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Item #009949 1864-1868 – Three letters from a Michigan Civil War Medal of Honor Awardee: one...

1864-1868 – Three letters from a Michigan Civil War Medal of Honor Awardee: one reporting on actions in Tennessee, one describing the aftermath of the crater explosion at Petersburg and the third recounts his new post-war life in Missouri during the Reconstruction

John A. Falconer

Petersburg, Virginia and Knob Noster, Missouri: 1864 & 1868. Envelope or Cover. The first of these three letters contains four pages and is datelined “Annapolis Maryland / April 8th 1864. Although unsigned, it is in the same hand as the other two letters and was found in the same lot..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #009164 One-page Mexican-American War letter from a newly appointed ensign in the Missouri...

One-page Mexican-American War letter from a newly appointed ensign in the Missouri Volunteers as his unit prepared to depart Camp Lucas in Missouri on the Great Platte River Road in route to establishing Fort Kearny for protection of the Oregon Trail.

John V. Masters to the Honorable C. Masters

Camp Lucas (St. Louis), Missouri to Warren Court House, Pennsylvania: 1847. This one-page stampless folded letter measures 15.5” x 10” unfolded. It is dated “Camp Lucas May 30th 1847.” The cover must have been delivered by hand, outside of the postal system, as it is unfranked and bears no postmarks..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #009982 1828 – Letter from Joseph Rolette at Prairie du Chien, Michigan Territory to...

1828 – Letter from Joseph Rolette at Prairie du Chien, Michigan Territory to Pierre Chouteau in St. Louis, the two most important agents of John Jacob Astor’s American Fur Trading Company, reporting that “the Indians are peaceful altho’ intrusions” have been made into “ their lands in search of mineral oar.”

Joseph Roletto to Pierre Chouteau

Prairie du Chien, Michigan Territory: 1828. Envelope or Cover. This four-page stampless letter has one page of text and measures 16” x 10” unfolded. It is datelined “Prairie du Chien 20th Jany 1828” and bears a very fine example of a scarce Michigan Territory, manuscript postmark (see ASCC Vol 1..... More

Price: $650.00

Item #009815 Letter from the Commanding Officer of Fort Towson, Choctaw Nation, 1838. Lieutenant...

Letter from the Commanding Officer of Fort Towson, Choctaw Nation, 1838

Lieutenant Colonel Josiah H. Vose

Fort Towson, Arkansas in the Choctaw Nation (now Oklahoma): 1838. Envelope or Cover. This four-page stampless folded letter was written and mailed on April 8, 1838, by the Commanding Officer of Fort Towson, Arkansas in the Choctaw Nation (now Oklahoma), Lieutenant Colonel Josiah H. Vose, to his sister in Boston..... More

Price: $2,000.00

Item #009936 1842 – Letter from a West Point cadet complaining about the academy’s arbitrary...

1842 – Letter from a West Point cadet complaining about the academy’s arbitrary and unjust demerit system

Louis D. Welch

West Point, New York: 1842. Envelope or Cover. This one-page stampless folded letter Louis D. Welch to Welch’s father in Brooklyn, Connecticut, measures approximately 8” x 10” unfolded. It is undated, but pencil docketing indicates it was received in 1842. It is postmarked with a circular West Point NY “Nov..... More

Price: $300.00

Item #008045 Governor Sprague's Grand March - Sheet Music. E. Mack

Governor Sprague's Grand March - Sheet Music

Mack, E.

Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, 1862. First Edition. Sheet Music. 6 pages including the cover. Portrait illustration of Sprague on the front cover. Once bound so slightly trimmed with a rough left edge. Light wear and soiling. Small owner's stamp in upper right corner of the cover. William Sprague was the..... More

Price: $150.00

Item #009829 “Night and day I have been employed trying to secure the Land of the companies...

“Night and day I have been employed trying to secure the Land of the companies from being washed away and our mill from being destroyed.” Letter from the general who went to work for a Colorado mining company to support his family after being scapegoated and cashiered from the Army following the Union defeat at Second Bull Run

Major General Fitz-John Porter

Envelope or Cover. This four-page letter, dated June 14th 1864, was written by former Major General Fitz-John Porter to his wife. The original mailing envelope is franked with a 3-cent stamp (Scott #65) and bears a scarce Black Hawk Point, Colorado (Territory) postmark dated June 15, 1864. Both are in..... More

Price: $500.00

Item #009937 1863 – Letter from a soldier in the 25 Connecticut Volunteer Infantry written...

1863 – Letter from a soldier in the 25 Connecticut Volunteer Infantry written March 1863 during the Bayou Teche campaign as the unit skirmished its way from Port Hudson, Louisiana, to Brashear City at Berwick Bay in preparation for General Nathaniel Bank’s Overland Expedition into Texas later that fall

Private Edwin Thorne

Donaldsonville, Louisiana: 1863. Envelope or Cover. This three-page letter from Private Edwin Thorne at Donaldsonville, Louisiana to his mother in Connecticut is dated “March 30 / 60”. It is enclosed in its original mailing envelope which bears a New Orleans arrival postmark dated April 6, 1863. Simultaneously, the envelope received..... More

Price: $400.00

Item #008730 World War II American prisoner of war’s handwritten memoir-journal and photograph...

World War II American prisoner of war’s handwritten memoir-journal and photograph album.

Private First Class Bernard L. Bourgeois

U.S. Army Rhodes General Convalescent Hospital at Utica, New York: 1945. This large 12" x 14" album contains 38 pages filled with text and photographs. Ten pages contain Bourgeois's densely filled, pencil-written memoir-journal describing in detail his combat and prisoner experience Europe during World War Two. Three pages contain military-related..... More

Price: $4,000.00

Item #009376 Advertisement for an attorney specializing in obtaining military land patent...

Advertisement for an attorney specializing in obtaining military land patent bounties for veterans and heirs of veterans who had served in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, an the Indian Wars between 1775 and 1855

Samuel V. Niles

Washington, DC: 1857. Envelope or Cover. This handbill advertisement measures approximately 8” x 10 and is printed on light blue paper. Its accompanying mailing envelope is addressed “To the Heirs of Mrs. Ruth Bullard.” The envelope is franked with a straddle copy of a one-cent blue Franklin stamp (Scott #24)..... More

Price: $150.00

Item #008825 Returned mail sent to a World War II Marine who was captured on Corregidor and died...

Returned mail sent to a World War II Marine who was captured on Corregidor and died in a Japanese prison camp

Sent by Mr. & Mrs A. Mikucki from Chicago to Private First Class Walter Mikucki at the Osaka Yodogawa Bunsho POW Camp in Japan

1944-1945. Envelope only, no letter. The envelope was addressed to Private First Class Walter Mikucki at the Osaka Yodogawa Bunsho POW Camp in Japan. It has a typed “Prisoner of War Postage Free” free frank in the upper right corner and has received a Chicago “War Savings machine postmark dated..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #009728 “HOPEFULLY YOU ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF LETTERS AND PARCELS FROM US.” A postcard...

“HOPEFULLY YOU ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF LETTERS AND PARCELS FROM US.” A postcard from home sent to a German prisoner of war held at an American Prisoner of War Enclosure following the Battle of Belleau Wood

Sent to Unterofficier (Sergeant) Friedlaender

From Posen, Prussia (today Poznan, Poland) to PWE #2 (Prisoner of War Enclosure #2) at [Souilly], France: 20 October 1918. Unbound. This postcard was sent to Unterofficier Friedlaender, who was held captive at the U.S. Prisoner of War Enclosure #2 in Souilly, France, from Posen, Prussia via the American Central..... More

Price: $500.00

Item #009859 1860 - Congressional pamphlet detailing the expedition to find a shortcut between...

1860 - Congressional pamphlet detailing the expedition to find a shortcut between the Great Salt Lake and the Oregon Trail

“The greatest difficulty under which I labored . . . was in obtaining guides; for even among the Indian non knew more than small portions of the country we were to traverse and no white man could be found who had any knowledge. . ..”

Washington DC: U.S. Senate, 1860. Disbound. 36th Congress, 1st Session. Senate. Ex. Doc., No. 34. Report of the Secretary of War communicating In compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the report of Captain H. D. Wallen of his expedition in 1859, from Dalles City to Great Salt Lake, and..... More

Price: $275.00

Item #009743 “DEAR FOLKS, WELL HERE IT IS THE END OF THE SECOND DAY AND QUITE A BIT OF WATER...

“DEAR FOLKS, WELL HERE IT IS THE END OF THE SECOND DAY AND QUITE A BIT OF WATER HAS GONE OVER THE DAM ALREADY.” Huge four-year correspondence archive from a cadet enrolled at the U.S. Merchant Marine Cadet Basic School at San Mateo, California as it transitioned into U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and consolidated operations at Kings Point, New York

Thomas C. Burnett

Letters to his parents from various locations: 1945-1949. Ring-bound. This archive consists of approximately 100 letters plus postcards, telegrams, short notes, and holiday cards sent from Burnett to his parents. Most were sent from either the Cadet Basic School at San Mateo or the Academy at Kings Point. Some were..... More

Price: $500.00

Item #008823 Correspondence between Thomas F. Rowland, Colonel William Borden, and J.B. Andrews...

Correspondence between Thomas F. Rowland, Colonel William Borden, and J.B. Andrews regarding the fabrication of ironwork parts needed in the construction of the ironclad, USS New Ironsides

Thomas F. Rowland and Colonel William Borden

Greenpoint (Brooklyn), New York: 1861. This 3-page letter and endorsement measure approximately 8” x 9”. It was apparently carried by courier between Rowland’s Continental Iron Works and the Providence Tool and Armory Company, which employed both Borden and Andrews, as there are no postal markings. The letter has two horizontal..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #009873 1916 – Collection of photographs from the Mexican Border War including piles of...

1916 – Collection of photographs from the Mexican Border War including piles of dead bandits from Pancho Villa’s raid on Columbus, New Mexico, and an inexplicable photo of an African-American private assigned to the otherwise all-white 3rd Field Artillery Regiment

“Uncle Max” Mittag

Mexican Border: 1916. Disbound. This collection of 59 photographs was purchased as a lot from a woman who had removed them from a disintegrating family album that chronicled “Uncle Max” Mittag’s service as a cook in Battery A, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment during the Mexican Border Campaign. All of the..... More

Price: $1,750.00

Item #007058 Order of Battle and Plan of Attack: Nov 7th 1861 [The Battle of Port Royal). Unlisted

Order of Battle and Plan of Attack: Nov 7th 1861 [The Battle of Port Royal)

Unlisted

Unlisted Publisher, 1861. Map. Map size - 7.75"x9". Leaf size - 9"x10.5". Clean with some folds; probably from a book. Very short closed tear at right margin; small piece of tape on reverse. Uncommon Civil War map showing the Battle of Port Royal. Publisher unknown, but probably contemporary. The Battle..... More

Price: $100.00

Item #008433 A Requiem in Memory of Ellsworth (Sheet Music). George William Warren

A Requiem in Memory of Ellsworth (Sheet Music)

Warren, George William

New York: Firth, Pond & Co, 1861. First Edition. Sheet Music. An uncommon piece of sheet music honoring Colonel E. E. Ellsworth that features his full-length portrait in the center of the front cover surrounded by eight detailed vignettes. From a privately bound home collection so with a rough left..... More

Price: $600.00

Item #009913 Confederate soldier’s letter describing his unit’s fight against Birney’s...

Confederate soldier’s letter describing his unit’s fight against Birney’s Colored Brigade at the Battle of Fussel’s Mill

William J. Kirkland

Brazzell Hill, Virginia: 1864. Envelope or Cover. This two-page letter measures 7” x 8.5”. It is from William J. Kirkland of the 33rd North Carolina Infantry and datelined “Brazzell Hill, Va. Aug. 19th. 1864.” (Perhaps “Brazzell Hill” was a mistaken understanding of “Fussel’s Mill.”) The letter is enclosed in its..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #008432 Col. Ellsworth's Funeral March; Composed & Respectfully Dedicated to Francis E....

Col. Ellsworth's Funeral March; Composed & Respectfully Dedicated to Francis E. Brownell Esq. [Sheet Music]

Winner, Sep. [Septimus]

Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, 1861. First Edition. Sheet Music. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Color lithograph edition (Ellsworth standing on a Confederate flag) of Winner's tribute to the first hero of the Civil War. From a privately bound home collection so rough edge. 8 pages including the lithograph/wrapper..... More

Price: $400.00

Item #008383 The Soldier to His Mother: Ballad (Two Alternate Titles: On the Field of Battle,...

The Soldier to His Mother: Ballad (Two Alternate Titles: On the Field of Battle, Mother and Just Before the Battle, Mother) - Sheet Music

Words Attributed To Thomas McKellar But Actually By Lawson Wood; Music By William P. Lucker

Cleveland (Also New York, Detroit, and Chicago): S. Brainard & Company (Also S. T. Gordon, D. S. Amsden, and Root & Cady), 1862. First Edition. Sheet Music. Complete with six pages including the cover. Light soiling and wear with a couple of short closed marginal tears. Old tape repair to..... More

Price: $200.00

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