Fine Selection of Autographs - Session 2

A great turn-of-the-century silver print, 4 1/2" x 6 1/4" copy photograph of a tintype with period ink identification of verso, in full: ...

A great Civil War-era CDV-size tintype of a rough looking man wearing a full-length gray coat and mud-spattered boots, apparently a cowboy although t

A nice 1/9th plate ambrotype of an 1860's era gentleman with hand on chest, set in a brass mat and frame. A bit light, else very good.

A nice pair of 1/6th plate ambrotypes of a child sitting in a chair. Both images were apparently taken at the same time and the child moved position

(1801 - 1877) Leader of the Mormon church who succeeded Joseph Smith as head of the church and led the mass migration to Salt Lake Valley. Young was

Highly unusual A. D. S., 4pp. legal folio, [n.p., but likely Mississippi], December 26, 1866, in which 20 recently freed slaves, each listed by name

A nice clean hard-bound copy of the very rare publication: "Proceeding in the Ku Klux Klan Trials at Columbia, S. C. in the United States Circ...

An interesting KKK promotional CDV, circa 1868, entitled: "Radical Members of the So. Ca. Legislature" that was designed to enflame passi...

Especially rare partly-printed South Carolina slave bill of sale, 1p. legal folio, Charleston, May 6, 1855 in which the Court of Equity certifies that

A rare, very early slave bill of sale, 1p. 8vo., Bedford Co., Va., Feb. 8, 1782 in which Edmond Franklin sells: "…unto Thomas Franklin of North...

A lengthy legal document, 16pp. legal folio, Galveston, Tx., Jan. 15, 1855, regarding a dispute between two men over custody of two children and subs

Partial estate appraisal, 1p. 4to., [n.p., n.d.], listing goods of an estate including five slaves, in part: "...One Negro girl named Mary pra...

An early partial appraisal of an estate 1p. 8vo., Louisiana, Dec. 20, 1819, listing five slaves and their prices. Instead of listing the slaves indiv

Interesting manuscript D.S. 12pp. legal folio, Tyler Texas, Apr. 1856, a brief regarding a dispute between the children of a Mr. Wright (deceased) an

A most unusual pairing of documents concerning the murder case of the State of Indiana vs. Samuel Mead, 5pp. total, folio, Switzerland Co., Indiana,

A partial estate appraisal, 1p. oblong 12mo., [n.p., ca. July 2, 1825, listing four slaves and their values, in part: "...One Negro Man Isaac ...

A scarce relic of the slave trade of the mid-1800's, a copper promotional token, 1" dia., issued by the Charleston slave auction house of ...

Early manuscript slave bill of sale, 1p. sm. folio, Clay Co., Ky., 1812, in which one John Cook sells "…one negro man slave called and known by...

Early manuscript slave bill of sale, 1p. sm. folio, Claiborne Co., Tenn., Dec. 19, 1805 in which Thomas and John Pryor sell "…a negro Woman Bet...

One of the most unusual disputes we have ever seen is contained in these records of a Texas court battle, 50pp. legal folio, Austin, Texas, May 1868.