in two volumes, contains numerous signatures of soldiers in Mexican-American War, officers in American Civil War,˜Brigadier General John Imboden, signed document; William Ruffin Cox, cut signature from docket; General Bradley T. Johnson, signed letter; Brigadier General Marcus J. Wright, signed letter; General Louis Hebert, cut signature; Joseph E. Brown, letter; Philip Cook, Americus, Georgia, cut signature; General Gilbert M. Sorrel, two page typed letter, signed; Lt. Colonel James H. Skinner, signed rations list; Thomas L. Rosser, signature with engraving by Charles B. Hall, NY; Benjamin F. Cheatham, signature with engraving by H.B. Hall's Sons, NY; Alfred Iverson Jr., signature below etched portrait; Cadmus M. Wilcox, below etched portrait; CSA Cavalry General Turner Ashby, signature on document (with others); Lew Wallace, cut signature; Major General John A. Logan, cut signature with carte de visite; John S. Mosby, signed photo (later in life); Francis M. Cockrell, cut signature; Henry Lee III (father of Robert E. Lee), cut signature with engraving; Henry Lewis Benning, signed letter; General Randall L. Gibson, cut signature; James Jackson, Georgia Senator, signature on 1800 commision for state militia; Francis P. Gaines, signed letter with mention of Lee's presidency at Washington and Lee University; General Daniel C. Govan, signed short note; Alexander Welch Gibson and Joseph Reid Anderson, signatures on same letter; General John B. Clark, Jr., signed letter dated June 15, 1861 from Springfield, Missouri requesting arms and equipment at St. Louis; Major General Henry W. Slocum, cut signature; Henry A. Wise, signature with carte de visite; John A. Logan, signature with carte de visite; Ambrose Burnside, signature with carte de visite; George H. Thomas, signature with carte de visite; Nelson A. Miles, cut signature; Judah P. Benjamin, Secretary of State, cut signature; Joseph E. Brown, Georgia, large cut signature; Major General Joseph Hooker, signature with carte de visite; Major Winfield S. Hancock, signature with carte de visite; Philip H. Sheridan, cut signature; Major General Joseph Wheeler, signed note; George Washington Custis Lee (Robert E. Lee's son), cut signature; General Samuel G. French, signed letter; General Lloyd Tilghman, signed cut portion of legal document; General Henry D. Clayton, signed letter; Major General Robert Anderson (Union), cut signature; Colonel W.W. Loring, cut signature; William E. Jones, signed document; Brigadier General Robert Bullock, cut signature; muster roll for Company C, 1st Georgia Cavalry; philatelic cover, addresee Mrs. Edward Dorr Tracy, Huntsville, Alabama; miscellaneous letters and correspondence, one begins "Darling Annie"; short note signed by Jefferson Davis dated June 11, 1856 asking about trouble in Kansas (spelled "Kanzas"); Joseph Wheeler 1903 letter to daughter, with cover; pamphlet of Stonewall Jackson's address, by Hunter Maguire, M.D., published by A.E. Dickenson, Richmond, Virginia; interesting letter from Hamilton P. Bee to Marcus J. Wright; well-executed replica of Lee's General Order Number NineNote: A time capsule of the American Civil War, with a few earlier American pieces (George Walton, James Jackson, et al.)Many with receipts from respected dealers in Civil War documents.˜Provenance: Private Collection, Newnan, Georgia Note: A time capsule of the American Civil War, with a few earlier American pieces (George Walton, James Jackson, et al.)Many with receipts from respected dealers in Civil War documents.˜
Condition
condition varies across the collection, some incidents of staining, creasing, distress, tape repair, periphery losses, fading, personal examination is recommended˜