12240 - A SUPERB SLAVE SALE BROADSIDE FROM TENNESSEE 1857, 10.25" X 13.25", "NEGROES FOR SALE, CROSS, PLAINS, TENNESSEE, JUNE 18TH, 1857", "BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE OF THE HONORABLE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ROBERTSON COUNTY, MADE AT ITS JUNE TERM 1857, IN THE CAUSE OF E.F. MALLOY AND OTHERS, TO SELL SLAVES, I WILL ON SATURDAY, 25TH DAY OF JULY NEXT AT CROSS PLAINS, TENNESSEE, SELL TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, ON A CREDIT TILL THE FIRST OF MAY, 1858 TWO NEGROES, DICK, AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS OF AGE, AND LYDIA, ABOUT 14 YEARS OF AGE, THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE DAVID MALLOY, DECEASED. CASH FOR COSTS...JOHN S. HUTCHINSON, JUNE 18TH, 1857 COMM'R." This outstanding example was printed with wood block type and has the typical weak spots in some lettering. While the scan of the broadside may seem to have narrow side margins, the side margins are 1" from the lettering as are the top and bottom margins. It had been folded over the years resulting in some archival strengthening on the verso at some seams but the paper is firm and complete in every respect. Some tone and light stains. Accompanying the broadside is a CD showing the actual stone slave auction block still in existent in Cross Plains, TN. There are numerous photos of the slave auction stone, several with the broadside laid across the top of the stone. These slave sale broad side are impossible to find today. The first we have offered in years!.............................................$4,500.00

11240 - MORGAN'S OHIO RAID 1863 PAYMENT FOR REPELLING INVASION, it was one of the boldest cavalry operations of the Civil War. In July of 1863, General John Hunt Morgan led 2,500 Confederate cavalryman on a daring, three-week raid through Indiana and Ohio. Morgan and his men eluded pursuing Federal cavalry, diverted Federal troops and resources and delayed important Northern military operations. In the beleaguered South, news of Morgan's Raid boosted morale. Morgan and his cavalrymen were relentlessly pursued by determined Federal cavalry commanded by Generals Edward H. Hobson and Henry M. Judah. They met staunch resistance by Midwestern civilians throughout the length of their raid. In Montgomery, Ohio -- a village near Cincinnati -- Morgan's Raiders received a chilly reception from defiant townspeople. With Northern forces closing in, Morgan's harried troops pushed on across Ohio. Five days after Morgan's men entered Montgomery, Hobson's and Judah's Federal troops overtook the Rebel raiders at Buffington Island, Ohio and captured approximately 700 Southern soldiers. Morgan and his men raced northward, but were finally cornered in northeastern Ohio near the Pennsylvania border. There, on July 26, 1863, Morgan was faced to surrender his command near West Point, Ohio -- barely 70 miles from Lake Erie. Although Morgan would daringly escape from imprisonment and return to Confederate command, he would be mortally wounded on another raid. In the South, his exploits would become part of the legacy of the Lost Cause. In Ohio, generations to come would recall the days when the citizens of the Buckeye State defied the Rebel Raiders in the alarming time of Morgan's Ohio Raid. This raid also resulted in destruction of farms and loss of stock as a result of Morgan's foraging of the countryside as well as destroying important inter structure to hinder pursuit. The Treasurer's disbursement voucher below was used in payment for militia soldiers [citizen volunteers] who rose up to defend the State from Morgan's Invasion. Morgan struck 49 Ohio towns during his infamous raid. These vouchers were issued in Columbus in 1864 well after a year from the date of Morgan's Invasion and are noted "for repelling Invasion." Very fine examples..........................................$75.00/each

DL001 - ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 8" X 10", double matted in handsome suede, high lighted with a copy photo of Lincoln seated, strands of Lincoln's hair encased. Wright Collection sold by Christie's Auction House. Unframed..................................$295.00  

 
WOOD FROM THE GALLOWS THAT HUNG THE CONSPIRATORS


DL007 - A nice companion to one of the above displays for customers who already have the Lincoln hair in a display. 8" X 10", with the specimen of the wood from the gallows along with a copy photo of the hanging scene. Mat and trim matches all the previous displays for uniformity.

      $210.00/unframed                Custom framed $250.00

General Robert E. Lee

8270 - FABRIC FROM A CHAIR BELONGING TO ROBERT E. LEE GIVEN TO HIS GODCHILD, the fabric in this display originated from a chair that originally covered a chair belonging to Robert E. Lee. It was found in an old envelope noted, "General Robert E. Lee, button and material from his rocking chair which he presented to his friend Stanton...Grosse Isle." The Stanton mentioned was the fifth son of General Henry Stanton who served with Lee in the Mexican War, Robert Lee Stanton [1842 - 1932]. Robert Lee Stanton was named after Robert E. Lee and was his Godchild. He moved to Grosse Isle, Michigan in 1880 and became a farmer. The chair in the photo is not the chair that this fabric originated from. 11" x 14", gray mat with red trim. Fabric is displayed in a small magnified box and includes certificate of authenticity. We only have eight to sell. Unframed.....................................................$250.00

8271 - WOOD SALVAGED FROM THE C.S.S. VIRGINIA, ALSO KNOWN AS THE MERRIMACK THAT FOUGHT THE IRONCLAD MONITOR, MARCH 9TH, 1862, the CSS Virginia was the first steam-powered ironclad warship of the Confederate States Navy, built during the first year of the American Civil War; she was constructed as a casemate ironclad using the raised and cut down hull of the scuttled USS Merrimack. Virginia was one of the participants in the Battle of Hampton Roads, opposing the Union's USS Monitor in March, 1862. The battle is chiefly significant in naval history as the first battle between ironclads. Prior to that encounter on March 9th, the Virginia had sunk the Cumberland and the Congress on the previous day before the arrival of the Monitor. The fight between the two ironclads was basically a draw and the Virginia moved back into her port. With the capture of Norfolk, her Captain Catesby ap Roger Jones was ordered to destroy her rather than allow her to be captured which he did on May 11th, 1862 after her guns had been removed for future use. Starting around 1883, numerous souvenirs, made from recently salvaged iron and wood raised from Virginia's sunken hulk, found a ready and willing market among eastern seaboard residents who remembered the historic first battle between ironclads. Known examples still exist today, being held in both public and private collections, rarely coming up for public auction. The specimen of wood from the Virginia in this display came from an old collection of relics including those of the Virginia. 11" X 14", double matted in gray and red, certificate of authenticity included.................................$250.00