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[Ely, Alfred]:

"HEADQUARTERS DEPT OF HENRICO | RICHMOND VA. DEC. 24TH 1861 | GENERAL B. HUGER | SIR, | MR. ALFRED ELY LEAVES IN THE MORNING FOR NORFOLK ON HIS WAY TO FORT MONROE, HE HAVING BEEN EXCHANGED UNCONDITIONALLY FOR MR. FAULKNER. "I AM DIRECTED BY THE SECRETARY OF WAR TO SEND BY THE WAY OF NORFOLK. | RESPECTFULLY | YOUR OBT. SERVT. | JOHN H. WINDER | BRIG. GENL."

Manuscript letter, entirely in neat ink handwriting, probably that of General Winder's son and adjutant, Captain Sidney Winder. Blue lined paper, folded to [4] pp. Letter on first page, interior pages blank, docketed on page [4]. Small closed tear expertly repaired in blank portion of final leaf. Very Good... More

Price: $450.00

Barrett, Joseph H.:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM THE WASHINGTON D.C. PENSION OFFICE, 24 DECEMBER 1861, TO HIS FRIEND GEORGE K. BARTHOLOMEW OF CINCINNATI OHIO, DEMONSTRATING IN DETAIL THE FAILURE OF GEORGE McCLELLAN'S GENERALSHIP.

Washington DC: 1861. Single sheet, folded to [4] pp bifolium, each page 6-3/8" x 8-1/8." Neat ink manuscript on first three pages. Last page blank. Very Good plus. With the canceled postal envelope, in Gothic type "Official" in upper left corner and "Pension Office" in upper right corner above Barrett's..... More

Price: $1,250.00

[Connecticut Real Estate and Banking Ledger]:

FOLIO MANUSCRIPT LEDGER RECORDING HUNDREDS OF REAL ESTATE AND OTHER BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS IN NEW HAVEN AND VICINITY, 1871-1874, 1883-1888, PENNED IN A VARIETY OF HANDS.

197, 28 pp, followed by empty leaves. Bound in original calf [slightly warped], raised spine bands. The ledger made by "A.C. Raymond, Bookseller, Stationer, and Blank Book Manufacturer, No. 203 Chapel Street, New Haven." Text clean, Very Good. Hundreds of names are recorded in this ledger during a significant period..... More

Price: $350.00

King, Judge Porter:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, TO ALABAMA GOVERNOR THOMAS WATTS, FROM MARION ALABAMA, 18 JANUARY 1864, REQUESTING AN EXEMPTION FROM MILITARY SERVICE FOR JESSE B. LOVELACE ON THE GROUND OF HIS ILLNESS.

Folded bifolium, [4]pp on lined paper. Signed at the end, Porter King. Page [3] is blank, docketed on page [4]. Very Good. "Judge King was born April 30, 1824, in Perry County, Alabama, and was the son of a wealthy Alabama plantation owner. After attending the University of Alabama and..... More

Price: $350.00

[Alabama in the Civil War]:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, TO GOVERNOR SHORTER OF ALABAMA, REQUESTING A SUSPENSION OF MILITIA DRILLS "AT LEAST DURING THE SEASON FOR MAKING THE CROP."

Jacksonville, Ala. April 11, 1862. 4pp, bifolium, folded to 7-3/4" x 10." Written in neat ink manuscript on pale blue, lined paper. Very Good. Docketed on last page. Old folds for filing, Very Good. The letter, indicating the hardships created by the War, is signed G.C. Ellis, who was a...... More

Price: $175.00

[Perry County, Alabama]:

PETITION FROM CITIZENS OF PERRY COUNTY, 1 DECEMBER 1864, SEEKING THE RELEASE OF MICAJ BENNETT FROM THE ARMY ON THE GROUNDS THAT HE "IS NEARLY FIFTY YEARS OF AGE AND HIS FOURTH SON ALREADY IN THE CONFEDERATE SERVICE. THIS AND HIS OWN ABSENCE FROM HOME LEAVES HIS FAMILY IN A CONDITION WITH NO ONE TO MANAGE, CONTROL OR SUPERINTEND THEIR BUSINESS."

Perry County, Alabama: 1864. [4]pp, bifolium. Old folds, repaired closed tear at a fold [no loss]. Light wear. Good+. The petition, written in neat ink manuscript, is addressed to General Withers and Colonel Brooks. It is signed in ink at the bottom of page [2] by fourteen Perry County..... More

Price: $500.00

Shannon, Richard Cutts:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM CAPTAIN AND AAG R.C. SHANNON, TO GENERAL THOMAS H. RUGER, SOLICITING HIS RECOMMENDATION FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO THE ORDINANCE BOARD, ADVISING OF THE DEPLOYMENT OF TROOPS, AND INFORMING HIM OF THE PROGRESS IN ORGANIZING THE 20TH U.S.C.T.

Rikers Island, Draft Rendezvous, New York: 30 December 1863. [4] pp, bifolium, written in neat ink manuscript on recto and verso of first leaf only. Two unused 3 cent postage stamps [portrait of G. Washington] in upper blank corner of first page. Fine. The Letter is to General Ruger, although..... More

Price: $450.00

[Confederate States of America]:

ABSTRACT OF JOURNAL OF EXECUTIVE SESSION OF THE CONGRESS, C.S.A. FEBRUARY 27, 1861. THE CONGRESS BEING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION MR. RHETT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MADE THE FOLLOWING REPORT.

[Montgomery, Alabama: 1861]. Autograph document, entirely in ink manuscript, in the hand of Alex. B. Clitherall, Assistant, and signed "J.J. Harper, Secretary per Alex B. Clitherall Asst." Letter written by Clitherall, an Alabama lawyer and assistant to Burton Harrison, Jefferson Davis's private secretary. Written on the recto of first leaf;..... More

Price: $1,250.00

McLean, Nathaniel:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM UNION GENERAL McLEAN TO HIS WIFE WHILE IN THE FIELD ON SHERMAN'S MARCH THROUGH THE CAROLINAS, 27 MARCH 1865, DISCUSSING THE GRIM FUTURE OF LEE'S ARMY.

Headquarters, 2nd Division, 23d A.C. Camp near Moseley Hall, NC: 27 March 1865. 4pp bifolium, each page 5" x 8." Entirely in ink manuscript, signed "McLean." Very Good. With accompanying postal envelope addressed to Mrs. McLean in Glendale Ohio [postage stamp removed]. Ohio General Nathaniel McLean was the son of..... More

Price: $875.00

[Lucinda, A Slave]:

SALE OF SLAVE LUCINDA JANE, PARISH OF DE SOTO, LOUISIANA, 26 DECEMBER 1853, "NEGRO SLAVE WOMAN AGED FORTY-FIVE YEARS OF DARK COMPLEXION AND A SLAVE FOR LIFE," FOR $350.

De Soto Parish, Louisiana: 26 December 1853. Folio sheet, folded to 8" x 12-1/2." [4] pp bifolium. Entirely in neat ink manuscript, written on recto and verso of first leaf and docketed on page [4]: "Caleb Pate to Spencer Adams Sale of Negro Slave." Old folds, Very Good. Caleb Pate..... More

Price: $850.00

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO HIS FATHER, BY CONFEDERATE LIEUTENANT M.R. HAILEY, 154TH TENNESSEE...

[Tennessee Confederate Officer's Autograph Letter]:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO HIS FATHER, BY CONFEDERATE LIEUTENANT M.R. HAILEY, 154TH TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS, EXPRESSING ANGER AND DISMAY THAT "OUR COMPANY HAS BEEN OVERRUN BY LINCOLNITES."

Decatur [Tennessee]: March 16, 1862. 4pp bifolium, each page 3-3/4" x 5-3/4." Entirely in ink manuscript, faded but legible. Good. M[adison] R. Hailey [1843-1862] was from McNairy County, where he joined Company I, 154th Tennessee Volunteers, in May 1861. He was the son of William Carrol Hailey [1822-1887], a farmer..... More

Price: $650.00

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1 JUNE 1847, FROM WASHINGTON, TO J. BLUNT, CONCERNING THE NECESSITY OF...

Crittenden, John J.:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1 JUNE 1847, FROM WASHINGTON, TO J. BLUNT, CONCERNING THE NECESSITY OF INCURRING FEDERAL DEBT, "BLUNDERING IN AS WE ARE WITH THIS MEXICAN WAR."

Single leaf, in neat ink manuscript on recto and half the verso. Signed, "JJ Crittenden." Very Good plus. Crittenden held nearly every office Kentucky could bestow upon him: State legislator, Governor, Congressman, U.S. Senator; he was also U.S. Attorney General in the Harrison, Tyler, and Fillmore Administrations. As an influential..... More

Price: $850.00

PAY VOUCHER OF GEORGE PATTERSON, CHAPLAIN OF THE CONFEDERATE 3D NORTH CAROLINA INFANTRY, 1 JUNE...

[Confederate Chaplain]:

PAY VOUCHER OF GEORGE PATTERSON, CHAPLAIN OF THE CONFEDERATE 3D NORTH CAROLINA INFANTRY, 1 JUNE 1863.

[np: 1863]. Single leaf, neatly written in ink columns on verso. Old horizontal folds, with expert repairs to two short closed fold tears. Very Good. Chaplain Patterson [1828-901] signs at the end, assuring that he has not been absent without leave, that he has not previously been paid for his..... More

Price: $375.00

A LIST OF PROPERTY SOLD MARCH 16TH 1826 FROM THE ESTATE OF NATHANIEL KERR, DECEASED, OF GUILFORD,...

[North Carolina Estate Sale, with Slave]:

A LIST OF PROPERTY SOLD MARCH 16TH 1826 FROM THE ESTATE OF NATHANIEL KERR, DECEASED, OF GUILFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE LABOR OF "BLACK BOY BOB."

[Guilford, NC: 1826]. Folio sheet, folded to [4] pp, each page 7-3/4" x 12-1/2." Entirely in ink manuscript, with columns listing purchaser, item purchased, and price. Toned, Very Good. Captain Hugh Wiley purchased "Black boy Bob hired for 12 months to be delivered when called for by his owner Wm..... More

Price: $350.00

PROMISSORY NOTE IN WHICH JOHN L. HAMILTON, S.W. WOOD, AND WM. A. ROBERTSON PROMISE TO PAY WILLIAM...

[Missouri Slave Hire]:

PROMISSORY NOTE IN WHICH JOHN L. HAMILTON, S.W. WOOD, AND WM. A. ROBERTSON PROMISE TO PAY WILLIAM ELLETH AS GUARDIAN OF THE NINE HEIRS OF ISAAC CROWDIN [?] THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN DOLLARS "FOR THE HIRE OF A NEGRO MAN WOMAN AND TWO CHILDREN." THEY AGREE TO PROVIDE THE SLAVES WITH BLANKETS "AND A SUFFICIENT QUANTITY OF GOOD NEW CLOTHING FOR THE YEAR." SIGNED AND DATED "AT UNION MO THIS 2ND DAY OF JANUARY AD 1843."

Union, Missouri: 1843. 7" x 7", single page. Completely in manuscript with several mathematical notations in blank bottom margin. Docketed on verso "Hamilton, Wood &c" and "Gilbert & Judy". Old folds, light tanning and wear. Very Good. John L. Hamilton [born c.1820] and William R. Robertson [born c.1800] were..... More

Price: $600.00

AT A MEETING OF THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY OF FENTRESS CALLED TOGETHER TO SELECT DELEGATES TO...

[Tennessee Radical Republicans]:

AT A MEETING OF THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY OF FENTRESS CALLED TOGETHER TO SELECT DELEGATES TO ATTEND A STATE CONVENTION...

Fentress County: [ca. 1870]. Single leaf, 7-1/2" x 12." Printed on recto only. Old horizontal folds, entirely in ink manuscript. Possibly incomplete. Except as noted, Very Good. Fentress County citizens-- from north central Tennessee-- meet to choose delegates to an upcoming State Convention and to "select candidates to represent..... More

Price: $450.00

LETTER SIGNED, AS SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TO JOSEPH WILSON, COLLECTOR OF MARBLEHEAD, 11 JUNE...

Gallatin, Albert:

LETTER SIGNED, AS SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TO JOSEPH WILSON, COLLECTOR OF MARBLEHEAD, 11 JUNE 1803, CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE OF SEA-LETTERS TO AMERICAN VESSELS.

[Washington DC]: Treasury Department, June 11, 1803. Single-page letter, in a secretarial hand, signed in ink by Gallatin, framed with an engraving of Gallatin. Letter measures 8" x 9-1/4." The frame, with engraving, measures 13-1/4" x 20," oblong. Near Fine. A polymath and visionary, Gallatin was a dedicated public servant..... More

Price: $1,250.00

MANUSCRIPT FAREWELL ORDER TO HIS TROOPS, SIGNED BY JAMES B. HAZELTON, COMMANDER OF BATTERY D, 1ST...

Hazelton, James B.:

MANUSCRIPT FAREWELL ORDER TO HIS TROOPS, SIGNED BY JAMES B. HAZELTON, COMMANDER OF BATTERY D, 1ST NEW YORK ARTILLERY, 28 MAY 1865.

Single leaf, written in neat ink manuscript on recto and verso. 9-3/4" x 7-3/4." Entitled, "Co, Orders, No. 19." Old folds, with a couple of pinholes and short tape repairs. Good+. "To those who are about to return to their homes the Capt. Comdg desires to extend his gratitude for..... More

Price: $500.00

[Missouri]:

SALE BY DAVID SMALES OF "A CERTAIN NEGRO MAN, AS SLAVE FOR LIFE, BY THE NAME OF DANGERFIELD FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE SUM OF FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS PAID BY JOHN PARKINSON"

Washington County, Missouri: March 4, 1830. Oblong 7-1/4" x 6-1/2." Entirely in neat ink manuscript, signed in ink by David Smales, with his manuscript seal, and witnessed with the signatures of William Parkinson and Elias Pilling. Light foxing, old folds. Docketed on verso. Very Good. At the Missouri Supreme Court's..... More

Price: $500.00

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