Fine Selection of Autographs - Session 2

Attractive hand-colored engraving, "STAFF AND OFFICERS OF THE PUTNAM PHALANX AS ORIGINALLY CONSTITUTED", 36" x 30", engraved by ...

A.L.S. 1p. 4to., Headquarters Dept. Henrico., Richmond, Va., May 6, 1862, to Major Griswold, Provost Marshall of Richmond, in which Warner Lewis, aid

An exceptional CDV of 36th Ohio Vol. Inf'y Col. WILLIAM G. JONES showing him in a chest, up portrait in uniform. Boldly signed: "W. G. Jon...

A touching war-date letter from Charles L. Cowles, 2pp. 4to., Wilkesboro, N.C., Apr. 28, 1861, in part: "…We seem to be on the eve of a civil ...

The war-date correspondence of Pvt. Oliver Ellsworth of Marion, Ohio with the 22nd Michigan, a grouping of thirteen partial letters and A.L.S.'...

A neat Civil War relic, a genuine piece of fabric from the last Confederate flag that flew over the Confederate Capitol of Richmond! On Apr. 3, 1865,

War-date printed circular of Confederate General Orders No. 93, 1p. 8vo., Richmond, June 30, 1863 concerning, in part: "…appraisement of decea...

Great wooden walking stick from the Seven Pines battlefield in Virginia. On the shaft is written in period ink: "Cut in the center of 7 Pines ...

Three letters from Corp. Rufus Kemp, 165th New York Vol. (2nd Duryea's Zouaves), 10pp. total 8vo., who writes, in pencil, on the Red River Camp...

(1807 - 1870) Confederate General and commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, arguably the most brilliant commander of field armies in American h

Stereoview card bearing a double 6" x 3" photograph showing Confederate dead awaiting burial near the Rose Farm at Gettysburg. No photogr...

Stereoview card bearing a double 6" x 3" photograph showing the rocks of Devil's Den at Gettysburg. with mock dead soldiers with rifl...

Stereoview card bearing a double 6" x 3" photograph showing the rocks of Devil's Den at Gettysburg. with mock dead soldiers with rifl...

Stereoview card bearing a double 6" x 3" photograph taken from near the Theological Seminary, shortly after the battle of Gettysburg, sho...

(1813 - 1887) American clergyman who was an ardent supporter of abolition and woman suffrage. He was brought down by an adultery scandal that shocked

Nice war-date vignette Brady CDV of Whittemore as captain. Whittemore served in the 7th Maine, 1st Maine Veteran Volunteers, and as assistant adjutan

War-date full standing view CDV of Bailey in uniform. Bailey served in the 33rd New York and as Inspector for Brig. Gen. Thomas Neill's brigade...

War-date vignette CDV of Long wearing his kepi. Image was most-likely taken while he was a assistant adjutant general. Long served in the 33rd New Yo

A great war-date vignette CDV of Ellis as captain. He served in the 7th New York, 2nd Rhode Island, and as commissary of subsistence. Backstamp by Fr

A rare war-date CDV of Lieut. Colonel Benjamin Pritchard of the 4th Michigan Cavalry who led the party that captured Jeff Davis and was promoted brev

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

Stereoview card bearing a double 6" x 3" photograph showing an ambulance with driver parked in front of a hospital. Location is identifie...

(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...

(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

(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,

(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

(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

(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

(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

(1813 - 1890) "The Pathfinder", explorer of the western frontier and Union army major general until sacked by Lincoln for his efforts to ...

(1825 - 1888) Union major general who fought at Bermuda Hundred and Drewry's Bluff. He was severely injured pursuing Jubal Early in the Shenand...

(1822 - 1885) Eighteenth President of the United States and Union Lieutenant General. A nice vignette view CDV of Grant as major general. Image has b

(1814 - 1879) Union major general who commanded the Army of the Potomac only to be defeated at the hands of Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville. W

A great war-date vignette CDV of Binney in uniform as captain. In August, 1862 he enlisted in the famous regiment and served at Gettysburg and throug

A fine carte de visite photograph showing Confederate Lt. Joseph Selby from mid-chest, up, with one hand tucked into his jacket. Selby enlisted in the

A great war-date CDV of Lieut. John T. Greble, 2nd U.S. Artillery who, at the battle of Big Bethel, Va. June 10, 1861, became the first regular army

A CDV of Lt. Francis Avery 27th Mass. Vols., standing with hat. He was wounded during the fighting at Drewry's Bluff, Va. on May 16, 1864. Phot...

War-date full standing view CDV of Ellis as major holding his kepi. The 49th was organized at Buffalo in 1861 and Ellis fought with the regiment unti

(1811-1883) Union general and New York's first war governor. He was also a U. S. Senator during the war. A nice full standing view CDV of Morgan...

War-date CDV of Pvt. William Sheaffer of the 209th Penn. Vols. A period ink identification on verso gives name but no regiment, and research shows on

Editor of the secessionist newspaper, the Charleston Mercury. Rare war-date, bust view CDV with Anthony from Brady backstamp. Slightly toned with the

(1828 - 1919) Confederate brigadier general who declined firing the first shot on Fort Sumter, later captured at Petersburg. A nice seated view CDV o

Great war-date, full standing with sword CDV of Bickford as 1st Lieutenant. He served in the Suffolk region of Virginia for 1862 through 1863. Backst

(1812 - 1883) Vice President of the Confederacy who urged moderation and negotiation with the Union. A great CDV of Stephens showing him from the che

A good 1/6th plate tintype of a Union infantry corporal from a Connecticut estate, showing the sitter's buttons and chevrons nicely tinted. Two...

A great war-date CDV of a young Union drummer boy who appears to be in his early teens, standing next to a pedestal wearing a frock coat and holding

A great CDV of an artillery first lieutenant standing with a sword. He wears a kepi with an artillery insignia on the front and a small medal hangs f

A great full standing view CDV of a sailor with pencil identification on verso, "Harry Troutman". He wears a regulation naval shirt with ...

A great CDV of a full standing Civil War soldier holding his rifle with bayonet in the "Order Arms" position. He is wearing gloves and ta...

A full standing CDV of an artillery private wearing a shell jacket and shoulder scales. On the chair hangs a fatigue-style Mexican War hat. No backst

(1823 - 1907) Union brigadier general wounded and captured at Bull Run and held hostage for C.S.A. privateers, later led a corps at Spotsylvania and

(1810 - 1878) Union brigadier general awarded a Medal of Honor for Bull Run, later commanding a division at Antietam, Spotsylvania, and Petersburg. A

Nice ruby-red 1/6th plate ambrotype of Private Amos E. Bailey 11th Conn. Vol. Co. C and wife. The image was uncovered in central Connecticut with an

(1820 - 1899) Union major general who led fighting at Gettysburg, Spotsylvania (where wounded), and Appomattox. A great seating view CDV of Wright we

War-date thumbnail tintype in a CDV-sized card showing a very young soldier with a 5th Corps insignia on his kepi with what appears to be "83&...

A great 9 3/4" x 6 3/4" albumen photograph entitled "The Interview", showing Cheyenne Chiefs "Standing Elk", "Ru...

A great collection of ten real photo postcards most likely showing members of the Black Feet tribe at Fort Benton, with one card identifying the subj

A great post-1900 photograph, 6 3/4" x 4" mounted to a heavy board mount, showing nine Northern Plains Indian men wearing traditional dre...

A great post-1900 photograph, 7 1/2" x 4 1/2" mounted to a heavy board mount, showing seven Americanized Indian children. The boys stand...

A great post-1900 photograph, 7 1/2" x 4 1/2" mounted to a heavy board mount, showing ten Indian men, two of which wear what appear to be...

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.

Manuscript D.S. 2pp. folio, [n.p., n.d., c. 1810], an estate division of the for one Solomon Langston (deceased) listing the personal property of the

Good content manuscript D.S. 2pp. legal folio, Galveston, Texas, January 1857, a brief in which the attorney for a Plantation owner argues against th

A.L.S. 2pp. 4to., Rapide Parish, La., Sept. 14, 1823, written when asked to give a written statement in answer to several questions to the court conc

Manuscript D.S. 12pp., legal folio, Gonzales County, Texas, Aug. 12, 1856 , a court case in which a Mildred Littlefied sues a Mr. D.C. Moore for non-

D.S. 1p. legal folio with oblong 12mo. sheet attached to front, [n.p.] April 13, 1849, in which the attorneys of James Dunn, who in a lower court rul

(1856 - 1915) Black American educator born a slave, established and headed Tuskegee Institute to provide practical training to blacks. Full signature

Excellent oval collage-type photo, 10 1/2" x 13 1/2" overall depicting those Senators and Representatives of the 38th Congress who voted t...

A fascinating group of at least 750-1000 documents all related to railroad activities in the late nineteenth century, with the vast majority of the m

A superb Cody-related letter by Capt. LUTHER H. NORTH (d. 1935), an American Indian fighter who, with his brother Frank, led the Pawnee Scouts against

Good grouping of twelve letters all written to E. Merriam of Brooklyn, N.Y. dealing with appropriations for a school set up for children on the Onond

Good content grouping of seven letters from Newton Manross, professor and botanist from Amherst College, 2pp.- 4pp. 8vo.- 4to., penned between Mar. 1

Printed program, 1p. 8vo., "Standing Rock Indian Fair", [n.d., ca. 1900], the schedule of events for a somewhat degrading fair which inclu...

A good content A.L.S. "Lottie Manross" 16pp. 8vo. Kohala, Hawaii, Oct. 18, 1881, from a missionary teacher describing her trip to the isl...

A.L.S. 4pp. folio, Fairfield, Jamaica, Sep.1, 1843, in which a missionary to blacks in Jamaica describes the progress of his ministry to an associate

A. L. S. 4pp. legal folio, St. Helena, La., Mar. 4th, 1822, in which a man, apparently to improve his own situation, offers to betray one of his form

Great content letter, 4pp., 4to., San Francisco, Mar. 4, 1860 concerning an early description of that city's development during the 1850's,...

Revealing A.L.S. 3pp. legal folio, Hillsboro, Miss., Feb. 20, 1849 in which George Henry writes to his friend, William Lee expressing in colorful ter

A nice grouping of seven autographs by historic personalities in various formats, include: ARTHUR FIEDLER (T.L.S. sending autograph, Oct. 20, 1955);

(1732 - 1799) First President of the United States and commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. An fine and unusual Washington

(1732 - 1799) First President of the United States and commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. An interesting letter relative