Nine Centuries Of Historical Documents

Stampless pumpkin-orange cover, endorsed "Soldiers Letter, P.W. Smith, Col. 169 Regt., P.Q.M.'?]," to "Miss Julia A. Waitz'?]...

Dark blue flag on orange cover, "1776" within round field of 13 stars, fancy tassels on staff. Scott #26, Type II, judged dull red, very n...

"State of Maine" design in palest moss, with oversize, detailed Seal and ornate typography. In frame below, "Adj't.-General's...

Attractive military reply cover, with partly printed destination, completed by sender in ink: "Mr. Charles H. Shattuck, Co. A 2d Reg., Col. Car...

Red Maltese cross of (5th Corps, 1st Division, Army of Potomac) on unusually high quality, pale ivory laid cover. Scott #65, judged rose pink, with fo

--Boatner. Large red and blue St. Andrew's cross insignia of "6th Corps, 1st Division." Imprint of Magee, Philadelphia, 1864. Horizont...

Intriguing midnight blue stylized Maltese cross, in solid circle, with hub, perhaps a printers' variant for 5th Corps, 1st Division, on yellow c...

Excessively rare commercial-propaganda cover, larger 3 3/4 x 6 1/2 size, with runaround text both sides, in Christmas red. Printed 1866 or '67 b...

Black-bordered mourning envelope in hand of the Viceroy of Ireland, Earl of "Carlisle" (George W.F. Howard), to "Mrs. Powell, 14 Uppe...

Envelope in hand of Union Gen. Rufus King, while postwar Minister to the Vatican. To "J.F. Howe, Esq., 284 Pearl St., New-York, Un. States.&quo...

Bright yellow cover with locally printed "school postage stamp" attributed to Jamestown Union School and Collegiate Institute, Chautauqua ...

Portion of printed Mexican "causas criminales" form fashioned into an (incomplete) envelope, postally used, 1850. Attributed to Camargo, (...

Splendid collection of 99 varied covers and 5 postcards, all sent through U.S. Mail via local posts, 1956-90, majority 1970s-80s. Almost all with both

Dramatic L.S. of Union Capt. Edward F. O'Connor, Comdg. Co. I, 69th N.Y. Vol. Infantry, "Late 2d Lt. Comdg. Co. B, 69th N.Y...," "...

Manuscript pass issued by Capt. M. Cassleman, signed for him by Col. Comdg. William H. Christian, 2nd Regt., '26th N.Y. Infantry], Barracks No. ...

Significant A.L.S. of Union Gen. F(itz-)J(ohn) Porter, on letterhead of Central Rail Road Co. of N.J., Office of the Receiver, N.Y., June 22, 1880, 5

Variant printing of small song sheet, "Army Hymn - As sung by the 2d Regt., N.H. V.M., June 20, 1861," readying for their march to 1st Bul...

A.D.S. of Col. (later Brig. Gen.) Gilman Marston, the "Fighting Congressman." From "Head Quarters, 2d Reg. N.H. Volunteers," Cam...

A.L.S. of Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard, "Headquarters Div. of the Atlantic," Governor's Island, N.Y., "5th 1889" (no month but befo...

Superior letter of Union officer "Robert," "Head Quarters 69th P(enna.) V(ols.), near Stevensburg, Pa.," Apr. 8, 1864, 7 1/2 x 9...

Printed Union General Orders, War Dept., Washington, June 25, 1863, 4 1/2 x 7. "For Recruiting the Regular Army," following Lincoln's ...

Manuscript Union pass, Washington, D.C., May 22, 1865, 5 x 6 1/4, with seldom-seen black circular handstamp, "Provost Marshal General's Off...

Union soldiers letter from Jarvis General Hospital, Baltimore, Oct. 5, (18)63, 5 x 8, 3 pp. From "L.H.C.," to his "Coz 'Cousin] E...

Dramatic letter of Union soldier Augustus Chapman of 27th Mass. Volunteers, taken P.O.W. at Drewry's Bluff, Va., 1864, dying in Andersonville. F...

Superior letter of Union soldier Oscar Sheldon, 37th Ill. Vols., Co. A, Newtonia, Missouri, Oct. 6, 1862, 5 x 8, 4 pp. On patriotic lettersheet edged

Romantic letter of Civil War era civilian "Theodore," evidently an innkeeper in Bedford, Pa., June 7, 1861, 4 1/2 x 7 1/4, 4 full pp. On e...

Letter of Union '1st Lt. Benjamin F.] Cook, "Camp of 12th Regt., Mass. Vol., near Seneca Mills," Nov. 3, (1861), 4 3/4 x 7 1/2, 3 pp. ...

Letter of Chas. R. Carmer, N.Y. (City), previously a 90-day Sergeant in the 71st N.Y. Infantry. July 20, 1863, 5 1/4 x 8 1/2, 1 full p. To his sister.

Civil War-date theatrical broadside, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Apr. 8-9, (18)63, for a program of Irish drama, "fairy spectacle," and &qu...

Prescient telegram during the Vicksburg Campaign, in clerical hand, from Confederate Lt. Gen. Comdg. J.C. Pemberton, who had the ignominious fate of l

Letter of Union soldier W.J. Green, Fort Halleck, Columbus, Ky., Oct. 8, (18)62, 4 3/4 x 7 3/4, 2 1/2 pp. To his brothers in Big Prairie, Logan County

Two letters of brothers Jacob W. and Henry H. Otto, privates in Co. C, 205th Pa. Infantry, penned by the more literate sibling on behalf of both. Camp

Letter of Union (Maj. and future Bvt. Brig. Genl.) James A. Hall, (1st Maine Light Artillery, 2nd Mounted Battery), Camp Barry, D.C., Feb. 1, 1864, 7

Letter of Union sailor Jas. L. Dawson, "Gun Boat Hastings, Mouth of White River, Ark. / Miss. Squadron, Via Cairo, Ill.," July 8, (18)64, ...

Letter of civilian physician M.B. Peters, Kingston (N.Y.), May 24, 1864, 5 x 8, 3 1/2 pp. To brother on Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn. Mentioning his black

Vividly descriptive, lengthy letter of Philadelphia soldier Robert Stewart, including two mentions of sharpshooters, and much more. "3/4 of a m...

Letter of Union Lt. 'Thomas R.] Mead, Co. I, 10th Regt. Connecticut Vols. Scion of the prominent eponymous Connecticut family, Mead was promoted...

Letter of Union soldier Charles Wilkins 'believed in 2nd N.H. Infantry], Camp Constitution, Portsmouth (N.H.), June 3, (18)61, 5 x 8 1/2, 2 pp. ...

Scarce and charming letter of a Civil War-era schoolboy, James Bowe, Dale Township, McLean County, Ill., Feb. 23, 1865, 5 x 8, 3 pp., penned in bright

Poignant homefront letter on patriotic stationery, with large eagle and shield in red, blue, and simulated brown. From Lucretia Kass, West Almond (All

Letter of Union soldier J.Q. Lovrien, Co. F, 15th N.H. Vols., "N.P. Banks' division," dated Brooklin 'sic], (N.Y.), Dec. 9, 1862 -...

Letter of gourmand Union soldier Allen M. Munro, '2nd Rhode Island Infantry], Camp Brightwood, Washington, D.C., Jan. 19, 1862, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2, 2...

Early letter of Union soldier "R.D.C.," evidently a 90-day soldier, at the soon-to-be-dreaded Fort Delaware, May 25, 1861, 1 A.M., 5 1/4 x...

Letter of Union Pvt. W.B. Durie (30th and 39th N.J. Infantries), "Camp near Fort...front of Petersburg, Va.," Dec. 27, (18)64, 5 x 8, 4 fu...

Letter attributed to ill-fated Union soldier Lawson H. Rogers, (Co. H, 122nd Ohio Infantry), "Army of the Potomac, Sabbath Morning," Apr. ...

Letter of Union soldier Cpl. Philip Crewell, (Co. F, 34th N.Y. Infantry), Camp Falmouth, Va., Dec. 7, 1862, 7 3/4 x 9 3/4, 2 1/2 pp. To his brother, p

Letter of Union soldier P.H.(?) McClain on handsome patriotic lettersheet with large terracotta-red woodcut "Our Union Defenders," depicti...

Pair of letters of Connecticut officer and future P.O.W. A(ndrew) Upson, (20th Conn. Infantry). His men among the last to retreat at the disaster at C

Ornate signature in pencil of (Rev. and Capt.) Samuel Fisk, clergyman, author, and soldier. A Pastor in Madison, Conn. at war's outbreak, Fisk e...

Letter of Union soldier Henry Blears, Camp near Patrick) Station 'south of Petersburg], Jan. 27, (18)65, 7 3/4 x 9 3/4, 1 1/2 pp. To sister. &qu...

Letter of Union soldier "Daniel," in a hospital in Chestnut Hill 'Mass.?], Dec. 9, 1864, 4 1/2 x 8, 4 full pp. In rich brown ink on un...

Lengthy letter of civilian farmer Alfred Rice, Dement (Ill.), July 5, 1862, 5 x 7 3/4, 1 1/2 pp. Red and blue woodcut of seated Miss Columbia leaning

Two items relating to the fascinating Col. (and later Maj. Gen.) H(albert) E. Paine, 4th Wis. Vols.: Signed, large partly printed envelope, "Fo...

Letter of Union sailor Byron P. Drown, U.S. Bark Midnight, Daboy Sound, Ga., Mar. 17, 1864, 5 x 9, 4 full pp. To his father in Plattsburgh, N.Y. With

Letter of Union soldier Benjamin Hurd, "Co. G, 1st O(hio) V(ol.) A(rtillery?), Army of the Cumberland," Murfreesboro, Tenn., May 5, 1863, ...

Letter of ill-fated Union soldier L(awson) H. Rogers, Co. G, 122nd Ohio Vols.,"Camp Zanesville, Ohio," Oct. 11, (18)62, 4 3/4 x 7 3/4, 3 p...

Of Miss. Confederate Brig. Gen., captured in Ark., 1862. A fascinating and tragic figure, Reconstruction Sen. and Gov. of Miss., leader of Scalawags,

Of Maine. Union Maj. Gen. Medal of Honor for Manassas, badly wounded but refusing to leave his guns; hero of Ft. Fisher, fought at Gaines' Mill,...

Of Ga. Confederate Brig. Gen. Wounded at Gettysburg; distinguished at The Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Seven Days, 2nd Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg,

Of S.C. Confederate Lt. Gen. Signed with Confederate nomenclature "Prov(isiona)l Army...," very rarely encountered in context of a general...

Of Ky. Union Maj. Gen., defender of Fort Sumter against bombardment by Beauregard, his former student at West Point. During the Black Hawk War of 1832

Born on Choctaw Agency, Indian Territory. The only Confederate General to fight on both sides during the Civil War - and technically on both sides at

Of N.Y. Union Maj. Gen. Commandant of cadets at West Point at outbreak of war; commanded force that captured Fredericksburg; severely wounded at Cedar

Of N.Y. Union Maj. Gen., and inventor of asphalt pavement, insulated electric cable, and a process to make cast steel directly from ore, amassing cons

Of N.Y. Union Brig. Gen., promoted for his performance at Gettysburg's Peach Orchard. "Baldy" Smith's Chief of Artillery at Seven ...

Of Vt. Union Brig. Gen. and engineer, overseeing construction of defenses around Washington, grappling with widespread fears that the Confederates wou

Of N.Y. Union Brig. Gen. Wounded at Port Hudson, on U.S. Grant staff 1864-69 with Babcock (see lot above); postwar Consul Gen. to London and Havana; a

Born in England. A fascinating character, the second Union officer killed in action, and the only U.S. Senator killed in action in the Civil War. Clos

Of Mass. Union Gen. Prewar Gov. of Mass., elected to Congress in 1854 Know Nothing landslide, serving in ten Congresses in all. Chairman of first Repu

Of N.Y. Union Maj. Gen. First in his Harvard class, entered the Army as a private - leaving his new bride, ten years his senior, after just one day of

Of Mass. Union Maj. Gen. Antebellum French and tactics teacher at West Point; 18th Mass. Vol. Infantry; commanded at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancel

Of N.Y. Union Maj. Gen. 27th N.Y. Vol. Infantry, then commanding extensively in Dept. of Potomac through end of war. Noted for his attack up the steep

Of Tenn. Confederate Maj. Gen., once a Private in the U.S. Army during Mexican War. Advancing from a Mississippi River boat to the state legislature,

Of Mass. Union Lt. Col., 5th and 22nd Mass. Vol. Infantries. Wounded at Fredericksburg. Closing of letter, "Yours most truly." Light edge ...

Of N.Y. Union Brig. Gen., West Point Class of '56, much of his war service as a Q.M. Signature with "Brig. Genl." in his hand, clipped...

Of Ky. Confederate Lt. Col. Worked in 1860 Presidential campaign of John C. Breckinridge. Aide-de-camp to Brig. Gen. William Preston, fighting at Chic

Of Mo. Union Maj. Gen. Founded and led Free-Soil Party in Missouri, 1848; commanded division under Sherman at Vicksburg, in assault on Chickasaw Bluff

Union Navy. Sank six Confederate gunboats and two rams during attack on Forts St. Philip and Jackson, in the capture of New Orleans. In his hand, &q...

Of Wis. Union Brig. Gen., serving in 6th Wis., part of Iron Brigade, for entire war; wounded at Antietam and Chancellorsville. Delegate to numerous De

Of N.C. Confederate Brig. Gen. Declined Buchanan's appointment as Sec. of Treasury. The senior Brig. Gen. in A.P. Hill's Division, Branch fo...

Of Tenn. Confederate Gen. In his hand, "Major & A.Q.M., Dibrell's Brig. Cavalry, Forrest's Corps." Lacking in Shaw, and added ...

Of Pa. Union Gen. First discharged in Apr. 1861, his unit found itself marching home to Pennsylvania on the very same morning that the rest of the Arm

Of Ky. Union Maj. Gen. Prof. of philosophy at West Point, engineer, Pres. of Rock Island and Peoria R.R., bankrupted when Southern bonds defaulted at

Of Mass. Union Maj., 4th and 22nd Mass. Vol. Infantries. "Fraternally Yours...." Edge toning, else very fine. With modern copy of photogra...

Of Mass. Union Gen. Controversial occupier of Baltimore, then New Orleans, Butler "showed a genius for arousing adverse criticism at home and e...

Of N.Y. Union Gen. Composer of "Taps." Wounded at Gaines' Mill, for which awarded the Medal of Honor decades later, in 1892. Butterfie...

Few modern American genres evoke the instant associations of the Big Band era and the Jazz Age. From Basie to Ellington, Goodman to Miller, and the sc

Four 1940s Victor Red Seal Classical record store advertising posters. 15 x 20 each. Showing Lauritz Melchior, Yehudi Menuhin, Gladys Swarthout, and L

Sprawling signature of I(rving) Berlin, in pencil, on square yellow album leaf, 4 x 4, called by Gershwin "the greatest songwriter that has eve...

Supremely rare newspaper of major importance, New York Weekly News, Nov. 28, 1863, 13 1/4 x 20 1/4, 8 pp. On p. 6, nearly two full columns headed &q...

Autograph album compiled early 1863, with magnificent, uncommonly large "Yours truly, A. Lincoln" centered on the first leaf after gilded ...

Flamboyant signature with paraph of Belva A. Lockwood, the first woman admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court, in 1879, and leader in the suff

Dramatic group relating to McKinley's assassination: Same-day "Memorial Meeting - A Tribute to Hon. William McKinley...," Aryan Societ...

Attractive partly printed D.S. by "His Excellency Caleb Strong, Gov. and Commander in Chief of the Commonwealth of Mass.," a much-underrat...

T.L.S. of Herbert Hoover, The Waldorf Astoria, N.Y., Dec. 31, 1942, 7 1/4 x 10 1/2. To Grace Cornwall, Chicago. "Thank you for your letter and ...

T.L.S. of Patricia Nixon, on White House letterhead, blue on ivory. June 23, 1971. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4. To Dennis Warren, Sacramento. "Both of us dee...

A.N.S. of Francis F. Cleveland on her cambric-embossed ivory notepaper, engraved in gold "F.F.C." "Sunday Afternoon," n.y., 3 3/...

A.L.S. of Edith Kermit Roosevelt, Paris, "Wed., Sept. 'no day], 1904," 5 1/4 x 8 1/2. To Mr. Bryan. "We came home last night, my ...

T.L.S. of Eleanor Roosevelt, interestingly on "White House, Washington" stationery, but while away. Steel-engraved in gold on eggshell whi...

Lengthy A.L.S. of Mamie Eisenhower, signed with initials "M.D.E.," mentioning "the General" twice. On lettersheet of The Gunter,...