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NewPRICE, STERLING (1809-67) Confederate Major General; Governor of Missouri – 1853-57; U.S. Representative – Missouri – 1845-46; Veteran of the Mexican & Missouri Mormon Wars

# 09164

PRICE, STERLING (1809-67)  Confederate Major General; Governor of Missouri – 1853-57; U.S. Representative – Missouri – 1845-46; Veteran of the Mexican & Missouri Mormon Wars

MILLER, MADISON (1811-96) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 18th Missouri Union Infantry; Late-war Brigadier General in the Missouri State Militia; President of the St. Louis & Iron Mountian Railroad Company

Document Signed, 9 ¼” x 11 ¼”, Jefferson City, Missouri, October 27, 1856, “Sterling Price,” as Missouri Governor, a partly printed $1000 bond of the Saint Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad.  Countersigned below by Missouri Secretary of State Benjamin Franklin Massey, along with Railroad President Madison Miller, future Brevet Brigadier General in the Union Army, on the reverse.

Significant trimming of the ornate original borders also affects the printed text on the reverse; some separation at the expected fold creases, with negligible loss of paper; all signatures are unaffected by cancellation holes and chipping at the edges.

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NewPULLMAN, GEORGE MORTIMER (1831-97) American Engineer & Industrialist; Designed & Manufactured the Pullman Sleeping Car

# 12062

Letter Signed, 5 ¼” x 8”, as company president on official stationery, a pass for one Hattie Fitch from Chicago to New York.


“PULLMAN’S PALACE CAR CO., OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, CHICAGO, Oct[ober] 15th, 1879.  To the Conductor Hotel Car via Pittsburgh: This will be presented by Miss Hattie Fitch, who is on her way to New York.  Please make her journey as comfortable as possible, and on arrival send a Porter with her to the Windsor Hotel.  Geo. M. Pullman, President.”


Lightly and evenly toned, with vertical and horizontal folds at the center.

Price: $625.00
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NewRANDALL, JAMES RYDER (1839-1908) Pro-Southern Poet & Journalist; Author of “Maryland, My Maryland,” thus known as the “Poet Laureate of the Lost Cause”

# 11074

Signed Card, 3” x 4 ¾”, dated and inscribed, “James R. Randall, Augusta, G[eorgi]a.  March 21, 1891.  For Miss Louise Parkinson.”  

Lightly and evenly toned, with several minor stains; bumping at the upper left corner; old mounting remnants on the reverse.

Price: $175.00
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NewRAWLINS, JOHN AARON (1831-69) Union Brigadier General - Illinois; U.S. Secretary of War – 1869

# 11093

Civil War-Date Document Signed - General Grant banishes Prostitutes from the District of West Tennessee

Document Signed, 7 ¾” x 10”, a manuscript special order, signed by Rawlins as assistant adjutant general on behalf of Major General Ulysses S. Grant.  The order explicitly bans the unauthorized travel of women from northern rail points to the army’s encampments, along with their presence in camp.


“Head Quarters District of West Tennessee.
Corinth, Miss[issippi], July 20th 1862.

Special Order
No. 139.

No females will be allowed to leave Columbus, Kentucky, or any intermediate railway Station by Railroad, to join any part of the Army of this District without a special written permit from Department Head Quarters or these Head Quarters.  All females from abroad remaining within Camp lines after the 31st instant, not having such permits, shall be arrested and sent out of the District.  Division, Brigade, Port, Regimental, and Company Commanders will see to the faithful execution of this order throughout their respective Commands.

By Command of Maj[or] Gen[eral] U.S. Grant.
Jno. A. Rawlins,
Ass[istan]t Adj[uta]nt Gen[era]l.


As early-war offensives made inroads into Confederate territory, both east and west, the occupying Union Army was inevitably followed by another, consisting of profiteers and opportunists of all types, including prostitutes.  By this order, Grant intends to thwart the proliferation of prostitution among army personnel in the newly occupied regions of Tennessee, northern Mississippi, and Alabama, secured by the recent Union victory at the Battle of Shiloh.


Excellent, with light, even toning and two horizontal folds.

Price: $6500.00
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NewSMITH, GUSTAVUS WOODSON (1821-96) Confederate Major General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# 10923

A West Point, New York Postmark

Autograph Letter Signed, 7 ¾” x 9 ¾”.  As a young, antebellum U.S. Army officer, Smith communicates regarding the conveyance of funds.  Addressed by Smith to a banking company in New Orleans, the integral leaf bears a desirable postmark from West Point, New York, home of the U.S. Military Academy, where Smith was at the time employed as an instructor. 


“West Point, N[ew] Y[ork], Dec[ember] 20th 1850. 

Messrs. Watts & De Saulles,

Gentlemen,

I received yesterday yours of the 9th Dec[ember], enclosing “original of J. Corning & Co[mpany]’s check on Corning & Co[mpany] New York,” dated Dec[ember] 9th No. 27089 in my favor for five hundred dollars, $500.  I will in compliance with your request acknowledge the receipt of the same to M.A. Smith by this days mail.

Very Respectfully Yours,
Gus. W. Smith, 
Capt[ain] U.S. Army.”
_________________________

Heavier staining and wear at the edges, with the expected folds and a few chips at the edges; there is significant wrinkling of paper in the lower corners and edges, all well away from the text of the letter.

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NewSTOUGHTON, WILLIAM LEWIS (1827-88) Union Brevet Major General; Colonel of the 11th Michigan Infantry; U.S Representative – Michigan – 1869-73

# 10887

Signature, as U.S. Representative, “Wm. L. Stoughton, M[ember] C[ongress],” on a 1 ¼” x 3 ¾” lightly and evenly toned portion of an album page.

Price: $45.00
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NewSTUART, JAMES EWELL BROWN “Jeb” (1833-1864) Confederate Major General - Virginia; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Yellow Tavern, Virginia – May 11, 1864

# 09167

Civil War-Date

Signed Postal Cover, 3 ¼” x 5 ¼”, homemade from a printed 1862 Confederate military document, addressed to his wife, “Mrs. Flora Stuart, H[ea]d Q[uarte]rs Cav[alry] Div[isio]n, Army N[orthern] V[irgini]a.”  Also signed at the upper left corner by Confederate Colonel and Aide-de-Camp Samuel Bassett French.

Front and reverse portions are detached, from heavy wear at the edges; several chips and tears at the edges affect none of the text.

Price: $1950.00
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NewTHAYER, JOHN MILTON (1820-1906) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Senator – Nebraska – 1867-71; Governor of Wyoming Territory – 1875-78; Governor of Nebraska – 1887-92; Veteran of the 1850s Indian Wars

# 10995

Signature, “John M. Thayer, Nebraska,” an enormous example as U.S. Senator on a 4 ½” x 7” album page.

Excellent, with light, even toning.

Price: $75.00
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NewVON STEINWEHR, ADOLPH WILHELM (1822-77) German-born Union General – New York; Namesake of a major highway through the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Battlefield

# 12087

Civil War-Date

Autograph Letter Signed, 7 ¾” x 9 ¾”, as early-war colonel of the 29th New York Volunteer Infantry, informing the New York adjutant general of an appointment.


“New York, June 4th 1861. 

Gen[e]r[a]l S. Meredith Read, Jr., Adjutant General.

Sir,

I have the honor to inform you, that I have appointed Mr. Wm. Livingstone Rogers Paymaster of the 29th Regiment.

Mr. Rogers will present two sureties, recognizing in the amount of Twenty Thousand Dollars each, to his Excellency, Governor Morgan, for approval, and then report for duty.

Your very ob[e]d[ien]t Servant,
Col[onel] A. von Steinwehr,
Com[man]d[in]g 29th Reg[imen]t.”


Lightly and evenly toned, with the usual folds and light creases; paper loss at the lower left corner, well away from all text.

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NewWADE, JAMES FRANKLIN (1843-1921) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 6th U.S. Colored Cavalry; Postbellum service commanding the 9th & 10th U.S. Cavalries, “Buffalo Soldiers”; U.S. Major General - Spanish-American War

# 10897

Signed Card, 2 ¼” x 4”, with rank, “J.F.Wade, Brig[adier] Gen[era]l U.S.A.”

Excellent, with light, even toning.

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NewWARREN, FITZ-HENRY (1816-78) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Iowa Volunteer Cavalry; U.S. Minister to Guatemala – 1867-69

# 11050

Signature, “Fitz Henry Warren,” on a 1” x 2 ½” portion of a document as “SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL.”

Affixed to larger backing.

Price: $55.00
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NewWEBSTER, JOSEPH DANA (1811-76) Union Brigadier General; Early-war service as chief of staff for General Ulysses S. Grant; Veteran of the Mexican War

# 10894

Signature & Rank, “J.D. Webster, B[rigadier] G[eneral],” on a 1” x 3” slip of lined paper.

Lightly and evenly toned, with old hinge remnants on the reverse.

Price: $75.00
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NewWHEELER, JOSEPH (1836-1906) Confederate Major General; U.S. Army Major General of Volunteers during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Representative – Alabama – 1881-83 & 1885-1900

# 09168

Document Signed, 7 ¾” x 12 ½”, March 15, 1879, Lawrence County, Alabama, “Jos. Wheeler,” a partly printed legal document; accomplished in a clerical hand and signed by Wheeler beneath.

Moderate toning and wear, with a few small holes along the usual horizontal folds; heavier staining at center; chipping and irregularity at the edges and corners.  

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NewWHIPPLE, WILLIAM DENISON (1826-1902) Union Brigadier General during the American Civil War; Staff Officer for Generals George H. Thomas & William Tecumseh Sherman; Veteran of the Yuma & Navajo Wars

# 10985

Signature & Rank, “William D. Whipple, B[re]v[e]t Maj[or] Gen[eral] U.S. Army,” on a 3 ½” x 5 ¾” album page, with the signature and rank of Union Brevet Brigadier General Joseph Walter Burke on the reverse: “J.W. Burke, Col[one]l 10th Ohio Inf[an]t[r]y & Brevet Brig[adier] Gen[era]l Vol[unteer]s.”

Lightly and evenly toned, with several light creases; chips and pinholes at the formerly bound edge.

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NewZANE, ABRAHAM VANHOY, JR. (1850-1919) U.S. Navy Rear Admiral; Service in the Spanish-American War & World War I

# 13008

Document Signed, 2 ¾” x 7 ¼”, Washington, D.C., December 2, 1918, “A.V. Zane,” an imprinted check also accomplished by Zane just a month before his death, drawn on The Riggs National Bank for twenty dollars.

Hole-punch cancellation, well away from the signature.

Price: $65.00
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