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Showcasing deaccessioned textiles from the Brooklyn Museum: 18th-century crewel work bed hangings, lace, velvet, silk, and early Chinese Export examples. From a local collection: Brilliant Period Cut Glass by Sinclaire, Hawkes, Libbey, Hoare, and more. Antiquities include Egyptian, African, Colima, Peruvian, and other pre-Columbian artifacts, alongside Continental European items dating to the Byzantine period and the 16th-18th centuries. Also featuring a remarkable selection of fossils. Fine art paintings, furniture and decorative art objects.
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Lot 489

Historic Tennessee Document Group

Estimate: $400 - $600
Starting Bid
$200

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mostly 19th century, approximately 120 pieces, including: 1790 William Cocke document; 1800 Attorney Townshend Dade legal petition relating to Samuel Wilson (Hawkins County); 1813 land grant signed by Governor Willie Blount; Governor Aaron Brown signed order in frame; three church related documents; 18 Shelby County apprenticeship bonds; eight Dickson County political appointments signed by Governor Isham Harris; Horace Maynard signed partial note; two loose leaf pages of 1828 Senate motions by Thomas Hart Benton; 1846 postal letter from Nashville to Halifax (NC) postmarked, contains mention of "the poor Negro"; 1835 will and testament; 1869 Odd Fellows certificate, Knoxville Lodge; 1825 land grant signed by Governor William Carroll; approximately 60 Nashville/Davidson County receipts, mercantile lists, or bank instruments; Memphis and Mississippi valley related documents; miscellaneous Governor and related signatures, Joseph W. Carter, James Mullins, Alonzo J. Tyler, Newton Cannon, Neil Brown, Alvin Hawkins; other miscellaneous papers

Provenance: Private Collection, Middle Tennessee

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Private Collection, Middle Tennessee

expected wear, folds, distress, losses, discoloration