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2025 01 Part 2
Raynor's Historical Collectible Auctions
Nice example of a Confederate weapon. Overall length is a staggering 18-1/2" including a 14" blade, 2" in width. This massive "D" guard has a clip point of forged steel, 3" inch wooden grip
Lot: 392 - RARE CONFEDERATE CAVALRY SABRE WITH WOODEN SCABBARD AND COPPER RIVETS, ATTRIBUTED TO H. MARSHALL & CO. OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Rare Confederate Cavalry Sabre with Wooden Scabbard and Copper Rivets, attributed to H. Marshall & Co. of Atlanta, Georgia. Overall 39.5 inches in length with a 35.5 inch blade, age darkened patina. The wooden grip is unwrapped and has heavy single strand wire, a Roman numeral XI is engraved into the side of the guard. The wooden scabbard has a slight crack near the top mount. The tin mounts and drag still retain much of their original black paint. Overall a fine and very desirable Confederate sabre made in Atlanta. Provenance: Heritage, #25495, December 2, 2006, $8,962.50.
Lot: 393 - SCARCE UNION REGIMENTAL PRINT
Uncolored Print, 12-1/2” x 10” printed by W.H. Rease, Philadelphia, and titled “COMPANY B CAPT. T. I. KENNEDY, 19th Regiment N.Y. Volunteers, Enrolled April 12th. Mustered into U.S. service May 22, 1861.” Some foxing, folding crease. The 19th known as the Cayuga county regiment, contained nine companies from that county and one from Seneca, and was mustered into the U. S. service at Albany for a term of three months, May 22, 1861. It left on June a for Washington and passed the following month at Kalorama heights; was then ordered to Martinsburg W. Va.; was attached to Gen. Sandford's brigade on July 12 and ordered to Harper's Ferry; on Aug. 20, it was stationed at Hyattstown, Md., and in the marches and countermarches of these two months several sharp skirmishes with the enemy took place.
Lot: 394 - THE ASSASSINATED ELLSWORTH AND HIS AVENGER BROWNELL
A Related Pair of Prints, each print is signed in the plate by J. Schulzand lihographed by by T.W. Strong 98 Nassau St., N.Y.. Print, “Col. Ellsworth, N.Y. Fire Zouaves,Assassinated in Alexandria VA, May 24, 1861”. Uncolored Print, 12" x 16", fully uniformed with minor margin paper loss which will mat out. ... plus, Print Uncolored Print, 12" x 16", crease lower right, titled "Sergeant Brownell. The avenger of Col. Ellsworth" with minor margin paper loss which will mat out. .
Lot: 395 - LARGE COPPER PLATE ENGRAVING, MCCLELLAN
McClellan Print, 12-1/4" x 16-1/4" with deep indention, handsome chest up image with floral wreath surrounding below of which id cartouche of the General leading the troops. Fine.
Lot: 396 - LEATHER NAVY FUSE BOX USNY BOSTON
Original Civil War Leather Navy Fuse Box, 4-1/2 x 3-1/2” x 2-1/2”,” in great condition. Has the USNY BOSTON stamp on the inside of the box. Has the brass finial and closure tab as well as the belt loop. Shaped to hold square friction primer packages.
Lot: 397 - CIVIL WAR RHODE ISLAND KEPI
The Kepi body is comprised of blue wool with a grey lace band on a red wool band backing, two brass buttons with Rhode Island state seal attached to black leather chin strap to either side, and a black tarred leather visor. Blue velvet patch with silver metallic embroidered Old English lettering reading "R I G" within a wreath sewn to the front. Tarred brown canvas sweatband, inscribed "BE"; tarred leather interior crown piece. The visor and the chin strap are barely attached, 7-1/4”W x 9-1/2”L x 2”H. The buttons have been authenticated by Civil War button expert Bob Edmondson, Dillard, Georgia. The visor is present yet barely attached. The chin strap is attached on one side.
Lot: 398 - THE ADMIRAL IS ON DECK
Uncolored Print, 12-1/2” x 16-1/2”, “S(amuel).Francic). Dupont, ADMIRAL USA” standing on deck in front of a cannon. DuPont played a major role in making the Union blockade effective, but was controversially blamed for the failed attack on Charleston, South Carolina in April 1863. Perhaps in late 1861, but certainly by mid-1862, the Cincinnati lithographic firm of Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. began to issue a series of portraits of Civil War figures: politicians as well as military and naval officers. These prints, which the firm continued to issue at least as late as 1864. The firm issued seventy-nine different prints of sixty-nine different Union politicians and officers. The Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. prints were issued separately for those in the mid-west who wanted to have these images of Union heroes.
Lot: 399 - THE ADMIRAL IS ON DECK
Uncolored Print, 12-1/2” x 16-1/2”, “Louis M. Goldsborough ADMIRAL USA” standing on deck with the flag in the foreground.ound, Cincinnati lithographic firm of Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. DuPont played a major role in making the Union blockade effective, but was controversially blamed for the failed attack on Charleston, South Carolina in April 1863. Perhaps in late 1861, but certainly by mid-1862, the Cincinnati lithographic firm of Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. began to issue a series of portraits of Civil War figures: politicians as well as military and naval officers. These prints, which the firm continued to issue at least as late as 1864. The firm issued seventy-nine different prints of sixty-nine different Union politicians and officers. The Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. prints were issued separately for those in the mid-west who wanted to have these images of Union heroes.
Lot: 400 - IMPRESSIVE PRINTS OF UNION GENERALS ON HORSEBACK
The following FIVE lots are each printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Cincinnati, ca. 1862. Folio, ca. 12-1/4” x 16-1/2”. Lithograph by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. Very good condition. Rare. Uncolored Print, “W(illia)m B(uel) Franklin, Maj. Gen’l. USA.” on horseback. He was wounded at the battle of Sabine crossroads, April 8, 1864. During his leave, while still an invalid, he was captured by Confederate raiders while riding on a train of the Baltimore & Philadelphia road, but made his escape the same night. Perhaps in late 1861, but certainly by mid-1862, the Cincinnati lithographic firm of Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. began to issue a series of portraits of Civil War figures: politicians as well as military and naval officers. These prints, which the firm continued to issue at least as late as 1864. The firm issued seventy-nine different prints of sixty-nine different Union politicians and officers. The Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. prints were issued separately for those in the mid-west who wanted to have these images of Union heroes.
Lot: 401 - IMPRESSIVE PRINT OF UNION GENERAL HALLECK ON HORSEBACK
Uncolored Print, “Henry W. Hallack Franklin, Maj. Gen’l. USA.” on horseback with a camp scene in the background. Folio, ca. 12-1/4” x 16-1/2”. Lithograph by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. Very good condition. Rare. In 1860-61 he was major-general of the militia of California, Perhaps in late 1861, but certainly by mid-1862, the Cincinnati lithographic firm of Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. began to issue a series of portraits of Civil War figures: politicians as well as military and naval officers. These prints, which the firm continued to issue at least as late as 1864. The firm issued seventy-nine different prints of sixty-nine different Union politicians and officers. The Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. prints were issued separately for those in the mid-west who wanted to have these images of Union heroes.
Lot: 402 - IMPRESSIVE PRINT OF UNION GENERAL MCCOOK ON HORSEBACK
Uncolored Print, “Rob(er)t L(atimer) McCook” on horseback leading a charge with his hat waving. Folio, ca. 12-1/4” x 16-1/2”, Lithograph by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. Very good condition. Rare. At the battle of Mill Springs, Ky., he distinguished himself and was wounded. He refused to desert his post, and directed the movements of his troops from an ambulance. On Aug. 4, while his escorts were reconnoitering, he was shot by Confederate guerrillas as he lay helpless in his ambulance. Perhaps in late 1861, but certainly by mid-1862, the Cincinnati lithographic firm of Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. began to issue a series of portraits of Civil War figures: politicians as well as military and naval officers. These prints, which the firm continued to issue at least as late as 1864. The firm issued seventy-nine different prints of sixty-nine different Union politicians and officers. The Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. prints were issued separately for those in the mid-west who wanted to have these images of Union heroes.
Lot: 403 - IMPRESSIVE PRINT OF UNION GENERAL MCCLERNAND ON HORSEBACK
Uncolored Print, “Jno A(lexander” McClernand” on horseback sword raised for a charge. Folio, ca. 12-1/4” x 16-1/2”, Lithograph by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. Very good condition. Rare. He was charged by Grant with failing to support the troops engaged in the battle of Champion's hill, and he was relieved of his command in July, 1863. Perhaps in late 1861, but certainly by mid-1862, the Cincinnati lithographic firm of Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. began to issue a series of portraits of Civil War figures: politicians as well as military and naval officers. These prints, which the firm continued to issue at least as late as 1864. The firm issued seventy-nine different prints of sixty-nine different Union politicians and officers. The Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. prints were issued separately for those in the mid-west who wanted to have these images of Union heroes.
Lot: 404 - IMPRESSIVE PRINT OF UNION GENERAL MEADE ON HORSEBACK
Uncolored Print, “Geo(rge) G(ordon). Meade” on horseback with cap waving to the cavalry behind him.. Folio, ca. 12-1/4” x 16-1/2”, Lithograph by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. Very good condition. Rare. Meade displayed masterly ability throughout the three days' battle of Gettysburg. Perhaps in late 1861, but certainly by mid-1862, the Cincinnati lithographic firm of Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. began to issue a series of portraits of Civil War figures: politicians as well as military and naval officers. These prints, which the firm continued to issue at least as late as 1864. The firm issued seventy-nine different prints of sixty-nine different Union politicians and officers. The Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. prints were issued separately for those in the mid-west who wanted to have these images of Union heroes.
Lot: 405 - IMPRESSIVE PRINT OF UNION GENERAL SIGEL ON HORSEBACK
Uncolored Print, “Franz Sigel” on horseback with his stud prancing. Folio, ca. 12-1/4” x 16-1/2”, Lithograph by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. Very good condition. Rare. In 1861 he became colonel of the 3d Mo. infantry, aided in the capture of Camp Jackson and on July 5 fought and won the battle of Carthage. Perhaps in late 1861, but certainly by mid-1862, the Cincinnati lithographic firm of Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. began to issue a series of portraits of Civil War figures: politicians as well as military and naval officers. These prints, which the firm continued to issue at least as late as 1864. The firm issued seventy-nine different prints of sixty-nine different Union politicians and officers. The Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. prints were issued separately for those in the mid-west who wanted to have these images of Union heroes.
Lot: 406 - IMPRESSIVE PRINT OF UNION GENERAL SUMNER ON HORSEBACK
Uncolored Print, E(dwin). V(ose). Sumner” on horseback with his stud prancing. Folio, ca. 12-1/4” x 16-1/2”, Lithograph by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. Very good condition. Rare. Upon the reorganization of the army Gen. Sumner was assigned to the 2nd corps and in the battle of Antietam was wounded, and died after a short illness at Syracuse, N. Y., March 21, 1863. Perhaps in late 1861, but certainly by mid-1862, the Cincinnati lithographic firm of Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. began to issue a series of portraits of Civil War figures: politicians as well as military and naval officers. These prints, which the firm continued to issue at least as late as 1864. The firm issued seventy-nine different prints of sixty-nine different Union politicians and officers. The Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. prints were issued separately for those in the mid-west who wanted to have these images of Union heroes.
Lot: 407 - LIMITED NUMBERED JEB STUART PRINT
Framed signed limited edition print, signed by Don Stivers, being 560/900, 1994, of Jeb Stuart & the Southern cavalry crossing Kelly’s Ford. On March 17, 1863, he joined General Stuart, rode out of Culpeper and toward the sounds of battle near Kelly’s Ford.
Lot: 408 - MARKED CAP POUCH,
3-1/2” x 3-1/2” x 2”, with the inner flap marked, “U.S. Ord. Dept.Sub Inspector. Back belt straps intact as is the brass finial and closure tab. There is a partial owners slip, “Scott Dryer, xxx Cav.”
Lot: 409 - US ARTILLERY CIVIL WAR TUBE POUCH
Brown leather tube pouch about perfect just a few minor scuffs and one tiny spot of flaking on the latch tab, else overall about mint. Deeply and crisply marked on inside flap "WATERTOWN / ARSENAL / 1863".
Lot: 410 - “THE ROCK OF CHICKAMAUGA”
Mezzotint image of General Thomas, uncolored, 9” x 12”, on heavy card stock, engraved & Published By William Sartain .. Philadelphia. Tight trim at bottom.
Lot: 411 - GROUPING OF TEN LARGE FORMAT UNION GENERALS ENGRAVINGS
Ten of the engravings are +/- 9-1/2” x 11-1/2” to include; Admiral D.E. Farugate; quoted as saying "Damn the torpedoes.", different D.E. Farugate; General George Meade; Honored by Congress, "... and the officers and soldiers of the Army of the Potomac, for the skill and heroic valor which at Gettysburg repulsed, defeated, and drove back, broken and dispirited, beyond the Rappahannock, the veteran army of the rebellion ...” General J.K.F. Mansfield; KIA at Atietam General Joseph Hooker; When he impulsively offered his resignation in protest to the criticism, it was quickly accepted by Lincoln and Halleck. General Nathaniel Banks; One of the most prominent political generals of the conflict different Banks; General James McPherson; When the Confederates who shot hem asked his aide who they shot, the aide responded, "Sir, it is General McPherson. You have killed the best man in our army." General Edward Baker, The only sitting United States senator ever to die in combat, killed on October 21, 1861, in the Battle of Ball’s Bluff. Group engraving of Generals; O.O. Howard, L.H. Rousseau, B.H. Grierson, H.W. Slocum, Jeff C. Davis.
Lot: 412 - GETTYSBURG VETERANS NEW YORK DAY MEDAL 1863-1893.
The medal is a circular medal 44mm in diameter, suspended from a bronze bar which reads: "July 1-2-3 1863 Gettysburg Veteran" and backed by a red, white and blue ribbon. The obverse contains the Great Seal of the State of New York surrounded by the words "Dedication of State Monuments at Gettysburg July 1, 2, 3 1893 - New York Day". The reverse contains a bas relief of the New York Monument with the dates 1863-1893. An open laurel surrounds the monument. This specimen is not inscribed, the ribbon is preset yet tattered. In 1893, on the 30th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, the State of New York decided to support the return of those living veterans of that battle to Gettysburg for the dedication of the New York Monument. Special trains were arranged to take the soldiers from various parts of New York to Gettysburg, and the old soldiers camped on the old battlefield for the 3 days of commemeration, July 1-3, 1893.
Lot: 413 - RARE CONFEDERATE SHIELD BADGE - GEORGIA SOLDIER CAPTURED AT GETTYSBURG
Beautifully presented in a deep frame, 14” x 21”, this silver ladder badge was issue to Private W(illia)m B. Hargett as engraved on the first rung of the badge. The second rung, Co. E. 20th GA Vol. Inf with a CSA Flag. William B. Hargett was captured at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, imprisoned until 6/4/1865 when he took the oath, Fort Delaware, DE.4r
Lot: 414 - INCREDIBLE PRESENTATION - SOUTHERN CROSS OF HONOR - TWICE WOUNDED GEORGIA SOLDIER
Beautifully framed in a deep frame, 14” x 21”, the 1-1/2" x 2" bronze medal was issued to Sergeant James H. Jordon, Co. D. 21st Georgia Infantry. Jordon enlisted on 6/27/1861 as a Private into "D" Co. Georgia 21st Infantry. He was wounded twice; 6/27/1862 Cold Harbor, VA.; 8/28/1862 2nd Manassas, VA. James surrendered on 4/9/1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA.
Lot: 415 - INCREDIBLE PRESENTATION - SOUTHERN CROSS OF HONOR - PRISONER OF WAR
Beautifully framed in a deep frame, 14” x 21”, the 1-1/2" x 2" bronze medal was issued to Private John D. Bowles who mustered into "K" Co. Georgia 25th Infantry, 9/2/1861, listed POW 4/11/1862 Fort Pulaski, GA., exchanged 8/5/1862 Aiken's Landing, VA. and was disch on 12/20/1862.
Lot: 416 - CIVIL WAR US 1ST 1864 PATTERN .58 CALIBER CARTRIDGE BOX
The exterior leather exhibits light-moderate surface crazing, especially along the flex points, on the lightly worn edges of the cover, and on the closure tab. The belt loops are intact, and the japanned shoulder strap buckles are both present and in very good condition. The interior leather is in fine shape, although there is uniform crackling along the surface of the inner flap, and the tin inserts are both in excellent condition. The die-struck, 4-channels lead-filled box plate has a mostly dark ochre patina with slightly dented edges and one detached iron attachment loop. 8” x 7” x 2-1/2”.
Lot: 417 - CIVIL WAR US 1ST 1864 PATTERN .58 CALIBER CARTRIDGE BOX
The exterior leather exhibits light-moderate surface crazing, especially along the flex points, on the lightly worn edges of the cover, and on the closure tab. The belt loops are intact, and the japanned shoulder strap buckles are both present and in very good condition. The interior leather is in fine shape, although there is uniform crackling along the surface of the inner flap, and the tin inserts are both in excellent condition. Lacks the inner lead/tin cahannels. 8” x 7” x 2-1/2”.
Lot: 418 - U.S. MARKED FUSE POUCH
Half-Moon leather pouch with embossed stamp “US”, 7" x 5" brown leather fuse pouch with some wool lining remaining. Marked in the inside flap, “John S. Pohn, No.15”.
Lot: 419 - LIBBY PRISON LETTER ALONG WITH HIS 94TH NEW YORK REGIMENTAL PIN BELONGING TO EDWARD CHARLES PARKER WHO WAS CAPTURED AT GETTYSBURG
Union Prisoner’s 1pp letter with Regimental Pin, written by Edward Charles Parker who on 2/13/1862, mustered into "E" Co. New York 94th Infantry, listed POW 7/1/1863 Gettysburg, PA., Paroled 3/14/1865 (place not stated) Datelined: Libby Prison, Richmond VA., Sunday, February 14, 1864, in part “I do not understand why you do not receive any letters from me, without authorities, have not sent them or else destroyed them. Do not send any more boxes until further notice .. there seems to be some trouble about them. ... I think we will see the 4th of July here & I fear that there will be no exchange until the close of the war. We must trust in the good God. ...” With the letter is a circular regimental pin, “94th N.Y. Vol. Inf”.
Lot: 420 - THE MISSOURI CAMPAIGN
Front page of November 23, 1861 Harper’s Weekly, with caption, “War in Missouri, General Jim Lane’s Camp Near Humansville Missouri” showing the camp and the Indian Scouts. Presented in modern plastic frame. Brigadier-General James Henry Lane (1814-1866) was an American politician and military officer who was a leader of the Jayhawkers in the Bleeding Kansas period
Lot: 421 - THE LARGEST SURRENDER OF THE WAR WAS BETWEEN THESE GENERALS
SHERMAN, William T. (1820-1891). Union general famous for his march through Georgia to the sea, accepted the surrender of the last major Confederate force under Johnston. JOHNSTON, Joseph Eggleston (1807-1891) Commanding General, C.S. Army of the Shenandoah, 1861; Commanding General, C.S. Army of the Potomac, 1861-62; Commanding General, C.S. Army of Northern Virginia, 1862; Commanding General, C.S. Army of Tennessee, 1863-64,1865, capitulated to Sherman on April 26, 1865. Nice Sherman/Johnston combination being a free frank "W.T. Sherman" on official Headquarters Army of the United States. ... plus, Clipped signature from a letter, "Yours truly J.E. Johnston". These are matted and framed with a postcard of the Bennett House where Sherman accepted Johnston surrender. Former Confederate Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston caught a cold while attending the funeral in New York City for his former Civil War adversary, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, in 1891. A month later, he died in Washington and was buried in a non-military ceremony in Baltimore's Green Mount Cemetery.
Lot: 422 - PERIOD CIVIL WAR FORAGE CAP
Period Forage Cap, dark blue wool shows very minor wear. The crown is 5” tall in the front and 7-1/2” in the rear. The cap is topped with the Bugle pin. The adjustable glazed leather chin strap is attached by the standard staff brass Eagle Buttons on either side. The visor is thick leather. The interior dark red silk is fully attached with no tears or fraying and retains sweatband.
Lot: 423 - OFFICER’S SWORD ACORN SASH
The twenty-eight inch looped leather strap finished with a fine red/gold 2” acorn. Near fine.
Lot: 424 - THE FLIGHT OF JEFFERSON DAVIS
Superb period Uncolored Print, “JEFF'S LAST SKEDADDLE”, 20" x 14", published by A. McLean, lith.,St. Louis, Missouri,1865, showing the tearful Confederate President Jefferson Davis wearing a dress and bonnet,with a dagger and water bucket in hand, quickly fleeing the mounted Union cavalry who have arrived at his camp. The soldiers address a partially-clad lady standing before a tent, presumably Mrs. Davis: "All right Madam we can't wait till you have on your Duds". She replies: "Please Gentlemen don't disturb the Privacy of Ladies before they have time to dress". At bottom the artist adds a satirical caption: "Off to the last ditch" with the subtitle "How Jeff In His Extremity Put His Navel Affairs and Ram Parts Under Petticoat Protection". Has a rolling fold else VG.
Lot: 425 - REMNANT OF THE LAST CSA FLAG FLOWN OVER RICHMOND
A rare and most desirable relic a small section of the last Confederate flag to fly over the Capitol of the Confederacy in Richmond Virginia. The remnant is an approx. 3” x 1” section of beige cloth removed from the Third National flag which was seized by Union soldiers when the city fell on April 3 1865. A section of the flag came into the hands of Methodist minister John O. Foster who is said to have preached the first sermon in the city after its capture. He found himself in the Confederate Treasury where he helped himself to bonds of all types and denominations now worthless. At about the same time he obtained section of the capitol's flag to which he affixed the bonds and a label: 'Confederate Money Valuable as Curios. Pieces of flag floating over Capitol at Richmond day of capitulation'. After securing the bonds and flag remnants Foster then preached (under guard) at the Presbyterian Church to an audience composed largely of newly-freed slaves. Double-matted with one corner of the flag remnant turned-up to expose a portion of the bond beneath with descriptive label beneath. Flag was examined by noted textile/flag expert Fonda Thompson and approved verso bears attribution as to flag's provenance. Originally sold by The Historical Shop
Lot: 426 - STRIKING CAVALRY RIBBON
An Impressive ribbon, 8” x 3” with a bowed gold ribbon, spun gold tassel with a silver toned stamped hoseshoe with cross swords, “9. REG. PA. VET. VOL. CAV.” The 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment was a Union Army cavalry regiment that participated in the American Civil War. It was one of the most respected Union volunteer cavalry units in the war.
Lot: 427 - NEAR FINE MILITARY KEPI
Military Academy Kepi, nd. c1870’s. The dark blue wool is nearly flawless. The front is raised 2” and the back is 4”. The adjustable gold-cord chin strap is affixed to buttons on either side. The buttons “The Hill School CC” with cross rifles, were manufactured by J.H. Wilson, Philadelphia. There is a Bugle pin on the top. In braid on the front is “HSCC” The interior liner is slightly frayed yet retains the maker’s ID “Thos. Stuart & Co., Military Uniforms, 333 Arch St. Philadelphia”
Lot: 428 - IMPRESSIVE BOWIE
Grizzly Bowie Knife, 15” O/A with 9-1/2” blade which is marked “W.J. McElroy, Macon Georgia” oddlly stamped horizontally with the rusty blade. The “S” guard is brass, handle is wood.
Lot: 429 - COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING OF STONEWALL JACKSON
12-1/2" x 16", left facing, chest up profile of Thomas J. Jackson below of which is cartouche of him being shot by friendly fire. The image is surrounded by vines. Fine.
Lot: 430 - FINE MATCHING PRINTS OF GENERAL R.E. LEE AND GENERAL STONEWALL JACKSON
A pair of uncolored prints, 9-3/4” x 12-1/2”, both published by F.E. Wright and signed in the plate by the artist H(enry) A(lexander) Ogdon. Included is “Stonewall Jackson at Bull Run, July 21, 1861”, fine. ... plus, “Lee at Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863”, fine. Henry (Harry) Alexander Ogden, also known as H. A. Ogden, (1856–1936) was an American illustrator particularly of historical and military subjects. At the age of 17, he began work with Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. This allowed him to travel extensively around the United States and Europe. One visit to the American West in 1877 resulted in over 200 illustrations.
Lot: 431 - APRIL 9, 1865 - RESPECTFUL EXCHANGE OF SALUTES - LEE & GRANT
“PEACE WITH HONOR” This archival limited edition #733/1200, signed print by Don Stivers, 1988. Excellent condition. It is April 9, 1865, at the McClean House, near the Appomattox Court House, Appomattox, Virginia, and General Robert E. Lee and General Ulysses S. Grant exchange the salutes of gentlemen, respectful of each other and of the momentous events in which they were principal participants. The image captures a moment in time when “honor acknowledged honor”.
Lot: 432 - STRIKING CARLISLE BARRACKS COMMISSIONED PRINT
Professionally and exquisitely framed, this Limited Edition Print, #508/1000, 1995, is signed by the artist Don Stivers. Titled on the metal ID plaque below the print, “Passing Through, Major General Rodes’ Division June 28, 1863 Cavalry Barracks, Carlisle Pennsylvania ”. On the top margin of the print is the commission “This limited edition print was commissioned by the U.S. Army War College, Class of 1995, Carlisle Pennsylvania”. And on the bottom margin is extended description, “Maj. Gen. Robert Rodes, Maj. Gen. Isaac Trimble, Lt. Gen. Richard Stoddart Ewell, Brig. Gen. Junius Daniel”. Nestled in the beautiful Susquehanna Valley, Carlisle Barracks is one of our nation's oldest military installations. Since 1757, Carlisle Barracks has witnessed pioneering concepts in military training and education, and innovative measures to prepare for a changing world.
Lot: 433 - DEDICATED TO MARY TODD LINCOLN.
Song Sheet, “Our Beautiful Banner, Dedicated to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln. Written by Mrs. Louis F. Neagle”, published Johnson, Philadelphia. Three stanzas song to the tune “Star Spangled Banner”. In part, “While rebels attempt this sweet Union to sever, Destroy them, good heroes, they’ll conquor? No Never! ...”
Lot: 434 - ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES - THE REPUBLICAN OFFICER SEEKER - 1861
JUDGE A(lanason). H(amilton). BARNES came from New York to Delavan in 1855; was a practicing attorney till 1872, He was appointed associate justice of the Dakota Territory Supreme Court by President Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln's commander-in-chief, on March 24, 1873, with headquarters at Fargo. He established the first court ever held at Bismarck, of that Territory. Autograph Letter Signed “A.H. Barnes” in the hand of his wife, 4pp, Delavan (Wisc), March 4, 1861, written to James R. Doolittle the sitting Wisconsin Senator regarding possible Judgeship, in part, “Judge Fakely of White-Water is one of the District Judges in Nebraska. His place is to be supplied doubtless by a Republican. ... I have no doubt but through the aid of some Eastern friends I could reach the ear of Gov. Seward ...” Written the date of Lincoln’s inauguration, the office seeker starts his hunt for a Judgeship.
Lot: 435 - SOLICITS SEWARD’S ASSISTANCE IN AN APPOINTMENT
Ransom R. Balcom (1818-1879) Elected to represent Chenango County in the state assembly in 1847. Elected supreme court justice, sixth judicial district, in 1855, served for over 20 years, resigning in 1877 on account of ill health. He was one of the first judges in New York to use the expression “due process of law” in a way that resembles today’s usage. Autograph Letter Signed “Ransom Balcom” 3pp., datelined Washington March 27,1861 written to Hon. William H. Seward. In part, “ask you to favor the appointment of Edward C. Kattel Esqr to the office of Judge or secretary in one of theTerritories .... he was ran out by the Silver Grays (supporters of President Millard Fillmore) in 1851 -0 He is a true Republican ... for that reason he desires an office under Mr. Lincoln. ... His petition was sent to Senator King a few days ago ....” We found and enclose reference to two letters held in an institution regarding this recommendation. (1) March 26, 1861, Preston King’s letter to Lincoln regarding Kattel. (2) March 22, 1861, Ransom Balcom’s letter to Lincoln recommending Kattel.
Lot: 436 - LINCOLN ORDERED THE MARYLAND SECESSIONISTS ARRESTED - THE MARYLAND SECESIONIST ARE ARRESTED. LETTER WRITTEN TO A POLITICAL PRISONER BY A RELEASED PRISONER
This Letter is Written To A Political Prison By A Released Prisoner MAY, Henry (1816-1866) Democrat. U.S. Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1853-55, 1861-63. Autograph Letter Signed, "H. May" 3p. octavo, January 16, 1862, Washington, with franked cover addressed to a political prisoner Severn Teackle Wallis, in the "Care of Col. Dimick Fort Warren near Boston, Mass." with Congress cds, it
Lot: 437 - PRESIDENT LINCOLN PREPARING TO BRING THE NEGRO INTO THE WAR
Print 8-1/2" x 10-7/8", withdrawn from Punch, August 9, 1862, VG. An extraordinary political cartoon depicts Lincoln offering a rifle and knapsack to a slave, titled "ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER" with Lincoln saying, "'Why, I du declare, it's my dear old friend Sambo. Lend us a hand, old hoss, du." Within a month, Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation and by 1863 the recruitment of blacks commenced in earnest. Between 1863 and 1865 one hundred and eighty thousand Black men enlisted under the Union flag.
Lot: 438 - 1864 OHIO LINCOLN ELECTION TICKET
Unusually large Lincoln/Johnson Election Ticket, 4-3/4” x 8-1/2”, color printed with slogan “The UNION - It Must and Shall Be Preserved”. Below that, military red/blue illustration of the Eagle, Flags, a Drum and Bugle. Each side has a 7” poled flag. Issued for Montgomery County Ohio, “Presidential Ticket, Election November 8, 1864, For President ABRAHAM LINCOLN of Illinois ...” The Election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1864. Incumbent President Abraham Lincoln of the National Union Party easily defeated the Democratic nominee, former General George B. McClellan, by a wide margin of 212–21 in the electoral college, with 55% of the popular vote. McClellan won Kentucky, Delaware, and his home state of New Jersey.
Lot: 439 - PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND HIS SON
Vignetted CDV image of the President and his son, Tad with the President reading. No photographer backmark but imprint "President Lincoln, Master Thad. Lincoln". This photograph of Abraham Lincoln and his son Thomas (Tad) was taken by Anthony Berger in Mathew Brady's Washington, D.C. studios on February 9, 1864. It shows the president and his son looking at a photograph album (a prop that was lying around the studio) together. The photograph was commissioned by the painter Francis Carpenter, who was at the time working in the White House preparing sketches that would serve as the basis for his First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln (1864).
Lot: 440 - ORIGINAL NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL TICKET, ABRAHAM LINCOLNN FOR PRESIDENT AND ANDREW JOHNSON FOR VICE PRESIDENT
From the Election of November 8, 1864, 3” x 7”. These tickets are becoming increasing difficult to find, especially in this condition. Printed for Holmes County Ohio but used in Cuyahoga County. Striking Lady Liberty illustration .
Lot: 441 - ORIGINAL NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL TICKET, GEO. B. MCCLLELAN FOR PRESIDENT AND GEORGE H. PENDLETON FOR VICE PRESIDENT
From the Election of November 8, 1864, 3” x 7-1/2”. These tickets are becoming increasing difficult to find, especially in this condition. Printed for Ottawa County Ohio but used in Cuyahoga County. Striking illustration of “The Old Flag Forever”. President Abraham Lincoln of the National Union Party easily defeated the Democratic nominee, former General George B. McClellan, by a wide margin of 212–21 in the electoral college, with 55% of the popular vote.
Lot: 442 - THE PRESDENTIAL VOTING OF THE CO. E. 147TH REG. PENN VOLS.
POLL-BOOK, 8-1/2” x 16” pre-printed and filled out in manuscript. In part, “On the election held on Tuesday next, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, by the qualified electors of Westmoreland, State of Pennsylvania in the actual Military or Naval Service ... being held at HdQtr Co. E, 147th Regt Pa Vols ...” It continues with the certifications of the Judges & Clerks, Tally Paper or Lists of Votes. And finally, “Number and Names of qualified Electors voting ... John Longodorff ..”
Lot: 443 - THREE LARGE FORMAT ENGRAVINGS - LINCOLN, GRANT AND GARFIELD - LIMITED EDITION OF 100
Each of the engraved images are uncolored, striking representatives, 11-1/2” x 16-1/2”, and withdrawn from “Portrait Gallery, American Statesmen and Generals, Being a series of Proof Engravings mostly taken at the time of life when their reputations were made ... INDIA PROOFS (One Hundred Copies),” New York, Virtue & Yorston 12 Dey St. Includes, President Lincoln, signed in the plate “Eng. A.H. Ritchie”. The engraving is after Mathew Brady in Washington, DC, on 8 January 1864 (O-86) CDV. ... plus, General U.S. Grant, 3/4 standing, after photograph by Frederick, 1865. ... plus, General James Garfield, vignetted chest up, right facing, after Brady photo, c 1864. Upper left corner is lightly water stained. Alexander Hay Ritchie (1822-1895) was a Scottish-born American artist and engraver.
Lot: 444 - “LIL MAC” RUNS AGAINST LINCOLN - 1864
Unique McClellan Beige Campaign Ribbon, 1” x 3-1/4” from which is a General McClellan tintype, 3/4” x 1”. The brass frame folds around the ribbon. Formerly a Rex Stark item. In the 1864 U.S. presidential election, the Democrats nominated Union Army General George McClellan for U.S. President and Ohio U.S. Representative George Pendleton for U.S. Vice President. During the campaign, McClellan vowed to do a better job of prosecuting the Union Army effort in the American Civil War than incumbent U.S. President Abraham Lincoln did. Ultimately, the McClellan-Pendleton ticket lost to the National Union ticket of Abraham Lincoln and former U.S. Senator Andrew Johnson.
Lot: 445 - JOHN WILKES BOOTH CDV
The dapper assassin, seated view, walking stick, gold chain. Backmark Gardner Photographer, published by Phillip & Solomons, Washington DC. Horizontal bend, slightly dirty.
Lot: 446 - SCARCE IMAGE - WASHINGTON & LINCOLN "THE FATHER" AND "THE PRESERVER"
New York, dated 1865. An illustrated image of George Washington "The Father" and Abraham Lincoln "The Preserver", surrounded by clouds, patriotic figures, a bald eagle, and a freed slave. Id'd on the front mount, "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by E.J. Post, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York."
Lot: 447 - “THE PRESIDENT IS DEAD - ABRAHAM LINCOLN DIED THIS MORNING AT TWENTY-TWO MINUTES AFTER SEVEN O’CLOCK”
A complete and authentic issue of The World, New York, April 17, 1865, 8pp., disbound and untrimmed at the top, crisp, near fine. From the front page, column stacked headlines " OUR BEREAVEMENT, Full particulars of the Great National Tragedy, THE DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT, Minute Account of the Fatal Scene in the Theater, The Last Honors to the Lamented Dead, A NATION'S SORROW, Conflicting Rumors with regard to the Assassin, Inauguration of Mr. Johnson as President...." Just an amazing array of detailed accounts of the Lincoln assassination presented in a crisp nationally recognized newspaper.
Lot: 448 - LINCOLN WALL PAPER FROM THE PETERSON HOUSE
Tiny wallpaper swatch attributed to President Abraham Lincoln's 'Death Room' at the Petersen House, across the street from Ford's Theatre, measuring approximately 1" x 1". Accompanied by a letter from the United States Department of the Interior, stating that their examination of a wallpaper sample confirmed it as "authentic and…from the room where Lincoln died"; we presume that this letter pertained to a larger wallpaper sample from which this fragment was cut.
Lot: 449 - SCARCE LITHO OF LINCOLN’S ASSASSINATION
Uncolored Print, 17” x 13”, titled “Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., April 14th, 1865.” John Wilkes Booth wields a blood stained knife and jumps from the Presidential box where Lincoln sits slumped in his chair. Mary Todd Lincoln attends to her husband while the surrounding spectators exhibit hysteria and alarm. The Lincolns’ box, depicted as extremely small and overcrowded, contains their guests, Major Henry R. Rathbone and his fiancée, Clara Harris, although another unidentified female onlooker also occupies the box. Lincoln's guard had earlier left his post, so he is not depicted. On the top of the box railing rest a pair of opera glasses and a program, inscribed, “Ford's Theat../ American Cousin,” which is the name of the play being performed that night. The artist of this work, James E Baker (1837-1914), began as an apprentice at J. H. Bufford & Co. in 1857. He eventually became John Bufford’s principal draftsman and illustrator of sheet music. He worked in NYC in 1860-1867 and specialized in portrait prints. During the Civil War he produced, for Bufford, political cartoons and lithographs relating the national drama. He later worked for Armstrong & Company, remaining active until 1888.
Lot: 450 - ABRAHAM LINCOLN EULOGY
Imprint, 68pp., Boston, J.E. Farwell and Company, lacks back cover (Lincoln image), titled, "The Promises of the Declaration of Independence: Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln," was delivered in Boston on June 1, 1865 by Charles Sumner. The speech prominently highlighted Lincoln's commitment to upholding the principles of equality and freedom enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, particularly in his efforts to end slavery during the Civil War. Key points from Sumner's eulogy: Lincoln as a champion of liberty; The Emancipation Proclamation as a pivotal moment; Lincoln's character and leadership; A call for continued progress.
Lot: 451 - IN THE WORDS OF THE ALEXANDER HAMILTON PLAY, “HE WAS IN THE ROOM” WHEN LINCOLN DIED
William Tod Otto (1816-1905) was an American judge and the eighth reporter of decisions of the United States Supreme Court, serving as reporter from 1875 to 1883. A personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, Judge Otto headed the Indiana delegation to the 1860 Republican National Convention that nominated Lincoln for the presidency. Subsequently, he was among those instrumental in delivering Indiana, a key swing state, to Lincoln in the presidential election.He served in the Interior Department from 1863 to 1871. According to The New York Times (Page 1, April 16, 1865), Judge Otto was among those surrounding Lincoln's bedside when the great man died after being shot by John Wilkes Booth. Autograph Letter Signed “W.T. Otto”, 2pp. on Department of the Interior letterhead, sent to William Willard, Warden Connecticut State Prison. Datelined, Washington DC, November 12, 1867. In part, “... Thomas Jones was , November 26, 1866, sentenced by a Naval Court Martial to imprisonment .. for a term of one year. ... your certificate that in all respects conformed to the requirements ...”
Lot: 452 - THREE FAMOUS NEW YORKERS AGREE - WAR OF 1812
Document Signed by important New Yorkers; John Van Ness Yates, Daniel D. Tompkins and Stephen Van Rensselaer III Albany March 10, 1814 to the Hon. Sec. of the Navy, William Jones providing reference for Samuel C. Ward to “enter the Navy of the United Sattes .. we cheerfully recommend him .. for midshipman. He is between 16 & 17 years of age.” John Van Ness Yates (1779-1839) was a New York lawyer, Democratic-Republican politician, and Secretary of State from 1818 to 1826. Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825) was an American politician. He was the fourth governor of New York from 1807 to 1817, and the sixth vice president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. Stephen Van Rensselaer III (1764-1839) was an American landowner, businessman, militia officer, and politician. Long active in the militia, Van Rensselaer attained the rank of major general; he commanded troops on the New York–Canada border during the War of 1812
Lot: 453 - GROUP OF FIVE EARLY NAVAL RECOMMENDATIONS DIRECTED TO THE SECREATRY OF THE NAVY
Each recommendation is 1pp, fully manuscript and very good. We will name the writer, the nominee, the position, and the date. House of Reps, Feby 7, 1821, “Albert Tracy” to Sec. Smith Thompson, recommends Maj. Alexander Stewart of Matyland, for officer in the Naval Academy ... plus, Washington Dec. 17, 1821, Mark Hill (Mass. House Rep” to Secretary of the Bany (Smith Thompson) recommends William Fillebrown (died at sea 1826) for appointemnt to the Marine Corps. ... plus, Boston Dec. 4th, 1824 Sam Jarvis to Samuel Southard, Sec. of the Navy, recommends Mr. Ezra Davis to Naval Agent in Boston. ... plus, New Hampshire Representative Ichabod Bartlett to Secretary of the Navy (Samuel Southard) recommends William Furell for Midshipman Warrant, nd, np. ... plus, Washington Dec. 24th 1829 House Member of New York Henry Meigs to Secretary of the Navy (John Branch, Jr) recommending Robert Stewart of New Jersey to Midshipman Warrant.
Lot: 454 - PATRIOTIC MUSIC SHEET - FORT MCHENRY
Music Sheet, 9-3/4’ x 13”, 3pp., uncolored, titled “The American Boy. A New Patriotic Song From the American Sentinel”, Composed and Humbly dedicated to Col. James Page, by Francis Johnson, Philadelphia, Osbourn’s Music Saloon. The military illustration appears to be Fort McHenry. The Old Guard State Fencibles, "a military organization raised in Philadelphia in 1813 as part of the Pennsylvania militia.
Lot: 455 - US MODEL 1855 BAYONET
The Bayonet blade is 16” although the it is snapped seaparating 4” (the blade is in two pieces. The scabbard is present with usual wear. The Model 1855 saw action in the Civil War and probably more of these were used than all other bayonets of the period combined. They are typically American in design in that they do not have a blade "shoulder" and have deep fullers, whereas British bayonets of the period had a shoulder and had shallow fullers that stopped at the shoulder of the blade.
Lot: 456 - 1870S NEW YORK LEATHER CARTRIDGE BOX
Brass shield “NY” on hinged flap, 7-1/2 x 3-1/4” x 2”. Leather flap detached but present. Lacks wooden cartridge box. Maker stamp “McKinney and Company, New York
Lot: 457 - 1870S NEW YORK LEATHER CARTRIDGE BOX
Near Fine , Brass shield “NY” on hinged flap, 7-1/2 x 3-1/4” x 2”. Leather flap present. Wooden cartridge box has 18 cartridge holes. Maker stamp “McKinney and Company, New York.
Lot: 458 - INDIAN WARS CARTRIDGE BOX
U..S. Marine Corps Model 1874 McKeeverLeather Cartridge Box. The cover bears the embossed relief “U.S.M.C” marking of the Marine Corps, with some scuffing. The metal components show verdigris. The rear belt loops are intact. Size; 6-1/2” x 4” x 2”.
Lot: 459 - INDIAN WARS POUCH
Small Cap Pouch, 3-1/2” x 3-1/2” x 1-1/2”, plate removed, marked inside flat “26”. Scuffs on exterior,
Lot: 460 - REPLICA RIFLE, MMDE OF METAL AND WOOD - MECHANISM NOT OPERABLE.
Replica to size and color. Nice Wall Hanger The M1 was the first semiautomatic rifle commonly used by the infantry of the United States, reaching to produce more than 5.000.000 units. For Its simple construction, allowed to clean and keep the weapon always ready. Its reliability and its firepower against its German and Japanese counterparts, who continued using bolt-action rifles as their standard infantry weapon, gave US soldiers a clear advantage. in combat. General George Patton referred to the M1 Garand as "The best tool of war ever created."
Lot: 461 - DOGS OF WAR -SHOOTING MATCH CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL
Dangler, 1-1/2" x 4", a depiction of "The Dogs of War" with a man holding dogs on leashes. The proper left has a National Seal medal with tabs below depicting Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and National Guard. The proper right text reads "National Trophy Presented by the Congress of the United States for Excellence in Team Marksmanship MDCCCCIV." The pin is attached to the medal by a ribbon with vertical red, white, and blue stripes. The text on the bar reads "The National Team Match." Below the Dogs of War is "Prize 1919." In an effort to increase military marksmanship and preparedness in the defense of the Nation, legislation was developed in 1903 to hold national marksmanship matches. This legislation was authorized by Congress in Army General Order #61. The teams representing all branches of the military were competing for the trophy called "Dogs of War." The first matches were held at Sea Girt, NJ in 1903, followed by Ft Riley, KS, in 1904. In 1906, Camp Perry, OH, named in honor of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, became the home of the National Matches. Carl T. Osburn medaled in these events multiple times.
Lot: 462 - IMPERIAL GERMAN MODEL 98 BAYONET WITH CROWN STAMP ERFURT
The clean 22-1/2” blade is marked “Erfurt”, with the sar5ce wooden grip. There were on 250 woode grips issued as a trial in 1912. The bayonet is held in the standard all steel scabbard, as used in WWI. It is in very good shape, with only minor denting. It looks to have been arsenal refurbished and painted black at some point, which is still mostly retained.
Lot: 463 - SCARCE REMINGTON WWI BAYONET
The 17” blade is stamped “1918” above the circled “Remington” on one side. On the other is the is stamped the Exploding Gernade above “US”. A very scarce Remington factory error bayonet caused by the production date of 1918 being set for stamping as the ' Pattern ' date, so instead on the bayonet ricasso reading the usual ' 1917 ' for the pattern date, this bayonet shows ' 1918 ' as the Pattern date. Once the error was discovered, it was immediately corrected, however a small number of Pattern 1917 Remington bayonets were produced with the Pattern ' 1918 ' error date shown on the riscasso.
Lot: 464 - THIS IS A 1917 LF&C KNUCKLE TRENCH KNIFE.
It has a black finished triangle spear point dagger blade that is 9 inches, .536" thick at the base. Marked inside, “US L.F. and Co. 1917”. The handle has a spiked/knob D-guard and a wood handle. The original leather scabbard is a tight fit. Very Nice weapon.
Lot: 465 - WANTS TO FIND HIS COUSIN’S GRAVE
Typed Letter Signed “R.H. Cobb”, 1pp. subject Leave. Datelined Co. C 118 Inf, February 22, 1919, In part “At he request of the family of my cousin Hebert G. Cobb ... I desire a leave sufficient to find his grave with is located in the cemetary at Brisulles-sur-Meus France. He is reported as Killed in action at this place Oct. 14, 1918 ....” We were able to locate Herbert’s last letter home as well as an image of his tombstone. Copies are included. Herbert Cobb was one of three brothers recruited by the army to serve in World War I in 1917. Herbert and his brother William both served overseas during the course of the war. Herbert's twin brother, Sumner, was the only of the three to remain stateside. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1916 and was sent overseas to France in October of 1917 during WWI. He died on the front lines on October 14, 1918 in Brieulles-sur-Meuse, France, when a shell crashed into the shack where he was sleeping. His tombstone is engraved with the title 1st Lieutenant, the rank he held at his death. His family was unaware he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant until his twin brother, Sumner, visited Herbert's grave site.
Lot: 466 - THE RISE OF HITLER’S NAZI GERMANY
Documentary Photo Aids was an educational supplier of reproduction photographs covering various periods of American history. Each professional photo has a printed caption describing the image. Additionally, when bought in topic groups, DPA would include a Teacher’s Guide providing the history of that period. These are 14” x 11”, c1960-1970. Unlikely they could be used in public schools today. This is an astonishing group of Hitler-related images showing his rise to power. The group includes: Adolph Hitler’s parents; plus; The first photo of Adolph Hitler at age 11 months; plus, Hitler in elementary school; plus, Hitler in uniform, WWI in which he took part in 47 battles and received the Iron Cross; plus, Hermann Goering, WWI fighter pilot; plus, German troops surrender; plus, The Freikorps (paramilitary units) are disbanded. Many for the nocleus of Hitler’s Storm Troopers; plus, Corporal Hitler expounding the right wing view to street crowds, 1919; plus, Hitler sits in an outdoor beer garden, planning his political rise; plus, January 28, 1923, ignoring the authorities who forbade the demostration, Hitler orders the first NAZI demonstration in Munich with banners “Today Germany - Tomorrow the World”; plus, Guns are being distributed to the Nazis as the prepare to overthrow the Bavarian government, May 1, 1923; plus, Hitler announces “The National Revolution has begun. His bodyguards ride in a lorry with sign, ‘Hitler Assault Troops, Munich’; plus, November 9, 1923 Hitler lead 3,000 Storm Troops to take over Munich.11:49:25 AM failed; Hitler was arrested his trial opening February 24, 1924. Found guilty; plus, Summer 1924, Hitler entertains his friends in his cell; plus, The original notice of Hitler’s Mein Kampf, 1924; plus, Hitler is exhausted after a long speech in which he says “either the enemy marches over our bodies or we march over his”; plus, The Nazi party begins to win elections. Hitler called those who believed in democracy “Crazy Brains”. Here he addresses his Storm Troops; plus, By 1932 the Nazi Party won 230 seats, was the largest party and had 37% of the vote. Here is a youngster with the Nazi Flag; plus, On January 30, 1933 Hindenburg appointed Hitler Chancellor of Germany. Here they are shaking hands; plus, Germany was tipping to civil war when Hitler met with his forst cabinet; plus, February 27, 1933, the Reichstag had been suspended ... the Nazi burned the Reichstag buiding, starting the wave of sabotage.
Lot: 467 - THE HIDNDENBURG SISTER ZEPPLIN
This large illustration depicts the LZ-130 Zeppelin which was featured in the July 1938 issue of Fortune Magazine. This model is the sister ship to the ill-fated Hindenburg which crashed a year earlier (the LZ-129). Unlike the Hindenburg, this model would be lifted only by helium (avoiding highly flammable hydrogen). The illustration depicts the Zeppelin making landfall, and shows the elaborate design features both internally and externally. The bottom left corner has the name and date of the artwork, “Rolf Klep ‘38."
Lot: 468 - 1940 - ANTI NAZI MOVIE PROMOTION
Two piece Hitler group: Each piece is printed both sides. The front side advertises the anti-nazi movie ‘After Mein Kampf’ which will tell ‘The True Facts about Nazism’ and ‘See The Picture Hitler Fears’. The fronts of each differ from one another. The backs are also different from one another. The backs are set up as a FBI wanted poster for Hitler, 8-1/2" x 11". An Anti-Nazi propaganda handbill distributed in the United States during World War II. The bill falsely claims that Adolf Hitler's real name is Adolf Schicklgruber. An assertion which was originated by Hans Habe, a Viennese Jewish writer. The claim was based on the last name of Hitler's father, who was born Alois Shicklgruber. Text on bottom half includes "If Captured Dead Or Alive, The Reward Will Be Freedom For The Entire World And Peace For All Nations". And again promoting the Movie.
Lot: 469 - THE RUSSIAN OCCUPIED COUNTRIES FACED VERY STRICT MARTIAL LAWS
Graphic Photo of 2 Men Hanged. The placard hung around the neck of one of the victims advises in Russian, “Whoever sets fire to these buildings will be hanged”.
Lot: 470 - SOUVENIR M40 SINGLE DECAL LUFTWAFFE HELMET - SIGNED BY THE US COMPANY WHICH TOOK IT FROM THE FIELD
The exterior of this classic wartime combat helmet has a great look, with “1944” painted on the rolled front visor. In addition, there are over 50 neatly painted names, some in groups. For example “GUN 1, Cloyd, Fulmer, Flowers, Ewing, MacCarthy”. There 5 Gun crews and 20 names down the center of the steel helmet. The interior bears the stamped inside the shell with the size and maker stamp “ET64”. The leather webbibg is completely present as is the chin strap, which lack its buckle.
Lot: 471 - A PAIR OF FAMOUS WWII PROFESSIONAL MATTED PHOTOS
Matted photo, 11” x 13” silver print of Joe Rosenthal holding his famous photograph of US Marines raising the flag on Mt. Suribachi. Illegibly signed by the photographer in the lower right. ... plus, The famous photo, 10” x 13”, V-J Day in Times Square is a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt that shows a U.S. Navy sailor embracing and kissing a total stranger. Provenance: Property from the Estate of Monte Nagler, West Bloomfield, Michigan
Lot: 472 - THE HORRIBLE RESULTS THE UNITED STATES DETONATED OF TWO ATOMIC BOMBS OVER JAPANESE
Zenger Productions was an educational supplier of reproduction photographs covering various periods of American history. Each professional photo has a printed caption describing the image. Additionally, when bought in topic groups, DPA would include a Teacher’s Guide providing the history of that period. These are 14” x 11”, c1960-1970.. Unlikely they could be used in public schools today. Collection of TEN photos of the Hiroshima Atomic Bombing, the first atomic bomb used in military action includes: August 2nd, 1939, a csimile of a letter written by Einstein appealing to President Roosevelt not to use the bomb; plus, July 16, 1945, photo of Maj. Gen. Groves, in charge og the Manhattan Project with Dr. Oppenheimer; plus, Both bombs are shown, Little Boy dropped on Hiroshima and Fat Man dropped on Nagasaki; The Enola Gay landing after she dropped the first bomb on Hiroshima; plus, The enormous Mushroom Cloud resulting from the August 6, 1945, Little Boy; plus, Horrible burned victims of the bomb; plus, Japanese leaving Nagaasaki three days after the bombing; plus, A burned couple whom survived ; plus, The complete destruction of Hiroshima; plus, Tens of thousand commemorate the bombings, remind the world of the necessity to prevent nuclear warefare. On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. The bombings killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. Japan surrendered to the Allies on 15 August, six days after the bombing of Nagasaki
Lot: 473 - WORLD WAR II GROUPING FOR KIA SOLDIER
The grouping of ten items surrounding the death of Private Thomas F. Conroy who served in the 104th Division which saw almost 200 days of fighting in northwestern Europe as it fought through France, Netherlands, Belgium, and western Germany, fighting back several fierce German counterattacks as it advanced through the theater throughout late 1944 and 1945. The items include: 1. Datelined: December 26, 1944, Letter of commendation issued to the division regarding their fine performance in the field. Letter has a facsimile of Terry Allen signature. 2. Datelined: January 2, 1945, Wester Union Telegram, in part “Regret to inform you your brother Private Thomas F. Conroy was slightly wounded in actioon December 14 ...” 3. Datelined: March 20, 1945, Wester Union Telegram, in part “The secretary of war desires me to express his deep regret that your brother Private First Class Thomas F. Conroy was killed in action six March ...” 4. A pair of newspaper clipping reporting Conroy’s death and funeral. 5.Datelined: March 17, 1945, 414th Infantry Headquarters, New York. NY. Typed Letter Signed “Gerald C. Kelleher” Colonel Commanding, in part “Your brother, Private First Class Thomas F. Conroy was killed in action ... was buried in United States Military Cemetery in Belgium ...” 6. Datelined: War Department, Washington DC., March 20, 1945. Typed Letter signed “J.A.Ulio”, in part “It is with regret that I am writing to confirm ... the death of your brother ... ... there will be sent directly ..a letter containg further information ..” 7. Datelined:Headquarters 104th Infantry, March 29, 1945. Typed Letter signed “Terry Allen” Major General Commanding, in part “ ... permit me to offer my deepest sympathy because of the death of your brother ... Your brother died a hero’s death on the battlefield. His memory will always be cherished in the Timber Wolf Division ...” 8. Datelined Army Service Forces, March 30, 1945. Typed letter signed “James L. Collins” Major General, in part “Please be assured that when any new information is received by the Casualty Branch ... they will forward same to you immediately ..” 9. Datelined April 18, 1944, Certificate of National Service Life Insurance issue for Thmas F. Conroy in the amount of $10,000. 10. Datelined: Veterans Administartiion May 26, 1945, acknowledging that Conroy’s sister is the beneficiary of the $10,000 Life Insurnce.
Lot: 474 - THE ULTIMATE MILITARY MEDAL
World War Two Cased Purple Heart, Named to, "Thomas F. Conroy". Period leatherette issue box with gold fabric lined interior. Die struck gilt medal with enameled surface and ribbon, reverse inscribed "For Military Merit, Thomas F. Conroy". Medal accompanied by ribbon bar and pinned tack. Excellent condition. Private Thomas F. Conroy was Killed in Action March 6, 1945 and Buried in Belgium.
Lot: 475 - LIMITED EDITION PRINT (23/50) SIGNED BY THE CREW OF THE DOOLITLE RAID
Beautiful Framed Print, 30” x 22” sight, in heavy ornate frame and titled “Compass Heading 270”. The limited edition print is #23 of 50 and signed by the artist “Robert Taylor”. As the USS Hornet pitches and rolls in the mid-Pacific Swell, the Tokyo raid gets under way. Jimmy Doolittle's B-25, safely airborne and having completed a 360 degree turn, flies over the carrier to check his compass while the number two aircraft rolls down the deck under full throttle. The Remarque by Richard Taylor across the bottom border of the print showing the a B-25 on route to Tokyo. This highly-prized print is signed in pencil by twelve veterans who took part in the raid, all of whom have sadly since passed away: Richard E. Cole, Henry A. Potter, David M. Jones, Chase J. Nielson, David J. Thatcher, Nolan A. Herndon, Royden Stork, Frank A. Kappelar,William M. Bower, James H. Macia, Robert L. Hite, Jacob Deshazer. The Doolittle Raid, also known as Doolittle's Raid, as well as the Tokyo Raid, was an air raid on 18 April 1942 by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Honshu during World War II. It was the first American air operation to strike the Japanese archipelago. Although the raid caused comparatively minor damage, it demonstrated that the Japanese mainland was vulnerable to American air attacks. The name Robert Taylor has been synonymous with aviation art for over a quarter of a century and he is widely regarded as the world’s premier painter of aviation subjects, and is certainly the most widely collected artist in the history of the genre.
Lot: 476 - EARLY AMERICAN MILITARY HEADGEAR REFERENCE: UNITED STATES ARMY HEADGEAR, 1855-1902.
A must have for the United States military headgear collector, reference book, entitled: "United States Army Headgear, 1855-1902. Catalog of United States Army Uniforms in the Collection of the Smithsonian Institution, II," by Edgar M. Howell, pp. 109, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1975. Near fine.
Lot: 477 - THE DOOLITLE RAID PRINT SIGNED BY DOOLITLE
Framed Limited Edition Print, 28” x 19” (sight) signed by Artist John D. Ficklen, lll, and J. H. Doolittle and numbered 148/940. Titled, “NORTH AMERICAN B-25B FLOWN BY LT COL JAMES H DOOLITLE - TOKYO RAID - 18 APRIL 1942”. Also signed above the title in pencil, J.H. Doolittle”. This print depicts Jimmy Doolittle leading The Raid On Tokyo, 18 April 1942. This mission marked the first time the Japanese mainland had been attached by American Forces. The original painting was commissioned by Department of the Air Force, Art Collection and resides in that museum. One man was killed while bailing out. Eight men were captured by Japanese forces in eastern China, three of them were later executed. All but one of the 16 B-25s were destroyed in crashes, while one of the planes landed at Vladivostok in the Soviet Union. John Davenport Ficklen, III, Griffin, was born May 20, 1941 ... entered Naval Flight training at Pensacola, FL. He flew Anti-Submarine Warfare Helicopters during his active duty. John was also recognized as an award-winning model ship and model airplane builder and a member of the International Plastic Modelers Society. John is also known for his detailed aviation art, which included numerous limited edition prints, personally signed by historical pilots, ranging from WWI to Vietnam era. Ficklen's models and his artwork are in private collections and museums throughout the country.
Lot: 478 - UNIQUE PAIRS - TIBBETS & VAN KIRK SIGNED ENOLA GAY PHTO --- TIBBETS PHOTO SIGNING THE ENOLA GAY PHOTO
Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. (1915-2007) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the aircraft captain who flew the B-29 Superfortress known as the Enola Gay (named after his mother) when it dropped a Little Boy, the first of two atomic bombs used in warfare, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Theodore Jerome "Dutch" Van Kirk (February 27, 1921 – July 28, 2014) was a navigator in the United States Army Air Forces, best known as the navigator of the Enola Gay when it dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Signed Photo “Paul Tibbets, Pilot, 6 Aug. 1945” and “Dutch Van Kirk, Navigator Enola Gay” showing Tibbets standing in front of the Enola Gay. Double matted, 10” x 8”. ... plus, A second color photo 9” x 7”, shows the elder Tibbets signing the Enola Gay photo above.
Lot: 479 - LEVI LINCOLN SUBMITS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR FOR A SON
Levi Lincoln Jr. (1782-1868) was an American lawyer and politician from Worcester, Massachusetts. He was the 13th governor of Massachusetts (1825–1834) and represented the state in the U.S. Congress (1834–1841). Autograph Letter Signed “”Levi Lincoln”, 4pp., written to The Hon’bl Benj. Butler, Secretary of War-Ad Interim. Datelined Washington, Feby 25, 1837, in part “At the earnest request. and in behalf of a Son just entering at adult years I have the honor to forward as application for a Commission in the Army of the United States. He has long expressed an ardent desire for the the service. .... His literary education has not been neglected and he has taught in politics ... that of a devoted attachment and fidelity to his Country ... President Jackson appointed Benjamin Franklin Butler Secretary of War (Not the Union General). He served from October 1836 to March 1837. Butler left the cabinet to become U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York (1838-1841, 1845-1848). Benjamin Butler died in Paris, France, on November 8, 1858.
Lot: 480 - EXTRAORDINRY MILITARY INSIGHT INTO THE EFFORT TO STOP SHERMAN’S MARCH TO THE SEA
Retained Copy Letter Written By G.T. Beauregard to His Excellency Jefferson Davis, Augusta Ga., Dec. 6th, 1864, 6 pages on 6-1/2” x 12’ paper. In full, “With the limited reliable means at our command, I believe that all that could be done has been done, under existing circumstances to oppose the advance of Sherman’s forces towards the Atlanta coast. That we have not
Lot: 481 - THE REVERAND REVIEWS HIS LECTURE OPTIONS
Six Autograph Letters Signed by Dr. O.H. Tiffany from September 29, 18654 through September 3, 1866. Tiffany writes various individuals concerning his orations. In very small part he suggests, “I have lectures on the following themes which I have delivered. “Work & its Value”, “Elements of Success”, “Washington Irving”, Daniel Webster”, “Abraham Lincoln” ....” Dr. O.H. Tiffany of Chicago was the Pastor of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church in the City of Chicago, and noted lecturer.
Lot: 482 - HE ONCE SAID, “THE SUN DOES NOT SHINE FOR A FEW TREES AND FLOWERS, BUT FOR THE WIDE WORLD'S JOY”
Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) was an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial. His rhetorical focus on Christ's love has influenced mainstream Christianity through the 21st century. Signed Card “Henry Ward Beecher, Brooklyn NY, 1867”. There is a wet-stamp, “Presented by Mrs. E.E. Atwater” (noted an American botanist). Comes with COA from PSA.
Lot: 483 - MANAGING EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE ....
Charles A. Dana (1819-1897” Lincoln's Asst. Secretary of War who proved able in the field, reporting to Lincoln on operations and officers' sentiments. Clipped signature “Believe me dear Sir, Very Sincerely Your, C.A. Dana, April 25, 1891
Lot: 484 - CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND LETTERS OF WHICH HE WRITES
Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) was an American essayist, novelist, and friend of Mark Twain, with whom he co-authored the novel “The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today”. Autograph Letter Signed “Chas. Dudley Warner” 4pp., Hartford, Sept. 14, 1899 to Mr. Perkins. Warner discusses a new organization, in part “I have your proposed article of incorporation but would like a little more consideration before signing .... I should like to change it to ‘National Institute and Letters’. We can do this now .....” First known as the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the American Academy of Arts and Letters was founded in 1898 for the “advancement of art and literature.” The Institute met for the first time in New York City in February 1899 and began electing members that fall. Architects, artists, writers, and composers of notable achievement were eligible, and membership was soon capped at 250. In 1913, President William Howard Taft signed an act of Congress incorporating the organization.
Lot: 485 - HE ONCE SAID “A WOMAN IS ONLY A WOMAN, BUT A GOOD CIGAR IS A SMOKE.”
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. Autograph Signature “Rudyard Kipling” on paper 4-1/2” x 2-3/4”. Fine
Lot: 486 - HE IS QUOTED AS SAYING, “FASCISM IS CAPITALISM PLUS MURDER.”
Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (1878-1968) was an American author, muckraker, and political activist, and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of California. He wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several genres. Sinclair's work was well known and popular in the first half of the 20th century, and he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1943. Signature removed from a letter, “With Best Wishes, Upton Sinclair”, 7-1/2 x 4” with folds,
Lot: 487 - THE MENTOR TO MANY WWII GENERALS
General of the Armies John Joseph Pershing GCB (1860-1948), nicknamed "Black Jack", was a senior American United States Army officer. He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during World War I from 1917 to 1920. In addition to leading the AEF to victory in World War I, Pershing notably served as a mentor to many in the generation of generals who led the United States Army during World War II, including George C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Lesley J. McNair, George S. Patton, and Douglas MacArthur. Pen signature “John J. Pershing” on 4-12” x3-1/2”.
Lot: 488 - HE ONCE SAID, “CHERISH ALL YOUR HAPPY MOMENTS; THEY MAKE A FINE CUSHION FOR OLD AGE”.
Newton Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) and Alice Adams (1921). He is one of only four novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, along with William Faulkner, John Updike, and Colson Whitehead. In the 1910s and 1920s he was considered the United States' greatest living author. Several of his stories were adapted to film. Signed Card “Booth Tarlington”, withdrawn from an album.
Lot: 489 - THE GRAND MASTER OF THE GRAND ENCAMPMENT
John Temple Rice (1888-1970). Signed Card “John Temple Rice, Grand Master, Grand Encampment Knights Templar U.S.A., El Paso Texas.” Knights Templar of Texas is a non-profit organization which embodies an attractive system of morality, veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbols.
Lot: 490 - THREE SIGNED BROADWAY POSTERS
Each poster is 14” x 22”, color printed and signed by the star. The first, “Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music” is signed “To Jim Taylor, All the best to you, Lena Horne”. This 1981 Broadway musical revue written for and starring American singer and actress Lena Horne. The musical was produced by Michael Frazier and Fred Walker, and the cast album was produced by Quincy Jones. The well received show opened on May 12, 1981, at the Nederlander Theatre and after 333 performances, closing to go on tour on June 30, 1982, Horne's 65th birthday. ... plus, “La Cage aux Folles” is signed by “George Hearn” and Gene Barry”. Opening on Broadway in 1983, La Cage broke barriers for gay representation by becoming the first hit Broadway musical centered on a homosexual relationship. The show's act one finale "I Am What I Am" received praise as a "gay anthem" and has been widely recorded. The original production ran for more than four years (1,761 performances), and won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Book. ... plus, “Me and My Girl”, signed “Best wishes thank you, Robert Lindsay”. The revival opened on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre on 10 August 1986 and closed on 31 December 1989, after 1,420 performances. Directed by Ockrent with choreography by Gillian Gregory, the cast starred Robert Lindsay and Maryann Plunkett, with George S. Irving and Jane Connell. The production was nominated for 13 Tony Awards in 11 categories and won for Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Choreography.
Lot: 491 - SCOTLAND YARD HAND CUFFS
Forged figure-eight handcuffs with drum-cylinder lock and key. The cuffs unlock when the key is fully inserted. On the key is stamped Scotland Yard and “7” on the other side.
Lot: 492 - POCKET STYLE BILLY CLUB
Extremely unique weapon, an 11” Billy Club with wired sewn covering over weighted metal end. Fine, c1900.
Lot: 493 - PORCELAIN WHITE HOUSE TRINKET JAR
Hand Painted Hinged Jar, 3” diameter x 1-1/2” tall. The top has an image of the White House, base is light blue with white painted laurels. Cover closes tightly. nd, c1900.
Lot: 494 - CHARLIE CHAPLIN SPRING CAP BLASTER
Very Scarce Cap Shooter, 1-1/8” x 1-1/2”, with the famous image of Chaplin. The box opens, cap is place and the lid sprints down on the cap. The spring is present but not working. Formerly Rex Stark collection.
Lot: 495 - PRINTED IN GERMANY BY GEORGE RHAU - 1561
An Original leaf from “PSALMODIA, CANTICA SACRA” 6” x 7-1/2” titled “MICHAELIS ARCHANGELI”. The earliest mention of his name are in third-and second-century-BC Jewish works, often but not always apocalyptic, where he is the chief of the angels and archangels, and he is the guardian prince of Israel and is responsible for the care of the people of Israel.
Lot: 496 - 1832 GRATZ FAMILY LAND GRANT
Beautiful manuscript document, 25” x 17”, Philadelphia, October 23, 1832, with scalloped top, in which Jonathon Zane sells a tract of land on Mulberry between Fifth and Sixth streets to Hyman Gratz. Hyman Gratz (1776-1857) was raised in a large family, prominent in civic and Jewish communal life in Philadelphia. His father was a merchant and land speculator. Among his siblings were Frances, Rebecca, Benjamin, Rachel, and Joseph. Gratz went into business, from 1798 as wholesale grocer, in partnership with his brother Simon, and later in life insurance. In 1818 he was elected director of the Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities, and two decades later became president of the firm. Like many of his siblings he devoted time and attention to philanthropy: he served on the board of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, was one of the managers of the Jewish of the first Jewish Publication Society of America, in the 1840s, and served as treasurer of Congregation Mikveh Israel from 1824 to 1856. In coordination with the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia—founded by his sister Rebecca and Rabbi Isaac Leeser—established a trust of stocks, bonds, and other property, to create a “a college for the education of Jews residing in the city and county of Philadelphia.” Opened in 1895, Gratz College has since grown to become a liberal arts college in suburban Philadelphia.
Lot: 497 - SPIRITUAL REVIVAL COMES TO PITTSBURG 1835
Self-covering letter, 2pp., written to William McClellan, datelined Pittsburgh, January 1st, 1835. In part, “We have had a protracted meeting here which has already lasted between 4&5 weeks ... it still continues and will probably last some time longer. We have quite an interesting time. I suppose there never was so great an excitement in Pittsburgh on the subject of religion as at present....” Jefferson College, which was founded in 1802 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, was the first institution of higher learning west of the Allegheny Mountains. The college was originally called Canonsburg Academy, but was renamed Jefferson College after receiving a charter from the Pennsylvania legislature.
Lot: 498 - IN OUR AGE, THERE CAN BE NO PEACE THAT IS NOT HONORABLE; THERE CAN BE NO WAR THAT IS NOT DISHONORABLE
Imprint, The True Grandeur of Nations, an Oration Delivered Before Authorities, Boston, July 4, 1846 by Charles Sumner, 196 pp, disbound, VG. The printing of a powerful oration delivered on July 4th, 1845, in Boston. Sumner argues that a nation's true greatness lies not in military might or territorial expansion, but in its moral character and its commitment to justice and peace. He critiques the glorification of war and the pursuit of national glory through conquest. Instead, he advocates for a nation that prioritizes the well-being of its citizens and upholds principles of human rights and international cooperation. The oration is a call for a new kind of heroism, one that values compassion, empathy, and the pursuit of peace. Sumner's words resonate with contemporary concerns about the role of military power in international relations and the importance of diplomacy and humanitarian aid. His vision of a nation guided by moral principles and dedicated to the betterment of humanity continues to inspire and challenge us today.
Lot: 499 - THIS PARTY CAME TO THE FRONT AS A RESULT OF THE COLLAPSE OF THE WHIG PARTY
Booklet, “"Principles and Objects of the American Party", New York, 1855, 36pp. with blue cover. Owners name on the cover. It outlines the core beliefs and goals of the American Party, also known as the Know-Nothing Party. This political party emerged in the mid-19th century, primarily driven by anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic sentiments. The "Principles and Objects" document reflects the anxieties and prejudices prevalent in American society during the mid-19th century, particularly regarding the increasing diversity of the population and the perceived threat to traditional American values. The planks of the American Party were: The party advocated for a strong preference for native-born Americans, It expressed concerns about the growing influence of the Catholic Church, he party called for stricter immigration laws to limit the influx of foreign-born individuals, and It aimed to reduce the power of political machines and promote greater transparency in government.
Lot: 500 - VERY DETAILED WASHINGTON DC MAP
Hand tinted Map, 16-1/2” x 12-1/2” titled “Johnson’s WASHINGTON and GEORGETOWN”, "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1868 by A.J. Johnson ... New York." Detailed map of Washington, colored by wards. Shows roads, railroads, bridges, public buildings, squares, parks, The President’s House, tthe Capitol, he Congressional Cemetary (adjoining the Poor House and a Powder Magazine!), Navy Yard, Smithsonian, Penitentiary, Arsenal, etc. Georgetown is noted as a separate town and Alexander's Island is shown. Withdrawn from Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas Of The World, Which Was Awarded The First Prize Medal At The Universal Exposition Of 1867
Lot: 501 - FIRST GERMAN-BORN AMERICAN ELECTED TO THE SENATE
Carl Schurz (1829-1906) was a German revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer. He migrated to the United States after the German revolutions of 1848-1849 and became a prominent member of the new Republican Party. After serving as a Union general in the American Civil War, he helped found the short-lived Liberal Republican Party and became a prominent advocate of civil service reform. Schurz represented Missouri in the United States Senate and was the 13th United States Secretary of the Interior. Clipped signature, C. Schurz, Mso".
Lot: 502 - A FEMALE CON ARTIST IS PURSUED TO CUBA
12pp. 8vo., written by a certain Susan Roberts, "555 South Logan Ave. Denver, Col. Nov. 24, 1901," to her friend, Civil War veteran, Marcus B. Walker of the 141st New York Vols., reading, in part: Content is in part: Marshal took all her- pigs and chickens and went into Cuba-to get rid of other debts and to free herself from being arrested for stealing the furnishings from the Carleton Hotel. She also run the hotel down. The proprietor had to change the name. It is now the Rathburn or rather it was burned down in May last with the entire city, that is, the business part of it was all destroyed by fire. I came home in March as the city was wiped out in May-Marshall's lawyer turned her down as they say out here. It seems she led him to believe that Roberts [my husband] had given her the property at his death or she had papers to that effect but-time ran on and she could not produce papers to that effect-Fletcher her lawyer begin to see through her. It was light funny to hear from time to time her excuses. Some times she was sick. Some times all her pigs was sick. Her lawyer is known in Duval County as the smooth tongued lawyer. One time my lawyer went for him and he told him of those stories about the pigs dying. He said her letter would make you cry. Judge Baker said he was a poor hand at crying, but if Mr. Fletcher liked he would send for Mrs. Roberts. Fletcher had to laugh for he know how I [?] the Old beast. She took two nice young girls with her into Cuba. One of them did not like the life. Marshal-wanted her to lead and so she had no further use for her. The girls came back and I met her at Mrs. Douglas' house. I asked this girl about me, she always said she would never pay one cent to me, but when her lawyer wrote and told her she would have to pay the whole and costs she just swore and cursed me. She said it was her D-Luck, but let that be as it may. I got all with the interest-it did not cost the estate but $12.50 cts-I don't understand quite about that Pension business-are they advancing the Pensions of the widow. There is several widows here and one of them asked me if I had seen in the Denver paper something to that effect. I told her I would ask you. She is a poor German and don't earn a great deal now-the potatoes are a failure out here. We have to pay 170 for a hundred pounds. That is much more than the[y] ever have been-Susan Roberts-". VG to near fine.
Lot: 503 - TEACHING THE YOUNG ABOUT THE NOBLE INDIAN CHIEFS
Hard Cover Educational Book, “Four American Indians,” 240pp., 1904, Chicago, VG. The book provides lengthy biographies of King Phillip; Tecumseh; Pontiac; and Osceola.
Lot: 504 - THE DENVER DISTRICT ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES THE ARREST OF THE BUNCO SYNDICATE
Wanted Poster issued by the Denver District Attorney's Office and received by the San Francisco Police Detective Bureau, dated Sep. 12 1922. 23 x 12-1/4". The poster advises of the arrest of the BUNCO RING SYNDICATE in Denver, August 24, 1922 and asks "Write or Wire Concerning Any Victims of These Men ...." Pictured are four finger print cards of the men captured.
Lot: 505 - FANTASTICK AND SCACRE LINCOLN STANHOPE
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defending the nation as a constitutional union, defeating the Confederacy, playing a major role in the abolition of slavery. Mechanical pencil, 2-1/2” with a Lincoln stanhope image,the Lincoln profile and excerpts from his Gettysburg Address.
Lot: 506 - 1848 - PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES MARTIN VAN BUREN, LEWIS CASS, AND ZACHARY TAYLOR
Imprint, “The Great Issue; Or, the Three Presidential Candidates, Being a Brief Historical Sketch of the Free Soil Question in the United States, from the Congresses of 1774 and '87 to the Present Time”, by O.C. Gardiner, New York, 1848, 176pp., plus original covers. It focuses on the presidential election of 1848, which was contested by three candidates: Martin Van Buren, Lewis Cass, and Zachary Taylor. The pamphlet delves into the split of the Democratic Party in New York State, the effects of the Mexican Cession on the political parties, and the divisive influence of the slavery issue. It also covers the proceedings of the Herkimer and Utica Conventions, which gave birth to the Free Soil Party. The pamphlet provides historical context and highlights the Free Soil movement's significance in the fight against the expansion of slavery.
Lot: 507 - HANDSOME ILLUSTRATION OF THE U.S. CAPITOL
Music Sheet, 10” x 13’, 6pp., titled “CAPITOL MARCH” with a wondeful illustration of the Capitol Building. It is composed and dedicated to the Hon. Thaddeus Stevens by Miss emma F. Myers, published Lee & Walker, New Orleans, 1850. VG. Stevens opposed the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act. In fact, in 1851, Stevens was one of the defense lawyers in the trial of 38 African-Americans and three others in federal court in Philadelphia on treason charges. The defendants had been implicated in the so-called Christiana Riot: an attempt to enforce a Fugitive Slave Act warrant had resulted in the killing of the slaveowner.
Lot: 508 - THE POLITICAL PAMPHLET SUPPORTING WINFIELD SCOTT’S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
Pamphlet, “Life of General Scott”, 32pp. 1852, New York by C. A. Alvord. The pamphlet is about the life of American military commander and political candidate Winfield Scott (1786–1866). The pamphlet focuses on Scott's boyhood in Virginia and his military career. It includes a title vignette of Scott on horseback and is replete with illustrations. Scott was a veteran of the War of 1812, American Indian Wars, Mexican–American War, and the early stages of the American Civil War. He served as Commanding General of the United States Army from 1841 to 1861. Scott was known for his exceptional strategic and operational planning abilities. He is considered by some to be the best Army Officer between General Washington and the Civil War.
Lot: 509 - AS THE WHIG PARTY FACES COLLAPSE, GREELEY EXPLAINS WHY HE SUPPORTS IT
Political Campaign Pamphlet, “WHY I AM A WHIG” Reply to an Inquiring Friend”, by Greeley, Horace, Published by Tribune Office, N-Y, 1852, 16pp. Greeley's focus is on the problems with the Democratic Party and the shared principles of the Whigs, and captures a sensibility about political parties when they were both extremely powerful and distrusted and characteristic Whig concerns about democratic politics. In small aprt, “Two grand and fruitful ideas attract and divide the political world. On the one hand Liberty, on the other Order is the watchword of a mighty host, impatient of resistance and eager for universal dominion. . . . But neither of these suffices without the other. Each is indispensable to general contentment, prosperity, and happiness. No good is secure in the absence of either. If without Liberty human existence is bitter and irksome, without Order it is precarious and beset with constant perils. . . .”
Lot: 511 - NOTED FOR THE SERIES OF DOUGLAS LINCOLN DEBATES
Pamphlet, “Speech of Senator Douglas. at A Public Dinner ...November 9, 1854” Washingto, 14pp. This speech by Senator Douglas, delivered at a public dinner in 1854, is a defense of his position on the Kansas-Nebraska Act. He argues that the act allows the people of Kansas and Nebraska to decide the issue of slavery for themselves, in accordance with the principle of popular sovereignty. He also defends the act against charges of violating the Missouri Compromise, arguing that the compromise was superseded by the Compromise of 1850. Douglas further contends that the act will promote the development of the territories and the expansion of the United States.
Lot: 512 - THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SCALDS JAMES BUCHANAN
Imprint, 4pp., disbound, titled “FOR TRUE DEMOCRATS”, e Republican campaign piece opposing Democrats in general and James Buchanan in specific. As examples; “In 1836 Buchanan supported a bill to prohibit the circulation of abolition papers through the mails. ... In 1854 he negotiated for the acquisition of Cuba. ... He never gave a vote in opposition of slavery” ... VG
Lot: 513 - FOOT WAS ALSO CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INAUGURATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN 1861
Solomon Foot (November 19, 1802 – March 28, 1866) was an American politician and attorney. He held numerous offices during his career, including Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives, State's Attorney for Rutland County, member of the United States House of Representatives, and United States Senator. Autograph Letter Signed “Solomon Foot” 4pp., written to New York Senator Ira Harris regarding a recommendation for a position in New York City. Datelined: Rutland Vermont, September 21, 1861. Fine.
Lot: 514 - THIS RECONSTRUCTION IMPRINT REMINDS THE READER THAT ALTHOUGH THE FIGHTING HAS CEASED, THE BATTLE HAS NOT.
Imprint, 8pp., printed by King and Baird, Philadelphia, titled “Address of the UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA to the Citizens of Pennsylvania, with Preamble and Resolutions,” adopted in General Meeting, August 26th, 1868. Disbound. In part, “Again you are called to the polls to defend the cause for which, since 1860, you have shown your devotion in so many sacrifices. You doubtless thought, when the rebels laid down their arms and acknowledged themselves vanquished ... No, our work is not yet done, nor will it be done until Northern ideas shall have been penetrated throughout the South, and society there shall have reconstructed itself on the basis of true Democracy. When Abraham Lincoln said that the United States could not remain half slave and half free, he gave utterance only to a portion of a great truth. Our country must be homogeneous. One section of it cannot' be aristocratic, nursing sedulously the exploded notions of class privileges, and persecuting men because they labor for their daily bread, or because they entertain ideas repugnant to the dominant caste; while the other section honors labor and the laborer, admits of no distinction between citizens, and grants the fullest toleration to every shade of opinion on every subject. .... Whereas, The policy proclaimed by the so-called Democratic party, in its platform and in the utterances of its candidates and representative leaders, is such as justly to create the profoundest alarm as to the future of our country ; and Whereas, In the perils to which we are thus exposed all the great principles which this League was founded to support, it is proper that we should express our sense of the issues which are to be decided at the coming elections, and that we should use all honorable means to avert the dangers inseparable from a Democratic victory at the polls....” The Union League of Philadelphia, organized in 1862 as a political club for the support of the Union cause during the Civil War, developed into the premier urban social club of Philadelphia.
Lot: 515 - THE CONTESTED 1876 ELECTION BROUGHT ABOUT THE END OF THE RECONSTRUCXTION OF THE SOUTH
Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893) was the 19th president of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881. A staunch abolitionist from Ohio, he was also a brevet major general for the Union army during the American Civil War. Button with engraved image of Hayes. Shank is present.
Lot: 516 - GOVERNMENT WASTE AND ALCOHOLISM ARE DERIDED BY THE POLITICAL ARTISTS
A pair of original political cartoons, each signed by the cartoonist. The first cartoon, 7-1/2” x 8” is signed by Eric Smith for the Capital Gazette. The artwork shows an entitled man tagged as ‘U.S. Postal Service. sitting in large chair, smoking a pipe, with a martini and television. The chair is being carried by a broken done horse tagged ‘performance’ . ... plus, 8-1/2” x 12” signed by Norman Ramsey this Temperance illustration is titled “I’ll Have Mine on the Rocks”, shows a man being served a bottle of champaign onboard the ship tagged ‘USS Moderation” which is heading for the cliff tagged ‘Alcoholism’.
Lot: 517 - WONDERFUL PRESIDENTIAL STANHOPE
Stephen Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, serving from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. He was the first Democrat to win the presidency after the Civil War. He was one of only two presidents to be elected to serve non-consecutive terms. Ivory 6” ink pen with an image of President Cleveland and his wife.
Lot: 518 - A CAMPAIGN HAYES CHARM
Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893) was the 19th president of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881. A staunch abolitionist from Ohio, he was also a brevet major general for the Union army during the American Civil War. A great glass charm, 3/4” x 3/4” with Hayes on onee side and his VP Wheeler on the other.
Lot: 519 - GROVER CLEVELAND PAPERWEIGHT
Heavy domed glass weight with the image of Cleveland.
Lot: 520 - AMERICA'S FIRST SOUVENIR SPOON - WASHINGTON INAUGURATION
Souvenir Spoon Commemorating his 1st inauguration, 6", with profile of Washington in the bowl, and on the back are his birth/death dates. Marked by M. W. Galt, Brother & Company. Gold toning is 80% present. c1889 Designed and trademarked in 1889 by M. W. Galt, Brother & Company, a Washington, D.C. jeweler, and produced by Galt & Davis, a Philadelphia silver manufacturer, this George Washington spoon is generally believed to be one of the earliest, and perhaps even the first, souvenir spoon produced in the United States. The likeness of George Washington was taken from a bust fashioned by the French neoclassical sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) from a life mask he made at Mount Vernon in 1785.
Lot: 521 - GEORGE WASHINGTON CUFF INAUGURAL BUTTON
"Long Live The President" with "Wreath", Brass. 15 mm. Cuff Size, with Original Shank Intact. Albert WI-17B. This major type of Washington Inaugural Button, has the inscription, "LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT" with a rough interior. This button hasdark brown patina with fine even porosity providing an even matte appearance to its surfaces. Its original shank is fully attached, being perfectly straight on the plain back. Albert's Rarity-5 and indicates that only 6 to 10 examples are known. An important example of this George Washington Inaugural Button type, made to celebrate George Washington's first Inauguration in 1789 held New York City. Comps; Heritage, LOT #43007, Jun 2, 2018 for: $6,875.00.
Lot: 522 - RARE ANTI-WAR PAMPHLET “THE PEOPLE VS. POLK", 1847
A satirical pamphlet entitled "Trial for Murder. The People vs. James K. Polk. Counsel for the People, J.Q. Adams… For Prisoner, John Tyler." Boston: Published by S. Harris. No. 66 Cornhill, (up stairs). 1847. 16pp. Self-wrappers. The pamphlet, authored by American humorist Fitch Poole (1803-1873), recounts a mock trial for President James K. Polk for "murders" committed during the Mexican-American War. Featuring a large woodcut engraving on front cover, with "principal witnesses" listed below, including Winfield Scott, Zachary Taylor, George M. Dallas, Martin van Buren, and many more. Moderate wear throughout, with degrees of uneven age toning, soiling, and edge tearing, causing some loss to text; loose binding with some pages detached. omestic support for the Mexican-American War, or a lack thereof, would become an increasingly partisan issue as the conflict progressed. While Southern Democrats eagerly supported the effort to add new slave-owning territories under Manifest Destiny, Whigs in both the North and South disagreed with the territorial expansion. These dueling ideologies ultimately made their way to the press, making the Mexican-American War the first to be covered in such detail. Indeed, new inventions such as the telegraph created a means of rapid communication that had not yet been seen. Due to such widespread public interest, it is likely that this anti-war pamphlet would be circulated among like-minded groups.
Lot: 523 - THE LITTLE KNOWN STORY OF JAMES MONROE’S REINTERRNMENT
General Orders No. 16, Head Quarters of the Army, June 26, 1858, signed in type by Irvin McDowell. In full, “It being understood that the remains of the illustrious Monroe, some time President of the United States, will about the 3d proximo be shipped at New-York for Richmond, Virginia, the commanding officers of Forts Columbus, Hamilton, and Monroe will each be on the look-out, and in succession, as the steamer containing the remains is discovered to be within five miles of the post, (if the sun be above the horizon,) lower his flag to half-mast, commence firing minute-guns, and continue these honors until the vessel shall have passed to a like distance beyond the fort. By command of Brevet Lieutenant-General Scott, Irvin McDowell, Assistant Adj.Gen. In 1858, the remains of James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States, were moved from New York City to Richmond, Virginia. Monroe was buried in the Gouverneur family vault in New York City's Marble Cemetery after his death in 1831. On July 2, 1858, Monroe's body was exhumed and viewed by an estimated 10,000 people. The body was then loaded onto the steamboat Jamestown and traveled to Richmond. On July 5, 1858, hundreds of mourners followed a horse-drawn hearse to the cemetery. Monroe was reinterred in the Presidents Circle of Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia.
Lot: 524 - SCARCE GRANT COLFAX CAMPAIGN BOOKLET
Imprint, 24pp., The headline (using Google translate) “Let Us Have Peace”. Text above the illustrations of the Republican Presidential Ticket, General U.S. Grant and Hon. Schuler Colfax, “The life and the public services”. Printed in Philadelphia, The 24 pages are filled with glorious biographies of the accomplishments of the men. Scarce imprint.
Lot: 525 - PRESIDENT GRANT’S FIRST INAUGURAL SPEECH
Imprint, 6pp., March 4, 1869, Washington, titled “Inaugural Address of Ulysses S, Grant, President of the United States”. In small part, “ The office has come to me unsought; I commence its duties untrammeled. I bring to it a conscious desire and determination to fill it to the best of my ability to the satisfaction of the people. ...”
Lot: 526 - BEAUTIFUL AND DISPLAYABLE ‘KENNEDY ASSASSINATION’ NEWSPAPER
An authentic and original issue of The Miami News, Final Edition, November 22. 1963 with 4” Type, “KENNEDY SLAIN”, Johnson our President. The report continues below the fold and on page 2. The third page displays pohtos of Kenndy throughout his. Very minor margin tears, yet EXTRAORDINARY displayable newspaper.
Lot: 527 - THIS PRESIDENT WAS THE LAST TO SERVE IN THE CIVIL WAR
William McKinley (1843-1901) was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. Glass charm 3/4” x 3/4” x 1/2” with the Mckinley image on one side and Hobart on the other.
Lot: 528 - THE IOWA LAND DEVELOPER SUPPORTS TAFT
Unusual Watch Fob, 1-1/2” x 2” with with red/white/blue center button :G.H. P. Co., Texas , TAFT. The reverse provides the details, “The Geo. H. Paul Co., Washington Iowa”. George H. Paul (1877–1965).George H. Paul, land developer, was born on an Iowa farm in 1877. He worked for the Luce Land Company of Carroll, Iowa, for a number of years selling land in Canada to midwestern farmers. On January 3, 1907, he arrived in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he organized regular Tuesday excursions from Iowa, Nebraska, and Central Texas, beginning on the first Tuesday in March 1907
Lot: 529 - SCARCE WOODROW WILSON PORTRAIT CERAMIC TILE
A rare photographic tile of President Wilson, 6” x 9”, sculpted by George Cartlidge, a designer who worked in England from 1882 to c.1926 and later in the United States. He made photographic tiles of Wilson, Teddy Roosevelt, and other famous people. Cartlidge invented a method of reproducing a photograph on a ceramic tile. His early works were done using a plaster mold, but the exact process used to make these photographic tiles is not known. Presented in deep period frame.
Lot: 530 - THE FAILED TRUMAN ASSASSINATION PHOTO
Associated Press Wire Photo, 8” x 7-1/2”, November 2, 1950, showing the Blair House with insets showing the path of each gunman, Torresola who was killed, and Collazzo, who was wounded. Also shows where the President was, third floor. Truman witnessed the entire failed attempt. The reverse has the newspaper clipping showing the a portion of the image/ On November 1, 1950, Puerto Rican pro-independence activists Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola attempted to assassinate President Harry S. Truman at the Blair House during the renovation of the White House. Both men were stopped before gaining entry to the house. Torresola mortally wounded White House Police officer Leslie Coffelt, who killed him in return fire. Secret Service agents wounded Collazo. Truman was upstairs in the house and not harmed. Collazo was found guilty on all counts by a jury on March 7, 1951 and sentenced to death. President Truman commuted Collazo's sentence to life in prison in 1952, and President Jimmy Carter commuted it to time served in 1979.
Lot: 531 - JOHN F. KENNEDY GROUPING
President John Kennedy Grouping includes; An 8” x 10” National Archives Photo of Lieutenant John F. Kennedy, USNR, c1944. ... plus, A 10” x 8” FRONTLINE photo promoting their upcoming show, "Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?”. The photo shows Oswald in handcuffs at the Dallas police headquarters, and small image of Oswald as a youngster. ... plus, Copies of the contract whereby Marina N. Oswald sells a rifle (exhibit #139 in the Warren Commision Report) and a revolver (exhibit #143 in the Warren Commision Report) to John J. King. King paid $10,000 down and would pay $35,000 if Marina Oswald is able to secure those identified weapons. The original rifle and a pistol that Oswald carried that day are now kept within the National Archives and Records Administration Building in College Park, Maryland.
Lot: 532 - THE JOHN F. KENNEDY RETIREMENT FUND
A cleaver Republican handbill which shows rocking chairs "HIS", "Bobbys" and "Teddys" and solicits "Please send $10 to the Kennedy Retirement Fund", published by Republican National Headquarters. Fine.
Lot: 533 - HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY INCLUDING THE RARE POLAROID PHOTO
Documentary Photo Aids was an educational supplier of reproduction photographs covering various periods of American history. Each professional photo has a printed caption describing the image. Additionally, when bought in topic groups, DPA would include a Teacher’s Guide providing the history of that period. These are 14” x 11”, c1960-1970.. Unlikely they could be used in public schools today. Group of ELEVEN President Kennedy photos: A Reception showing President Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy and others; plus, Oval Office photo of Kennedy on a phone call; plus, The Kennedys and Governor Connally arrive at Love Field, Dallas, November 22, 1963. Mrs. Kennedy is presented with roses; plus, The limousine carry the President, Mrs. Kennedy and the Connallys through downtown Dallas; plus, A rare photo of the asasination. This Polaroid photo was taken a sixth of a second after a rifle bullet ended John F. Kennedy’s life. Apart from Abraham Zapruder’s movie, it’s the best photographic evidence from the scene in Dealey Plaza. On November 22, 1963, Mary Moorman was standing at the edge of the grassy knoll, near the curb, with her friend Jean Hill. They can be seen in the Zapruder film. Reportedly, Moorman sold the original Polaroid in 2008 for $175,000; plus, Texas School Book Depository , Daley Plaza, scene of John Kennedy's assassination. Arrow points to window where the assassin fired from to kill President John Kennedy; plus, Lyndon Johnson, flanked by Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs Johnson is sworn in aboard Air Force One; plus, Robert Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedywatch the body of President John Kennedy being removed from Air Force One at Andrews; plus, The Caisson bearing the casket of President Kennedy up Pennsylvania Avenue; plus, As the funeral procession passes, Robert Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, John Jr. Carolina and the Johnsons reverently stand in silence; plus, The son John Kennedy Jr. salutes as President Kennedy’s coffin passes.
Lot: 534 - CANDID SNAP SHOT PHOTOGRAPHS OF NIXON
Group 10 snapshots, 4-3/4" x 3-1/2", B/W, all showing Richard Nixon on the back of a train addressing a crowd in New Castle Pennsylvania. In a few images, there is a campaign image of Eisenhower. c1956, VG.
Lot: 535 - A PAIR OF INDIAN CHIEFS CABINET CARDS
Cabinet Card photoID’d in the negative “Chief Pa Ship Pa Ho, Sac and Fox”, nd. c1877. Has water damage. The Sauk (Sac) and Fox tribes originated from Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron in Michigan. ... plus, Cabinet Card Phto ID’d in the negative “White Horse Otoe”, has waterdamage. In the summer of 1804, the Otoe and Missouria were the first tribes to hold council with Lewis and Clark in their official role as representatives of President Jefferson. The captains presented to the chiefs a document that offered peace while at the same time established the sovereignty of the United States over the tribe.
Lot: 536 - GROUP OF FRONTIER SOLDIERS PHTOGRAPHS
Included, mounted albumen, 9” x 6” to larger mount, a company of 40 uniformed and armed soldiers poising on building steps. Two cracks else VG. ... plus, Cabinet Card of full standing, uniformed and armed soldier, by WAGY Cheyenne and ID’d on the back as Uncle Marvin Noll. VG. ... plus, Cabinet card of seated, unformed and armed soldier by H.P. Kirk, Mason Iowa, VG.
Lot: 537 - WILD WEST SHOW IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
A mounted albumen, 7-1/2” x 4-1/2” to larger mount, minor spotting, somewhat light. The image shows about 35 Indians horse mounted. There is a grandstand in the background. Curiously there are three stands of six bicycles each. It would appear to be a Wild West Show. Pencil ID on the reverse, “Pokanoket Tribe, Coaching Parade, Sept. 21, 1896, Keene NH.”
Lot: 538 - REAL PHOTO POST CARDS - NEZ PEARCE
Still pasted to album sheet, there are two RPPC, on re on each side of the sheet. The first, light shows two Natives in full gala, one holding a peace pipe . ID’d in the negative “Idaho, Nez Pearce Braves”. ... plus, The other side has a second RPPC, an important native in beautiful gala and ID’d in the negative “Chief Moleskin = Idaho”. nd, c1900.
Lot: 539 - HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPION OF AMERICA
Large Print, 18" x 23", color printed on heavy board, slight tanning on margins, still VG. Image shows John J. Dwyer, the bare-knuckle American champion in the ring. c1880. John J. Dwyer, Champion of America 1879-1880, He won the title by defeating Jimmy Elliott in 12 rounds and meted out a terrible beating on his opponent. Dwyer's weight 165-175.
Lot: 540 - CASEY STENGEL AND HIS #1 PITCHER, ALLIE REYNOLDS
Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel (1890-1975) was an American Major League Baseball right fielder and manager, best known as the manager of the championship New York Yankees of the 1950s and later, the expansion New York Mets. Nicknamed "the Ol' Perfessor", he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966. Allie Pierce Reynolds (1917-1994), pitched in MLB for the Cleveland Indians (1942-1946) and New York Yankees (1947-1954). A member of the Creek nation, Reynolds was nicknamed "Superchief". Signed Acme Press Photo, 9” x 7”, “Casey Stengel” coaching his star pitcher who also signs “What I said didn’t count. Allie Reynolds”. Leland sold a letter written by Renyolds discussing Stengel. ‘Casey Stengel was very demanding as a manager. I felt is was fair, .... competitive and expected 100% from his players. ... He was one of the most colorful characters I have ever known."
Lot: 541 - THE AVIATION HERO RECEIVES A TICKERTAPE PARADE.
A complete and authentic issue of the New York Times, June 14, 1927, disbound, vg. The entire front page is taken with various Linbergh Reports. The stacked banner headline, “Millions Roar Welcome to Lindberg, In City’s Greatest Triumph Pageant, Governor and Mayor Pin Medals on Him,” The front page shows a tree-colmn photo of Lindberg riding in a car in the pageant. The interior continues with photos and reports.
Lot: 542 - STRUCK IN MEMORY OF JUDAEA BAR KOKHBA REVOLT 132-135 AD - SILVER COIN NOVELTY STRIKE
Museum silver (15.2mm, 2.90g.) reproduction, hand hammered, struck in Plovdiv, Bulgaria the ancient Roman province Philippopolis. The Bar Kokhba revolt was a large-scale armed rebellion initiated by the Jews of Judea, led by Simon bar Kokhba, against the Roman Empire in 132 CE. Lasting until 135 or early 136, it was the third and final escalation of the Jewish–Roman wars. Like the First Jewish–Roman War and the Second Jewish–Roman War, the Bar Kokhba revolt resulted in a total Jewish defeat; Bar Kokhba himself was killed by Roman troops at Betar in 135 and the Jewish rebels who remained after his death were all killed or enslaved within the next year.
Lot: 543 - THE ISRAEL GOVERNMENT PUBLISHED THE PHOTO OF THE CAPERNAUM SYNAGOGUE WHERE JESUS FED THE 5000
Press Photo credited to Israel Gov’t. Tourist Office, 7” x 5”, with description on the reverse, “The Excavated synagogue of Capernaum, site much revered in Gospel literature as the scene of Jesus meeting with his disciples and preaching to the surrounding population.” It was Jesus' second home and, during the period of his life, a garrison town, an administrative centre, and a customs station. Jesus chose his disciples Peter, Andrew, and Matthew from Capernaum and performed many of his miracles there. The gospel of John reveals that it was here in which Jesus taught that he was the true bread of life coming down out of heaven, after feeding the 5000 (John 6:59).
Lot: 544 - SUPPLEMENTS TO HA-MELITZ NEWSPAPER, 1ST AND ONLY ED., 1897, ST. PETERSBURG, IN HEBREW, RARE!
Book, 5-1/2” x 7-1/2”, 1st and only ed., 1897, St. Petersburg, 55 pp., leather binding of the owner, with silver lettering and decoration to board and spine, original soft cover saved. Collections of literary and scientific articles of Jewish authors. There are articles of Baron Ginzburg, Avraham Eliyahu ben Yaakov Harkavi and other authors. Edited by Rabinivich Yehuda-Leib, with an illustration of Haim Steinthal. RABINOVICH, YEHUDAH LEIB (Leon ; 1862–1937), Hebrew writer, editor, and physicist; known by his pen name, Ish Yehudi. Born in Brestovitz, Russia, Rabinovich studied medicine and physics and he served as editor of Ha-Meli. Chajim (Heymann) Steinthal (1823 – 1899) was a linguist and a philosopher. He studied philology, philosophy and psychology at the universities of Berlin and Tu¨bingen, and obtained his PhD in Tu¨bingen in 1847. Steinthal is said to have studied 24 different languages. Ha-Melitz was the second Hebrew-language weekly in Tsarist Russia, and the central journalistic forum for Russian Jewry until the beginning of the twentieth century. Its ambiguous name—alternately meaning 'fine talker,' on the one hand, 'translator' and 'advocate' on the other—reflects the ideological views of its editor and founder: the choice to use Hebrew, the language of historical sources, as the tool of enlightened (and later national) expression rather than the more common and popular Yiddish; and the combination of vigorous intercession with the authorities on behalf of Russian Jewry and the polemic (and often belligerent) political journalism which sought to entirely remold Russian Jewry along European models. In its first year, Ha-Melitz was bilingual and written in both Hebrew and 'Hebrew-Teitsch' (German written in Hebrew letters), with Zederbaum responsible for the Hebrew section and Goldenblum overseeing the German. In 1871 the paper's editorial board relocated from Odessa to St. Petersburg, where it received financial support from 'Chevrat Marbei Haskalah' (Society for the Promotion of Enlightenment among the Jews of Russia), and in the first half of the 1880s J.L. Gordon joined the editorial staff and served as an acting editor for various periods. In July 1886 the paper adopted a daily format so as not to lag behind its competitors—St. Petersburg's Ha-Yom and Warsaw's Ha-Tsfira—which had made the transition to daily publication earlier. With Zederbaum's death in 1893, editorship of the paper passed to Leon Rabinovich ('Ish Yehudi'), who maintained this role until the closing of the paper in 1904
Lot: 545 - JEWISH HISTORIAN PUBLISH THE JEWISH HISTORY OF RUSSIA, POLAND AND LITHUANIA
Booklet, “To the Chronicles of the Jews in Russia, Poland and Lithuania” (translated by Google Translate), by Ben Zion Katz, 1899, in Hebrew language, Berlin, published by "Ahiasaf" Publishing House. Cover worn, stained, missing corner to rear cover; spine damaged, binding started getting loose; most of pages with some foxong. Still an extraordinary volume by the historian Ben Zion Katz, which reviews the history of the Jewish communities in Eastern Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. Aa special focus on the governments' relationship to the Jews and the history of the expulsions and persecutions. Ben Zion Katz (1875-1958) was a journalist, writer and historian, winner of the Sokolov Prize, a son of Lithuanian Jewry, from the city of Daug. His father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were rabbis. n 1929, Katz immigrated to Israel and began writing for Haaretz. He later left the newspaper and was one of the founders of HaBoker.
Lot: 546 - HERZL POSTACRD SHOWING THE JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO PALESTINE
Postcard showing Theodor Herzl with an angel woman, broken chains carrying an Israel flag, is leading the Jewish people to Eretz Israel. The caption “If you will it, it is no dream”. Hebrew. Published by Levanon, Russia., nd, c1900, fine. Theodor Herzl[ (1860-1904) was an Austro-Hungarian Jewish journalist, lawyer, writer, playwright and political activist who was the father of modern political Zionism. Herzl formed the Zionist Organization and promoted Jewish immigration to Palestine in an effort to form a Jewish state.
Lot: 547 - FIELD MARSHAL ALLENBY ACCEPTS SURRENDER OF JERUSALEM OFFICIALS,ISRAEL,1917
Beautiful Copy Photo, 12” x 8”, showing Allenby in the center of the seated row, surrounded by11 soldiers on his staff.
Lot: 548 - GENERAL EDMUND ALLENBY'S PROCLAMATION OF MARTIAL LAW IN JERUSALEM 1917
Postcard No. 152 “Reading Sir General Edmund Allenby's Proclamation at Jerusalem”, an Official British Photograph, Cairo, 1917. Allenby read the proclamation from the steps of the Tower of David on December 11, 1917, in Arabic, Hebrew, English, French, Italian, Greek, and Russian. The proclamation was worded exactly as it had been wired to him, with the addition of a short paragraph that indicated that several holy places would be put under Muslim guard. The proclamation came after the British took control of Jerusalem from the Ottoman Empire, ending 400 years of Ottoman rule. The British victory was a huge blow to the Ottoman Empire, which had already lost Mecca and Baghdad.
Lot: 549 - THE JEWISH APPEAL ENCOURAGES JEWS TO IMMIGRATE TO PALESTINE - 1923
Beautiful printed booklet, 9-3/4” x 6”, published following the rapid development of the Jewish settlement in Eretz Israel after the Balfour Declaration of 1917, published by the Central Bureau of Keren Hayesod. London, 1924. The booklet prents 32 full page photographs of settlements, cities and landscapes in Eretz Israel, including: A shepherd on the shores of the Kinneret, the Oak of Abraham in Hebron, the "Hadassah" Hospital in Jerusalem, views of the Technion in Haifa, the Borkhov neighborhood in Tel Aviv, agriculture in the Hebrew settlements, Degania, Ness Ziona, Rehovot in its early days, the Yemenite neighborhood next to Rehovot, Montefiore Street in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives and more. The booklet opens with these words “The great longing to return to the land of their ancestors, which has possessed the Jewish people through all the many centuries of their dispersion, received political recognition in the declaration made by the British Govern- ment on the second of November, 1917. In this document Lord Balfour declared that the British Government viewed with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people and would use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object. This declaration was confirmed inter- nationally by the Mandate of the League of Nations of June, 1922.” The publishers, Keren Hayesod, Keren Hayesod was established at the World Zionist Congress in London on July 7–24, 1920 to provide the Zionist movement with resources needed to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine. It came in response to the Balfour Declaration of 1917.
Lot: 550 - PEOPLE IN TEL-AVIV SQUARE AT DR. MAX NORDAU'S FINAL TRIBUTE
Central Press Assn, Type1 Press photo, May 31, 1926 showing the internmet of the renowned Zionest leader Dr. Max Nordau. From the back is the news clip, “Funeral service of Dr. Max Nordau in Palestine--Thousands crowded the public square outside the Municipal Building in Tel Aviv as a final tribute to the great Zionist leader and philosopher. The photograph shows Zionist leaders in Palestine delivering the funeral orations. The body of Dr. Nordau, who died several years ago in Paris, was recently brought to Palestine, under the auspices of the French Government for final interment in the land he loved so passionately.” Max Simon Nordau (1849-1923) was a Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic. He was a co-founder of the Zionist Organization together with Theodor Herzl, and president or vice-president of several Zionist congresses. Nordau died in Paris, France in 1923. In 1926 Nordau's remains were moved to Tel Aviv's Trumpeldor Cemetery. A major Tel Aviv street is named Nordau Boulevard.
Lot: 551 - GROUP PHOTO OF JEWISH NURSING COURSE, STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS - 1930
Large Mounted Photo, 14” x 11”, 1930, Kaunas Lithuania, showing profile images of 50 students and professors, with the names and titles in Yiddish. The mount is chipped affecting the photo slightly in two places. The Kaunas pogrom was a massacre of Jews living in Kaunas, Lithuania, that took place on June 25-29, 1941. There, several dozen Jewish men allegedly associates of NKVD, were publicly tortured and executed on June 27th in front of a crowd of Lithuanian men, women and children. The incident was documented by a German soldier who photographed the event as a man, nicknamed the "Death Dealer", beat each man to death with a metal bar. After June, systematic executions took place at various forts of the Kaunas Fortress, especially the Seventh and Ninth Fort.
Lot: 552 - THE BRITISH GOVERNOR’S HOME IS UNDER THREAT FROM THE ARAB UPRISING
Type Press Photo, 7” x 9”, by Acme Newspictures with description on the reverse. “Governor’s Home Barricaded In Plaistine. Hebron Palestine. The Governor’s residence has been fortified against possible terrorists attacks in the current Arab-Jew feud in Palestine. the building is protected by sandbags and sentinels are on duty night and day. As a step toward martial law, military commanders have rplaced district civilian commissioners, 10/25/38.” In the face of the continued uprising, the British declared martial law, dissolving the Arab High Committee, and arresting officials of the organisation behind the revolt, the Supreme Muslim Council.
Lot: 553 - CELEBRATING THE SHAVOUT PILGRIMAGE
Press photo of a Shavuot procession, in which pioneers in traditional clothing are seen walking with a flock of sheep with a kibbutz car with grain behind them, 6-1/2" x 8-3/4". The photo bears the stamp of the photographer's studio on the back and the stamp of "Mizrahit Photography Company For the press", light wear: light bends in the corners. In ancient times, Shavuot was a pilgrimage festival during which Israelites brought offerings to the Temple in Jerusalem - the "first fruits" of their harvest.
Lot: 554 - THE HORRIBLE CONCENTRATION CAMPS
A pair of 9” x 7” press photos both by Foto Schweigmann, Hamburg with identifications on the paper slips on the reverse. The first shows concentration camp death victims being taken away. From the back, (Translated by GoogleTranslate), “While working on the pit. people are hbullied so much that theycollapse. The dead are simply packed next to the pit and taken to the pathology department in the evening”. ... plus, The photo show four Nazi officers reporting while the concentration prisoners are assembled in the background. From the back, Translated by GoogleTranslate), “Appeal! Roll call, the block leaders - Peter Lehmbrock, Herbert Leonhardt, Günter Langer, Frank Strass - report to the report leader Eichner”
Lot: 555 - 1940 DAVID BEN GURION
Photo Print, 7-1/4” x 5-1/4”, 1940, at Sepahrdic Jewish Appeal Judaica Israel, stamped on the reverse “Encyclopedia Judaic, United Israel Appeal Photo Archives.” David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973) was the primary national founder of the State of Israel as well as its first prime minister. As head of the Jewish Agency from 1935, and later president of the Jewish Agency Executive, he was the de facto leader of the Jewish community in Palestine, and largely led the movement for an independent Jewish state in Mandatory Palestine.
Lot: 556 - IT HELD NEARLY 1000 PRISONERS DURING THE BRITISH MANDATE
Real photo printed card, 9” x 7” showing a view of the notorious Acre Prison., nd circa 1940. Acre Prison, also known as Akko Prison, is a former prison and current museum in Acre, Israel. The citadel in the old city was built during the Ottoman period over the ruins of a 12th-century Crusader fortress. During the British Mandate it was used as a prison. Many were imprisoned during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. 108 Arab prisoners were executed for their involvement in the revolt. In 1947, the Irgun attacked the prison in the ‘Acre Prison Break’, blowing a hole in the wall through which 27 Irgun prisoners escaped. 214 Arab prisoners also escaped. Three Irgun men who took part in that attack were captured during that attack and imprisoned and executed there.
Lot: 557 - CHARMING FAMILY PHOTOMONTAGE AGAINST THE COAST OF TEL-AVIV DURING THE BRITISH MANDATE PERIOD
Likely taken during the British Mandate, the image presents Mother, Father, and two sons, one of which in Uniform. The beach shows a flocking to the ocean, light traffic. nd., c1935-40. Tel-Aviv was founded in 1909 Jewish residents established the neighbourhood as a modern housing estate on the outskirts of the ancient port city of Jaffa. The name Tel-Aviv, from the biblical name Tel Abib (lit. "Tell of Spring") adopted by Nahum Sokolow as the title for his Hebrew translation of Theodor Herzl's 1902 novel Altneuland ("Old New Land"). Immigration by mostly Jewish refugees meant that the growth of Tel Aviv soon outpaced that of Jaffa, which had a majority Arab population at the time. In 1948, the Israeli Declaration of Independence was proclaimed in the city, with Tel Aviv named as the founding capital of Israel – a function it retained officially until 1950.
Lot: 558 - THE FIRST MEETING OF CHAIM WEIZMANN AND PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT. FDR SUPPORTS ISRAEL STATEHOOD
Press Photo, 8-1/2” x 7-1/2” by Photo Trends, NYC shows a young Chaim Weizmann, leader of the World Zionist Movement (and considered the father of Israel) with the British Ambassador to the United States. The teletype clip provides the importance of this photo, In part, Chaim Weizmann .. was introduced to President Roodevelt by ... Lord Lothian. Weizman said that the President predicted a solution to the Palestine question would be evolved after the present war. He has been conferring with former Justice Louis Brandeis and other leaders of the Zionist Movement ...” President Roosevelt’s discussion with the Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann during their meeting on February 8, 1940 was in response to a question from Roosevelt about the possibility of Jews finding refuge in places other than Palestine. Weizmann explained at some length that only Palestine would do as a place to which Jews could go and call their own. Roosevelt said that Louis Brandeis had told him that Palestine could take in two million Jews. The president raised the possibility of compensating the Arabs in some way. In raising this question, the president, from all available evidence, was thinking of two procedures. On the one hand, many of the Arabs in Palestine would be moved out and compensated for this; on the other hand, the Arabs in the rest of the Middle East would not only become independent of their British and French masters but would be in a federation that was to include a Jewish state of Palestine The federation project is best discussed in the context of Churchill’s view of the future of Palestine; what is significant in this connection is that both Weizmann and Lord Lothian, the British ambassador who accompanied him on this occasion, reacted positively to the concept.
Lot: 559 - EXTRAORDINARY PERIOD REMEMBRANCE BROADSIDE - PERIOD PRINTING OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SIEDLCE GHETTO, POLAND
Broadside, 13” x 17”, Printed by the members of the Siedlce community in Argentina. Yiddish. Buenos Aires, circa the c1943. With headline (using Google Translate), “He Will Remember the Destruction of the City Siedlce”, continues “May our fathers, mothers, sisters and brothers always be remembered on this sad day. Murdered by the wrath of Hitlerism ... We will
Lot: 560 - PUBLISHED IN JERUSALEM DURING THE BRITISH MANDATE
Book,“The Green Kokai”, A play in one act, by Arthur Schnitzler 1943, in Hebrew, Jerusalem, published by Tarshish Books 80pp., hard cover, 3-3/4” x6-1/2.” Ex-library stamps, rubbing to edges of cover, spine is missing; front cover started getting loose but binding still tight, internally good condition. Arthur Schnitzler was a Jewish Austrian playwright and author.
Lot: 561 - JEWISH GHETTO POLICE
Rare Photo, 3-3/4” x 2-1/2”, Depicting 5 Members of the Jewish Police in an unknown ghetto. Each is wearing the Star of David armband and cap pin. Members of the Jewish Police did not usually have official uniforms, often wearing just an identifying armband, a hat, and a badge, and were not allowed to carry firearms, although they did carry batons. In ghettos where the Judenrat (Jewish councils) was resistant to German orders, the Jewish police were often used to control or replace the council. The Jewish ghetto police ultimately shared the same fate with all their fellow ghetto inmates. On the ghettos' liquidation (1942–1943), they were either killed on-site or sent to extermination camps.
Lot: 562 - HONORING THE SURVIVORS OF THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN POLAND - THE AUSCHWITZ CROSS
Silver Tie tack, 1/2” x 1-1/2”, fine. The award is a silver Greek cross with wide arms. The obverse shows barbed wire and camp poles, the year 1939 on the left 1945 on the right arm. In the center there is a red enameled triangle with the letter P, as worn by Polish nationals imprisoned in the camps. The reverse bears the inscription "PRL / WIEZNIOM / HITLEROWSKICH / OBOZÓW KONCENTRACYJNYCH" ( Peoples Republic of Poland to prisoners of Nazi concentration camps). The Holocaust in Poland was the ghettoization, robbery, deportation, and murder of Jews in occupied Poland, organized by Nazi Germany. Three million Polish Jews were murdered, primarily at the Chelmno, Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka, and Auschwitz II–Birkenau extermination camps, representing half of all Jews murdered during the Europe-wide Holocaust. It is estimated that about 350,000 Polish Jews survived the Holocaust. Some 230,000 of them survived in the USSR and the Soviet-controlled territories of Poland, including men and women who escaped from areas occupied by Germany. The Auschwitz Cross instituted on 14 March 1985, was a Polish decoration awarded to honour survivors of Nazi German concentration camps, including Auschwitz. It was awarded generally to Poles, but it was possible to award it to foreigners in special cases. It could be awarded posthumously.
Lot: 563 - COMMEMORATING CONCENTRATION CAMP - MAJDANEK
The Bronze uncirculated medal, 2-3/4” diameter displays Geographic grid, a triangle with the inscription: LUBLI. Along the rim in Polish, “WYSTAWA. PAINTING. GRAPHICS. AND SCULPTURES. AGAINST. WAR. MAJDANEK. 79”/ The reverse, A pair of people with high raised arms against the background of the geographic grid. From the sides: 1939 - 1945. Barbed wire along the rim, OAX. In the semicircle below: September 2, 1939 KL STUTTHOF, May 9, 1945. Construction on the camp began in October 1941 with the arrival of about 2,000 Soviet prisoners of war. Most of the Soviet prisoners of war at Majdanek were too weak to work; virtually all were dead by February 1942. The SS also detailed Jewish forced laborers from the Lipowa Street camp, located in the center of Lublin, to help construct Majdanek. On December 11-12, 1941, the SS rounded up more than 300 Jews in the streets of Lublin and selected 150 of them as the first Jewish prisoners to be incarcerated in Majdanek. During January and February 1942, the SS and police selected Polish Jews from the Lublin ghetto and brought them to Majdanek for forced labor. In January and February 1942, the first non-Jewish Polish prisoners also arrived in Majdanek. The SS evacuated most of the prisoners to concentration camps further west during the spring of 1944. In late July 1944, as Soviet forces approached Lublin, the remaining camp staff hastily abandoned Majdanek, without fully dismantling the camp. Soviet troops first arrived at Majdanek during the night of July 22–23 and captured Lublin on July 24. Two figures of the number of Majdanek victims have usually been in use—360,000 or 235,000. Kranz, director of the Research Department of the State Museum at Majdanek, asserts that approximately 59,000 Jews and 19,000 people of other ethnic backgrounds, mostly Poles and Byelorussians, died there. Kranz published his estimate in the latest edition of the journal Zeszyty Majdanka.
Lot: 564 - ANNE FRANK DIED IN THIS CONCENTRATION CAMP
Real Photo Postcard of the Bergen-Belsen mass grave site with the initial sign erected at the site when British army forces arrived at the camp, and immediately marked the mass graves: "HERE LIE BURIED 5000 BODIES". English and German. Described on the back: "Plaque on one of the mass graves at the Bergen-Belsen camp". The sign was erected by British army forces on April 24, 1945. A few hundred meters away another sign was erected: "Here lie buried 2500 bodies", as well as in the rest of the area adjacent to the camp. The sad thing is that those 5000 were only 10% of all the dead at Bergen-Belsen. Thousands of corpses lay unburied on the camp grounds. Between May 1943 and April 15, 1945, about 37,000 prisoners died in Bergen-Belsen. More than 13,000 former prisoners, too ill to recover, died after liberation. After evacuating Bergen-Belsen, British forces burned down the whole camp to prevent the spread of typhus. In total, approximately 50,000 persons died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp complex including Anne Frank and her sister Margot. Both died in the camp in February or March 1945. Most of the victims were Jews.
Lot: 565 - GREAT BRITAIN AS THE WORLD'S POLICEMAN ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL THE ARAB/JEWISH PALESTINE CONFLICT
Print, 8” x 10-1/2”, withdrawn from Punch Magazine, London, titled "The Police Man's Lot", September 18, 1946 depicts the British Policeman separating the pugilists - the Arab has a boulder in the ready and the Jew has his club in motion. At the feet of the police officer, the Moslem is wrestling with the Hindu. The British administrative headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, housed in the southern wing] of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, were bombed in a terrorist attack on July 22, 1946, by the militant right-wing[4] Zionist underground organization the Irgun during the Jewish insurgency. 91 people of various nationalities were killed, including Arabs, Britons and Jews, and 46 were injured. The Irgun was a Jewish underground organization, founded in 1931 by a group of Haganah commanders, who left the Haganah in protest against its defense charter. The Irgun rejected the "restraint" policy of the Haganah and carried out armed reprisals against Arabs, which were condemned by the Jewish Agency. Many of its members were arrested by the British authorities; one of them, Shlomo Ben Yosef, was hanged for shooting an Arab bus. Direct Action Day (16 August 1946) was the day the All-India Muslim League decided to take "direct action" for a separate Muslim homeland after the British exit from India. Also known as the 1946 Calcutta Killings, it was a day of nationwide communal riots.[5] It led to large-scale violence between Muslims and Hindus in the city of Calcutta Ernest Howard Shepard (10 December 1879 - 24 March 1976) was an English artist and book illustrator. Best known for his illustrations in Winnie the Pooh also a prolific contributor to British Punch magazine for many decades.
Lot: 566 - “AND TO FORGET THE CRIMES COMMITTED BY THE WICKED OF THE WORLD, THIS EVIL OF THE DEVIL WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN FROM HISTORY, THE FULLNESS OF OUR SUFFERING, WE MUST REMEMBER” ..."SCENES OF DESTRUCTION" BOOK
Photo Book "The Scenes of Destruction" - Published by the Center Party for the Workers of Eretz Israel, 1947 - Horrifying photos depicting the Holocaust of European Jewry. An album with dozens of photos documenting the Nazis' abuse of Jews with the establishment of ghettos, the dire situation of Jews in the ghettos and ghetto children, executions, transports to death camps, the extermination
Lot: 567 - BROADSIDE - ASSASINATION OF EITAN AVIDOV BY ETZEL IN AUSTRIA, 1947 - HAGANAH CRITICIZES ETZAL
Broadside, 12-1/2” x 18-1/2”, March 11, 1947, showing a picture of the murdered Haganah member. The broadside, in part (Using GOOGLE TRANSLATE) “The Etzal thugs murdered the emigrant messenger Eitan Avidov in the camp. ... There are no words to describe this act. ... Not thirty days passed since Avidov was buried in his land, Nahalel’s land, and the Etzel thugs opened fire again. They broke into a rescue center for an ex-patriot in Milan, sabotaged and ransacked. Fired on a Doctor. ... The fire starters serve one conspiracy and pose one danger. ... Etzel lost ground under his feet ... the prospects of establishing the Jewish State. He has no basis left to justify his existence - except by provocitive actions that should lead to a fratricidal war. ... Their intention is clear for all to see. ...” The assassination of "Haganah" member Eitan Avidov by Etzel members, condemning the violent actions of Etzel in the Innsbruck. Eitan was working with Haganah to care for the refugees coming out of the concentration camps. With the end of the war, there were about 50,000 Jewish concentration camp survivors in Germany and Austria. The military organizations of Etzel and Haganah had different philosophies of gaining statehood for Israel. Etzel (Irgun) was more militant. Therefore this murder of a Haganah member resulted in the condemnation of Etzel’s tactics.
Lot: 568 - JEWISH UNDERGROUND DEMOLISHES ARAB HOME
AP Wirephoto shows “the wreckage of a two-story house .. near Petah Tikvah in Jerusalem where 11 Arabs .. were killed in a bomb and machine gun attack Aug. 14 as the organized Jewish underground struck at what it called Arab Brigandry in the holy Land.” 24 armed Jewish men dressed as soldiers, likely Haganh, attacked the village of Yehudiya near Petah Tikva shooting guns and blowing up houses, 7 Arabs were killed (two women and two children, 3 and 4 years old among them) and 7 others seriously wounded (two women and girl of 4 among them).
Lot: 569 - PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF "ETZEL" AGAINST "HAGANAH" ACTIVITY IN "HABRICHA" MOVEMENT – AUSTRIA
Broadside, 10” x 14” with headline (Using Google Translate from Hebrew), “Haganah Missionaries Tortured and Murdered”. Proclamation issued by "Etzel", concerning "Habricha" movement and refugee camps in Austria. "Habricha" was a Zionist organization in charge of illegal immigration of some three hundred thousand Holocaust survivors to Eretz Israel during the years 1944-1948. "Habricha" started as a spontaneous organization and later was assisted by the "Haganah" and became one of the leading factors in the "Ha'apala" operation to Eretz Israel. In part Etzel members attack in this proclamation the "Haganah" conduct in Insbruck refugee camp ..."people of this totalitarian monopoly intentionally interfered with rescue operations which were organized by our members when war ended…. One of our members, Milo Friedlich, a Romanian refugee, who was tortured to death….Milo Friedlich was murdered by his torturers…"
Lot: 570 - ISRAEL REJECTS THE UN PARTITION PLAN - "WE DECLARE TO THE ENTIRE WORLD: THERE SHALL BE NO 'PARTITION' IN OUR LAND - OUR HOMELAND, IT IS ENTIRELY OURS FROM THE COVENANT OF THE PIECES TO ETERNITY!"
Broadside, 13-1/2” x 19-1/2”, a Rare Broadside Issued by the Movement for the Unity of Israel in the Land of Israel, the Day After November 29, 1947, the Day the UN General Assembly Decided to End the British Mandate and Establish Two Independent States in the Land of Israel - a Jewish State and an Arab State (Partition Plan). Dated November 30, 1947, this broadside was issued by the
Lot: 571 - THE HOLOCAUST REFUGEES ARE TAKEN TO THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS OF CYPRUS
A complete and authentic issue of the New York Times, March 31, 1947, 2 sections, 40pp., disbound. From the left column, JEWS' SHIP SAVED OFF HAIFA BY NAVY; PORT OIL BLOWN UP; JEWS' SHIP SAVED OFF HAIFA BY NAVY British Transfer 750 Refugees From Listing Vessel and Tow 850 Others to Palestine.” The report continues on pg 4, about three columns. The report advises ... the day the Moledet — whose name translates to mean ‘homeland’ — set out from Metaponto, Italy, with 1,563 immigrants aboard. However, from the start of its expedition to Israel, it was clear that something was amiss. Leaning to one side, the ship’s stability only grew worse as they journeyed on. Thirty miles from Haifa, the Moledet’s engine failed. Sending SOS calls to the port, the British responded by dispatching destroyer ships to assist. Evacuating half the passengers to lighten the load, the British towed the Moledet into the port on March 31st; however, rather than being welcomed to their homeland, the Jewish immigrants were swiftly deported to the British “Winter Camps” in Cyprus where they were held behind barbed wire and left in horrible conditions. The ship’s escorts attempted to evade arrest, but they were ultimately captured and sent to the Atlit Detention Camp — which was used as a camp for illegal immigrants until it became a prisoner of war and civil internment camp following the Arab-Israeli War.
Lot: 572 - AN EXTRAORDINARY POLITICAL CARTOON AS BRITISH MANDATE COMES TO AN END
Political Cartoon, 8” x 10-1/2”, withdrawn from Punch shows the patient “PALESTINE” in the hospital bed. The nurse Great Britain leaving and taking her Trusteeship with her. Around the patient is USA, France, USSR and China. The caption; “Nurse Gives Notice. And now, gentleman, we shall have to get something done ourselves, instead of telling HER what to do."
Lot: 573 - IN 1948 110,000 JEWISH PEOPLE IMMIGRATED TO PALESTINE, INCLUDING ALIZA GRUNBERG
British Mandate IDENTITY CARD, opens to 6” x 4-1/2”, issued to Aliza Grunberg, Jewess, April 22, 1948, Haifa, with both her photo and her signature. Clearly noted , “Possession of this card in no way constitutes evidence of legal residence in Palistine.” Additionally there are several ephemera items including 2 coupons using Theo. Herzl image; advertising check, an invitation 1938. Displaced Jewish persons from Europe traveled to Palestine for admittance . Most were illegal. Ms Grunberg arrives three weeks before statehood.
Lot: 574 - 1948 HEBREW IRGUN ETZEL BROADSIDE REGARDING THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE
Broadside, 6-1/4” x 12-1/2”, July 7, 1948, in Hebrew (Translated via Google Translate), headline, “The Voice of Freedom. The radio station of the Harut Movement. The Fateful Choice.” It continues in brief, “The political situation is very serious. Count Bernardadot represents the United Nations, Nazi and Britain ... he proposed the Grady Morrison program as a Jewish maxim.... Why should we fight over the sands of the Negev? ... And as for Jerusalem, the Jewish leadership gave it up a half a year ago. ... We are about to be thrown into the Morrison ghetto... they’re going to freeze us permanently and surround us with the iron teeth of British bases disguised as King Abdullah’s soldiers. They are about to severe the connection between our exiled people and the homeland. They are about to close the door... the battles will begin in Jerusalem which the UN envoy has already delivered to the Arabs. Abdullah will of course take it immediately and with the force of the British cannons ... we will fight the murderous occupier and will fight him to the last drop of blood.... This is the situation. Don’t worry Hebrew citizen. We are facing a campaign that will decide our fate for generations. ... One choice: either a ghetto with temporary peace ... or a state, a real state with war, war for life or death. War to the end until liberation of the whole homeland.” The Irgun was a political predecessor to Israel's right-wing Herut Morrison Grady Plan, British proposal for a solution of the Palestine problem, presented by Herbert Morrison in July 1946, calling for federalization under overall British Trusteeship. Bernadotte, Count Folke (1895-1948) -- Swedish diplomat. In May 1948 appointed by the Secretary General of the United Nations as Chief of the Truce Supervision Organization, and as Mediator for Palestine. In June 1948 presented first plan, envisaging inter alia the merger of the Arab parts of Palestine with Transjordan, under the rule of King Abdullah, and the inclusion of Jerusalem as well as the Negev in that Arab state, with Western Galilee to be added to the Jewish state. Soon after signing second plan, with certain modifications, killed in Jerusalem by a group identified with Lehi.
Lot: 575 - ORIGINAL PHTOGRAPH OF THE FOOD CONVOY TO JERUSALEM ON THE BURMA ROAD
Photgraph, 3-1/2’ x 2-3/4” shows a five truck caravan and a dozen men circumventing the Arab siege on Jerusalem, 1948. Immediately after approval of the November 1947 UN partition resolution, Arab militias initiated a siege of Jerusalem, preventing supplies from reaching the city by blocking and ambushing the roads connecting Jerusalem to the rest of the country. The 100,000 Jewish residents of Jerusalem were isolated from the Jewish inhabitants in the rest of Palestine and the blockade brought the Jerusalemites to the brink of starvation. The defenders were desperately short of arms and ammunition compared to the well-equipped Arab Legion and it was indeed a grim picture. The situation was exacerbated when the Arab Legion cut off the water supply to Jerusalem. Burma Road in Israel was a makeshift bypass road between Kibbutz Hulda and Jerusalem, built under the supervision of General Mickey Marcus during the 1948 Siege of Jerusalem. It was named for the Chinese Burma Road. As a result of the construction of the road, the Jews managed to organize uninterrupted supplies of goods to Jerusalem,. This became the David (Mickey) Marcus, from the USA, a West Point graduate and a Colonel in the U.S. Army in World War II was appointed Commander of the Jerusalem front on May 28, 1948 and played a major role in the planning of the Burma Road. He died in tragic circumstances a few hours before a cease-fire that took effect on June 11, 1948. Knowing very little Hebrew, he failed to respond to a challenge for the password and was shot by a sentry on returning to his quarters in the dark.ir first great tactical victory in the first stage of the War of Independence. The siege ended on July 11 after Jerusalem had been strangled for three months from May 15.
Lot: 576 - JEWISH ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE PHOTO MUSICAL CARD
Color printed music card, 8” x 6-1/2”, of the well known announcement by David Ben-Gurion of the Israeli Independence. The card contains a recording of the Israeli National Hymn, HATIKVA. The card is to be played at 33-1/3 rpm, published by the Museum at Tel-Aviv, Israel. Very likely produced in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Israeli’s Independence. Great condition - exceptionally rare item.
Lot: 577 - DECLARATION OF INDEPENCE - THE STATE OF ISRAEL ESTABLISHED - MAY 14, 1948.
An authentic and completeissue of the "Hatzofeh" newspaper, Friday, May 14th, 1948, 2pp. (Using Google Translate), Headline,” Tonight the Hebrew State will be established", followed by the primary report (right 2 columns), in part, “The establishment of the Hebrew state will be announced and the independent Hebrew government will be established. One thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight years after the destruction of the the Temple, Israel's independence will be re-established in the Land of Israel. After 27 years of occupation, the British mandate and with it foreign rule over the Land of Israel ended. The last practical symbol of foreign rule, the naval blockade on aliyah, will be lifted tonight at midnight". ... "Great today, great is this date in Israel's history." ... This day we will become an independent people in our homeland, from this day we are all the army of the Hebrew people, fighting for its freedom and fortifying its state."... On page 2, illustrations of the first Israel issued Stamps. There are several reports on the intense battles near Shaar HaGai, on Kfar Etzion which fell and more.
Lot: 578 - THE HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, DETAINED BY THE BRITISH IN CYPRUS, ARE FINALLY SENT TO ISRAEL
A complete and authentic issue of Yedioth Ahronoth, Evening newspaper of Eretz Israel, Tel Aviv, July 1, 1948, 4pp. fine. (Using Google Translate), From the front page, the headline “Cyprus exiles will be brought in the coming days” accompanied by a 3-1/2” x 5” photo, “Passengers disembarked in Haifa under UN Supervision ... This is the Italian ship ‘Capidoglio’ which brought 300 passengers” ... and another important report, “The State Council will elect the presidency tonight ...consisting of the President, H. W. Shef or M. D. Ben-Gurion. R. Tzman, chairman of 3 deputies. ” ... From the back page, “Overt preparations by the Egyptians to renew the fighting ... And South Africa, anti-Semitism is on the rise in the US, ... Etzal is preparing for the occupation of Jerusalem ..." On the eve of World War II, the British government in Palestine set restrictive immigration quotas for Jews when it issued the White Paper of 1939. In August 1946, faced with growing numbers of illegal Jewish immigrants, the British government enforced the quotas through its newly established policy of deporting such Jews. The deportees, mostly Holocaust survivors, were housed in 12 detention camps on British-controlled Cyprus. Britain informed the UN that it would no longer administer the Mandate for Palestine on February 14, 1947. This prompted the UN General Assembly to recommend partition of Palestine into independent Jewish and Arab states on November 29. Some 28,000 Jews were still interned in the camps when the Mandate was dissolved, partition was enacted, and the independent State of Israel was established at midnight local time on May 14, 1948. About 11,000 internees remained in the camps as of August 1948, with the British releasing and transporting them to Haifa at the rate of 1,500 a month.
Lot: 579 - IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, ISRAEL WAS ATTACKED BY THE ARAB NATIONS.
A complete and authentic issue of Yedioth, Jerusalem, July 9, 1948, 8pp. (Using Google Translate). Headline, “Fighting Continues in the South. In an attack against the Israeli army, the army captured 3 Arab villages .... 30 of the enemy were killed and dozens were wounded. .. Captives were taken. Attack and captured: Arab villages - Kawkaba and Khulayyah, southeast of Migdal - which were in our hands. During the night, our forces moved to attack ... In the actions of our forces in the night, the Israeli army captured the villages of Ibadim, Beit Afa, Iraq, Suidno - they control the artery of the Tachi ... The enemy has taken the Rahabim Bay. ... The enemy's losses came from the tower to the east, killed and dozens of wounded, a large amount of loot in weapons fell into our hands. .. Captives were taken among them from the Sudanese army. Major was found to have orders for Bay Night between 7 and 10 to carry out aggressive actions. ...” then from the interior, “And if the war were to be renewed ...The battles would be fought on three main fronts. The advantages each side gained during the wa.r The main battle would be fought on Jerusalem. ... The Old City has already begun when Jerusalem is emptied of its Arab inhabitants. But the Jewish peace treaty exists and the enemy will fight against it ... To summarize what they achieved, the truce brought us several advantages, but it also strengthened the hands of the Arabs. The war of the Jews forced them to act quickly, causing artillery to be deployed in order to save the destruction and casualties of the decisive battle on the Latrun front. ... And there the distinction will fall on the connection to Jerusalem. In this place, the Arab Legion is likely to suffer a defeat which will entail its great failure ... A second front that is not inferior in importance is the southern front. The Egyptians are here with a force estimated at 10,000 men....”
Lot: 580 - GREAT BRITAIN RECOGNIZES THE STATE OF ISRAEL
Print, 8” x 10-1/2”, withdrawn from Punch Magazine, London, titled "RECOGNITION: A Possible Scene in the Bulrushes", February 2, 1949 shows British Foreign Secretary Bevin in the bulrushes looking down on the determined baby in the "Israel" afloat in a basket. The reference is clearly to the discovery of Moses in the bulrushes. Palestine was under the British Mandate at this time. Bevin believed that Palestine could not essentially solve the Jewish problem as Jews should continue residing in Europe and contributing to its welfare. Rather than impose a Jewish state on the Arabs, he desired some kind of settlement between Jews and Arabs. As a result, the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) was appointed and, on Nov. 29, 1947, the UN voted to divide Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab State. Bevin gradually became reconciled to the idea of a Jewish state; in January 1949, eight months after the proclamation of the State of Israel, he granted it de facto recognition.
Lot: 581 - NEGOTIATING THE ARMISTICE AGREEMENT - ISRAEL AND LEBENNON - 1949
Group of three original period press photos, 7-14” x 5-1/4”, all back stamped with "Encyclo- paedia Judaica, All rights Reserved. These were taken taken at Rosh Ha-Nikrah, the farthest point north on Israel's Mediterranean Coastline in the Western Galilee region, January 3, 1949. The first photo shows the six Israeli delegation IDd on the reverse includes Rav Seren, Moshe Dayan and others. The sencond image, shows the United Nations delegation of nine members, ID’d on the reverse in pencil. ... The final image shows the entire delegation walking in front of the bombed buildings at Rosh Ha-Nikrah In 1948, Lebanon joined other Arab states in the Palestine War that ended with their defeat. Following the Armistice Agreements of March 23,1949. On March 23, 1949, an Armistice Agreement between Lebanon and Israel was signed at Rosh Ha-Nikrah / Ras al-Nakoura, fixing the former international boundary between Palestine and Lebanon as the armistice line; accordingly, Israel evacuated 14 Lebanese villages that its army had occupied during the latter phases of the war.
Lot: 582 - THIRTEEN PHOTOS CONCEALED IN THE HANDLE
Wonderful Letter-Opener, 7-1/4” x 1-1/2”, made by Nordia, Israel. On the handle of the knife is an relief of the Tower of David in Jerusalem. There is also a sliding closure, that when opened, reveals a chain of 13 miniature photographs from Eretz Israel - the Western Wall, the Old City of Jerusalem, the Weizmann Institute, children in a kibbutz, Safed, Haifa, and more. Just a fascinating piece. nd., c1950.
Lot: 583 - THE PASSOVER HAGGADA BOOKLET PRINTED IN TEL-AVIV
Booklet, printed by Sinai Publishing, Tel-Aviv, 1950, 54pp., plus separate cover. (Translated by Google Translate). Titled “ Night of Observance, The Passover Haggada, LA HAGADA”, With a Ladin translation and illustrations and all the laws of the LXX and explanations in the Ladin language, now the ceremonies that are practiced during the first two evenings of Passover according to the Spanish rite. Hebrew text and Ladin translation and provided with notes and illustrations. As example, is the full page illustration “Mark of the Order of Pesach”.
Lot: 584 - JEWISH PHOTO BOOK OF THE ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE WAR ... ILLUSTRATES THE EFFECTS OF THE UNDERGROUND IRGUN HERUT ETZEL IZL
Photo Book, hard cover, Golden embossed headings. 10 "x 7 ", 168pp., The first and only edition, published by Shelach, Israel, 1951. The book was given the symbolic name " DIVREI HAYAMIM LEMILCHEMET HASHICHRUR " (translates to THE HISTORY of the WAR OF INDEPENDENCE ). The text is Hebrew (Use GOOGLE TRANSLATE”. The luxurious book, covered in imitation leather, consists of 45 plates on gloss paper, around 200 printed photographs, also prints Maps, Broadsides , Newspapers clips etc. The book holds literaly hundreds of photographed and written documents and articles Hebrew. An astonishing documentation of the essential and important role of the Jewish-Israeli underground groups in the ISRAEL War for its INDEPENDENCE. Among the contributers to this edition; ARTHUR SZYK , Uri Zvi Grinberg, ABA AHIMEIR, Israel Eldad and others. Here are few of the hundreds of images; The Haifa Police building that was blown up by a barrel bomb”, October 6, 1947. “Police building blown up at Sharon”. British Officers Building Blown up in Jerusalem”. “the British government train set afire.” “Jewish Immigrants come to shore.” “the ship Prita breaks trhe British blockade and brings 800 extrimination survivors to shore”. This is a fascinating history of the Israeli efforts for FREEDOM. Remember GOOGLE TRANSLATE adds to the significance of this work.
Lot: 585 - BUILT AS GERMAN WAR REPARATIONS - BEN GURION SAYS OF THE NECESSITY OF REPARATIONS "SO THAT THE MURDERERS DO NOT BECOME THE HEIRS AS WELL"
ZION & ISRAEL Deck Plans, 17” x 22”, titled in the center, “Passenger Accomodations” and “SS Israel” on the left, “SS Zioin” on the right. Below the title, a Starboard (15”x3”) profile showing the handsome, well-balanced lines of the ship. This is followed by schematics of Sun Deck, Promenade Deck, Main Deck, and A. Deck. The ISRAEL and ZION were built in West Germany under the war reparations act. They sailed for Zim for a decade on the Haifa-New York run before being sold out of the fleet. ISRAEL went to the breakers in 1974 but ZION sailed on, eventually becoming the DOLPHIN IV, a mainstay in budget Caribbean cruising in the 1980s and 90s. She went to the breakers in 2003. The reparations were negotiated and finally settled on September 10, 1952 and entered in force on March 27, 1953. Germany paid Israel a sum of 3 billion marks (around 714 million USD) over the next fourteen years. In 1952, Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion argued that the reparation demand was based on recovering as much Jewish property as possible "so that the murderers do not become the heirs as well". His other argument was that the reparations were needed to finance the absorption and rehabilitation of the Holocaust survivors in Israel.
Lot: 586 - EGYPTIAN PRISONERS REMOVE MINES- GAZA STRIP - 1956
AP Wire Photo, 9” x 5-3/4”, November 26, 1956 shows a prisoner exchange on the Gaza strip. The news clipping on the reverse shows a sliver of this photo with test, “An Israeli soldier nervously fingers the trigger of his weapon as he watches the Egyptian prisoners engage in mine disposal operation on a beach in the Gaza area. The dismantled Egyptian mines are taken into boats and dropped into the Mediterranean sea.”
Lot: 587 - EVERYONE IN ISRAEL SERVES IN THE MILTARY - EVEN THE 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER OF THE MAJOR GENERAL
Associated Press Photo, 6-1/2” x 10”, ‘in the field’, 1956, the 17 year old IDF women soldier is Yael Dayan (1939-2024, daughter of Major General Moshe Dayan. She is in basic military training at Camp Deborah..
Lot: 588 - 1958 SHATTA PRISON PALESTINIAN ESCAPE
Daily Telegraph Type3 Press Photo, August 2, 1958, 9-1/2” x 6”, shows cropping marks. The back carries the description, “Mass Goal Escape in Israel. Shaatah Prison in Jezreel Valley ... where 66 Arab prisoners escape on Thursday night. About 200 prisoners fought guards, police and soldiers, and about 15 persons were killed.” 31 July 1958, 77 Palestinian prisoners managed to flee Shatta prison. 190 Palestinian prisoners participated in the rebellion to take control of the prison. They beat a guard and fled from the prison front door after cutting the phone line and electricity. Egyptian Muhammad Othman was the ideologist of the largest prison flight in Palestinian history. There were battles with both guards and other prisoners who were trying to prevent escape. Thirteen escaped prisoners and two guards died. Ahmed Ali Othman, who was accused of leading the prison break, would be acquitted of murdering one of the wardens by a court in Haifa two years later.
Lot: 589 - WOMEN IN THE SYRIAN NATIONAL GUARD MARCHING IN A PARADE
AP Wire Photo, 7-1/4” x 5-1/2”, February 28, 1959 shows a company of uniformed women soldiers. The news clip on the back shows a bit of the image and has the cation, “Women soldiers of the Syria national guard marched in a parade at Damascus celebrating the first anniversary of the United Arab Republic. The middle eastern republic was formed by the merger of Egypt and Syria.” The United Arab Republic (UAR) was a country in the Middle East. The UAR was a political union between Syria and Egypt from 1958 till 1961. It came into being on the first of February 1958. It was the first step towards a pan-Arabic state. Over 33 million people lived in the UAR. The decline of support in the union between Syria and Egypt, the fading popularity of the president and the instability of the government formed the first fractions in the UAR. Nasser’s economic reforms in 1960 failed in aligning Syria’s economy with that of Egypt. Instead, Nasser, for example, nationalized banks, revised textbooks to strengthen Egypt’s Arab identity, and curtailed the land limit. This new UAR identity was embodied by the new flag that was announced in 1958. The constant diminishes of Syrian influence led to the Syrian coup d'état in September 1961, ending the UAR.
Lot: 590 - THE HEROIC ISRAELI PARATROOPERS
A pair of Press Photos to include: Back stamped June 14, 1960, 9” x 7” showing Esther Bar-On and her fiance Amos Shapir both Paratroopers in the Israeli Army and in uniform, as ID’d on the reverse from the newspaper clipping. The photo is marked up for cropping and minor wrinkles. ... plus, Associated Press Wire Photo, September 29, 1969, Sea of Galile showing the 25 IDF paratroopers in an exercise. In 1949 Chaim Laskov asked Machalnik Captain Tom Derek Bowden to create a paratroop school. He did so, writing a training manual with the help of his Hebrew-speaking secretary Eva Heilbronner and training soldiers with British Army surplus equipment. Bowden returned to England in 1950.The brigade was created in the mid-1950s when the commando Unit 101 was merged with the 890th Battalion (the IDF's Airborne Commando unit) in order to form an elite infantry brigade.
Lot: 591 - WIRE PHOTO - READING THE EICHMANN TRIAL VERDICT
Original Wirephoto, 8” x 10”, Dec. 12 original (AP Wire from Jerusalem) with caption, in part, “Israeli Judge Benjaman Halevy continues the reading of the 300 page judgement against former Nazi Colonel Adolf Eichmann for the second day to day in the Jerusalem court where the Gestapo Colonel was found guilty of a major part in the WWII extermination of European Jews. ... summary finding Eichmann guilty on all 15 counts ...” The photo has AP copyright information stamped on the reverse, and date stamped Dec. 14, 1961. Halevy was born Ernst Levi in Weissenfels, Germany and educated at the Universities of Freiburg, Göttingen and Berlin. He immigrated to what was then British Mandatory Palestine in 1933 after Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, and studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was one of the panel of three judges presiding over the trial of Adolf Eichmann (Yitzhak Raveh and Moshe Landau).
Lot: 592 - THE KEY LEADERS OF ISRAEL (RARELY PHOTOED TOGETHER) REVUE THE TROOPS ON THE 13TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUNTRY’S INDEPENDECE
United Press Photo, Jerusalem, April 20, 1961, 9” x 7” with teletype description on the back, in part, “Chief of Staff Tzvi Tzur .. Premier Ben Gurion and President Ben Zvi revue the Israeli regiments ... In a last minute concession to Jordon ... and the (UN) Security Council ... the route was cut and the troops passed only through areas which could not be seen from the Jordon section of the city. David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973) was the primary national founder of the State of Israel as well as its first prime minister. Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884-1963) longest-serving President of Israel. He was first elected on December 8th 1952, assumed office on December 16 1952, and continued to serve in the position until his death, April 1963. Tzvi Tzur (1923-2004) was an Israeli officer who served as the IDF's 6th Chief of Staff (1961–1963). In January 1961 Tzur was appointed as the IDF Chief of Staff. One of his first actions was to appoint Major General Yitzhak Rabin as his deputy.
Lot: 593 - COMMEMORATING THE JEWS WHO WERE DEPORTED FROM ITALY TO AUSCHWITZ
Fine medal pin back, 1-5/8” diameter with an enemal red triangle with “IT” in the center. Around the the circumference, “Twenty Years From The Resistance, Days of The Deportation” 1964. There is a maker Id on the reverse, “ GRANERO, PIEYETESUNO, TRENTO”. Scarce item. The arrest and deportation of Jews in German-occupied Italy can be separated into two distinct phases. The first, under Dannecker, from September 1943 to January 1944, saw mobile Einsatzkommandos target Jews in major Italian cities. The second phase took place under Bohammer, who had replaced Dannecker in early 1944. Boßhammer set up a centralised persecution system, using all available German and Fascist Italian police resources, to arrest and deport Italian Jews. Altogether, by the end of the war, almost 8,600 Jews from Italy and Italian-controlled areas in France and Greece were deported to Auschwitz; all but 1,000 were murdered. Only 506 were sent to other camps (Bergen-Belsen, Buchenwald, Ravensbrück, and Flossenbürg) as hostages or political prisoners. The Italian resistance movement fought the occupying forces of Nazi Germany and the fascist collaborationists of the Italian Social Republic during the Second World War in Italy from 1943 to 1945.
Lot: 594 - AFTER 24 YEARS, THE FOUNDER THE MILITIA HAGANAH, ZE'EV JABOTINSKY’S REMAINS ARE RETURNED TO ISRAEL
Four piece collection includes (Using Google Translate), Hard Bound Book, “Ze'ev Jabotinsky Returned to His Homeland”, printed by Hadar Publishing, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 90pp., 1965. A souvenir book. Rare hard to be found and replete with hundreds of photos, captions are Hebrew and English. Several pages of photos are from the funeral procession. Extraordinary book.... plus, Printed
Lot: 595 - THE SIX DAY WAR -THE ISREALI ARMY MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE EAST BANK OF THE SUEZ CANAL
Press Photo, 10” x 8-1/2”, 7/22/67, UPI Telephoto, TYPE1, slightly dirty, Kantara, Suez Canal. : Israeli troops stand beneath their flag on the bank of the Suez Canal as Egypt flag flies from the radio mast on the opposite bank. . Israeli and Egyptian forces continue their vigil along the banks of the waterway with the East shore in Israeli possession while the west bank is held by the UAR.” The publishing notes are on the reverse, “Note to artist, put arrow to flag on radio tower (which he did) ...# col. 4-1/4”. On 6 June 1967, after the start of the Six-Day War, Egypt closed the Suez Canal, which it owned and owns, and kept it closed until June 1975, through most of the Israeli occupation of the Sinai Peninsula including the east bank of the Canal. The Six-Day War had begun the day before the closure on 5 June 1967 between Israel and several Arab states including Egypt. Israel bombed most of Egypt's airfields and then entered and occupied the Sinai Peninsula including the entire east bank of the Suez Canal. The Suez Canal was therefore the frontline between the Israeli and Egyptian military forces. Israel built the Bar Lev Line of fortifications along the east bank of the canal.
Lot: 596 - 1967 ISRAEL TROOPS REST AFTER TAKING GAZA
AP Wire Photo, 7” x 9-3/4”, June 7, 1967 with caption “Israli soldiers take a short rest at government building in town of Gaza after capturing the town in the Gaza Strip .... This photo was distributed by the Israli army.” Israel subsequently gained control of and occupied the Gaza Strip following its victory in the 1967 Six-Day War against Arab neighbors Egypt, Jordan and Syria. In 2005, Israel unilaterally withdrew its military forces from Gaza, dismantled its settlements, and implemented a temporary blockade of Gaza. In the Palestinian parliamentary elections held on 25 January 2006, Hamas won a plurality of 42.9% of the total vote and 74 out of 132 total seats (56%). When Hamas assumed power the next month, Israel, the United States, the EU, Russia and the UN demanded that Hamas accept all previous agreements, recognize Israel's right to exist, and renounce violence; when Hamas refused, they cut off direct aid to the Palestinian Authority, although some aid money was redirected to humanitarian organizations not affiliated with the government. The resulting political disorder and economic stagnation led to many Palestinians emigrating from the Gaza Strip.
Lot: 597 - THE REMAINS OF THE DEFENDERS OF MASADA ARE DISCOVERED AND REBURIED AS HEROES.
Press photo, 9” x 6-1/2”, July 8, 1969. shows the reinterrment of the remains of the defenders of Masada who chose suicide rather than surrender to Roman hands. The newspaper print is one the back with caption, “BURIED AS HEROES nearly 2000 years ago after they died defending Masada against invading Romans, the remains of 27 Jews were reinterred yesterday. The mass grave had been discovered in a 1965 excavation and the story of the heroic stand was established by researchers.” Masada is an ancient fortification in southern Israel, situated on top of an isolated rock plateau, akin to a mesa. It is located on the eastern edge of the Judaean Desert, overlooking the Dead Sea, 12 mi east of Arad. Herod the Great built two palaces for himself on the mountain and fortified Masada between 37 and 31 BCE. According to Josephus, the siege of Masada by Roman troops from 73 to 74 CE, at the end of the First Jewish–Roman War, ended in the mass suicide of the 960 Jewish rebels who were hiding there. However, the archaeological evidence relevant to a mass suicide event is ambiguous at best.
Lot: 598 - FRISKING AN ARAB MAN IN OCCUPIED GAZA - 1969
Associated Wirephoto, August 22, 1969, 10” x 8” with several cropping marks and a newspaper clip of the image. The description, in part, “Checkout at Camp. An Arab is frisked by Israeli soldiers during curfew at Deir El Belah camp Friaday. Action was part of a search for saboteurs in the Israeli occupied Gaze strip.....,” The Deir El Belah camp originally housed 9,000 refugees in tents and then mud-brick structures, which were replaced with cement block structures in the early 1960s. The current population as of July 2023, registered with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) was 26,674 persons.
Lot: 599 - THE “IRON LADY” WEEPS FOR THE ISRAELI WAR DEAD SOLDIERS
Wire Press Photo, May 10, 1970, Jerusalem, 8-1/4” x 10-1/4”, Prime Minister Golda Meir, flanked by Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Haim Bar-Lev and Jerusalem Area Commander Col. David Hagoel, weeps at Israel War dead memorial ceremony Sunday. Haim "Kidoni" Bar-Lev (1924-1994) was a military officer during Israel's pre-state and early statehood eras and later a government minister. In 1946 Bar-Lev blew up the Allenby Bridge near Jericho to prevent Arab militiamen in Trans-Jordan from entering Jewish towns west of the Jordan River. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Bar-Lev was the commander of the Eighth Battalion. During the 1956 Suez Crisis he commanded the 27th Armored Brigade, which captured the Gaza Strip before turning southwest and reaching the Suez Canal.
Lot: 600 - EXTRAORDINARY PRESS PHOTO OF ISRAELI POW’S
Associated Press photo, 10” x 6” showing three Israeli Prisoners of War, publishing cropping marks present. The new clipping on the reverse provides the details. “Egypt Announced It Captured Three Israli Pilots From Craft Downed over the Suez Canal Yesterday. From left were squadron leader Ayal Akhe Kal, Lt. Hariz Rami and Flight Lt. Isaac Pierre”. History advises that Soviet air defenses shot down two Israeli F-4 Phantoms. Two pilots and a navigator are captured, while a second navigator is rescued by helicopter the following night.
Lot: 601 - ISRAEL’S NEW EARTH SATELLITE COMMUNICATION STATION
Press Photo by Svenskt Pressfoto, Stockholm, July 31, 1972, 9-1/2” 7”, fine. News clip on the reverse, “Israeli’s Prime Minister, Mrs. Golda Meir in phone conversation with President Nixon over Israel’s new earth satellite station. On the right is Transport Minister S. Peres. Unusual to see two Israeli Prime Ministers in the same photo. President Nixon and Premier Golda Meir will spoke by telephone at 5 p.m. local time tomorrow marking the occasion of Israel’s link-up with the international satellite communications system. Their conversation was part of the ceremonies inaugurating Israel’s new satellite ground communications center at Emek Haela in the Judaean hills near Jerusalem.
Lot: 602 - 1973 YOM KIPPUR WAR ISRAEL - SEVEN PRESS WIRE PHOTOS
All these original wire photos, sepia tone and slightly light. Original images from the Yom Kippur War. Each photo contains the press caption and are generally 9" x 7-1/2". Included, November 22, 1973, "Golan Heights, Occupied Syria" shows Premier Golda Meir addressing the troops, "Israel can hold out as long as we want to exist". At her side his the dashing Defence Minister Moshe Dayan. … plus, November 16, 1973, "Bouquet for a POW". The photo shows returning Israel POWs as Egypt and Israel begin the prisoner exchange. .., plus, November 29, 1973 "Weeping father of Israel War" on his knees before the grave of an unknown soldier in the Jerusalem cemetery. His daughter pulls him from the marker. … plus. November 8, 1973 "HONORONG THE DEAD" shows the rifles of the Israeli honor guard firing a salvo as a salute to the soldiers being buried. Israel loss 1854 soldiers in that 20 day war. … plus, November 20, 1973, shows a soldier folding the Israeli flag which flew over David Ben-Gurion's home. … , October 31, "Israelis Demonstrate Outside U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv" objecting to Nixon's pressure to allow supplies to the encircled Egyptian 3rd Army. … plus, November 30, 1973 "Agitated Grief" shows an elderly women grasping an Israeli policeman during a protest by the families of Israel soldiers who remain missing. The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, was an armed conflict fought from 6 to 25 October 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria.
Lot: 603 - ISRAEL BOMB SYRIA IN THE SIX DAY WAR
Keystone Wire Photo, 10” x 8”, October 13, 1973 shows “An Israeli gun crew bombarding the Syrian Forces on the road to Damascas”.
Lot: 604 - SCARCELY SEEN - IDF PRISONERS OF WAR
United Press wirephoto, 5-1/2” x 5”, October 30, 1973, Somewhere in Sinai, with caption “Column of reported Israeli prisoners of war ... captured by Egyptian forces ...” A portion of the newspaper photo is affixed to the reverse. Israeli historian Aryeh Yitzhaki estimated that the Egyptians killed about 200 Israeli soldiers who had surrendered. The order to kill Israeli prisoners came from General Shazly, who, in a pamphlet distributed to Egyptian soldiers immediately before the war, advised his troops to kill Israeli soldiers even if they surrendered. 231 IDF soldiers who were taken prisoner, were return to Israel, on November 27, 1973. On December 1973 address to the National Assembly, Syrian Defense Minister Mustafa Tlass stated that he had awarded one soldier the Medal of the Republic for killing 28 Israeli prisoners with an axe, decapitating three of them and eating the flesh of one of his victims.
Lot: 605 - THE TERRORIST ATTACK THE ISRAELIS
Grouping of two original wire photos, each 8” x 10”, and include: “Beit Shean, Nov. 19/74, Angry crowd tramples on bodies of Arab terrorists who attcked town of Beit Shean at dawn Nov. 19. Four terrorists were involved in attack which left three Israelis dead and some 20 injured. Crown later set the bodies ablaze.”The raid was by a squad of three Palestinian militants, belonging to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine militant organization who infiltrated into Israel from Jordan disguised as laborers. ... plus, “Maalot, Israel, May 15/74, armed Israeli trooper carries a wounded buddy from school building in Maalot, Israel as other soldier moves up during Israeli storming of three Arab terrorists who held some 85 teenagers hostage neary 14 hours. The Ma'alot massacre was a Palestinian terrorist attack that occurred on 14-15 May 1974 and involved the hostage-taking of 115 Israelis, chiefly school children, which ended in the murder of 25 hostages and six other civilians. It began when three armed members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) infiltrated Israel from Lebanon. Twenty-two high school students were killed in the attack and over fifty were wounded.
Lot: 606 - WIRE PHOTO MILITARY PALLBEARERS CARRY SCHOOL CHILDREN CASKETS TO CEMETERY IN SAFAD, ISRAEL
Press Wire Photo, 9-3/4” x 8”, Safad, Israel, May 16/74. A line of military pallbearers carries file of coffins to the tiny cemetery in the hilltop town of Safad, Israel (background) during a funeral ceremony, for some of the teenage victims of yesterday's attack on a school building. ...plus, Press Wire Photo, 9-3/4” x 8”, Israel-Lebanon Border, May 23, 1974, “Israeli troops armed with U.S.-made M-16 rifle surround handcuffed man (dark clothes center) reportedly an Arab terrorist, after he was captured May 23, during massive search operation along the Lebanese border with Israel.” No doubt this photo is related to the Ma'alot massacre also. The Ma'alot massacre resulted from a Palestinian terrorist attack that occurred on 14-15 May 1974 and involved the hostage-taking of 115 Israelis, chiefly school children, which ended in the murder of 25 hostages and six other civilians. Of the murdered were 22 students.
Lot: 607 - DEMONSTRATIONS SUPPORTING KHOMEINI
World Wide Press Photo, 8” x 10”, November 1979 showing a huge demonstration of Iranians supporting Khomeini. World Wide Photos stamped back. The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States. Fifty-three American diplomats and citizens were held hostage after a group of militarized Iranian college students belonging to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, who supported the Iranian Revolution, including Hossein Dehghan (future Iranian Minister of Defense), Mohammad Ali Jafari (future Revolutionary Guards Commander-In-Chief) and Mohammad Bagheri (future Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Army), took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took them as hostages. The hostages were held for 444 days, from November 4, 1979 to their release on January 20, 1981 (Reagan’s first inauguration).
Lot: 608 - THE FIRST PEACE TREATY BETWEEN ISRAEL AND AN ARAB NATION - 1978
A pair of Keystone Press Photos, each with description clips on the back. The first, 8” x 6” shows Menachem Begin meeting with Anwar Sadat, January 1980. They discussed normalization of their relationship. Sadat would be assassinated the following year as a result of this relationship. ... plus, An 8” x 10” phtoo of Menachim Begin with Jimmy Carter in the oval office, November 13, 1980. Carter was defeated earlier that month by Ronald Reagan. The Camp David Accords, signed by President Jimmy Carter, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in September 1978, established a framework for a historic peace treaty concluded between Israel and Egypt in March 1979.
Lot: 609 - EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT ANWAR SADAT ASSASSIN, KHALID AL-ISLAMBOULI JAILED
AP Wirephoto Cairo Egypt, “Defendents clasp hands in show of solidarity as they start their trial for assassinating Egyptian President Anwar Sadat ... The trail started at the Red Mountain Army Camp ...” There is some deterioration to the photograph and shows discolouation, darkened. Khalid al-Islambuli (1955-1982) was an Egyptian military officer who participated in the assassination of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, during the annual 6th October victory parade on 6 October 1981. Al-Islambuli stated that his primary motivation for the assassination was Sadat's signing of the Camp David Accords with Israel and Sadat's plan for a more progressive Egypt. Islambouli was captured immediately after the assassination. He and twenty-three conspirators, including eight military personnel, were tried before an Egyptian court-martial. Found guilty of murder, 27-year-old Islambouli was executed by firing squad on 15 April 1982.
Lot: 610 - THE SITE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY MASS SUICIDE - MASADA
Aerial Photo, “MASADA ISRAEL” July 9, 1981, likely used to promote the ABC Television Series of the same name “MASADA” and year. The series starred Peter O'Toole, Peter Strauss, Barbara Carrera, Anthony Quayle. The description identifies the ramp built by the Romans to defeat the Masada defenders. Also shown is Kimg Herod’s Palace. Masada is an ancient fortification in southern Israel, situated on top of an isolated rock plateau, akin to a mesa. It is located on the eastern edge of the Judaean Desert, overlooking the Dead Sea 20 km (12 miles) east of Arad. According to Josephus, the siege of Masada by Roman troops from 72 to 73 AD, at the end of the First Jewish–Roman War, ended in the mass suicide of the 960 Sicarii rebels who were hiding there. The Sicarii were a group of Jewish Zealots, who, in the final decades of the Second Temple period, conducted a campaign of targeted assassinations and kidnappings of Roman officials in Judea and of Jews who collaborated with the Roman Empire.
Lot: 611 - THE TERRORISTS HIJACK AN AMERICAN JETLINER
Grouping of Three Associated Press Wirephotos regarding the highjacking of TWA Flight 847. Each are 10” x 8” with newspapers clipping on the reverse of each. Included, June 20, 1985, Beirut, the jetliner is parked with 40 American hostages as the terrorists demand 700 Israeli prisoners to be released. ... plus, July 1, Beirut, Lebanese army soldiers protect the jetliner ... ,plus, August 16, Cyprus, shows crewman talkingt o the pilot ... as a Lebanese soldier stands guard. TWA Flight 847 was a regularly scheduled Trans World Airlines flight from Cairo to San Diego with en route stops in Athens, Rome, Boston, and Los Angeles. On the morning of June 14, 1985, Flight 847 was hijacked soon after take off from Athens. The hijackers demanded the release of 700 Shia Muslims from Israeli custody and took the plane repeatedly to Beirut and Algiers. Later Western analysis considered them members of the Hezbollah group.
Lot: 612 - A GROUP OF THREE WIRE PHOTOS DOCUMENTING TERRORISTS ACT OF FORCING A BUS INTO A RAVINE
All three have red cropping marks, and are 8” x 10”. The first is from AP, July 6, 1989 and shows the wrecked bus in the ravine and rescuers taking victims up the hill. Caption, “Police and civilians help in the rescue effort after a Palestinian shouting "Allah Akbar" forced an Israeli bus off the highway in to a ravine at Abu Ghosh on the Tel Aviv - Jerusalem highway, Thursday. Fourteen people were killed ...” It has a news clipping on the back.Has crease lower left with minor paper loss. ... plus, Reuter Wire Photo July 1989, a closer view of the demolished bus. Caption, “A view the overturned bus which crashed just outside Jerusalem after the wheel was grabbed from the driver by a Palestinian passenger. The Bus veered off the the road into a ravine and burst into flames. At least 11 people are dead and at least 23 wounded.” It also a news clipping on the back. ... plus, An AP Wire Photo, July 6, 1989, showing the rescue helicopter loading victims. Caption, “Evacuating Bus - Attack Wounded - Soldiers, air crewman and religious youth place wounded passenger into helicopter, as anothter group carry an injured victim, as rescue workers stand on the gutted overturned passenger bus in Abu Ghosh, near Jerusalem, when according to Israel radio, an Arab grabbed the steering wheel, plungin the bus into a 200-foot ravine, causing the bus to burst into flames. Eleven passengers were killed and at least 27 injured in the worst such accident since 1978 when a bus was hijacked and 33 Israelis died and 80 wounded. ...” The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 attack was a suicide attack which occurred on 6 July 1989, during the First Intifada, and was carried out by Abd al-Hadi Ghanim of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. On a crowded Egged commuter bus line No. 405 en route from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem, Ghanim seized the steering wheel of the bus, running it off a steep cliff into a ravine in the area of Qiryat Ye'arim. 16 civilians—including two Canadians and one American—died in the attack, and 27 were wounded. The incident is described as the first Palestinian suicide attack despite the fact that the attacker survived.
Lot: 613 - THE FIRST PALESTINIAN INTIFADA -1989
Reuter Wire Photo, 8-1/2” x 11”, December 21, 1987, untrimmed with editorial instructions. Caption “An Israeli soldier ith a tear gas rifle, gas mask and a helmet makes a retreat from jeering Palestinian demonstrators who held a peaceful march from the Nuseirat refugee cap to the El Bureij refugee camp. About 10,000 Palestinians took part in the march.” The reverse has the news clipping referring to this photo. The headline, “Violent clashes mark strike by Arabs in Israel” First Palestinian Intifada , was a sustained series of protests, civil disobedience and riots carried out by Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories and Israel. It was motivated by collective Palestinian frustration over Israel's military occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, as it approached a twenty-year mark, having begun in the wake of the 1967 Arab–Israeli War. The Intifada was not initiated by any single individual or organization. Local leadership came from groups and organizations affiliated with the PLO that operated within the Occupied Territories; Fatah, the Popular Front, the Democratic Front and the Palestine Communist Party. The PLO's rivals in this activity were the Islamic organizations, Hamas and Islamic Jihad as well as local leadership in cities such as Beit Sahour and Bethlehem.
Lot: 614 - DURING THE THIRD INTIFADA - AL AQSA MASSACRE
A Pair of Wire Photos, each 11-3/4” x 8-1/2”, October 8, 1990 of the Temple Mount Killings. The first caption “Israeli police stand over arrested Palestinians next to Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem Old City 8 Oct. After serious rioting followed by live fire from Israeli Police, at least 15 Palestintians died and 300 wounded on both sides.” The second caption, “The mother of one of the 21 victims of the riots in Jerusalem is carried on a stretcher by mourners, after she collapsed during prayer in Al Aqsa Mosque.” The 1990 Temple Mount killings, or the Al Aqsa Massacre, also known as Black Monday, took place in the Al-Aqsa compound on the Temple Mount, Jerusalem at 10:30 am on Monday, October 8, 1990, before Zuhr prayer during the third year of the First Intifada. Following a decision by the Temple Mount Faithful to lay the cornerstone for the Temple, mass riots erupted. In the ensuing clashes, 17 Palestinians died,[a] more than 150 Palestinians were wounded by Israeli security forces, and more than 20 Israeli civilians and police were wounded by Palestinians. United Nations Security Council Resolution 672, which was rejected by Israel, "condemned especially the acts of violence committed by the Israeli security forces" and United Nations Security Council Resolution 673 urged that Israel reconsider its refusal to allow United Nations Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar to carry out an investigation.
Lot: 615 - IDF ISRAEL DEFENCE FORCES TURQOISE BERET
Beret of the Totchanim (Artillery) Brigade, with a pin of a cannon surrounded by laurels and words “The Gunners Force”. Totchanim (Artillery), Known as “the pillar of fire that goes before the camp” on account of its ferocious fire power that paralyzes and destroys enemy targets throughout the IDF zone of operations. Totchanim assists the IDF maneuvering forces, at the place, time and with the firepower required. Totchanim has participated in all of the wars of Israel since the establishment of the state of Israel. During the Sinai war totchanim supplied fire power to help the infantrymen fighting in the Suez Canal. During the Yom Kipur War totchanim supplied a shelter for the trapped soldiers in the Golan Heights And in the First and Second Lebanon War totchanim provided fire power for the penetrating forces
Lot: 616 - BRITISH MANDATE PHOTO ALBUM - PALESTINE AND EGYPT
An extraordinary photo album presumably prepared by a British officer while part of the British Mandate in near fine condition. The cover is titled “Palestine + Egypt” with a small snap shot of the “Mount of Olives Jerusalem”. There are another 72 snap shots over the 24 thick album pages. The images are titled in English, and are in Palestine and Egypt. The topics are British battle ships, Arabs, Indian soldiers, Cairo, the Jewish quarter of Jerusalem and more. The most important photo shows the Arabs trying to get to the Jewish quarter with caption, “Hebron Arabs breaking through a corder of Indian Lancers & Police. The previous year they massacred a large number of Jews in the Jewish quarter, so the corder was drawn up to prevent them from getting through.” The inside back cover is a 9” x 7” photo of the owner of the photo album with the Great Sphinx of Giza and the Great Pyramid in the background. nd., c1915-1925.
Lot: 617 - A COMPLETE BOUND VOLUME OF A TEL-AVIV MAGAZINE - 1929-1930
Bound volume of "Moznayim: Weekly Magazine for Literature, Critic and Matters of The Arts", Hebrew language, Tel Avive. Clean, fifty issues (1929-1930), gWe take notice of several important articles including “Herzl, On The 25th Anniversary of His Death’, “BALFOUR,” his obituary, “Shaul Tchernichovsky” thanking for what his poetry had done to the Jewish heart, “Thomas Mann” who received Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929, .... Isaac Dov Berkowitz (1885–1967), Hebrew and Yiddish writer. Born to a working-class family in Slutsk, in the Minsk region, Yits?ak Dov Berkowitz was an avid reader of Hebrew, Russian, and Yiddish literature. Berkowitz moved to Palestine in 1928, where he grew actively involved in the literary scene and served as a founding editor of the Moznayim weekly (1929).
Lot: 618 - BROADSIDE - ISSUED IN FRANCE BY THE VICHY GOVERNMENT, CALLING ON JEWS TO REPORT BEFORE THE DEADLINE OF OCTOBER 2ND FOR REGISTRATION.
Broadside, 11-1/2” x8-1/2”, (Using Google Translate), Headline “NOTICE TO ISRAELITES” issued in Village Of Champigny Sur-Marne, by the Mayor Gaston Chardin, September 26, 1940. The text in full, “At the request of the Occupation Authorities, Israelites must present themselves, with identity papers, at the Town Hall of Champigny (Census Office), before OCTOBER 2, the latest deadline, to fill out an identity form. Failure to present themselves within the prescribed time limits will expose the above-mentioned persons to the most severe measures.” Vernet Internment Camp for Spanish refugees that operated from February to September 1939 and was then converted into a repressive internment camp for ‘undesirable foreigners’ and later, in 1940, a deportation camp for Jews. On the rails, the train carriage transported the internees to the death camps. 40 Jewish children aged 2 to 17, who were deported from Vernet to Auschwitz on 1 September 1942. The final transport, in June 1944, took the remaining prisoners to Dachau concentration camp.
Lot: 619 - THE FIRST USE OF THE UNITED NATIONS EMERGENCY FORCES - GAZA.
International Press photo, 9” x 7”, January 26, 1957 shows United Nations Emergency Forces officer shakes hands withan Israeli Sergeant at a checkpoint on the Tel-Aviv Gaza road. Along the Gaza line of demarkation some 250,000 Arabs face a number of Jewish border settlements. Teletype description attached. In January 1957, the UN forces present in Gaza were part of the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF), which had been deployed to the region following the Suez Crisis in 1956 to supervise the withdrawal of Israeli, British, and French troops from the Gaza Strip and maintain peace in the area; essentially acting as a buffer between Egyptian and Israeli forces.
Lot: 620 - THE AMERICAN CONGRESS SUPPORTS THE BALFOUR DECLARATION
Book, "American War Congress and Zionism" Statements by Members of the American War Congress on the Jewish National Movement, published by the Zionist Organization of America, New York, 1919, 228pp. On pg 8, is the printing of the Balfour Declaration, followed by President Wilson’s letter to Rabbi Wise supporting the Balfour Declaration of the approval of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people. There are hundreds of supportive statements by members of Congress. Some are poetic such as pg. 42, “But the longing of his heart for the physical and temporal restoration of Zion did not prevent his realization that in a great true sense Zion in not a place but a spirit ....” And pg 91, “ 'Oh! weep for those that wept by Babel's stream, Whose shrines are desolate, whose land a dream. Weep for the harp of Judah's broken shell; Mourn—where their God hath dwelt the godless dwell! " 'And where shall Israel lave her bleeding feet? And when shall Zion's songs again seem sweet? And Judah's melody once more rejoice The hearts that leapt before its heavenly voice??”
Lot: 621 - THE ILLEGAL JEWISH IMMIGRATION SHIP ATRATO
Photo Print, 4-3/4” x 7-1/4” satmped on the reverse Encyclopedia Judaica with manuscript description in both Hebrew and English., “The captain of the illegal immigration ship Atrato addressing his passengers, 1939”. Included is the original negative. Jewish refugees on board the Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship Atrato. The ship was caught by the British off the coast of Jaffa, Palestine, and escorted to Haifa port. July 17, 1939. Over 100,000 people attempted to illegally enter Mandatory Palestine. There were 142 voyages by 120 ships. Over half were stopped by the British patrols.
Lot: 622 - THE EGYPTIAN POWS IN THE YOM KIPPUR WAR
Associated Press wirephoto, 10” x 8”, October 28, 1973, Near the Suez Canal-Cairo Highway, Egypt. The image shows 12 Egyptian prisoners of war sitting behind barbed wire at a detention point while they await transportation to an Israeli POW camp. The war was short. Still 1500 Egyptians were captured.
Lot: 623 - ISRAEL CAPTURES THE HOLY ROCK MOSQUE
United Press photo, 10” x 8”, Jerusalem, June 9, 1967, showing seven joyful Israeli soldiers in the Old City of Jerusalem after taking the old quarter of the city from the Jordanians. In the background, undamaged by the fighting, is the Dome of the Holy Rock mosque. Teletype description on the reverse. The Dome of the Rock is an Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is the world's oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture. The Foundation Stone (or Noble Rock) that the temple was built over, bears great significance in the Abrahamic religions as the place where God created the world as well as the first human, Adam. It is also believed to be the site where Abraham attempted to sacrifice his son. A few hours after the Israeli flag was hoisted over the Dome of the Rock in 1967 during the Six-Day War, Israelis lowered it on the orders of Moshe Dayan. He vested the Muslim waqf (religious trust) with the authority to manage the Temple Mount in order to "keep the peace".
Lot: 624 - AFTER THE SIX DAY WAR, SOLDIERS FEED THE RETURNING ARABS IN THE WEST BANK
Associated Press wirephoto, June 28, 1967, Kalkilya (West Bank). The image shows and Israeli soldier siting with his weapon in his hand, while the Israelis distribute pitta free to the Arabs who returned to their home for the first time since the fighting ended. The town was formerly part of Jordon, now occupied territory of the Israelis.
Lot: 625 - THE QIRAT SHMONAH MASSACRE - PASSOVER 1974
Associated Press wirephoto, 10” x 6-1/2”, Beirut, April 11, 1974. Image is was released by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and shows three Guerrrila forces, with a group congratulatory hand shake. they took part in the attack on Israeli fromtier settlement of Qirat Shmonah. The Kiryat Shmona massacre was an attack by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command on civilians in Kiryat Shmona, Israel during the Jewish holiday of Passover on 11 April 1974. Eighteen people were killed, 8 of them children, and 16 people were wounded. About 40% of the town's residents left after the massacre. On 13 April, Israeli forces carried out retaliatory raids in Lebanon, hours after the victims were buried.
Lot: 626 - CAMP DAVID - "SIGNING OF THE ISRAEL - EGYPT PEACE” HISTORIC SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH
A high-end color printed poster, 13” x 9”, of the signing of the Israel-Egypt peace agreement, showing Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter, and Anwar Sadat on the North Lawn of the White House at the festive ceremony held on March 26, 1979. Hand signed signature of Menachem Begin. The signing of the agreement was one of the high points in the process that began with Egyptian President Sadat's visit to Israel in November 1977 and his speech in the Knesset, and ended in 1982 with the completion of the withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula and its transfer to Egypt. The peace treaty signing ceremony between Israel and Egypt was held on March 26, 1979 on the North Lawn of the White House, attended by about 1,500 invitees. The ceremony began with the playing of the national anthems of the three countries and lasted about 45 minutes. Light fold marks.
Lot: 627 - THE CIGAR FLAG
The 5” cigar is expanded to 11” when the tip is opened and the Israeli round paper flag is displayed. Rare, wonderful Japanese import.
Lot: 628 - HIJACKED AIRLINERS AT DESERT AIRSTRIP "REVOLUTION AIRBASE."
Associated Press wirephoto, 9-3/4” x 7”, Aman Jordon, September 10, 1970 showing the three hijacked passenger planes, BOAC, TWA and Swissair. The crew and passengers were hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine who demanded release of many of their comrades imprisoned in many different countries. n the month of September 1970, four aircraft bound for New York City and one for London, were hijacked by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Three of the aircraft were forced to land at Dawson’s Field, located in a remote desert near Zarka, Jordan. Once aircraft were emptied, the PFLP used explosives to destroy the empty planes. There was a total of 310 hostages, a majority of them freed on September 11, while 56 were kept in custody until September 30 in exchange for one of the hijackers and three PFLP members being held in a Swiss prison.
Lot: 629 - THE WAR OF ATTRITION
Associated Press wirephoto, 8-1/2” x 8” September 7, 1969, Suez canal. showing Israeli soldiers in some relaxing moments. The news clipping on the reverse advises “Israeli troops spend relaxing moments in an improvised club along the Suez Canal where they are fighting with Egyptians ...” War of Attrition, inconclusive war (1969–70) chiefly between Egypt and Israel. The conflict, launched by Egypt, was meant to wear down Israel by means of a long engagement and so provide Egypt with the opportunity to dislodge Israeli forces from the Sinai Peninsula, which Israel had seized from Egypt in the Six-Day (June) War of 1967.
Lot: 630 - THE ISRAELI ARAB VOTES
United Press wire photo, 8” x 10”, October 28, 1969, Galilee Israel showing an Israeli Arab voting in an Israeli election. The ballot box sign, “Election Knesset”. From the reverse is the descriptive teletype sheet, in part “An Israeli Arab casts his vote in the first nation-wide elections since the 1967 Mid-East war, here October 28th. Arabs from the Eastern sector were allowed to vote ....” Currently, Arabs are approximately 20%f the Israeli population. They do hold citizen rights.
Lot: 631 - BUCHENWALD SURVIVOR MEDAL
Brilliant enamel survivor pin, 1-1/4” x 1-1/2”, is decorated with the memorial Bell Tower built on the site in 1958 by East Germany and the flags of the eighteen countries whose citizens were imprisoned and killed there during the Holocaust. These were issued by the GDR (German Democratic Republic/East Germany) in 1969 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald on April 11, 1945. In July 1941, Germany declared war on the Soviet Union and invaded Latvia which had been annexed by the Soviets in 1940. A vicious pogrom was unleashed upon the Jews of Riga by German killing squads and roving gangs of Latvian fascists. The SS left behind accounts of the number of prisoners and people coming to and leaving the camp, categorizing those leaving them by release, transfer, or death. These accounts are one of the sources of estimates for the number of deaths in Buchenwald. According to SS documents, 56,545 died of the 238,980 imprisoned.
Lot: 632 - SACHSENHAUSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP - INMATE PHOTO AND 2 SURVIVOR MEDALS
The pin back medals are 1” x 1-1/2”, red/silver showing the tower and the gates with “Sachsenhausen, 1961” at the bottom, fine. ... plus, A 2-3/4” x 3-1/2” photo showing the stripped uniformed prisoners digging in the camp. The description is printed on the back in German (using Google translate) “Former Sachsenhausen concentration camp Clinker factory. The most murderous work detail. First they burned clinker bricks, but then grenades were made in the huge halls and other war materials were produced.” Sachsenhausen was a labour camp, outfitted with several subcamps, a gas chamber, and a medical experimentation area. Prisoners were treated inhumanely, fed inadequately, and killed openly.
Lot: 635 - 930 BCE COIN STAR OF DAVID
Ancient Israel coin with the “seal of King Solomon”. The earliest reference to Solomon's seal stem from within Jewish traditions. It is first mentioned by the first-century Jewish historian Josephus
Lot: 636 - ONE PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S PALLBEARERS ... AND.. OPERATED HIS HOME AS A STATION OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Erastus Wright (1779-1870) was a teacher, businessman, public official and farmer in a varied career spent mostly in central Illinois. He also was an early Springfield abolitionist and was one of Abraham Lincoln’s pallbearers. Autograph Document Signed, “E. Wright” dateline Springfield, June 6, 1833, written to the Hon. County Commissioner Court of Sagamon, 1pp. In large part, “The subscriber having entered into a bond in 1832 as security with others for the faithful performance of duties of Mr. John Moore ... this to request your Honorable body to release me from being held responsible in the said Bond ...” Erastus Wright was Springfield’s quintessential New Englander and abolitionist. He was “always fearless in advocating its abolitionist doctrines.” He signed Elijah Lovejoy’s 1837 call for an anti-slavery convention at Upper Alton, Illinois. He was also was one of five Sangamon County delegates to the 1839 Illinois Anti-Slavery Society annual meeting. Erastus lived at Wright’s Grove, near Jefferson and Walnut Streets, and his home was a station on the Springfield underground railroad.
Lot: 637 - HE ARGUED AGAINST THE FREEDOM OF SLAVES
John Macpherson Berrien (1781-1856) was a United States senator from Georgia and Attorney General of the United States during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. In The Antelope case, John Berrien argued against Frances Scott Key and the freedom of slaves captured at sea noting that slavery “lay at the foundation of the Constitution” and that slaves “constitute the very foundation of your union.” Berrien was elected again to the U.S. Senate as a Whig serving there from 1841 until 1852. Autograph Letter Signed “Jn. Macpherson Berrien” datelined Senate Chambers US., Febr. 11, ‘46, to Representative Mr. Marsh, 1pp. In large part, “On reference to the resolution wh(ich) is referred to in the letter you left me, I find that I was not a member of the Library Committee at the time it was adopted, Mr. Pearce of Maryland having been substituted in my place ....”
Lot: 638 - SIGNATURES OF THE MAN WHO CHALLANGED LINCOLN TO A DUEL ... AND THE MAN WHO CHALLANGED LINCOLN TO THE PRESIDENCY
Autograph Album Page, “Illinois Senators, Jas. Shield, S.A. Douglas, Chicago.” nd. c1850. Shields was Illinois Senator October 27, 1849 – March 3, 1855; Stephen.A. Douglas March 4, 1847 – June 3, 1861. Of course it was Shields whom challanged Lincoln to a duel in 1842. It would be held in Missouri, where dueling was still legal. Since Lincoln was challenged by Shields he had the privilege of choosing the weapon of the duel. He chose cavalry broadswords "of the largest size." The day of the duel, September 22, arrived and the combatants met at Bloody Island, Missouri, to face death or victory. As the two men faced each other, with a plank between them that neither was allowed to cross, Lincoln swung his sword high above Shields to cut through a nearby tree branch. This act demonstrated the immensity of Lincoln’s reach and strength and was enough to show Shields that he was at a fatal disadvantage. With the encouragement of bystanders, the two men called a truce.
Lot: 639 - LINCOLN’S OLE FRIEND, JOHN USHER, SERVED IN THE CABINET
John Palmer Usher (1816 1889) was an American administrator who served in the Cabinet of President Abraham Lincoln as Secretary of the Interior during the American Civil War. An outstanding trial lawyer, Usher traveled the circuit in Indiana and Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, becoming acquainted with Abraham Lincoln of Springfield, Illinois. He accompanied Lincoln to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in November 1863 for the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery and sat on the platform with other dignitaries when Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address. Autograph Document Signed twice “J. P. Usher for Defdts”, being a legal plea, ND., NP., Usher signs the front and dockets the back.
Lot: 640 - IN THE BATTLE OF PIEDMONT ON JUNE 5, 1864, JONES WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD AND KILLED WHILE LEADING A CHARGE AGAINST A SUPERIOR ATTACKING FORCE.
William Edmondson "Grumble" Jones (1824-01864) was a Confederate cavalry general with a reputation for being a martinet to his troopers and fractious toward superiors, but acknowledged to be a good commander. Document signed “W.E. Jones” as 2nd Lieutenant, datelined September 21, 1852, Fort Merrill TX, 1pp. 8” x 10” certifying regarding provisions for eleven days. Clean doc on fresh blue lined paper.
Lot: 641 - THE SENATOR DOES NOT KNOW GARDINER
Stephen R. Mallory (1812 - 1873) Democratic Senator from Florida starting in 1851, and later, Secretary of the Navy for the Confederacy after the outbreak of the Civil War. Mallory was the only Secretary to survive four years of the War. Jefferson Davis had six Secretaries of War, but only one Secretary of the Navy - Mallory. Autograph Letter Signed “S.R. Mallory”, datelined Washington, January 28, 1854, 1pp., written to Martha Bradstreet. In part, “.I do not know Mr. Gardiner, but my friends from Florida inform me that he is unworthy of confidence, & that he at present resides at Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania Co., Va."
Lot: 642 - THE FUTURE CONFEDERATE PRESIDENT, JEFFERSON DAVIS, MAKES AN INTRODUCTION
Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was an American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War. He was the United States Secretary of War from 1853 to 1857. Autograph Letter Signed “Jeffn. Davis” nd. c1855, np. likely Washington, written to Hon. R. McClelland (United States Secretary of the Interior), 1pp. In large part, “ Permit me to introduce my old comrade in Arms, Col. McCarty .. of Minnesota, and to request for him such attention as your convenience will permit. He has some business growing out of Indian relations ....”
Lot: 643 - SENATOR TOOMBS NEEDS RECORDED SPEECHES
Robert Augustus Toombs (July 2, 1810 – December 15, 1885) was an American politician from Georgia, who was an important figure in the formation of the Confederacy. From a privileged background as a wealthy planter and slaveholder, Toombs embarked on a political career marked by effective oratory, although he also acquired a reputation for hard living, disheveled appearance, and irascibility. He was identified with Alexander H. Stephens's libertarian wing of secessionist opinion, and in contradiction to the nationalist Jefferson Davis, Toombs believed a Civil War to be neither inevitable or winnable by the South. Appointed as Secretary of State of the Confederacy (which lacked political parties) Toombs was against the decision to attack Fort Sumter, and resigned from Davis's cabinet. He was wounded at the Battle of Antietam, where he performed creditably. Autograph Note Signed, “Appendix to Congressional Globe. Containing speeches of Sessions 1849-50. Appendix to Congressional Globe. Containing speeches of Sessions 1853-54. Yr. R. Toombs.” There is a pencil notation, “Jan 14th ‘56, Robert Toombs”. Perhaps related the 1856, Toombs Bill, which proposed a constitutional convention in Kansas under conditions that were acknowledged by various anti-slavery leaders as fair. This marked the greatest concessions made by pro-slavery senators during the struggle over Kansas.
Lot: 644 - CHARLES SUMNER’S INSULT TO BUTLER RESULTED IN SUMNER’S CANING
Andrew Pickens Butler (1796-1857) was an American lawyer, slaveholder, and United States senator from South Carolina who authored the Kansas-Nebraska Act with Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois. In 1856, abolitionist senator Charles Sumner gave a speech in which he insulted Butler's character. In response Preston Brooks, Butler's first cousin once-removed, caned Sumner on the Senate floor, nearly killing him. Clipped Signature, “A.P. Butler, S. Ca.”.
Lot: 645 - GARTRELL ORGANIZED THE SEVENTH REGIMENT, GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, AND WAS LECTED COLONEL
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell (1821-1891) was an American politician and lawyer, as well as general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Gartrell served in the United States House of Representatives (1857-1861). He resigned from his second term in 1861 to form the Seventh Regiment of the Georgia Volunteer Infantry in the Confederate army during the Civil War. In 1862, Gartrell was elected to the Confederate Congress and served in that capacity until 1864. In 1864, he was appointed as a brigadier general in the Confederate forces. Clipped signature at closing of a letter, “Very Respectfully, Your ob. srvt. Lucius Gartrell” ... plus a slip of paper in his hand, “House of Reps.Decr 9, 1858.”
Lot: 646 - HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SECOND SC SESSION CONVENTION
Autograph Letter Signed, “John Phillips”, datelined Charleston, May 16, 1859, 1pp., written to Jas. Simons (Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives”. The content deals with a non paid Judgement of John S. Jones. When Judge Magrath vacated his convention seat , John Phillips was elected to the convention to replace the vacancy. Phillips ran on a staunchly anti-convention platform and considered it his mandate to bring the convention to a speedy end.
Lot: 647 - AS THE ELECTION RESULTS COME IN, THIS DOUGLAS SUPPORTER CHEERS THE NEW YORK RESULTS.
Richard Thomas Merrick (January 28, 1828 – June 23, 1885) was a lawyer and Democratic political figure. He defended John Surratt against allegations that he was involved in Abraham Lincoln's assassination, and later represented Samuel J. Tilden at the Electoral Commission of 1877 Autograph Letter Signed “R.T. Merrick”, 1pp., Chicago Nov. 3, 1860, written to Judge Hezekiah Morse Wead. In part, “Do me a favor to inform me if you have been able to accomplish anything with notes I placed in your hands …. The news from N. York is very cheering & our friends there are confident Lincoln can not carry the state…”
Lot: 648 - WEED ENGAGED IN A PUBLIC FEUD WITH MARY TODD LINCOLN, FOR OPPOSING FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID AATER LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION.
Edward Thurlow Weed (1797-1882) was a printer, New York newspaper publisher, and Whig and Republican politician. He was the principal political advisor to prominent New York politician William H. Seward and was instrumental in the presidential nominations of William Henry Harrison (1840), Zachary Taylor (1848), and John C. Frémont (1856). Signed Cabinet photo “Thurlow Weed” squeezed yet dark and bold on the face of mount of Rockwood & Co. Broadway, New York.
Lot: 649 - HE OFTEN FAMOUSLY SAID “ "LET THE PEOPLE RULE!"
Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813-1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. A U.S. Senator, he was one of two nominees of the badly split Democratic Party to run for president in the 1860 presidential election, which was won by Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln. Douglas had previously defeated Lincoln in the 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois, known for the pivotal Lincoln–Douglas debates Clipped free-frank, “Free S.A. Douglas”
Lot: 650 - KILPATRICK WAS THE FIRST UNITED STATES ARMY OFFICER TO BE WOUNDED IN THE CIVIL WAR, STRUCK IN THE THIGH BY CANISTER FIRE WHILE LEADING A COMPANY AT THE BATTLE OF BIG BETHEL, JUNE 10, 1861
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (January 14, 1836 – December 4, 1881) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, achieving the rank of brevet major general. He was later the United States Minister to Chile and an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives. Nicknamed "Kilcavalry" (or "Kill-Cavalry") for using tactics in battle that were considered as recklessly disregarding the lives of soldiers under his command, Kilpatrick was both praised for the victories he achieved, and despised by Southerners whose homes and towns he devastated. War-dated Autograph Endorsement Signed “J. Kilpatrick” removed from a portion of a document, “Head Quarters, 3rd Cavalry Division, January 4, 1864, Respectfully forwarded and approved, J. Kilpatrick”.
Lot: 651 - A VIRGINIA SECESSIONISTS
Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett (July 25, 1821 – February 14, 1864), was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Virginia. In 1856, Garnett was elected as a Democrat from Virginia's 1st Congressional District to the 34th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas H. Bayly. He was subsequently reelected to both the 35th and 36th Congresses, serving from December 1, 1856, to March 3, 1861, only leaving at the outbreak of the Civil War. With his sympathies lying with the South, he became a delegate to first the Virginia secession convention and then to the State constitutional convention in 1861. From 1862 to 1864, he was a Virginian member of the First Confederate Congress. During that same time, his uncle Robert Hunter was the CSA Secretary of State and then a CSA Senator. Signature on a slip of yellow paper, “M.R.H. Garnett”.
Lot: 652 - EXCELLENT PASS UNDER THE COMMAND OF MCCLELLAN
James Allen Hardie (May 5, 1823 – December 14, 1876) was an American soldier, serving in a number of important administrative positions in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Promoted to lieutenant colonel on September 28, 1861, Hardie joined the staff of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan. During the Peninsula, Maryland, and Fredericksburg campaigns of the Civil War he was acting adjutant general of the Army of the Potomac Document Signed “Jas. A. Hardie” on preprinted pass, Headquarters Army of the Potomac3-3/4 x 2-14”, issued to Mr. & Mrs Dyer and son, Mrs. J.S. Robinson, and carriage and driver.” Issued under the Command of Major General McCllelan. Fine.
Lot: 653 - IN DECEMBER 1860, WRIGHT WAS APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF A COMMITTEE TO DRAW UP A PLAN OF SECESSION FOR THE STATE.
William Bacon Wright (1830-1895) was a prominent Confederate politician. He was born in Muscogee County, Georgia and later moved to Texas. He represented that state in the First Confederate Congress. Free Franked Envelope “W.B. Wright, M.C. Texas” addressed to “Honorable James Seddon, Secretary of War, Richmond Va.”
Lot: 654 - THE NEW YORK GOVERNOR SENDS A NOTE TO PRESIDENT ELECT LINCOLN
Edwin Denison Morgan (1811-1883) was the twenty-third governor of New York from 1859 to 1862 and served in the United States Senate from 1863 to 1869. He was the first and longest-serving chairman of the Republican National Committee. He was also a Union Army general during the American Civil War. Morgan was known for his progressive views on education, prison reform, and women's suffrage. He helped to found the Republican Party in New York and was a strong supporter of the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Autograph Letter Signed “E.D. Morgan”, Albany Feb. 27, 1861 written to Phillip Dorsheimer, Comptroller, 1pp. In full, "I enclose a note to the President of the United States on behalf of the application of our mutual friend, The Treasurer, which you will oblige me by handing to Mr. Lincoln as you may have opportunity upon your arrival in Washington."
Lot: 655 - BALDY SMITH WANTS HIS BRIGADIER GENERAL SHOULDER STRAPS SEWN ON
William Farrar Smith (1824-1903), known as "Baldy" Smith, was a Union general in the American Civil War, notable for attracting the extremes of glory and blame. He was praised for his gallantry in the Seven Days Battles and the Battle of Antietam, but was demoted for professional and political reasons after the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg. On August 13, 1861, he was appointed a brigadier general in the Union Army after helping organize the 1st Vermont Brigade. War-Dated Autograph Letter Signed “Wm. F. Smith, datelined Camp Lyon, Wash’n. Sep. 2, 1861, 1pp. In full, I send my Uniform Coat & pants to be altered enclosing the shoulder straps. Please have the Alteration made at your earliest convenience and return them promptly to the same address as before.”
Lot: 656 - SCARCE WAR DATE SIGNATURE OF BRIG. GENL. PHILIP ST. GEORGE COCKE
Philip St. George Cocke (1809-1861) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the first year of the American Civil War. He is best known for organizing the defense of Virginia along the Potomac River soon after the state's secession from the Union. He commanded troops in the Battle of Blackburn's Ford and the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas) in July 1861 before becoming despondent and committing suicide. Exhausted from the strain, and despondent over perceived slights from General Beauregard stemming from the Battle of Manassas, Cocke shot himself in the head on December 26, 1861, at his "Belmead" mansion in Powhatan County, Virginia. Clipped Signature, “Resy referred, Philip St. Cocke, Brig Gen’l, 5th Brigade”, mounted on a slightly larger backing and tipped-on paper.
Lot: 657 - CIRCULAR ISSUED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF MAJOR GENERAL MCCLELLAN REGARDING THE ANTIETAM CSA PRISONERS
Manuscript Circular dated Headquarters Army of the Potomac, Camp near Sharpsburgh, October 7, 1862, In large part, “By direction of the Commanding General all paroled (CSA) prisoners to be returned to the enemy lines, whether wounded or otherwise, will not be permitted pass our lines to the front. All such prisoners will be sent to Frederick MD. Thence via Baltimore to Fort Monroe for return within their own lines. “ Following the battle of Antietam, an estimated 2000 CSA prisoners passed through Baltimore’s Fort McHenry for processing to other destinations.
Lot: 658 - IN PREPARATION OF THE JENKINS RAID, OHIO’S GOVERNOR AUTHORIZES MORE RECRUITS
DAVID TOD, the twenty-fifth governor of Ohio (1805-1868). A Democrat who supported the war effort, Tod helped to maintain a fragile alliance between the state's Republicans and War Democrats and took steps to secure Ohio's borders. In 1863, the state's pro-Union party failed to nominate Tod for a second term because of his tepid support for the abolition of slavery and his unpopularity among the state's myriad political factions. Letter Signed “David Tod” written on State of Ohio Letterhead, datelined Columbus, August 17, 1862, to Mil(itary) Committe, Mt. Vernon O., 1pp.Accompanied is the original cover with significant loss to upper left front panel. In full , If it is not now too late, I will authorize a company to be recruited in your county for Col. Banning’s Regiment, as requested in yours of the 9th inst.” Jenkins' Trans-Allegheny Raid was a Confederate cavalry expedition in the American Civil War that took place in Western Virginia (now West Virginia) and Ohio during August and September 1862. The raid was led by Brigadier General Albert G. Jenkins, and it started on August 22 as a preliminary step in Confederate Major General William W. Loring's military campaign to drive the Union Army out of the Kanawha River Valley. That campaign, known as the Kanawha Valley Campaign of 1862, took place from September 6 through September 16. The purpose of Jenkins' raid was to get behind the Union Army outposts located near the beginning of the Kanawha River, and cut off their main route of retreat to the safety of Ohio.
Lot: 659 - HALLACK WAS PRESENT AT LINCOLN'S DEATH AND WAS A PALL-BEARER AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MILITARY AT LINCOLN'S FUNERAL.
Henry Wager Halleck (1815-1872) was a senior United States Army officer, scholar, and lawyer. A noted expert in military studies, he was known by a nickname that became derogatory: "Old Brains". He was an important participant in the admission of California as a state and became a successful lawyer and land developer. Halleck served as the General-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States from 1862 to 1864, and then became Chief of Staff for the remainder of the war when Ulysses S. Grant was appointed to that position. Autograph Letter Signed “H.W. Hallack, Major Gen’l” on Head Quarters Department of the Missouri, datelined Saint Louis, July 17, 1862, written to Brig Gen’l Rosencrantz(sic), Wheeling Va.1pp. In full, “Johnston & Buckner it is said by some Pillow & fifteen thousand prisoners taken. Floyd with five thousand men stole off in the night. He is denounced by his own party as a coward & thief.” This letter was written just one day after Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant captured the Confederate stronghold of Fort Donelson.
Lot: 660 - THE FUTURE CSA GENERAL KEEPS UP WITH THE BOOKKEEPING
JAMES SIMONS (1813 - 1879) Confederate Brigadier General, the first general officer appointed by Jefferson Davis. He was the commanding officer of the Confederate defenses at Morris Island during the first attack at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. Autograph Note Signed “James Simons” in full, “Dear Sir, please mark down how much a share each borrower had to pay i.e. what were the monthly installments.” This written on the reverse of a document noting the payments of two men through February 1862. Following South Carolina’s secession on December 21, 1860 the situation in Charleston Harbor was tense and fluid. On the 27th U.S. Army Major Robert Anderson and his men abandoned the indefensible Fort Moultrie and occupied Fort Sumter, situated in the center of the Harbor and thought to be one of the strongest fortresses in the world. In response Governor Pickens ordered South Carolina militia to occupy and/or reinforce the now-empty Fort Moultrie as well as Fort Johnson and Castle Pinckney, and to establish a new battery at Morris’s Island to command the entrance to the harbor. On December 31 he placed Major General Schnierle in charge of the whole, seconded by General Simons, with orders to prevent the reinforcement of Fort Sumter by any means necessary.
Lot: 661 - THE SWAMP FOX SENDS MILITARY REPORT TO GENERAL RUGGLES
Meriweather Jeff Thompson (1826-1876), nicknamed "Swamp Fox," was an American soldier who was a senior officer of the Missouri State Guard who commanded cavalry in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. The CSS General M. Jeff Thompson (c. 1862) was named after him. South-Western Telegraph form issued by M. Jeff Thompson (in the operator’s hand), June 20, 1862, to Gen’l Ruggles, in full “A courier from Memphis reports Wallace’s division as having gone by river to Yazoo River to cross at Canton to cut off railroad communications. Six thousand men. I have written particulars.”
Lot: 662 - PARTIAL LETTER BY JEFFERSON DAVIS’ SECRETARY
Burton Norvell Harrison (1838-1904), was a lawyer, American Democratic politician, and private secretary to Confederate States of America president Jefferson Davis. Partial War Date Autograph Letter Signed “Burton N. Harrison”, datelined Executive Department, Richmond May 10, 1862, written to Gen’l A.W.G. Davis, The 2pp letter is missing the lower half. In part, “Your letter of this date to the President has come to hand. I am directed by the His Excellency to reply to you earnest (the balance of the lower page 1 is absent. Continued on upper page 2) to present you the President’s compliments “
Lot: 663 - THIS CSA GENERAL WAS WOUNDED THREE TIMES, TRIED FOR COWARDICE, AND CAPTURED IN THE GETTYSBURG COMMAND
John Robert Jones (1827-1901) was a Virginia educator who became a brigadier general in the Confederate army during the American Civil War, during which he twice received severe wounds. Jones was then appointed to command a brigade in the Stonewall Division. He commanded the brigade throughout the Seven Days fighting at the Battle of White Oak Swamp and Malvern Hill, where he was wounded, mustered out and recommissioned. Jones healed and rejoined the army during the Maryland Campaign and took command of the Stonewall Division, which then captured the U.S. outpost at Harpers Ferry. At the Battle of Antietam, his brigade was one of two on the front line and attacked early on September 17. They held the line for about an hour before partially retreating. However, a nearby shell burst stunned Jones and caused hearing loss, so he relinquished his command to Brig. Gen. William E. Starke, who fell mortally wounded. Jones rejoined the Army of Northern Virginia the day before the Battle of Fredericksburg when he returned to command his old brigade. After Fredericksburg, charges of cowardice were levelled against him by several subordinates, who claimed he had used a tree for protection. He was acquitted in April 1863 after a month-long trial, but again charged with cowardice for leaving the Chancellorsville battlefield because of an ulcerated leg.[6][7] He was never given a field command again and was seized by U.S. troops on July 4, 1863, near Smithsburg, Maryland. He was imprisoned for the rest of the war with no desire by Richmond authorities to affect an exchange. Manuscript Document Signed “J.R. Jones Brig. Gen’l. Cmndg 1st Div ANV, Confederate States, Sept 8, 1862 to Thomas Trendler, 1pp., light but legible. In large part, “For 1550 Fifteen hundred and fifty rails used for firewood, $76.20. I certify that the above number of rails were used by the troops in Confederate servie ....”
Lot: 664 - THE ONLY NORTHERN SENATOR TO BE EXPELLED FOR BEING A CONFEDERATE SMPATHIZER
Jesse David Bright (1812-1875) was the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Indiana and U.S. Senator from Indiana who served as President pro tempore of the Senate on three occasions. He was the only senator from a Northern state to be expelled for being a Confederate sympathizer. In the beginning of 1862, the Senate of the 37th Congress, which was composed of twenty-nine Republicans and ten Democrats, voted to expel him for acknowledging Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederate States and for facilitating the sale of arms to the Confederacy.[3] The issue was brought up when Minnesota Senator Morton S. Wilkinson introduced the Senate to a letter dated March 1, 1861, written to Davis and signed by Bright, involving firearm trades. The letter was found on a captured gun trader crossing the Confederate border during the First Battle of Bull Run. Clipped signature “Jesse D. Bright, Indiana”.
Lot: 665 - WINDER ORDERS THE RELEASE OF A PRISONER
John Henry Winder (1800-1865) was a career United States Army officer who served with distinction during the Mexican–American War. He later served as a Confederate general officer during the American Civil War. Louis Trezevant Wigfall (1816-1874) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Texas from 1862 to 1865.[1] He was among a group of leading secessionists known as Fire-Eaters, advocating the preservation and expansion of an aristocratic agricultural society based on slave labor. He briefly served as a Confederate Brigadier General of the Texas Brigade at the outset of the American Civil War before taking his seat in the Confederate Senate. Autograph Note Signed, “Jno Winder, Brig. Gen.” Richmond, May 2, 1862, in full, “Provost Marshal, Release W.E. Kendall from custody.” On the reverse Wigfall writes, “Mr. Kendall will find his papers with Gen’l Winder - L.T. Wigfall”.
Lot: 666 - THE FATHER OF BROOKLYN TAKES ADVICE FROM BEN FRANKLIN
Autograph Letter Signed “Henry E. Pierrepont”, datelined Brooklyn Jan. 7th, 1863, to T. Bailey Meyers, 1pp. Pierrepont thanks Meyers for a document by Benjamin Franklin. Henry Evelyn Pierrepont was known as the “first citizen” of Brooklyn for good reason. He, along with his father Hezekiah B. and mother Anna Maria before him, played a significant role in the planning of Brooklyn as a physical city, its crucial ferry services to New York, and the establishment of Green-Wood Cemetery itself. He is considered by some to be one of the first “city planners” in the United States, a logical evolution from his father’s status as the first important suburban (Brooklyn Heights) real-estate developer in American History. Pierrepont Street in the Heights commemorates the family to this day. Theodorus Bailey Myers (1821-1888) was an American lawyer and autograph collector.
Lot: 667 - GETTYSBURG - TREATING THE CSA WOUNDED GENERALS
Hiram C. Alleman (1831 - 1906) served with several units during the Civil War. He enlisted early as a private in the Lochiel Greys, and then served as 1st Lieutenant, Co D., 15th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers from 1 May to 7 August 1861, and as judge advocate in Major General Patterson’s Division . fter Confederate forces crossed the Potomac in June 1863, Pennsylvania Governor Curtain
Lot: 668 - THE PROMOTION RECOMMENDATION WAS APPROVED
George Boardman Boomer (1832 -1863) was a Union Army colonel who served as a brigade commander between February 12, 1863, and May 22, 1863, during the American Civil War. His principal service was during the heavy engagement of his brigade on May 16, 1863, at the Battle of Champion Hill during the Vicksburg campaign and in the second assault on Vicksburg on May 22, 1863. Colonel Boomer was killed near the Railroad Redoubt on the second day of major assaults on the City of Vicksburg on May 22, 1863. Autograph Letter Signed “Geo. B. Boomer, Col 26 Reg. Mo. Inf Vols, Comg. Brigade”, dateline Milliken’s Bend, La. April 23, 1863, to Mjr. Gen’l. J.B. McPherson, 1pp. In large part, “Allow me to present the name of Robert C. Crowell Captain Co. E. 26th Regt. Mo. Infty Vols for promotion in the Staff Department of the Army ... This officer has served with distinguished credit for two years, fought with his company of forty three men at the Battle of Iuka until 13 were killed and 26 disabled and brought the remaining four from the field .. though severely wounded himself .....” Upon the breaking out of the Civil war he enlisted in Co. K, 26th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and was soon thereafter promoted to a lieutenancy. In May, 1862, was promoted to Captain. Was wounded at Iuka, and after his recovery was assigned to duty as Adjutant-General, 3rd Brigade, 7th Division, 17th Army Corps. In May, 1863, he was promoted to Major, and in this capacity served with his regiment through the Vicksburg and Atlanta campaigns, and was mustered out January, 1865
Lot: 669 - MEADE RE-ORGANIZING DIVISIONAL COMMAND
George Gordon Meade (1815-1872) was a United States Army Major General who commanded the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War from 1863 to 1865. He fought in many of the key battles of the Eastern theater and defeated the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia led by General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg. Autograph Note Signed “G.G. Meade, Maj. Gen’l” on Army of the Potomac Headquarters staionary, pencil, nd cOct 1863, np. In full, “In transmitting the order relieving Gen;l. Elliot please say to Gen’l. French that it is my desire he gives command of the division to Gen’l. Carr.”
Lot: 670 - THE NEWSBOYS “ANOTHER GREAT BATTLE”
Autograph Letter Signed “James B. Platt”, on printed letterhead “State of New York - Northern Division, Head-Quarters Provost Marshall 12th Dist.”, datelined Poughkeepsie July 2, 1863 to his brother Ed, with original cover, 3pp. The chatty letter in part, “I am sorry to hear that your fatigue and exposure was too much for you ... Shirk all the work you can and sleep all you can. It was foolish for you to go out with the regiment ... The girls have gotten through shedding crocodile tears for you and are now ready to welcome any fellow ... The newsboys are shouting ‘Daily Poughkeepsian and Daly Press, another great battle (second day of Gettysburg) ...”
Lot: 671 - MONTGOMERY CUNNINGHAM MEIGS WAS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL SOLDIERS CEMETERY AT ARLINGTON
Montgomery Cunningham Meigs (1816-1892) was a career United States Army officer and military and civil engineer, who served as Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army during and after the American Civil War. Although a Southerner from Georgia, Meigs strongly opposed secession and supported the Union. Autograph Letter Signed “M. C. Meigs, Q.M. Gen.”, dateline Headquarters U.S. Q. M. Dept., Kelly’s Ferry, November 13, 1863, 1pp. In part, “Lt. Col. Cahill reports to me that Capt Palmer ... at post was drunk on the day after my last visit ... so much so that he was unfit for to attend to his important duries. ... call attention of the Judge Advocate to this charge and request that Capt. Palmer be brought before a court martial ....”
Lot: 672 - THE FORMER GOVERNOR ADVISES THE SITTING GOVERNOR “I WILL RESIST BY FORCE ANY OTHER ATTEMPT TO ROB ME.
William Henry Gist (1807-1874) was the 68th Governor of South Carolina from 1858 to 1860 and a leader of the secession movement in South Carolina. He was one of the signers of the Ordinance of Secession on December 20, 1860, which effectively launched the Confederate States of America. War dated, Autograph Letter Signed “Wm. H. Gist”, dateline Union C.H.Oct. 11, 1863, written to His Excellency, Gov. Bonham, 2pp. In part, “ ..I see great complaint ... from individuals of vexatious manner in which impressments are made by the petty officers ... instead of first trying to purchase provisions before impressing as required by law. ... It seems to me that you should interpose to protect the citizen in his rights of property. ... I brought action against Thos. Moore, the agent that took my flour & if the law won’t protect me, I will resist by force any other attempt to rob me.”
Lot: 673 - THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON - 1864
Alfred Howe Terry (1827-1890) was a Union general in the American Civil War and the military commander of the Dakota Territory from 1866 to 1869, and again from 1872 to 1886. In 1865, Terry led Union troops to victory at the Second Battle of Fort Fisher in North Carolina. Autograph Letter Signed “Alf.H. Terry” 1pp., datelined Folly Island SC, February 7, 1864, written to Col. WWH Davis, Cmdg Morris Island. In full, “The rebels last night removed the boom across the creek at the North end of Long Island. I do not see what can have been their motive, but it is best to be on our guard." The Union would maintain soldiers on Folly, Morris, and Coles Islands, occasion- ally probing the Confederate lines on James Island and trading artillery fire with the Confederates. among the twelve thousand-odd Union soldiers who would take part in the siege of Charleston.
Lot: 674 - THE OHIO FEDERAL CONGRESSMAN AND SENATORS APPEAL TO PRESIDENT LINCOLN
Manuscripy Letter Signed by John Sherman (as Senator), B(enjamin) F(ranklin) Wade (as Senator), Rob(er)t Schenck (as Representative), J(ames) A(bram) Garfield (as Representative), J(ames) M(itchell) Ashley (as Representative), and E(phraim) R(alph) Eckley (as Representative). Datelined; Washington DC., Dec. 20, 1864, 1pp., written to President Lincoln. In large part, “We the undersigned Senators and Representatives in Congress from the state of Ohio, ... that the President does not consider it compatible with public interest to reappoint James L. Kiernan late Brig. Gen. U.S. Vols and a citizen of Ohio ... respectfully request that the President may consider equivalent to his late position ....” James Lawlor Kiernan (26 October 1837 – 29 November 1869) was an Irish-born Brigadier General in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Kiernan insisted on joining the fighting ranks, and in that capacity was seemingly appointed a Major in the 6th Missouri. In May 1863 at Port Gibson, Missouri, he was wounded in the left lung and left on the field for dead. Recovered and imprisoned, he effected an escape back to Union forces and resigned his commission. On 1 August 1863 he was commissioned a brigadier general of Volunteers by President Abraham Lincoln; commanding a post at Miliken's Bend on the Mississippi. However ill-health as a result of his battlefield wounds forced him to resign on 3 February 1864. About May 1865 he gained a US consular post at Zhejiang in China. However his continued ill-health forced him to return to New York where he became an examining physician for the Pension Bureau. He was still serving in that capacity upon his death on 26 November 1869.
Lot: 675 - ENDORSED INVITATION TO WELL’S HOME
Embossed Invitation, 4-1/4” x 3”, “Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Wells, At Home, Thursday Evenings January 21st and 28th, 8 O’clock”. Comes with original envelope addressed to Miss Augur (Jane Elizabeth Augur 1850- 1911). Miss Augur father was Brigadier General Christopher Columbus Augur, who at about 9:30 a.m. on the morning of April 15, 1865, about ninety minutes after Mr. Lincoln had succumbed to the assassin's bullet, Augur served as one of the officers who walked as escorts for the president's body from the Petersen House, where the president died, to the White House.[20] On Wednesday, April 19, 1865, Augur served as the officer in charge of the military procession that escorted the president's body from the White House to the Capitol where it lie in state.
Lot: 676 - VIRGINIA CONFEDERATE RECEIPT FOR THE COMMANDER OF “ THE BATTLE OF OLD MEN AND YOUNG BOYS”
Preprinted, 5” x 3” dated December 31, 1864 issued for Col. F.H. Archer in the amount of $184 for property tax. Fletcher H. Archer (1817–1902), was a Confederate army officer and Petersburg mayor. In 1864, however, with Union general-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant‘s Army of the Potomac moving south, Archer raised a battalion of Virginia Reserves—composed mostly of men either too young or old for regular duty—and, on June 9, helped to successfully defend the city at the Battle of Old Men and Young Boys.
Lot: 677 - THE NEW YORK GOVERNOR WRITES ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Horatio Seymour (1810-1866) served two non-consecutive terms as Governor of New York, from 1853-54, and from 1863-1864. In 1868, Seymour ran for President and was soundly defeated by Civil War hero Ulysses S. Grant, who was running on the Republican ticket. Grant trumped Seymour 214 Electoral College votes to 80 and garnered 300,000 more popular votes. Autograph Letter Signed “Horatio Seymour” on official State of New York Executive Department stationary, to “The President of the United States”, datelined Albany Sept. 29, 1864, 2pp. In full, “Sir, Captain S.A. Hull of the 17th New York Volunteers complains that after two years service in the Army he was dismissed and dishonored without a hearing or trial. He also says money was taken from his person which is still withheld from him. I hope you will order an investigation into the case. I know nothing of its merits but I trust no soldier will be disgraced without a chance to speak in his own defence.” Sheldon A. Hull, 37 years old, enlisted on 8/12/1863 at New York City, NY as a Captain. On 10/13/1863 he was commissioned into "F" Co. NY 17th Infantry. He was dishonorably Discharged on 6/30/1864
Lot: 678 - CUSTER, DAHLGREN, LINCOLN FREMONT - ALL MENTIONED IN THIS LETTER
William Henry Paine (1828-1890) was born in Chester, New Hampshire on May 17, 1828. In 1861, with the coming of Civil War, Paine traveled as a civilian in company with the 4th Wisconsin Infantry to Washington, D. C., where he sought a commission as an engineer. As a result of his efforts, he was commissioned a captain and A.D.C on April 28, 1862, and attached to the staff of General McDowell. Partial Autograph Letter (unsigned), datelined Hd. Qtrs. Army of the Potomac, March 10, 1964, written to “Friend Powell (likely George May Powell), 4pp. In part, “I rec’d the ambrotype and photographs all right ... they arrived during my absence on a cavalry raid. ... Gen. Custer coming through Madison Court House on his raid I joined him and as of now proves was a most successful branch of movement, Col. Dahlgren is one of my most intimate friends here. ... I do hope there will be no split in the Presidential campaign. I do not believe the Republicans can bring a stronger candidate than Pres. Lincoln. I think Fremont would not stand a ghost of a chance ...” On February 29, 1864, General George A. Custer and 1500 cavalrymen made a diversionary raid Into Albemarle County. Here, north of Charlottesville, he attacked the Confederate winter camp of four batteries of the Stuart Horse Artillery commanded by Captain Marcellus N. Moorman.
Lot: 679 - LINCOLN’S PERSONAL GERMAN SECRETARY JOHN G. NICOLAY
John George Nicolay (February 26, 1832 – September 26, 1901) was a German-born American author and diplomat who served as private secretary to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and later co-authored Abraham Lincoln: A History, a ten-volume biography of the 16th president. Signed Twice “John G. Nicolay” and “Jno G. Nicolay”also addressed by Nicolay, “The President” on his preprinted cover “From the President of the United States, Priv. Sec.
Lot: 680 - WHEN THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA SURRENDERED ON APRIL 9, 1865, JUBAL EARLY ESCAPED TO TEXAS ON HORSEBACK, HOPING TO FIND A CONFEDERATE FORCE THAT HAD NOT SURRENDERED.
Signed Card, “J.A. Early, Lieut. Gen’l. C.S.A.” Jubal Anderson Early (1816-1894) was an American lawyer, politician and military officer who served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. After the First Battle of Bull Run (also called the First Battle of Manassas) in July 1861, Early was promoted to brigadier general, because his valor at Blackburn's Ford impressed General P.G.T. Beauregard, and his troops' charge along Chinn Ridge helped rout the Union forces (although his cousin Cpt. Charles Fisher of the 6th North Carolina died supporting the assault).[24][25] As general, Early led Confederate troops in most of the major battles in the Eastern Theater, including the Seven Days Battles, the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Chancellorsville, the Battle of Gettysburg, and numerous battles in the Shenandoah Valley during the Valley Campaigns of 1864. General Robert E. Lee, the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, affectionately called Early his "Bad Old Man" because of his short temper, insubordination, and use of profanity.
Lot: 681 - PRESIDENT LINCOLN RE-ORGANIZES HIS ARMY
Printed GO, with file holes, In full”, General Orders, War Dept., Adjt. General's Office, No. 98. Washington, March 12, 1864. The President of the United States orders as follows: I. Maj. Gen. H. W. Halleck is, at his own request, relieved from duty as General-in-Chtef of the Army, and Lieut. Gen. U. S. Grant is assigned to the command of the Armies of the United States. The Headquarters of the Army will be in Washington, and also with Lieutenant-General Grant in the field. II. Maj. Gen. H. W. Halleck is assigned to duty in Washington as chief of staff of the Army, under the direction of the Secretary of War and the lieutenant-general commanding. His orders will be obeyed and respected accordingly. V. In relieving Major-General Halleck from duty as General-in- Chief the President desires to express his approbation and thanks for the able and zealous manner in which the arduous and responsi- ble duties of that position have been performed. By order of the Secretary of War: E. D. TGWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General.
Lot: 682 - HAMLIN AND LINCOLN WERE NOT CLOSE PERSONALLY
Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 15th vice president of the United States from 1861 to 1865, during President Abraham Lincoln's first term. Clipped signature “H. Hamlin”.
Lot: 683 - CAMPBELL WAS WAS ARRESTED AND IMPRISONED ON SUSPICION OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN AS HE WAS ONE OF THREE CONFEDERATES OF THE PEACE CONFERENCE
John Archibald Campbell (June 24, 1811 – March 12, 1889) was an American jurist. He was a successful lawyer in Georgia and Alabama, where he served in the state legislature. Appointed by Franklin Pierce to the United States Supreme Court in 1853, he resigned at the beginning of the American Civil War, traveled south and became an official of the Confederate States of America. After serving six months in a military prison at war's end, he secured a pardon and resumed his law practice in New Orleans, where he also opposed Reconstruction. War date Autograph Note Signed “J.A. Campbell” written on the back of an envelope, January 29/64 to CSA General Winder, in response to Winder’s request to grant travel to two British Citizens. In full, “Allow passports - place parties under pledge to make no revelations prejudicial to the Confederate States.”
Lot: 684 - THE CAPTAIN OF THE CSS ALABAMA
Raphael Semmes (1809-1877) was an officer in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. He was previously a serving officer in the US Navy from 1826 to 1860. During the American Civil War, Semmes was captain of the cruiser CSS Alabama, the most successful commerce raider in maritime history, taking 65 prizes. Signed slip of paper, “Raphael Semmes”
Lot: 685 - WRITTEN DURING THE LINCOLN ASSASSINATION TRIAL, IN THE COURTROOM BY ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS
James Adams Ekin (August 31, 1819 – March 27, 1891) was an American officer who served in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He achieved fame as a member of the military commission trying the conspirators involved with the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Autograph Note Signed, “Court Room, Military Commission, 30, May 1865, James A. Ekin, Bvt.Brig. Gen.”
Lot: 686 - WRITTEN BY ONE OF THE MILITARY COMMISSIONERS DURING THE TRIAL, IN THE COURTROOM.
Robert Sanford Foster (January 27, 1834 – March 3, 1903) was an American officer. He served as a Union general during the American Civil War. He played a prominent role in the Siege of Petersburg and the Appomattox Campaign. After the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in April 1865, Foster was selected later that year to serve as a member of the Military Commission established to try the conspirators accused of the murder. Autograph Note Signed, “Yours Truly, R.L. Foster, Brig. Gen’l, Cmdg 1st Div, Mil. Court Room, Washington DC., June 5th 1865.”
Lot: 687 - HE LED THE LEGAL TEAM IN BOTH THE LINCOLN ASSASSINATION TRIAL AND THE ANDREW JOHNSON IMPEACHMENT TRIAL
John Armor Bingham (January 21, 1815 – March 19, 1900) was an American politician who served as a Republican representative from Ohio and as the United States ambassador to Japan. In his time as a congressman, Bingham served as both assistant Judge Advocate General in the trial of the Abraham Lincoln assassination and a House manager (prosecutor) in the impeachment trial of U.S. President Andrew Johnson. He was also the principal framer of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.[1] Autograph Quotation Signed, “Liberty and Justice, Very truly Yours, Jno. A. Bingham, Ohio.”
Lot: 688 - AS PROVOST MARSHAL, MAJ. GEN. HARTRANTF WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMANDING THE PRISON WHERE THE ASSASSINATION CONSPIRATORS WERE HELD
John Frederick Hartranft (December 16, 1830 – October 17, 1889) was an American politician and military officer who read the death warrant to the individuals who were executed on July 7, 1865, for conspiring to assassinate American President Abraham Lincoln. Previously having achieved the rank of major general of the Union Army during the American Civil War, he had also been awarded the U.S. Medal of Honor for his actions in the First Battle of Bull Run. Autograph Note Signed, “Washington DC., June 5th, 1865, Yours Truly J.F. Hartranft, Bvt. Maj. Gen’l, USA.” At 1:15 p.m. on July 7, 1865, Hartranft led the four to the gallows in what is now called Fort Lesley McNair. When asked if the convicted had any final statements, the spiritual advisors of Atzerodt and Payne stated that both men wished to thank Hartranft and the officers and soldiers serving under him for the kindness they displayed during their incarceration. Following prayers for each of the prisoners, "Gen. Hartranft read the order of the War Department, embracing the President's Executive Order, for the execution", according to The New York Times. The prisoners were then simultaneously executed by hanging at 1:25 p.m.
Lot: 689 - ONE OF THE MYSTERIES OF LINCOLN’S ASSASSINATION – WHY DID STANTON STOP ECKERT FROM ATTENDING THE PLAY WITH THE LINCOLNS
Thomas Thompson Eckert (April 23, 1825 – October 20, 1910) was an officer in the U.S. Army, Chief of the War Department Telegraph Staff from 1862 to 1866, United States Assistant Secretary of War from 1866 to 1867 and an executive at Western Union. Autograph Letter Signed, “Thos. T. Eckert” 2pp, July 28, 1899 on letterhead of the Executive Office of the Western Union Telegraph Company Department. The letter is written to Senator Applegate and deals with a dispute between a Mr, Liberman and himself. On April 11, 1865 Lincoln related to hius wife a few details of an ominous dream he had. He had seen himself searching through the White House looking for the source of the sound of people weeping. He asked ‘Who is dead in the White House’. A soldier in the dream replied ‘The president. He was killed by an assassin.’ With the dream still weighing on his mind on the morning of April 14, Lincoln made his usual visit to the War Department. He told Stanton that Grant had canceled his acceptance of the theater invitation. The Secretary again urged the President not to go and, when he could not persuade him, told him he ought to have a suitable guard. Lincoln said, “Stanton, do you know that Eckert can break a poker over his arm?” The Secretary not knowing what was coming looked around in surprise and answered, “No. Why do you ask such a question?” “Well,” Lincoln said, “I have seen Eckert break five pokers one after another over his arm and I have been thinking that he would be the kind of man to go with us to the theater to-night. May I take him?” Stanton, still unwilling to encourage the theater project said that he had some special work for Eckert that evening and could not spare him. Lincoln then said, “Well, I will ask the Major myself, and he can do your work to-morrow.” He then came into the telegraph office, told Eckert of his plans for the evening and that he wanted him to be one of the party, but that Stanton said he had some work that must be attended to. “Now Major,” he added, “come along, you can do that work to-morrow, and we want you with us.” Eckert, taking his cue from Stanton’s attitude, told the President that it would not be possible for him to accept, because of an appointment that could not be broken. “Very well,” Lincoln then said, “I shall have to ask Major Rathbone to go with us, because Stanton insists upon having some one to guard me, but I would rather have you, Major, since I know you can break a poker over your arm.”
Lot: 690 - ARKANSAS REPRESENTATIVE IN BOTH CONFEDERATE HOUSES
Augustus Hill Garland (June 11, 1832 – January 26, 1899) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Arkansas, who initially opposed Arkansas' secession from the United States, but later served in both houses of the Congress of the Confederate States and the United States Senate, as well as becoming the 11th governor of Arkansas (1874–1877) and the 38th Attorney General of the United States (1885–1889). Signature on card “.A. H. Garland”.
Lot: 691 - AFTER THE DEFEAT OF THE CONFEDERACY, REPRESENTITVE CLARK FLED TO MEXICO, BUT WAS ARRESTED UPON HIS RETURN TO TEXAS IN LATE 1865.
John Bullock Clark Sr. (April 17, 1802 – October 29, 1885) was a militia officer and politician who served as a member of the United States Congress and Confederate Congress. Clark was also involved in the state militia, serving as a colonel in the Black Hawk War in 1832 and eventually rising to the rank of major general. In 1838, during the Missouri Mormon War, Clark was the recipient of Governor Lilburn Boggs's infamous Mormon Extermination Order, and was involved in the ending stages of the conflict. Autograph “John B. Clark, Fayette Mo.” Removed from a document.
Lot: 692 - HE SUGGESTED THAT THE CSA GOVERNMENT BUY 100,000 SLAVES AND GIVE THEM TO THE SOLDIERS TO STRENGTHEN THE MILITARY
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins (June 4, 1825 – June 2, 1908) was an American slave owner,[1] politician and a member of both the United States House of Representatives and Confederate Congress from Tennessee. During the Civil War, Johnathan Atkins served as lieutenant colonel of the Fifth Tennessee Regiment in the Confederate Army in 1861. John was a delegate to the Confederate Provisional Congress in November 1861. John then was elected to the First Confederate Congress and was reelected in 1863 to the Second Confederate Congress.During the last days of the war in February 1865 as the South neared defeat, Atkins urged the Confederate government to purchase "one hundred thousand slaves" and give them to each Confederate soldier to increase their strength on the battlefield. Clipped signature “J. D. C. Atkins” removed from a letter when he was Indian Commisioner.
Lot: 693 - AFTER THE WAR, BOCOCK BECAME ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS OF JIM CROW LAWS IN VIRGINIA
Thomas Salem Bocock (May 18, 1815 – August 5, 1891) was a Confederate politician and lawyer from Virginia. After serving as an antebellum United States Congressman, he was the speaker of the Confederate States House of Representatives during most of the American Civil War. Signature Clipped from a letter, “Th: S. Bocock, Appomattox Virginia”. nd
Lot: 694 - GRIFFIN WAS ONE OF THE UNION GENERALS WHO RECEIVED ROBERT E. LEE'S SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX.
CHARLES GRIFFIN (1825 - 1867) Union major general who fought from Bull Run to Appomattox, leading a division at Gettysburg and in the pursuit of Lee after Petersburg. Autograph Letter Signed,”Chas. Griffin, Brvt Mj. Gen’l,” datelined Headquarters 5th Corp, May 25, 1865, written to Colonel Francis J. Parker, 2pp.. In part, “Indeed I am glad beyond description that the war is ended for I have always been mighty afraid that I would be maimed or killed. Glory don’t ... clothe the babies or feed the family. ... The end of the war has been a glorious one. I wish you could of witnessed the grand reviews. They passed off splendidly. ...”
Lot: 695 - GENERAL THOMAS CONSTANTLY RAN INTO CONFLICT WITH STANTON
Lorenzo Thomas (1804-1875) was an American officer in the United States Army who was Adjutant General of the Army at the beginning of the American Civil War. After the war, he was appointed temporary Secretary of War by U.S. President Andrew Johnson, precipitating Johnson's impeachment. Autograph Letter Signed “L. Thomas” dastelined New Orleans, La., March 25, 1865, 3pp. Thomas writes Mrs. F.B. regarding the whereabouts of a Mr. Ingraham. In part, “I have tried my best to discover the whereabouts of Mr. Ingraham, but so far have been unsuccessful. I traced him in the Substance Department but he was employed .. about seventeen days. The rolls of all the gunboats have been examined at my request. ... I fear the money is lossed. ...”
Lot: 696 - ROUSSEAU HELPED PREVENT KENTUCKY'S SECESSION.
Lovell Harrison Rousseau (1818-1869) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, as well as a lawyer and politician in Kentucky and Indiana. Rousseau was appointed brigadier general in the U.S. Army with the brevet rank of major general, and was assigned to duty in Alaska on March 27, 1867. General Rousseau played a key role in the transfer of Alaska from the Russian Empire to the United States on October 18, 1867, today celebrated as Alaska Day. Clipped Signature “I am Lovell H. Rousseau, Major Gen’l, U.S. Vols” ... plus CDV of Rousseau in uniform with backmark “Morse’s Gallery of the Cumberland” Nashville.
Lot: 697 - GERRIT SMITH - “I AM AN ABOLITIONIST AND A HERETIC”
Gerrit Smith (1797-1874), also spelled Gerritt Smith, was an American social reformer, abolitionist, businessman, public intellectual, and philanthropist. Smith, one of the wealthiest men in New York, was committed to political reform, and above all to the elimination of slavery. So many fugitive slaves came to Peterboro to ask for his help. Smith supported Frederick Douglass' abolitionist newspaper, The North Star, late 1840s. Douglas dedicated the second of his autobiographies to Gerrit. He was one of Secret Six that helped finance John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, 1859. Autograph Letter Signed “Garrit Smith”, datelined Peterboro, April 2, 1865 written to brothers Peter and George Danforth, 2pp. In part, “You belong to the Democratic Party in politics & to the Orthodox Party in religion, I to neither.I am an abolitionist and a heretic. How am I to send you some of my writings on both politics and religion? ... I trust that you will neither be offended nor harmed by them ... You will see from my writing that I am fated to go through life in a very small minority”
Lot: 698 - WEBSTER SERVED SHERMAN IN THIS CAPACITY THROUGH THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN, MARCH TO THE SEA AND THE CAROLINAS CAMPAIGN.
Joseph Dana Webster (August 25, 1811 – April 12, 1876) was an American civil engineer and soldier most noted for administrative services during the American Civil War, where he served as chief of staff to both Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman. Clipped Signature “Official, J.D. Webster, Brig Gen’l”.
Lot: 699 - THIS CHECK BRINGS THREE LINCOLN ASSOCIATES TOGETHER
Check Signed “O.M. Hatch” Springfield, July 19, 1865, in the amount of $5015 and 30/100, drawn on J.Dunn Banker and Pay to Wm. A. Grimshaw and C.L. Chauncey. Ozias Mather Hatch (1814-1893) was an American politician. He was the 13th Illinois Secretary of State, serving under William Henry Bissell, John Wood, and Richard Yates Sr. During the governorship of Wood, Hatch handled most of the duties of Governor of Illinois. Hatch also visited soldiers in the field, mostly traveling with President Abraham Lincoln to inspect the Army of the Potomac. William Grimshaw (1813-1895) Grimshaw’s law office was in one of the front rooms of the home. Abraham Lincoln and William Grimshaw participated in several court cases together including a federal case in Chicago where Lincoln represented Grimshaw. Mr. Lincoln stayed here in 1856 when he and Lyman Trumbull were campaigning for presidential candidate John C. Fremont who was running as a Republican. Grimshaw was a state delegate at the 1860 Republican National Convention in Chicago which nominated his good friend Abraham Lincoln for president. Chauncey Lawson Higbee (1821-1884) was a member of the Latter Day Saint movement in Nauvoo, Illinois, and a brother to fellow Latter Day Saint Francis M. Higbee. He later successfully ran for office, serving in the Illinois legislature. He was elected as judge, eventually serving on the state Appellant Court. US opposition to Utah and polygamy continued. In 1862 Congress passed the Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act. 19 However the U.S. was embroiled in the Civil War by then. President Abraham Lincoln declined to use the act to interfere with the Mormons so long as they left the United States alone.
Lot: 700 - INGERSOLL ENJOYED A FRIENDSHIP WITH THE POET WALT WHITMAN, WHO CONSIDERED INGERSOLL THE GREATEST ORATOR OF HIS TIME.
Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899), nicknamed "the Great Agnostic", was an American lawyer, writer, and orator during the Golden Age of Free Thought. With the beginning of the American Civil War, he raised the 11th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry of the Union Army and assumed command. The regiment fought in the Battle of Shiloh. Ingersoll was later captured in a skirmish with the Confederates near Lexington, Tennessee on December 18, 1862, then paroled. Unable to perform his duties under his officer's commission while paroled, he tendered his resignation as commanding officer on June 30, 1863. Signed Card “R.G. Ingersoll”.
Lot: 701 - HARDEE SURRENDERED WITH JOHNSTON TO SHERMAN ON APRIL 26 AT DURHAM STATION.
William Joseph Hardee (1815-1873) was a career U.S. Army and Confederate States Army officer. Hardee resigned his U.S. Army commission on January 31, 1861,[3] after his home state of Georgia seceded from the Union. He joined the Confederate States Army as a colonel on March 7 and was given command of Forts Morgan and Gaines in Alabama. He was subsequently promoted to brigadier general (June 17) and major general (October 7). By October 10, 1862, he was one of the first Confederate lieutenant generals. Clipped signature “Very Kindly Y’ Ob Sevant, W.J. Hardee, Lieut.General.”
Lot: 702 - THE COLORED TROOPS HAVE NOT REPORTED TO THE SHARP SHOOTERS
William Birney (1819 -1907) was an American professor, Union Army general during the American Civil War, attorney and author. An ardent abolitionist, he was noted for encouraging thousands of free black men to join the Union army. He was named Colonel of the 22nd U.S. Colored Troops. On June 9, 1863, he was commissioned as a brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from May 22, 1863, and assigned to Maryland to recruit more black troops. In 1864, he marched his regiments to fight in South Carolina as a part of the Department of the South. They fared poorly, but did much better work in campaigns in Florida, including the Battle of Olustee. In December 1864, the X Corps black regiments were combined with those of the XVIII Corps in the new all-black XXV Corps under Maj. Gen. Godfrey Weitzel. Birney's regiments became the 2nd Division of the XXV Corps, and participated in the last assaults during the Siege of Petersburg in early 1865. He then led his division in the pursuit of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign. Birney was mustered out of the volunteer army on August 24, 1865. Manuscript Endorsement Signed “Wm Birney” dateline HdQrts SS 2nd Div. 25th AC, In the Field, Va. March 22, 1865, 2pp. The manuscript document is in the hand of the Commander of the Sharpshooters, 1st Lt. John Downing. In large part, “I have the honor to state that I have received on the 18th a copy of Special Order No. 64 detailing the following named enlisted men for duty as Sharp Shooters, and that these men have not yet reported.” The document continues with a listing of six Colored troops from the 127th USCT and one from unassigned recruit. There are three dockets on the reverse including Birney’s, “HdQtrs 25th AC. In field VA. Mar 22/65 respcfy referred to Prov. Marshal of Division who will ascertain who is in fault in this matter and report. He will see that the men report as ordered. The AAAG will furnish the Pro. Mar. with copy of original order.”
Lot: 703 - THE FORD’S THEATER MANAGER, H. CLAY FORD, SPOKE WITH JOHN WILKES BOOTH
Autograph Note Signed, “Admit Lt. Jackson to Orchestra at all times. H.Clay Ford.” Henry Clay Ford (1844-1915) A member of the Ford theatrical dynasty, "Harry" Clay Ford was born during the presidential election of 1844 to Elias and Anna Greanor Ford, who named him after the great American statesman Henry Clay, then a candidate for the White House. Raised in Baltimore, he had known the celebrated Booth Family since childhood, and his friendship with its youngest member, "Wilkes", would give rise to suspicion that as stage manager at Ford's Theatre he had conspired in the President's murder. Then on April 14, 1865, when Booth was passing Ford's Theatre, Harry had greeted him with the news that President Lincoln and General Grant would be at the performance of "Our American Cousin" that evening, but the actor continued on without a word. Harry's suspected complicity in the real tragedy led to his arrest. Imprisoned for over a month with his older brothers James and John T. Ford, the theatre owner, he was released when the charges against them were dropped for want of proof. In 1873 he married actress Blanche Chapman, a cousin of the Booths and a noted beauty.
Lot: 704 - WARD LAMON PURCHASED THE FUNERAL RAIL CAR THAT TRANSPORTED LINCOLN'S REMAINS TO SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.
Autograph “Ward H. Lamon, Washington DC, May 5, 1866.” Ward Hill Lamon (1828-1893) was a personal friend and self-appointed bodyguard of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Lamon was famously absent the night Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865, having been sent by Lincoln to Richmond, Virginia. In his Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, Lamon reveals that before he left for Richmond, he implored the president not to "go out at night after [he] was gone, particularly to the theatre."[27] After the assassination, Lamon accompanied the funeral procession to Springfield, Illinois.
Lot: 705 - CITIZENS OF MEMPHIS NEARLY IN STARVATION
Printed General Orders No. 8, Head-Quarters 16th Army Corps, by order of Maj-Genl S.A. Hurlbut. In part, “Issues of provisions will not be made to citizens, except on certificates that they are destitute and have no means of purchasing the necessary supplies for their families. ... In making issues to citizens, only prime articles of necessity will be given, ie., bread and meat ...”
Lot: 706 - RARE BEAUREGARD PRESNTATION CDV
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (1818-1893) was an American military officer known as being the Confederate General who started the American Civil War at the battle of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. Brady CDV of Pierre G.T. Beauregard, civilian suit, waste up. On the reverse is the presentation, “To Gen’l. G.H. Steuart Jr., with compliments, of Gen’l. G.T. Beauregard, November 24, 1866.”
Lot: 707 - SECRETARY WELLES’ INSTRUCTION ON GUARDING THE LINCOLN CONSPIRITOR/PRISONER, JOHN H. SURATT
Gideon Welles (July 1, 1802 – February 11, 1878), nicknamed "Father Neptune", was the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869, a cabinet post he was awarded after supporting Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election. After Lincoln's assassination, Welles was retained by President Andrew Johnson as Secretary of the Navy. Autograph Letter on Navy Department Letterhead with secretarial signature of Welles, written to Rear Admiral William Radford, February 18, 1867,1pp. In large part, “Upon the arrival of Swatara having on board John. H. Surrat, you will direct her to anchor in the stream off the Yard and you will permit no one to go on board or hold communication with her without a written permit from the Department. … The prisoner will be held subject to the order of the Department.. You will also direct the officers … to give no information concerning the prisoner ...”. Suratt eluded arrest following the Lincoln assassination by fleeing to Canada and then to Europe. He thus avoided the fate of the other conspirators, who were hanged. He served briefly as a Pontifical Zouave but was recognized and arrested. He escaped to Egypt but was eventually arrested and extradited. By the time of his trial, the statute of limitations had expired on most of the potential charges. He was tried in civilian court in 1867 in Washington D.C. and was not convicted due to a hung jury. He was never tried again.
Lot: 708 - GENERAL GORDON IS IMPRESSED WITH COL. BADEAU’S BOOK OF GENERAL GRANT
George Henry Gordon (July 19, 1823 – August 30, 1886) was an American lawyer and a Union general in the American Civil War. Gordon commanded a brigade in XII Corps, Army of the Potomac, at the Battle of Antietam, becoming acting division commander when Brig. Gen. Alpheus S. Williams became acting corps commander. He also took command of 1st Division, XI Corps, following the Battle of Gettysburg and was transferred with it to the Department of the South. There he commanded troops on Folly Island, South Carolina. Starting in November 1864, Gordon served in the Department of Virginia. Autograph Letter Signed “Geo. H. Gordon, Late Bvt Mjr Gen;l USV” to Col. Adam Badeau, Gen. Grant’s Staff, Washington DC, Boston Mass, January 23, 1868, 1pp. In part, “Your life of General Grant has given me very much pleasure; much better than that, it places Grant where he ought to stand before the world. ...” Col. Adam Badeau published his first volume in 1868 “Military history of Ulysses S. Grant, from April, 1861, to April, 1865,” New York: Appleton and Company, 1868.
Lot: 709 - POPE CAPTURED 303 INDIANS IN THE SIOUX OUTBREAK OF 1862. LINCOLN COMMUTED THE DEATH SENTENCES OF 264 PRISONERS AND ALLOWED THE EXECUTION OF 39 INDIANS
John Pope (March 16, 1822 – September 23, 1892) was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He had a brief stint in the Western Theater, but he is best known for his defeat at the Second Manassas in the East. His failures after the Peninsular Campaign and at Second Manassas in August 1862 precipitated his replacement by General George McClellan. Autograph Letter Signed “Jno Pope”, on printed stationary “Headquarters of the Lakes”, datelined Detroit Mich. April 10, 1968, written to his tailor, 2pp. In part, I enclose herewith $10.00 being the balance due on my bill ... For the present I won’t need more clothes. ... The coats I get from you fit well, the vests and pants do not & I have been obliged to get else where ...”
Lot: 710 - THE CSA SPY EDWIN G. LEE WRITES HIS WIFE.
Edwin Gray Lee (1836-1870) was an American soldier from Virginia and a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War. He was a member of the Lee family and first cousin once removed of Robert E. Lee. Signed Envelope in the third person “Mrs Edwin G. Lee, Shepardstown, Jefferson Co., West Va, via Balt.” Pencil note dates it 1869. In December 1864, he and his wife ran the blockade to Canada on a secret service mission. He remained in Canada until early 1866, dispensing funds to needy Confederates in exile. Returning, he was a witness at the trial of Lincoln assassination accomplice, John Surratt, whom he had known in Montreal. He also looked after the interests of the St. Albans raiders while they were in a Canadian prison.
Lot: 711 - A PAIR OF DIE PROOF ENGRAVINGS BY THE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING
The portrait of Thomas Jefferson was accomplished by James Smillie and was used as the vignette on the 1869 $2.00 note, 7-3/4” x 8-1/4”. ... plus, The portrait of Zachery Taylor is the same portrait (only larger) as that used on the 1875 5-cent stamp being the first stamp issued to honor his death.
Lot: 712 - TWO DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THE FUNERAL OF MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE H. THOMAS
The first is a Telegram from Chauncey McKeever, Asst. Adj. Gen. to General Henry Abbott, New York, April 5, 1870, 1pp. In full, “Will you be free to be at Troy, on Friday next to command the Battalion of Engineer troop composing part of the funeral escort to the remains of General Thomas.” ... plus, General Orders No. 7, Troy N.Y. April 7, 1870, with mourning borders, 4pp. Impressive mouners include; “Pall-Bearers - Major Generals Meade, Rosecrans, Schofield, Hooker, Granger, Newton, Hazen and Brigadier General Mackay ..also, The President of the United States, Members of the Cabinet, Committee of the Senate, Committee of the House of Representatives, the Governor of New York ...” With the end of the Civil War, Thomas continued in military service, commanding the Department of the Cumberland through 1869 and leading the fight against the campaign of terror and intimidation of the newly formed Ku Klux Klan. In 1869, Thomas was transferred to San Francisco to command the Division of the Pacific. He died there from a stroke on March 28, 1870, and was buried in his wife's hometown of Troy, New York with full military honors.
Lot: 713 - THE COPPERHEAD VALLANDIGHAM APPLIES HUMOR TO HIS SON’S ACADEMICS
Clement Laird Vallandigham (1820-1871) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the leader of the Copperhead faction of anti-war Democrats during the American Civil War. In 1863, he was convicted by an Army court martial for publicly expressing opposition to the war and exiled to the Confederate States of America. He ran for governor of Ohio in 1863 from exile in Canada, but was defeated. Autograph Letter Signed “Clement L. Vallandigham” datelined Dayton, Nov. 12, ‘70, to Mr. Wm. Smith (the High School Principal of his son’s school), 1pp. In large part, “Your report for qrt ending Nov. 11, 1870, as to Charlie, was received at my house unopened. He has no inherited talent for Mathematics ...”
Lot: 714 - HARTSUFF WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED IN THE HIP AT ANTIETAM
George Lucas Hartsuff (1830-1874) was an American soldier, born at Tyre, New York. He graduated at West Point in 1852, graduating 19th out of 43 in his class. He served on the frontier and in Florida, where, during a fight with the Seminole Indians near Fort Myers in December 1855, he received a wound which eventually caused his death. Hartsuff survived the wreck of the steamer Lady Elgin on Lake Michigan on September 8, 1860. On March 22, 1861, Hartsuff was appointed Assistant Adjutant General with the brevet rank of captain, assigned to the Department of Florida on April 13. He was assigned to the staff of Brigadier General William Rosecrans in West Virginia on August 8, 1861. Autograph Letter Signed “Geo. L. Harstuff” datelined Chicago Ill., March 24, 1871, replying to George W. Reed using the blank panel of Reed’s letter. Reed asks information of the exact number of troops commanded by Hartstuff at the battle of Antietam. Hartsuff in part, “My memory does not serve me ... no data to determine the exact number of troops ... My brigade at that time consisted of five regiments .... I think the four regiments engaged averaged about 500 men each at battle.”
Lot: 715 - A PAIR OF PRINTED DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THE FUNERAL OF MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE MEADE
Includes, Special Orders No. 218, November 8, 1872, ink signed by Lt. A Gardiner, spelling out the arrangements made for a contingent of troops under command of General Abbott that were part of the escort in the funeral of General Meade. Also a pencil note at the bottom by Abbott, “Escort was under my command with 2 cos. Marines also - 700 men in all - HLA”. ... plus, General Orders No. 7, 4pp with mourning rules throughout, November 9, 1872Philadelphia Pa. The GO outlines the order of march for the fumeral as well as details of the Church ceremony.
Lot: 716 - LOGAN WAS WOUNDED THREE TIMES IN THE BATTLE OF FORT DONELSON
John Alexander Logan (February 9, 1826 – December 26, 1886) was an American soldier and politician. He served in the Mexican–American War and was a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He served the state of Illinois as a state Representative, a U.S. Representative, and a U.S. Senator and was an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of the United States as James G. Blaine's running mate in the election of 1884. Autograph Letter Signed “John A. Logan” together with the free franked signed envelope. The 3pp. letter is datelined Washington DC., January 1873. Writing to George W. Wood of Quincy Illinois, Logan advises in part, “I wrote you some time telling you it would be impossible for me to get you the Post Office at Quincy ... I never saw so many apllications in all my life ... I would do anything I could for you as I have nothing but kind feelings for you ....”
Lot: 717 - GENERAL JOSEPH JOHNSTON IS CLEARLY HUMBLED BY GOVERNOR KEMPER’S INVITATION
Joseph E. Johnston, Confederate General (1807–1891) who, when Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861, resigned his commission as a brigadier general in the regular army—the highest-ranking US officer to do so. Initially commissioned as a major general in the Virginia militia, he relieved ‘Stonewall’ Jackson’s command at Harper’s Ferry and organized the Army of the Shenandoah. Autograph Letter Signed “J.E. Johnston”, Savannah, October 5, 1875, written to James L. Kemper, 1pp. In large part, “I have received with pride and pleasure the invitation to sttend the ceremony of inaugurating “Foley’s Statue of Jackson”. ... the very kind and agreeable terms of your letter ... induce me to accept the invitation. ... let me thank you for one of the most gratifying letters ever written to me ....” James L. Kemper was Governor of Virginia at the time of this letter. The statue, created by the well-known English sculptor John Henry Foley, was unveiled on October 26, 1875, in front of a crowd of about 40,000 people. A committee of Englishmen sympathetic to the Confederacy funded the statue, and the Virginia government—over the objections of some members of the General Assembly—appropriated funds for a pedestal and the erection of the statue.
Lot: 718 - ASSISTANT SECRETARY TO PRESIDENT LINCOLN, 1864-65
Edward Duffield Neill (1823 – 1893) was an American author and educator. During the Civil War he served in the army as a regimental chaplain with the 1st Minnesota Volunteers from 1861 to 1862 and as a hospital chaplain from 1862 to 1863. He worked for Presidents Lincoln and Johnson. Early in 1864 I was appointed to read and dispose of all letters addressed to President Lincoln, and commissioned as secretary to sign land patents. A mail bag was brought to my room at the president's mansion, twice a day, well filled with letters upon various subject. Autograph Letter Signed “Edw. D. Neill” on his personal stationary, datelined July 23, 1878, Minneapolis, 2pp., 5” x 8”. In full, Nearly two years ago I sent a copy of the first edition of my History of Minnisota, an octavo of 658 pages. After a time the American Express Company reported that you could not be found. If you will now enclose one dollar I will send by mail a copy of the history. the one I sent you I gave to an office of the Express Co.:
Lot: 719 - OGLESBY WAS PRESENT IN THE ROOM AT THE PETERSEN HOUSE WHEN PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN DIED ON APRIL 15, 1865
Richard James Oglesby (July 25, 1824 – April 24, 1899) was an American soldier and Republican politician from Illinois, who served three non-consecutive terms as Governor of Illinois. At the start of the Civil War, Oglesby was appointed colonel of the 8th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was a well-liked commander, receiving the moniker "Uncle Dick" from his troops. Autograph Letter Signed “R.J. Oglesby” on United States Senate Chambers stationary, datelined December 7, 1878, Washington. In full, Mr. Merchant, Please deliver to Senator Armstrong all copies of Memorial address upon the death of Senator Bogy of Mo.”
Lot: 720 - ROBERT OULD LOST THE SICKLES MURDER TRIAL TO OPPOSING ATTORNEY EDWIN STANTON
Robert Ould (1820 -1882) was a lawyer who served as a Confederate official during the American Civil War. From 1862 to 1865 he was the Confederate agent of exchange for prisoners of war under the Dix–Hill Cartel. After the war he became a member of the Virginia General Assembly and was later elected president of a railroad company. Autograph Note Signed “Ro: Ould”, 1pp., 5” x 3”datelined Richmond Sept. 11, 1879, inlaid. In full, “ Dear Madam, On my return from the North I find your note of the 23rd. During the War I was Confederate Agent or Commissioner of Exchange Prisoners appointed August 1862 and continueing to the close of the War...” In 1859, following the shooting of Philip Barton Key II, Ould was appointed by James Buchanan to succeed Key as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. Ould charged Key's killer, Daniel E. Sickles, with murder, but lost the case after Sickles' lawyer (and future United States Secretary of War) Edwin M. Stanton invoked one of the first uses of the temporary insanity defense in U.S. history.
Lot: 721 - SMITH WAS CHOSEN BY RED CLOUD TO ACCOMPANY THE 1870 SIOUX DELEGATION TO WASHINGTON
John Eugene Smith (1816-1897) was a Swiss immigrant to the United States, who served as a Union general during the American Civil War. Signature with four lines of biography on a card. “Jno E. Smith, late Brig Genl and Brvt Genl, US Vols Comndg 3rd Div. 15th and 17th A.C., late Col 14th Inf US Army retired, Bvt Majr Genl U.S. Army”.
Lot: 722 - NEWLY INUAGURATED PRESIDENT GARFIELD RECEIVES A SUPREME COURT RECOMMENDATION
Orville H. Browning (1806-1881), was an attorney in Illinois and a politician who was active in the Whig and Republican Parties. He served as a U.S. Senator and the 9th United States Secretary of the Interior. His military and political careers overlapped Abraham Lincoln's; as a result of their involvement in Whig politics and their shared Kentucky backgrounds, Lincoln and Browning became lifelong friends. In 1861, Browning was appointed to the United States Senate seat left vacant by the death of Stephen A. Douglas; he served until January 1863. Autograph Letter Signed “O.H. Browning” datelined Quincy, Illinois, March 23, 1881, written to President Garfield, 1pp. In large part, “Having been informed that the name of Hon. Charles B. Lawrence, of Chicago, is to be presented to you with recommendations for his appointment to the Bench of the Supreme Court, I take liberty of adding my endorsement ... no appointment can be made which will be so universally acceptable to the Bar of this State. ...” At this time Lawrence was on the Bench of the Illinois Supreme Court.
Lot: 723 - THE FORMER CONFEDERATE CHEROKEE CONGRESSMAN, NOW HANDLES SOLDIER’S PENSION CLAIMS
Elias Cornelius Boudinot (1835-1890) was an American politician, lawyer, newspaper editor, and co-founder of the Arkansan who served as the delegate to the Confederate States House of Representatives representing the Cherokee Nation. Prior to this he served as an officer of the Confederate States Army in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. Autograph Letter Signed “E. C. Boudinot”, on his printed /lined stationary , “E.C Boudinot, U.S. Pension Attorney, Special Attention Given to Soldier’s Claims”. Dateline, Washington DC., Sept. 19th, 1882, pertaing to the claim of Henry Schmidt, 2pp. In part, “In your claim for pension you will please furnish the affidavit of a Commissioned Officer of your Co. or Regiment stating where and under what circumstances under which the disease was contracted for which you claim pension. .... I am going on with your claim as rapidly as possible ... I notice there is still due $8, which please remit at once ..”
Lot: 724 - THE POLITICIAN SOLDIER - JOHN LOGAN
John Alexander Logan (1826-1886) was an American soldier and politician. U.S. Representative Logan fought at Bull Run as an unattached volunteer in a Michigan regiment. Union Army Colonel Logan served in the army of Ulysses S. Grant in the Western Theater and was present at the Battle of Belmont on November 7, 1861, where his horse was killed, and at Fort Donelson, where he was wounded on February 15, 1862. Soon after the victory at Donelson, he resigned his seat on April 2, 1862, and was promoted to brigadier general in the volunteers, as of March 21, 1862. He was known by his soldiers as "Black Jack" because of his black eyes and hair and swarthy complexion, and was regarded as one of the most able officers to enter the army from civilian life. Letter Signed “John A. Logan” on official United States Senate stationary, datelined Washington DC, February 24, 1884, written to L. Calhoun, Kerens Texas, 1pp. In full, “Please accept my thanks for your interest in my welfare. Of course I know that as a rule matters in the South are managed in a very different way than in the North they are accustomed to having them; but I trust that people will take hold and for once speak for themselves.” The original United Staes Senate cover accompanies the letter.
Lot: 725 - THE SUPREME COURT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE DISAPPOINTS AN AUTOGRAPH COLLECTOR
David Davis (March 9, 1815 – June 26, 1886) was an American politician who was very close to Lincoln and jurist who was a U.S. senator from Illinois and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. He also served as Abraham Lincoln's campaign manager at the 1860 Republican National Convention, engineering Lincoln's successful nomination for president by that party. Autograph Letter Signed “David Davis” Bloominton Ill., Jany 22, 1884, 1pp. In part, “I am sorry that I am unable to oblige you. I have not a Signature in my possession of any of the Justices of the Supreme Court ....”
Lot: 726 - U.S. GRANT SIGNATURE TWO MONTHS BEFORE DYING OF THROAT CANCER.
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885). Signature, "U. S. Grant, May 17, 1885", upon a card measuring 4-3/4" x 2-3/4". In the spring of 1885, U.S. Grant was dying of throat cancer; indeed, he would die two and a half months after signing this card. Grant had just celebrated his 63rd birthday about two weeks earlier. The former president's well-publicized illness, as well as his straightened financial situation, prompted Congress to reinstate his army pension in the months preceding his death. Grant would finish writing his memoirs just days before dying.
Lot: 727 - THE FORMER GENERAL WRITES A CHECK TO HIS DAUGHTER
James Lawson Kemper (June 11, 1823 – April 7, 1895) was an American lawyer, a Confederate general in the American Civil War, and the 37th Governor of Virginia. He was the youngest brigade commander and only non-professional general officer in the division that led Pickett's Charge, during which he was severely wounded. Signed check, “J. L. Kemper on The State Bank of Virginia, January 15, 1886, in the amount of $25, made out to Miss Jessie M. Kemper, her endorsement on the reverse. $25 in 1886 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $837.22 today, an increase of $812.22 over 138 years.
Lot: 728 - WALTER SMITH COX (OCTOBER 25, 1826 – JUNE 25, 1902) WAS AN ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Cox was the attorney for the Lincoln Assassinators Samuel Arnold and Michael O’laughlin. (The Military Commission found Arnold guilty and sentenced him to life in prison. President Andrew Johnson pardoned Arnold on March 1, 1869. The Military Commission found O'Laughlen guilty and sentenced him to life in prison. He died two years later in prison at Fort Jefferson.) On April 16, 1868, Cox testified in the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson, having been called as a witness by Johnson's defense team. During Cox's service, he presided over the trial of Charles J. Guiteau, who was convicted of the assassination of President James A. Garfield. Signed Check “Walter S. Cox” drawn on Farmer’s and Mechanic’s National Bank, Georgetown, July 1, 1888, in the amount of Forty dollars, to Mrs. Fanny E. Chamberlain.
Lot: 729 - ULYSSES S GRANT’S WIFE JULIA - SIGNED MOURNING CALLING CARD
Printed mourning ruled calling card, Mrs. Grant, 3 East 66th Street, signed on the reverswe, “Julia Dent Grant, January 8, ‘89”.
Lot: 730 - LINCOLN’S SECRETARY JOHN HAY LETTER
John Milton Hay (1838-1905) was an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century. Beginning as a private secretary and an assistant for Abraham Lincoln, he became a diplomat. He served as United States Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Hay was also a biographer of Lincoln, and wrote poetry and other literature throughout his life. Autograph Letter Signed “John Hay”, Washington March 21 (no year) on his personal stationary, written to Col. Langdon, 1pp. In full, “I have your letter of yesterday and have written Mr. Halstead in the sense you indicate.” Colonel Loomis L. Langdon, 1st Artillery. Upon his promotion to the colonelcy of the First Regiment of Artillery in January 1889
Lot: 731 - THE LETTER BRINGS THREE LINCOLN ASSOCIATES TOGETHER
Robert Roberts Hitt (January 16, 1834 – September 20, 1906) was an American diplomat and Republican politician from Illinois. He served briefly as assistant secretary of state in the short-lived administration of James A. Garfield but resigned alongside Secretary of State James G. Blaine after Garfield's assassination in 1881. He became a very close friend of future President of the United States Abraham Lincoln. As an expert shorthand writer, Hitt served as a note-taker for Lincoln during the famous Lincoln–Douglas debates of 1858. Typed Letter Signed “R.R. Hitt” on official Committee on Foreign Affairs, dateline, Washington DC., May 27, 1896, written to Hon. Horatio King, 1pp. In large part, I regret that I was unable to see you ... suffering with a severe attack of bronchitis ... I read with interest what you say of Judge Holt’s writing ....” Joseph Holt (1807-1894) was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician. He served as Lincoln's chief arbiter and enforcer of military law, and supporter of emancipation. His most famous roles came in the Lincoln assassination trials. Horatio King (1811-1897)served for only about a month before Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as President of the United States. Though Lincoln appointed his own postmaster general, he retained King's services and appointed him to a committee addressing compensation rates for emancipated slaves in the District of Columbia.
Lot: 732 - WILSON WAS IN CHARGE OF THE CAPTURE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS
James Harrison Wilson (1837-1925) was an American military officer, topographic engineer and a Major General in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He also was in charge of the capture of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. In the process, he also became friendly with Abraham Lincoln – with whom he occasionally socialized. Wilson returned to the Army in 1898 for the Spanish–American War, and served as a major general of volunteers in Cuba and Puerto Rico. He also saw service in China during the Boxer Rebellion in 1901 as brigadier-general. Retiring from the Army, in 1902 he represented President Theodore Roosevelt at the coronation of Edward VII of the United Kingdom. Autograph Letter Signed “James H. Wilson” on mourning-ruled stationary, datelined Wilmington Del. Dec.23, 1900, 3pp. (His wife, Ella Andrews Wilson, was critically burned in a carriage ride to the beach at San Severino and died several hours later. Hence the mourning ruled stationary. In large part, “On my return from China I received your first note but mislaid it so I could reply ... Today your note of yesterday is in hand and I write to say that it will give me very great pleasure to see you at Grant’s ...”
Lot: 733 - ONE OF THE LINCOLN CONSPIRATORS PUBLISHES HIS LURID ACCUSATIONS OF TORTURE IN THE BALTIMORE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER
Dr. Andrew H ( Heermance) Smith, 1837-1910, who, in 1881 was a surgeon in the Army and served at the Tortugas where four convicted Lincoln assassins were held. He also was present at the autopsy of President Garfield. Autograph Letter Signed “A.H. Smith” on his professional letterhead, Dec. 19, 1902 written to “Captain”. (The Captain was Edmund Louis Gray Zalinski, who served with the 5th Artillery at the Fort Jefferson military prison, located on the Dry Tortugas Gulf of Mexico, about 70 miles west of Key West, Florida, and 90 miles north of Havana, Cuba. Four of the prisoners there were Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlen, and Edwin Spangler, who had all been found guilty in the 1865 Lincoln assassination trial.) Dr. Smith makes some cryptic references to charges made by someone named Arnold about unspecified cruel treatment afforded several of those convicted by the government thirty-seven years earlier in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. In part “Your letter came this morning. I have not seen the charges made by Arnold. Can you send me copies papers containing them. I shall be most glad to deny any crudities that were perpetrated there while I was at Tortugas. I am glad you have taken this up.”
Lot: 734 - FERGUSON RECEIVED THE FORMAL SURRENDER OF FT. SUMTER
Brigadier-General Samuel Wragg Ferguson (1834-1917) was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded cavalry in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. After the civil war, Ferguson served as a member of the Mississippi River Commission. In March 1861, Ferguson was commissioned a captain in the South Carolina militia, afterwards being appointed Lieutenant and aide-de-camp to C.S. Army Brigadier-General P. G. T. Beauregard. He was one of the officers who received the formal surrender of U.S. Army Major Robert Anderson at Fort Sumter, raised the first Confederate States flag, and posted the first guards at Fort Sumter. Two items to include, Signed slip of paper, “Samuel Wragg Ferguson, Brig: Gen’l. Cavalry, Confederate States Army, Mississippi”. ... plus Autograph Letter Signed, “S.W. Ferguson” datelined Biloxi, Miss, June 18, 1915, to W.M. Stuart, 1pp. In part, “... I fear that never again will I be able to do any work. But I should not complain after contrasting my physical condition with that of the Confederate Veterans at the Soldiers Home at Beauvoir where I dined yesterday. I am the only surviving Confederate General who served with Mississippi troops. I dined yesterday with Confederate veteran who celebrated his 100th birthday and whose occupation is to escort visitors about the grounds.”
Lot: 735 - RUGGLES ACCEPT THE PROMOTION - BUT THE PROMOTION FELL THROUGH
Daniel Ruggles (1810-1897) was a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was a division commander at the Battle of Shiloh. During the battle of Shiloh (Union name Pittsburg Landing) on April 6–7, 1862, Gen. Ruggles, on Sunday, April 6, saw repeated Confederate charges against the Union line known as "The Hornets Nest" fail. He sent word to his commanders to "Get every gun you can find." Subsequently, artillery was collected from every part of the field and lined up in a row of 62 cannons, now known as "Ruggles's Battery" (the biggest concentration of Artillery ever assembled in the history of North America up to that point), which hammered the Hornets Nest until the last Confederate charge broke the Union line at around 5:30 p.m., forcing it to surrender, 12 hours after the battle had started. War Date Autograph Letter Signed, in full, “To General J.E. Johnston, Dalton Geo, Telegram just arrived. I accept a Brigade. Answer. Daniel Ruggles, Brig Gen.” Likely Ruggles draft for a telegraphic response.
Lot: 736 - OCCUPYING MISSISSIPPI AND DEALING WITH THE FREEDMEN
Thomas John Wood (1823-1906) was a career United States Army officer. He served in the Mexican–American War and as a Union general during the American Civil War. After the Confederates surrendered, Wood was assigned to duty in Mississippi with the occupation army. Frustrated with administrative duty with the Freedmen's Bureau and the politics of Reconstruction, he retired from the service in June 1868, having achieved the same rank in the regular army. His old war wounds prevented him from achieving his desire of returning to active duty on the frontier. Autograph Letter Signed “Th.J. Wood” on printed stationary “Head-Quarters Department of Mississippi” dateline Vicksburg Miss., April 11, 1866, to General M.F. Force, 2-1/2pp., with original cover In large part, “We are getting along in Miss.well .. In the last two months, there has been considerable amelioration in the condition of the freed people, and considerable improvement in their treatment by the people generally. ... A deposition has been manifested to allow the oppressive features in the late legislation with reference to freed people to become obsolete. .. What effect the peace proclamation ... will have on the condition of affairs is impossible to predict. ...” Manning Ferguson Force (December 17, 1824 – May 8, 1899) was a lawyer, judge, and soldier from Ohio. He became known as the commander of the 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Uni Following the passage of the 13th Amendment on January 31, 1865, slavery was officially ended throughout the United States, including in the eleven former Confederate States. Almost immediately governments in these states began a process to reestablish white supremacy in the law. The result was the propagation of so-called “Black Codes” in 1865-1866. The Southern Homestead Act (14 Stat. 66), approved by Congress on June 21, 1866, made available for public settlement 46 million acres of public lands in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Nearly 5 million acres of this Federal land was located in Mississippi. Because the act specifically prohibited discrimination against applicants due to race, it offered an opportunity for Mississippi freedmen and others to become landowners.
Lot: 737 - DR. SAMUEL MUDD’S GRANDSON
Dr. Richard D. Mudd, (1901-2002) the patriarch who led a family crusade to overturn the conviction of his grandfather, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, for aiding Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, has died at 101. Mudd, who took his cause to presidents, senators and the public and never gave up, died May 21, 2002 in his Saginaw, Mich., home of causes associated with old age. Typed Letter Signed “Richard Mudd” on his personal stationary, datelined Saginaw Mich. April 20, 1967, 1pp., written to Mr. Arnold Gates. Dr. Mudd thanks the New York Civil War Round Table. In par “I want to thank you and the Civil War Round Table of New York for having Mrs. Mudd and me as your guests on Tuesday ....” President Carter’s letter to Dr. Richard Mudd. https://todaysdocument.tumblr.com/post/743031909261672448/draft-letter-to-dr-richard-mudd-from-jimmy-carter Collection of Richard D. Mudd Papers held at Georgetown University. https://findingaids.library.georgetown.edu/repositories/15/resources/10193
Lot: 738 - PROFESSIONAL PHOTO OF THE KIDNAPED BABY ... AND OTHER PHOTOS
Four Press Photos, includes: Feb. 19, 1929, 6-1/2” x 4-1/2”, portrait of Miss Anne Spencer Morrow, with whiteout used to create an oval. The news clipping on the back, “ Miss Anne Spencer Morrow, whose engagement to Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh has been announced ...” ... plus, A Herald Tribune photo, 6” x 4-1/8” with identification on the clipping, “Miss Anne Morrow riding on the Morrow float ... celebration of the flower season ...” ..., plus An Acme Newspictures, 5” x 7” shows the beautiful baby with teletype description on the reverse, in part, “Lindbergh’s Baby Kidnaped” show a photo from Oct 1, 1932, “The child is now missing from the home of his partents ... he disappeared on the evening of March 1st ....” ... plus, A photograph “of an oil painting of the mournful Anne Morrow Lindbergh by Robert Brackman ... “ copyright instructions on the reverse. Issued by Macbeth Gallery.
Lot: 739 - THE LINDBERGHS BACK FROM THE HONEY MOON
Three Press Photos to include; A Pacific and Atlantic photo, 10” x 8”, Nov. 21,1929, Lindberg flying his new plane. The attached teletype provides the detail, in part, “Lindy’s new mystery plane ready for him. Special Lookheed-Vega built in Burbank .. will carry 540 gallons of fuel ... enable it to travel 4320 miles without a stop. ...” ... plus, A Pacific and Atlantic photo, 8” x 6”, June 24, 1930 showing the Lindberghs in flight gear in front of their plane. The attached teletype provides the detail, in part, “Lindbergh Junior. Mrs. Lindbergh ... has just presented her husband with a son and an heir ...” ... plus, A Daily Mail photo, 5” x 7-1/2”, Nov. 14, 1933a waste-up photo of Anne Morrow.
Lot: 740 - LINDBERG BABY KIDNAPPING POSTER ISSUED BY COLONEL H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF
The poster, 8” x 10-1/2” bears an eagle design watermark and is dated May 26, 1932 with large, red stenciled letters across the text declaring: "25,000 REWARD " The text of the poster was typed, with the heading also reading "$25,000.00 R E W A R D " It reads in part: "In accordance with the proclamation issued by Governor A. Harry Moore, at Trenton N.J. May 24th, 1932 not exceeding $25,000.00 reward will be paid to any person or persons who shall furnish the Governor of the State of New Jersey...with information that shall result in the apprehension and conviction of the kidnaper [sic] or kidnapers of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. On the evening of March 1, 1932 Charles Augustus Linbergh Jr. was kidnapped from the home of his parents, Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh...and was subsequently found on May 12, 1932, murdered. Description of man reported as receiving $50,000.00 ransom paid by Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh: Age 30 to 36 years, height 5' 9", athletic build, speaks with a Scandinavian or German accent, 150 to 160 pounds, rather light complexion, medium light hair, sharp almond eyes wide space between, high forehead, pointed chin. When last seen had soft brown hat, long black overcoat of light fabric...Information or report of arrest should be forwarded to: Colonel H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Superintendent, New Jersey State Police... " ... plus, Clipped signature “Col. H Norman Schwarzkopf” on 5” x 3” slip of paper.
Lot: 741 - CHARMING PHOTOGRAPH OF THE LINDBERGH BABY
Professional photo, 4” x 6” showing the child looking directly into the camera, seated in a small chair, very curly hair, darling. Presented in a photographers folder. Also present is a newspaper clipping of the child.
Lot: 742 - SIGNED BOOK BY ANNE MORROW LINDBERG
First edition “The Steep Ascent” stated, first printing. Inscribed by Anne Morrow Lindbergh to former owners on the front free endpaper,”Louis Harris, Feb, ‘72, from A.M.L.” and signed by her again on the half-title page, Anne Morrow Lindberg”. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth with spine lettered in white. Near Fine with light shelf lean, light rubbing to bottom edge of boards and spine ends. Pages lightly toned. In a Very Good dust jacket. A nice copy, signed and inscribed by the author. Kirkus Reviews wrote that "the literature of flight has no more gifted contributor than Anne Morrow Lindbergh", and that "her prose style has a rhythm tuned to the rhythm of flight". The critic commended the use of symbology, but wrote that "the immediate value and appeal of the book lies not there, but rather in the spiritual message it carries for each reader" ... plus, several newsclippings reporting her death, 2001.
Lot: 743 - THE STORY OF THE MANUSCRIPT EVIDENCE
Signed Book,”J.V. Haring”, “The Hand of Hauptmann: The Handwriting Expert Tells the Story of the Lindbergh Case”. Hard bound, red canvass cloth cover, 361pp. tight. The author, who was a handwriting expert, provides a detailed account of the investigation and trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, who was accused of kidnapping and murdering Charles Lindbergh's infant son.The book delves into the handwriting evidence that was used to convict Hauptmann, and the controversies surrounding its admissibility in court. It also explores the various theories and speculations surrounding the case, including the possibility of a larger conspiracy involving organized crime.Throughout the book, Haring provides a detailed analysis of the handwriting evidence, including the ransom notes and other documents linked to the case.
Lot: 744 - THE “OTHER LINBERGH TRIAL”
A pair of Acme Newspictures, each with teletype description on the reverse, of Judge Adam Q. Robbins who presided over the trial of John Hughes Curtis who was charged with obstructiong justice in the search for the kidnapped/murdered Lindbergh baby. The first,6/28, 1932, shows the judge “Leaving the court ... on June 28th, after Charles A. Linbergh had appeared on the stand ...” The second, 6/27/32, shows the robed Judge behind his bench. On April 18, Lindbergh became involved with John Hughes Curtis who claimed to have knowledge of his son's whereabouts. Curtis claimed to be acting on behalf of a Norfolk, VA seaman who claimed to have the baby. Until the baby's corpse was discovered on May 12, 1932 Curtis managed to keep Lindbergh interested in a long, drawn out goose chase. No money was ever exchanged between the men. Curtis claimed he was in contact with the kidnappers. He spoke of Hilda and Inez, members of the Mary B. Moss Gang, Sam Morrie Truesdale, John, and Olaf "Dynamite" Larsen. However, Curtis and his supposed "kidnappers" were considered to be fraudulent when, on May 12, the body of the Lindbergh baby was found - dead. On May 16, 1932, Curtis reluctantly signed a written confession that everything he told Lindbergh had been a hoax. In court, Curtis was pictured as a man broken down by duress, by six days of questioning while he was a virtual prisoner in the Lindbergh home after the baby's body was found. He told his lawyers and he told The Democrat that he had contacted the kidnapper's gang. The whole Curtis trial and the conviction developed from a gang theory. In fact, it was more than a theory because the State presented it as an absolute fact, as evidence.
Lot: 745 - WANTED POSTER - LINDBERGH KIDNAPPING
Wanted poster seeking information in the aftermath of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, 9-1/2” x 16”, March 11, 1932. The poster features two images of the child and is headlined, “Wanted: Information as to the Whereabouts of Chas. A. Lindbergh, Jr., of Hopewell, N.J., son of Col. Chas. A. Lindbergh, World-Famous Aviator.”
Lot: 746 - LINDBERGH BABY KIDNAPPER BRUNO RICHARD HAUPTMANN BROADSIDE POSTER,
A colorful broadside poster, bold red ink eadline and footer, 11” x 16”, issued by the New York Daily News during the Trial of the Century. The headline, “Last Minute Photo, Held as Kidnaper.” The text in small part, “Grim, sullen, and tight-lipped, Bruno Richard Hauptmann held as the man who kidnaped and murdered the Linbergh baby ....”
Lot: 747 - THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES SENDS AN ENORMOUS CAKE AS WEDDING GIFT TO THE LINDBERGS
The ephemera starts with a full page typed explanation of the Cake. In part, “Probably the most unique wedding present Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh will receive is a magnificent ‘Simnel’ fruit cake weighing 170 pounds. ... News reels have made pictures of the unique gift which will be flashed to all parts of the world ... Young’s decorator, John Stoffel, from Belgium, has combined conventional bridal motifs with symbols of’’Lindy’s’ now international historical achievement in a manner that is indescribably gorgeous. Tiny airplanes are outlined with sugar hearts ... a sugar globe of the world on the top tier is supported by line eagles with outstretched wings, and poised over the world is the famous ‘Spirit of St. Louis ....” ... plus, An 8” x 10” photograph of the cake with backstamp Putnam Studios. ... plus, Also included are 3 snapshot photos showing the crate used to ship the cake from Los Angeles to New Jersey ... plus, Another typed retained letter from RAILWAY EXPRESS, Newark to The Supervisor at Los Angeles regarding Col. and Mrs. Chas Lindbergh regarding “‘Box Cake’. In part, “Our driver was up to Morrow residence the following day had seen the cake and said the cake itself was in perfect condition”.
Lot: 748 - L. PIEERE BOTTEMER’S PERSONAL AUTOGRAPH BOOK
L. Pierre Bottemer (born Lawrence Phillip Bottemer) was a self-promoted itinerant American artist. He styled himself with the name L. Pierre Bottemer. Bottemer created oil paintings, sketches and silhouettes. He was a sketch artist at the trial of Lindbergh kidnapper Bruno Richard Hauptmann. The Diary starts “1933, L. Pieere Bottemer, Born 1914, Traveling Artist ...”, 186pp of which +/- 150pp are written. The first 87 pages are filled with +/- autographed flattering comments to Bottemer. Then, starting on page 88 are comments regarding the Hauptmann Trial. Here are several. l1/11/35 “Geo J. Blanke, Editor Publisher, Times Building NY., To Larry: More interesting than Hauptman - a brilliant artist and a swell feller - the newspapersman’s friend!!!” ... 1/17/35 “Toots Thompson at Hauptmann trial, Elizabeth NJ.” 1/10/35 “To larry that I just met ... Marine Allen, Hauptmen Trial”. “Helen S, Waterhouse , Beacon Journal at the Hauptmann Trial.” “Leo T. Heatly, Standard News NY at the Trial of no no Hauptmann, Flemington”. “J.J. Lamb Capt. N.J. State Police.” “Detective Leiurt Bornmann, N.J. State Police, Hauptman Case” “Mrs. Edward J Reilly, February 13, 1935” Abraham Cohen, editor of the Jewish Daily Forward .. met at the Hauptmann Trial.” “What a headache! The last round up. Waiting for the Jury to come in. Evelyn Shuler, Evening Ledger, Phila.” Feb 16th 1935 “Bruno Richard Hauptmann Public Enemy Number One of the World - Arrested Sept. 19th 1934, ... Det. Sgt. John Wallace, N.J. State Police”. .... and many more.
Lot: 749 - COMPLETE LIST OF THE NUMBERS ON THE CURRENCY RECEIVED BY THE LINDBERGH KIDNAPERS
Booklet published by the Charleston National Bank, titled "Complete List of the Numbers on The Currency Received by the Lindbergh Kidnapers". The 46 page, 3-1/2” x 6-1/2”, lists the serial numbers for the $5, $10 and $20 bills paid as ransom. Unique. In the Lindbergh kidnapping case, the ransom money paid to the kidnappers consisted of $50,000 in small denomination bills, including a mix of $5, $10, and $20 bills, with specific serial numbers that were carefully recorded by the authorities.
Lot: 750 - LINDBERGH’S CRASH - AND HIS FIRST APPEARANCE REGARDING THE BABY KIDNAPPING
Three Press Photos focused on Charles Lindbergh; The first, 8” x 10”, 9/17/1926, shows a wrecked Airmail plane. The attached teletype describes the cause, “Photograph of the wreck of the airmail plane flown by Charles A. Linbergh who saved his life after his plane ran out of gas by climbing to 5000 feet and dropping in a parachute ...” ... plus, The second image, 8” x 10” has Linbergh in the cockpit conversing with a man standing on the wing. ... plus, The third image, an Associated Press Photo, 7” x 9” , 10/8/34, describes the image on the attached teletype, “Charles A. Lindbergh walks towards the courthouse in Flemington NJ. to appear before the grand jury.” On his left is Col. Norman Schwartzkopf and on his right is John Curtis.
Lot: 751 - A PAIR OF BROADSIDES USING THE HANDWRITTEN RANSOM NOTES
Broadside, 8-1/2” x 11”, issued by Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf of NJ State Police offering “$25,000 Reward” w/two photos of handwriting samples. “Please report all handwriting similar to above, with samples of same if possible to Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf....” ...plus, The second Broadside, 12” x 9”, titled “To All Law Enforcment Officials, Wardens of Penal Institutions, Ect.’” It continues with the request, It is requested that you search the records containing handwriting of all prisoners in your custody, or any persons under your observation or cognizance ... specimens similar to those indicated above .... Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf of NJ State Police ...” The first ransom note, “Cross the street and walk to the next corner and follow whittenmore Ave to the soud Take the money with you. Come alone and walk. I will meet you. “ The second, Handed to Dr. John Condon by "John" just after Condon gave him the ransom mone, “The boy is on the Boad Nelly. It is a small boad 28 feet long. Two persons are on the boad. The are innosent. you will find the Boad between Horseneck Beach and gay Head near Elizabeth Island.”
Lot: 752 - PASSES TO “THE TRIAL OF THE CENTURY”
Two Official Passes to the Bruno Hauptmann Trial, Lindbergh Baby Kidnapper. Each pass, 4.25" x 3.5", Flemington, New Jersey. The first is #74, January 15, 1935 issued to Howard Ryder and Friend. ... plus, Ticket #36, Official Pass, for the trial of Hauptmann, January 25, 1935. Hauptmann's trial was front-page news from its start on January 2, 1935 until his conviction on February 14th. Seats in the courtroom were in such demand that the judge had to chastise the attorneys for both sides for issuing subpoenas ostensibly to "witnesses" who, in reality, were friends hoping to get a seat to view the proceedings! Despite New Jersey Governor Hoffman's doubts about his guilt and pleas for clemency, Hauptmann was executed in the electric chair on April 3, 1936. Passes like this one are rarely blank and in such fine condition; this example has not been filled out and displays with very little wear.
Lot: 753 - COLLECTION OF ELEVEN LINDBERGH KIDNAPPING ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS
Each of the photos is backed stamp “Associated Press, are taped to a carrier sheet of paper with the AP teletype also affixed to that carrier sheet (two phtotos do not have the teletype description). They include, “Lindbergh Ransom Money Found”, officials examine the bills found in Hauptman’s home; “Figures in the Lindbergh Ransom Payment” a small nursery where an instruction note was left; “Found Lindbergh Baby’s Body”, William Allen found the baby in the woods near Mount Rose; “Numbers on Linbergh Ransom Bills” the serial numbers are published; “Where Ranson Money Was Given”, Condon threw the $50,000 over the wall; “How Contact Was Made With Kidnapers” shows the newspaper public notoces; “Search for the Baby Begins”, the biggest man hunt in American history begins here; “Where the Lindbergh Baby Was Found”, an ariel image of hundreds of cars at the site; “Go-Between In Lindberg Kidnaping”, Dr. John Condon with his bodyguard; “The Lindberg Baby Nurse”, no teletytpe; “The Lindbergh Baby Crib”, no teletype.
Lot: 754 - THE NEWSPAPER SKETCH ARTIST’S ORIGINAL PENCIL TRIAL ART
Eight pencil sketches, 8” x 10”, each signed by “L. Pierre Bottemer” with the newspaper clipping which shows the sketches published in The Birminham News. The sketches include: “Bruno Hauptmann, The Accused”; “Colonel Lindbergh”, personaly posed; “While On The Stand, Betty Gow” (the Nanny); “Edward Reilly, Chief Councel for Hauptman”; “New Jersey’s Able Attorney General David Wilentz”; “The Most Widely Known Sheriff, John H. Curtis” (hoexer); “One of the Accusers, O.H. Hochmuth;” and NJ State Supreme Justice - Thomas Trenchard” (sketch not in the newspapers). The newspaper clipping descibes each of the subjects L. Pierre Bottemer was a sketch artist at the trial of Lindbergh kidnapper Bruno Richard Hauptmann.
Lot: 755 - INTERESTING GROUPING OF LINDBERGH MATERIAL ... MORE COURTROOM SKETCHES, NEWSPAPERS, AND BOTTEMER’S PERMANENT COURT SEAT
Includes three large sketches, 14” x 11”, each signed “Sketched by L. Pierre Bottemer, 1935”. The first, “Bruno with his guard Hoxey Low, Listening to a Suggestion at the Defense Table.” ... plus “Still More Witnesses, More Links in the Chain,” centers on Dr. Condon and names several other witnesses. ... plus, “Reilly Shows the Note Which Was Pinned to the Sleeping Garment. Condon Identifies Same,” shows Dr. Condon on the witness stand. ... plus several Newspapers and newspaper clippings. Bold front page, “GUILTY Death For Hauptmann” and another, “Hauptman is Electrocuted Without Confessing Murder”. Also, a mounted full-page clipping about Bottemer, “How He Got There ...” ... plus, period printed list of writers/reporters at the trial. The writers printed signature. Example, “Walter Winchell”, “Ripley, Believe it or not”, Jane Dixon, United Press”, “Jenette Smits, NY Journal”, “Jack Benny”and dozens more ... plus, Bottemer’s personal court room seat pass, “Seat #47 Larry P. Bottemer”.
Lot: 756 - AN EXTRAORDINARY AND HISTORIC PIECE - HAUPTMANN SIGNED WATER CUP - ALSO HAUPTMANN’S LAST MEAL
The paper water cup is signed in pencil at the top, “Bruno Richard Hauptmann”. It is further identified by the the County Warden, written in ink on the water cup, “Used by Bruno Hauptmann February 13, 1935 in the Flemington Jail, H.O. McCrea, Warden”. ... plus, Photo, 10” x 8”, b/w shows the jailer bringing Bruno Hauptmann’s last meal. The photo is identified with the jailers inked not on the face, Bruno’s Last Meal, April 3rd. Brought by McCrea County Jailer”. McCrea was the warden of the Hunterdon County Jail at the time of Hauptmann’s detainment and trial in 1935. Hauptmann’s cell, set apart from the others, was only a few steps away from the warden’s desk. As warden, McCrea had unique insight into the trial. He was responsible for receiving and reading Hauptmann’s “fan mail” and monitoring Hauptmann while in his cell. Most interestingly, McCrea’s residence in an onsite apartment gave him and his family unique access to Hauptmann.
Lot: 757 - SEVERAL SIGNATURES OF THE LINDBERGH TRIAL
Signed Card, “Anthony M. Hauck Jr., Prosecutor of the Hauptmenn Trial”. ... plus Signed Card, “Russ Peawilk (sp?), Asst Atty General”. ... plus, Signed Card, “Lloyd Fisher” (local lawyer, assisted the Defense) ... Signed Card, “Philip Moses, Hauptmann Trial, Witness Taxi, Feb. 13, 1935”. ... plus, Signed Photograph “Philip Mpses” standing outside the Court. It is also signed on the reverse, “Philip Moses, Hauptmann Witness trial Defence”. Also included are two period Real Photo Postcards. The first, Charles Lindbergh standing in front of “The Spirit of St. Louis”. ... plus, Second, Mr. and Mrs. Linbergh standing together. Charles is in his flight clothes.
Lot: 758 - THE JUROR FINALLY VOTES TO EXECUTE HAUPTMAN
Fabulous grouping of seventeen letters, cards and annotated newspaper articles sent to Hauptmann trial Juror Robert Cravatt along with two passes. The trial of Hauptmann began on January 3, 1935, at Flemington, New Jersey, and lasted five weeks. The case against him was based on circumstantial evidence. Tool marks on the ladder matched tools owned by Hauptmann. Wood in the ladder was found to match wood used as flooring in his attic. Dr. Condon’s telephone number and address were found scrawled on a door frame inside a closet. Handwriting on the ransom notes matched samples of Hauptmann’s handwriting. On February 13, 1935, the jury returned a verdict. Hauptmann was guilty of murder in the first degree. The sentence: death. The defense appealed. At the time of the trial Robert Cravatt, juror, was a 28 year old camp supervisor. The deliberations that lasted eleven hours, took five ballots. Cravatt was the last hold out and was finally convinced to vote for execution. The correspondence to Cravatt was mixed. An unsigned type postcard Feb 13, 1935 inpart, “Why were you not man enough to stand on your own feet ... and not send an innocent man to his doom. ... the police covered it up to screen the Morrow-Linbergh homes. ... The baby was handed over to sailors ....” Then a typed signed letter by “Anthoney M. Hauck, Jr.”, prosecutor, Febr. 14, 1935 ... In small part, “I want to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your fairness in bringing in your verdict ...” ALS, Feb. 24, 1935 signed “Luther”. In part, “I cannot understand why you, who are an educated advisor,should have been influenced by those who seem to lack the most essential quality in such a serious decision - that of Mercy ....” Postcard signed by H.L. Bundy, in part.” Anyone who sanctions capital punishment .. is fundamentally ruthlless ... condemns another to death ... 7unchristian .. His mandate is Thou Shall Not Kill ... An unletter from Allentown Feb 18, 1835, in part “everyone knows you tried to do the right thing ... the citizens are raving mad at that rotten verdict ... Planted Jury with framed evidence ...”
Lot: 759 - BRUNO HAUPTMANN’S PRIMARY ATTORNEY
Seventeen Press Photos by Acme Newspictures, each with teletype description on the reverse, varying sizes from 6” x 8” to 8” x 10”, several show cropping instructions. Twelve are of Bruno Hauptmann’s attorney, Edward J. Reilly, fifty-two, a large and boisterous man who always wore a pin-stripe suit adorned with a white carnation. Branded “the Bull of Brooklyn” by the contemporary media, he was a well-known and seasoned criminal defense attorney. After the trial, Reilly demanded payment from Hauptmann, although he was paid by newspaper owner, Randolph Hearst. Reilly was fired by the Hauptmanns after demanding $25,000. Included are; 11/3/34, Reilly is hired; 11/3/34, Another Reilly is hired; 1/15/35 Reilly defends against the hand writing experts; 1/15/35, another Reilly in court, 1/21/35, Reilly chats with the press; 2/13/35, Reilly to hear the Charge to the Jury; 2/11/35, Reilly pleas, ‘Judge not lest ye be Judged’; 2/11/35, Reilly at lunch (slight smear); 2/11/35 The three lawyers confer regarding their summation; 2/11/35, Reilly presents the summation; 3/25/35, Reilly loses appeal; 1/26/38, Reilly asks for release ofrom mental hospital. There are five additional Acme Newspictures, press photo: 12/28/34, Sheriff Curtis reviews telegram requests for seating in the trial; Koehler traces lumber used in the Ladder; 1/16/35, Commander Comford causes a commotion; 2/7/35, Juror 11 Ill with heart trouble; 1/29/35, Juror refuses to be phtographed; 12/27/30, Studying wood.
Lot: 760 - BRUNO HAUPTMANN - READY FOR COURT
A pair of unattributed Press Photos, each 8” x 10”. The first shows Hauptmann with jail bars behind him, wearing dress clothes, likely ready for a day at court. The edges exhibit creasings. ... plus, A horizontal photo of the Electric Chair in an empty room. There is a manuscript description, “Electric chair - Bruno paid with his life for death of Baby Linbergh.” margin creases with minor loss of paper, lower left corner.
Lot: 761 - A PAIR OF PHOTOS, EACH ANNOTATED
A pair of linen-backed photos, each 10” 8”, light sepia tone to include: Photograph in front of the Court House, shows seven gentleman and a mobile home with a signe “L.Pieere Bottemer”. The manuscript at the bottom describes the item, “L.Pieere Bottemer at the Hauptman Trial, Col. Linbergh Case, from Birmingham Herald, In front of the Court House. Col. Lindbergh arrived too late for this photo.” ... plus, A collage of 15 photos of places around Flemington N.J. such as N.J.S.P. Training School, Officers Quarters, ... The manuscript describes the photo, “Yours Truly, Trpr C. F. Dalton, N.J. State Police, an officer whose job was to finger print Bruno Hauptman. State police different Headquarters in the State of New Jersey.” Photo has 1” tear on surface.
Lot: 762 - INTERESTING PERSONALITIES INVOLVED IN THE LINDBERGH KIDNAPING
Harold Giles Hoffman (1896-1954) was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who served as the 41st Governor of New Jersey from 1935 to 1938. Hoffman drew controversy on October 16, 1935, when he made a dramatic visit to the death row cell of Bruno Hauptmann, awaiting execution for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. Hoffman believed Hauptmann had not acted alone, and claimed to hope to convince the convict to reveal his conspirators. Typed Letter Signed “Harold G. Hoffman” State of New Jersey letterhead, May 16, 1935, 1 page regarding buying prints. ... plus, David Theodore Wilentz (1894-1988) was the Attorney General of New Jersey from 1934 to 1944. In 1935 he successfully prosecuted Bruno Hauptmann in the Lindbergh kidnapping trial. Note Signed Kindest Regards “David T. Wilentz” on his memo paper enclosing an article regarding releasing the Bruno Hauptmann government files for public viewing.
Lot: 763 - NEWSPAPER SKETCHES OF BRUNO HAUPTMANN BEING STRAPPED INTO THE ELECTRIC CHAIR ONLY MOMENTS BEFORE HIS EXECUTION
A very rare pair of pencil sketches of the kidnaper just before his execution. “As Bruno Hauptmann Looked To Artist Bottemer When First Seated In Death Chair.” In the background is a sketch “To The Jail”. And another, “The Ladder to Hell.” Shows Hauptmann descending the ladder with the Lindbergh Baby in his arms. The second sketch “Preparing Hauptman Execution” shows the officers strapping his legs and placing the metal cap. Both of these sketches are signed “By L. Pierre Bottemer, 4/3/1936, Eye Witness”. The Birmingham Newspaper clipping shows both of these sketches.
Lot: 764 - EYE WITNESS TO THE BRUNO HAUPTMANN ELECTROCUTION
Three Typed Pages, “The Hauptmann Execution, by, L. Pierre Bottner” Trenton, 7:30 PM, April 3, 1936. Bottemer describes the the actual execution. In small part, “In the center of interest ... stands a large chair that ... I would christen it “Devils Throne”. ... The door leading to death row is opening, a pause, Bruno Hauptman entering with two guards ...I can hardly write, am excited. ... Now at the table writing what I saw. ... Bruno Hauptmann entered the death chamber, wild eyed, staring with a glassy stare ... his forhead was dripping and shined, his lips looked white ... the attendants quickly strapped his legs, ... the attendants strapped a strap over his eyes, his face was trembling. ... Col. Mark Kisberling nod his head forward to Robert Elliot the executioner, and there went the switch. Bruno’s body launched forward ... after two more shocks it was all over. ....” Plus, two telegraphs, pasted down to carrier card stock. The first is pasted down, 2pp. and titled “By L. Pierre Bottemer Artist and Writer, Sunday 3 PM.” “The writer has arrived ..in Fleminton NJ about two hours. ... The traffic was never so conjested anywhere ...one cannot help but stare at it for in an iron box called a cell, paces back and forth, the world’s most know prisonert Brtuno Hauptmann. ... thousands of people pouring into the town from all directions, many thousands sleeping in their cars ....” The second is 3 pages, titled “At The Hauptman Trial. By L. Pierre Bottemer”. In small part, “Of the thousands of people I have walked into in the Court House, there is indeed one individual . with the exception of the Lindberghs, who deserves pity, whose heart is broken ... I write of no other than the sobbing, pleading, tearful mother and wife, Mrs. Anna Hauptman...”
Lot: 765 - AMERICA-FRANCE CHARLES A. LINDBERGH COMMEMORATIVE
Medal and First Day Cover Set (Franklin Mint, 1977). The set consists of two 32mm gold-plated medals enclosed within two First Day of Issue stamped envelopes, all housed in a black wallet display.
Lot: 766 - THE JAMES B. TAYLOR AVIATION COLLECTION
James B. Taylor (born James Blackstone Taylor III on December 14,1921), also known as Jim Taylor was an American aviation executive known for his work in corporate jet marketing, specifically the Pan Am Falcon, the Cessna Citation, the Canadair Challenger, and the Gates Learjet. Taylor served as President at Canadair (1976-1985) and President & CEO at Gates Learjet Corporation
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