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JOHN HEMPHILL (1803-1864) U.S. Senator from Texas, Chief Justice of that state and key player in the Indian Wars. Manuscript D.S. ‘John Hemphill Chf. Just.’, 2pp. legal folio, Montgomery County, Sept. 21, 1844, in which Hemphill witnesses a land transaction between two men. Heavily toned throughout, fair condition.

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117: Autographs & Historical Militaria Day 2

Jul 31, 2026 10:00 AM EDT

Elkton, MD, United States

(EARLY TEXAS): Very early imprint, 1p. legal folio, Tyler, TX, 1853?, a blank ‘Semiannual Returns to the Grand Temple of Honor, State of Texas...’. Evenly toned and very good. The Texas legislature

Jul 31, 2026(EARLY TEXAS)

$50

TEXAS RANCH HISTORY: A scarce copy of the volume ‘The Spurs’ by W. J. Elliot (Spur, Texas: The Texas Spurs, 1909), 274pp. 8vo. hardbound in green linen wraps. Spine broken at half title page, pages moderately

Jul 31, 2026TEXAS RANCH HISTORY

$100

SAM HOUSTON ELECTION TICKETS: A pair of printed election tickets the gubernatorial race between Sam Houston and H. R. Runnels for Governor of Texas. The first, 4 x 6.5 in., [Austin, 1857], also lists candidates for the office of

Jul 31, 2026SAM HOUSTON ELECTION TICKETS

$200

REPUBLIC OF TEXAS FUGITIVE LIST: A scarce broadside, 1p. 4to., titled ‘Fugitive List of Bastrop County, Texas, July 20, 1885’ and listing the names of 37 men wanted for various crimes such as murder, rape, theft of

Jul 31, 2026REPUBLIC OF TEXAS FUGITIVE LIST

$100

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY BADGES BY BLACKINTON (3): Good lot of three vintage Texas Department of Public Safety officers’ badges, each approx. 2 in. dia., for the ranks of Sergeant (in gold finish), Corporal and Trooper (both in silver finish).

Jul 31, 2026TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY BADGES BY BLACKINTON (3)

$160

'LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS': A scarce imprint, Volume One of ‘Laws of the Republic of Texas in Two Volumes printed by order of the Secretary of State’ (Houston: Office of the Telegraph, 1838), softbound, 122pp. plus

Jul 31, 2026'LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS'

$300

(TEXAS) AGENT OF TEXAS & PACIFIC RAIL ROAD SUMMONED BY SHERIFFS: A partly-printed D.S. 2pp. legal folio, Reeves County, TX, Feb. 18, 1892, a Summons issued to the sheriffs and constables of Reeves against the Texas and Pacific Railway Company, and demanding the

Jul 31, 2026(TEXAS) AGENT OF TEXAS & PACIFIC RAIL ROAD SUMMONED BY SHERIFFS

$100

(TEXAS): Partly-printed broadsheet, 2pp. legal folio, County of Dewitt, Sept. 1873, a petition made by citizens of Dewitt County to the County Court who are ‘…desirous of a removal of the seat of

Jul 31, 2026(TEXAS)

$100

TEAPOT DOME OIL PLOT MAP: The Teapot Dome affair was a political corruption scandal involving the administration of President Warren G. Harding. It centered on Albert B. Fall, the interior secretary, who had leased petroleum

Jul 31, 2026TEAPOT DOME OIL PLOT MAP

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(EARLY MONTANA): Scarce imprint, ‘A Log of the Montana Trail – as kept by Ealy Moore’ edited by J. Evetts Haley 1932 (Amarillo: Russell Stationery Company, 1932), first edition, 13pp. 8vo., paper

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MISSOURI: Two items: a scarce imprint, ‘Petition of the Sundry Inhabitants of the State of Missouri upon the subject of a communication between the said state and The Internal Provinces of Mexico with a

Jul 31, 2026MISSOURI

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1850s LEGAL DOCUMENTS FROM MAINE (14): A group of 14 partly-printed D.Ss., each 2pp. 8vo., 1852-1857, in which Timothy Copp, Justice of the Peace in the county of Waldo, ME, orders the appearances of individuals before him to settle debts

Jul 31, 20261850s LEGAL DOCUMENTS FROM MAINE (14)

$50

1878 LAND FOR SALE IN SOUTHERN IOWA AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA: Scarce promotional imprint, ‘1878 The Old B. & M. Railroad Ahead / Keep in the Right Latitude / 750,000 Acres of the Best Lands for Sale / Southern Iowa and Southeastern Nebraska have the

Jul 31, 20261878 LAND FOR SALE IN SOUTHERN IOWA AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA

$70

LITHOGRAPH OF CHEROKEE CHIEF MAJOR RIDGE: Page removed from a copy of 'History of the Indian Tribes of North America' by Thomas McKenney and James Hall, (Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle), ca. 1836, 9.75 x 13 in., depicting MAJOR RIDGE (ca.

Jul 31, 2026LITHOGRAPH OF CHEROKEE CHIEF MAJOR RIDGE

$200

'APACHE INDIAN CHIEF' PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT: Cabinet card photographic portrait of an unidentified 'Apache Indian Chief', 4.25 x 6.5 in., the sitter and studio unidentified. This photo was almost certainly taken by WILLIAM S. SOULE (1836-1908),

Jul 31, 2026'APACHE INDIAN CHIEF' PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT

$100

SLAVE MANUMISSION: Manuscript D.S. 2pp. legal folio, Warren County, MO, Apr. 10, 1854, in which owners George Wright and George Bast seek to emancipate ‘…a certain negro slave named Sally about twenty four y

Jul 31, 2026SLAVE MANUMISSION

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SLAVE MANUMISSION: Manuscript Civil War-date D.S. 1p. legal folio, County of Ray, MO, July 28, 1862, in which Jacob and Winifred Darneal emancipate ‘…a mulatto man named Henry…aged about forty seven ye

Jul 31, 2026SLAVE MANUMISSION

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RICHARD S. EWELL: (1817 - 1872) Confederate lieutenant general who fought in the war from Bull Run to Appomattox. He lost a leg at Groveton and was strapped in his saddle to lead his men into Pennsylvania and at Gettys

Jul 31, 2026RICHARD S. EWELL

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GEORGE C. STRONG: (1832 - 1863) Union major general, commanded an expedition against Biloxi, Mississippi, in April 1862, and another sent against Ponchatoula. At the Battle of Fort Wagner, Strong was in command of the

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(‘IMMORTAL SIX HUNDRED’) VANNOY H. MANNING PETITIONS ANDREW JOHNSON FOR AMNESTY: VANNOY HARTROG MANNING (1839-1892) Commanding colonel of the 3rd Arkansas Volunteers, the only Arkansas regiment of the Army of Northern Virginia. Wounded at Antietam and Gettysburg, and at the Wilder

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