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<p>Dozens of lots shall include prominent figures and events of the Civil War, including rare war-date documents signed by Albert Sidney Johnston, Nathan Bedford Forrest, George E. Picket, Hiram B. Granby, John Hunt Morgan and numerous others, as well as several fine correspondences including an 1863 soldier's diary with Gettysburg content. We are also pleased to feature a fine archive of material which include letters of Diego Rivera and Freda Kahlo relative to the painting and installation of his famous mural at Rockefeller Center. Other fine properties include an original house plan by Frank Lloyd Wright; two triple signed checks, one by Theodore Roosevelt and the other by Richard Nixon; a rare A.L.S. of John A. Sutter; a circular letter singed by Thomas Jefferson defending his oft-criticized embargo; a superb and rare British cavalry officers' account of the battle of Waterloo; original drawings by Jack Kerouac, Bugsy Siegel's green velour fedora; and many other fine properties.
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We will hold public viewings for lots offered at our Greenwich offices on Thursday, June 20, Friday, June 21, and Monday, June 24. Hours for the public viewings will be from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Viewings at our offices may be also be arranged by appointment.
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721 - (CDV GROUPING C. W. SENATORS)Alexander Autographs
A great group of three chest-up view CDVs of Civil War senators, all with Whitehurst, Washington backstamps and tax stamp on the versos. Included are
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722 - (CIVIL WAR STEREOVIEW)Alexander Autographs
Stereoview card bearing a double 6" x 3" photograph showing an ambulance with driver parked in front of a hospital. Location is identifie...
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723 - (COLFAX, SCHUYLER)Alexander Autographs
(1832 - 1885) Speaker of the House during the Civil War and Grant's vice president whose career was ruined by his involvement in the "Cred...
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724 - (CURTIN, ANDREW G.)Alexander Autographs
(1817 - 1894) Civil War Governor of Pennsylvania who raised troops for the Union and supplied militia to enforce the armies at Gettysburg. A nice CDV
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725 - (DAVIS, JEFFERSON C.)Alexander Autographs
(1828 - 1879) Union brigadier general who was in Fort Sumter at the start of the war. He killed Major General William Nelson over a perceived slight,
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726 - (EDWIN BOOTH)Alexander Autographs
(1833 - 1893) American actor who was he brother of John Wilkes and is renowned as the greatest Hamlet of his time. A nice carte-de-visite seated thea
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727 - (EWELL, RICHARD)Alexander Autographs
(1817 - 1872) Confederate lieutenant general who fought in the war from Bull Run to Appomattox, he lost a leg at Groveton and was strapped in his sad
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728 - (FARRAGUT, DAVID G.)Alexander Autographs
(1801 - 1870) Union rear admiral instrumental in the taking of New Orleans and the Union control of the Mississippi. It was at Mobile Bay where he exc
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729 - (FOSTER, JOHN G.)Alexander Autographs
(1823 - 1874) Union major general who served with Anderson at Ft. Sumter, fighting at Roanoke, New Bern, and Savannah during the war. A nice full sta
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730 - (FREMONT, JOHN)Alexander Autographs
(1813 - 1890) "The Pathfinder", explorer of the western frontier and Union army major general until sacked by Lincoln for his efforts to ...
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