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    Beautiful
condition, 1840 land grant from President
Martin Van Buren. This grant contains
40 acres and is for land located near
Edwardsville, Illinois. This land
grant retains the original Presidential Seal
and is certificate number 19691 and is dated
January 1, 1840.--$250.
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              Original
Saturday, June 20, 1863 issue of
"Harper's Weekly - Journal Of Civilization".
Very interesting and intertaining content
warning that the War has been carried North
and something huge and pivotal was about to
happen (and that would VERY soon prove to be
Gettysburg !!) The ads are great, and
I am attempting to order me some "Sterling's
Ambrosia" TONIGHT !!!--$65.
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       Small
"1861" date book entitled
Poems of Womanhood.
There are poems in this booklet that every
woman should read, such as "She Was a
Phantom of Delight" and "The Widow to Her
Hourglass", or maybe "Be Gentle,
Husband"!!--$75.
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  Perfect
like new condition, rare, out of print,
Plates and Buckles of the American Military 1795 - 1874,
by Sydney C. Kerksis. This is one of the best and most
sought after of all reference books.--$95.
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   Quite
scarce, original, first edition,
"Confederate Edged Weapons" by William A.
Albaugh, III. This is an excellent
example with the original dust jacket still
intact.--$95.
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  Excellent
condition, January 24, 1862, "Providence
Tool Company" document. This document
is a receipt to Providence Tool Company for
freight charges for 45 bars of raw iron
shipped from New York to Providence Tool
Company on the Steamer Ospray.
Providence Tool Company was a manufacturer
of both Civil War sabers and muskets.
This raw iron would, no doubt, eventually
become Civil War weapons.--$85.
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  Very
ornate, war date (December 30, 1863),
shipping document to Providence Tool Company
Armory in Providence, Rhode Island, from the
Arcade Malt Iron Company. Providence
Tool Company is a well known sword and
musket manufacturer during the Civil War,
and quite likely, that is what these
materials were to be used for.--$95.
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   Nice
condition, ordinance document for Company J,
63rd Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
Per this document, Company J of the 63rd
Illinois received 69 Prussian muskets with
bayonets, gunslings, bayonet scabbards,
cartridge boxes, cartridge box plates, cap
pouches, belts, and US waist belt plates.
The Prussian muskets that were issued at
this time proved to be quite unsatisfactory
and were replaced with Springfields as soon
as possible.--$48.
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  Pair
of very colorful, unused, but original Union
patriotic covers. Both of these are
satirical in nature.--$48.50
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   Original
December 7, 1925, General Order "# 6" from
the United Confederate Veteran Headquarters.
And with this original 1925 United
Confederate Veteran's Document are two sets
of unused United States postal stamps.
One set of stamps is honoring the Federal
GAR Veteran's organization, and the other
set of stamps is honoring the United
Confederate Veteran's Organization.
(I'm thinking that they would be holding ice
olympics in hell before this set would be
issued today.)--$55.
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   Original
1921 imprint concerning the origin of
Memorial Day. This document was
authored by Federal General Norton P.
Chipman (who was Col. of the 2nd Ohio
Infantry during the Civil War and was later
Judge Advocate for the famous Andersonville
Prison trial of Commandant Henry Wirz) and
has an original "N. P. Chipman" autograph on
the reverse of the document. This is a
very cool document and completely pertinent
today.--$55.
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  Original
autograph of Brigadier General Ramsey Potts.
General Potts was one of America's most
decorated and successful bomber pilots of
the 2nd World War. Interestingly,
during his time, as a bomb group commander,
the well know actor, James "Jimmy" Stewart,
was his Operations Officer. At age 27,
Potts was promoted to full Colonel and
assumed command of the 453rd Bomb Group
based in Norfolk. Among Potts'
accolades, he was awarded "The Distinguished
Service Cross", two Silver Stars, the Legion
of Merit medal, three DFCs, the Bronze Star,
five Air Medals, and was awarded the British
"DFC" for his outstanding courage and
heroism. He retired from the Air Force
as a Major General in 1972. Major
General Potts lived to age 89.--$50.
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    Beautiful
condition Tennessee Governor's Commission
signed by John W. Morton - then Secretary of
State and during the Civil War was General
Nathan Bedford Forrest's "Chief of
Artillery", and who later authored the
definitive book entitled "Forrest's
Artillery". The document is in
beautiful, perfect condition and John
Morton's signature is clear and
perfect.--$150.
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  Very
nice condition check from Remington Arms Co.
dated Sept. 27, 1854 and signed by Samuel
Remington {one of three owners along with
brothers Philo and Eliphalet III} during the
Civil War era. Remington Firearms were
very well thought of during the Civil War
era.--$48.
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   Announcement
of the compilation of the "1861-1865 --
The Message and Papers of the
Confederacy" dated 1905 along with a
certificate inviting the named individual
the opportunity to subscribe to one set of
the Messages and Papers of the
Confederacy. This particular
certificate is addressed to H.B.W. Heartsill.--$48.
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   How
many of THESE have you ever seen offered for sale. This is the
OFFICIAL REGIMENTAL POLL-BOOK FOR THE MEMBERS OF CO. E - 76 TH REGIMENT
PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS for the 1864 election. The "Poll-Book"
remains in remarkably nice, complete condition.--$250.
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    Excellent
condition and quite rare cover postmarked "Murfreesboro, TN." {March 18,
1850} - hand cancelled - and addressed to "Mr. Robert M. Rucker -
University of Virginia". Robert was a student there from 1849 until
1851, and would be a future Confederate soldier with the Army of
Tennessee. "Rucker Road"- here in Murfreesboro, TN. today is named
for this man and his family. This item is directly out of the family
and comes with a copy of a picture of him and a copy of his personal
history. Inexpensive little item, but "loaded with cool".
This
is an item that could easily be very appealing to a current "University of
Virginia" graduate.--$65.
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     This
letter was written from the "Hall of the Convention" in Alexandria, VA on
December 12th 1864. At this "Unionist" convention the Constitution
of 1864 was adopted. This Constitution contains many important laws
including: abolishing slavery in the Union controlled parts of Virginia
and recognizing the creation of West Virginia. Members of the
Convention proclaimed the new Constitution in effect, rather than
submitting it to voters for approval in a popular referendum.
Initially only the areas of northern and eastern Virginia then under Union
control recognized the authority of the Constitution of 1864, but after
the fall of the Confederacy in May 1865 it became effective for all
Virginia and remained in effect until July 1869. In the above
letter, it appears that the writer, L. W. Webb, was trying to run for some
type of office or for a seat in the convention. However, from his
comment, "I see very plainly that a Union man stands no show in our
department and it is useless to try to do any things, so I have given up
all hopes, and will sit down and wait patiently until things do change,"
and it does look like he was not successful...$65
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 Presented
signature of Union Major General William D. Whipple.--$50.
   Group
of 6 Civil War and slightly earlier postal covers. 4 still have
the stamps intact and are addressed to "Petersburg, VA."
and one of the six has a pretty patriotic motif. The entire
grouping.--$75.-
     Three
red, white, and blue patriotic Union covers with ornate
Union embossing. All three covers were actually mailed
and have the cancelled 3-cent Union stamps still
intact. Two of the covers were addressed to Rhode
Island and one to New York. All three are in very nice
condition.--$85.
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  Nice
crisp autograph of Confederate Gen. Simon Bolivar
Buckner. This autograph has for many years been on
display at the Lotz House Civil War Museum in Franklin,
Tennessee.--$250.
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