rhinehart; Revolutionary swords, including one by Samuel Drowne, and another from England, both identified; five Civil War presentation swords; a Colt Pocket Model revolver presented to a Gettysburg combatant; Civil War Achives and letter groups, and many other choice lots.
<p>On November 21st the offering will include more than 400 lots of American furniture, folk and decorative arts, including the Collection of Nan Gordon formerly of Cincinnati and now of Prescott, Arizona; fine furnishing from the Edwin and Barbara Charitable Remainder Trust of Cleveland, Ohio; transportation prints from the Western Reserve Historical Society of Cleveland, Ohio and other select consignments. This sale will begin with a fine selection of autographs of many American presidents, including Jefferson, three Lincoln documents; many presidential signed appointments; a fine inscribed Mark Twain photograph; an exceptional autograph book containing Lincoln's signature, George Armstrong Custer, and numerous Civil War generals and dignitaries.
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Exceptionally Rare Imprint on the Riots at Alton, Illinois,102 - Exceptionally Rare Imprint on the Riots at Alton, Illinois,
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Exceptionally Rare Imprint on the Riots at Alton, Illinois,<p>Beecher, Edward. "Narrative of Riots at Alton: in Connection with the Death...
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Cdv of Abolitionist Gerrit Smith,103 - Cdv of Abolitionist Gerrit Smith,
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Cdv of Abolitionist Gerrit Smith,<p>(1797-1874), philanthropist and supporter of numerous social programs. Smith worked his father's estat...
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Annapolis, Maryland 1735 Slave Receipt,104 - Annapolis, Maryland 1735 Slave Receipt,
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Annapolis, Maryland 1735 Slave Receipt,<p>Horsey v. Caldwell, dated 11 Feby. 1735. This hand-written legal document records a dispute between ...
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Slave Sale Receipt, 1792 North Carolina,105 - Slave Sale Receipt, 1792 North Carolina,
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Slave Sale Receipt, 1792 North Carolina,<p>1 Sept. 1792. Receipt for sale of "...a certain Negro Woman & child named Betty & Dick...
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Maryland 1832 Free Slave Manuscript,106 - Maryland 1832 Free Slave Manuscript,
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Maryland 1832 Free Slave Manuscript,<p>dated May 25. This document notes that one David Harris appeared before a Justice of the Peace to swear...
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Tennessee Slavery Bill of Sale,107 - Tennessee Slavery Bill of Sale,
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Tennessee Slavery Bill of Sale,<p>dated 2 Dec. 1846. Document for the sale of "...one Negro woman named Mary & one boy named Ned and ...
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Warren County, Tennessee 184l Slave Receipt.108 - Warren County, Tennessee 184l Slave Receipt.
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Warren County, Tennessee 184l Slave Receipt.<p>This is an unusual arrangement in slave documents, in that Leonard Adcock owed $86 to Burgess W...
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Bedford Co, Tennessee 1847 Slave Receipt,109 - Bedford Co, Tennessee 1847 Slave Receipt,
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Bedford Co, Tennessee 1847 Slave Receipt,<p>for the purchase of "one Negro boy John...about nineteen years old" for $750. E.D. Rush...
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Receipt for the Capture of a Slave,110 - Receipt for the Capture of a Slave,
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Receipt for the Capture of a Slave,<p>1851-52. This is a receipt from a W.B. Hanshaw (?) to T.J. and I.M. Haddox, hired Nov. 25th 1851 to catc...
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Ms. Letter on Southern Reconstruction & Slavery,111 - Ms. Letter on Southern Reconstruction & Slavery,
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Ms. Letter on Southern Reconstruction & Slavery,<p>written by a Covington, Kentucky lawyer in the year 1866. Discusses his moral disagree...
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