Brunswick Count, North Carolina: 1772. 1772 Brunswick County NORTH CAROLINA Will for Dr Thomas Hall, Colonial Physician, dated October 27, 1772. Full manuscript document. Double-sided glass frame.
1773. King George III (Kingdom of Ireland) Commission appointing Henry Sixsmith “one of the Boatmen and Waiters, for taking Account of all the Goods and Merchandize, to be Unladen out, or Landen on Board of any Ship or Vessel, either Inwards or Outwards, in any Port or Place within this.....
1776. The Edinburgh Evening Courant Newspaper, June 8, 1776. Published: June 8, 1776. 4 pp. Original Revolutionary War era newspaper from Edinburgh that contains a first hand account of the Battle of Moore's Creek by Col. Richard Caswell. Also, a report by General George Washington announcing the.....
Raleigh, North Carolina: 1803. [NORTH CAROLINA]. [BROADSIDE]. Raleigh, December 1, 1803. / Sir, / Feeling it to be our duty to furnish our Constituents, from time to / time, with such information respecting the proceedings of the General Assembly, as / we deem important; and an opportunity now offering itself.....
1809. “William Allens Grant for 74 Acres” “Recorded in Grant Book 6 ….” signed by “John Drayton”, Governor of South Carolina during his 2nd term, dated 24 April 1809, certifying for William Allen a tract of land containing 24 acres, 20 September [?] in the District of Lancaster; including a......
1812. Joseph COWAN/COWEN was born in 1753 in COWAN's FORD, NC, and died October 30, 1835 in NC. The battle was fierce on June 20, 1780, when a group of Whig Militia met some 1300 local Tories from the Lincoln County area at Ramsour's Mill on Clark's Creek near the.....
1819. Document commissioning John Kelly Ensign of the German Fusiliers, company attached to 29th Regiment , 7th Brigade, signed John Geddes, 23 August 1819, issued in Orders 24th August 1819. Document is adhered to a modern light corrugate backing. John Geddes (December 25, 1777 – March 4, 1828) was.....
1822. 1822 Manuscript: Fundamental Rules of the New Troop of Rocky River Cavalry. Manuscript. Approx. 8.25" x 6.5". 7 leaves. Writing on 6 sides of the paper. 11 names signed at the end of the rules (2 were identified as American Revolution Veterans who fought at Kings Mountain). Edge.....
1824. South Carolina Land Grant dated 2 August 1824 for 703 acres of land granted to Johnathan Ward and signed “John L Wilson” [John Lyde Wilson]. John Lyde Wilson (May 24, 1784 – February 12, 1849) was the 49th Governor of South Carolina from 1822 to 1824 and an.....
New York: 1828. 1828-1829 New York Mirror & Ladies Literary Gazette, Vol VI, Complete 52 issues (July 1828 to July 1829). Bound together in marbled boards and leather spine.
1829. Letter on State of South Carolina letterhead, dated 6 August 1829, signed by Stephen Decatur Miller certifying Henry W. Saussure as Chancellor of the State and one of the presiding Judges of the Court of Equity, District of Richland as well as of all the other districts of the.....
1830. North Carolina Land Grant dated at Raleigh 21 December 1830 and recorded 10 March 1833 granting to Henry Allison fifty acres of land in the County of Burke lying on Newburg’s Fork Waters of the Catawba River signed by Montfort Stokes. SCARCE.
Bladen County, North Carolina: 1831. North Carolina Land Deed, dated January 22, 1831. Deed of 100 acres to the heirs of Elizabeth White. Framed.
1834. Autograph Letter Signed "M. M. Clark Lt & Asst Qr Master U.S.A.," Savannah, Georgia, May 19, 1834, one page, quarto, reading, in part: "...Will you be so good as to send each of us an Artillery sword of the new pattern. The amount will be forwarded as soon as.....
1835. North Carolina Land Grant signed by D.L. Swain, dated 4 December 1835 and recorded 23 December 1836 granting to George Frazer fourteen acres of land in Randolph County on the waters of Reed Creek with survey attached with pressed seal and dated 7 February 1835 and signed by Jesse.....
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Georgia: 1843. STATE OF GEORGIA LAND GRANT IN BURKE COUNTY [CHEROKEE COUNTY] WITH PAPER-COVERED WAX SEAL OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA ATTACHED BY RIBBON. Two sheets joined at folded bottom edge with ribbon attaching wax seal/ Plat of surveyed land printed and written on one side only with land grant.....
1845. Hand written letter, Cherokee Agency, 3 June 1845, to Balie Peyton, signed by Pierce Butler.
1853. ALS – Handwritten letter signed by R.H. Northrup, New York, 27 April 1853, to Dr. Collett Leventhorpe, Pioneer Mills, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; presumably the later confederate General, concerning gold mining __with envelope.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: T.M. Scroggy, 1855. "I'm Off for Charleston", Negro Minstrel Song Sheet Broadside Published by T.M. Scroggy, Philadelphia, 1855. Broadside, 8-1/8" x 6- 1/8," text only, being 5 quatrains and chorus, within an ornamental border. Minstrel song in dialect. Nice condition. SCARCE.
1861. North Carolina Military Commission signed by John W. Ellis, 15 June 1861 to John W. Taylor appointing him Captain of Volunteer Company Chatham Riflemen,
Charleston, South Carolina: Printed by Evans & Cogswell, 1861. Journal of the Convention of 1860-'61. Wednesday, March 27, 1861. 12 pp. Proceedings of South Carolina’s secession convention issued only to the members of the convention. Concerns the secession of other states, General G. T. Beauregard’s proposed defense of Charleston.....
New Haven, Connecticut: J.H. Benham, 1861. Hardcover in original binding with printed paper-wrapped boards. Civil War era. LOTS of period advertisements throughout. A wealth of information!
1864. July 13, 1864 North Carolina Times CIVIL WAR Newspaper from New Berne, NC. Large single sheet, folded. Appears to have been miscut as the right margin of the front side is trimmed rather close, leading to some loss of word edges. SCARCE. Interesting articles as editorially, the paper supports.....
Lynchburg, Virginia: Johnson & Schaffter, 1867. LYNCHBURG PRICE-CURRENT LETTER-SHEET Published by Johnson & Schaffter, Lynchburg, VA, November 1, 1867. Vol. II, No. 2. Single sheet, folded vertically with two printed sides. Name and cancelled Andrew Jackson 2c stamp on backside. Single sheet measures 11" 17". SCARCE. Contains whole.....
1874. 1874 Wesleyan Female College Commencement Travel on Steamer Bertie: BROADSIDE, Murfreesboro, North Carolina Approx. 10-5/8” x 14-1/2” Broadside. Printed single-sided. Folded down the middle. Some tape repairs and some loss, primarily along the fold line. SCARCE. I’ve not been able to locate a record of another one anywhere.....