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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM CONFEDERATE CONGRESSMAN CHILTON AT RICHMOND, TO ALABAMA GOVERNOR...

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM CONFEDERATE CONGRESSMAN CHILTON AT RICHMOND, TO ALABAMA GOVERNOR JOHN GILL SHORTER, 20 SEPTEMBER 1862, ON PROGRESS AND TACTICS OF THE WAR, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, AND POLITICAL MATTERS.

Richmond: 1862. Ink manuscript on ruled paper, 5-3/8" x 8-1/8." 8pp, each page filled with Chilton's letter. Old vertical fold with light wear, Very Good. A Whig, Chilton was a Talladega lawyer and former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. Like many Southern Whigs, he opposed secession but, as..... More

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GROUP OF THREE LOYALTY OATHS SIGNED BY FORMER CONFEDERATES. [1] WHEREAS, ANDREW JOHNSON,...

GROUP OF THREE LOYALTY OATHS SIGNED BY FORMER CONFEDERATES. [1] WHEREAS, ANDREW JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, DID, ON THE 7TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A.D., 1867, ISSUE A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING FULL PARDON TO CERTAIN PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE LATE REBELLION, CONDITIONED UPON TAKING AND SUBSCRIBING A CERTAIN OATH THEREIN SET FORTH AND HERETO ATTACHED AND HEREIN INSERTED...'I THOMAS K. DAVIS DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, [OR AFFIRM,] ..." [At head: Printed and Sold by R.A. Waters, Penn. Ave. Cor. 13th Street. With a postal stamp and Washington DC cancel]. [2] "AMNESTY OATH. I, ARTHUR MCMURTRY, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR IN THE PRESENCE OF ALMIGHTY GOD THAT I WILL HEREAFTER FAITHFULLY DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNION OF STATES THEREUNDER; AND THAT I WILL IN LIKE MANNER ABIDE BY AND SUPPORT ALL LAWS AND PROCLAMATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE DURING THE EXISTING REBELLION WITH REFERENCE TO THE EMANCIPATION OF SLAVERY; SO HELP ME GOD. SWORN AND SUBSCRIBED TO BEFORE ME THIS 5 DAY OF JULY, 1865, AT GALVESTON, TEXAS." SIGNED BY ARTHUR MCMURTRY AND WITNESSED BY H. BEARD, CAPT. AND PRO. MARSHAL.; [3] "OFFICE OF PROVOST MARSHAL, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LA. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, JANUARY 30, 1864. I, EDWARD COUSINARD| EAST BATON ROUGE, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR IN PRESENCE OF ALMIGHTY GOD..." WITNESSED BY DON A. PARDEE, LT. COL. 42ND OHIO VOL. INF'Y & PROVOST MARSHAL AND R.O. WARREN, CLK.

Partly printed documents, completed in manuscript, varying sizes, measuring in the range of 7-7.5" x 9-9.75". Matted and mounted behind glass in a 17" x 34" gilt decorative frame. Very Good. Former Confederates were required to sign oaths of loyalty before regaining citizenship and voting rights. The language of these..... More

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MANUSCRIPT CIRCULAR, "HEAD QUARTERS 5TH BRIGADE | DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF | CAMP WILLIAMS AUGT 29,...

MANUSCRIPT CIRCULAR, "HEAD QUARTERS 5TH BRIGADE | DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF | CAMP WILLIAMS AUGT 29, 1862. | CIRCULAR | IN FUTURE NO CONTRABANDS WILL BE DETAILED FOR SERVICE IN ANY REGIMENT OR CORPS EXCEPT UPON AN ORDER COUNTERSIGNED BY THE GEN. COM. BRIGADE. "CONTRABANDS WILL BE DETAILED FOR SERVICE DURING ONE DAY ONLY, UNLESS SPECIFIED TO THE CONTRARY IN THE ORDER. "NO DETAIL WILL BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE NEGRO CAMP EXCEPT IN CHARGE OF A NON COMMISSIONED OFFICER FROM THE REGIMENTS OR CORPS REQUIRING THEIR SERVICES, WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR RETURN IN THE EVENING, ALSO FOR THE RETURN OF ANY AND ALL TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS. "ORDERS FOR CONTRABANDS WILL SPECIFY THE NUMBER AND KIND OF TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS REQUIRED WITH THE DETAIL, WHICH THE NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN CHARGE WILL RECEIVE OF ONE OF THE SERGEANTS IN CHARGE OF THE NEGRO CAMP, AND RETURN WITH THE DETAIL UPON THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERM OF CONTRABAND. "ALL REGIMENT OR CORPS HAVING TOOLS OR IMPLEMENTS USED BY CONTRABANDS ARE REQUIRED TO TURN THEM OVER WITHOUT DELAY TO ONE OF THE OFFICERS AT THE NEGRO CAMP, TO BE ISSUED IN FUTURE UPON ORDERS, AND WITH CONTRABANDS. "REGIMENTS AND CORPS HAVING CONTRABANDS IN THEIR CAMP WITHOUT AN ORDER ARE REQUIRED TO SEND THEM WITHOUT DELAY TO THE NEGRO CAMP, EXCEPT THOSE EMPLOYED OFFICER SERVANTS. "BY ORDER OF N.A.M. DUDLEY ACTG BRIG GENL | C.A.R. DIMON LT. & A.A.A.G"

Camp Williams Near New Orleans: 1862. Folded folio leaf, written in elegant ink manuscript on recto and verso of first leaf, docketed on final blank ["Capt. Mannings | Mannings Battery," and "copied" written in a different hand]. Old folds, Near Fine. More

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ELEVEN VOLUMES, CONTAINING EIGHTEEN SESSIONS OF THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE DURING ITS POST-CIVIL...

ELEVEN VOLUMES, CONTAINING EIGHTEEN SESSIONS OF THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE DURING ITS POST-CIVIL WAR RECONSTRUCTION AND THE DECADE AFTER RECONSTRUCTION; THE DIGEST OF FLORIDA LAW AS OF 1872, WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF 1868; AND THE CONSTITUTION OF 1885.

Tallahassee: 1868-1889. Eleven volumes, library cloth binding, gilt-lettered red morocco spine labels. Old library rubberstamps and bookplates, else Very Good. The volumes are a complete picture of Florida's legislative responses to Reconstruction and the decade after the end of Reconstruction. a] FIRST SESSION, 1868. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED..... More

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HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH. PORT ROYAL, S.C., JUNE 29, 1863. Thomas Wentworth Higginson

HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH. PORT ROYAL, S.C., JUNE 29, 1863.

Port Royal: 1863. Manuscript letter, in ink, on printed letterhead of the Department of the South, from Colonel Jno. W. Turner advising Colonel W.W.H. Davis, commanding U.S. Forces at Beaufort, that Colonel Higginson's proposal has been approved: Higginson, with his First South Carolina Colored Troops, is to occupy James Island..... More

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CALL FOR A CONVENTION. | THE PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETTS WHO ARE OPPOSED TO THE EXTENSION OF SLAVERY,...

CALL FOR A CONVENTION. | THE PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETTS WHO ARE OPPOSED TO THE EXTENSION OF SLAVERY, ARE REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE IN PUBLIC PRIMARY MEETINGS IN THEIR SEVERAL TOWNS AND CITIES, AND ELECT DELEGATES...TO MEET AT WORCESTER ON THURSDAY, THE TWENTIETH OF SEPTEMBER, FOR THE NOMINATION OF STATE OFFICERS. | PLEASE INFORM JOHN M. CLARK, BOSTON, BY RETURN OF MAIL, WHETHER YOU WILL ALLOW YOUR NAME TO BE AFFIXED TO THE ABOVE CALL?

[Boston? 1855]. Single sheet, folded to 5" x 7-3/4", on pale blue paper, printed on the first page only. Short closed tear repaired expertly on blank verso [no loss] of page [1], remnant of old matting on final blank. Very Good. This rare announcement records the beginnings of the Republican..... More

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THE HISTORY AND DEBATES OF THE CONVENTION OF THE PEOPLE OF ALABAMA, BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY, 1861; IN WHICH IS PRESERVED THE SPEECHES OF THE SECRET SESSIONS, AND MANY VALUABLE STATE PAPERS. BY...ONE OF THE DELEGATES FROM TUSCALOOSA.

[Atlanta: Printed for the Author, by Wood, Hanleiter, Rice & Co.], 1861. viii, [9]-336, 339-464, [2 blanks], xii [Index] pp. As issued [the text is continuous]. Modern brown cloth, with gilt-letttered spine title, original endpapers retained. Uniformly browned, scattered spotting. Good+. With the bookplate of "Charles R. Sanders, Jr. of..... More

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