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INDIAN WARS & MONTANA TRAIL ARCHIVE - “MAIL DELIVERED WITHOUT THE LOSS OF MY HAIR, BUT WIT A BULLET HOLE THROUGH THE STOCK OF MY GUN. . .. IT WAS A VERY CLOSE CALL FOR MY HEAD.”

Robert J. Moore

Mostly Utah, Wyoming, and Montana: 1869 – 1920s. Various. The two highlights of this amazing lot are: Moore’s file copy of a single-spaced, five-page 1927 typed letter to the Commander of the National Indian War Veterans vividly detailing his combat experiences between 1869-1873 during the Indian Wars in Utah and..... More

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A RHODE ISLAND FACTORY'S CIVIL WAR RECORDS; Civil War Era Archive from the Providence Tool Co. Armory with over 300 manuscript and partially-printed purchase orders, bills, letters, inventory lists, sales records, and other documents

Providence Tool Company Armory

Providence, Rhode Island: Providence Tool Company Armory, 1860-1863. Unbound. This archive contains over 300 records documenting business conducted by the Providence Tool Company Armory between the years 1860-1863 including both manuscript (the majority) and partially-printed purchase orders, bills, letters inventory lists, sales records, and other documents. The documents are sorted..... More

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[TURNED MAIL FROM A PROMINENT VIRGINIA FAMILY EARLY IN THE CIVIL WAR]; Envelope that was mailed twice, the first time using U.S. postage, the second with a Confederate stamp

Dr. Conway Whittle

Richmond, Virginia to Whittle’s Mills, Virginia, then Whittle’s Mills to Charlottesville, Virginia: April 1861. Envelope or Cover. This 3-cent U.S. stamped envelope (Scott #U10) was sent from Richmond to Dr. Conway Whittle at Whittle’s Mills and bears a Richmond postmark dated 28 April 1861. Whittle turned it inside-out, franked it..... More

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[WHITE SLAVE CHILDREN FROM NEW ORLEANS ARE PUT ON DISPLAY BY THE FREEDMANS BUREAU TO BOLSTER FLAGGING NORTHERN SUPPORT FOR CONTINUING THE CIVIL WAR]; Twelve different cartes-de-visite picturing white slave children from New Orleans who were freed when General Benjamin Butler occupied the city

Six photographs by Chas. Paxon, four photographs by M. H. Kimball, and two without attributio

New York: 1863-1864. Unbound. This group consists of twelve photographs of the four white children included in a group of eight emancipated slaves that were taken North in November and December of 1863 on a publicity tour to shore up flagging support for the Civil War. The inclusion of white..... More

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[A UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA STUDENT JOINS THE NEWLY FORMED CORPS OF CADETS AS THE SCHOOL TRANSITIONS FROM ITS ROWDY PIONEER PAST INTO THE “WEST POINT OF THE SOUTH” AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR]; A letter from Cadet Thomas B. Hall to Cousin Marie shortly after he arrived on campus to begin academic year 1861-1862

Thomas B. Hall to Marie L. Elmore

Tuscaloosa to Montgomery, Alabama: 29 Sep 1861. Envelope or Cover. This letter is datelined “’Camp Beauregard’ Sept. 29th 1861”. It is enclosed in a stampless envelope addressed to Miss Marie. L. Elmore at Montgomery in “Care of Col. Jno a. Elmore”. It bears a circular “Tuscaloosa / Oct 2 /..... More

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A BOARDING HOUSE OWNER WARNS HER PLANTATION-OWNING BROTHER-IN-LAW THAT AUTHORITIES ARE SEIZING UNACCOMPANIED SLAVES AND FORCING THEM TO BUILD FORTIFICATIONS IN PETERSBURG AS IT IS BESEIGED BY THE UNION ARMY; An exceptional Civil War letter providing the latest war news from Petersburg and Richmond; a rare genuine postal use of the 20c Confederate stamp

Mrs. C. MacFarland to Dr. Sterling Neslett

Petersburg, Virginia to Brickland Plantation, Lunenburg County, Virginia: 1864. Envelope or Cover. This four-page folded letter measures 15½” x 10” unfolded. It is datelined “Petersburg Oct 17th 1864” and franked with a Confederate 20-cent green Washington Stamp (Scott # 13) tied to the cover by a faint red Petersburg postmark..... More

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[WHILE FLIRTING WITH A GIRL HE LEFT BEHIND, A CAVALRY TROOPER IN THE DAKOTA TERRITORY RELATES HIS EXPERIENCE FIGHTING SIOUX AND CHEYENNE AS HE PROTECTS SETTLERS AND TRAVELERS ALONG THE WESTERN TRAILS]; Letter from a soldier stationed at Fort Laramie describing his isolated life and the ongoing battles with the Sioux and Cheyenne

James Butler

Fort Laramie, Dakota Territory: 1865. Envelope or Cover. This letter to Belfast, Ohio, is datelined “Ft. Laramie, D. Tery., Oct. the 20th 1865” and the envelope is franked with a 3-cent Washington stamp (Scott #65). It bears a scarce “Fort Laramie Dak” postmark along with a Goshen, Ohio, transit stamp..... More

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[A FORMER OFFICER IN THE “ARMY OF CALIFORNIA” BECOMES AN EARLY EMPLOYEE OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY EASTERN BRANCH (KANSAS PACIFIC RAILWAY) AFTER BEING PROMISED A JOB AS THE CONDUCTOR OF ITS SECOND TRAIN.]; Letter from Grove Watson to a friend reporting that had recently accepted a position with the railroad in Kansas

Grove Watson

Wyandotte, Kansas: Office of the Contractors of the Union Pacific Railway Company, Eastern Division, 1863. Envelope or Cover. This letter on the stationery of the Union Pacific Railway Company, Eastern Division is datelined, Wyandotte, Kansas, November 7, 1863, and enclosed in a mailing envelope which bears a circular Wyandotte, Kas..... More

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Beautiful Civil War patriotic, fund-raising, souvenir of the Great North Western Sanitary Fair: The Union Rose: East and West

Charles Magnus

New York: C. Magnus, [1865]. Envelope or Cover. Large octagonal die-cut sheet that measures about 10¾” x 10¾” when opened. Printed on both sides with 14 birds-eye views of American cities, accompanied by one view of a building from each (Albany, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Louisville, Milwaukee, New York..... More

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CDV of Johanna Maria (Polly) Heckewelder sold to raise money at the Great Western Sanitary Fair at Cincinnati, December 21st, 1863

Johanna Maria (Polly) Heckewelder

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Photograph by H. P. Osborne & Son, 1863. Unbound. The albumen photograph of Johanna Maria (Polly) Heckewelder is mounted on a card measuring approximately 2½“x 4”. The reverse contains a printed biography of Hekewelder under the title: “Great Western Sanitary Fair. / Cincinnati, December 21st, 1863.” The printing..... More

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Sanitary Commission No. 57: Reports on the Operations of the Inspectors and Relief Agents of the Sanitary Commission after the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862.

J. H. Douglas and C. W. Brink

New York: Wm C. Bryant & Co., 1869. Unbound. Complete with all 31 pages. Never bound. Cleveland History Center blindstamp. No deaccession markings, but correspondence from the reference supervisors states the pamphlet was deaccessioned. Supple with some light toning; vertical crease. Small (1") quarter-circle dampstain in lower left corner. See..... More

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Civil War prisoner’s mail from Congressman Alfred Ely while held prisoner at Ligon’s Prison in Richmond following his capture while observing the First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)

Alfred Ely

[Ligon’s Tobacco Warehouse Prison, Richmond}: November 17, 1861. Envelope or Cover. The envelope (there is no content) is free-franked "Alfred Ely"and postmarked with Washington D.C. Nov. 17, 1861 circular date stamp. In nice shape. Light edge-wear with tiny chip at top. Ely was a New York Congressman, and he..... More

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INDIAN WARS & MONTANA TRAIL ARCHIVE - “MAIL DELIVERED WITHOUT THE LOSS OF MY HAIR, BUT WIT A BULLET HOLE THROUGH THE STOCK OF MY GUN. . .. IT WAS A VERY CLOSE CALL FOR MY HEAD.”

A RHODE ISLAND FACTORY'S CIVIL WAR RECORDS; Civil War Era Archive from the Providence Tool Co. Armory with over 300 manuscript and partially-printed purchase orders, bills, letters, inventory lists, sales records, and other documents

[TURNED MAIL FROM A PROMINENT VIRGINIA FAMILY EARLY IN THE CIVIL WAR]; Envelope that was mailed twice, the first time using U.S. postage, the second with a Confederate stamp

[WHITE SLAVE CHILDREN FROM NEW ORLEANS ARE PUT ON DISPLAY BY THE FREEDMANS BUREAU TO BOLSTER FLAGGING NORTHERN SUPPORT FOR CONTINUING THE CIVIL WAR]; Twelve different cartes-de-visite picturing white slave children from New Orleans who were freed when General Benjamin Butler occupied the city

Beautiful Civil War patriotic, fund-raising, souvenir of the Great North Western Sanitary Fair: The Union Rose: East and West

CDV of Johanna Maria (Polly) Heckewelder sold to raise money at the Great Western Sanitary Fair at Cincinnati, December 21st, 1863

Sanitary Commission No. 57: Reports on the Operations of the Inspectors and Relief Agents of the Sanitary Commission after the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862.

Civil War prisoner’s mail from Congressman Alfred Ely while held prisoner at Ligon’s Prison in Richmond following his capture while observing the First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)

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