FALL AMERICANA AUCTION - Session 1

Exceptionally Rare Imprint on the Riots at Alton, Illinois,<p>Beecher, Edward. "Narrative of Riots at Alton: in Connection with the Death...

Cdv of Abolitionist Gerrit Smith,<p>(1797-1874), philanthropist and supporter of numerous social programs. Smith worked his father's estat...

Annapolis, Maryland 1735 Slave Receipt,<p>Horsey v. Caldwell, dated 11 Feby. 1735. This hand-written legal document records a dispute between ...

Slave Sale Receipt, 1792 North Carolina,<p>1 Sept. 1792. Receipt for sale of "...a certain Negro Woman & child named Betty & Dick...

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...

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 ...

Warren County, Tennessee 184l Slave Receipt.<p>This is an unusual arrangement in slave documents, in that Leonard Adcock owed $86 to Burgess W...

Bedford Co, Tennessee 1847 Slave Receipt,<p>for the purchase of "one Negro boy John...about nineteen years old" for $750. E.D. Rush...

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...

Ms. Letter on Southern Reconstruction & Slavery,<p>written by a Covington, Kentucky lawyer in the year 1866. Discusses his moral disagree...

Scarce Slavery Emancipation Manuscript,<p>dated 1 Jan. 1827. This manuscript notes that one Daniel Craig has requested of the court in "t...

Rare Montana Cabinet Card by J. P. Ball,<p>silver gelatin print of a crisply dressed U.S. Infantry sergeant proudly displaying his marksmanshi...

Tintype of a Well-Dressed African-American Gentleman,<p>holding a walking stick, 6th plate mounted in embossed paper covered case.<p>Nic...

Cabinet Card of a New Orleans African American Domestic,<p>with imprint of Brennan's Studio, High Street. An 1890s image of an elderly Af...

Scarce 1870s CDV of KKK Members,<p>printed as a negative image; anonymous photographer. The letters "KKK" prominent in the backgrou...

Signs of Jim Crow,<p>early 20th century wall mounted wood sign in original stenciled paint that reads "COLORED ENTRANCE". 42" x...

Advertising Card for the "White" Way,<p>2.5 x 4" promoting the business of the "White Way Transfer and Moving Company.&quo...

African American Caricatures in Vienna Cold Painted Bronzes,<p>lot of 8 miniatures, all hand painted and comic. Includes child on back of mon...

Booker T. Washington, Clipped Signature,<p>framed under glass, bold signature on 1.25 x 3" piece of paper. Washington was born into slave...

Paul L. Dunbar, TLS,<p>Dayton, Ohio (140 Zeigler St.), 21 June 1896. Letter is framed under glass, 4.25 x 7" visible. The letter is to a ...

Paul L. Dunbar Books,<p>lot of 7, includes "Majors and Minors," 1895, Toledo: Hadley & Hadley (printers); PLUS "The Love of...

1905 Racist Anti-Voting Rights Broadside,<p>14 x 6" "TO THE VOTERS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY," n.p., though seemingly Baltimore, MD....

Great Photo of Cincinnati African-American Shriners,<p>20 x 16.5" silver print mounted on larger grey board. An enlargement of a smaller...

Id'd New Hampshire Made Silver Hilt Sword by Samuel Drowne,<p>(1749-1815). A fine circa 1780 hunting sword with roped ivory grip topped b...

Revolutionary War Silver Mounted Hunting Sword,<p>American made,with rope carved bone grip and coin silver mounts, with "S-shaped" ...

Id'd Revolutionary War Silver Hilted Sword,<p>circa 1774. A fine officer's hanger, with coin silver mounts bearing the hallmarks of t...

Magnificent Eagle Hilt Sabre,<p>manufactured by the German cutler, A. Berger, and so marked just below the ricasso along with "Warranted...

American Eagle Hilt Sabre,<p>circa 1830-40. Not marked, but in the style of F.W. Widman of Philadelphia. Hilt parts of gilded brass, the pom...

Eagle Hilt Artillery Officer's Sabre,<p>circa 1805. A "five ball" example, similar to those made in England during this period...

Horstmann Indian Princess Head Militia Sword,<p>with rectangular ribbed ivory grip, cast brass single piece quillon, double langets with eagl...

Pair of French Flintlock Pistols,<p>with unmarked silver repousse mounts, flint lock marked "Brulatour Jeune A St. Foy", ornate butt...

Percussion Continental Pirate Pistol,<p>with brass mounts, unmarked lock and barrel, nicely patinated walnut stock, approximately 58 caliber, ...

Exceptional Inscribed 1825 Powder Horn,<p>9" in length, 3" diameter at the turned wooden plug, with great ring-turning. Entire surf...

Fine American Powderhorn, Dated 1806,<p>signed "John McDougall" 9" total length, about 2.5" at plug. Decorations include...

Continental Powderhorn, With Crest and Early Train,<p>with very fine engraved and carved details, including an early 19th century style steam ...

Finely Engraved 1853 Scottish Powder horn,<p>with presentation inscription; "Presented By D.C. To Charles Henderson, Glasgow", scene...

Coin Silver Pigeon Shoot Award Cup,<p>marked on underside of bowl "E. Kinsey," an early Cincinnati, Ohio silversmith. The urn shape...

Johnson Martially Marked Flintlock,<p>single shot 53 caliber pistol, marked on lock plate "U.S./R. Johnson/Middn Conn/1837". Reconv...

J. Mundi Half Stock Long Rifle,<p>with curly maple stock, brass and pewter mounts, signed on top of 40" octagonal barrel, lock plate mark...

John Bard Half Stock Long Rifle,<p>38 caliber American long rifle with walnut stock, signed on 37.5" octagonal barrel with faint stamped ...

F. Willerding, Evansville, Ind. Long Rifle,<p>signed on top of 36" octagonal barrel, lock plate marked "Jas. Golcher", walnut s...

Watercolor of Shawnee Prophet, Tenskwatawa,<p>17 x 12.5" on laid paper. A fine portrait of the brother of Tecumseh, after the original p...

Fine Watercolor of A Shawnee Chief,<p>on laid paper, 17.5 x 12.5" Not so identified, but a portrait of "Kish-kallo-wa" a Shawne...

Watercolor of Dakota Squaw After Bodmer,<p>22.75 x 14.25" on laid paper, signed lower right "Hanuman." A finely executed image,...

Early 19th Century Stave Construction Barrel Canteen,<p>with engraved initials on each end "J.& B.", & "J. Barker"...

Rare Percussion Cap Dispenser,<p>with ring pivot, stamped on back in oval "A. Boche Paris", 3.5" long x 1.2" wide x .25&qu...

Complete Set of Kendall's Mexican War Lithographs,<p>lot of 12. Hand-colored lithographs, 11 1/8 x 17", each titled and signed lower...

Mexican War Letter,<p>ALS signed Enos P. Wiley, to Wm. Carter, Sept. 29, 1846 "Texas, Mouth of the Riogrand" . Written by a soldi...

Watercolor of the Battle of Lake Erie,<p>signed lower left "Horatio Bowerman, July 26, 1879". Vivid action dominates this work, whic...

Early Oil on Canvas Painting of Fort Dearborn, Illinois,<p>24 x 36" (sight), signed lower right "Daly 1805 or 1895." With an ad...