Forsyth County, Georgia: Oct 24, 1860. Unbound. This three-page Inferior (civil) Court document was filed by Daniel Stephens seeking damages from Leland Vaughn for the seduction, debauchery, and carnal knowledge of daughter, Nancy, which caused her to become pregnant. U.S. Census records show that Nancy was only ten years old... More about Inferior court petition charging a man for “seduction . . . debauchery, & carnally knowing...

Bristol County, Massachusetts: Barstow Stove Company, 1867. Unbound. revenue “Insurance” stamp (Scott #46) has been affixed and cancelled with multiple strikes of a circular Bartow Stove Company handstamps. The document is in nice shape with splits starting along its storage folds. In this document, the stove company agrees to pay... More about An unusual post-Civil War indenture between a “Moulder or Iron Founder” and a Massachusetts...

Vicksburg, Mississippi By Telegraph from Washington, D.C. 1865. Unbound. This one-page official copy of a telegram sent by Secretary Stanton to General Stanton is dated “Vicksburg Miss Aug 1st 1865”. It is in nice shape; transcript included. In it, Stanton first clarifies General Slocum’s chain of command; he was to..... More about Official copy of a telegram from Secretary of War E. M. Stanton providing guidance regarding...

[Thomas County, Georgia]: 1843. Unbound. This document measures 9.5” x 3” and is in nice shape. It reads, “Bryan minor of Joseph Bryan dc’d: / Hire of negro woman Patience 80.00 / Hire of Old woman Mary 50.00 / Hire of Girl Sal 48.00 / [Total] 178.00 / Subscribed &... More about Slave-hiring record

East Camden, New Jersey: 1859. Unbound. This 6-page, pin-bound manuscript measures approximately 7.5” x 9.5”. It is in nice shape with some edgewear that affects a very small amount of text. James L. Bowers, a Quaker farmer from Kent County, Maryland, was a Conductor for the Underground Railroad. In June... More about An unpublished, 6-page, raging manifesto against slavery and slave holders by a Conductor for the...

Sevierville, Tennessee: Divine Trust, 2010. Faux leather. This 35-page document, “Universal Postal Treaty for the Americas,” published by the “Office of the Postmaster General, Trustee of the Global Trust, Divine Province,” is mounted within a black leatherette portfolio. A printed letter from “James Thomas McBride Postmaster General” is laid in..... More about A “sovereign citizen” treaty providing ‘documentation’ that people living within the...

Richmond County, Virginia: 1720. Unbound. This document, which measures approximately 12.5” x 16” was created by John Coppedge or William Hackney in 1720. The inset map measures 8.5” x 5.75:. The document is in nice shape with a few tiny holes at the intersection of some filing folds; a 5”... More about Colonial surveyor’s plat for land owned by William Hackney in “Richmound” i.e., Richmond...

Camp at Potomac Creek near Falmouth, Virginia: 1863. Loose Leaf Reports. Ten legal-size legible pages record the history of two companies from the 1st New York Infantry during the Civil War. Some minor soiling and edge wear. These official histories were written in April, 1863 as the regiment prepared to... More about Official Civil War Manuscript Histories of Two Companies within the 1st New York Infantry - 1861...

St. Joseph, Calhoun (now Gulf) County, Territory of Florida: 1838. Unbound. This manuscript certificate of seaworthiness measures 775” x 9.7”. It is in nice shape. Certificates of seaworthiness were—and still are—issued for before owners could obtain maritime insurance for their ships and cargo. This certificate reads in part: “Be it..... More about A Certificate of Sea Worthiness for the Brig Favorite issued prior to a voyage from St. Joseph,...

Vicksburg: [1876]. 8.5” x 14” and contains 14 handwritten pages. The document is in nice shape with a storage fold and docketing that reads, “699 Shelley Law / J. F. Hicks v. G. W. Truehart / Opinion / Sneed J”. It is in nice shape with some minor soiling. In... More about 14-page legal “opinion” regarding a court case (J. F. Hicks v. G. W. Truehart) regarding a...

Madison County, Tennessee: 1855. Unbound. This partially printed document measures 7.75” x 9.75”. It is in nice shape with light toning and short split just starting along one storage fold. The document directs the county sheriff to seize property, including two slaves, in compensation for a debt owed by V.... More about One-page, partially printed writ ordering a Sheriff to attach slaves and real property in...

Washington, DC: 1865-1869. Unbound. This lot consists of one approved prize money claim and two letters regarding disallowed prize money claims. All three documents are in nice shape. The approved claim has some minor edgewear. Naval records identify John C. Hamlin as an Acting Master as a mate and then... More about Three documents related to the Civil War Prize Money claims of John C. Hamlin, an Acting Master...

Forsyth County, Georgia: 1848. Unbound. In this one-page document, bondsmen pledge $100 as a guarantee that: “Adam Campbell shall personally appear before the Superior Court when held for said County on the fourth Monday in August next then and there to answer . . . for and concerning the offence... More about A bond requiring a white man to appear in court on the charge that he furnished “spirituous...