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Thu, Sep 12, 2024 10:00AM EDT
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Lot 375
Lot Of Civil War Era Ephemera. North And South.
Estimate: $200 - $300
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $300 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
| $1,000,000 | $50,000 |
A large lot of Civil War and Civil War era ephemera to include: A mounted photo on board by R. Newell & Son of "Gen. Henry J. Hunt. Chief of Artillery, and Staff." H 6-1/2" W 8-1/2". May be a photo of a painting. Two oblong Poll-Books. One for October Election and one for November Election. Circa 1864. The October volume is for the soldiers of Co. H 9th Cavalry, PA vols. at Whiteside, Tenn. The November volume is for the soldiers of Co. C 21st Reg. Vols. near Petersburg VA. H 12-1/4" W 16-3/4". Volumes are tender, with covers separated from bindings, but complete. Three pieces of sheet music relating to slavery and the War. "God Bless Robert E. Lee" Song by W.S. Hays. 10 pp with wonderful lithograph of Lee on the cover. "The Captive's Lament". Massachusetts Female Emancipation Society. Music by Fessenden. Published by O. Ditson. 6pp Great lithographed front cover. "Come In Out of the Draft, Or, The Disconsolate Conscript. Comic Song". Words by Rossiter. Music by Walters. Phila. Lee and Walker. 1863. 6pp. Confederate States of America. LOAN. No. 8320. $1000.00. A bearer bond with attached coupons, lacking one clipped coupon. Indecipherable stamp on verso. Engraved Recto with vignette of Lieut. Gen. Stonewall Jackson, and another of a steamboat with a train behind. H 14" W 14". Two pp from a ledger recording the amount collected by Wm Harshe for the year ending June 11,1861.On the flip side is the same info collected by C. A. Johnson for the same date. Eight pages from a ledger mostly recording vaccinations in early 1864, but the first page records a march from Va.to Miss. (?) June 23, 1863 -June 29, 1863. H 11-1/2" W 5-1/4". A Dental Bill from H.N. Stratton of Brooklyn to Capt. Gesety (?) for work done in 1862-1863. Engraved bill head in red ink. A small archive of letters, essays by or to Dr. C.M. Martin of Michigan. Spans the years 1860-1865. Includes two essays and one letter written while at Lansing Agricultural College, and four letters he received 1864-1885. One letter is from a soldier friend during the war (1864). Two are dated 1885. Two letters from R.L. Davis to his family written as a Prisoner of War at Roper Hospital, Charleston, SC. August and Sept. 1864. American Druggists' Circular and Chemical Gazette. Six whole numbers and 2 Supplements. 1860, 1861, 1866. Wonderful engravings throughout (quack medicine, soda fountains, etc.).
Condition: Wear and faults as described. Mostly good condition with expected wear.
Link to hi-res images:
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