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3092 - NEW ORLEANS ANTEBELLUM
IRONSTONE PLATE, 10" dinner plate, ironstone, excavated
in New Orleans and dates from the Antebellum period to the Civil War.
Some staining as it was excavated in New Orleans. Completely intact,
fine........................$40.00
 120100 - BEAUTIFUL LETTER SHEET OF NEW ORLEANS IN 1856, Letter
dated December 30th, 1856 from John Phelps to his Father. Phelps
describes his office as being at the rear of the St. Charles Hotel
which he notates in pen that location on the letter sheet engraving
above as well as the location of St. Patrick's Cathedral. The view is
by Kimmel as is known as the "View from the Cotton Press"
showing the view of the City of New Orleans downriver from the Cotton
Press. A notation on the back of the letter identifies the writer as
John Phelps of Held & Massie & Company, 43 Carondelet St.,
Commission merchants. Some archival repairs, a nice New Orleans letter
sheet written during the "Golden Age" of New Orleans, prior
to the War............................................$125.00
We
now have available several unique
Lincoln
related and Robert E. Lee relic displays that come with impeccable
provenance.
The
Lincoln
displays consist of hair strands that belonged to Abraham Lincoln,
Mary Lincoln, and William Seward. These hair strands originated from
the estate of Mrs. Caroline Wright, wife of
Governor Joseph A. Wright of
Indiana
.
The Lincolns and the Wrights were friends and the hair locks
these hair strands originated from were given to Mrs. Wright by the
Lincolns
just after
Lincoln
’s 1865 Inauguration. Mrs. Wright collected hair locks from famous
personalities and these were given to her by the
Lincolns
as a token of their friendship.
Also included in the “Assassination Display” is a relic
from the bed sheet of
Lincoln
as he lay dying in the Peterson house that originated from the papers
of Charles K. Tuckerman who was the 1st American Minister
to
Greece
who was in
Washington
at the time of the assassination. Certificates of authenticity and
provenance documents accompany every display. Each hair relic consists
of several strands of hair.
The relics are covered with a 3X magnified cover to amplify the
hair for better viewing. All displays are double matted in elegant
suede with Florentine gold trim and are sold unframed.
Framed displays may be ordered at an additional charge.
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- 4: ROBERT E. LEE; 8" x 10", double matted
in beautiful burgundy suede. It's a wonderful presentation of strands
of Lee's light gray hair in a display highlighted by a copy photo of
Lee in profile. The hair originated from a gold locket that passed
through the Lee family and was sold at Butterfield's auction. Complete
provenance and certificate of authenticity provided,
unframed.................................$295.00
Antebellum
Southern Silverware - Charleston & New Orleans
A selection of
marked Antebellum Silverware from two of the Queen Cities of the South
before the Civil War...
WILLIAM KING,
CHARLESTON, SC, silver
teaspoon with strong hallmark W. KING. King is listed as a Charleston
silversmith in the 1830's. P.B. engraved on the spoon. Scarce early
Charleston silversmith. Very Fine.......................$175.00
JOHN EWAN,
CHARLESTON, SC, silver
teaspoon, engraving of a lion on handle, J. EWAN. Ewan worked in
Charleston as a silversmith 1823-52. This example is circ 1830 by Ewan.
Very fine - have two examples..........................$195.00/each
JOHN EWAN, CHARLESTON,
SC, silver teaspoon,
engraving J. EWAN. Ewan worked in Charleson as a silversmith 1823-52.
Larger teaspoon than the above. SOLOMONS engraved in the handle. J.
EWAN hallmark. Very fine......................$195.00
HYDE AND
GOODRICH, NEW ORLEANS, LA, 1852-1861,
New Orleans manufacturers who also produced military buttons for the
Confederate Government during the Civil War. Silver table fork, marked
HYDE & GOODRICH, attractive pattern. Very
fine............................................$165.00
HYDE AND
GOODRICH, NEW ORLEANS, LA, 1852-1861,
New Orleans manufacturers who also produced military buttons for the
Confederate Government during the Civil War. Silver table spoon,
marked HYDE & GOODRICH. Attractive pattern that matches the
above fork. Very fine...................................$165.00
VIEW OF
CHARLESTON FROM THE TOWER OF ST. MICHAELS CHURCH LOOKING NORTHEAST,
stereo by Anthony, NY. Panoramic
view of the Charleston skyline taken at the end of the Civil War.
Orange mount......................$75.00
JOHN BROWN IN
CAPTIVITY IN CHARLESTOWN, VA, The
Daily True Delta, New Orleans, LA, November 11th, 1859. Eight page
folio. One of the largest papers in the Antebellum South - forced to
cease publication by General Butler in 1862 due to continual editorial
support for the Confederates...a large one column story outlining a
Massachusetts abolitionist woman writing to Governor Wise of Virginia
asking for a letter from her in sympathy for Brown be delivered to the
jail in Charlestown, VA. The letter is published below her request and
Governor Wise's reply to her letter included. He is most cordial to
her but details the legal difficulties for her letter to be sent and
her visiting Brown in jail. He is most cordial to her but assails
Brown as a murderer and a traitor. Excellent John Brown content. Also
a six inch section of eight slave sale ads as well as numerous
illustrated steamboat ads. Very good - a great Antebellum
issue...............................$60.00
BEAUTIFUL MAGNUS
HAND COLORED PRINTS A VIEW OF NEW ORLEANS 1850'S,
6"
X 7", circ 1850's hand colored Magnus print of the City of New
Orleans from the view of the Cotton Press. A panoramic view showing
the crescent bend of the river with steamboats and steamships at dock
and moving up and down the river. A beautiful view of the City in the
1850's when the City was known as the "Queen City" of the
South. Trifle damp stain on outside of margin unaffecting
print..........................$75.00
SOUTHERN
STEAMBOAT WAYBILLS, all
have a nice vignette of a Steamboat as a mast head, we have a number
of boats available: (b) Steamboat LaFourche,
1902, Multi-colored vignette 4" X 7".......................$20.00
(e) Steamboat
St. James, 1905, large vignette 4" X
7"...........................$20.00
FIRST IRON HULLED
STEAMBOAT, JOHN T. MOORE, 1875,
4" X 7". Attractive waybill for the John T. Moore "IRON
STREAMER", rust tinted paper, first iron- hulled
steamboat ALABAMA RIVER PACKET.................................$25.00
SALE OF A
STEAMBOAT, Mobile, AL,
4" X 7". Manuscript promissory note for $500 purchasing a
share of a steamboat called the GRANCHILLE.
4/12/1845.........................$40.00
STEAMBOATS ON THE
MISSISSIPPI, The
New Orleans Daily Delta, New Orleans, 1859-60. Eight pages
folio, tens of illustrated Steamboat ads showing boats coming
and going out of New Orleans just before the Civil War, also
hundreds of merchant ads for medicines, photographers, and some slave
ads to boot........................$45.00
STEAMBOAT WAYBILL
SPECIAL, 1875-1902. 2
waybills, one Mississippi River boat and one Alabama River boat. One
illustrated vignette...............................$35.00
ALABAMA MERCHANT
BILLHEADS, 1855-75,
Mobile, AL, 5" X 7".. four different, attractive
merchant waybills. Nice to display and frame "Old
South"................$60.00
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