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419: CONFEDERATE SURGEON'S KEPI531: (ANDREW JACKSON)518: CLEVELAND FIRE DEPARTMENT
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Stamford, CT, United States
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2013 Winter Auction Day 2

Our Fall, 2012 Auction is a two-part auction: Day One will offer important military documents and militaria; Day Two has a fine selection of historic letters, documents and manuscripts in other fields of collecting.
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GATE HOUSE GETTYSBURG CEMETERY: A Civil War era stereoview showing the gate house at the entrance of Ever Green Cemetery, Gettysburg around which heavy fighting occurred on July 2, 1863 between the Louisiana Tigers and the gunners
0491: GATE HOUSE GETTYSBURG CEMETERYEst. $100-$150Lot Passed
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POSED DEAD SOLDIERS AT DEVILS DEN: Civil War era stereoview showing posed dead soldiers at Devils Den, Gettysburg. Photographer Tipton appears in the image's center inspecting the somber scene. Published by W. H. Tipton, Gettysburg,
0493: POSED DEAD SOLDIERS AT DEVILS DENEst. $100-$150
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36-STAR CIVIL WAR-ERA AMERICAN FLAG: Attractive silk 36-star American flag, 17" x 11 3/4", a silk-screened flag with colors vivid on both sides, edges hemmed. The right edge of the body of the flag, about 1", was folded for some time,
0495: 36-STAR CIVIL WAR-ERA AMERICAN FLAGEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed
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36-STAR CIVIL WAR-ERA AMERICAN FLAG: Civil War-era American flag, 27 1/2" x 17 1/2", a fairly loosely-woven cotton with printed design, likely used for decorative or political purposes. The flag appears to be weather-worn, and
0496: 36-STAR CIVIL WAR-ERA AMERICAN FLAGEst. $1,000-$1,500
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CIVIL WAR UNION INFANTRY DRUM: Regulation Civil War infantry eagle drum, 16 1/2" diameter, 13" tall, all parts original and authentic including skins. Bottom skin shows an early repair, likely contemporary to the war. All fittings
0497: CIVIL WAR UNION INFANTRY DRUMEst. $3,500-$4,500
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CHILD'S SLAVE COLLAR: Extremely rare hand-forged slave collar, ca. 1840’s, approximately 14 3/4” in length and likely used on a child on a plantation. The collar is composed of two strands of approx. 1/2" links on
0498: CHILD'S SLAVE COLLAREst. $2,000-$3,000
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MAN ORDERS THAT HIS SLAVES BE LIBERATED: Fine content manuscript D.S., 3pp. legal folio, Madison, Ky., Dec. 1, 1832, the last will and testament of slaveowner Martin Green. Green instructs that his slaves "Humphrey" serve his wife until
0499: MAN ORDERS THAT HIS SLAVES BE LIBERATEDEst. $500-$700
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(SLAVERY) ROBERT CARTER III: (1727/8 - 1804) Virginia planter and grandson of Robert "King" Carter of Corotoman. After a religious awakening in 1787, Carter rejected slavery and manumitted nearly 500 slaves from his
0501: (SLAVERY) ROBERT CARTER IIIEst. $100-$150
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1550 PERUVIAN SLAVE SALE DOCUMENT: One of the earliest known contracts documenting the sale of a slave in the Western Hemisphere, 2pp. legal folio, Arequipa (Peru), Apr. 24, 1550, only 58 years after Columbus set foot on Santo Domingo
0502: 1550 PERUVIAN SLAVE SALE DOCUMENTEst. $600-$800
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UNCLE TOM'S CABIN SHEET MUSIC: Printed sheet music boldy entitled: "LITTLE EVA; Uncle Tom's Guardian Angel…Composed and Most Respectfully Dedicated to MRS. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, author of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin.' Poetry by JOHN G.
0503: UNCLE TOM'S CABIN SHEET MUSICEst. $150-$200
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1889 CROW INDIAN CABIN BURNT: A manuscript L.S. of Indian Agent WILLIAM P. WYMAN, 1p. 4to., Crow Agency, Montana Territory, Aug. 5, 1889, to A. M. Quivey, Esq. Wyman forwards paper regarding: "...the burning of 'Spotted Hat's'
0505: 1889 CROW INDIAN CABIN BURNTEst. $150-$200
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A CHEROKEE HIRES FARM LABOR: Partly-printed document, 1p. oblong 8vo., "Cherokee Nation" District, Sept. 1, 1893, in which: "Permission is hereby granted to D. W. Leip a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, to employ...as a Farm
0506: A CHEROKEE HIRES FARM LABOREst. $75-$100
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CROW CREEK AGENCY: A trio of items related to the Crow Creek Agency, post Civil War. Includes: manuscript D.S. 4pp. legal folio, Sept. 16, 1865, a ledger sheet with a list of clothing, camp and garrison equipage
0507: CROW CREEK AGENCYEst. $75-$100
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PERUVIAN CHIMU BELT: Hand-woven belt from the Chimu culture of northern coastal regions of Peru, a people that grew and flourished from 900-1400 AD. The cotton belt measure about 84" long, 2 1/4" wide, and bears an
0508: PERUVIAN CHIMU BELTEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed
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1696 DEED FOR LAND IN NEW YORK: Manuscript D.S. 1p. small folio parchment, New York, May, 1696, a deed in which Heyttie Clopper, widow of prominent New Amsterdam landowner Cornelius Clopper, sells a parcel of land in "The Province
0509: 1696 DEED FOR LAND IN NEW YORKEst. $300-$400
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SAMUEL WARD - "UNCLE SAM": SAMUEL WARD (1814 - 1884) "Uncle Sam". American politician and lobbyist for financiers seeking legislation in their favor, brother of Julia Ward Howe, a bon vivant and raconteur who is claimed by
0510: SAMUEL WARD - "UNCLE SAM"Est. $75-$100
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1800s GOLD SCALE: A small scale for gold manufactured by W. &. T. Avery of Birmingham, housed within a wooden. The scale appears to be intact with plates, cord and weights. The box is 7 1/2" wide x 4 1/2" tall by 1
0511: 1800s GOLD SCALEEst. $150-$200
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"JOHN ADAMS" WALKING STICK: A curious piece, a 34" bone walking stick with what appears to be an ivory knob at top, the ivory bearing several separating disks of an unknown brown material, possibly a hardwood. About the handle
0513: "JOHN ADAMS" WALKING STICKEst. $300-$400
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1850 WINE RECIPE: A quirky piece of oenophilia, a recipe for wine penned ca. 1850 on a small blue sheet. The concoction calls for, in part: "...1 Bushel Currants 2 Gall Water, Well Washed squezed & pulp thrown into
0514: 1850 WINE RECIPEEst. $75-$100
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