Historical Documents

(Slave Auction) DS, signed by Sheriff Louis L Morgan, 2 1/2pp, Mar 30, 1857, Parish of St Tammany, Louisiana, re an auction of a slave. In part, &qu...

(Slavery) Partly printed DS, 1p, Mar 19, 1859, legal folio, Shelby County, Tennessee, re the sale of slaves. In part, "...J H McNeil...held and...

(Slavery) ADS, by A Robinson, Justice of the Peace for Stokes County, 2 1/2pp, Aug 4, 1802, legal folio, interesting content re arresting and interrog

(Confederacy) Wardate LS, 1 1/2pp, nd, 4to, Edgefield District, South Carolina, addressed to the Confederate Sec of War, a petition requesting that Wi

(Americana) DS, 2+pp, April 16, 1850, folio, Paris, Tennessee. A divorce petition, in which Thomas Jones requests the Honorable William Fitzgerald, Ju

(Plantation) DS, "An Inventory and appraisement of the personal Estate and Slaves of Samuel W Warren deceased...", 9pp, Oct 5, 1839, 8vo, ...

(Black History) Cabinet card, illustration of the shooting of black scavengers who are picking over the dead bodies of several white people, with a so

(Cuban Slavery) Collection of 4 ALsS, 1 Autograph Manuscrpit (unsigned), and 1 Manuscript Map relating to a slave uprising in Matanzas, Cuba, 8pp, 182

WINFIELD SCOTT (1786-1866) Future Union Lieutenant General, known as "Old Fuss and Feathers." ALS, "W Scott", as Lt Colonel comm...

WINFIELD SCOTT ALS, "W Scott", as Adjutant General, 1p, April 24, 1813, legal folio, Rome (New York), to Major General Henry Dearborn (175...