Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

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Our Fall, 2012 Auction is a two-part auction: Day One will offer important military documents and militaria; Day Two has a fine selection of historic letters, documents and manuscripts in other fields of collecting.
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CHILD'S SLAVE COLLAR983 - CHILD'S SLAVE COLLAR
Alexander Historical Auctions
Extremely rare hand-forged slave collar, ca. 1840’s, approximately 18” in length and likely used on a child on a plantation. The collar is composed of
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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CHILD'S SLAVE COLLAR984 - CHILD'S SLAVE COLLAR
Alexander Historical Auctions
Extremely rare hand-forged slave collar, ca. 1840’s, approximately 14 3/4” in length and likely used on a child on a plantation. The collar is compose
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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1841 SLAVE MANUMISSION985 - 1841 SLAVE MANUMISSION
Alexander Historical Auctions
Scarce manuscript D.S., 1p. 8vo., Bourbon Co., Ky., June 7, 1841 in which James M. Allen and William Parker agree to: "...manumit and forever s...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (460.00) = 460.00
 
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A BOOK OWNED BYJAMES ALFORD - ESCAPED SLAVE WHO BECAME A QUAKER986 - A BOOK OWNED BYJAMES ALFORD - ESCAPED SLAVE WHO BECAME A QUAKER
Alexander Historical Auctions
JAMES ALFORD (c. 1769 - 1842) was born enslaved in Elizabethtown, N.J. who early in life had a spiritual awakening at age eighteen that compelled him
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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A SLAVE AUCTIONEER HOPES TO MEET HIS EX-SLAVE987 - A SLAVE AUCTIONEER HOPES TO MEET HIS EX-SLAVE
Alexander Historical Auctions
Written on his auctioneer's letterhead Very rare slave auctioneer's letter on his auction house letterhead with imprinted transmittal envel...
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for (1,300.00) = 1,300.00
 
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EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SLAVE BILL OF SALE988 - EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SLAVE BILL OF SALE
Alexander Historical Auctions
Partly-printed slave bill of sale, 1p. legal folio, Savannah, Georgia, Jan. 25, 1789, for the purchase of "Will", a mulatto man, "Dav...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (300.00) = 300.00
 
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A SEVEN YEAR-OLD SLAVE BOY IS SOLD989 - A SEVEN YEAR-OLD SLAVE BOY IS SOLD
Alexander Historical Auctions
Slave bill of sale, 1p. 12mo., [n.p.], Oct. 24, 1853, in part: "Received of R. B. Kyle eight hundred and fifty dollars in full payment for a ne...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (240.00) = 240.00
 
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FATHER DEEDS A FOUR YEAR-OLD SLAVE TO HIS SON990 - FATHER DEEDS A FOUR YEAR-OLD SLAVE TO HIS SON
Alexander Historical Auctions
Manuscript D.S., 1p. 4to., Gallatin, Ky., Nov. 14, 1836 in which a father deeds a four year-old slave boy to his son. In part: "...in considera...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (180.00) = 180.00
 
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SLAVE BILL OF SALE991 - SLAVE BILL OF SALE
Alexander Historical Auctions
Unusual A.D.S., 1p, oblong 8vo., [n.p.], Jan. 14, 1836, in which a man buys a slave, "Ned", from the "Slate River Company" for t...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (320.00) = 320.00
 
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SLAVE BILL OF SALE 1849992 - SLAVE BILL OF SALE 1849
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Manuscript document 1p. 4to., Wake County, North Carolina, Sept. 10, 1849, an Indenture in which Sarah Edwoods sells to Carbon [?] Edwoods "......
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (240.00) = 240.00
 
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