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AUTOGRAPHS AND AMERICANA
EARLY AMERICAN CURRENCY
STOCKS AND BONDS
MAIL AND PHONE AUCTION
CLOSING FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2003 AT 8:00 P.M. E.S.T
Scott J. Winslow Associates, Inc.
Post Office Box 10240
Bedford, New Hampshire 03110
Toll Free in USA (800) 225-6233
Outside USA (603) 641-8292 Fax (603) 641-5583
TERMS OF SALE
1.) A 10% BUYERS PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THE FINAL HAMMER PRICE.
2.) All items are guaranteed to be authentic. If an item is found not to be authentic,
the full sale price will be refunded.
3.) All accounts are payable in full upon receipt of invoice unless other arrangements
have been made prior to the sale. Any special credit terms should be made as early
as possible. Title does not pass until full payment has been received.
4.) No “Buy” or unlimited bids will be accepted.
5.) We reserve the right to reject any bid we feel is not made in good faith.
6.) In the case of tie bids on the book, the earliest received shall take precedence.
7.) This is not an approval sale. Lots may not be returned except for reasons of authenticity or a
material error in the catalog description.
8.) Please bid in U.S. dollars and only in whole dollar amounts. Fractions of a dollar will be rounded
down to the nearest dollar.
9.) Some lots may be subject to a reserve.
10.) Shipping charges will be added to all invoices.
11.) The placing of a bid shall constitute the bidders acceptance of these terms of sale.
12.) This sale is being held under the laws of the State of New Hampshire.
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THE CIVIL WAR
JEFFERSON DAVIS SIGNED CDV
48TH GEORGIA BELIEVED TO
BE COL. WILLIAM GIBSON “POW”
* 173
JEFFERSON DAVIS. (1808-1889). President of the Confederate States of
America. From the time Davis was appointed President of the Confederacy on
February 18, 1861, he was embroiled in controversy and lacked popularity with
many in the South. Because of this, he was almost certainly not the best choice
as President for the new government, receiving much criticism for his management of the war effort. Following the war, Davis’ suffering in prison and continued support for the southern cause and its ideals won him the respect and admiration of many of his previous critics. Davis spent his last years writing at his
home in Mississippi.A rare boldly signed CDV image by Washburn’s of New
Orleans, showing Davis in a chest up pose. Along with an ALS signed in the
hand of Varina Davis. The letter accompanying the CDV is in poor condition. The
image of Davis is strong and the signature is moderately dark. There is a minor
bend in the image at lower left. A great signed image for display. $3,000 - up
CHILD IN CROOKED CHAIR
* 174
A charming ninth-plate image of a small boy
loaded with props that underscore the riddle
posed by the eclectic collection of items.
First, there is a book or Bible. Next there is
a cased pocket watch suspended from a long
* 175
A lawyer and a Judge in Augusta, Georgia. When he joined as a Private on March
4, 1862 and one day later was promoted to Colonel. Gibson was wounded four
times and captured once. He was wounded at Malvern Hill, Second Manassas,
Sharpsburg and at Gettysburg when he was captured. On April 9, 1865 he surrendered along with the 48th Georgia at Appomattox.. A magnificent Double
Armed Confederate Officer taken on the Battlefield at Sharpsburg. Ink I’ded on
the back of photo.
$4,000 - up
chain and finally the militia two-piece belt
plate. The lad is obviously from a well-todo family as his fashionable ‘lord
Fauntelroy’ outfit and watch attest. The
meaning here is less clear. The idea of using
props to subtly convey a specific message
had become an established practice in period portrait painting as early as the 18th
century, particularly with female subjects,
and carried over to photography in the basic form of daguerreotype occupational portraits where the type of tool told the man’s
trade. A book said that the subject was literate. A timepiece was sometimes a hopeful
metaphor for making time stand still, the root
of “capturing the moment” for dotting parent always fearful of child mortality. The
text of what this child’s parent intended to
convey is simply unknown and we are left
unable to comprehend the social context of
the message in the photograph. A flawless
ninth-plate child portrait house in leather
case.
$300 - 400
ENTIFIED GEORGIA
CONFEDERATE BELIEVED TO BE
PVT. JOHN HAMPHILL
11TH GEORGIA CAVALRY
* 176
He is posed here in a lightly tinted uniform
with a pistol and side knife. A single tinted
rose is stuck in his jacket buttonhole. POW
$2,000 - 3,000
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JACKSONVILLE ALBUMEN
* 177
An outdoor Albumen View of Jacksonville,
Florida Camp Scene by an anonymous photographer. A nearly six by six inch mounted
albumen showing a row of sturdily constructed milled wooden barracks with soldiers lounging on the front porches. The
man closest to the camera can be seen reading a newspaper while a next-door neighbor appears to be holding a banjo or guitar.
Several other soldiers are armed with bayoneted muskets and appear further down the
row. Beneath the view written in period
ink is the name “William H. Lyons Jacksonville, Florida May 8, 1863.” There is
another line beneath this that is nearly illegible. Portions of northern coastal
Florida were fairly early taken under Federal control and later served as staging area
for troops bound for the interior of he Department of the Gulf. This William H. Lyons
probably served in company H. of the 173rd
New York with the photograph capturing
some moment of brief transit before a detached element of the regiment returned to
duty with the 19th Corps for operations
against Port Hudson. The 173rd New York
soldier is the only William Lyons found
whose regiment served anywhere close to
Jacksonville, Florida, itself a relatively
obscure post not well documented in contemporary photographs. A candid outdoor
view of a camp scene on the barren beaches
of Florida taken long before it sunny popularity outweighed its reputation for uncomfortable humid heat, pestilence and
malaria.
$500 - up
KILLED IN ACTION AT GETTYSBURG
SGT. JAMES BECKETT, 16TH MICHIGAN
* 179
An immaculate early sixth-plate ambrotype portrait of Sergeant James
Beckett (also spelled “Becket”) who was killed during the epic defense
of Little Round Top on July 2nd while serving in Strong Vincent’s Brigade. The unknown photographer produced an image with rich tones
using lighting that draws you to Beckett’s soft but resolute facial features. The smooth texture of the state-issue nine button frock coat, indicative of superior quality wool, is emphasized by he relief of the deep folds
that appear as black in the photograph, particularly on Beckett’s bent arm
and around his waist. At first glance the uniform appears to be tinted but
it is not. The sash is treated in a pinkish-red with very fine lines of light
blue around the collar and cuffs denoting the infantry branch of service.
The eagle buttons show traces of gilding. James Beckett (Becket) enlisted
at Detroit on October 10, 1861 as a Sergeant in Company A. of the Michigan Lancers. The cavalry regiment was not accepted for service and was
disbanded never having mustered. The recruits were transferred to other
Wolverine regiments and Beckett went into Company I, 16th Michigan on
February 28, 1862. The 16th went east and earned their glory at Gettysburg
suffering twenty-six killed and mortally wounded on Little Round Top,
including James Beckett. He is buried in the National Cemetery in the
Michigan Plot, Grave G-17. Beckett is recorded as both a Corporal and
Sergeant depending upon the source. His Gettysburg headstone lists him
as a Corporal. The sash may be a prop but was also regulation for NCO’s
under certain field orders of the day. The lack of chevrons may simply
indicate a common supply problem when taken in context with the sash.
The image is identified twice, once in the back of the case as “Sgt. J. Beckett Civil War” in old pencil and again on a later typed
piece of paper that reads, “Sgt. Joshua Beckett-Lost Right Arm at the Battle of Little Round Top -1864.” Clearly the second
identification contains errors that are simply mistaken ill iteration/transcription from and earlier era that, today, can be corrected
by access to correct source material. Beckett’s ambrotype is in perfect condition showing some insignificant loss of backing.
Very Historic and Superb.
$2,000 - up
CONFEDERATE NEWSPAPERS
A CHOICE GROUP OF FOUR
IMAGES OF DR. WILLIAM A
BARRY WHO SERVED AS
ASSISTANT SURGEON OF THE 75TH
PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS AND
SURGEON OF THE 98TH PENNSYLVANIA
* 178
CIVIL WAR SURGEON. An interesting
grouping of four different images of Dr.
William A. Barry. The lot includes the following: CDV of a seated Barry in formal
military dress with a backstamp of J. H.
Keim; Lebanon, Pa.; CDB seated with a cane
in civilian clothes with a backstamp of C.
Raker, Shamokin, Pa.; a small tintyp with
embossed card with a backstamp of Edkins’
Gallery, 103 Baltimore St.; quarterplate
ambrotype of a standing Barry in military
dress. An interesting photography grouping related to a Civil War surgeon.
$600 - Up
THE DAILY SOUTH CAROLINIAN
* 181
Volume 15. No. 253. Columbia, S.C. October 21, 1864. 4 pages. Published by F. G.
DeFontaine & Co. Nice war content including “Northern News” and “Mosby’s
Movements”. Front page advertisement announcing the sale of Recently received merchandise which passed successfully
through the blockade. Folds. Fine.
$50 - up
SOUTHERN PUNCH
* 180
Volume I. No. 11. October 24, 1863. 8 Pages.
Published by Overall, Campbell, Hughes
& Co., Richmond, Virginia. Great large
graphic on page 1. Fine political and war
content including an article on the depreciation of Confederate Currency by Blockade runners paying large premiums for gold.
A scarce Confederate newspaper. Folds.
Fine.
$150 - up
CHARLESTON DAILY COURIER
* 182
Vol. LXIII. No. 19,853. Charleston, S.C.,
August 27, 1864. 2 pages. Interesting content concerning the Union Advance on
Atlanta and the surrender of Fort Morgan.
Folds. Fine.
$50 - up
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ADVERTISER AND REGISTER
* 183
Vol. IV. No. 1141. Mobile, Alabama. Thursday Morning, March 9 1865. 8 pages. Published by W. G. Clark & Co. List of reported
Confederate prisoners from Louisiana who
died at Camp Douglas.Folds. Very Good.
$50 - up
THE DAILY EXPRESS
* 184
Vol. XI. No. 223. Petersburg, Virginia.
Wednesday, September 18, 1861. Published
by A. F. Crutchfield & Company. News of
the War offers an optimistic view in the light
of early Confederate successes during the
first months of the war. Folds. Fine. $50 - up
DAGUERREOTYPE OF LT. GEORGE PENDLETON TURNER
USMC AND CSMC
* 185
A significant unpublished image group consisting of a sixth-plate daguerreotype portrait of a uniformed 2nd Lt. George
Pendleton Turner, United States Marine Corps, taken in September 1861 while on recruiting service in Wilmington, and a
sixth-plate ambrotype of Turner’s wife, Anna S. Keller (Turner) taken in 1859 at Courtland, Alabama with a period pencil
inscription beyond the image in the case. A brief biography of George P. Turner’s service is found on pages 255-256 of Ralph
Donelly’s Confederate States Marine Corps. George Turner’s remarkable story is marked by reversal and ultimate triumph
where the true metal of the man is revealed. Briefly, Turner, a son of an old, but decaying Tidewater family accepted a USMC
commission in 1856 and served aboard the USS Vincennes and USS Cyane prior to the outbreak of war. He resigned his
commission on June 25, 1861 after making his way back from the Pacific via a New York bound packet boat. He then offered
his services to his native Virginia and was commissioned in her Marine Corps and later the Confederate States Marine Corps.
as a 1st Lt. on July 31, 1861. With more senior officers than active billets Turner was assigned recruiting duties in
Wilmington,Mobile and Richmond before being promoted to Captain on December 5, 1861. The monotony of recruiting duty
was broken by brief service in the field during the Seven Days battles when Turner served as a volunteer aide to his uncle, Major
General “Prince John” Magruder. Afterwards, inactivity served as the backdrop for an incident of drunkenness in Richmond
that cost Turner his commission. He was dismissed from the Corps on December 11, 1862. As if to prove himself Turner made
his way to Chattanooga and three weeks later enlisted as a private in Company B., 1st Kentucky Cavalry on January 1, 1863.
In March 1863 his sister’s Hennrietta Turner’s correspondence with the Secretary of War together with two personal petitions
directly to President Davis resulted in a reprieve and Turner was commissioned a Captain and AAG to rank from May 2, 1863.
Turner recaptured lost opportunities and impressed his superiors for by November 1863 he had been assigned to the staff of
General J.H. Kelly (later killed) commanding a division in Joe Wheeler’s Calvary Corps. On June14, 1864 both Brigadier
General Kelly and Major General Wheeler endorsed Captain Turner’s request to be reinstated in the Marine Corps or, alternatively, commissioned into the Regular Confederate Army. Records show that Turner was wounded in May of 1864 and General
Wheeler’s endorsement specifically requests that he “be reinstated as a reward for gallantry and valuable service.” During the
tumult of the Atlanta fighting Turner found time to marry Miss Anna Keller at Courtland, Alabama on July 14, 1864, then behind
fluid Union lines. At the close of the war Turner surrendered and was paroled as a Lt. Colonel serving on Wheeler’s staff and
it is entirely likely that his Regular Army commission (in the artillery) had been confirmed when the records in Richmond were
burned during the evacuation in April 1865. After the war Turner settled in Huntsville, Alabama with his wife and became a
successful farmer and citizen of some prominence. In 1893 he became a founding member and First Commander of the Egbert J.
Jones Post of the United Confederate Veterans in Huntsville. Appropriately, the United Daughters of the Confederacy awarded
him the Southern Cross of Honor on October 3, 1903, among the first of the awards bestowed. George Pendleton Turner died
at age 68 on June 29, 1905 and rests in Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville Alabama. Anna Keller Turner, a cousin of the famous
Helen Keller, outlived her husband and passed away in 1914. Our correspondence with the Huntsville Public Library, an
independent researcher, and complete national Archive records are included with the three photographs. Provenance includes
the original auction catalog #181 from the December 14, 1996 sale by Hay’s & Associates, Louisville, Kentucky from the estate
of Mrs. George d. Caldwell (the former Jane Keller), a descendent of Ann Keller Turner. The Turner daguerreotype has a swipe
in the lower left corner, several insignificant spots, and some tarnish around the mat. No seals are in (because of being copied),
but the dag has never been cleaned in my opinion. Behind the image in the leather case are old copy instructions on a printed
photographer’s form with “Mrs. Turner’s name indicating that at least one copy of the original dag was made in the 1870’s.
Finally, the word ‘rare’ is often used cheaply. Not so here. There are fewer than fifteen published photographs of Confederate
Sates Marine officers (see MI Magazine for article). I know of only two other daguerreotypes of identified United States Marines
officers in existence-one in the USMC Museum at the old Washington Navy Yard and the other in a private West Coast
collection. George Pendleton Turner’s story and likeness remain unpublished and the new owner will have that opportunity.
$4,500 - up
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A SCARCE CONFEDERATE 2ND
GEORGIA HOSPITAL SURGEON’S
PRESENTATION HAND DRAWN BY
WILLIAM FLAGENHEIMER
* 186
Confederate Surgeon Certificate of Appreciation. 13 1/2” x 17 1/2”. “Presented to
Lewis D. Ford, MD. Surgeon in charge of
the 2nd Georgia Hospital. By D.C.
O’Keefe, J.B. Ficklen, J.A.L. Milligan Assistant Surgeons. Richmond Va. Feb. 19th
1862.” Some Light waterstaining. Very
Good.
$450 -up
CONFEDERATE PRISONER
WRITES TO HIS FATHER
* 187
Confederate Prisoners letter to his father
dated Fort Delaware, Aug. 2nd, 1864. 5” x
8”. “I received your kind and welcome letter a few days ago. It was the first for some
time....I am quite well and getting along
as well as a prisoner can. We are still allowed the great privilege of receiving provisions, money etc. .... I see that several
have been exchange by special agreement,
could you affect such an exchange for
me.... Your affec son Jno A. Camden.”
Strong center fold with soiling. Good.
$125 - up
A FINE OFFERING OF IDENTIFIED CONFEDERATE SOLDIER’S DOCUMENTS
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
CAPTAIN/MAJOR JOHN S.
BRANSFORD
AND CAPTAIN/MAJOR GEORGE W.
CUNNINGHAM
* 188
Commutation of Quarters for Captain
Bransford and Major Cunningham.
Bransford was appointed by Governor Harris of Tennessee as Captain A.Q.M. in the
Tennessee Provisional Army. On
Novemeber 16, 1861 he was appointed from
Tennessee as Captain, P.A.C.S. and was ordered to report to General Albert S. Johnston.
He was ordered to Murfreesboro on October 10, 1862 and promoted to Major on
December 27, 1862. Bransford was placed
in charge of Transportation in the Quartermaster Department on October 1, 1863. On
January 5, 1864 he was ordered to Dalton,
Georgia and then to Atlanta. He was placed
in charge of freight transportation on January 22, 1865. Bransford was on the Staff of
General Nathan B. Forrest until October 1,
1863.
Major Cunningham was appointed from
Tennessee to Captain, P.A.C.S. on September 18, 1861 and was ordered to report to
the Quartermaster General. On March 31,
1862 he was promoted to Major and ordered
to Jackson, Mississippi. He was ordered to
Atlanta as Quartermaster for the Post of
Atlanta on June 13, 1862. Cunningham was
placed in charge of all the factories for the
states of Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama,
Florida & Mississippi and the collection of
the wool crops in these areas on April 9,
1864. On August 18, 1864 he moved his
operations to Augusta, Georgia.
Signed Jno. S. Bransford, Capt. & Asst.
Quartermaster CSA and Twice G.W.
Cunningham, Maj & Q.M.
$150 - up
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
MAJOR GEORGE WILLIAM BRENT
F. & S., 17TH VIRGINIA INFANTRY
* 189
No. 198., Hd. Qrs. Army of Missionary
Ridge 8 Mr. 1863. Spl. Orders 290. XII. A
Genl. Court Martial will be convened at
Atlanta Ga on Monday 10 mr 1863 (at 12 O
clock) M or as soon thereafter as practicable
for the trial of such persons, as may be legally brought before it.
3.
Maj. T.K. Hotchkiss CS Artillery
No greater member of Officers than that
named can be assembled, without manifest
inquiry to the service, should any of the
Officers named in the above detail be at any
time about the Court will nevertheless proceed with the transaction of business before it, provides that the members present be
not less than the numbered purchased by
law. By Comd Genl. Bragg. G.W. Brent AAG
Major Brent joined for duty on May 2, 1861
and participated at Blackburn’s Ford, 1st
Bull Run and part of Yorktown Siege. On
April 27, 1862 he was dropped from the 17th
Virginia Infantry and appointed Major in
the P.A.C.S. and assigned to Adjutant and
Inspector General’s Office. He was assigned
to Atlanta, Georgia.
$150 - up
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER
GENERAL
SAMUEL T. BICKNELL, ARMY OF
TENNESSEE
* 190
Confederate States of America Quartermaster’s Department, Estimate of
Funds for Assistant Quartermaster who was
appointed by Governor Harris of Tennessee to the Provisional Army of Tennessee.
On December 6, 1861 he applied for a
Colonel’s rank with Albert S. Johnston. At
the outbreak of succession Bicknell had
been a member of the Tennessee Legislature.
$150 - up
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
CAPTAIN/ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER THOMAS CLARK
* 191
Voucher to “M” List of Quartermaster’s
Property for 20,000 envelopes dated April
16, 1864 for Captain & AQM Clark who
was appointed and assigned to duty by
General Polk at the posts, Henderson Station, Jackson & Humboldt, Tennessee on
January 11, 1862. On July 16, 1862 Clark
was appointed Captain, P.A.C.S. to Quartermaster Department, Army of Tennessee.
In April, 1863 he was unintentionally
dropped from rolls, sent home and was captured on his way home to Memphis. Clark
was exchanged on September 23, 1863. He
was assigned to Quartermaster duties at
Columbus, Georgia.
$150 - up
REQUISITION FOR CLOTHING
PRIVATE J. DANIEL CROMER-CO. F.,
20TH ALABAMA INFANTRY
1ST LIEUTENANT CHARLES W.
TROUSDALE-CO. A., 9TH (WARD’S)
TENNESSEE CAVALRY
1ST LT./CAPTAIN EUGENE R.
MOREROD-CO. G. 33RD TENNESSEE
INFANTRY
* 192
Requisition for Clothing signed by Private
J. Daniel Cromer, Co. F., 20th Alabama Infantry (participated at Greenville Expedition, Vicksburg Campaign, where he was
captured on July 4, 1863 and exchanged on
September 12, 1863, Port Gibson, Cham-
pion Hill, Vicksburg Siege, Chattanooga
Siege, Chattanooga, Atlanta Campaign,
Rocky Face Ridge, New Hope church,
Kennesaw Mtn., Atlanta, Atlanta Siege,
Jonesboro, Franklin, Nashville, Carolinas
Campaign, Kingston and Bentonville), 1st
Lieutenant Charles W. Trousdale, Co. A.,
9th (Ward’s) Tennessee Cavalry (participated at Morgan’s Ohio Raid and
Chickamauga, where he was wounded in
the leg and subsequently the leg had to be
amputated) and 1st Lt./Captain Eugene R.
Morerod, Co. G., 33rd Tennessee Infantry
(participated at Shiloh, where he was
wounded in the right shoulder and later
admitted to Floyd House Hospital on August 22, 1864 with wound turning gangrenous, Chickamauga, Chattanooga Siege and
Atlanta Campaign).
$200 - up
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
CAPTAIN/MAJOR GEORGE W.
CUNNINGHAM
* 193
Commutation of Quarters dated September
2, 1862 for Major Cunningham who was
appointed from Tennessee to Captain,
P.A.C.S. on September 18, 1861 and was
ordered to report to the Quartermaster General. On March 31, 1862 he was promoted
to Major and ordered to Jackson, Mississippi. He was ordered to Atlanta as Quartermaster for the Post of Atlanta on June 13,
1862. Cunningham was placed in charge of
all the factories for the states of Georgia,
South Carolina, Alabama, Florida & Mississippi and the collection of the wool crops
in these areas on April 9, 1864. On August
18, 1864 he moved his operations to Augusta, Georgia.
$150 - up
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
PRIVATE/SERGEANT PATRICK
FOLEY
CAPTAIN KEY’S BATTERY,
ARKANSAS LIGHT ARTILLERY
A/K/A HELENA ARTILLERY
BATTERY
* 194
Requisition For Clothing for Sergeant
Foley who enlisted on July 6, 1861. He
participated in the following engagements:
Shiloh, Corinth Campaign, Perryville,
Murfreesboro, Tullahoma Campaign,
Chickamauga, Chattanooga Siege, Chattanooga and Atlanta Campaign. Foley was
wounded in action in late May, 1864. He
was captured at Jonesboro sent to Louisville Military Prison and transferred to Camp
Douglas. On May 17, 1865 he was released.
Wounded in action & prisoner of war.
$150 - up
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ARMY OF TENNESSEE
CAPTAIN/LT. COLONEL JAMES F.
NEILL
CO. E. AND F. & S., 23RD TENNESSEE
INFANTRY
* 195
Confederate Pay Voucher for Colonel Neill
who was commissioned on July 1, 1861 in
the Provisional Army of Tennessee. He participated in the following engagements:
Shiloh, Corinth Campaign, Munfordville
and Perryville. On December 16, 1862 he
was appointed to the Military Court of
East Tennessee. By July, 1864 the Court
was stationed in Abingdon, Virginia.
$150 - up
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
LT. COLONEL/COLONEL J. W. A.
SANFORD
F. &S., 3RD BATTALION HILLIARD’S
LEGION
F. & S., 60TH ALABAMA INFANTRY
* 196
Confederate Pay Voucher for Lt. Colonel
Sanford who participated in the following
engagements: Chickamauga, Chattanooga
Siege, Knoxville Siege, Bean’s Station,
Dandridge, Chester Station, Drewry’s Bluff,
Petersburg Siege, The Crater, Hatcher’s
Run, White Oak Road and Appomattox
Court House, where he surrendered on April
9, 1865. On November 25, 1863 the 3rd
Battalion was consolidated into the 60th
Alabama Infantry and at this time he was
promoted to Colonel.
$150 - up
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
COLONEL TAZWELL W. NEWMAN
F. & S., 17TH TENNESSEE INFANTRY
F. & S., 23RD (NEWMAN’S) TENNESSEE INFANTRY
F. & S., 45TH TENNESSEE INFANTRY
* 197
Confederate Pay Voucher for Colonel
Newman who was commissioned on June
15,1861 in the Provisional Army of Tennessee and transferred to the Confederate
Service on August 15, 1861. He participated in the following engagements: Camp
Wildcat, Mill Springs, Corinth Campaign,
Munfordville, Perryville, Tullahoma Campaign, Chickamauga and part of the Chattanooga Siege. Newman’s Battalion of Tennessee Infantry was organized on November 29, 1862. Newman was assigned as
Enrolling Officer in the 3rd district, Alabama, by General Bragg on November 15,
1863. In November, 1863 the23rd Battalion was consolidated into the 45th Tennessee Infantry. On November 8, 1864 he was
collecting supplies near Rockbridge, Virginia.
$150 - up
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
COLONEL ALEXANDER
MCKINSTRY
F. & S., 32ND ALABAMA INFANTRY
* 198
Commutation of Quarters - Form No. 21
dated March 10, 1864 for Colonel
McKinstry who was commissioned on
April 18, 1862. He was on detached service
in July, 1862 to Court Martial. In January,
1863 he was detailed as Provost Marshall
at Tullahoma. McKinstry was detailed to
Chattanooga by General Bragg in May,
1863 to serve in the Inspection Department.
On April 13, 1864 he was assigned as
Judge, Military Court for General Nathan
Bedford Forrest’s Cavalry Division.
$150 - up
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
COLONEL JAMES C. MALONE
F. & S., 9TH (MALONE’S) ALABAMA
CAVALRY
(14TH BATTALION PARTISAN
RANGERS) A/K/A 7TH CAVALRY
* 199
Requisition For Forage - Forms No. 32 &
33 dated January 22, 1864 for Colonel
Malone who was appointed on September
16, 1862. He participated in the following
engagements: Tullahoma Campaign,
Chickamauga, Chattanooga Siege,
Knoxsville Siege, Talbott’s Station, Atlanta
Campaign, Noonday Creek, Atlanta Siege,
Murfreesboro, Bradyville and Milton.
Malone was admitted to Meridan, Mississippi Hospital on February 22, 1865 as
wounded. Wounded in Action.
$150 - up
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
CAPTAIN/MAJOR, AAG/LT.
COLONEL
GUSTAVUS A. HENRY, JR.
* 200
Officers Pay Account for Major & Acting
Adjutant General Henry who was appointed 2nd Lieutenant by Governor Harris
of Tennessee on July 19, 1861. On October
18, 1861 he was appointed from Tennessee
as Captain in the P.A.C.S. and A.A.G. and
was ordered to report to General Pillow.
General Pillow was relieved of command
and Captain Henry was assigned to General McCown on March 2, 1862 and in October, 1863 he was assigned to General
Bragg’s Staff. On December 2, 1863 Henry
was promoted to Major and on December
22, 1863 he was assigned to General
Hardee’s Staff. On General Joseph
Johnston’s Staff on January 28, 1864 and
promoted to Lt. Colonel on February 29,
1864. Henry was assigned as Inspector
Army of Tennessee on February 29, 1864.
When Hood replaced Johnston, Henry assumed the same position with Hood. On
July 24, 1864 he was ordered to Macon on
Special Service by General Hood and on
August 24, 1864 he was appointed Provost Marshall General Army of Tennessee.
Served under six CSA Generals.
$150 - up
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
CAPTAIN FRANK MANEY
12TH ARTILLERY CORPS. CO. A., 24TH
BATTALION
TENNESSEE SHARP SHOOTERS
* 201
Confederate Pay Voucher for Captain Maney
who participated in the following engagements: Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, where
he surrendered and lost his battery (sent to
Johnson’s Island but escaped in route),
Tullahoma Campaign, Chickamauga, Chattanooga Siege, Chattanooga, Atlanta Campaign, Resaca, New Hope Church,
Kennewas Mt., Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta,
Atlanta Siege and Jonesboro. On July 24,
1863 Maney was appointed to command the
24th Sharp Shooters.
$150 - up
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
PRIVATE EDGAR HOGE MARQUESS
CO. G., 20TH VIRGINIA INFANTRY
* 202
Form for Extra Duty pay dated April 25,
1864 for Private Marquess who joined for
duty on June 1, 1861. He fought at Rich
Mountain, where he was captured and paroled on July 11, 1861. He was discharged
from service (still on parole) on October 8,
1861 and was officially exchanged on August 12, 1862. Marquess became a Civilian
Employee - Clerk in the Adjutant General’s
Office, Army of Tennessee.
$150 - up
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
CAPTAIN/MAJOR GEORGE F.
MAYNARD
* 203
“Richmond, May 12th 1862. Received of
Capt. H.T. Massengale, A.Q.M., P.S. Army,
Eighteen thousand dollars, being the
amount of three checks of Maj. T.K. Jackson,
drawn in favor of Major Jas Dawson C.D.
dated March 30, 1862, and which funds are
to be handed over by me to Major L.O.
Bridewell at Corinth Miss. Geo. F. Maynard,
Capt. & A.Q.M.”
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
1ST LIEUTENANT/MAJOR JAMES P.
WILSON
CO. B., 4TH MOUNTED KENTUCKY
INFANTRY
MAJOR, STAFF GENERAL
BRECKENRIDGE
* 205
Commutation of Quarters for Major Wilson
who joined for duty on August 15, 1861
and was appointed Major in the P.A.C.S.
from Kentucky and assigned to General
Breckenridge’s Staff as Acting Adjutant
General. He participated in the following
engagements: Fort Donelson, Shiloh,
Corinth Campaign, Vicksburg Bombardments, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, (As
Staff) Chattanooga Siege and Chattanooga.
Wilson was captured at Missionary Ridge,
sent to Camp Douglas and transferred to
Point Lookout on March 17, 1865 for exchange. He escaped from Fort Donelson
before surrender.
$150 - up
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
CAPTAIN/COLONEL THOMAS G.
WOODWARD
CAPTAIN WOODWARD’S COMP.
TENNESSEE CAVALRY
F. & S., 1ST (HELM’S) KENTUCKY
CAVALRY
F. & S., 2ND (WOODWARD’S)
KENTUCKY CAVALRY
* 206
Requisition For Forage dated July 14, 1864
for Colonel Woodward who joined for duty
on August 25, 1861. He participated in the
following engagements: Thompson’s Station, Chickamauga, Chattanooga Siege,
Chattanooga, Taylor’s Ridge, Charlton,
Atlanta Campaign, Dug Gap, Sugar Valley,
Snake’s Creek, Resaca, Cassville,
Cartersville, Allatoona, Marietta, Roswell,
Noonday Creek, Peach Tree Creek and Atlanta Siege. On August 20, 1864 Woodward was killed in action.
$200 - up
CONFEDERATE IMPRINTS
to last to the Bluffs and two days over. You
will report the above hand at Wheeling’s
Landing on Wednesday next, the 1st day of
April, at 12 o’clock, noon. Wm. Kerr”
$100 - up
* 208
[CONFEDERATE IMPRINT]. Greensboro, Alabama. Dec. 1, 1863.
Major-General Maury, commanding this
department has called for three hundred and
thirty more hands to relieve those now at
work upon the foritifications at Mobile.
You will please to report 4 slaves between
the ages of 17 and 50 at Newbern, on Monday, the 7th inst. By 2 o’clock., P.M., with
bedding, clothing and provisions enough
to last ten days.
The owners of the slaves will meet at their
respective precincts on Saturday, the 5th instant to select overseers to go with the hands.
I refer you to Gen. Coopers order No. 138
which will be found in the ALABAMA
BEACON of the 4th inst., I will not have
time to make but one call and those who do
not respond to this call will be waited on
by the Sheriff., Respectfully, Wm. Kerr, Impressing Agent.”
$100 - up
Captain/A.Q.M. was appointed on April
16, 1862 to the P.A.C.S. in the
Quartermaster’s Department from Virginia.
He was assigned to Camp Lee (Camp of Instruction). On January 24, 1864 Maynard
was promoted to Major and also assigned
duties of the Conscript Bureau.
$150 - up
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
1ST LIEUTENANT/AIDE DE CAMP
B.F. WILLIAMS
* 204
Requisition For Forage for Public and Private Horses, Mules and Oxen for 1st Lt. &
Aide de Camp Williams. In 1862 (month
and day not stated) General Hindman requests the appointment of B.F. Williams as
1st Lieutenant/Aide de Camp for his staff,
appointed from Kentucky. On March 16,
1864 Williams was appointed 1st Lieutenant in the P.A.C.S. on General Hindman’s
Staff. He had been serving in that capacity
since 1862. On November 10, 1864 he asks
to be relieved from General Hindman’s Staff.
$150 - up
* 209
[CONFEDERATE IMPRINT]. Enrolling
Office, Scott County, Va. July 25th, 1864.
IMPRESSMENT OF CITIZENS FOR
WORK AT OVEN BLUFF
* 207
[CONFEDERATE IMPRINT]. Greensboro, Alabama. March 25, 1863.
As I am short of hands for Oven Bluff, I am
under the necessity of calling upon you for
one hand, with spad or shovel, two suits of
clothing, bedding, cooking utensils, 35
pounds of bacon, and provisions enough
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“All persons in the county of Scott who
have applied for detail, are required to report at my office in Estillville, on Friday,
Saturday and Monday, 29th, 30th July and 1st
August, ’64, to give information concerning their petitions. Those who are not at
home, some member of the family will please
come, who can give information in regard to
age of family, etc. J. M. Smith, Lt. And En.
Officer Scott County”
$100 - up
CONFEDERATE GENERALS AND LEADERSHIP
SIMON BOLIVAR BUCKNER
LETTER FRAGMENT SIGNED IN
WHICH HE MENTIONS “…A VERY
COMPLETE POLITICAL FUSION OF
FEDERAL & CONFEDERATE
ELEMENTS IN KY…”
A GREAT ASSOCIATION OF KIA
UNION GENERAL CHARLES
HARKER AND CONFEDERATE
GENERAL JAMES J. ARCHER WHO
DIED SHORTLY AFTER HIS
RELEASE FROM JOHNSON’S
ISLAND PRISON
* 210
JAMES J. ARCHER 1817 – 1864. Confederate Brigadier General. Fought with the
Army of Northern Virginia in every battle
from Seven Days to Gettysburg, at which
he was captured and sent to Johnson’s Island prison. He was released from prison in
the summer of 1864 due to declining health
as a result of poor prison conditions and
died a few months later.
CHARLES HARKER (1835 – 1864).
Union General during the Civil War. Killed
in action during the Atlanta Campaign.
DS. 2 pages. 20” x 16 ½”. Camp Osa W. T.
August 31, 1859. “Report of Persons employed and hired in the field with Escort to
N. W. B. Commission during the month of
August 1859 by 2nd Lieutenant Chas. G.
Harker 9th infantry Asst. Qrmaster U.S.
Army.” The documents list the soldiers and
their rates of compensation. Page 2 is signed
by both Harker and Archer. A choice association of these two future generals who each
serve on opposing sides as generals during
the Civil War and die as a result. $500 - up
BEAUREGARD SIGNATURE CUT
FROM A LETTER
* 212
PIERRE G. T. BEAUREGARD (1818 –
1893) Confederate General who commanded
at Fort Sumter and Bull Run. Signature and
closing sentiment on a 5 ½” x 2” sheet of
paper removed from a letter and mounted,
reading:”I remain,Dear Sir Very Respectfully, your obt. Servt. & friend, G.T.
Beauregard”. Very good to fine
$300 – up
* 213
P. G. T. BEAUREGARD SIGNED CARD
(1818 - 1893) Confederate General.
Beauregard was in command at Charleston,
S.C., and organized the destruction of Ft.
Sumter. He took command of the Army of
Tennessee when Johnston was killed. A
brilliant military strategist, and one of the
South’s finest Generals. 3 1/4 “ x 2”. Cut
signature in pencil mounted to a slightly
larger card. Small tear at top not affecting
Beauregard’s signature. Very Good.
$300 - up
later served as Governor of Kentucky. 4 1/
2" x 2 1/2". “At your request I (?) my autograph. Respectfully, Your Obt. Svt. S. B.
Buckner”. Light glue residue at top. Tipped
onto a larger card. Very Fine.
$200 - up
* 214
SIMON BOLIVAR BUCKNER (1823 1914). Confederate Lieutenant General.
Surreneder Fort Donelson, Fortified Mobile
and saw action at Chickamauga. Served
under Kirby Smith in the Trans-Mississippi
Dept. Buckner later served as Governor of
Kentucky.5" x 2 1/2". Cut conclusion of a
letter with nice commentary on the healing
of politics in post war Kentucky.” ....was no
contest Irene. There is happily a very complete political fusion of Federal & Confederate elements in Ky. Thanking you again
for your kindness. Believe me . Very truly
your friend. To Col. Pickett. SB Buckner.”
A choice example for display. Excellent condition.
$300 – up
* 215
S. B. BUCKNER (1823 - 1914). Confederate Lieutenant General. Surrender of Ft.
Donelson, Fortified Mobile and saw action
at Chickamauga. Served under Kirby Smith
in the Trans-Mississippi Dept. Buckner
CONFEDERATE GENERAL SIMON
BUCKNER
* 216
SIMON BOLIVAR BUCKNER (18231914). Confederate general in the Civil War;
Kentucky Governor. DS. 1 page. 11" x 16".
Frankfort, Kentucky. March 20, 1880. As
governor, Buckner appoints John Johnson
a Notary Public. Attached embossed gold
state seal a lower left. Folds. Excellent.
$150 - up
WAR DATED DOCUMENT SIGNED BY CONFEDERATE
MAJOR GENERAL JOHN C. BROWN
* 217
JOHN CALVIN BROWN (1827 - 1889). Confederate Brigadier General.
Captured at Fort Donelson, he was later exchanged. Wounded at Perryville
and the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee. Following the war, Brown served as
Governor of Tennessee. War dated partly – printed D.S. “Jno. C. Brown”
adding rank as colonel of the 3rd Tennessee (Clark’s) Infantry, on Confederate
States of America official form, 1p. 4to. Bowling Green, Ky., December1, 1861
discharging John H. Doyelof that regiment. Signed by Brown across the text.
Included is another partly – printed D.S. on CSA form, 1p. large 8vo., {Bowling Green, Ky.}, Dec. 6, 1861 concerning the final payment due to Private
Doyel for service rendered to the Confederacy. This second document has
some worm hole damage at upper left. The document signed by Brown is
excellent.
1,000 - up
BRAXTON BRAGG SIGNATURE
WITH PORTRAIT ENGRAVING
* 211
BRAXTON BRAGG (1817 - 1876). Confederate Lieutenant General. Commaned the
Gulf Coast from Mobile to Pensacola and
assumed command of A. S. Johnston’s 2nd
Corp at Shiloh. Later worked in Richmond
under Davis co-ordinating all military operations. 4 1/2" x 2 1/4 tipped to a larger
sheet measuring 6 1/4" x 10" overall. Cut
signature with rank and closing sentiment
. “I am, dear sir, Very respectfully & truly
yours. Braxton Bragg”. In excellent condition
$200 - up
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* 222
F. M. COCKRELL SIGNATURE (1834 1915) Confederate Brigadier General. Led
a brigade under General French in the Atlanta Campaign. Wounded five times and
captured three times. Card Signed. 5" x 3".
“F. M. Cockrell, Warrensburg Mo.” Excellent.
$100 - up
CONFEDERATE GENERAL
CHARLES CLARK
* 218
CHARLES CLARK (1810 - 1877) Served
in the Mexican War, Confederate General.
He was wounded in the shoulder at Shiloh
and in the attack against Baton Rouge he
was wounded a second time in his right
thigh leaving him crippled. Governor of
Mississippi. 10 1/2" x 8". Signed Document. “No. 40. Special Requisition dated
January 7th 1862, For Pay of Staff and Brigade Officers of Genl Charles Clark’s Brigade Stationed at Hopkinsville Kentucky.
For Five thousand Dollars. Signed by
Chas. Clark Brig. Gen. Comdg.” Excellent.
$1,000 - up
CONFEDERATE GENERAL ALFRED
COLQUITT
* 223
ALFRED HOLT COLQUITT (18241894). Confederate Brigadier General. Signature cut from an autograph album page. 6
3/4" x 2". “Alfred Colquitt, Georgia.”
Signed while serving as a congressman from
Georgia. In Excellent condition. $60 - up
A FINE JEFFERSON DAVIS WAR DATED LETTER
SIGNED SUBMITTING “ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS REQUIRED FOR THE SERVICE OF
THE TREASURY”
HOWELL COBB, JR
CHERRY HILL, JEFFERSON
COUNTY, GEORGIA
* 219
Confederate Forms No. 32 and 33 - Requisition for his private horse and forage for
the month of October, 1863. Signed twice
as Capt. & ADC. Toning. Fine. $200 - up
* 220
JEFFERSON DAVIS (1808 -1889). Davis was the President of the Confederate
States of America. LS 1 pp. 7 3/4" x 10". Richmond. Oct. 4th 1862. A letter signed
“Jefferson Davis” to “the Senate and House of Representatives”: “I herewith
transmit a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting ‘Estimates of appropriations’ required for the Service of the Treasury Department and for miscellaneous objects for the month of January 1863. I recommend an appropriation of the amount and for the purpose specified.” The letter
is on light blue paper and a large signature. There are two tape marks at the bottom
margin and a small hole in the upper left corner. Otherwise a fine war-dated letter
showing the workings of the Confederate budget.
$4,000 – up
HOWELL COBB SIGNS TWICE AS MAJOR GENERAL
* 221
HOWELL COBB. (1815 - 1868). Confederate General during the
Civil War. Prominent Georgia politician, served as Governor of Georgia 1851-1853; elected to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855March 3, 1857); Secretary of the Treasury in the Cabinet of President
Buchanan and served from March 6, 1857, to December 10, 1860, when
he resigned; chairman of the convention of delegates from the seceded
States which assembled in Montgomery, Ala., on February 24, 1861,
to form a Confederate Government; appointed a brigadier general in
the Confederate Army February 13, 1862, and promoted to major general September 9, 1863. DS. Atlanta, Jan. 1, 1864. Requisition for Fuel
for the month of January 1864. Signed twice with rank at lower right.
$800 - up
CONFEDERATE GENERAL HENRY
BREVARD DAVIDSON
* 224
HENRY BREVARD DAVIDSON (1831 1899) West Point Graduate, Served in the
Mexican War, Confederate General. Captured at Island No. 10, he was sent to Fort
Warren. In June 1862 he was exchanged.
8" x 9 1/2". “Form No. 29 - Requisition For
Fuel, for the month of July 1864 and signed
by H.B. Davidson Brig. Gen”. Fine.
$1,000 - up
* 225
B. W. DUKE (1838 - 1916) Confederate
Brigadier General. Wounded at Shiloh and
captured in the Ohio Raid of 1863, remain-
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4 3/4" x 1 1/2". Cut signature with closing
sentiment tipped onto a larger sheet of paper. “I am very truly yours Lucius J.
Gartrell.” Excellent.
$300 - up
A SCARCE WAR DATE DOCUMENT
SIGNED BY CONFEDERATE GENERAL
B. D. FRY WHO LED A BRIGADE
DURING PICKETT’S CHARGE
* 226
BIRKETT DAVENPORT FRY (1822 - 1891). Led a brigade
a Gettysburg during Pickett’s Charge. DS. 1 page. Oct. 31,
1864. 7” x 9”. Signed as Brigadier General while Commanding
Post. Partly-printed Special Requisition for “One pr. pants
for Private D. Bussey Co. K. 15 S.C. Also signed by J. B. Barley, Surgeon in Charge. The reason listed for the requistion of
pants: “What he has are worn out.”. A choice document signed
by Fry. Couple of folds and in Excellent condition.
$2,000 - up
wounded at Dranesville. Signed Card. 4” x
3”. Card in glued to a larger paper. “John H.
Forney Jacksonville Alabama”. Fine.
$100 - up
ing a prisoner of war for the following year
at which time he was exchanged. After disbanding his infantry, Duke escorted President Davis and the fugitive Confederate
government from Charlotte until his capture. Cut Signature. 2 1/2" x 1 1/2". Tipped
onto a slightly larger card. Fine. $150 - up
SAMUEL WRAGG FERGUSON
CUT SIGNATURE
* 227
SAMUEL W. FERGUSON (1834 - 1917).
Confederate Brigadier General. Commanded
a cavalry brigade in Polk’s Corps during
the Atlanta campaign.4 3/4" x 1". Cut signature with closing sentiment tipped on paper. “ Yours affectionately S.W. Ferguson
.
$200 - up
CONFEDERATE GENERAL JOHN H.
FORNEY SIGNED CARD
* 229
JOHN H. FORNEY (1829 – 1902). Confederate Brigadier General. Served under
Kirby Smith at 1st Bull Run. Was severely
LUCIUS JEREMIAH GARTRELL
CUT SIGNATURE AND CLOSE OF A
LETTER
* 231
LUCIUS J. GARTRELL (1821 - 1891).
Confederate Brigadier General. Served at 1st
Bull Run, Member of the Confederate Congress in 1862. As Brigadier General he com
manded the Georgia reserves in South Carolina, being wounded near Coosawhatchie.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL
WILLIAM JOSEPH HARDEE
* 232
WILLIAM JOSEPH HARDEE (1815 1873) Graduated from the US Military
Academy in 1838, Hardee served in the
US Army for the next twenty-three years.
On January 31, 1861, he resigned to go with
Georgia into the Confederacy. Hardee eventually became the commander of the Army of
Tennessee after Braxton Bragg resigned. 12"
x 7". Signed Document. “Estimate of funds
required for the service of the Quarter Masters Department, 1st Division Central Army
of Kentucky by Maj. John Pope,
A.Q.M.P.A.C.S. for one month from the 1st
day of December 1861, to the 31st day of December, 1861.” The estimate totals
$95,500.00. It is signed by William Joseph
Hardee as Maj. Genl. On verso. Folds and
Fine.
$750 - up
* 233
R. M. T. HUNTER (1809 - 1887) Confederate Secretary of State from July 1861 to
March 1862 after which he served as a Confederate Senator. 4 3/4" x 2 3/4". Cut signature. “R. M. T. Hunter, Virginia”. Very Fine.
$100 - up
SAMUEL W.FERGUSON CUT
SIGNATURE
* 228
SAMUEL W. FERGUSON (1834 - 1917).
Confederate Brigadier General. Commanded
a cavalry brigade in Polk’s Corps during
the Atlanta campaign. Cut signature with
rank. “S. W. Ferguson, Brig. Genl. C.S.A.”
In excellent condition.
$200 - up
CONFEDERATE GENERAL JESSE JOHNSON FINLEY
* 230
JESSE JOHNSON FINLEY (1812 - 1904) Served in the Seminole War of 1836,
Confederate General. He participated in the following engagements: Chickamauga,
Missionary Ridge, Atlanta Campaign, Resaca where he was badly wounded,
Jonesborogh he was severely wounded again. 10" x 8 1/2". Signed Document.
“Form No 3. - Officer’s Pay Account. The Confederate States of America To J.J.
Finley Col. 6th Regt. Fla. Vols. Signed by J. J. Finley”. Fine.
$1,500 - up
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* 234
EPPA HUNTON (1822 - 1908). Confederate Brigadier General. Served at 1st
Manassas, wounded at Gettysburg.
Hunton was taken prisoner at Sayler’s
Creek. He later served in the U.S. House
and Senate. 4 3/4" x 2". Cut Signature.
“Eppa Hunton, Virginia”. Fine.
$200 - up
CONFEDERATE GENERAL
BENJAMIN JEFFERSON HILL
* 235
BENJAMIN J. HILL (1825 - 1880) Tennessee Senator, Confederate General. Hill
participated in the following engagements:
Shiloh, Shelton’s Hill, Richmond Kentucky he was wounded three times,
Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary
Ridge, Atlanta Campaign. 8" x 7". Signed
Document. “Form No. 38. Requisition For
Stationary for Lt. Joe Stewart stationed at
Stone Mountain…commencing on the 1st of
July and ending on the 30 of Sept. 1864.”
Hill wrote at center “Blank book is necessary Qr Master at Atlanta will furnish according to acquisition. B.J. Hill Col. And
Pro Mar Genl.” Excellent.
$750 - up
CONFEDERATE GENERAL
ALFRED IVERSON, JR.
* 236
ALFRED IVERSON, JR. (1829 - 1911)
Served in the Mexican War, Confederate
General. Iverson participated in the following engagements: Wounded at Seven
Days’, South Mountain, Antietam,
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Macon. 7 3/
4" x 10". Document Signed. “No. 16. The
Confederate States, to Brig. Gen. A. Iverson,
dated from Oct. 9th to Oct. 20th, For mileage
from Orange C.H. Va to Atlanta being 754
miles, at 10 cents per mile….$75.40.”
Signed twice by Alfred Iverson Brig. Gen.
Some bleed through from docketing on
verso. Fine. Accompanied by Special orders
237. “Richmond 6 Oct. 1863, Brig. Gen.
Iverson is relieved from duty with the army
in Dept. Northern Virginia. He will report
to Atlanta Ga. & report to Maj. Genl.
Cobb...” Fine.
$1,250 - up
BRADLEY T. JOHNSON CUT
SIGNATURE WITH RANK
* 237
BRADLEY T. JOHNSON (1829 - 1903).
Johnson burned Chambersburg, Pennsylvania on the orders of Jubal Early. 4 1/4" x 2
1/4". Cut signature from the conclusion of a
letter. “Yr. Obdt. Srvt, Bradley T. Johnson,
Frederick, Dec. 19/5”. Mounted to another
sheet of paper. In excellent condition.
$250 - up
ROBERT D. JOHNSTON CUT
SIGNATURE
* 238
ROBERT D. JOHNSTON. Confederate
Brigadier General from North Carolina. Signature with closing sentiment cut from a
letter. 4 3/4" x 2 3/4".Cut signature with
closing sentiment.”Very truly yours Robt.D.
Johnston.” Mounting traces in corners.
Fine.
$150 - up
LEXANDER R. LAWTON CUT
SIGNATURE
* 239
ALEXANDER R. LAWTON (1818 1896). Confederate Brigadier General.
Fought with distinction at Cedar Mountain, 2nd Manassas. Severely wounded at
Dunkard Church during the Battle of
Sharpsburg. Cut signature. 2 7/8" x 1" tipped
to a larger card measuring 3 1/8" x 2" overall. “A. R. Lawton”. Some light glue residue. Fine.
$250 - up
* 240
FITZHUGH LEE (1835 - 1905) Confederate Major General. Nephew of Robert E. Lee.
Appointed Brig. General in July 1862, and
Major General in August 1863. He was
wounded during the Battle of Winchester.
After the war, he was Governor of Virginia
and Consul General to Havana in 1896. 3
1/2" x 2 1/2". Cut Signature. “Fitzhugh
Lee”. Excellent.
$200 - up
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CONFEDERATE GENERAL
ALEXANDER ROBERT LAWTON
* 241
ALEXANDER R. LAWTON (1818 1896). Confederate Brigadier General.
Fought with distinction at Cedar
Mountain, 2 nd Manassas; Severely
wounded at Dunkard Church during the
Battle of Sharpsburg. Appointed Quartermaster General in 1863, serving in
that position until the end of the war. A
pair of documents being a Confederate
Voucher for purchases dated September
30, 1864 and a letter Endorsement
while serving as Quartermaster General.
Accompanied by a partly-printed
voucher for purchases. Very Fine.
$750 - up
CONFEDERATE GENERAL DANVILLE
LEADBETTERAPPROVES PAY FOR A
CONFEDERATE SOLDIER CAPTURED AT FORT
DONELSON WHO SUBSEQUENTLY ESCAPED
* 242
DANVILLE LEADBETTER
(1811 - 1866). Confederate Brigadier
General. Worked on the defences of
Mobile and served on Bragg’s staff
in the Army of Tennessee. DS. 1 page.
Atlanta, July, 1862. 7” x 8”. Partlyprinted document paying an escape
prisoner who has returned to the
Confederate service; “For services
as private in Co. E., 50th Regiment
Tenn. vol., Said Regmt. was captured
at For Deonelson but I made my escape and joined Co. A. 1st Ky. Cavalry and that pay is due me... The
soldier is listed as A. P. Lyle. Extremely Fine.
$750 - up
ROBERT E. LEE SIGNATURE
* 243
ROBERT E. LEE (1807-1870). General-in-chief of the Confederate forces during the Civil War. Without doubt, Lee is one of the best known and loved figures
in American history. Cut signature from the conclusion of a letter. 3" x 7/8". “Very
truly, R. E. Lee”. Mounted to another slightly larger piece of paper. Extremely
Fine.
$2,000 - up
* 244
JAMES LONGSTREET (1821 - 1904)
Confederate Lieutenant General. Upon
Stonewall Jackson’s death he became Rober
E. Lee’s ablest Lieutenant and highly
trusted advisor. Advised Lee against the
disastrous “Pickett’s Charge” at
Gettysburg. 4 1/2" x 1 3/4". Cut signature.
Mounting traces on verso. Small chunk of
paper missing at bottom. Very Fine.
$400 - up
NOTIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT
FOR A CONFEDERATE NAVY
CARPENTER SIGNED BY STEPHEN
MALLORY
* 245
W. W. LORING (1818 - 1886) Confederate
Major General. He served in both the Seminole and Mexican War, and during the latter
he lost his arm at the Battle of Chapultepec.
He entered C.S. service as a Brig. Genl. In
command of the Army of the Northwest. His
active service was in Kentucky and Mississippi, before and during the Vicksburg
campaign. After the war, he was a General in
the Egyptian Army. 4 1/4" x 2 1/4". Cut Signature. “Loring Pasha, Late Major General,
Egyptian Army.” Fine.
$200 - up
MANSFIELD LOVELL
* 246
MANSFIELD LOVELL (1822 - 1884)
Confederate Major General. Commanded
New Orleans but was forced to surrender
due to a lack of troops and supplies. 3 1/2"
x 2 3/4". Cut signature from a document
mounted to a card. “M Lovell” Very Fine.
$150 - up
* 248
STEPHEN MALLORY (1812-1873).
Navy Secretary of the Confederate States of
America. DS. 1 page. 8” x 10”. Richmond,
Virginia. March 22, 1862. Partly-printed appointment notifying Henry G. Thomas that
“…the President has appointed you a Carpenter in the Navy of the Confederate States.
You are requested to signify your acceptance or non-acceptance of this appointment; and should you accept you will sign
before a magistrate, the oath of office herewith, and forward the same, with you letter
of acceptance, to this Department. S. P.
Mallory” Bold signature of Mallory at conclusion. A very scarce document related to
a Confederate naval carpenter. $250 - up
CONFEDERATE GENERAL
EDMUND PETTUS CUT SIGNATURE
* 249
EDMUND W. PETTUS(1821 – 1907) Confederate General who, though captured at
Port Hudson and again at Vicksburg, managed, when released on parole, to rejoin the
Confederate Army in time to fight with distinction with Hood in the Western Theatre
of Operations. Signature: ”Respectfully,
Edm. W. Pettus” on a 3” x 1” slip of lined
paper, mounted to an album page. Some foxing and moderatly heavy soiling, good to
very good.
$150 - up
BEVERLY H. ROBERTSON
* 252
BEVERLY H. ROBERTSON (1827 1910). Confederate Brigadier General.
Served with Stonewall Jackson in the
Shenandoah Valley campaign and
Longstreet at Knoxville. Surrendered with
Johnston on April 25, 1865. Card signed
with rank. 3 3/4" x 2 1/4". “Beverly H.
Robertson, Brigadier General, Confederate
States Army” Boldy signed and Very Fine.
$250 - up
GIDEON J. PILLOW SIGNED CARD
* 250
GIDEON PILLOW (1806 - 1878). Confederate Brigadier General. A former law ner
of James K. Polk, Pillow was second comt
Donelson. He was relieved of his command
for his inept handling of the surrender.
Signed card. 2 7/8" x 1 5/8". “Gid. J. Pillow”. Some very light toning at center. Otherwise, fine.
$100 - up
EDMUND RUFFIN CUT SIGNATURE
* 253
EDMUND RUFFIN (1794 - 1865).
Seccessionist. An ardent supporter of the
Confederate cause, Ruffin was among one of
the first, if not the first to fire a shot at Fort
Sumter. Upon the collapse of the Confederate army and with the realization of the
South’s loss, Ruffin committed suicide in
June of 1865. Signature cut from the conclusion of a letter on blue paper. 4 1/2" x 1 5/8".
“I am, yours, Edmund Ruffin” Fine.
$750 - up
A RARE WAR DATED DOCUMENT SIGNED BY
CONFEDERATE GENERAL LEONIDAS POLK
* 251
LEONIDAS POLK (1806 - 1864). Confederate Lieutenant General. An Episcopal Bishop, Polk entered Confederate service as a Major General in 1861. He won the
Battle of Belmont and led the 1st Corps at Shiloh. While
serving as commander of the Army of Mississippi during
Sherman’s march on Atlanta he was killed on Pine
Mountain, near Marietta, Georgia. DS. 7” x 11”. November 1, 1861. An Officers’ Pay Account for John F. Davis,
Capt. Guides for his services. Polk has endorsed the
document on verso; “Approved, L. Polk, Maj. General.”
Polk’s autograph is rather difficult to obtain and this
offers a fine opportunity to acquired a war date autograph of this elusive KIA general. Fine.
$1,500 - up
J.G. MARTIN CUT SIGNATURE
* 247
JAMES G. MARTIN (1819 - 1878). Confederate Brigadier General. Martin served
as the Adjt. Gen. Of North Carolina, organizing the state troops early in the war. After
his appointment, he served at Petersburg.
Signature cut from the conclusion of a letter. 5 ½”” x 2". “J. G. Martin, Adj. Genl., S.
T.” Mounted to another sheet of paper. Fine
$125 - up
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JOHN PEMBERTON-INVENTOR OF COCA COLA
* 254
It was a prohibition law, enacted in Atlanta in 1886, that persuaded physician and chemist Dr. John Smith Pemberton to rename
and rewrite the formula for his popular nerve tonic, stimulant and headache remedy, “Pemberton’s French Wine Coca,” sold at
that time by most, if not all, of the city’s druggists.
So when the new Coca-Cola debuted later that year—still possessing “the valuable tonic and nerve stimulant properties of the
coca plant and cola nuts,” yet sweetened with sugar instead of wine—Pemberton advertised it not only as a “delicious,
exhilarating, refreshing and invigorating” soda-fountain beverage but also as the ideal “temperance drink.”
Though Pemberton died just two years later—five months, in fact, after his March 24, 1888, filing for incorporation of the first
Coca-Cola Co.—the trademark he and his partners created more than one hundred years ago can claim wider recognition today
than that of any other brand in the world. And the Coca-Cola beverage, whose unit sales totaled a mere 3,200 servings in 1886
(“nine drinks per day” based on the twenty-five gallons of syrup sold to drugstores by Pemberton Chemical Co.), is today
called the world’s most popular soft drink—accounting for billions of servings at restaurants in 195 countries.
Such is the commercial legacy of a onetime Confederate lieutenant colonel who earned his medical degree at the age of
nineteen, who served on the first Georgia pharmacy licensing board, who set up a top-rated laboratory for chemical analysis
and manufacturing, and who, in his dozen-and-a-half years in Atlanta, established eighteen business ventures—including one,
the Coca-Cola Co. Notwithstanding Pemberton’s numerous professional and entrepreneurial accomplishments, however,
Coca-Cola historians characterize him as “a local pharmacist” who concocted the world’s most craved soft-drink syrup in a
three-legged brass pot in his backyard. “Coca-Cola was not the creation of an inept, small-time corner druggist,” said archivist
Monroe Martin King, who has spent twenty-one years researching the life of John Pemberton—from his childhood in Rome,
Ga., to his college days in Macon to his enterprising years in Atlanta. “He’s occasionally portrayed as a wandering medicine
man,” King added. “But Dr. Pemberton worked in a fully outfitted laboratory and claimed to manufacture every chemical and
pharmaceutical preparation used in the arts and sciences.” According to King, Pemberton’s analytical laboratory became the
first state-run facility to conduct tests of soil and crop chemicals. It continues to be operated by the Georgia Department of
Agriculture. King further noted that Pemberton, who practiced medicine and surgery as a young man and later became a trustee
of the former Emory University School of Medicine, earned a solid reputation for his skill in chemistry and his work in medical
reform.
But King feels the Coca-Cola Co. of today drew an accurate conclusion when it stated: “Dr. Pemberton never fully realized the
potential of the beverage he created.”
Indeed, while Pemberton gets credit for the formula behind the Coca-Cola taste, he has had capable successors in Asa
Candler, Robert Woodruff and Roberto Goizueta—men who built the product and the company into an icon of pleasure and
profit. According to King, Pemberton actually remained more interested in expanding the market for French Wine Coca, a
product based on the formula for another extremely popular coca-based beverage, Vin Mariani, which had been developed in
Paris in 1863. So when Atlanta’s prohibition act was repealed in 1887, only a year after its passage, Pemberton resumed the
manufacture and sale of his original patent medicine, leaving his son Charles to oversee the production of Coca-Cola.Although
Pemberton may have envisioned a future for his soft-drink creation—enticing six Atlanta businessmen to invest in the startup Coca-Cola enterprise—for reasons that remain a mystery he soon began selling his interest in the formula. “Dr. Pemberton
. . . must have believed that it had little value and no potential assurance of substantial success,” said Charles Candler in a 1953
biographical sketch about his father, titled “Asa Griggs Candler, Coca-Cola and Emory College.” Asa Candler, who, according
to King, had worked for Pemberton as early as 1872, wound up, after a series of transactions, controlling the company within
a short time of Pemberton’s death. By 1891 he owned all of the Coca-Cola business.
Charles Candler relates that one of his father’s first missions was to change the original Pemberton formula in order “to improve
the taste of the product, to ensure its uniformity and its stability.” According to Asa Candler’s son, Candler hired Pemberton’s
former partner, Frank Robinson. The two of them, “by adding essential ingredients and taking others out . . . perfected the
formula,” Charles Candler said. In fact, it was Robinson who created the Coca-Cola name and script logo, convincing the
company to tie the classic slogan “delicious and refreshing” into all future advertising. After the turn of the century, when
federal and state authorities began writing regulations to ban the sale of coca products because of their supposed contamination
with the drug cocaine, Coca-Cola lawyers argued strenuously that their syrup contained only a minuscule flavor extract of the
coca leaf. Coca-Cola attorneys also were called to battle against competitors who called the product name a misrepresentation
if, as argued, its principal ingredients were neither the coca leaf nor the kola nut—a source of caffeine that made the early beverage
useful in healing headaches.
Despite such obstacles, Candler’s prowess as a merchandiser had driven the widely promoted Coca-Cola beverage into
“every state and territory in the United States” by 1895. Considered a pioneer in coupon promotions, Candler offered two
gallons of Coca-Cola syrup “to any retailer or soda fountain man” who would dispense 128 free servings (a gallon’s worth)
of the beverage to customers who showed up with one of his cards.
Not only were syrup manufacturing facilities opening in such cities as Dallas, Chicago and Los Angeles, but a network of
bottlers was being created nationwide as well.
Under Woodruff’s tenure, from 1923 until 1981, Coca-Cola rose from national to international dominance—a move accompanied by the early, explosive growth of the bottled beverage. By 1928 bottled sales had eclipsed fountain sales, thanks to the
pioneering introduction of a carton now popularly called the six-pack. The following year the company introduced metal opentop coolers. Then in 1933 at the Chicago World Fair automatic fountain dispensers made their debut.
Having expanded the brand into fourty-four countries by the outbreak of World War II, Woodruff, within fifteen years of the
war’s end, had managed to double that number. “Now the saying is you have to be global,” said Goizueta, Coca-Cola’s current
chairman and chief executive. “We were global when global wasn’t cool.”
Two decades later, when Coca-Cola’s board elected Goizueta to the post of chairman and chief executive, the company was
embarked on a financial mission—to become one of the best-performing corporations in America.
Average annual fountain-sales growth under Goizueta has continued to surge. And despite consumer uproar over the
company’s attempted Coca-Cola reformulation in 1985, the introduction of Diet Coke in 1982 was hailed as the most successful
product launch of the past decade. Yet none of the company’s strides in marketing, international expansion, product innovation
or profit growth could have happened had it not been for Coca-Cola’s inventor, John Pemberton. Atlanta druggists—Asa
Candler among them—closed their stores on the day of Pemberton’s funeral “and attended the services in mass as a tribute of
respect,” according to newspaper records from that era. “On that day,” declared archivist Monroe King, “not one drop of CocaCola was dispensed in the entire city.”
$1,500 - up
36
CONFEDERATE GENERAL
JOSEPH BENJAMIN PALMER
* 255
JOSEPH BENJAMIN PALMER (1815 1890). Confederate Brigadier General. Captured at Fort Donelson and was exchanged.
Fought at Murfreesboro. Wounded numerous times during the war. DS. June 1, 1884.
Requistion for forage. A scarce war date
general. Fine.
$1,000 - up
RARE WAR DATE SIGNATURE OF
PAUL SEMMES ON A
CONFEDERATE COVER
* 256
PAUL SEMMES (1815-1863). Confederate brigadier general who commanded a brigade at Seven Pines and in the Seven Days,
defended
Marye’s
Height
at
Fredericksburg, and was killed at the
Wheatfield at Gettysburg. Exceptionally
rare war date signature in the form of a Confederate cover mailed to: “Mrs. Paul J.
Semmes, Washington, Georgia”, bearing a
Confederate 5 cent stamp, with the date and
location positively established by the
postal cancel as being “Richmond, Va. May
190, 1862”. The postal cancel, with the exception of the “Y” in “May”, is extremely
strong, and in the context of the cover , establishes the date and the authenticity of
the signature. It is interesting to note that
Semmes sent the letter to his wife postage
due! Semmes is rare in any form , and war
date material is virtually unheard of, this
being the first example known to us. Some
soiling, minor tears on the envelope well
away from the signature, otherwise very
good.
$900 - up
CONFEDERATE GENERAL WILLIAM ANDREW QUARLES
* 257
WILLIAM ANDREW QUARLES (1825 - 1893). Confederate Brigadier General. Captured at Fort Donelson, he was exchanged. Served at Port Hudson and
in the Vicksburg campaign. Captured during the Battle of Franklin. DS. 12” x 7
1/2”. Manuscript document signed by Quarles being “An estimate of funds required for pay, forage and clothing of Troops of Confederate States from the 1st
November 1861 to 1st Febarury 1862 - three months. The Regiment listed is the
42nd Tenn. Vols. The quartermaster certifies the numbers and Quarles has written
“Approved, W. A. Quarles, Co. 42nd Rget. Commdy. Post. A fine war date
autograph of this general.
$1,500 - up
CONFEDERATE GENERAL ALEXANDER
PETER STEWART RECEIVES HIS PAY
* 258
ALEXANDER PETER STEWART (1821 - 1908). Confederate Lieutenant General. Fought in nearly all battles of the Army of Tennessee. DS. 8” x 6”. July 29,
1862. Partly-printed document in which Stewart acknowledges his receipt of pay
for service in the Confederate army for May and June of 1862. Boldy signed. Small
hole at upper left corner not affecting any text. Fine.
$1,000 - up
CONFEDERATE GENERAL DAVID EMANUEL TWIGGS RECEIVES
HIS PAY FOR SERVICE IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY INCLUDING A
BONUS “FOR 50 YEARS SERVICE”
* 259
DAVID EMANUEL TWIGGS (1790 - 1862). Confederate Major General. A career military man, Twiggs served in the War of 1812, the Seminole and Black Hawk
wars and the Mexican war. He was appointed Major General in the Confederate
Army in May of 1861. Commanded the District of Louisiana until his retirement
during the war. DS. 11” x 9”. May 14, 1862. Twiggs boldly signs at the lower right
indicating his receipt of pay for service for April of 1862 and additionally receives
a bonus “For 50 years service”. Very Fine.
$1,500 - up
ALBERT RUST WAR DATE A.E.S
* 260
(1818-1870). Confederate brigadier general
who served under Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Saw action at Corinth and
later served in the west under Hindman.,
Pemberton and Taylor. War date A.E.S. on a
small slip “ I hope these men will be ordered {illeg} Rgt. A. Rust Brigr. Genl.” Very
good.
$400 - up
CUT SIGNATURE OF COLONEL
GEORGE A. SMITH
* 261
GEORGE A. SMITH. Colonel of the 1st
Confederate Infantry, later Commanded Fort
Gaines. 4” x 2”. Cut signature from the conclusion of a letter. “Your Father, Geo. A.
Smith”. Fine.
$50 - up
LORENZO THOMAS OF DELAWARE
* 262
LORENZO THOMAS (1804 – 1875).
Brigadier General of US Army, a graduate of
West Point in 1823. Thomas was the Union
Adjutant General. He saw action in Florida
and Mexico. Thomas’ being appointed Secretary of War by Andrew Johnson caused
the Impeachment. 3 ¼” x 1 ½”. Cut signature from a larger document. “Adjutant
General’s Office, official business, L. Thomas Adjutant General”. Excellent.
.
$50 - up
SECRET AGENT JACOB THOMPSON CUT SIGNATURE
PLANNED THE CONFEDERATE
INVASION FROM CANADA
* 263
JACOB THOMPSON (1810- 1885). Colonel – V.A.D.C. on Beauregard’s Staff and
A.A.G. on Pemberton’s Staff; just before the
war he had been Secretary of Interior. Late
in the war he was the CSA agent to Canada
trying to start an invasion from above into
the u.s. he was briefly suspected after
lincoln’s assassination. 4” x 2”. Cut signature tipped onto a larger slip of paper. “Very
Respectfully Your Obt. Servant .J. Thompson Secretary”.
$150 - up
DAVID A. WEISIGER CUT
SIGNATURE
* 264
DAVID A. WEISIGER (1818 - 1899).
Confederate Brigadier General. Severely
wounded at 2nd Manassas, fought with
distinction at the Battle of the Crater.
Weisiger was present at John Brown’s
hanging. Signature cut from the conclusion
of a letter and tipped to another sheet. 3 1/
4" x 1 3/4". “Respectfully, D. A. Weisiger”.
$100 - up
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CONFEDERATE GENERAL
MARCUS JOSEPH WRIGHT
* 265
MARCUS JOSEPH WRIGHT (1831 1922). Confederate Brigadier General.
Served as Military Governor of Kentucky
in 1862. Fought at Chickamauga and Chattanooga. In 1878, he was appointed Agent
of the Confederate Archives and compiled
the Confederate States official records. DS.
Scarce war date document. Fine. $600 - up
CONFEDERATE CONGRESSMAN
* 266
ALEXANDER R. BOTELER (1815 1892). Confederate Congressman. Served on
numerous committees as well as on the staff
of Stonewall Jackson and Jeb Stuart. Envelope addressed to Secretary of War James
Seddon.Some light glassine remaining in
one corner from an old mounting. Otherwise,
Very Fine.
$125 - up
* 267
AUGUSTUS H. GARLAND (1832 1899). Youngest member of the Confederate
Congress. Front panel of an envelope addressed to Secretary of War James Seddon.
Small loss of paper in upper right corner
above signature. Some light glassine remaining at two corners from an old mounting.
Otherwise, Fine.
$125 - up
* 268
ETHELBERT BARKSDALE (1824 1893). Confederate Congressman. Envelope
addressed to Secretary of War James Seddon.
Some light glassine remaining at two corners from an old mounting. Otherwise, Very
Fine.
$125 - up
A SUPERB CORRESPONDENCE
OF PRIVATE EDMUND C. WELLS
A HIGHLY UNUSUAL GROUPING OF CONFEDERATE PASSES AND
CERTIFICATION FOR AN ENGLISH TOBACCO TRADER
* 269
An extraordinary grouping of Confederate passes and letters of introduction from
the British Government for the safe passage of a British tobacco trader, Allan
Gilmour who worked with John Gilmour & Company, a British tobacco importer.
The group includes both partly-printed and manuscript documents with one
signed by Confederate Brigadier General John Winder.
JOHN WINDER (1800 – 1865). Confederate Brigadier General, served as provost marshall of Richmond. Autograph document signed by General John Winder.
“Richmond, March 19, 1862. Allan Gilmour will be premitted to pass unmolested thru the city, by the provost guard. “Jno. Winder, Br. Gen.”
Partly printed English document signed by John Early Viscount requesting the
“Mr. Allan Gilmour (British Subject) going to the United States of America to
pass freely without let or hindrance and to afford him every assistance and protection of which he may stand in need…”
Partly-printed certification document from the British Consulate in Virginia declaring the Mr. Allan Gilmour “is a subject of Her Britannick Majesty…has
never forfeited his claim to the protection of the Queen…”
Partly-printed pass for Allan Gillmour issued by the “Provost Marsal’s Office,
Reserve Forces of Virginia, Richmond June 9, 1864…”
Partly-printed pass “Confederate States of America, War Department, June 10,
1864” issued for “Danville Rail Road Only…upon honor not to communicate in
writing or verbally, for publication, any fact ascertained, which, if known to the
enemy, might be injurious to the Confederate States of America.”
Partly-printed pass for “Turnpikes and other Roads, Confederate States of
America, War Department, Oct. 31, 1864…subject to discretion of Military authorities.”
Partly-printed pass issued by the “Office of the Provost Marshall, District of
Norfolk, April 22, 1862.” His profession is listed as Tobacconist.
Partly-printed “Exemption granted under forms nos. 1, 2 and 4” in which Allan
Gillmore is hereby exempt from military duty, by reason of being a subject of Gt.
Britain. When he ceases to be employed as such, this exemption is hereby declared void.”
Manuscript request to ship tobacco; “Richmond, 1st August, 1862. Major E.
Griswold, Sir, We wish to ship 90 solids, tobo. From Inspection Wharehouses
of this city by Danvill Rl. Rd. to the Junction, thence to Petersburg. John Gilmour
& Co.” On verso, the provost marshall has endorsed the request.
Manuscript permit for the shipment of tobacco. “Head Qrs., Prov. Marshal, Richmond, June 18, 1862. Permission is granted to ship the ( ) mentioned. Tobacco
where evidence is given at this office of shipment…” Signed at the conclusion by
the provost marshal.
Manuscript pass; “Old. On Res. Forces, Va. Richmond, Oct. 2, 1864. The guards
will allow Allan Gilmour to pass unmolested, by order of Maj. Gen. Kemper, R.
H. Catlett, A. A. G.”
Manuscript permit, Richmond, Va. June 13, 1862. “Permission is hereby granted
to Messrs. John Gilmour & Co. to remove from their factory in Manchester, 300 (
) tobacco 9say three hundred to Petersville, Amerlia County, t be stored there on
Henry Rowlett’s farm.
Groups of passes such as this with consulate documentation are rarely seen.
$1,000 – up
* 270
[EDMUND C. WELLS] An interesting
group of forty eight letters, written from
January of 1864 to June of 1865 by Private
Edmund C. Wells, 3rd PA Heavy Artillery.
Almost all of the letters are multipaged and
come with original envelopes, though on
these an earlier relative has written their
opinions about the contents contained
within. Many of the letters contain excellent content, of which we can only offer a
small sample, as follows:”...Jan. 22, 1864
...I rode last night with a soldier who was
shot fair in the forehead above the eyebrows, the ball coming out of his mouth ...
he is a well man except one eye ... August
28, 1864 ... the enemy were in our immediate front until Friday night, we could see
the Rebel Skirmish lines ... Our division
was sent out to feel of the Rebs. We took
near 200 prisoners and killed I don’t know
how many. I went out with the ambulances
and saw our dead and wounded brought
in ... August 25 ...We are about 5 miles from
the Ferry. Skirmishing is going on all along
the lines, some of the time quite lively ...last
night ... saw several hundred shots fired ...I
... saw some 30 citizens loaded into the
cars to be run off on the charge of bushwhacking. We have a regiment of Zoaves.
They are queer looking customers, with
their scarlet frock fastened at the knee, tight
leggings, a blue coat trimmed with red and
a small red skullcap ...affording no protection to the face. They are called good soldiers ... Cedar Creek, Oct. 21, 1864 ...You
will probably have heard of another big
fight in this valley of defeat ... as I lay in our
tent I heard picket firing which was soon
succeeded by heavy volleys, and soon the
roar of the artillery was added. For my part
I had no idea that we would be driven out
of our works ... at daylight ... a line was
drawn up about 30 rods in our rear at the
edge of the woods ... They [the Confederates] were already inside our works and
had gone through the camp of the 1st. Div.
... We bore to the left and crossed the pike
... Before we started there had been a perfect
stream of men rushing past for the rear,
without any order or regularity whatever.
It looked to a novice like me as though the
whole army had broke ... we saw a major of
the 1st Div. Trying to rally some of the stragglers. Near there
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we saw Col. Thoburn commander of the 1st
division apparently acting in concert with
the Major ... the colonel was shot by a man
in our uniform ... Reb cav made a dash into
our train ...it was not until a few miles from
W[inchester] that the stream of stragglers
was stopped, and then blows were freely
used to make the men go back. Our Army
was driven back about 2 miles and lost 13
pieces of artillery ... Gen. Sheridan ...made
good time to Camp ... About 3 o’clock he
broke the rebel lines and from that time until the last night the cavalry pursued them.
I went this morning over to headquarters
and took a look at the trophies ... Our band
came in from the front this morning, the band
playing ‘Rally Round the Flag, Boys’ ... I
suppose the men in the graves which were
so numerous were not disturbed by he exultant strains, but slept on equally well
whether friend or foe...”. Nov. 7, 1864 ...Lt.
Col. Coats, Commander of this brigade, is a
large souled and large bodied man ...He got
a pair of new boots and wore them mismatched 3 days before he discovered his
mistake ... I should not think by your cautions to me that you thought me much of a
coward. For my part I don’t know whether
I am or not ... I cannot say that I like to see
men torn and mangled in every conceivable
way, but I do feel a strong inclination to
look at them when I am where they are...Nov.
24, 1864, Moseby’s men are very active and
daring now. They captured two teams inside of our lines this week ...Feb. 5, 1865 ...
The news that the President has gone to
meet the rebel peace commissioners has just
been received here and creates quite a stir. I
suppose those who are liable to be drafted
would be glad enough to see the war close,
but there are some on the list that I would
like to see serve at least one year ...March
27, 1865 ... Saturday ... the enemy attacked
the 9th corps at their usual hour before daylight and were partially successful, but were
soon driven back, and there was more or
less fighting until dark ...Our men repulsed
the enemy and advanced our lines some distance, but did not take any of their main
works ...I have not heard how many we lost
in killed and wounded. The enemy’s loss
must have been much greater than ours, as
they were the attacking party. We used much
more Artillery than they did ... March 31,
1865 ... This morning a fight commenced in
our front so near that we could plainly hear
the shouts of the soldiers. The battle is still
raging ... It is a long line to hold and if the
enemy don’t succeed in breaking it saltpeter won’t save them ... I have seen quite a
number of the black troops ... I heard a black
band night before last. They played very
well, but how they can blow a soprano horn
with such lips as they carry is a mystery to
me ...”. Much more, all in very good condition.
$3,000 – up
UNION GENERALS AND LEADERS
* 271
R. A. ALGER 3 1/2" x 2 1/4". Cut Signature. “R. A. Alger, Secty of War”. Very Fine.
$50 - up
* 276
W. F. BARRY (1818 - 1879) Served in the
Seminole war. Appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers on August 20, 1861. In
1864 he was assigned as chief of artillery
on the staff of General W.T. Sherman, commanding the Military Division in Mississippi. Barry received all the brevet promotions in both the volunteers and the Regular Army up to and including the grade of
Major General. 5" x 2 1/4". Cut Signature.
“William F. Barry, Col. 2nd Arty., Bt. Brig.
Genl. U.S.A.” Excellent.
$75 - up
* 272
R. B. AYRES (1825 - 1888) Brevets of brigadier and major general, U.S. Army. 2 3/4" x
3/4". Cut signature. “R. B. Ayres”. Light
soiling at edges. Fine.
$50 - up
* 277
FRANCIS P. BLAIR, JR. (1821 - 1875)
U.S Congressman, Appointed Union Brigadier General of Volunteers on August 7,
1862 and a Major General on November 29,
1862. 4 1/2" x 3". Cut Signature. “Frank P.
Blair, Jr., Major Genl”. Fine.
$75 - up
* 280
HENRY S. BRIGGS (1824 - 1887) Brigadier General of Volunteers, U.S.A., Wounded
at the battle of Seven Pines. 5" x 2". Cut
Signature. “H. S. Briggs, Brig. Gen. Vols.,
Comdg. Draft Rendezvous, Alexa. Va.”.
Excellent.
$50 - up
* 281
WILLIAM WALLACE BURNS (1825 1892) Union Brigadier General of Volunteers, Brevet Brigadier General. He was
wounded in the Peninsular Campaign. 5" x
2 3/4". Cut Signature. “Wm. W. Burns, Bvt.
Brig. Genl. USA”. Excellent.
$50 - up
* 283
DANIEL BUTTERFIELD (1831-1901).
Union Major General during the Civil War;
Brother of John Butterfield who served as
president of American Express Company. 3
1/2" x 1 1/2". Cut Signature. “Daniel
Butterfield”. Very Fine.
$50 - up
BENJAMIN F. BUTLER
* 284
BENJAMIN F. BUTLER (1818-1893).
Union general in the Civil War; Presidential candidate; Massachusetts; Governor;
Congressman. . Cut signature on paper
mounted to an album page measuring 6 3/4"
x 4" overall. “Benj. Butler”. Fine . $50 - up
* 273
O. E. BABCOCK (1835 - 1884) Brevet
Brigadier General, USA, March 13, 1865,
for gallant and meritorious services in the
field during the war. 3 1/2" x 2". Cut Signature. “O. E. Babcock, Bvt. Brig. Gen. U.S.A.”
Excellent.
$50 - up
* 278
J. M. BRANNON (1819 - 1892) Brevet
Major General in both the regular and volunteer services. 3 1/2" x 2 1/4". Cut Signature. “Genl John Brannan, U.S.Army”. Excellent.
$50 - up
* 274
N. P. BANKS (1816-1894). Union general
during the Civil War; Governor; Railroad
executive. 5 1/2" x 2 1/2". Cut Signature.
“N. P. Banks, Waltham, Massachuetts.”
Very Fine.
$50 - up
NATHANIEL PRENTISS BANKS
CUT SIGNATURE
* 275
NATHANIEL PRENTISS BANKS (1816
– 1894). Major General of Volunteers for
the Union Army. He served 10 terms in the
US Congress and was eventually Speaker.
Governor of Massachusetts. 2 ½” x 1”. Cut
signature. “Nath P. Banks”.
$50 -up
* 279
B. W. BRICE (1806 - 1892) Colonel, Paymaster General, Brevet Major General, USA,
March 13, 1865. 5" x 3 1/4". Cut Signature.
“B.W. Brice, Bv. Maj. Gen. & Pay. Gen.
U.S.A.”. Very Fine.
$50 - up
* 282
A. E. BURNSIDE (1824-1881). Union
general in the Civil War; U.S. Senator. A
West Point graduate, Burnside returned to
the military in 1861 upon the outbreak of
the Civil War and was appointed colonel of
the 1st Rhode Island regiment. Burnside’s
regiment was one of the first to reach Washington, and this led to his becoming a close
personal friend of Lincoln. At Bull Run,
Burnside commanded the brigade which
opened the battle and, in August 1861, he
was commissioned brigadier-general of
volunteers. Shortly after the battle of
Antietam (Sept. 1862), Burnside was appointed commander of the Army of the
Potomac, replacing George McClellan, despite his protestations that he was not fit
for that position. Burnside was defeated at
Fredericksburg (Dec. 1862), relieved of
command, and transferred to the western
theater in March 1863. Following an unfortunate incident at Petersburg, Burnside
was blamed for the loss of 4,000 troops. Following a Board of Inquiry investigation
finding which blamed him, Burnside resigned his commission.
$125 - up
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UNION BRIGADIER GENERAL
HIRAM BURNHAM DOCUMENT
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HIRAM BURNHAM (d.1864). Union
brigadier general who led a regiment in the
Peninsula and at the Fredericksburg and
Gettysburg, killed in action at Chafin’s
Farm. War date partly-printed D.S. 1p. 4to.,
“Camp near Harrison Landing”, Aug. 8,
1862, a special requisition form requesting
cloathing, havesacks and tents. Usual folds,
otherwise very good.
$225 - up
* 286
E. R. S. CANBY (1817 - 1873) Served in
the Seminole and Mexican Wars, Major
General of Volunteers, Brigadier General
U.S. Army in 1866. Canby was killed on
April 11, 1873, while negotiating with the
Modoc Indians in California. 5" x 2 3/4".
Cut Signature. “Ed. R. S. Canby, M.G.V.”.
Very Fine.
$75 - up
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* 287
BENJAMIN C. CARD (1825 - 1916) Brevet Brigadier General, USA, March 13,
1865. 4 3/4" x 1 1/2". Cut Signature. “Benj.
C. Card, Colonel Qrt. Dept., Brv. Brig. General, U.S. Army”. Very Fine.
$50 - up
* 288
JOHN COBURN (1825 - 1908) Brevet
Brigadier General, USV, March 13, 1865. 4
1/2" x 3 1/2". Cut Signature. “John Coburn,
Indianapolis, Indiana, Late Brevet Brig.
Gen. Vols.”. Excellent.
$50 - up
* 289
PHILIP ST. GEORGE COOKE (1809 1895) Brevet Major General, US Army,
1865. Born in Virginia, his family was divided like so many others by the war. His
son John Rogers Cooke was one of the outstanding infantry brigadiers of Robert E.
Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, and his
son-in-law was the renowned leader of the
Confederate Calvary, Jeb Stuart. 3" x 2". Cut
Signature tipped onto a slightly larger card.
“P. St. Geo. Cooke, B. Gen. U.S.A.”. Very
Fine.
$50 - up
* 290
S. W. CRAWFORD (1829 - 1892) Surgeon,
Stationed at Ft. Sumter, where he had command of a battery during the bombardment
which signaled the beginning of the Civil
War. Brigadier General of Volunteers on
April 25, 1862. He was brevetted through
al grades to that of major general in both the
regular and volunteer services. 5" x 2 1/4".
Cut Signature. “S.W. Crawford, Lt. Col. 2nd
Infty, Bv. Br. Genl., U.S.A.” Excellent.
$50 - up
* 291
SAMUEL R. CURTIS (1805 - 1866)
Served in the Mexican War, Union Major
General. 3 1/4" x 2". Cut signature tipped
onto a slightly larger card. “S. R. Curtis,
Maj. Genl.” Very Fine.
$75 - up
* 292
CHARLES DEVINS (1820 - 1891) Union
Brigadier General of Volunteers, April 15,
1862, he was wounded three times, at Ball’
Bluff, at Seven Pines and again at
Chancellorsville. He was later promoted to
brevet major general. Appointed Attorney
General of the United States by President
Rutherford B. Hayes. 3 1/4" x 1 3/4". Signed
“Chas Devins, Atty Gen U.S. July 81”.
Mounted to a slightly larger card. Excellent.
$50 - up
* 293
GRENVILLE M. DODGE (1831-1916).
Major General in the Union Army, Railroad
builder; lobbyist. One of the premier railroad builders and lobbyists of his time,
Dodge was, for over half a century, involved
in railroad construction as projector,
builder, financier and director of numerous
roads in the West and Southwest. He conducted land surveys for such notables as
Henry Farnum and Thomas Durant, and was
appointed chief engineer of the UNION
PACIFIC RAILROAD in January 1866.
Under his supervision, 568 miles of the road
were completed within one year. Interestingly, he served as a U.S. Congressman from
Iowa, 1866-68, after which he refused renomination. Soon after the panic of 1873,
Dodge joined JAY GOULD in the Southwest and, during their ten year relationship,
Dodge assisted in completing and consolidating nearly nine thousand miles of road.
4" x 1 1/2". Cut signature “G. M. Dodge,
Lieut. Maj. Gen. U.S.V.” Mounted to a
slightly larger paper. Very Fine.
$75 - up
dier General of Volunteers, September 3,
1864. Brevet Major General, October 27,
1864. 4 3/4" x 2". Cut Signature. “T.W. Egan,
Maj Genl Vol’s”. Fine.
$50 - up
* 298
GEORGE P. ESTE (1829 - 1881) Brevet
Union Brigadier General on December 9,
1864 and was commissioned to full rank on
June 26, 1865. 5" x 2 1/2". Cut Signature.
“Geo P. Este, late - Brig. Gen. Vols” Excellent.
$50 - up
* 294
NEAL DOW (1804 - 1897) Union Brigadier General of Volunteers. Wounded and
taken prisoner in the siege of Port Hudson.
He was in prison for eight months in Richmond and Mobile before his exchange for
Confederate General “Rooney” Lee in
March, 1864. However, he is better remembered for his advocacy of temperance, his
preoccupation with prohibition. 5" x 3 1/
4". Signed Note. “Portland 6 Feby 1893,
Mr. A.E. Allen, Sir- I think you can have the
photo you wish of Lawson, Temple St.,
Portland describing what you want. Respectfully, Neal Dow”. Fine.
$50 - up
* 295
W . M. DUNN (1814 - 1887) Assistant
Judge Advocate General, USA, Brevet Brigadier General. 5 1/4" x 1 3/4". Cut signature.
“W.M. Dunn, Asst. Judge Ad. Genl. U.S.A.”
Very Fine.
$50 - up
* 296
A. B. DYER (1815 - 1874) Served in both
the Florida War and the Mexican War serving under the future Confederate general
Sterling Price. Brigadier General, U.S. Army,
on September 12, 1864. Brevetted Major
General in the Regular Army. Patented the
“Dyer Shell”. 5" x 2". Cut signature. “A.B.
Dyer, Bvt. M. G. Chief of ordne”. Very Fine.
$50 - up
* 297
T. W. EGAN (1834 - 1887) Union Briga
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FRANCIS FESSENDEN (1839 - 1906)
Union Brigadier General of Volunteers on
May 10, 1864. Promoted to Major General
on November 9, 1865. Wounded at
Monett’s Ferry resulting in the amputation
of his right leg. He was a member of the military commission which tried and condemned Henry Wirz, former Confederate
commandant at Andersonville Prison. 4 3/
4" x 2 1/2". Cut Signature. “Francis
Fessenden, Maj. Gen.” Excellent. $75 - up
* 300
CLINTON B. FISK (1828 - 1890) Union
Brigadier General, Nov. 24, 1862 and brevetted major general, March, 1865. An
avowed Abolitionist, he was appointed assistant commissioner of the Freedmen’s
Bureau for Kentucky and Tennessee. He
founded Fisk University, today a leading
African-American institution. 5 1/2" x 2".
Cut signature. “Clinton B. Fisk, Bv. Maj.
Genl. U.S. Vols.” Very Fine.
$50 - up
* 301
GEORGE A. FORSYTH (1837 - 1915)
Brevet Brigadier General, USV, March 13,
1865. Cut Signature. 4 3/4"x 3". “Geo. A.
Forsyth, Bvt Brig Genl, Chief of Staff, Maj.
Gen. Sheridan”. Very Fine.
$50 - up
* 302
W. B. FRANKLIN (1823 - 1903) Graduated first in the class of 1843 from West
Point. Served in the Mexican War. Union
Brigadier General of Volunteers, May 17,
1861. He saw action at First Manassas,
Sharpsburg, and Fredericksburg. It was
during the Fredericksburg campaign, that
General Burnside complained that Franklin
disobeyed orders and should be removed
from the army. This effectively shattered
Franklin’s career. 4" x 2". Cut signature attached to a slightly larger piece of paper.
“W.B. Franklin, Major General”. Very Fine.
$50 - up
* 303
JOHN C. FREMONT (1813 - 1890) Explorer; Politician; Union general in the
Civil War. Cut signature.
$300 - up
* 304
J. S. FULLERTON (1835 - 1897) Brevet
Brigadier General, USV, March 13, 1865. 5"
x 2 1/4". Cut Signature. “J.S. Fullerton, Bvt.
Brig. Genl. Vols.”. Fine.
$50 - up
CIVIL WAR GENERAL
JOHN W. GEARY
* 305
JOHN W. GEARY (1819 – 1873). Union
General during the Civil War. San
Francisco’s first mayor. DS. 1 page. 20” x
19”. Pennsylvania. July 10, 1871. Partlyprinted land grant “…in consideration of
money heretorfore paid by Alexander
McDowell, to the Commissioner of sales of
the town of Franklin, and of the sum of xis
dollars in full….there is granted by the said
Commonwealth…a certain tract of land…”
On vellum. In excellent condition.
$100 - up
* 306
G. W. GILE (1830 - 1896) Brevet Brigadier General, USV, May 6, 1865. 4 1/4" x 1
1/2". Cut Signature. “Geo. W. Gile, Col. &
B.B. Genl.”. Fine.
$50 - up
* 307
QUINCY A. GILLMORE (1825 - 1888)
Graduated from West Point at the head of
the class of 1849. Union Brigadier General
of Volunteers April 28, 1862 and Major
General from July 28, 1862. The capture of
Morris Island, South Carolina is considered his major accomplishment. 4 3/4" x 2".
Cut signature. “Q. A. Gillmore Bvt. Maj.
Genl. U.S.A.” Excellent.
$50 - up
* 308
JOHN C. GILMORE. Union Brigadier
General. Cut Signature with rankk, J. C.
Gilmore, Brig. Gen’l Vols. Fine. $50 - up
* 309
CHARLES K. GRAHAM (1824 - 1889)
Served in the Mexican War. As an engineer,
he helped lay out Central Park. He enrolled
in Daniel Sickles’ “Excelsior Brigade”.
Graham took part in the fighting at Seven
Pines and in the Seven Days’ battles. Union
Brigadier General of Volunteers in 1862.
On July 2, 1863, Graham was wounded and
captured by the Confederates in the Peach
Orchard at Gettysburg. He was exchanged
in September, 1863. Brevetted Major General in 1865. 4 1/2" x 1 1/4". Cut Signature.
“Charles K. Graham, Brig. General”. Very
Fine.
$50 - up
* 310
D. M. M. GREGG (1833 - 1916) Union
Volunteer Brigadier General Nov. 29, 1862.
At Gettysburg, he fought a sharp cavalry
battle against Jeb Stuart’s troopers. Although not in command of the cavalry,
Gregg has been cited in some accounts as
having “gained one of the most conspicuous cavalry victories of the war.” 4 1/2" x 1".
Cut Signature. “D.M.M. Gregg”. Excellent.
$100 - up
* 311
CHARLES GRIFFIN (1825 - 1867)
Graduated of West Point. Served under
Winfield Scott in the Mexican War. Served
at First Manassas, during the Peninsular
campaign Griffin was promoted to Union
brigadier general of volunteers on June 9,
1862. Fought at Second Manassas,
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg and Five Forks. Commissioned a major general of volunteers on April 2, 1865.
4 3/4" x 2 3/4". Cut Signature. “Chas. Griffin, Maj. Genl. Vol.” Very Fine.
$50 - up
* 312
HENRY WAGER HALLECK (18151872). American Major General during the
Civil War. In July 1862 he was appointed
general in chief of the United States armies,
and he held that post until 1864, when President Abraham Lincoln replaced him with
General Ulysses S. Grant. Signature with
rank cut from the conclusion of a letter. Fine.
$200 - up
* 313
W. S. HANCOCK (1824 - 1886) Union
Major General who defended key position
at Cemetary Ridge at Gettysburg; prominent at Battle of the Wilderness, at
Spotsylvania Court House and at Cold
Harbor; 1880 Democratic candidate for
president defeated by Garfield. 3" x 2". Cut
Signature. “Maj. Gen. W.S. Hancock”. Very
Fine.
$200 - up
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* 314
J. A. HARDIE (1823 - 1876). Inspector
General. Signed Card. Excellent. $50 - up
* 315
A. C. HARDING (1807 - 1874) Banker,
Rail Road Construction, and Farm land investments., Union Brigadier General on
March 13, 1863. 4 1/2" x 3". “A.C. Harding
Brigadier General, Monmouth Illinois”.
Very Fine.
$50 - up
* 316
ISAAC R. HAWKINS (1818 - 1880) Brevet Brigadier General, USV, March 13, 1865.
4 1/2" x 3 1/4". “Isaac R. Hawkins, Lt. Co.
US Vols. Ten”.
$50 - up
* 317
JOSEPH R. HAWLEY (1826 - 1905)
Union Brigadier General of Volunteers in
1864, Brevet Major General, Governor of
Connecticut, US Senator. 5" x 2 1/2". Jos. R.
Hawley, Jan 21st ’85, Conn.” Very Fine.
$50 - up
* 318
W. B. HAZEN (1830 - 1887) Graduate of
West Point; He was severely wounded in a
fight with the Comanches in 1859. He was
on sick leave until the fall of Ft. Sumter.
Promoted to Brigadier General in April,
1863, and Major General in April, 1865.4
1/2" x 2 1/2". Cut signature with salutation.
“I am very respectfully, Your obedient servant, W.B. Hazen, Brig & Bvt. Maj. Gen’l,
Chief Signal Officer, USA”. Very Fine.
$50 - up
* 319
S. P. HEINTZELMAN (1805 - 1880) West
Point Graduate in 1826; Served in the
Mexican War; Union Brigadier General of
Volunteers in May, 1861 and Major General in May 1862. 3 1/4" x 2". Cut signature
tipped onto a slightly larger paper. “S.P.
Heintzelman, Bvt. Major Genl. U.S.A.”. Very
Fine.
$50 - up
* 320
O. O. HOWARD (1830 - 1909) Union general during the Civil War; Medal of Honor
recipient; Army officer; Educator. He performed well enough at First Bull Run to be
appointed brigadier-general, and was
awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor
for his bravery at Seven Pines, where he
suffered wounds requiring the amputation
of his right arm. His actions at Antietam
and Fredericksburg earned him promotion
to major-general, but it is generally held
that Howard’s actions at Chancellorsville
contributed materially to the Union defeat
there. He participated in the battles around
Chattanooga, took an active part in the
Atlanta campaign, and commanded the right
wing of Sherman’s army in the latter’s march
to the sea. Chosen by Lincoln and Stanton
to head the newly-created Freedman’s Bureau, Howard proved to be a poor administrator. His adamant refusal to accept the fact
that his subordinates were dishonest and
that the Bureau was honeycombed with corruption eventually resulted in charges of
malfeasance being brought against Howrd.
$100 - up
* 321
A. A. HUMPHREYS (1810 - 1883) Served
in the Corps of Topographical Engineers;
Aide to General George B. McClellan in
1861; promoted Brigadier General of Volunteers in April, 1862. Served at
Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville,
Gettysburg. Brigadier General, U.S. Army,
and chief of Engineers in August 1866. 4" x
2 1/2". Cut Signature. “A.A. Humphreys,
Maj. Genl. Vols”. Excellent.
$50 - up
* 322
DAVID HUNTER (1802 - 1886) Fourth
ranking Union Volunteer General. Presided
at the trial of the Lincoln conspirators, resulting in the hanging of Mrs. Surratt and
three others. Hunter accompanied the body
of President Lincoln to Springfield. 5" x 2
1/2". Cut Signature. D. Hunter Maj. Gen.”
Very Fine.
$100 - up
* 323
ETHAN ALLEN HITCHCOCK (1798 1870) Grandson of the leader of the “Green
Mountain Boys” during the Revolutionary War. West Point Graduate; Major General of Volunteers in 1862. 2 1/2" x 1 “. Cut
signature tipped onto a slightly larger paper. “E.A. Hitchcock Maj. 8th Infantry”.
Fine.
$25 - up
* 324
RUFUS INGALLS (1818 - 1893) Union
brigadier general, Chief Quartermaster of the
Army of the Potomac and under Grant he
became Quartermaster General of all forces
around Richmond. An uncommon war dated
order in pencil, five and one half times seven
and three quarter inches, Headquarters,
Army of the Potomac, Feb. 20 [ no year ] , to
a Captain P.P. Pitkin reading, in full:” The
cavalry will select a place for landing. When
you have forage you will turn it over to the
different landings as required, taking receipts. If Stoddard forwards it to them direct
receipts t be given him. I shall arrange a plan
shortly. Rufus Ingalls, Chief Q.M.” Moderate soiling and one half inch clean fold split
at left margin, otherwise very good.
$100 - up
* 325
AUGUST V. KAUTZ (1828 - 1895) West
Point Graduate; Union Bridgadier General
of Volunteers; a member of the military commission which tried the conspirators in the
assassination of President Lincoln.
$50 - up
* 326
P. KEARNEY (1815 - 1862) Served in the
Mexican War losing his arm at Churubusco;
Travelling abroad in 1859 he served in
Napoleon III’s Imperial Guard during the
Italian War. He returned home at the
outbrake of the Civil War. He was among
the first Brigadier Generals of Volunteers
appointed in 1861. Promoted to Major
General in July 1862. On September 1,
1862, Kearny was killed when he inadvertently rode into the Confederate lines at
Chantilly (Ox Hill). General Scott said of
Kearney, “the bravest man I ever knew, and
a perfect soldier”. His remains were forwarded under a flag of truce by General
Robert E. Lee. 4 1/2" x 1 3/4". Cut signature
from a larger document. “P. Kearney Commanding. Brigd. Genl.” Fine.
$300 - up
* 327
J. WARREN KEIFER (1836 - 1932)
Served in the Spanish American War.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Bvt. Brigadier General, USV, October 19,
1864 and Bvt. Major General, USV April 9,
1865, “for gallant and meritorious services
during the campaign ending with the surrender of the insurgent army under General
Robert E. Lee.” 5" x 5 3/4". Cut signature
from a letter. “J. Warren Keifer, Springfield
Ohio, July 8, 1886.” Folded and Fine.
$50 - up
* 329
WILLIAM LAWRENCE. “William
Lawrence, Colonial 84th Regiment, Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. “ Excellent. $50 - up
* 330
JAMES H. LEDLIE (1832 - 1882) Union
Brigadier General. 3 3/4" x 1 3/4". Cut signature from the conclusion of a letter tipped
onto a slightly larger papter. “Very Truly
Yours, James H. Ledlie, Brig. General Vol.”
Some light toning an very good. $50 - up
* 331
JOHN A. LOGAN (1826 - 1886) Served
in the Mexican War; US Congressman;
“Perhaps the Union’s premier civilian combat general”. 4 1/2" x 1". Cut Signature.
“John A. Logan”. Fine.
$100 - up
* 332
DANIEL C. MCCALLUM (1815 - 1878)
Union Brevet Brigadier General. 5 1/4" x 3
1/4". Cut Signature. “Dl. C. McCallum, Brev.
Brig. Genl.” Fine.
$50 - up
* 328
JOHN HENRY KETCHAM (1832 - 1906)
State Senator from New York, US Congressman. He saw action at Resaca, Cassville,
Dallas, Kennesaw, and the battles around
Atlanta, where he was wounded and brevetted brigadier general of Volunteers. He
was severely wounded a second time near
Savannah. Brevetted Major General in
March 1865, and given the full rank of Brigadier General on October 23, 1865. 4 3/4" x
3 3/4". Cut Signature. “J. H. Ketcham Dover Plains, New York, late Maj. Gen. by
Brevet”. Excellent.
$50 - up
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* 333
GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN (1826 1885) McClellan, an 1846 U.S. Military
Academy graduate, was the first Union Army
commander and General in Chief of all
armies. After resigning from the Army, he
became the chief engineer of the Illinois Central Railroad and a New Jersey Governor. 3
1/2" x 2 1/4". Cut Signature on an irregular
shaped paper and tipped onto a slightly
larger square paper. “Very Truly Yours, Geo.
McClellan”. Fine.
$300 - up
battle of Corinth in October, 1862. Promoted
Major General in March 1863. Three time
Governor of Illinois, U.S. Senator. 3 3/4" x
2". Cut signature glued to a cardboard backing. “R.J. Oglesby, Springfield Ills.” Fine.
$50 - up
* 337
EDWARD M. MCCOOK (1833 - 1909)
Union Brevet Brigadier General in the
Regular Army and major general in the volunteers. 5" x 2 1/4". Cut Signature. “Edward M. McCook, Bt. Maj. Genl.” Excellent.
$50 - up
* 342
E. D. MORGAN (1811 - 1883) Merchant,
financier, philanthropist, statesman and
Union Major General. 4" x 2 3/4". Cut signature glued to a cardboard backing. “E.D.
Morgan, New York.” Fine.
$50 - up
* 334
JOHN A. MCCLERNAND (1812 - 1890)
Union Major General. 3 1/2" x 2". Cut Signature. “John A. McClernand, Late Major
General U.S. Vols.” Excellent.
$100 - up
* 338
M. C. MEIGS (1816 - 1892) Meigs was the
Quartermaster General of the Union Army
during the Civil War. 3 3/4" x 2 1/4". Cut
Signature. “M.C. Meigs, Quartermaster,
Bvt. Major Genl USA”. Excellent. $50 - up
* 335
ANSON G. MCCOOK (1835 - 1917) Brevet Brigadier General, USV. 5" x 3". Cut Signature. Yours Very Truly, Anson G. McCook,
New York City, NY.” Fine.
$50 - up
* 339
SOLOMON MEREDITH (1810 - 1875)
Union Brevet Major General of Volunteers.
Wounded twice, at Second Manassas and
Gettysburg. 4 3/4" x 3". Cut signature. “S.
Meredith, Bvt. Maj. General Vols.” Excellent.
$50 - up
ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL
IRVIN MCDOWELL LS
* 336
IRVIN MCDOWELL (1818-1885).
Union Major General. Gen McDowell’s
army was routed at Bull Run, he was later
reprimanded for his command of the III Corps.
At Cedar Mountain and Second Bull Run.
Fine Mormon content. L.S. 1page. “Head
Quarters of the Army”, West Point, Aug.
10, 1857. As Assistant Adjutant general,
McDowell signs an extract of “Special
Order No. 99” ordering Artillery Lt.
George A. Kensel: “….to proceed immediately to Fort Leavenworth and seize the
first opportunity to overtake the company
[of light artillery] on its march to Utah…”
Kensel was participating in the famous
“Utah Expedition”, a military force ordered
by Buchanan to protect the authority of his
appointed Governor of Utah, Alfred
Cumming. Fine.
$250 - up
* 340
NELSON A. MILES (1839 - 1925) Miles
was a Union Major General and later a noted
Indian fighter. Cut Signature. 4 3/4" x 2 1/
4". Nelson A. Miles Lieut. General U.S.
Army, Born August 8th 1839.” Very Fine.
$100 - up
* 343
GEORGE W. MORGAN (1820 - 1893)
Union Brigadier General of Volunteers. 5" x
2 3/4". Cut Signature. “G.W. Morgan,
Mount Vernon Ohio.” Very Fine. $50 - up
* 344
G. MOTT (1822 - 1884) Brigadier General
of Volunteers and later Major General of
Volunteers. 4 1/2" x 2 3/4". Cut Signature.
“G. Mott, Maj. Genl.” Slight ink smudging
and very good.
$50 - up
GENERAL JAMES NEGLEY
APPROVES PAYMENT FOR A SPY’S
SERVICES AT THE BATTLE OF
MURFREESBORO
* 347
JAMES S. NEGLEY, JR. (1826 - 1901).
Union general during the Civil War, congressman. January 9, 1863. Partly-printed
document signed across the face approving
payment for E. V. Ruthven, Chief of Secret
Service. Ruthven has requested payment of
$500 “For services rendered as secret service agent.” The document indicates that
Ruthven has put in for payment of service
on January 9, 1863, just a few days following the Battle of Stones River, or
Murfreesboro, which occurred on December 31, 1862 – January 2, 1863. It was then
received at Murfreesboro by the U.S. Army
Quartermaster on January 17 and signed by
Ruthven signs as Secret Service Chief indicating his receipt of payment. Negley signs
as Brig. Gen’l, Commanding the 2nd Division Center Corps, his division actively
involved at the battle. A Fine document
directly relating Civil War spying to a
Battle. Excellent condition.
$400 - up
* 345
THOMAS H. NEILL (1826 - 1885) Brevetted Union Major General in the Volunteers and Brigadier General in the Regulars. Commandant of cadets at West Point
for four years. 4 1/2" x 2". Cut Signature.
“Thos. H. Neill. Brig. Genl. U.S. Vols. Commander 2nd. Div. C” Corps.” Some light
staining and age toning. Very Good.
$50 - up
* 348
H. E. PAINE (1826 - 1905) Union Brigadier General and latter Brevetted Major
General. US Congressman and in 1878 Commissioner of Patents. 4" x 2 3/4". Cut signature glued to a cardboard backing. Paper
loss at left edge near the H. in Paine’s name.
“H.E. Paine, Milwaukee”. Very Good.
$50 - up
* 341
C. H. MORGAN (1834 - 1875) Union
Brigadier General of Volunteers. 4 1/2" x 1
1/2". Cut Signature. “C.H. Morgan, Brig.
Genl. Vols.” Fine.
$50 - up
* 346
R. J. OGLESBY (1824 - 1899) Union
Brigadier General, severely wounded at the
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* 349
WILLIAM H. PENROSE (1832 - 1903)
Union Brigadier General of Volunteers. 4" x
2". Cut Signature. “Col. Wm. H. Penrose
Retired, Bvt. Brig. Genl U.S.A., Late Brigo.
Maj. Genl U.S. Vols.” Excellent. $50 - up
* 350
A. J. PERRY (1828 - 1913). Brevet Brigadier General USA. 5" x 2 1/4". Cut Signature. “Alex J. Perry, Bvt Brig Genl U.S.
Army”. Excellent.
$50 - up
* 351
WILLIAM A. PILE (1829 - 1889) Union
Brigadier General of Volunteers. Later while
in command of the 1st Brigade of John P.
Hawkins’ Negro division, he was brevetted major general. US congressman, Territorial Governor of New Mexico, Minister
Resident to Venezuela. 4" x 2 1/4". Cut Signature. “Wm. A. Pile”. Fine.
$50 - up
* 353
HORACE PORTER (1837 - 1921) Brevet
Union Brigadier General, Railroad Executive, Diplomat. 3 1/2" x 2". Cut Signature.
“Horace Porter Bvt. Brig. Gen. U.S. Army”.
Excellent.
$50 - up
* 354
BENJAMIN D. PRITCHARD (1835 1907) Brevet Brigadier General USV. 5" x 2
3/4". Cut Signature. “B.D. Pritchard Brvt.
Brig. Genl”. Fine.
$50 - up
* 359
JAMES S. ROBINSON (1827 - 1892)
Union Brigadier General. 3 1/2" x 2 1/4".
Cut signature tipped to a larger paper.
“Truly Yours J.S. Robinson”. Fine.
$50 - up
* 355
GREEN BERRY RAUM (1829 - 1909)
Union Brigadier General; Railroad Executive; US Congressman. 4 1/2" x 3 1/2". Cut
Signature. “Green B. Raum Brig Genl US
Vols., Illinois”. Excellent.
$50 - up
* 356
J. A. RAWLINS (1831 - 1869) Union
Brigadier General, chief of staff US Army.
Rawlins was Grant’s alter ego. Grant referred to him as “the most nearly indispensable” man he had around him. Grant made
him Secretary of War in March, 1869. He
died five months later of tuberculosis. 5" x 2
1/4". Cut Signature. “John A. Rawlins Bvt.
Maj. Gen. U.S.A., & Chief of staff to the Lt.
Genl Comdy”. Very Fine.
$150 - up
* 352
FITZ JOHN PORTER (1822 - 1901) West
Point Graduate, Served in the Mexican War;
Union Major General of Volunteers. Participated in the battles of the Peninsula
Campaign until cashiered, Jan. 21, 1863 and
“forever disqualified from holding any office of profit or trust under the Gov’t of the
U.S.” for alleged violation of Articles of War.
Charges were re-examined under President
Hayes, and he was found not guilty. 3 3/3"
x 2 1/4". Cut signature. “Respectfully Fitz
John Porter”. Fine.
$75 - up
* 358
B. S. ROBERTS (1810 - 1875) West Point
graduate, railroad builder, served in the
Mexican War, Union Brigadier General of
Volunteers, Brevet Brigadier General and
Brevet Major General of Volunteers. 4 1/2"
x 2 1/4". Cut Signature. “B.S. Roberts Bvt
Brig Genl U.S.A.” Fine.
$50 - up
* 357
WILLIAM A. RICHARDSON. Secretary
of the Treasury. Signature with his title.
“William A. Richardson, Jude of the County
Claims and Formerly Secretary of the Treasury. Washington, D. C. December 1884.
Excellent.
$50 - up
* 360
W. S. ROSECRANS (1819 - 1898) Military Academy graduate, Union Brigadier
General, Major General of Volunteers. 3 1/
2" x 2". Cut Signature. “W.S. Rosecrans
Brevet Maj Genl U.S.A.” Excellent
$150 - up
* 361
GEORGE D. RUGGLES (1833 - 1904)
Brevet Brigadier General USA. 4 3/4" x 2".
Cut Signature. “Geo. D. Ruggles asst agt.
Genl, Bvt. Brig. General”. Fine.
$50 - up
* 362
GEORGE V. RUTHERFORD (1830 1876) Brevet Brigadier General, USV. 5" x 2
3/4". Cut Signature. “Geo. V. Rutherford B.
Brig. Genl. Chief Ins. Div. Q.M.G.O., Jany
17/66”. Fine.
$25 - up
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* 363
ROBERT C. SCHENCK (1809 - 1890)
Union Major General, US Congressman. 5"
x 3". Cut Signature. “Yours truly Robt. C.
Schenck, Washington, Dec. 21, 1886.” Excellent.
$50 - up
* 364
CARL SCHURZ (1829 - 1906) Born in
Germany, raised in Wisconsin. Union Major General of Volunteers. 3" x 2". Cut signature glued to a slightly larger paper. “C.
Schurz”. Fine.
$50 - up
* 365
PHILIP H. SHERIDAN (1831 - 1888)
Union general during the Civil War; Commander of the U.S. Army. A captain at the
outbreak of the Civil War, Sheridan’s talents were quickly recognized, and he rose
rapidly in rank. In August 1864, he was
given command of all Union forces in the
Shenandoah Valley, along with Grant’s
personal instructions to drive the enemy
from the region and destroy all Confederate
supplies. In recognition of his success, he
was appointed major-general in November
1864. A key player in the final operations
of the war, the location of Sheridan’s troops
effectively blocked Lee’s line of retreat leading to Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. After the war, Sheridan was given administrative responsibility for the unstable and
volatile Gulf area. His demonstration of
American resolve in this area is credited
with convincing the French to abandon its
support of Maximilian. A series of responsible positions followed, culminating in his
succeeding William T. Sherman as commanding general of the U.S. Army 1883- 88. Cut
signature on a card. “P. H. Sheridan, Lieut.
General” Excellent.
$300 - up
* 366
JAMES M. SHACKELFORD (1827 1909) Union Brigadier General, US Judge
for the Indian Territory and later attorney
for the Choctaw nation. 3 1/2" x 2 1/2". Cut
signature tipped onto a larger paper. “Truly
Yours James M. Shackelford”. Excellent.
$50 - up
* 367
ALEXANDER SHALER (1827 - 1911)
Union Brigadier General, Captured at the
Wilderness May 6, 1864 and later exchanged. Brevet Major General and in 1893
was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry in storming Marye’s Heights at
Fredericksburg during the Chancellorsville
campaign. 4" x 2 1/2". Cut Signature.
“Alexander Shaler, Feb. 23, 1894.” Fine.
$50 - up
* 368
WILLIAM T. SHERMAN (1820 - 1891)
Union general in the Civil War; Commander
of the U.S. Army. Cut signature. $300 - up
* 369
JAMES SHIELDS (1810 - 1879) Born in
Ireland, immegrated to the US in 1826. Reportedly the only man to represent three
different states in the US Senate. Served in
the Mexican War, Union Brigadier General
of Volunteers. 3 1/2" x 2". Cut signature
glued to a slightly larger card. “Jas. Shields,
MO”. Fine.
$75 - up
* 374
W. B. STOKES (1814 - 1897) . Bvt. Brigadier General, USV. 4 1/2" x 3 3/4". Cut Signature. “W.B. Stokes, Col. of 5th Tenn. Cavalry, Alexandria Tenn.” Excellent.
$50 - up
* 370
D. E. SICKLES (1825 - 1914) Union general during the Civil War; Medal of Honor
winner; Military Governor of the Carolinas; U.S. Congressman; Diplomat. Sickles
is considered by many to have been one of
the most competent but, unfortunately, controversial of the Civil War generals.
$100 - up
* 371
H. W. SLOCUM (1827 - 1894). Union Major General. 3" x 1". Cut Signature glued to
a slightly larger paper. “H.W.Slocum Maj.
Gen. Comand.” Fine.
$100 - up
* 375
CHARLES P. STONE SIGNED NOTE
(1824 - 1887) West Point Graduate, Served
in the Mexican War, Union Brigadier General of Volunteers. 5" x 6". Signed Note.
“Flushing, Long Island May 26, 1884, Dear
Sir: It gives me pleasure to comply with the
request contained in your letter of May 23rd
inst. Very truly yours Ch. P. Stone, Lieut.
General” Fine.
$100 - up
* 379
WILLIAM B. TIBBITS (1837 - 1880)
Union Brigadier General. 4 3/4" x 1 1/2".
Cut Signature. “William B. Tibbits, Brig.
Genl. US Vols.” Excellent.
$50 - up
* 380
A. T. A. TORBERT (1833 - 1880) An officer in both the Union & Confederate armies
at one and the same time, Union Brigadier
General of Volunteers. 5" x 2". Cut Signature. “A.T. A. Torbert Brig. Genl. Vols. 1st
Bridgade 1st Div. 6th Corps.” Excellent.
$50 - up
* 376
J. H. SYPHER (1837 - 1905) Brevet Brigadier General USV. 4 3/4" x 3 1/4". Cut Signature. “J.H. Sypher N. Orleans La. (late)
Brig. General U.S. Vols.” Excellent.
$50 - up
* 381
E. D. TOWNSEND (1817 - 1893) Brevet
Brig. General, USA and Brevet Major General, USA. 5" x 3 1/4". Cut signature. “E. D.
Townsend, Bvt. Maj. Genl. U.S.A. January
9, 1866”. Excellent.
$50 - up
* 377
C. THOMAS (1797 - 1878) Brevet Brigadier General, USA and Brevet Major General, USA. Assistant Quartermaster General.
5" x 2 1/2" Cut signature. “Chs. Thomas.
Bvt. Maj. Genl. USA, A.Q.M. Genl.” Fine.
$50 - up
* 382
LEWIS “LEW” WALLACE (1827 - 1905)
Union Brigadier General of Volunteers and
Major General. A member of the military
commission which tried the Lincoln
conspirtors, and the President of the courtmartial which tried and condemned Henry
Wirz, commandant at Andersonville. 3 1/2"
x 2". Signature. “Lew Wallace”. Fine.
$125 - up
* 372
WILLIAM S. SMITH (1830 - 1916). Union
Brigadier General of Volunteers. 3 1/4" x 1
3/4". Cut Signature tipped onto a slightly
larger paper. “Wm Sooy Smith”. Slight
smudge in the S of Sooy. Fine.
$75 - up
* 373
D. S. STANLEY (1828 - 1902). Union Major General during the Civil War and advanced to the grade of Brigadier General
US Army on March 24, 1884. 4" x 2 1/2".
Cut signature. “D.S. Stanley, Brig. Genl.
Bvt. Major General U.S.Army.” Excellent.
$50 - up
* 378
GEORGE H. THOMAS (1816 - 1870) Native of Virginia. Served in the Seminole and
Mexican Wars. Major General US Army.
Nicknamed the “Sledge of Nashville” during the December, 1864 two-day battle at
Nashville. 4" x 2 1/2". Cut signature. “Geo.
H. Thomas Maj. Genl. U.S.A.” Previous
mounting remains on verso. Fine.
$125 - up
LOT # 374
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* 383
JOHN H. H. WARD (1823 - 1903) Union
Brigadier General of Volunteers. Wounded
at Gettysburg and again at Spotsylvania.
5" x 2". Cut Signature. “J.H.Hobart Ward
Brig. Genl”. Excellent.
$50 - up
LETTERS FROM SURGEON WILLIAM GITHINS
* 384
H. D. WASHBURN (1832 - 1871) Brevet
Brigadier General, USV and Brevet Major
General, USV. 4 1/2" x 3". Cut signature.
“H.D. Washburn Brevet Major Genl. Vols.
Clinton, Ind.” Excellent.
$50 - up
* 385
W. D. WHIPPLE (1826 - 1902) Union
Brigadier General of Volunteers and Brevet
of Major General, U.S. Army. 3 1/4" x 1 1/4".
Cut signature glued to a slightly larger
cardboard backing. “Very respectfully &
truly Wm. D. Whipple”. Excellent.
$50 - up
* 388
[CIVIL WAR SURGEON LETTER]. 7 ½” x
9 ¾”. 4 pp. June 15th, 1864. “Camp 78th Ills.
In the Woods near the Rebels – on the Rail
Road about five miles from Marietta Georgia.” To Dear Wife. “I hardly think we will
have a Battle to get possession of Marietta,
it is of considerable importance to the Rebels
and they may resist our advance pretty stubbornly – we are not afraid of their attacking
us, we advance a little and then throw up a
breast work....How I’d like to be home to
celebrate the 4th of July with you. Wouldn’t
I sing Hail Columbia and Star Spangled
Banner...the news still comes cheering from
all quarters and if it continues so to the end
of the month – the poor miserable Confederacy will have crumbled away to
nothing....the poor deluded folks keep on
fighting and sacrificing thousands of lives
on both sides – it is terrible the way the
army in Virginia is being slaughtered – I
think General Sherman takes better care of
his men than they do there – our entire army
has the most perfect confidence in him and
will go wherever he tells them....” $150 - up
* 390
[CIVIL WAR SURGEON LETTER]. 5” x
8”. 4 pp on light blue lined paper. Rain’s
House, 2 ½ miles south of Nashville Tenn.
Dec. 21st/64. To Dear Wife. “By one of those
strange freaks peculiar to war – I am one of
three occupants of the mansion of one of the
wealthiest planters in the south....Yesterday
morning our command moved out before day
on the March to Murfreesboro and left me to
look after the sick and cripples...and of
course its comfortable or would be if the
wind didn’t blow in where the bullets have
broken the windows....”.
$150 - up
* 386
ISAAC J. WISTAR (1827 – 1905). Union
general during the Civil War. DS. 4 ½ pages.
June 28, 1865. Land Deed from the Union
Canal related to disputed ownership of lands
between Charles M. Taylor and the Union
Canal Company “by which, the Schuylkill
and Susquehanna Navigation and the Delaware and Schuylkill Navigation, were consolidated into the Union Canal Company…” Signed as president of the Union
Canal Company by Wistar. Excellent.
$100 – up
* 387
JAMES H. WILSON (1837 - 1925) Union
Major General of Volunteers and Brevet
Major General US Army. “Perhaps the most
distinguished of the ‘boy generals’ of the
Civil War”. 4 3/4" x 2 3/4". Cut signature.
“Your Obdt. Sert. James H. Wilson Maj.
Genl. U.S. Vols. Bvt. Maj. Genl. U.S.A.”
Excellent.
$50 - up
* 391
[CIVIL WAR SURGEON LETTER]. 4 ¾” x
7 ½”. 4 pp. Field Hospital 3 miles North of
Chattanooga, Sept. 30th 1863. To Dear Wife.
“....I wrote you of the terrible Battle of Sunday. Monday I was busy taking care of our
wounded – Tuesday I was sent to Bridgeport with wounded – we had 90 Ambulances – and about 40 wagons – loaded –
estimated at 700 wounded some of them very
badly – and I was they only surgeon sent
with them.... the distance was sixty miles
over the mountains.... six days going and
coming.... it has been a terrible Battle – and
I pray that I may never witness another. I
was anxious that our Boys might have a
chance to show their courage – They have
had it and proved themselves brave and
noble soldiers – I hope they will not be
called to go through such a trial again, we
have thousands of wounded here in tents –
lying on the ground on straw – and bed
sacks ....”.
$150 - up
“....if we can’t whip them we will starve
them.”
* 389
[CIVIL WAR SURGEON LETTER]. 5”x
8”. 4 pp. Med. Dept. 78th Regt. Ills. Vols.
Near Rossville, Ga., April 5th 1864. To Dear
Wife. “I believe the general impression now
is that they will attack us as they are very
anxious to get Chattanooga again – we
think they will have a good time or rather a
bad one – for they certainly will be sorry if
they undertake it. It seems that the only way
to settle the matter is to fight it to the end
until one or the other is conquered – as we
do not intend to be – the Rebs must surely
be – there is one thing sure – we do not
intend that they shall raise much this year
to live on – and if we can’t whip them we
will starve them.”
$150 - up
“...I was anxious that our Boys might
have a chance to show their courage –
They have had it and proved themselves
brave and noble soldiers-...”
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* 392
[CIVIL WAR SURGEON LETTER]. 7 ½” x
9 ½”. 4 pp. Hospital 2nd Div. 14th A.C. Medical College Atlanta Ga. Sept. 18th 64. To
Dear Wife. “....Our soldiers are taking what
is called a resting spell – that is they are
working day and night fixing comfortable
and tasty quarters – it would grieve you to
see the method they take to get material to
build shanties with – they will pitch on to
a nice frame house, many of them finer than
anything in Hamilton and in a few minutes
it is a perfect skeleton and the boards are
carried to camp on their backs....I think it is
a great pity that some other method could
not be devised besides destroying millions
of property – to make what may be abandoned at any day... there the same thing is
gone over again – the same destruction –
and the same result....”.
$150 - up
CONFEDERATE PASS TO VISIT
CHARLESTON
* 393
Ept’t. S.C., Ga. And Fla. Provost Marshal’s
Office, May 30, 1864. Pass for “Mrs. A
Blyden to visit Charleston S.C. upon honor
not to communicate, in writing or verbally,
for publication, any fact ascertained which,
if known to the enemy, might be injurious
to the Confederate States of America. Fine.
$75 - up
NAVAL DISCHARGE
* 394
8 ¼” x 4”. Naval Discharge dated March 31,
1865. “This is to Certify, that No. 70 Samuel
Mitchell a W.R. Cook has this day been
discharged from the U.S. Stmr. Stettin and
from naval service.” Some folds and general
wear. Very Good.
$150 - up
5 NAVAL DEPARTMENT REGULATIONS AND GENERAL ORDERS
* 395
5 ½ x 8 ½”. 4 pp. Two copies of “Regulations for the Enlistment and Government of
Apprentice Boys for the Navy.” Navy Department, May 27, 1864. One copy has a
stain at lower right on all four pages, but
the text is unaffected. Good.
“BLEEDING” & STARVING
KANSAS, LETTER FROM GRASSHOPPER FALLS, 1860
* 397
ALS by R.A. Hayes. 2 pp. 7 ¾”x 9 ¾”. Blue
lined paper. Grasshopper Falls, Nov. 30,
1860, To Friend Innis, “....The last I knew of
you until I received your letter was as a
student of the law in Erie Pa. and now I
find you a “limb” of the same in “Bleeding” & Starving Kansas. My course has
been kindly less diversified than your own
although I did not venture to show my Republican head in any locality when my peculiar views of the “peculiar system” would
be apt to bring my choking place in close
proximity to hump or limb. Speaking of
disunion & secession I do not feel any way
concerned as I think the South know too
well what is for their interest, that is the
masses. I look upon it as only as an effort
of the office seekers and prominent men
who have so far committed themselves to
retract without an effort seemingly to carry
into effect what they have threatened to
frighten week knead Northerners.” Excellent.
$150 - up
them to Washington. By order of Col.
Berthand”. Folds, tear repair on verso, small
ink spot at bottom. Good.
$150 - up
FIVE CIVIL WAR SONG SHEETS
* 400
4 ¼” x 7 ¾” 4 Song sheet in black and white.
The titles are as follows: Flags of All Nations, Grandmother’s Advice, Gen.
Siegel’s Celebrated Camp Song, and Nell,
The Little Belle. Some soiling and very
good. 5” x 8”. 1 song sheet in color with
battle scene at top. The title of the song is
The Boys of Uncle Samu’l. Very fine.
$250 - up
STEAMBOAT PORT ROYAL
RECEIPT FOR TRANSPORTING
TROOPS
* 402
Steamboat Port Royal Receipt dated New
York, March 30, 1864. 8 ½” x 3”. Black text
on blue paper. “Stmr. Empire State and
Owners To Owners of Steamboat Port Royal
(Emily is crossed out), for Transporting
Troops, One hour To Jersey City. $10.00”.
Pen Cancelled at center. Fine. $100 - up
5 ½ x 8 ½”. 4pp. “Navy Department, July
17, 1865. General Orders No. 63. It lists 10
cases brought against seaman. Nine were
for desertion or absent without leave, all
were found guilty. The 10th was against
“James Simmons, Seaman, was tried & found
guilty of ‘Using seditious language, and
evincing disloyalty, ....when the assassination of President Lincoln was announce....”.
Simmons was sentenced to two years in
prison. Excellent.
5 ½ x 8 ½”. 1 page. Navy Department, July
19, 1865. General Orders No. 64. The “Act
to provide a more efficient discipline for the
Navy”. Small stain to extreme top edge affects nothing. Fine.
5 ½ x 8 ½”. 1 page. Navy Department, June
29, 1865. General Orders No. 62. “The following named persons having had Medals
of Honor awarded to them for distinguished
services in battle....John Cooper...and
Patrick Mullen....” Very Fine.
$200 - up
PRINTED BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF
THE CITY OF FREDERICK,
MARYLAND
* 396
7 ½” x 11”. Printed Bill. 87th Congress, 1st
Session, S. 1031. In the Senate of the United
States. February 22, 1961. “A Bill For the
relief of the City of Frederick, Maryland. Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the Secretary
of the Treasury is authorized and directed
to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to the city of
Frederick, Maryland, the sum of $200,000,
in full satisfaction of its claim against the
United States for reimbursement for the
amount of money paid to Confederate forces
under the command of Lieutenant General
Jubal Early on July 9, 1864, to prevent the
destruction by Confederate forces of the
town of Frederick, Maryland, and certain
Union supplies therein.” Very Fine.
$50 - up
THREE ITEMS RELATED TO THE
U.S.S. QUAKER CITY - A PRIZE SHIP
SPECIAL ORDERS CIRCULAR,
ATLANTA GA.
* 398
Manuscript Circular. 7 ¾” x 9 ¾”. Head
Quarters D.C., Atlanta Ga. Sept. 19th 1864.
“Special field Orders No 67 from Head Qrts.
Mil Div of the Miss., dated Sep 4th 1864
defines clearly the steps necessary to be taken
to procure a permit to tear down Houses,
Barns, Sheds etc. within the lines surrounding this City.....By Command of Maj. Genl.
Thomas (signed) Southard Hoffman AAG.”
Excellent.
$400 - up
CONTRABANDS ON BOARD THE
CANAL BOAT KATE
* 399
8” x 5”. Commissary Wharf January 6th 1863,
Lieut. Stone, “I have on board of the Canal
Boat Kate 94 Contrabands , and for the
same, you will please send a Boat to tow
* 401
Power of Attorney. Dated December 5, 1864.
8 ½” x 14”. “Know all Men by these Presents, That J. John Brophy, 2nd Class Fireman, on board the U.S.S. Quaker
City....appoint Messrs. Allen & Gatson, of
New York City....to collect all prize moneys, or other dues that may be due said
owing me by reason of my services as above
set forth on board the U.S.S. Quaker City.”
Manuscript Auditors Office Statement.
Dated Washington, 26, May 1865. 7 ¾” x
16”. “Fourth Auditors Office. This is to
Certify that the following named persons,
late serving on board the U.S. Str. Quaker
City, have filed their Claims in this
office....parties entitled to Captures made by
the said Vessel”. Forty-six seamen are listed
with their positions. Fine.
Manuscript Oath. Dated New Orleans Oct.
23, 1865. 7 ¾” x 22 ½” being two pages
glued together vertically. Oath stating “ I
John Hathaway do solemnly swear that I am
the identical person, who served by that
name as a coxswain on board the U.S.
Steamer Quaker City in June 1864 when she
picked up Forty Bales of Cotton at sea...”.
Fine.
$400 - up
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SUPREME COURT OF MAINE
CASE OF THE GOLDEN ROCKET
* 403
1863, Maine. 20 page Manuscript. The Supreme Court of Maine and the Case of the
Golden Rocket. Charles E. Dole & als. V.
Merchants Mut. Mar. Ins. Co. The document
begins, “ When a portion of the subjects of
a civil government have rebelled, and the
rebellion is of such magnitude that the military and naval forces have been called out
to suppress it, the fact that such rebels are
robbers on the land, and pirates on the sea,
does not preclude them from being regarded
as belligerents. The facts in this case sufficiently appear in the opinion of the Court,
delivered by Davis J. This is a suit upon a
policy of insurance, on the ship Golden
Rocket, for one year, commencing Nov. 19,
1860. On the trial, it was proved that the
ship was taken, July 3, 1861, by the Steamer
Sumter, Capt. Semmes, who claimed her as a
prize. He and his officers and crew stripped
the ship.....and then set her on fire.”
“In defense, the company offered to prove
that Semmes was duly commissioned as
Captain in the navy of the Confederate
States, and was acting under the authority
thereof; that said States had seceded from
the United States, and had organized an
independent government; and that they
were, at the time of the loss, carrying on
hostilities against the United States.” Extraordinary detailed quotes of Justice
Marshall and others. Excellent. $500 - up
FOUR PATRIOTIC SOLDIERS’
FESTIVAL ITEMS
* 404
3 ½” x 2 ¼”. Festival Ticket. Red, White and
Blue vignette of a globe with the American
Flag set on top with Our Country written
across. “Grand Patriotic Musical Festival,
in aid of the Families of our Volunteers”.
June 19, 1861, Tickets 25 cts. Ticket is
mounted to a backing card and has wear.
Very Good.
4 ½” x 7”. Announcement. “Soldiers’ Festival. The Ladies of Howlett Hill,
Onondaga Hill and vicinity, will give a
Festival at Stackhouse Hall...March 10,
1864 for the benefit of sick, wounded and
suffering soldiers. Tickets $1.50.” Lavender Text. Embossed floral border. Mounted
to a sheet of paper on verso. Some light age
toning. Very Good.
5 ¼” x 8 ¼”. Announcement for the Strawberry Festival. American Flag at top center.
Lavender printing. A festival “For the Benefit of the Suffering Soldiers”. July 1, 1864,
Tickets, $2.00. Mounted to a sheet of paper
on verso. Some wear. Very Good.
5” x 8”. 4 pp. Musical Program. Red, White
& Blue vignette of a standing Lady Liberty
at top left. “Grand Patriotic Musical Festival in aid of the Families of our Volunteers.”
June 19, 1861, Tickets 25 Cents. The back
of the last page is mounted to a sheet of paper. Fine.
$125 - up
SCARCE TEXAS OATH
OF ALLEGIANCE
* 405
June, 1866. Galveston, Texas. “W. F. Ready
do solemnly swear, in the presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully
support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of
the States thereunder; and that I will, in like
manner, abide by and faithfully support all
Laws and Proclamations which have been
made during the existing Rebellion with
reference to the Emancipation of Slaves...”
$250 - up
CIVIL WAR ADJUTANT GENERAL
EDWARD TOWNSEND WRITES TO
POLITICAL OPERATIVE AND
CLOSE LINCOLN ADVISOR
THURLOW WEED CONCERNING
NEW YORK BATTALION DEPLOYMENTS
* 406
EDWARD D. TOWNSEND (1817 – 1893).
Adjutant General during the Civil War.
Townsend was granted the rank of brevet
major general at the conclusion of the war
in recognition of his service to the War
Department. LS. 1 1/4 page. 8” x 10” Washington, D.C., October 10, 1863. To Honorable Thurlow Weed; “I have the honor to
acknowledge the receipt of a letter from you
dated the 19th August 1863, recommending
that the Battalion of 10th New York Artillery be assigned to the 14th New York Artillery, so that the latter may immediately take
the field. In reply, I am directed to inform
you that the Battalion to which you refer
has been already assigned to the 4th New
York under Colonel Tidball…” Signed by
Townsend while still serving in the role of
Assistant Adjutant General. A fine Civil
War letter associating these two prominent
figures of the era. Fine.
$100 - up
POSTWAR PREPRINTED MISSISSIPPI SHARECROPPERS AGREEMENTS
* 407
A superb pair of preprinted sharecropper
agreements, both dated in 1867, in which
the Supply firm of W.C. Pond & Co. based in
Bolton Mississippi agree to advance plantation owners an agreed upon amount of
supplies necessary to grow a crop on the
respective plantations, apparently for exclusive rights to sell the crop and or in return for a portion of the crop produced. As
was the case with the majority of the South,
much of the State of Mississippi was both
physically and economically devastated by
the recent civil war. Cash was virtually
nonexistent, forcing plantation owners and
their suppliers to rely on a barter system
until the economy of the area began to recover. Fine.
$200 - up
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POSSIBLY THE FIRST NEWS OF PRESIDENT
LINCOLN’S DEATH IN NEW ENGLAND
AN EXTRAORDINARY TELEGRAM SENT BY AMERICAN
TELEGRAPH COMPANY EXECUTIVE AND THE MAN WHO FIRST
SUPPORTED THOMAS EDISON’S WORK IN THE TELEGRAPH AND
STOCK TICKER GEORGE F. MILLIKEN TO HIS WIFE ANNOUNCING THE DEATH OF LINCOLN THE MORNING OF APRIL 15TH, 1865
* 408
[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. Partly-printed American Telegraph Company
telegram. 5 ¼” x 8”. Boston, April 15th, 1865. 8 o’clock, 30 min. a.m. To Mrs. G.
F. Milliken, 46 Sharon St.
“President Lincoln died at twenty two minutes after seven. J. Wilkes Booth was
the Assasin. This is official. G. F. M.” Mounted to a scarpbook page with assassination related newspaper clippings on verso. Accompanyed by a small autograph page with a photo mounted with it’s identification as “George F. Milliken,
Amer. Tel. Co., 31 State St. Boston, November 1st, 1859.
This telegram marks what is certainly one of the earliest telegrams sent from Washington to New England, and perhaps the country as President Lincoln was declared legally dead at 7:22 on the morning of the 15th. This telegram was sent at
8:30 a.m., just over an hour later. Mounted to another sheet of paper (cut from a
scrapbook). Some dampstaining.
$750 - up
SLAVERY AND BLACK HISTORY
CIVIL WAR OFFICER CHARGED
WITH CURSING OUT HIS PEER
* 409
A highly unusual field - printed Judicial
General Order, 1p. 5" x 7 1/2", Headquarters, District of North Carolina, New Berne,
August 11, 1864, in which 1st Lieutenant
William B. Patterson of the 3rd New York
artillery is charged with “conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman”.
Patterson is accused with pushing down
another officer in the presence of enlisted
men, then saying to him that:”…You are a
God Damned stinking son of a bitch …I
will knock your God damned head off…”.
Evidently the court agreed with the officer’s
opinion of his enemy, for patterson was found
not guilty on all charges!
$200 - up
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS CIVIL WAR
COLORED SUBSTITUTE DOCUMENT
* 411
14” x 9”. Partly printed document dated Boston, December 12, 1864. Large vignette of the Massachusetts state seal at left. “This is to certify that Theodore
Dean of Raynham in said Commonwealth a citizen not liable to be drafted into the
Military Service of the United States, has paid the sum of One Hundred and
Twenty Five Dollars into the State Treasury....to assist in recruiting the National
Armies, and has had assigned to him as his Representative Recruit, Private Simon
Jenkins Fifty-eighth U.S. Col’d Infantry...”. Some light browning along folds.
Fine.
$500 - up
* 410
CIVIL WAR. Union soldier’s letter written by John S. Robinson of the 27th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers. Camp Near
Falmouth, April 2, 1863.
“I don’t wish to cross that river agin for it
is a har place to tackel you ca bet. I hope
when we move that we shall move back
towards washington. We have only two
months and a half longer to serv where ever
we go and then we shall move toards New
haven. That will excite me you bet. I should
like you pickture very much and I will send
mine to you.”
“I cannot stay to write much more this time
so I will soon close my letter. Give my respects to all and tell them I am tough as a
not. From your uncle J. S. R. Write soon,
good day. “ Fine
$75 - up
OATH OF IDENTITY FOR A NEGRO SEAMAN ENTITLED TO PRIZE
MONEY ON BOARD THE SHIP POCHONTOS
* 412
Affidavit concerning the U.S. Pochontos and the capture of prizes Antonia,
Cheshire, Hunter, A.J. Waterman and others....7 ½” x 10”. 2pp. “I Samuel Beerds
do solemnly swear, that I am the identical Samuel Beerds who served by that name
as a Landsman on board the United States ship ‘Pochontas’ in the year 1862 &
63 when she captured the prizes Antonia, Cheshire, Hunter, J.J. Waterman and
others....”. Breeds makes his mark dated June 17th, 1865. Under the General Examination, Breed is described as “about 5 feet 3 inches in height, of Negro complexion”. Fine.
$300 - up
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AN EARLY INQUISITION INTO
THE DEATH OF A BLACK MAN
WHO WAS FOUND DEAD
“DROWNDED”
* 413
[BLACK HISTORY]. Document signed
by a number of witnesses from the Plymouth County, Massachusetts. 1793. An
early inquistion “at Bridgewater with the
said County of Plymouth, the sixth day of
March in the year of our Lord one thousand, seven hundred and ninety three
before…one of the coroners of the
County…upon view of the Body of King
Ring negro man there lying dead the
oathes of Jesse Perkins foreman…do so
say the the said King Ring in passing from
the Dwelleing of Col. Simeon Carys in
said Bridgewater to his home at
Barnabas …did in the dark in the evening
of the fourth of March instant lose his
way and fall into a Ditch in Joshua Ames
meado being old and feeble unable to git
out and was there Drownded and so the
jurors aforesaid upon their oaths say that
the said King Ring in manner aforesaid
came to his death by misfortune…”
Signed by seventeen different jurers. This
document seems to arouse more questions
surrounding the death of the black man,
King Ring than provide conclusive answers and one can only wonder as to the
racial prejudices and sentiments of the time
and their influence on the story…A fine
eighteenth century piece of Black history.
$250 – up
year 1857, & also promise to give Joe good
7 sufficient clothing and pay taxes and medical bills. ..” . The normal hire rate for a field
hand was around $50 a year, so it must be
assumed that “Joe” was a skilled laborer.
Tiny , clean, circular “bug holes “ at points
, not effecting text, otherwise very good.
$150 - up
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
CIRCULAR CONCERNING “THE
ENUMERATION OF SLAVES”
* 414
[OLIVER WOLCOTT, JR.]. Treasury Department. Trenton, November 6, 1798. To
Samuel C. Morris, Esquire. Clerk to the
Board of Commissioners of Direct Taxes,
Reading Pennsylvania. 7 ½” x 9”.
“Agreeably to the wishes of the Board of
Commissioners as expressed in their resolution of the 26th ultimo – I now transmit
herewith twelve copies of the Act entitled
“An act to provide for the valuation of lands
and dewlling houses, and the enumeration
of slaves within the United States, which
are all that I can spare. If more should be
required, the Commissioners must direct a
sufficeint number to be printed. I am wit
consideration, Sir, Your Obedt. Servant,
Oliver Wolcott”. Secretarial signature of
Wolcott.
“A Federal act dated 14 July 1798 ( 1 Stat.
597) imposed the first direct tax of the
United States Government on its citizens.
A previous, related act dated 9 July 1798 (1
Stat. 580) provided for the evaluation of
lands and dwelling houses and the enumeration of slaves. The resulting lists contained
the names of those throughout the country
who owned real property or slaves together
with a variety of additional detail. The assessments were made “with reference to” 1
October 1798 by the Commissioners, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. The states were divided into divisions
and the divisions into assessment districts.” (NY Genweb project).
A fine, early american slavery related item.
In excellent condition.
$250 – up
ALABAMA SLAVE HIRE
* 415
A fine A.D.S 1p. Oblong 8vo. Gainesville,
Alabama, Jan. 5, 1857, in which a Caleb
Parker promises to pay “ …Three Hundred
Twenty Six Dollars for the hire of Joe for
FORMER KENTUCKY SLAVE POSTS
AND SIGNS A BOND FOR HIS
FREEDOM
* 416
An A. D. S. 1p. Legal folio on blue legal
paper, Commonwealth of Kentucky, March
6, 1854, in which newly emancipated slave
Reuben Bell and his sponsor, Rachel
Thurston sign a bond asserting that Bell
would remain a productive member of the
community, in part:”…We Reuben Bell, of
color and Rachel Thurston are held firmly
bound unto the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the sum of Five Hundred Dollars
….The Condition of the above obligation
is such. ... the above bound Reuben Bell has
been emancipated and set free by the last
will and testament of John Standeford Deceased … if the said Reuben Bell shall never
become a charge to any county in this Commonwealth for his maintenance and support,
then this obligation [ is ] to be void…”. In
certain states such as Kentucky where the
manumission of Slaves was legal, if the
newly freed slave wished to remain within
the state then they, often in conjunction
with a sponsor, were required to post a bond
in guarantee that they would be self supporting and not become a burden upon the
community in which they lived. Ms
.Thurston, who cosigns the bond with
Reuben Bell, wrote out Bell’s name for him,
to which he added his mark. While it is
possible that Ms. Thurson merely signed as
a compassionate individual, it is more likely
that she was either Mr. Bell’s employer or
one of his previously manumitted relatives.
It is almost certain that this was the first
time that Mr. Bell affixed his name to a contract, and one can only imagine the emotion
he felt in doing so. Fine condition.500 - up
war, when the final outcome was no longer
in doubt, the overseer was wise to accept
corn instead of Confederate currency, which
then had little or no value. “Burn marks”
from the use of Iron Gall ink effect the readability of some of the words in the receipt,
which is overall in very good condition.
$100 - up
CONFEDERATE SOLDIER, IN CASE
OF HIS DEATH, LEAVES INSTRUCTIONS TO A FRIEND AS TO HOW TO
DISPOSE OF HIS PROPERTY,
INCLUDING SLAVES, BEFORE HE
GOES OFF TO KILL YANKEES
* 417
War dated A.L.S. 2pp. 8”x 10”, Gainesville
[ no state, but likely Alabama] , May 27,
1862, in which John Barret writes his friend
and attorney , the Hon. T. Reavis, with the
following instructions: “….Enclosed you
have some papers which I wish to leave you
in case anything should happen to me in
the Army. You will find a deed of gift from
Daniel Dewalt to his daughter my late wife
of four Negroes. The one named Peggy and
her four children are in the possession of
E.C. Manly in Kemper Co., Miss., the others
are here. There is also a deed to her to a house
and lot in Mobile …also a deed to a house
and lot adjoining it ( to me) …If I should
not survive the war I wish this real estate
all sold, and the proceeds of it invested in
some other way. My house and lot will be
more than enough to pay all I owe, which of
course I want done first relative to my other
matters. I will be able to write you more
manfully and correctly after I go home and
look over my matters …”. Surprisingly, letters where Confederate soldiers settle their
affairs before going off to war are extremely
scarce. Perhaps most of the soldiers were
more optimistic than our Mr. Barret, or more
likely, many of these documents were burned
in the many Southern courthouses that were
destroyed in the course of the war. This example is in very good to fine condition.
$200 -up
CIVIL WAR RECEIPT IN WHICH
SLAVE OVERSEER RECEIVES
PAYMENT IN KIND
* 418
An unusual 2 ½”x 4” receipt on brown
“Secesh” adversity paper in which John
West, a slave overseer, signs with his mark,
acknowledging having received his wages
in bushels of corn :”…for my services as
overseer for a part of the year 1865...”. In
these last few months before the end of the
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KENTUCKY RECEIPT FOR
KEEPING A SLAVE “IN GALE”
* 419
A. D.S. 1p. 4” x 8 ½ “ July 10, 1839,
Flemingsburg, Ky. In which one A.W. Roch
acknowledges receipt from John Laythrem
of “one Dollar and fifty four centes as Jail
Fees for keeping and providing a Negro in
Gale…”. Unlike the common modern perception, in the context of this document the
word “Jail” merely meant a place of confinement, not necessarily limited to holding
criminals. In this context, the receipt is referring to “Slave jails”, to which slaves were
sent prior to being auctioned. Here the slave
was generally well treated and fed, as it was
desired for him to look well rested and
“Plumped out” to achieve a better selling
price. This lot comes with a detailed description of slave jails, taken from Dorothy and
Carl Schneider’s :” An Eyewitness History
of Slavery in America (2001, FACTS ON
FILE Press). Some marginal chipping, otherwise very good.
$125 - up
MANDATE OF PAYMENT FOR
SLAVE LABOR
* 420
[SLAVERY]. Slave document. 1 page. 9 ¾”
x 7 ¾”. Mandate of Payment document written in French and used by the Mayor of New
Orleans compensating slaves owners for the
use of their slaves for various work in New
Orleans . “Salaries for Negro’s employed
for work.….The Treasurer of the city will
pay Mr. Avars the sum of nine piastres for
eighteen days of work and travel for his
Negro……” Very fine.
$225 – up
FREE FRANKS
LOT OF THIRTEEN JOHN CLOPTON
FREE FRANKS
* 427
JOHN CLOPTON (1756 - 1816) Longtime Virginia congressman who served;
1795-99, 1801-16 (13th District 1795-97,
at-large 1797-99, 1801-07, 22nd District
1807-15, 23rd District 1815-16); died in
office 1816.
All addressed to Mr. John B. Clopton and
are fine or better.
$250 - up
WOMAN COMPLAINS TO LAWYER
OF BEING CHEATED AT A SLAVE
AUCTION
* 421
A.L.S. 1p. Legal folio, Lincoln County, N.C.,
in which a woman complains of being
cheated by her own auctioneer when she
attempted to repurchase several of her own
slaves offered at her late husband’s estate
sale, in part:”…Having bought two Negro
at the sale of our estate I offered security but
was prevented by an overruling man who
dissuaded my security…then the administrators wrested the Negroes out of my hands
and exposed them at another sale and they
sold for less. I demand [ to know] whether
they acted lawfully or not …I bought several Negroes at the sale for my children, who
were minors, and offered ….security for the
Negroes …but the adm. …exposed them
again to sale, and they sold lower than at
the first sale …P.S.: If I can get redress by
the law you will be employed by me…”.
The Phenomenal value of slaves, as well as
the perceived vulnerability of the Grieving
widow, often led unscrupulous auctioneers
to conspire with other’s to buy the slaves
at bargain prices. Very good.
$175 - up
LETTER SEEKING DAMAGES FOR
A DEAD SLAVE
* 423
A.L.S. 1p. 4to. Panola Ms. , Oct. 1, 1850. In
which a potential witness to a slavery lawsuit apparently responds to a request by
one of the attorneys to testify in the trial,
commenting on the case in the process, in
part: “ …I will go to Jackson the 1st of Nov.
but it is very inconvenient for me to do
so….I will attend but I wish a subpoena
served that I may get pay for going . On the
subject of the suit the family have entered
against us…of the property ….James
Shirley took it in possession and George
the Negro boy died while in the possession of Shirley…he had all of the property
in his possession in a very few days from
the time it was taken…I can tell you more
when I see you…..” postally used, with attorneys cancelled address label on the back
of the letter, very good.
$150 - up
SEIZURE OF FIVE SLAVES TO
SATISFY A DEBT
* 425
DS. 2pp. Legal folio, Greene County, Alabama, Nov. 14, 1853, whereby named executors acting on behalf of Lafayette Minor,
are empowered to take possession of
:”…Five Negroes named and described as
follows … Ellick about 50, Johnston about
22, Sally about 40 and infant, Major about
14 and Femilla, 8 years old , also the crop of
cotton and corn …” said to belong to a John
G. friend ( his real name) . In a court case over
property, Mr. Minor had posted bond on
behalf of Mr. Friend, and since Friend subsequently lost the lawsuit, Minor is now
requesting the seizure of Friend’s property
in order to make sure he is paid back. Considering the final outcome, Mr. Friend
would likely have been better off to have
offered his own property as security to begin with, as Mr. Minor is a friend to Mr.
Friend no more! Very good condition.
$250 - up
FREE FRANKED ADDRESS LEAF
SIGNED BY STEPHEN
PLEASONTON
* 428
Stephen Pleasonton, the Fifth Auditor of
the Treasury. Pleasonton served as superintendent of U.S. lighthouses until 1852.
“Treasury Department, S. Pleasonton.”
Addressed to J. W. Spark. Fine. $50 - up
A PAIR OF CONGRESSIONAL
FRANKED ADDRESS LEAFS
ADDRESSED TO GENERAL
JOSEPH JONES
* 429
Both in Fine Condition.
$75 - up
* 430
LEWIS WARRINGTON (Nov. 3, 1782Oct. 12, 1851) Free Frank address signed.
$50 - up
ORPHANS COURT APPOINTS
EXECUTORS TO SELL SLAVE
* 422
A.L.S. 1p. Legal folio, Wilcox County, Alabama, December, 1842, being a court order
appointing a group of executors to see that
the former wife of Willie James, who is now
dead, receive one fifth of the value of his
“Negro Property”. Apparently the former
Mrs. James did not believe in wasting time,
for the document indicates that she has already remarried ! Minor split repaired on
verso, otherwise very good.
$150 - up
* 426
DISCHARGE FOR A MEMBER OF
THE 16TH CORPS D’AFIRQUE
TEXAS SLAVERY
SLAVES AWARDED BACK
TO THEIR OWNER
* 424
Lamar County, Texas, September-November
1846, official court decree ordering the turning over of named slaves to the rightful
owner...those mentioned were: Hannah,
Harriet, Peter, Squire and Emaline, two pages
in excellent manuscript.
$200 - up
Discharge, 1p 4 to partly printed document,
March 19, 1864, New Orleans, being a discharge for Corpl. Clayton Sims, of Co. “G”
16th Regiment Louisiana Infantry. In part:
“...I have to report that Clayton Sims Corpl.
Of Company “G” 16' Regiment La. Inft. C.
D’Afr. In this General Hospital was discharged from the Service of the U.S., March
10Th 64, by reasons of Surgeons Certificate
of Disability...” Fine. With original envelope addressed to the “Commanding Officer
Company G 84Th U.S.C. Infantry”. Discharges for colored soldiers are rare.
$300 - up
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FREE FRANKED ADDRESS LEAF AS
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
* 431
ASBURY DICKENS from North Carolina
signed as Secretary of the Senate (18361861). “Free Asbury Dickens, Secretary of
the Senate.”
$100 - up
LOT OF FIVE CONGRESSIONAL
FREE FRANKS FROM VIRGINIA
* 432
John Young Mason, Rep. from Virginia,
Fayette McMullen, Rep. from Virgina,
John Robertson, Rep. from Virginia,
Peterson Goodwyn, Rep. from Virginia,
John B. Clopton, Rep. from Virginia,
A LOT OF FREE FRANKED
ADDRESS LEAVES
* 437
Charles Durkee. Representative and Senator from Wisconsin.
William Biddle Shepard. Representative
from North Carolina.
FREE FRANKED ADDRESS LEAF
SIGNED BY CONFEDERATE
GENERAL HENRY WISE
* 440
HENRY A. WISE (1806 - 1876). Confederate Brigadier General. Free Franked address leaf. Addressed to “J. H. Hedges, Esq.,
City of Phila.”. Very Fine.
$100 - up
The Mason cover is a front panel only,
Goodwin is split. Others Fine.
$125 - up
A PAIR OF NATHANIEL MACON
FREE FRANKED COVERS
* 445
NATHANIEL MACON (1758-1837).
Macon was a Revolutionary War soldier,
Speaker of the House and Senator from
North Carolina. Two free franked address
leafs. Both addressed to Roderick Bigelow.
One has been silked. Both have some browning.
$100 - up
Johnathan Jennings. Delegate from the Territory of Indiana and Representative from
Indiana.
LOT OF FOUR CONGRESSIONAL
FREE FRANKS
* 433
James Jones, Rep. from Georgia,
Wilson Lumpkin, Rep. and Senator from
Georgia,
Thomas Corwin, Rep. and Senator from
Ohio,
James Rogers, Rep. from South Carolina,
Edmond Deberry. Representative from
North Carolina.
Some light age spots on the Lumpkin, Otherwise All fine or better.
$150 - up
Robert Henry Goldsborough. Great-grandfather of Winder Laird Henry), Senator from
Maryland.
Micajah Thomas Hawkins (nephew of Benjamin Hawkins and Nathaniel Macon), Representative from North Carolina.
Tench Ringgold.
Edward Stanly (son of John Stanly), Representative from North Carolina.
LOT OF FOUR CONGRESSIONAL
FREE FRANKS
* 434
John Perkins, Jr., Rep. from Louisana,
John Grant Chapman, Rep. from Maryland,
Solomon Hillen, Jr., Rep. from Maryland,
Jonathan Williams, Rep. from Pennsylvania,
The Perkins is a Richmond war-date Confederate cover with 10 cents postage due.
All fine or better though the Chapman has
heavy folds.
$150 - up
A. O. Dayton. 4th Auditors Office.
All fine or better.
$250 - up
LOT OF FREE FRANKED
ENVELOPES
* 438
George McDuffie. Representative and
Senator from South Carolina.
Thomas A. Jenckes. Representative from
Rhode Island.
LOT OF FIVE FREE FRANKED
ADDRESS PANELS
* 435
Jehu Glancy Jones, Representative from
Pennsylvania. Zedekiah Kidwell, Representative from Virginia. John Kelly, Representative from New York. Jonathan
Dickinson Sergeant (father of John Sergeant) Delegate from New Jersey. George
Western Thompson, Representative from
Virginia in support of the Confederacy.
$200 - up
A LOT OF FOUR CONGRESSIONAL
FREE FRANKS ADDRESSED TO
DAVID CAMPBELL WHO SERVED AS
GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA
* 436
John Campbell
William B. Campell
John Campbell
F. McMullen
All Fine or better.
$100 - up
Charles Rollin Buckalew. Representative
and Senator from Pennsylvania.
OLIVER WOLCOTT JR. FREE
FRANK
* 441
OLIVER WOLCOTT, JR. (1760-1833).
Secretary of the Treasury under Washington and Adams; Governor of Connecticut.
Son of a Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Oliver Jr. served the treasury
Department faithfully and superbly under
Alexander Hamilton, and was instrumental
in developing a plan for the establishment
of branches of the Bank of the United States
(founded 1791). Free Franked address leaf.
Addressed in a secretarial hand and signed
as Treasury Secretary “Free, Oliv. Wolcott,
Jr.”. A fresh example.
$125 - up
LOT OF 5 CONGRESSIONAL &
SENATORIAL FREE FRANKS
* 442
Free Franks
Alexander
George McDuffie
John H. Fulton
Oliver H. Dockery
Lymann Trmbull ...
All Fine or Better.
$100 - up
Patrick Calhoun Caldwell. Representative
from South Carolina.
Armistead Burt. Representative from South
Carolina.
All fine or better.
$150 - up
MILITARY AUTOGRAPHS ON A
LOT OF 7 COVERS TO MRS.
ROBERT L EICHELBERGER
* 439
H.L. Earnest: 3rd Army WWII B/G Take
destroyer Comm.
F.L. White: Lt. (JG) VSS West VA/ at Pearl
Harbor December 7, 1941
Joseph Longuevan: WWI Hero
Emory s. Adams: Maj. General WWII
Frank Partridge: Maj. General WWII
Rex E. Chandler: Brig. General WWII
J.B. Crawford: Brig General WWII
All Fine or Better.
$150 - up
LOT OF 4 CONGRESSIONAL
FREE FRANKS
* 443
Isaac Fletcher (VT)
A. Lawrence Foster (NY)
Samuel Stokely (OH)
Hiram P. Hunt (NY)
All are only front panel
All Fine or Better.
$100 - up
LOT OF 5 CONGRESSIONAL
FREE FRANKS
* 444
George R. Gilmer (GA) pre war
John Clopton (VA) prewar
James Hamilton Jr. (SC) pre war
James M. Belle (OH)
Lewis Williams (NC)
All Fine or better.
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$100 - up
LOT OF 5 CONGRESSIONAL FREE
FRANK PANELS
* 446
Thomas. B. Osborne (1798 - 1869). Connecticut.
Philip. Triplett (1799 - 1852). Kentucky.
J. Russell
Joseph L. White. (d. 1861). Indiana.
William B. Campbell. (1807 1867). Tennessee.
All are the front address panels franked. Fine.
$100 - up
PAIR OF CONGRESSIONAL FREE
FRANKED ADDRESS LEAFS
* 447
William B. Campbell. (1807 1867). Tennessee.
Balie Peyton (1803 - 1878). Tennessee.
Some light browning in a couple of places
on the Peytone. The Campbell is excellent.
$50 - up
COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE FREE
FRANK
* 448
Comptroller’s Office. Addressed to Francis
Page, Esquire. Collector, York Town, Virginia.
$50 - up
SENATE FREE FRANK
* 449
William A. Crabb, Senate. Addressed to J.
M. Bell, Esq., Hungtington, Pennsylvania.
Fine.
$40 - up
OSCAR BERGER SKETCHES
and continued to hold the post under President Lyndon B. Johnson. He supported
economic aid to underdeveloped nations,
low tariffs to encourage world trade, and
the 1963 nuclear test ban treaty with the
Soviet Union.
$125 - up
OSCAR BERGER SKETCH OF FIORELLO LAGUARDIA SIGNED BY
THE LEGENDARY NEW YORK MAYOR
* 450
FIORELLO LAGUARDIA (1882 – 1947). Mayor of New York. Superb signed
sketch of Laguardia at City Hall in New York by famed artist Oscar Berger. The
pencil sketch depicts Laguardia seated at his desk. A tape stain at extreme upper
margin which would matte out. Otherwise, Excellent.
$200 - up
A FINE OSCAR BERGER DRAWING SIGNED BY JUSTICE FELIX
FRANKFURTER
* 451
FELIX FRANKFURTER (1882 – 1965). Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
A fine portrait of Frankfurter facing left drawn by Oscar Berger. Nicely signed by
Frankfurter. From Berger’s personal archive. All accomplished in pencil In excellent condition.
$450 – up
A FINE OSCAR BERGER SKETCH
OF SOVIET LEADER NIKITA
KRUSHCHEV
* 452
(NIKITA KRUSCHCHEV). A fine portrait sketch of the Soviet Premier facing
right. Drawn from life by Oscar Berger. In
excellent condition.
$125 - up
DEAN RUSK
* 453
Eye appealing signed caricature of Dean
Rusk drawn from life by world famous
Czechoslovakian caricaturist Oscar
Berger. DS. 1pp. Washington D.C. n.d. 9”
x 12”. Rusk, Dean, 1909-94, U.S. secretary
of state, b. Cherokee co., Ga. After teaching
and serving in World War II, he entered the
Dept. of State. In 1950 he became assistant
secretary of state for Far Eastern Affairs and
played a major role in the U.S. decision to
take military action in the Korean War. After serving as president of the Rockefeller
Foundation, Rusk became secretary of state
in President John F. Kennedy’s cabinet
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SIR JULIAN HUXLEY
* 454
A nice signed caricature of Julian Huxley
drawn from life by world famous Czechoslovakian caricaturist Oscar Berger. DS.
1pp. n.p. n.d. 10” x 13 ½”. Huxley, Sir Julian
Sorell (1887-1975), was British biologist
and author, who achieved renown both as a
scientist and for his ability to make scientific concepts clear to the public through
his writings.
$150 - up
LYNDEN O. PINDLING
* 455
A fabulous signed caricature of Lynden O.
Pindling drawn from life by world famous
Czechoslovakian caricaturist Oscar Berger.
DS. 1pp. n.p. n.d. 9 ½” x 13”. Pindling, Sir
Lynden Oscar, 1930-, prime minister of the
Bahamas. As leader of the Progressive Liberal party, he represented the large black
lieved that the nation had strayed from its
traditional values. Many saw Reagan as a
personal and ideological symbol of these
values. Having never held public office,
Reagan became governor of California, the
most populous state, in 1967, and almost
immediately thereafter was a serious candidate for the presidency.
$400 - up
majority in the Bahamas and became the
country’s first black prime minister when
his party won a close, but surprising, victory; in elections the next year his party
won by a solid majority, and its position in
power was subsequently reaffirmed. As
Prime Minister, he emphasized public aid
to education and the continued attraction
of foreign investment and tourism. He led
his country to independence within the
Commonwealth of Nations in 1973. Despite
investigations into possible links between
Pindling and the drug trade, he remained
popular for many years. He was knighted in
1983.
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DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN
* 457
A framable signed caricature of Daniel
Patrick Moynihan drawn from life by world
famous Czechoslovakian caricaturist Oscar
Berger. DS. 1pp. n.p. n.d. 8 ½” x 10 ¾”.
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick (1927- ), Democratic member of the United States Senate
from New York (1977-2001). He served as
assistant secretary of labor under presidents
John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) and Lyndon
B. Johnson (1963-1969) and as an urban
affairs specialist under President Richard
M. Nixon (1969-1974).
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ANWAR SADAT
* 456
A superb unsigned caricature of Anwar
Sadat drawn from life by world famous
Czechoslovakian caricaturist Oscar Berger.
Sadat, Anwar al-, 1918-81, Egyptian political leader and president. He entered
Abbasia Military Academy, where he became friendly with Gamal Abdal Nasser and
other fellow cadets committed to Egyptian
nationalism. A German agent during World
War II, he was imprisoned by the British
but escaped after two years in jail. He was
again jailed for participating in terrorist acts
against pro-British Egyptian officials. Sadat
took part in the bloodless coup that deposed King Farouk. Between 1952 and
1968, he held a variety of government positions, including director of army public relations; secretary-general of the National
Union, Egypt’s only political party; and
president of the national assembly. In 1969
he was chosen to be Nasser’s vice president, and after Nasser’s death, he succeeded
to the presidency. Less charismatic than his
predecessor, Sadat was nevertheless able
to establish himself as Egypt’s strongman
and a leader of the Arab world. He assumed
the premiership in 1973 and in October of
that same year led Egypt into war with Israel. He became an Arab hero when Egyptian troops recaptured a small part of the
Sinai Peninsula, taken by the Israelis in
1967. A pragmatist, Sadat indicated his
willingness to consider a negotiated settlement with Israel and shared the 1978 Nobel
Peace Prize with Menachim Begin as a result of the Camp David Accords. He was
assassinated by Muslim extremists, who
were opposed to his peace initiative with
Israel.
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KING PAUL I OF GREECE
SLAIN JEWISH LEADER YITZHAK
RABIN
* 459
A scarce unsigned caricature of Yitzhak
Rabin drawn from life by world famous
Czechoslovakian caricaturist Oscar Berger.
1pp. n.p. n.d. Sketch 8 ½”x 11 ¾”. Board 9
½”x 12 ½”. 1922-95, Israeli general and
statesman, b. Jerusalem, the first native-born
prime minister of Israel (1974-77, 1992-95).
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* 461
A choice left facing portrait of the monarch.
PAUL I. (1901 - 1964). King of Greece from
1947 - 1964, succeeding to the throne during a Civil War with the Communists. While
on the throne, Paul worked for reform and
the development of Greece as a democracy.
Drawn from life by Oscar Berger. Boldly
signed in pen at the lower left. In excellent
condition.
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RONALD REAGAN
* 458
An interesting unsigned caricature of
Ronald Reagan drawn from life by world
famous Czechoslovakian caricaturist Oscar
Berger. DS. 1pp. n.p. 1984. 8” x 10”.
Reagan, Ronald W(ilson) (1911- ), 40th
president of the United States (1981-1989),
who implemented policies that reversed
trends toward greater government involvement in economic and social regulation. He
also brought in a new style of presidential
leadership, downgrading the role of the
president as an administrator and increasing the importance of communication via
national news media. He was the oldest
person ever to serve as president. Reagan
first became famous as an actor in Hollywood motion pictures and a television
host. His emergence as a political figure was
based on his personal charm and his identification with conservative groups who be-
LADY BIRD JOHNSON
MORAJI DESAI – PRIME MINISTER
OF INDIA
* 460
A nice sketch from life of the Prime Minister
of India by Oscar Berger. 8” x 10”. Berger
sketched Desai in a three quarter bust pose
looking straight ahead in pencil and finalized the artwork with ink. Boldly signed in
blue pen “Morarji Desai 9/6/78.” Highly
unusual. In Excellent condition. $250 - up
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* 462
A unique unsigned caricature of Lady Bird
Johnson drawn from life by world famous
Czechoslovakian caricaturist Oscar Berger.
1pp. n.p. n.d. 7 ¾” x 11”. Johnson, Lady
Bird, 1912–, b. Karnack, Tex., originally
named Claudia Alta Taylor. She married
(1934) Lyndon B. Johnson and played an
active role in his political career. As first
lady (1963–69) she sponsored environmental causes and national beautification
projects. A successful businesswoman, she
bought (1943) a debt-ridden radio station
in Austin, Tex., and built it into a multimillion dollar broadcasting company. She also
owns and manages extensive ranching lands
in Texas. She is the author of A White House
Diary (1970). Extremely fine. $300 - up
MELVIN R. LAIRD
“THE FATHER OF AMERICAN
TELEVISION” DAVID SARNOFF
* 463
A most interesting signed caricature of
David Sarnoff drawn from life by world famous Czechoslovakian caricaturist Oscar
Berger. DS. 1pp. n.p. n.d. Sarnoff, David,
(1891–1971), American pioneer in radio
and television, b. Russia. Emigrating to the
United States in 1900, he worked for the
Marconi Wireless Company, winning recognition as the narrator of the news of the
Titanic disaster (1912). In 1915, he proposed a “radio music box” that led to radio
broadcasting as it is known today. The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) absorbed
the Marconi firm in 1921, and Sarnoff became general manager. As president (after
1930) and eventually chief executive officer
(1947–66) and chairman of the board (1947–
70) of RCA, he helped develop black-andwhite and compatible color television. In
1944, the Television Broadcaster’s Association gave Sarnoff the title “Father of
American Television.” He served Dwight
D. Eisenhower in World War II as adviser
on communications. Active in public affairs,
he was often a spokesman for the broadcasting industry. A superb example. $400 - up
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ure in the merger of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the CIO, and he led
the fight to expel the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from the AFL-CIO. Appointed U.S. Secretary of Labor in 1961, he
was credited with settling several serious
labor disputes. In 1962 he was appointed
by President Kennedy to the Supreme Court,
where he was one of its more liberal members. He resigned when President Lyndon
B. Johnson appointed him U.S. representative to the United Nations; he held that post
until 1968. In 1970, he was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for governor of
New York state.
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* 464
A superb unsigned caricature of Melvin R.
Laird drawn from life by world famous
Czechoslovakian caricaturist Oscar Berger.
DS. 1pp. Washington D.C. n.d. 8 ½” x 12
½”. Laird, Melvin Robert, 1922-, American
politician, U.S. Secretary of Defense, b.
Omaha, Nebr. After serving in the navy
during World War II, he entered politics as
a Republican and was a state senator in
Wisconsin. As a member of the U.S. House
of Representatives, he served on the appropriations committee where he actively supported a large military budget and a strong
nuclear defense posture. He became Secretary of Defense in President Nixon’s cabinet and presided over the shift from a conscripted to an all-volunteer army. He supported the invasion of Cambodia and approved the strategy of bombing North Vietnam to force a peace settlement. After his
resignation as secretary, he served briefly
as counsellor to the President for domestic
affairs.
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ARTHUR GOLDBERG
* 466
A superb unsigned caricature of Arthur
Goldberg drawn from life by world famous
Czechoslovakian caricaturist Oscar Berger.
DS. 1pp. New York. n.d. 9 ½” x 13 ½”.
Goldberg, Arthur, 1908-90, American labor lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of
the U.S. Supreme Court. A corporation lawyer, he became a labor specialist after representing the Chicago newspaper guild in a
strike against the Hearst papers. In World
War II he served in the Office of Strategic
Services as contact man with the European
underground labor movement. In 1948 he
was appointed by Philip Murray to be general counsel of the Congress of Industrial
Organizations (CIO) and the United Steelworkers Union. Goldberg was a central fig-
WILLIAM AVERELL HARRIMAN
* 465
A superb unsigned caricature of William
Averell Harriman drawn from life by world
famous Czechoslovakian caricaturist Oscar
Berger. DS. 1pp. n.p. n.d. 9” x 12 ½”.
Harriman, William Averell, 1891-1986,
American public official. Expanding his
railroad inheritance, W. Averell Harriman
became a banker and shipbuilder and later
board chairman of the Union Pacific. He was
administrative officer of the NRA and an
official in the Dept. of Commerce, then became chief overseas administrator of lendlease. He was ambassador to the USSR and
to Great Britain. After serving as Secretary
of Commerce, he was appointed U.S. representative abroad for the European Recovery Program and later, director of the Mutual Security Agency. He was elected governor of New York and was an unsuccessful
candidate for the Democratic presidential
nomination in 1956. Defeated for reelection
in 1958 by Nelson A. Rockefeller, he became President John F. Kennedy’s special
roving ambassador. He was Undersecretary
of State for Political Affairs and ambassador-at-large for President Lyndon B.
Johnson. In 1968, when the Paris peace
talks on Vietnam opened, he was chief U.S.
negotiator.
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JOHN CONNALLY
* 468
A fabulous unsigned caricature of John
Connally drawn from life by world famous
Czechoslovakian caricaturist Oscar Berger.
DS. 1pp. n.p. n.d. 8 ½” x 12”. John Connally,
President Johnson’s long-time friend and
political protégé, won the 1962 election
KING HUSSEIN OF JORDAN
* 467
A rare signed caricature of King Hussein I of Jordan drawn from life by world
famous Czechoslovakian caricaturist Oscar Berger. DS. Hussein I , 1935–99,
king of Jordan; educated in England at Harrow and Sandhurst. He ascended the
throne (1953) after his grandfather Abdullah had been killed (1951) by a Palestinian extremist and after his father was declared (1952) mentally unfit to serve as
king. The target of more than a dozen assassination attempts, Hussein generally
espoused a moderate pro-Western policy that brought him into conflict with
leftist leaders in other Arab countries, as well as with Palestinians in Jordan. An
extraordinary piece.
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for governor. He was more cautious about
government-sponsored social change than
the president, but went along with the civil
rights legislation. He was the state’s most
forward-looking governor in economic
terms. Connally worked to expand the community-college system, upgrade the university system (in particular the University of
Texas and Texas A&M University), increase
pay for teachers, and institute other measures to support scientific and specialized
training. Connally spent most of his energy
attempting to create a business climate that
would bring new industry into the state.
dained a priest in 1899, he entered the
Vatican’s secretariat of state. He became
undersecretary of state and, after becoming
a bishop, was appointed nuncio to Bavaria.
He stayed in Germany until 1929 and concluded concordats with Bavaria. He negotiated the concordat with Nazi Germany in
1933. Lady Gladstone served as Prime
Minister four times. In his first ministry the
Church of Ireland was disestablished to free
Roman Catholics from the necessity of paying tithes to support the Anglican Church,
and an Irish land act was passed to protect
the peasantry. Dr. Gustav Stresemann
(1878-1929), German statesman. A founder
and director of the Association of Saxon
Industrialists, Stresemann entered the
Reichstag in 1907 as a deputy of the National Liberal party and represented the
interests of big business. During WW I, he
supported the monarchy and an annexationist policy, but after the proclamation of a
German republic in 1918 he founded the
conservative German’s People’s party and
turned to a conciliatory policy in harmony
with the weak position of his country.
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POPE JOHN PAUL II
* 472
A nice unsigned caricature of Pope John Paul II drawn from life by world famous
Czechoslovakian caricaturist Oscar Berger. DS. 1pp. n.p. n.d. 9 ½” x 12 ½”. John
Paul II (1920- ), pope (1978- ), the first non-Italian pope since 1523, whose
energetic approach to his office, unprecedented world travel, and firm religious
conservatism have enhanced the influence of the papacy in both the Roman Catholic Church and the non-Catholic world. During World War II (1939-1945) he
worked in a stone quarry and in a chemical factory while preparing for the priesthood. Ordained in 1946, he earned a Ph.D. degree at Rome’s Angelicum Institute
and a doctorate in theology at the Catholic University of Lublin. Until he became
auxiliary bishop of Kraków in 1958, he was a university chaplain and taught
ethics at Kraków and Lublin. His philosophical approach, which integrated the
methods and insights of phenomenology with Thomistic philosophy, owed much
to 20th-century German thinker Max Scheler.
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POPE PAUL VI
* 469
An impressive unsigned caricature of Pope
Paul VI as he delivers mass for peace at Yankee Stadium in New york. Drawn from life
by world famous Czechoslovakian caricaturist Oscar Berger. DS. 1pp. n.p. n.d. 13”
x 9 ½”. Pope Paul VI, (1897–1978), pope
(1963–78), an Italian (b. Concesio, near
Brescia) named Giovanni Battista Montini;
successor of John XXIII. A splendid example
of Berger’s work.
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PAPAL NUNCIO PACELLI, LADY
GLADSTONE, AND DR. GUSTAV
STRESEMANN
* 470
An attractive unsigned caricature of Papal
Nuncio Pacelli, Lady Gladstone, and Dr.
Gustav Stresemann drawn from life by world
famous Czechoslovakian caricaturist Oscar
Berger. 1pp. n.p. n.d. 10” x 8”. Papal Nuncio Pacelli (1876-1958), pope, and Italian
born in Rome; successor of Pius XI. Or
ABBA EBAN
* 471
An interesting unsigned caricature of
Abba Eban drawn from life by world famous Czechoslovakian caricaturist Oscar
Berger. DS. 1pp. n.p. n.d. 8” x 12 ½”. Eban,
Abba, 1915-, Israeli statesman, b. Cape
Town, South Africa. He was educated at
Cambridge Univ., where he became a lecturer in Oriental literature. During World
War II he rose to the rank of major in the
British army. In the years preceding Israel’s
independence, Eban was chief instructor
at the Middle Eastern Center for Arab Studies in Jerusalem and worked at the Jewish
Agency for Palestine before commencing
his diplomatic career as liaison officer to
the UN Special Committee on Palestine.
In 1948 he became Israel’s UN representative and served concurrently as ambassador to the United States from 1950 until
his election to the Knesset in 1959. He
held various cabinet positions before becoming foreign minister in 1966-74. In that
office he strove for closer ties with the
United States and Western Europe.
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KING IBN SAUD OF SAUDI ARABIA
* 473
A wonderful unsigned caricature of Ibn Saud drawn from life by world famous
Czechoslovakian caricaturist Oscar Berger. Ibn Saud, Abdul Aziz (1880’s-1953),
king of Saudi Arabia. A grandson of Faisal, sultan of Najd in central Arabia, Ibn
Saud was leader of the Wahhabis, a fundamentalist Muslim sect. In the early 1900s
Ibn Saud regained control of Najd, which had been lost by his father. During
World War I, the British supported his chief rival, Husein ibn Ali, the political
and religious leader of Arabia’s Al Hijaz region, when Husein proclaimed himself king of all the Arab countries. The proclamation provoked Ibn Saud into
invading Al Hijaz in 1919. Husein was forced to abdicate in 1924; his son and
successor, Ali ibn Husein, was deposed in 1925. The following year Ibn Saud
was proclaimed king of Al Hijaz, and in 1927 he changed his title to King of Al
Hijaz and of Najd and Its Dependencies. In 1932 he renamed his lands the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. By 1936 he concluded a series of treaties with the neighboring Arab countries. The treaties led to the formation in 1945 of the Arab League,
of which Ibn Saud was a founder. By leasing oil concessions in Saudi Arabia to
British and American businessmen, the king became one of the richest men in the
world. He was succeeded by his son Saud.
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