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SERVICE CERTIFICATE FOR 15TH MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIER KILLED AT ANTIETAM

SERVICE CERTIFICATE FOR 15TH MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIER KILLED AT ANTIETAM

This post-war document was issued to the family of Private Jonathan Stowe (spelled STOW in the record) by the state of Massachusetts in 1870. The document is attractively decorated with a… (457-42). Learn More »

$275.00

SERVICE MEMORIAL FOR CHARLES M. THOMPSON, COMPANY "L", BAXTER'S ZOUAVES (72ND PENNSYLVANIA VOLS) - DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED AT THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

SERVICE MEMORIAL FOR CHARLES M. THOMPSON, COMPANY "L", BAXTER'S ZOUAVES (72ND PENNSYLVANIA VOLS) - DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED AT THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

Executed in pen and ink, the memorial measures 16 x 18", mounted on heavy card paper within a glassed, dark wooden period frame, measuring 25 x 25.5", with contemporary paper backing and hang-wire.… (457-44). Learn More »

$695.00

GROUP OF ITEMS ID’D TO MARYLAND SOLDIER

GROUP OF ITEMS ID’D TO MARYLAND SOLDIER

This group of items came out of a Maryland estate and the family names involved lived in Baltimore and the surrounding area. The names on the documents are for people who were born right after the… (579-01). Learn More »

$895.00

DOCUMENT FROM 1922 LISTING UCV VETERANS GIVEN THE SOUTHERN CROSS OF HONOR

DOCUMENT FROM 1922 LISTING UCV VETERANS GIVEN THE SOUTHERN CROSS OF HONOR

Pre-printed form meas. approx. 17.00 inches long x 7.25 inches wide. It is filled out in ink and lists seven recipients of the Southern Cross of Honor, their units, dates of enlistment and discharge… (217-217). Learn More »

$100.00

FRAMED MAGNUS PRINT OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG DATED 1863

FRAMED MAGNUS PRINT OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG DATED 1863

Nice clean hand colored print showing the battle of Gettysburg as envisioned by the Magnus Company. In the foreground are General Meade and staff mounted on horses. Just in front of them is an… (P13202). Learn More »

$1,295.00

UNIDENTIFIED PORTRAIT OF AN AUSTRIAN OFFICER DATED 1874

UNIDENTIFIED PORTRAIT OF AN AUSTRIAN OFFICER DATED 1874

This oil on canvas portrait was done by Johann Bloss and is dated November 15, 1874. Unfortunately all efforts to identify the subject or to find a biography of the artist have failed. From the… (740-827). Learn More »

$2,500.00

SIGNATURE - 'JOSH BILLINGS' - PEN NAME OF HUMORIST HENRY WHEELER SHAW

SIGNATURE - 'JOSH BILLINGS' - PEN NAME OF HUMORIST HENRY WHEELER SHAW

Excellent condition ink signature on 4 1/4" x 2 3/4" card. Minor creases at corners. "Josh Billings / Allimacker". Josh Billings was the pen name of humorist born Henry Wheeler Shaw (20 April 1818… (L11993). Learn More »

$50.00
Originally $100.00

SIGNATURE - JOHN BRIGHT, BRITISH POLITICIAN

SIGNATURE - JOHN BRIGHT, BRITISH POLITICIAN

Ink signature on 4 1/4" x 2 3/4" card. Excellent condition, minor creases at corners. "John Bright / Feb 25, 1873". John Bright (November 16, 1811 – March 27, 1889), Quaker, was a British Radical… (L11995). Learn More »

$30.00
Originally $40.00

SIGNATURE - POLITICIAN THOMAS F. BAYARD, DELAWARE

SIGNATURE - POLITICIAN THOMAS F. BAYARD, DELAWARE

Excellent condition, in ink on 4 1/4" x 2 3/4". "T. F. Bayard / Delaware". BAYARD, Thomas Francis, Sr., (son of James Asheton Bayard, Jr., and father of Thomas Francis Bayard, Jr.), a Senator from… (L11990). Learn More »

$20.00
Originally $30.00

SIGNATURE - POLITICIAN THOMAS F. BAYARD, DELAWARE

SIGNATURE - POLITICIAN THOMAS F. BAYARD, DELAWARE

Excellent condition, in ink on 4 1/4" x 2 3/4". "T. F. Bayard / Delaware". BAYARD, Thomas Francis, Sr., (son of James Asheton Bayard, Jr., and father of Thomas Francis Bayard, Jr.), a Senator from… (L11899). Learn More »

$20.00
Originally $30.00

SIGNATURE - AUTHOR THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

SIGNATURE - AUTHOR THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

Faded blue ink signature on 4 1/4" x 2 5/8". "Yours very truly, / Thomas Bailey Aldrich. / Boston, May 16", 1876." Excellent condition. Minor creases at corners from having been mounted. Thomas … (L11897). Learn More »

$30.00
Originally $40.00

SIGNATURE - POLITICIAN WILLIAM M. EVARTS

SIGNATURE - POLITICIAN WILLIAM M. EVARTS

Excellent condition, in ink on 4 1/4" x 2 3/4". "Wm M. Evarts / New York / Dec. 31. 1874". Minor mounting evidence visible at corners. EVARTS, William Maxwell, (grandson of Roger Sherman, cousin… (L12008). Learn More »

$20.00
Originally $30.00

SIGNATURE - HENRY LAURENS DAWES, US SENATOR

SIGNATURE - HENRY LAURENS DAWES, US SENATOR

Clean, excellent condition ink signature on 4 1/4" x 2 5/8" card. Minor creases at corners. "H. L. Dawes / Mass." DAWES, Henry Laurens, a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in… (L12004). Learn More »

$25.00
Originally $50.00

SIGNATURE - ROSCOE CONKLING, US REPRESENTATIVE & SENATOR FROM NEW YORK

SIGNATURE - ROSCOE CONKLING, US REPRESENTATIVE & SENATOR FROM NEW YORK

Born in Albany, N.Y., October 30, 1829; moved with his parents to Auburn, N.Y., in 1839; completed an academic course; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1850 and commenced practice in Utica, N.Y.;… (L12002). Learn More »

$50.00
Originally $75.00

SIGNATURE - WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS, NOVELIST AND CRITIC

SIGNATURE - WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS, NOVELIST AND CRITIC

William Dean Howells (1837-1920), eminent American novelist and critic, whose championing of such diverse American writers as Stephen Crane, Frank Norris, Henry James, and Mark Twain made him the… (L12014). Learn More »

$25.00
Originally $50.00

SIGNATURE - NOTED BIOGRAPHER JAMES PARTON

SIGNATURE - NOTED BIOGRAPHER JAMES PARTON

Excellent condition ink signature on 4 1/4" x 2 3/4" card. "James Parton / New York, 1873". Slight creases at corners. Parton, James, 1822–91, American biographer, b. England. He came to the… (L12025). Learn More »

$50.00
Originally $75.00

POST WAR SIGNATURE - BRIG. GEN. JAMES SHIELDS

POST WAR SIGNATURE - BRIG. GEN. JAMES SHIELDS

Ink signature on 4 1/4" x 2 1/4" card. Very fine condition; ink slightly smudged at end of signature. "Jas Sheilds / Springfield / Jan 8th 1878". James Shields, born on May 12, 1806, emigrated … (L11881). Learn More »

$75.00
Originally $100.00

1870 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS CERTIFICATE OF CIVIL WAR NAVAL SERVICE, ISSUED TO WILLIAM J. YOUNG, U.S. NAVY

1870 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS CERTIFICATE OF CIVIL WAR NAVAL SERVICE, ISSUED TO WILLIAM J. YOUNG, U.S. NAVY

Standard state certificate, measuring 19.5 x 15, mounted in an attractive contemporary, glassed walnut frame with cardboard backing. Standard decoration with wingspread eagle & flags above and… (459-348). Learn More »

$115.00
Originally $145.00

SIGNATURE - MORRISON R. WAITE, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT

SIGNATURE - MORRISON R. WAITE, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT

Ink signature on 4 1/2" x 2 3/4" card. Excellent condition. "M. R. Waite". Born in Lyme, New London County, Conn., November 29, 1816. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1850; delegate… (L12042). Learn More »

$50.00
Originally $100.00

SIGNATURE - BAYARD TAYLOR, AUTHOR & JOURNALIST

SIGNATURE - BAYARD TAYLOR, AUTHOR & JOURNALIST

1825–78, American journalist and author, b. Kennett Square, Pa. His romantic verse in Ximena...and Other Poems (1844) secured him a long-standing assignment as correspondent for the New York… (L12037). Learn More »

$25.00
Originally $50.00

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SET OF BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN - OEUVRES DE BLAISE PASCAL

A Paris: Chez Lefevre, Libraire, Rue de L’Epeon N.6, 1819. French language edition, five volumes in full leather. Gilt ruled spines and decorative design. Black leather title and author labels stamped in gilt. Each volume bears title page… (959-01). Learn More »

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