Winter Auction 2013

A great war-date A.L.S., by Pvt. James H. Gowdy [KIA Resaca, Ga., May 14, 64], Co. A, 2nd Ohio Vols., 4pp. 8vo., "Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 30, ...

A nice war-date A.L.S. written by Pvt. John Wollen, Co. B, 46th Penn. Vols., 3pp. 8vo., on finely illustrated patriotic stationery on a mounted office

A great war-date A.L.S. by Sgt. Sherman P. Cooley [WIA Drewry's Bluff, Va., May 12, 64 & Petersburg, June 18, 64], Co. F, 27th Mass. Vols., ...

JOHN NEILL (1819-1880) Surgeon-in-Charge of the Broad Street US General Hospital, Philadelphia, Gettysburg Hospital surgeon and founder of the College

A crass A.L.S. by a private in Company I, 6th New York Cavalry, 3pp. 8vo., written, on patriotic stationery "Washington, [D. C.], Oct. 17, [61]...

A good war-date A.L.S., written by Pvt. J. Henry Blakeman [wounded in the chest at Gettysburg July 1, 1863], Co. D, 17th Conn. Vols., 4pp. 4to., &qu...

Good content Union sailor's letter, 7pp. 8vo., "On the Old Ship Off Mobile Bay[USS Hartford]", June 9, 1864 in which Robin writres to ...

Good content war-date A.L.S., 4pp. 4to., Cincinnati, May 21, 1863 in which William Tomlinson writes his daughter of unrest in the area. In part: &qu...

A.L.S. "B M Trevett" 4pp. 8vo., Pine Bluff, Wis., Mar. 13, 1863, to his friend, in part, "….there is nothing of importance to talk a...

A great recruiting broadside, folio, Newburgh, N.Y., [n.d.], offering recruitment bounties for new enlistees in the 3rd New York: "'FALL IN...

A good war-date Union hospital newspaper, 4pp. large folio, entitled: "HOSPITAL REGISTER," published at the Satterlee Hospital, West Phila...

A good war-date printed Massachusetts soldier's bounty broadside, on finely illustrated "Commonwealth of Massachusetts" letterhead, 1p...

A great war-date Union regimental order book, large folio, leather bound, entitled in period ink: "Special Orders, Genl. Orders, Circulars, Mes...

(1818 - 1885) Union major general whose army was routed at Bull Run. and who was later reprimanded for his command of the III Corps at Cedar Mountain

Albumen photograph, 9 x 7 1/4, sepia, a excellent image by Alexander Gardner of the gatehouse taken only days after the battle in July 1863 (note the

A set of six photographs including three cartes-de-visite and three cabinet card photographs of JAMES M. YOUNG (1843 - 1913), Union solider and a reci

Scarce stereoview card: "All the Livestock Left on Mr. Gill's Plantation After the Battle of Gettysburgh", 7" x 3 1/4", from...

A superb carte-de-vsite by Charles Pierce, of Bath, Maine of a man, seated, with a prosthetic hook on one arm. Corners clipped, else very fine. A stro

A great ca. 1865 carte-de-visite depicting the Soldiers National Monument which is located in the National Cemetery, Gettysburg. It marks the spot whe

A nice Civil War era stereoviw showing the freshly laid graves of Confederate soldiers who lost their lives in the "Lost Cause". On yellow...

A good pair of Civil War era stereoviews showing the massive boulders and stone out cropping of Devils Den, Gettysburg. On one is the period inscripti

A nice war-date carte-de-visite of New York Congressman Alfred Ely (1815-1892) who was captured in 1861 during the rout of the Union army from the bat

A Civil War era stereoview showing the gate house at the entrance of Ever Green Cemetery, Gettysburg around which heavy fighting occurred on July 2, 1

JOHN S. MOSBY (1833 - 1916) Confederate officer, "The Grey Ghost" led his Partisan Rangers on numerous troublesome raids against Union fo...

Civil War era stereoview showing posed dead soldiers at Devils Den, Gettysburg. Photographer Tipton appears in the image's center inspecting the...

A great war-date carte-de-visite of the U. S. General Hospital at Mound City, Illinois. Depicted is an engraving of the three story brick building (or

Civil War-era American flag, 27 1/2" x 17 1/2", a fairly loosely-woven cotton with printed design, likely used for decorative or political...

Regulation Civil War infantry eagle drum, 16 1/2" diameter, 13" tall, all parts original and authentic including skins. Bottom skin shows ...

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

Fine content manuscript D.S., 3pp. legal folio, Madison, Ky., Dec. 1, 1832, the last will and testament of slaveowner Martin Green. Green instructs th

Fascinating manuscript D.S. 50pp. legal folio attached with ribbon at top margin, Austin, Tex., Jan. 13, 1869 detailing a suit in which the executors

(1727/8 - 1804) Virginia planter and grandson of Robert "King" Carter of Corotoman. After a religious awakening in 1787, Carter rejected s...

One of the earliest known contracts documenting the sale of a slave in the Western Hemisphere, 2pp. legal folio, Arequipa (Peru), Apr. 24, 1550, only

Printed sheet music boldy entitled: "LITTLE EVA; Uncle Tom's Guardian Angel…Composed and Most Respectfully Dedicated to MRS. HARRIET BEECHE...

Interesting printed broadside 8 1/2" x 13" on blue sheet, Mohawk Parsonage, Mill Point, May 15, 1879 printed by the Missionary and Rural D...

A manuscript L.S. of Indian Agent WILLIAM P. WYMAN, 1p. 4to., Crow Agency, Montana Territory, Aug. 5, 1889, to A. M. Quivey, Esq. Wyman forwards paper

Partly-printed document, 1p. oblong 8vo., "Cherokee Nation" District, Sept. 1, 1893, in which: "Permission is hereby granted to D. W....

A trio of items related to the Crow Creek Agency, post Civil War. Includes: manuscript D.S. 4pp. legal folio, Sept. 16, 1865, a ledger sheet with a li

Hand-woven belt from the Chimu culture of northern coastal regions of Peru, a people that grew and flourished from 900-1400 AD. The cotton belt measur

Manuscript D.S. 1p. small folio parchment, New York, May, 1696, a deed in which Heyttie Clopper, widow of prominent New Amsterdam landowner Cornelius

SAMUEL WARD (1814 - 1884) "Uncle Sam". American politician and lobbyist for financiers seeking legislation in their favor, brother of Juli...

A small scale for gold manufactured by W. &. T. Avery of Birmingham, housed within a wooden. The scale appears to be intact with plates, cord an...

An interesting war-date A.L.S. of J. C. C. Hoskins, a Dartmouth engineer, who headed west to Leavenworth and Sioux City 1857. In 1863, he served as Co

A curious piece, a 34" bone walking stick with what appears to be an ivory knob at top, the ivory bearing several separating disks of an unknow...

A quirky piece of oenophilia, a recipe for wine penned ca. 1850 on a small blue sheet. The concoction calls for, in part: "...1 Bushel Currants...

Large brown glazed earthenware pitcher, 8" tall, 6" diameter at top, bears swastikas encircling top and bottom with two larger swastikas o...

A very rare partly-printed D.S. 1p. oblong folio (16" x 20"), Alcatraz Island, Jan. 15, 1883, a "Descriptive List and Account of Pay ...

Good lot of 12 childrens alphabet blocks from the late 180os, each about 5" x 2 1/2" x 1 1/4", hollow cardboard construction with qua...

Lot of five items from the Cleveland Fire Department, past and present, includes three chief's badges, one quite early ca. 1920, a ca. 1940 hat ...

An interesting pair of letters of George W. Smith of "Black and Tan Pit Games" in Washington, DC, on his firm's letterhead, Sept. 18, ...