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Nine Centuries Of Historical Documents

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction LocationPO Drawer 821, Yonkers, New York, 10702, United States

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Original Historical Documents, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Autographs, Letters, Newspapers, Photographs, Ephemera, Coins, Postal History, and more. 20 Subjects include: Americana, Aviation, Black History, Colonial, Revolutionary War, Civil War, Jazz, Maps & Atlases, Medieval & Religion, Naval & Military, Numismatics, Old Letters, Presidents & Politics, Transportation, World Wars I & II ... and more.
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Prelude to the Draft Riots.508Prelude to the Draft Riots.
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Printed Union General Orders, War Dept., Washington, June 25, 1863, 4 1/2 x 7. "For Recruiting the Regular Army," following Lincoln's ...
Start Price : 22.00 | Estimate : 45.00 - 65.00
With Scarce Provost Marshal's Handstamp.509With Scarce Provost Marshal's Handstamp.
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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...
Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 70.00
A Civil War Ambulance Driver.510A Civil War Ambulance Driver.
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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...
Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to letterdoc for 60.25
"It's like the fourth of July here" in Washington, N.C.511"It's like the fourth of July here" in Washington, N.C.
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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...
Estimate : 90.00 - 120.00
Sold to CMB for 66.28
Rare Mention of Indians during the Civil War.512Rare Mention of Indians during the Civil War.
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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
Estimate : 140.00 - 180.00
Sold to CMB for 96.40
A Hotelier in 1861: "I hope there will be no fighting...."513A Hotelier in 1861: "I hope there will be no fighting...."
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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...
Start Price : 35.00 | Estimate : 70.00 - 90.00
"Capt. Allen believes in the Catholic Religion...."514"Capt. Allen believes in the Catholic Religion...."
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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. ...
Start Price : 65.00 | Estimate : 130.00 - 160.00
Manhattan "looks very much like war...."515Manhattan "looks very much like war...."
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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.
Start Price : 32.00 | Estimate : 65.00 - 85.00
"Barney the Baron" and Irish Theatre in Civil War Gotham.516"Barney the Baron" and Irish Theatre in Civil War Gotham.
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Civil War-date theatrical broadside, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Apr. 8-9, (18)63, for a program of Irish drama, "fairy spectacle," and &qu...
Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 325.00
"The Enemy is approaching...."517"The Enemy is approaching...."
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Prescient telegram during the Vicksburg Campaign, in clerical hand, from Confederate Lt. Gen. Comdg. J.C. Pemberton, who had the ignominious fate of l
Estimate : 475.00 - 575.00
Sold to CMB for 315.71
"Rebel hordes are scattered to the four winds."518"Rebel hordes are scattered to the four winds."
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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
Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 150.00
"If it is our lot to fall, we will fall in a good cause...."519"If it is our lot to fall, we will fall in a good cause...."
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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
Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 150.00
"It is difficult to obtain any position at Washington...."520"It is difficult to obtain any position at Washington...."
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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
Start Price : 65.00 | Estimate : 130.00 - 160.00
Penned Aboard a Noted Union "Tinclad" Gunboat.521Penned Aboard a Noted Union "Tinclad" Gunboat.
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Letter of Union sailor Jas. L. Dawson, "Gun Boat Hastings, Mouth of White River, Ark. / Miss. Squadron, Via Cairo, Ill.," July 8, (18)64, ...
Estimate : 225.00 - 275.00
Sold to CMB for 165.09
A Homefront Doctor on "Abe and all of his imps."522A Homefront Doctor on "Abe and all of his imps."
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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
Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 150.00
"...Saw the shell descend among about 30 negroes...."523"...Saw the shell descend among about 30 negroes...."
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Vividly descriptive, lengthy letter of Philadelphia soldier Robert Stewart, including two mentions of sharpshooters, and much more. "3/4 of a m...
Estimate : 250.00 - 325.00
Sold to CMB for 271.13
So much Mule Meat that "our ears have grown three inches...."524So much Mule Meat that "our ears have grown three inches...."
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Letter of Union Lt. 'Thomas R.] Mead, Co. I, 10th Regt. Connecticut Vols. Scion of the prominent eponymous Connecticut family, Mead was promoted...
Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 150.00
A New Hampshire Rifleman Prepares to Fight.525A New Hampshire Rifleman Prepares to Fight.
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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. ...
Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 85.00
A Civil War Schoolboy Sketches "Jef Lincon."526A Civil War Schoolboy Sketches "Jef Lincon."
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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
Start Price : 45.00 | Estimate : 90.00 - 120.00
"You boys are in a rather hard place...Times look rather dark."527"You boys are in a rather hard place...Times look rather dark."
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Poignant homefront letter on patriotic stationery, with large eagle and shield in red, blue, and simulated brown. From Lucretia Kass, West Almond (All
Start Price : 35.00 | Estimate : 70.00 - 90.00