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American History June 12, 2015

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Exhibition June 11, 2015 Noon - 5 p.m

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2 COWAN’S AMERICAN HISTORY BID LIVE ONLINE AT BIDSQUARE.COM

Cowan’s is pleased to offer property from the following:

Louis P Christman Family Collection of Wright Brothers’ Items

The Collection of Jane D Diehl, Cincinnati, OH

William Gladstone Collection of Early Photography & African Americana

John Painter Collection of American Indian & Western Photography

The Turner Family Naval Collection

Mike Vigna

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American History Lots 1 - 406

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The William Turner Family

Cowan’s is pleased to offer selection of items from the William

Turner family of Newport, Rhode Island, some of which have been

passed down several generations Items offered in this sale include

photographs, manuscripts, signed documents, relics, and uniform

accoutrements, most related to the naval careers of prominent

members of the family Photographs and other items related to less

noteworthy members of the family will be offered in our July 2 to

July 13 American History Timed Online Only auction, and many more

items from the family, including furniture, silver, scrimshaw, painted

portraits, and other fine art and decorative items will be offered in

Cowan’s June 20 Americana sale Below are brief biographies of

members of the Turner family relevant to this sale

1st Generation: Dr William Turner (1712-1754) grew up in Newport,

Rhode Island where, according to family history, he studied medicine

under Dr Norbent Vigneron (French, 1669-1764) After completing his

apprenticeship, Dr Turner relocated to Newark, New Jersey, where he

opened a successful professional practice William married Mehitable

Foster (b 1715) with whom he had four children, including Daniel

(1750-1837), and Peter (1751-1822)

2nd Generation: Daniel Turner (1750-1837), known as Captain Daniel,

married his first cousin Sarah Foster (1754-1809) before serving in the

Continental Army during the Revolutionary War Together, they had

ten children, including William (1775-1837), Peter (1781-1812), and

Daniel (1794-1850)

2nd Generation: Dr Peter Turner (1751-1822), Captain Daniel’s younger

brother, served as a surgeon in the 1st Rhode Island Regiment of the

Continental Army under General James Varnum (American,

1748-1789) and Colonel Christopher Greene (American, 1737-1781) Family

tradition tells us that he served on General George Washington’s staff

at Valley Forge where he established a friendship with the Marquis

de Lafayette (French, 1757-1834), who also stayed at Washington’s

encampment Following the war, Dr Turner and his wife Eliza Child

settled in East Greenwich, Rhode Island at 21 Courthouse Lane,

across the street from their brother-in-law General Varnum, whose

wife Martha Child was Eliza’s sister Peter and Eliza had nine children,

including Mehitable Foster (1780-1853)

1 Turner Family Manuscript Archive

Lot includes 200+ Turner Family letters, dated 1790s-1880s, hundreds

of pieces of ephemera, and extensive genealogical records

Every letter contained in the Turner Family collection, as presented to

Cowan’s, is included in this lot Only presidential signed commissions

and ship’s logs have been removed and offered individually

Letters include:

Dr William Turner (1775-1837) 50 letters and manuscripts written

by or directly concerning William Turner, dated 1790s-1830s The

majority are dated 1803-1821, 1-4pp, written to family members

while on naval service, and pertain to family matters or naval service

Notables and representative examples include: 1799 ALS to Peter

Turner, Oct 10, 1799, at Cape Francois, Haiti, reporting on events of

the slave revolt now known as the Haitian Revolution, referencing

Toussaint Louverture as an “ugly-looking negro leader, very polished

in his manners, said to have as many as 50,000 men” as we the naval

strength present; 1799 MS by Christopher Raymond Perry, father of

O.H Perry, appointing Wm to surgeon on the General Greene; 1800

ALS from Wm Turner to Dr Moses Brown regarding sicknesses on the

General Greene; war date ALS from Wm Turner to George Turner, April

10, 1813, reporting being blockaded by the British Squadron; war

date ALS to Wm Turner regarding the personal effects of his brother

Dr Peter Turner, who died of wounds sustained at Plattsburgh, NY,

and referencing Comm Woolsey; copy of a letter from Wm Turner

to Gen Thos H Cushing, Dec 23, 1814, requesting to go into private

practice as his family has sacrificed so much in the war and he must

3rd Generation: Commodore Daniel Turner (1794-1850), the son of Captain Daniel, began his career in the U.S Navy as a midshipman

at the age of fourteen, subsequently earning the rank of lieutenant

on March 12, 1813 Two days later, he joined Oliver Hazard Perry’s (American, 1785-1819) squadron at Sackett’s Harbor, New York where

he took command of the brig Caledonia in the Battle of Lake Erie

On September 10, 1813, Turner distinguished himself by providing

suppressive fire for Perry’s flagship Lawrence, thereby earning a

Congressional medal and a sword from the State of New York After

serving under Perry’s command on the frigate Java and the schooner

Nonsuch, Turner commanded the USS Erie and the USS Constitution

3rd Generation: Dr William Turner (1775-1837), the son of Captain Daniel and the older brother of Commodore Daniel, served as a surgeon in the United States Navy William married his first cousin Mehitable Foster (1780-1853), the daughter of Dr Peter (1751-1822), and they had nine children, including Peter (1803-1871)

3rd Generation: Benjamin Bourne Turner (1780-1807), the son of Captain Daniel and brother of Commodore Daniel and Dr William, appointed midshipman in the United States Navy Sept 27, 1800, and lieutenant March 9, 1807 Unmarried, he was killed in a duel with Master John Rush, US Navy, Oct 31, 1807, in New Orleans, over an argument about William Shakespeare

4th Generation: Commodore Peter Turner (1803-1871) began his career in the U.S Navy as a midshipman at the age of twenty, subsequently earning the rank of lieutenant on December 20, 1832

From 1834 to 1835, he served on the USS Columbus within his uncle

Commodore Daniel Turner’s (1794-1850) Brazil Squadron He also

served aboard the USS Constitution in the Pacific and afterward on

special duty at Portsmouth Navy Yard His final cruise was on the USS

Southampton before serving as commander of the U.S Naval Asylum

in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania He was commissioned as a commodore

in 1867 He married Sarah Stafford Jones (1826-1875) and had five children, including Hettie Foster (1850-1937)

5th Generation: Hettie Foster Turner (1850-1937) married Henry Harlan (1848-1898) and they had three children, including James Turner (1881-1931), through whose descendants the Turner family collection

is being offered for sale

now help provide for the family, mentioning brother Daniel’s service with O.H Perry at Lake Erie and being captured by the British, brother Peter’s being killed at Plattsburgh, brother Benjamin killed in a duel, and father Daniel being an invalid; 1818 ALS from US Surgeon General Joseph Lovell (1788-1836), authorizing Turner to engage in private practice; 1794 ALS from Richard Henderson to Isaac Governeur, recommending Wm Turner for the position of surgeon aboard the

America; 1821 ALS from Charles Handy to Wm Turner, listing the

personal effects of Wm.’s deceased brother, midshipman Henry Turner;

1806 manuscript inventory of medical supplies on hand and ordered; undated letter thanking Turner for a lecture at the Rhode Island Medical Society; an 1817 ALS regarding the Rhode Island Medical Society’s ruling on a doctor’s charge of selling a “secret medicine” in violation of the society’s bylaws; recipe for “Dr King’s Diarrhea Mixture”; schedules of expense and supplies, provision returns, etc.; and many letters regarding family matters

Commodore Peter Turner (1803-1871) 42 letters and manuscripts written by or directly concerning Peter Turner, dated 1820s-1860s The majority are dated 1826-30, 1-6pp, written to family members while on naval service, and pertain to family matters or naval service Notables and representative examples include: 1862 DS by Sec

of Navy Gideon Welles (1802-1878), notifying Peter Turner of his appointment to commander on the reserved list; 1867 letter from Peter Turner to Sec of Navy Gideon Welles acknowledging receipt of his commission as commodore; several 1820-1829 ALsS from Peter to various family members reporting on his service and travels, including

1820 from Matanzas discussing his captain and the markets; 1822

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THE TURNER FAMILY NAVAL COLLECTION

aboard the Constitution at Gibraltar; 1826 aboard the Boston; 1828 aboard theHornet, reporting on

outbreak of yellow fever forcing the ship to return to

port; 1828 aboard the Falmouth, regarding his sister’s

death; 1828 at Charleston Navy Yard, discussing

naval matters, and referencing the ships Columbus,

Independence, and Concord; 1827 ALS to brother

Daniel, captain of the ERIE, asking for help obtaining

a promotion; 1827 ALS expressing disappointment in not obtaining a promotion and being refused leave

to visit sick family; 1829 ALS to his parents, informing them he has passed his exam and discussing several captains by name; 1829 ALS to Hettie Turner, regarding Capt Daniel Turner’s capture and prize; 1838 correspondence regarding his father’s death and estate; Peter’s 1842 marriage certificate;

1844 ALS to his brother, from Rio de Janeiro, on a sheet featuring a woodcut of Rio; deed and several receipts for payments on his pew at Trinity Church, Newport; plus a ca 1862 CDV photograph of Peter as commander, newspaper clippings regarding Peter’s death, and more

Benjamin Turner (1780-1807) Six letters written

to, by, or concerning Benjamin Turner, most notably

an Oliver Hazard Perry ALS to Perry’s mother, dated Navy Yard, Nov 4, 1807, regarding the death of Lt

Benjamin Turner in a duel at New Orleans Perry writes he received the news via a letter from a Lt

Leonard and that “the quarrel was some trifling argument about Shakespeare plays which has terminated so fatally,” and Perry attests to Turner’s

“excellent character.” Perry tells his mother that he has not seen his father in a while due to the winds, but a Capt Winchester told him the elder Perry has never looked better Unfortunately this letter is in poor condition, separated at every fold line and missing most of the signature Also: ALS from “Trenchard”

aboard Connstellation off Tripoli, addressed to “Benj

Turner, Constitution at Sea”; 1805 ALS from Benj

Turner to Dr Wm Turner, describing a confrontation with a sailor; and more

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Other Family Members 100+ letters and manuscripts by, from or

concerning other or unknown members of the family Notables and

representative examples include: important Mexican War letter, 6pp,

to Henry S Harlan, from his brother, dated U.S Steamship Princeton,

Aug 12 (no year), at Anton Lizardo, 18 miles off Vera Cruz, postmarked

at Pensacola, Aug 20, regarding illnesses and injuries of soldiers and

sailors, events of the war, Mexican politics, ship movements, etc.;

dozens of letters to and from Hettie Turner (1750-1853) and other

family members regarding typical family matters; 1855 signed return

by Lt Col John Thomas, South Carolina; ca early 1800s mathematical

instructions for calculating the distance from Earth to the sun and

moon; 1759 letter written in mirrored script; pocket journal containing

notes on the Greek and Roman gods and goddesses; several

manuscript poems and copies of poems; receipts; ledgers; and more

Genealogical Research and Ephemera 100+ pages of genealogical

research, ca 1790s to 1950s, plus hundreds of pieces of ephemera,

ca 1790s to 1910s, including: naval event programs; calling cards;

miscellaneous tintypes and CDVs; family baptism and funeral

programs and mementos; newspaper clippings of family news and

obituaries; newspaper clippings of poetry; and four scrapbooks Two

of the scrapbooks contain ca 1750s-1910s Harlan family documents

and ephemera, including dozens of indentures, deeds, receipts, estate

inventories and settlements, some as early as the 1750s One is a

Cleveland Plain Dealer scrapbook of the Battle of Lake Erie centennial

in 1913, containing records pertaining to the committee on the

Perry Centennial; hundreds of newspaper clippings regarding the

centennial; programs from the “Progress of Women” event held as

part of the centennial; dozens of postcards of Battle of Lake Erie ships,

Perry statues, monuments, etc.; cabinet card of Gilbert Stuart’s painted

portrait of Perry; and a lengthy program for the entire celebration,

held Sept 14-17, 1913 Another Plain Dealer scrapbook, also ca 1913,

contains roughly 100 snapshots and cyanotypes of the Harlan family

and their homes

Descended in the Turner Family of Newport, RI

$6,000 - $8,000

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2 John Adams Presidential Signed Naval Commission for William Turner, Surgeon John Adams (1735-1826) Partially printed document signed 1p, 8.25 x 12 in., on vellum, with embossed seal, affixed upper left Philadelphia, August 31, 1799 Appointment of William Turner

to Surgeon in the US Navy Signed by President John Adams (1797-1801) and Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert (1798-1801)

$1,000 - $1,500

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4 James Monroe Presidential Signed Naval Appointment for Peter Turner, Midshipman James Monroe (1758-1831) Partially printed DS as President of the United States (1817-1825) 1p, 8.25 x 13 in.,

on vellum with embossed seal, affixed upper left Dated

at Washington, March 4, 1823, to Peter Turner, appointing him as a midshipman in United States Navy

$400 - $600

5 James Monroe Presidential Signed Land Grant James Monroe (1758-1831) Partially printed document signed as President of the United States (1817-1825) 1p, 9.5 x 13 in., on vellum with embossed seal, affixed lower left Dated at Washington, March 3, 1819, to Stephen Taylor, a Corporal in Towson’s Corps of Light Artillery during the War of 1812, granting 160 acres in Missouri Territory Transferred by Taylor on verso

Lot includes 10 letters to William and Peter Turner, dating from 1821, 1840 and 1859, relating to subsequent sales and payment on this land

$600 - $800

6 James Monroe Presidential Signed Land Grant James Monroe (1758-1831) Partially printed document signed as President of the United States (1817-1825) 1p, 9.5 x 13.25 in., on vellum with embossed seal, affixed lower left Dated at Washington, March 3, 1819, to Robert Cutter,

an Artificer in Towson’s Corps of Light Artillery during the War of 1812, granting 160 acres in Missouri Territory Transferred on verso

$600 - $800

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7 Andrew Jackson Presidential Signed Naval Appointment for Peter Turner, Passed Midshipman Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) Partially printed document signed 1p, 8.75 x 11 in., on vellum, with embossed seal, affixed upper left Dated at Washington, June 18, 1831, to Peter Turner, appointing him Passed Midshipman in the United States Navy, ranking from March 23, 1829 Signed by President Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) and Secretary of the Navy Levi Woodbury (1831-1834)

of the Navy Levi Woodbury (1831-1834)

$800 - $1,000

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9 Abraham Lincoln Presidential Signed Naval Commission for Commander Peter Turner

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) Partially printed DS 1p, 14.75 x 17.75 in., on vellum with embossed seal, lower center Dated at Washington, July 15, 1862, to Peter Turner, commissioning him

“Commander in the Navy on the Reserved List” from July 1, 1861 Signed by Abraham Lincoln as President (1861-1865) and Gideon Welles as Secretary of the Navy (1861-1869)

Lot also includes a presidential appointment dated March 12, 1867, and bearing the stamped signature of Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), naming Peter Turner to Commodore in the US Navy 1p, 19.25 x 15.75 in., on vellum

$4,000 - $6,000

10 War of 1812 Ship’s Log for the Schooner USS Nonsuch

Lot of 3 logs documenting activities of the USS Nonsuch Aug 8, 1821

to May 14, 1823 and Sept 9 to Dec 14, 1824 First with stylized ink

script on first page, Journal of U.S Sch’r Nonsuch / Daniel Turner, Esquire,

Commander / 1821 Pages 2 and 3 are elevation drawings of Corsica,

Cape St Vincent, and the Island of Milo (Milos) Next page is headed

Remarks & Occurrences on board the United States Sch’r Nonsuch, of

12 Guns, at New York, Daniel Turner Esq., Commander, with the first

entry dated August 8, 1821 The earliest entries detail the acquisition

of supplies and crew and interactions with the schooner Dolphin

and steamship Robert Fulton before leaving port “On a Cruise” Sept

15, 1821, arriving in Newport, Rhode Island, Sept 29 The Nonsuch

left Newport Oct 15 for a voyage across the Atlantic, arriving in

Gibraltar November 11 A full page elevation drawing of Corvo

Island in the Azores is included October 27 The next stop was Port

Mahon, Menorca, Nov 27, then a cruise toward the North African

coast before returning to Mahon Dec 12, where Nonsuch stayed

until March 12, 1822 She spent the next 14 months cruising the Mediterranean, with stops in Livorno, Naples, Messina, Smyrna, Malta, Tunis, Marseilles, and Malaga, several trips to Gibraltar, and extended stays in Mahon, including a four-and-a-half month stay Nov 20 to April 9, 1823 The log ends at Malaga on May 14, 1823 and the next begins Sept 9, 1824 at Palermo with a final entry dated Dec 14, 1824

at New York Nonsuch spent most of the autumn of 1824 cruising

the Mediterranean before making the voyage back to the United States, with only a few short stops in port The third book is mostly odd notes and calculations, but also includes another accounts of the transatlantic voyage of Nov 1824, as well as a few random dates in

1825 and 1826 First log is 8.75 x 11 in with leather-covered boards, other two 8 x 13 in with skin boards

$1,500 - $2,500

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11 War of 1812 Manuscript Record of Sick and Wounded at the Newport, RI, Navy Hospital

Manuscript document, 1p, 7.75 x 12.5 in., laid paper, titled The United

States of America to the Town of Newport For the use of the Hospital at Coaster’s Harbour for the Sick and Wounded of the Navy Department

at Newport State of Rhode Island &c The manuscript lists six men

belonging to the frigate Macedonian and 17 men “belonging to the

Gun Boats,” totaling 155 weeks and 1 day of hospital time at $0.375 per week for a total cost of $58.18 Dates of patients received and

discharged range from Dec 1812 to May 1813 The USS Macedonian was a frigate built by the British in 1810 and captured by the USS

United States, under the command of Commodore Stephen Decatur,

off the Canary Islands on Oct 25, 1812 It arrived in New London, CT, December 4, 1812 and was taken into service April 13, 1813, under the command of Capt Jacob Jones and remained in the Thames River in Connecticut for the majority of the war

Turner Family

$300 - $500

12 Journal for the Schooner Shark, 1827

Journal, 8 x 12.75 in with marbled boards and leather spine, 66pp plus 6pp inserts (not including 12pp which have been removed) First

page titled Journal of a Cruise in the U.S Schooner Shark / Isaac McKeever

Esq., Commander / To the Coast of Labrador, followed by a list of the 14

officers attached to the Shark First entry dated August 5, 1827, with

entries continuing to October 24, 1827 (excepting October 17-20, which have been removed)

$500 - $700

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13 Ship’s Log for the USS Southampton, 1851, Kept by Lt Peter Turner

Letter book, 8.5 x 13 in., 236pp First two pages are directions for keeping

the log, first entry is for Monday, Dec 30, 1850, at Brooklyn Navy Yard,

and entries continue daily until Friday October 31, 1851, at San Francisco

Harbor Each page with the heading Log of the U.S Ship Southampton /

Lieut Peter Turner Commanding Southampton left Brooklyn Navy Yard

February 2, 1851, reached Rio de Janeiro March 22, and stayed until

the 27th, spent April 5-11 in Montevideo, rounded Cape Horn on May

12, spent two and a half months in Valparaiso, June 10 to August 26,

harbored at Callao, Peru, September 3-9, and reached San Francisco

October 18 Every entry at sea includes the ship’s coordinates and

course, the wind direction and strength, the weather, air and water

temperature, atmospheric pressure, water expended, and the sick report,

plus remarks as to the movements of the sails, maintenance work on

the ship, and sightings and correspondence with passing ships Entries

in harbor include the winds and things such as deliveries, supplies

acquired, and men discharged, transferred, and disciplined An entry in

Rio includes discontinuing use of the ship’s boat due to the fear of yellow

fever, and one in San Francisco notes the desertion of several men

Southampton was laid down in Norfolk, VA, in October 1841, purchased

by the United States in early 1845, and commissioned May 27 of that

year with Lt Henry W Morris in command She sailed for Africa on June

27 and served as a storeship for the cruiser’s African Squadron until

returning to Norfolk in December 1846 In 1847 she was sent around

Cape Horn to California to supply the ships protecting the newly won

territory of the United States, and remained until returning to New

York on September 2, 1850 The log offered here begins on the day of

her recommissioning for a similar mission to California, which lasted

until August 5, 1852, after which she was assigned to Commodore Matthew Perry’s squadron and was part of the expedition to Japan before being decommissioned and entering merchant service in 1855

$500 - $700

14 Boston Marine Society Membership Certificate, Inscribed by Naval Capt Henry Skinner to Son Charles Skinner, 1801

Partially printed Boston Marine Society certificate of membership for Henry Skinner, dated December 4, 1781, approx 8.5 x 14.5 in., housed in original frame, 10.75 x 16.75 in Signed by William Furness as secretary and James Scott as president of Boston Marine Society Original seal present Original paper backing in place with the following

inscription from Henry Skinner: Presented by Henry Skinner to

his son Charles William Skinner of United States Navy, Norfolk Virginia 1st Jany 1834, aged 84 years, Henry Skinner of the revolutionary navy

Although thought by some historians to be the Capt Skinner in George Washington’s “Secret Navy,” Henry Skinner was officially added to the Supplementary List of Continental Navy Captains in September 1779 He saw

a long career on the seas - first in the Continental Navy

during the Revolutionary War and later in the Merchant Service In the

year of his death [1834], he inscribed this certificate to his third son,

Charles William Skinner, with whom he had taken up residence a few

years prior Charles followed his father’s footsteps by joining the US

Navy where he quickly rose up the ranks After succeeding Matthew

Perry as Commodore towards the end of 1844, Commodore Charles

William Skinner held command over the US naval vessels attempting

to suppress the slave trade off the western African coast using the

USS Jamestown as his flagship in 1845 President James K Polk

appointed Charles Skinner to head the Navy’s Bureau of Construction,

Equipment, and Repair in 1847

Property of Another Consignor

$500 - $800

Verso Detail

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15 USS Constitution Watch, Quarter and Station Bill for 1839, Kept

by Lt Peter Turner Quarto, marbled boards with leather spine, 7.75 x 12.5 in overall, approx 150pp, of which 100+ are filled with text Boldly inscribed on

front endpaper Lieut Peter Turner / U.S Frigate Constitution / September

12th, 1839., and on the first page, Watch Quarter and Station Bill / U.S Frigate Constitution / bearing the Broad Pennant of Commodore Alexander Claxton, Commanding the U.S Naval Forces in the Pacific Ocean, 1839 The book contains a list of the officers of the ship,

records of men assigned to various watches, stations, other duties, diagrams of the masts with the assignments of each sailor, instructions and assigned duties in case of fire, and guidelines for common nautical actions (Making Sail, Hoisting, Clewing Down, Shortening Sail, Bringing Ship to Anchor, Counter Bracing, etc)

USS Constitution began her voyage as flagship of the Pacific Squadron

on March 1, 1839, and spent most of the year patrolling the coast

of Chile Daniel Turner served as captain of the ship and took over command of the Pacific Squadron when Commodore Claxton died on

board the Constitution in 1841

$4,000 - $6,000

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16 Capt Daniel Turner’s Lap Desk

Used on the USS Constitution

Lap desk, 11.75 x 18.75 x 6.75 in high,

with brass hardware, containing

various items The family inventory

lists the desk as being Commodore

Daniel Turner’s from his time

commanding the USS Constitution,

and a Constitution hat band found

in one of the compartments is

included in the lot Also present is

a 3-star, hand-sewn commissioning

pennant, ca early 19th century, along

with a spyglass, fife, percussion caps,

a writing kit, and various writing

utensils and accessories

$3,000 - $5,000

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17 Naval and Military Relics Collected by the Turner Family Lot includes: relic of the tree under which William Penn signed Penn’s

Treaty with the Indians, 1683; relic of the HMS Endeavor, first ship to circle the world; relic of the USS Porcupine, noted for its role in the

Battle of Lake Erie; six relics dug from the Battle of the Crater; relic of the flagstaff from Fort Fisher; four pieces of grapeshot from Fort Fisher,

housed in a Winchester 32 cal cartridge box; relic of the USS Merrimac

(1894), sunk at Santiago de Cuba in 1898; all of the above housed in a

box made from the wood of the USS Saranac (1848)

$1,000 - $1,500

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20 Commodore Daniel Turner’s 1841 Regulation Chapeau

Pattern 1841 regulation felted beaver fur chapeau, housed in

the original tin Patriotic maker’s label inside hat for Oakford of

Philadelphia

$1,000 - $1,500

21 Commodore Daniel Turner’s Officer’s Shoulder Straps and Insignia Lot of 11, including shoulder straps for the ranks of captain, commander (two of one form, one of another), lieutenant, and surgeon, plus one missing the center, one hat insignia, two eagle-anchor insignia (probably from epaulets), and one collar insignia

$1,000 - $2,000

18 US Militia Belt Buckle, Ca 1820s-1840

Ca 1825-1840 US militia belt buckle in an oval shape

and featuring a shield eagle and the motto E Pluribus

Unum Worn by one of the Turner naval officers,

though we cannot positively identify whom

$400 - $600

19 US Naval Belt, Buckle, and Sword Hanger Worn By Lt Daniel Turner Two-piece buckle featuring an eagle perched atop a fouled anchor, surrounded

by 17 stars, with gilt metal sword hanger, buff belt, plus an extra 56 in of gold

belt Accompanied by a tag reading: Sword Belt worn by Lieut Daniel Turner who

commanded the “Caledonia” in the Battle of Lake Erie

$1,000 - $1,500

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22 Daniel Turner’s Commodore’s Shoulder Scales

1841 regulation, commodore’s rank, housed in the original tin

24 Large Group of US Navy Uniform Buttons

Ca 1850s-1860s naval uniform buttons Includes 76 large (7/8 or 15/16 in.), 18 medium (11/16 in.), and

36 small (9/16 in.) Most produced by Horstman or W.H Smith

$600 - $800

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25 Quarter Plate Daguerreotype of Commodore Peter Turner in Lieutenant’s Dress Uniform, Plus

Lot of 9, including a quarter plate daguerreotype of Commodore Peter Turner (1803-1871) in US Navy dress uniform, taken at Rio

de Janeiro in 1844 while serving as a lieutenant in the Brazil Squadron under his uncle, Commodore Daniel Turner (1794-1850) Daguerreotype is housed in a simple brown case with blue embossed mat, with an inked note stating the time and place of the photograph, and declaring it a “poor likeness.” Accompanied by

a sixth plate and a ninth plate ambrotype of Peter Turner in civilian dress (from the same sitting), a CDV of Turner in commander’s uniform by Gutekunst, Philadelphia, dated Oct 12, 1863, and 5 portraits of his wife, Sarah Stafford Jones Turner (1826-1875) Sarah’s portraits include a quarter plate daguerreotype dated 1852; a ninth plate daguerreotype with hand-colored flowers; 2 sixth plate ambrotypes; and a ninth plate ambrotype

$800 - $1,000

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27 Half Plate Daguerreotype of Colonel Robert Brown Lawton, Plus Lot of 3, including half plate daguerreotype of Col Robert Brown Lawton

in profile, housed in a leather case with the gilt cover imprint of E White &

Co., New Orleans & New York, also containing a 4.75 x 5.75 in profile pencil

sketch, plus a ninth plate daguerreotype of a woman presumed to be his wife, Eliza Child Turner Lawton, who was the sister of Commodore Peter Turner Robert Brown Lawton (d 1876) served as colonel of the 1st Rhode Island Cavalry from Dec 14, 1861 to July 1, 1862

$500 - $700

28 Three Daguerreotypes of Women Related to the Turner Family Lot of 3, including a quarter plate daguerreotype of Caroline Ann Jones, daughter of W.H Jones, taken 1852, a sixth plate daguerreotype of Caroline Ann Jones, taken 1858, and a sixteenth plate daguerreotype of Susan Follett (d 1856), taken 1851 All housed

in pressed-paper cases with inked identification pinned to the pad

$300 - $500

29 Daguerreotypes of Men Related to the Turner Family Lot of 3, including a quarter plate daguerreotype of

an unidentified couple, a sixth plate daguerreotype

of William Henry Jones /

taken 1854, and a sixth plate

daguerreotype of John Edwin

Jones / taken in 1857 just after his return from China

All housed in pressed-paper cases, the latter two with inked identification pinned

to the pad

$300 - $500

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30 Southworth & Hawes, Commodore Charles Morris, Three

Daguerreotype Portraits Including Exceptionally Rare Whole

Medallion Plate

Lot of 3 daguerreotypes of Commodore Charles Morris by Albert S

Southworth and Josiah J Hawes, including 1 whole “medallion” plate

and 1 whole plate, each with credit and date hand etched on the

reverse of plate, and housed in 11.5 x 13.5 in frame, plus 1 half plate

housed in leather case Ca 1850-1855

A native of Woodstock, CT, Charles Morris (1784-1856) was born to

Charles Morris and Miriam Nichols As a result of his father’s position as

a purser for the Navy in the Quasi-War with France, Charles was able to

get an appointment as a midshipman in 1799, at the age of 15 Morris

was onboard the USS Constitution, or “Old Ironsides,” as it sailed to

Tripoli in 1803 He was selected by Stephen Decatur to participate in

the raid to destroy the captured Philadelphia, whose deck Morris was

the first to reach

During the War of 1812, Morris was first lieutenant under Captain

Isaac Hull on the Constitution He was severely wounded during

the ship’s battle with the HMS Guerriere, and received a promotion

to captain for his efforts Following his recovery from the wounds,

Morris commanded the Adams in raiding expeditions against British

merchant ships

From 1815-1817, Morris served aboard the Congress He was promoted

to commodore, and commanded the Portsmouth and Boston Navy

Yards until being appointed to the Navy Board of Commissioners in

1823, a position he held until 1827, and again from 1832-1841 During

this time, Morris was credited for instituting a number of naval reforms

From 1851-1856, Morris served as chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and

Hydrography, which included the responsibility of supervising the newly established Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD Morris died on January 27, 1856, and he is regarded by many as the foremost figure

of the US Navy as it existed before the Civil War (Information obtained from the William L Clements Library website, May 5, 2015.)

Albert Southworth (1811-1894) and Josiah Hawes (1808-1901) are considered masters of American photography, partnering in the earliest days of Daguerreian-era photography in the US From the outset of their partnership, Southworth and Hawes sought to make the new medium an art, and they are regarded not only as technical innovators, but also as true artists, producing some of the most aesthetically superior portraits of the Daguerreian era

The 3 daguerreotypes offered today are comprised of 11 portraits

of Commodore Morris, including the exceptionally rare “medallion” portrait, which was considered technically the most challenging

to produce during the 1850s Robert Sobieszek and Odette Appel

describe the process as follows in The Daguerreotypes of Southworth &

Hawes (1980):

“Using the sliding plate-holder Southworth had patented in 1855, Southworth & Hawes further exploited this medallion (or hard-edged vignetting) style by continuing the process for eight sequential exposures of different, rotating poses of the unidentified subject the sitter’s face is presented as a visual charting of the lunar cycle by the arrangements of the face from ‘new’ to ‘full’ in various quarters and careful bisecting of the black and white background” (p.36)

Sobieszek and Appel also include an excerpt from a March 1851

Photographic Art Journal article by W.A Pratt, which provides further

information regarding the “medallion” technique:

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“Cut an oval opening in the centre of a piece of Bristol board, the size

of the plate on which you wish to operate, and surround the edges with other openings to resemble lacework place the Bristol board over the [coated plate], and let it remain during its exposure in the camera, and over the mercury it is necessary to have a large oval cut

in a white screen to correspond with the oval on the plate This is to stand between the sitter and camera ” (p.36)

In addition to the whole “medallion” plate daguerreotype of Morris offered here, only two other examples of the “medallion” style by Southworth & Hawes are known to exist, each capturing unidentified subjects One is housed at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and the other is included in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection

This exceptional group of daguerreotypes was exhibited in Young

America: The Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes, 2005-2006,

at the International Center of Photography, the George Eastman House, and the Addison Gallery of Art, and the images are illustrated

in the exhibition catalogue as follows: Whole Plate Profile, Cat No

250; Whole Medallion Plate, Cat No 251; Half Plate, Cat No 252

Southworth and Hawes produced a fourth portrait of Morris during the same sitting, which was donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1937

The Family of Josiah Johnson Hawes; William J MacPherson; Private Collector

$15,000 - $25,000

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The Adams Family of South Carolina

A collection of photographs and manuscripts concerning one of

South Carolina’s oldest and most prominent families Lots 31-37, 103

The Adams family came to the area near present day Columbia, SC,

in the mid-18th century, acquired major land holdings, and became

prosperous plantation owners They were strongly involved in political

and military affairs of their state, region, and country, playing major

roles in state government as well as the Mexican American and Civil

Wars

James Adams, son of Henry Coker Adams, emigrated from England to

Virginia in the early seventeenth century seeking a new life in colonial

America There, he married Agnes Walker and fathered two children

before Agnes’ death in 1755 One of the children died early, the other,

Joel, survived into adulthood

Joel Adams was born February 4, 1750, in Culpepper, VA He was the

first of the family to settle in lower Richland County, SC, at Wavering

Place in 1768 He married Grace Weston in 1773 and together

they bore seven children Before the American Revolution, Joel

began acquiring land along the Congaree River in lower Richland

County, accumulating 25,000 acres of plantations in the area In the

Revolutionary War, he was a leader of South Carolina militia forces and

served in the Continental Army He strongly believed in education,

and political and military service to one’s state and country Two of his

children were educated at Yale He died July 8, 1830, in Richland, SC,

where he is buried

31 Brady Gallery, Quarter Plate Daguerreotype Believed to be 2nd Lt David Adams, South Carolina Palmetto Regiment, KIA Mexican War Quarter plate daguerreotype of a gentleman identified by Adams Family descendants as David Adams (1824-1847) of Aiken County, SC, wearing a civilian, double-breasted frock coat and what appears to

be a ca 1839 military cap covered with oil cloth Housed in full case

with velvet mat stamped Brady’s Gallery/ 205-207/ Broadway New York

Mathew Brady operated a studio at this address from 1844-1858, and this portrait was likely taken ca 1845-1846 The Adams Family believes that David Adams was a cousin to Warren Adams’ father, J.H Adams, but the relationship has not been confirmed

The year 1846 brought war to the United States and Mexico South Carolina provided one regiment of infantry to the conflict Known as the Palmetto Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, the men were under the command of Colonel Pierce Mason Butler, formerly a US Army officer and State Governor The unit was accepted into federal service in December 1846 and disbanded at the close of the war in June and July 1848

Company D, the “Old Ninety-Six Boys,” was under the command of Captain Preston S Brooks, with Joseph Abney, Lafayette B Weaver, and David Adams acting as Lieutenants They served Major General Winfield Scott in his campaign against Mexico City On August 20th, 1847, during the assault of Churubusco just outside Mexico City, Colonel Butler and Lieutenant Adams were killed and Lieutenant Abney was severely wounded The Palmetto Regiment suffered some of the most severe losses in the battle and Campaign

Descended in the Family of Confederate Lt Colonel Warren Adams

of the “Convention of the People” in 1860-1861, he was a signatory

to the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession Subsequently, Adams served as a Commissioner of South Carolina to the US government

to negotiate the transfer of United States property in South Carolina

to the state government He died at Live Oak, his country residence, and is buried in St John’s Episcopal Churchyard in Congaree, SC.This collection principally concerns one of J H Adams children, Warren Adams, (1838–1884) who was a Lieutenant Colonel in the CSA He was in command of the First South Carolina Infantry Regiment at Battery Wagner, Charleston, SC (Lots 32-35, 37)

Images and documents related to extended family members, such as 2nd Lieutenant David Adams, KIA in the Mexican American War (Lot 31), and Captain Robert Adams, Charleston Light Dragoons (Lot 36) are also included in the collection, as well as an archive of material regarding the Sinkler & Darby Families, relatives through marriage (Lot 103)

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Lieutenant Colonel Warren AdamsAdams was the son of South Carolina Governor James Hopkins Adams and Jane Margaret Scott Adams He was born November 28, 1838, in Minervaville, Richland County,

SC He graduated from The Citadel, Military College of South Carolina, in 1859 Adams married Nathalie Heyward, daughter

of Senator Nathaniel Heyward, in May 1866, and had nine children, four of whom survived him Adams was an active participant in several battles in the Civil War, but most notably

at Battery Wagner He was seriously wounded at the Battle

of Bentonville, NC, but survived his wounds and returned

to Stony Hill Plantation in Kingsville, SC, living there until his death on November 5, 1884 Adams is buried at St John’s Episcopal Church, Congaree, SC

Adams’ most notable achievement of the Civil War was his command of the 1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment in defense of Battery Wagner at Charleston He fended off the attacks of the African American 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry led by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw Attacked twice on July 11 and July 18, 1863, Adams was able to repel the Union forces with only modest losses Colonel Shaw was killed in the second assault The fort eventually succumbed to siege when the Confederates abandoned it on the evening of September 6-7, 1863 The Battles of Battery Wagner are the source of the

1989 movie Glory Adams went on to serve the 2nd South

Carolina Cavalry and was shot from his saddle at the Battle of Bentonville in 1865

32 Salted Paper Photograph of Warren Adams While at the Citadel, Posed with Fellow Cadets

Salted paper photograph, 5.5 x 7.5 in (sight), matted and housed in what appears to be the original frame, 11.75 x 13.75 in An exceptional studio portrait of three young cadets from The Citadel, posed together in full dress uniform, their sashes tinted red The gentleman seated at right has been identified as Warren Adams, but we have been unable to identify the other cadets, presumably from the class of 1859

Founded in 1842, The Citadel, The Military College of South

33 Quarter Plate, Civil War Ruby Ambrotype of Warren Adams in Uniform

Quarter plate ruby ambrotype of Warren Adams, as identified by Adams Family descendants, dressed in a gray-tinted Confederate frock coat, the buttons and collar highlighted in gold Housed in full pressed-paper case

$1,500 - $2,500

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Carolina, located in Charleston, is one of six Senior Military Colleges

in the United States During his time at The Citadel, Adams served as Commandant of the Corps of Cadets

$3,000 - $5,000

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34 Sixth Plate, Civil War Ambrotype of Lt Colonel Warren Adams, by George S Cook, Plus Cabinet Photographs

Sixth plate ambrotype of Lt Colonel Warren Adams dressed in his Confederate uniform, with captain’s collar rank and sleeve braid highlighted in gold, housed in leather, push-button

case with velvet pad marked Geo S Cook/ Artist/ Charleston Considered the “Matthew Brady”

of the South, Cook (1819-1902) took the first combat photograph known The ambrotype

is accompanied by 2 companion cabinet photographs of Adams (paper copy of the ambrotype) and his wife Nathalie

Heyward Adams, each bearing a Sterry, Albany, NY, studio backmark

Descended in the Family

of Confederate Lt Colonel Warren Adams

a group of 4 young men including Adams, identified as sitting second from left, housed in full pressed paper case; half plate ambrotype of Adams housed in full leather, push-button case bearing George S Cook’s Charleston studio mark on back It has been suggested by the family that this portrait was taken during the time that Adams worked as a teacher in North Carolina, prior to the Civil War; post-war, sixth plate ambrotype of Adams in civilian clothing, housed in half pressed-paper case The images are accompanied by a leather Crouch & Fitzgerald document bag, 8.75

x 10.75 in., which was discovered among Adams’ belongings and was believed to have been used by him at some point An inked identification

inside the bag indicates that it was later utilized by J.H Mayne, N.Y.S RVS

$1,500 - $2,500

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36 Sixth Plate Daguerreotype Portrait Identified by Descendants as Captain Robert Adams, Charleston Light Dragoons

Anonymous, sixth plate daguerreotype of a young, uniformed gentleman identified by Adams Family descendants as Robert Adams, the first cousin (once removed) of Lt Colonel Warren Adams Housed

in full thermoplastic Union case with Holmes, Booth & Haydens’ studio imprint in case behind image, although it cannot be confirmed that the case is original to the daguerreotype

Robert Adams was born December 24, 1832, in the Lower Richland District of South Carolina He was the son of Robert Adams and Charlotte Belton Pickett Adams (grandson of Joel Adams and first cousin to James H Adams) Robert was married to Eveline McCord of Philadelphia, who was a great grandniece of Betsy Ross He worked as

a cotton planter prior to the Civil War

Adams served in the Charleston Light Dragoons, of the 4th Regiment South Carolina Cavalry He enlisted on April 10, 1861, and served

in many engagements, finally being wounded and captured at the Battle of Old Church, VA, on May 30, 1864 Subsequently, he was held

as a POW at Elmira, NY Adams died May 12, 1882, at the age of 49 in Richland County, SC

The Fourth Regiment was active primarily in the Eastern Theater of the War, serving in the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, under General P.G.T Beauregard until it was transferred to the Army of Northern Virginia in March 1864 In January 1865, the 4th SC Cavalry was transferred to the Department of Tennessee and Georgia

Robert Adams was the subject of the 2007 movie The Last Confederate,

with descendants Julian Adams and Ambassador Weston Adams in starring roles

$1,500 - $2,500

37 CSA Lt Colonel Warren Adams & Family, Collection of Photographs, Incl Images of Family Slaves, Plus Personal Papers Adams Family Archive of Photographs and Papers, highlights being images of Warren’s wife Natalie and his children, plus other family members (approx 17 cased images, CDVs, and large format photos), plus the album pages featuring images of Natalie later

in life, and images of the Adams’ family slaves in the early 20th century Plus small group of paperwork, including 1881 letter from Warren to his son, patent documents, manuscript of Adams Family lineage, book on Heyward family

$1,000 - $1,500

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38 Confederate Photographer, George S Cook, Sixth Plate

Ambrotype of Wife, Elizabeth Smith Francisco, Plus

Sixth plate ambrotype of a young woman wearing a striped gown

and gold tinted jewelry, housed in full leather, push-button case,

with velvet mat stamped Geo S Cook/ Artist/ Charleston Although

the ambrotype lacks period identification, the woman has been

tentatively identified as George Cook’s wife, Elizabeth Smith Francisco,

through a comparison with a known portrait of Cook, his wife

Elizabeth, two of their children, and Elizabeth’s niece, Lavinia Pratt,

who would later marry Cook after the death of her aunt The Cook

family portrait is illustrated in Photographer Under Fire: The Story of

George S Cook (1819-1902), by Jack Ramsay, Jr (1994: p.29) A copy of

Ramsay’s book accompanies the lot

Born in Stratford, CT, George S Cook (1819-1902), studied painting in

New Orleans at the time that photography was introduced in America

in 1839 He immediately adopted the medium and established a

gallery in New Orleans before setting out to teach photographic

techniques to others in small, southern towns

In 1846, Cook married Elizabeth Smith Francisco, a native of New

Jersey According to a family document referenced in Photographer

Under Fire, it was believed that Elizabeth was of “Portuguese origin,”

and a “descendant of ‘a hero of the American Revolution Peter Francisco’” (p.28) In the late 1840s, Cook settled in Charleston, SC,

to raise a family with Elizabeth, and he became one of the principal Confederate photographers during the Civil War He gained notoriety for recording the gradual deterioration of Fort Sumter and Charleston In the fall of 1863, Elizabeth fell ill and became bedridden, subsequently passing away in April 1864 Two years later,

in September 1866, Cook married Elizabeth’s niece, Lavinia Pratt, who was 18 years younger than her husband After moving his family to Richmond in 1880, Cook’s older son, George LaGrange Cook, took over the Charleston studio Cook remained an active photographer throughout the remainder of his life, and after his death on November

27, 1902, his younger son Huestis Cook, who also had an interest in photography, took over the studio in Richmond

$500 - $700

39 Jefferson Davis, Rare Ferrotype Badge

Jefferson Davis ferrotype, approx 1 in dia overall Although it is

possible that a portrait of Pierre G.T Beauregard appears on the

opposite side, this cannot be confirmed without removing the

ferrotype from the mount Research reveals that this image may have

been issued after the fall of Fort Sumter and the outbreak of hostilities

or following the Confederate victory at First Manassas

$1,000 - $1,500

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40 Quarter Plate Ambrotype of Pvt William W Ewing, Pennsylvania 3rd Cavalry, KIA, and his Young Son in Uniform

Quarter plate ambrotype of a gentleman in civilian clothing posed with a young boy, presumably his son, dressed in military uniform, with a sword tucked in his belt The gentleman is identified in the

penciled inscription written inside the case, behind the image: Sept 22

1861/ sent from Alexandria/ Va./ Wm Ewing shot accidentally/ on the 4th March 1862/ at Camp Marcy Va Housed in half case

William Wise Ewing of Cumberland County, PA, enlisted as a private on August 17, 1861, and was mustered into Co H of the Pennsylvania 3rd Cavalry, which became a fixture in the Army of the Potomac Cavalry Corps Within less than a year, Ewing was accidentally killed on March

4, 1862, at Camp Marcy, VA HDS indicates that Ewing was buried at Dickinson Presbyterian Cemetery in Cumberland County, PA The Pennsylvania 3rd Cavalry went on to participate in numerous battles during the war, including Antietam, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, and Cold Harbor

$500 - $700

41 Quarter Plate Tintype of Armed Union Soldier Posed in Front

of the Stars and Stripes Attractively hand-colored quarter plate tintype featuring an unidentified, mustached Civil War soldier standing in a studio setting, with the American flag hanging behind him The subject wears a pattern 1855 light artillery shell jacket, a pattern 1858 forage cap, and a revolver holster on an unusually wide, hidden buckle belt

Housed in full, pressed-paper case

$600 - $800

42 Civil War Quarter Plate Tintype of African American First Sergeant Quarter plate tintype providing a full-length portrait of an unidentified, African American sergeant standing in front of a painted military backdrop He is wearing a nine-button frock coat, a forage kepi, and cross belt for a sword scabbard The first sergeant holds an NCO sword, and he is wearing a red-tinted NCO sash with gold-tinted rectangular NCO buckle Housed in half case

William Gladstone Collection of Early Photography & African Americana

$500 - $700

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43 Civil War Cased Images of Soldiers Displaying Colt Revolvers

Lot of 3, including: sixth plate tintype of a cavalryman wearing a

cavalry kepi with oilcloth cover, displaying a Colt 1860 Army revolver;

sixth plate tintype of a soldier displaying a Colt percussion revolver,

with another revolver tucked in his belt; and a sixth plate ambrotype

of a soldier armed with a Colt 1851 Navy revolver, holding a cavalry

sabre in his other hand First two housed in Union cases with floral/

scroll designs, third in a patriotic Union case featuring flags, shields,

and crossed cannons

$600 - $800

44 Carved Tagua Nut Jewelry Featuring Ferrotypes of Union Generals

Lot of 2 “sweethearts’ bracelets” featuring 0.5 in tintypes of Union

generals set in carved tagua nut and made into a bracelet One with blue

glass beads featuring Generals Grant, Burnside, and Sherman, the other

featuring Generals McClellan, Buell, and Rosecrans (spelled Rosenkranz)

$800 - $1,200

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45 Civil War CDV Album Containing Confederate & Union Generals and Politicians

Re-bound leather album containing 37 CDVs and tintypes Notables include: Abraham Lincoln, uncredited vignette with period inscription about his assassination on verso; John Wilkes Booth, uncredited;

CSA Gen John B Magruder; CSA Gen P.G.T Beauregard; CSA Gen

Felix Zollicoffer; CSA Gen Joseph E Johnston; CSS Alabama Capt

Raphael Semmes; Gen John Hunt Morgan, albumen print of an illustration, with verso revenue stamp with cancelation stamp of Olsen, Shreveport, LA; lithographed carte of an engraving of Libby Prison; In Memoriam hand-colored carte featuring the second national flag of the CSA, backmark of Bryan & McCarter, Columbia, SC; Union Gen Ulysses S Grant, vignette by Brady with verso revenue stamp;

Union Gen McClellan and wife, backmark of Anthony/Brady, with revenue stamp; Union Gen W.T Sherman, uncredited; Capt Martin Van Buren Richardson, 2nd USVRC, late 4th New Hampshire, carte in civilian clothing, signed on verso and with revenue stamp; carte of a Union Navy assistant paymaster, identified on verso as Henry St John

of the steamer Restless; an unidentified Union cavalry sergeant; an

unidentified Union lieutenant; three unidentified Union privates; a tintype of two men displaying slices of fruit; and 16 CDVs and tintypes

of civilian men, women, and children

$600 - $800

46 CSA General Daniel H Hill CDV Rare, vignetted view of Confederate General Daniel Harvey Hill in uniform, no backmark

Brother-in-law to Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Hill (1821-1889) became colonel of the 1st North Carolina Infantry at the outbreak of the Civil War, and he quickly attained the rank of brigadier general Hill served the Confederacy with distinction in the East until he was transferred

to the Army of Tennessee, where he saw action at Chickamauga and Chattanooga However, Hill was relieved as a result of criticizing General Braxton Bragg, but he went on to serve briefly at Petersburg and in the Carolinas with his close friend, General Joseph Johnston

$900 - $1,200

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48 CSA Lt General E Kirby Smith, Signed Cabinet Photograph Rare cabinet card photograph of an aged E Kirby Smith, with Spencer

Judd’s Sewanee, TN imprint and E Kirby Smith autographed on mount

$600 - $800

49 James A Garfield, Rare CDV as Brigadier General Half-length pose of James A Garfield in brigadier general’s uniform, from a negative by Brady, though this example lacks a backmark

$400 - $600

47 CSA Lt General Simon B Buckner, Signed Cabinet Photograph

Cabinet card photograph featuring a vignetted view of General Simon

B Buckner in his Confederate uniform, with three stars visible on his

collar Signed below portrait S B Buckner/ Lieut General No studio

imprint Buckner was made a Lieutenant General on September 20,

1864, and this card was likely signed by him ca 1865

During the Civil War, Buckner (1823-1914) was posted primarily in the

Western Theatre (Kentucky, Tennessee, West Louisiana) He later served

as 30th Governor of Kentucky

$1,500 - $2,000

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50 Bvt Brig General Charles S Lovell, CDV and Commission, Plus

Lot of 3, including CDV and appointment to brevet colonel, housed in a personalized metal container

CDV is a three-quarter-length pose as major

or lieutenant colonel with the blindstamp

of photographer G.D Hamilton at lower left

Commission is vellum, 15.75 x 19.25 in., dated September 10, 1866, with the printed signatures

of President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, appointing Lovell brevet colonel for gallant and meritorious service at Malvern Hill on July

1, 1862, housed in a metal tube painted Commission

of Bvt Brig Gen Charles S Lovell, US Army

Charles Swain Lovell (1811-1871) served as captain

in the 6th US Infantry during the Mexican War and remained in the US Army until his retirement in

1870 During the Civil War, he served as major in the 10th US Infantry, lieutenant colonel of the 18th

US Infantry, and colonel of the 14th US Infantry He was awarded three brevets for service at Gaines’ Mill, Malvern Hill, and Antietam

$500 - $700

51 Relic of Col Elmer Ellsworth’s Flag, Plus CDVs of Ellsworth and Brownell

Lot of 3, including a relic of Ellsworth’s flag sewed onto a 3.75 x 4 in

piece of paper with ink identification A Piece of the Flag Col Ellsworth

raised on the Marshall House, 1861; a CDV of Ellsworth published by

J Gurney & Son, 1863, with an explanation on verso as to the head

of the goddess of liberty mysteriously appearing in the print after retouching (though we do not see it); and a fine CDV of Francis E

Brownell, Ellsworth’s avenger, published by E Anthony in 1861 from a Brady negative

The inscription above the relic is erroneous, of course, as Ellsworth did not raise a flag but rather removed the large “secession flag”

flying atop the Marshall House Inn in Alexandria, VA Col Ellsworth was especially offended as the flag was visible to Abraham Lincoln

in the White House, and when he entered Alexandria with the 11th New York on May 24, 1861, he was determined to take it down

While descending the stairs with the flag, he was confronted by the innkeeper, an ardent secessionist named James W Jackson, who fired a shotgun blast into Ellsworth’s chest at point blank, but Francis E Brownell, a corporal in Ellsworth’s “Fire Zouaves,” responded immediately with a fatal bayonet strike to Jackson Col Ellsworth was the first conspicuous Union casualty of the war and the incident became a rallying point for soldiers and citizens throughout the North Pieces of the flag, Ellsworth’s uniform, the Marshall House sign, and even the bloodstained floorboards immediately became popular patriotic souvenirs, and over 30 years later the event was still memorable enough that Brownell’s wife was able to sell small pieces of the flag to raise money following her husband’s death

Brownell was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1877, and the remaining section of the flag eventually ended up in the New York State Military Museum, and relics such as the one offered here reside in the Smithsonian and other notable collections

$2,500 - $3,500

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52 1st Lieut Francis Brownell, Autographed CDV, Plus Poem

Lot of 2, featuring a rare carte of 1st Lieut Francis Brownell in uniform, proudly

displaying the medals on his jacket, while holding a Staff Officer’s sword in his left

hand, beautifully autographed on verso Frank E Brownell/ USA, with Gurney & Son,

New York imprint The CDV is accompanied by an anonymous manuscript poem,

5 x 8 in., addressed to the Army, honoring Elmer Ellsworth, the first conspicuous

casualty of the Civil War The poem states in part: Our response all hearts shall thrill:/

Ellsworth’s fame is with us still,/ Ne’er to pass away!/ Bring that rebel banner low,/

Hoisted by a treacherous foe/ I was for that they dealt the blow,/ Laid him in the dust.

Francis E Brownell (1840-1894), 11th New York, made famous as Ellsworth’s

Avengers for which he was later awarded the Medal of Honor in 1877 After slaying

Elmer Ellsworth’s murderer (innkeeper James W Jackson) on the stairs of the

Marshall House and posing for a popular Brady CDV standing on the Secessionist

rag that caused Ellsworth’s martyrdom, Brownell became an officer in the regular

11th US Infantry He resigned his commission in November 1863 Thereafter,

Brownell saw to his own reputation, twice petitioning the War Department

for the Medal of Honor and becoming a self-appointed custodian of Ellsworth

memorabilia and keeper of the flame

$1,500 - $2,000

53 Civil War CDV of Lt Col Lloyd Aspinwall and African American Servant, by Mathew Brady CDV of an outdoor camp scene, featuring a young African American servant wearing a fez-type hat with long tassel, shell jacket, and boots, and holding an officer’s sword in his right hand, and a sash and tray with cup and saucer in his left hand The officer, identified in

pencil on verso as Lt Col Lloyd Aspinwall, 22nd NYSNG,

at Harper’s Ferry, VA, 1862, is visible at right, peeking out from inside the tent With Mathew Brady’s New York and Washington, DC, studio imprint

$500 - $700

54 Signed CDV of David G Farragut as Vice Admiral, Plus

CDV by J Gurney & Son, New York, ink signed on verso Presented by

D.G Farragut / Vice Admiral / U.S Navy, plus an albumen CDV after an

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55 Admiral David G Farragut, Two CDVs by Black & Case, Boston, One Signed Lot of 2 CDVs of the same pose (one vignetted) by photographers Black & Case, Boston & Newport, RI Full view is ink signed on verso

D.G Farragut / Vice Admiral, the

vignette with ink identification in another hand on recto

The Paul DeHaan Collection of Items Related to Admiral D.G Farragut and the USS Hartford

$1,000 - $1,500

56 Admiral David G Farragut CDVs by New Orleans Photographers, Plus Lot of 4, including cartes by New Orleans photographers E Jacobs, McPherson & Oliver, and Anderson & Turner, plus a view by Brady & Co

The Paul DeHaan Collection of Items Related to Admiral D.G Farragut and the USS Hartford

inscribed on verso, Peter H

Butler/B Co 19th U.S.C.T./

Leonardtown, Md./Dec 26th

1866 A casual Sergeant

Butler holds a slouch hat with rarely seen, prominent white 25th Corps badge and ostrich feather Butler joined Company B on January 3,

1864 and mustered out in Texas on January 15, 1867

William Gladstone Collection

of Early Photography & African Americana

$800 - $1,200

58 Pvt Richard S Winslow, 54th Massachusetts Volunteers, Post-Civil War Cabinet Photograph Oval-length photograph,

3 x 4.125 in., on 4.25 x 6.5

in mount bearing the

studio imprint of Holloway,

Newport RI/ Rockland, Mass

The subject is ink identified

below portrait as Richard S

Winslow, Co H, 54th Regt., Mass Vols 1863-4-5 He

wears a jacket with GAR buttons, as well as a GAR Veteran’s medal on his right breast Mount verso appears

to be ink signed by Winslow, although the signature cannot be confirmed, and a penciled note indicates that the photograph came from

GAR Post 83, South Shore, MA

An attractive post-war portrait of Winslow, who enlisted on December

10, 1863, as a private in the 54th Massachusetts Volunteers, the famed African American regiment Although he was accidentally wounded in the foot at Sumter, SC, on April 10, 1865, Winslow served with the 54th until September of 1865

$500 - $700

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59 West Point Year Book, Class of May 6, 1861

Large octavo, 8.5 x 10 in., leather year book with

gilt embossed boards and spine, cover identified

to James McQuesten, U.S.A., spine embossed

West-Point Graduates 1861, containing 57 oval

albumen photographs, 5.25 x 7.25 in., mounted

one per page, front and back, each divided

by tissue guard, with most identified in pencil

on mount by previous owner Included are 11

photographs of various faculty members and

46 members of the May 6 graduating class The

year book also contains 2 photos of members of

the June 1861 class: Justin Dimmick and Daniel

Flagler

At the beginning of 1861, West Point was in

turmoil as was the rest of the United States P.T.G

Beauregard of Louisiana had been appointed

Superintendent of West Point, replacing Richard

Delafield Within a very short time Beauregard

was relieved of his command when he made

it known that if Louisiana seceded from the

Union, he would approve He was quickly

replaced by Richard Delafield who again held

the Superintendent’s post for two months until

Alexander Hamilton Bowman replaced him

The majority of the cadets were from the North,

but there was representation of southern

students, which created unrest on campus On

April 12, 1861, the Civil War officially began with

the firing on Fort Sumter One day later Secretary

of War Edwin Stanton required all West Point

cadets to take an oath of allegiance to the United

States Many students from southern states

refused to do this and subsequently left campus

Graduation was scheduled for June of 1861

However, President Lincoln’s need for trained

soldiers in the Union army was so high that the

event was moved to May 6, 1861 At this time, 45

students graduated, minus one who deserted

before the actual graduation

Training was intensified so that the class that

was to have graduated in June of 1862 actually finished their work

in two months and a second commencement was held in June of

1861 Thirty-four cadets were included in this group, including George

Armstrong Custer who was at the very bottom of his class

Among the instructors, John F Reynolds is pictured in the album

Reynolds was one of the Union Army’s most respected senior

commanders, and he played a key role in committing the Army of the

Potomac to the Battle of Gettysburg; however, he was killed at the

start of the battle

The following cadets are pictured in the album and are listed here in

order of their class rank Indicated following the name is whether the

graduate served in the Union Army (U) or in the Confederate Army (C)

An asterisk indicates the soldier was killed in the Civil War:

Henry A Du Pont (U), Charles E Cross (U* Fredericksburg), Orville E

Babcock (U), Henry W Kingsbury (U*Antietam), Adelbert Ames (U),

Llewellyn G Hoxton (C), Albert R Buffington (U), Emory Upton (U),

Nathaniel R Chambliss (C), Edmund Kirby (U*Chancellorsville), John

I Rodgers (U), Samuel N Benjamin (U), John Adair (deserted), John

W Barlow (U), Charles E Hazlett (U*Gettysburg), Charles E Patterson

(C*Shiloh), Judson Kilpatrick (U), Franklin Harwood (U), George W

Dresser (U), Charles McK Leoser (U), Henry C Hasbrouck (U), William

A Elderkin (U), Francis A Davies (U), Charles C Campbell (C), Malbone

F Watson (U), John B Williams (U), Guy V Henry (U), Jacob H Smyser

(U), Jacob B Rawles (U), Erskine Gittings (U), J Ford Kent (U), Eugene

B Beaumont (U), Leonard Martin (U), John S Poland (U), Robert L

Eastman (U), Henry B Noble (U), Leroy L Janes (U), Campbell D Emory

(U), James F McQuesten (U*Opequon, VA), George O Sokalski (U),

Olin F Rice (C*Opequon, VA), Wright Rives (U), Charles H Gibson (U), Mathias W Henry (C), and Sheldon Sturgeon (U)

Eight of these cadets graduating In May of 1861 returned to West Point in some capacity during their careers, either to teach or to take administrative positions Several entered the field of politics: Adelbert Ames became a governor and then a senator from Mississippi after Reconstruction Others became businessmen; the most notable being Henry A Du Pont who returned to Delaware after the War to run his family’s company Some spent their entire careers in the military, as engineers, artillery men, and moving on to the western frontier after the Civil War

Five of the graduates received the Medal of Honor for their service in the Civil War: Henry A Du Pont, Guy V Henry, Eugene B Beaumont, Adelbert Ames, and Samuel Benjamin

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60 General W.T Sherman, Large Format Albumen Photograph Albumen photograph, 15 x 18.5 in., mounted, 19.25 x 22.75 in No photographer’s credit, but believed to be from a sitting with Mathew Brady ca 1869, after Sherman received his appointment to General of the Army of the United States

$1,000 - $1,500

61 Civil War Collodion Glass Negatives of Identified Generals,

Including W.T Sherman

Lot of 8 Civil War-period collodion glass negatives, including: 4

CDV-sized exposures on same plate of General William T Sherman,

9 x 7.5 in.; 2 CDV-sized exposures of General James W Forsyth, 4.5

x 6.5 in.; 2 CDV-sized exposures of General John Milton Brannan,

4.5 x 6.5 in.; 2 CDV-sized exposures of General John Grubb Parke, 4.5 x 6.5 in.; 2 CDV-sized exposures of officer identified on accompanying label as General Henry Wagner Halleck (questionable), 4.5 x 5 5/8 in.; whole-plate exposure of Assistant Paymaster Henry Prince, 8 x 10 in.; whole-plate exposure of General James A Hardie, 8 x 10 in.; whole-plate exposure of General William W Belknap (broken), 8 x 10 in

$1,500 - $2,500

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62 Gouverneur K Warren, Salt Print as Colonel, Plus CDV Retouched as General

Lot of 2, featuring a hand-colored salt print of Gouverneur K Warren,

“Hero of Little Round Top,” 11.25 x 14.75 in., on 13 x 16.5 in mount, with Bendann brothers blindstamp lower right in print, ca 1861

Warren is shown wearing the uniform of colonel, 5th New York Zouaves, a New York militia unit A CDV copy of the same image, also

by Bendann Bros., Baltimore, accompanies the lot Although the CDV notes Warren as colonel, the portrait has been “artistically enhanced”

to show him as a major general, and a sword belt has been added

Warren was promoted to major general on May 3, 1863, so this was likely done at the time of promotion Carte verso includes an attractive period identification

Warren (1830-1882) had seen early service as colonel of the 5th New York, taking charge of a brigade during the 1862 fighting before being rewarded with back-to-back promotions to brigadier and major general in September 1862 On July 2nd, 1863, at Gettysburg, Warren was serving as chief engineer and it was his keen eye that took notice

of Hood’s advancing Confederates and the threat to Cemetery Ridge

Warren quickly ordered Vincent’s and Weed’s brigades to form a thin barrier on Little Round Top The epic fight that followed was a “close-run thing,” but at the end of the day the Federals had prevailed, setting the stage for Pickett on July 3rd

$1,000 - $1,500

63 Captain Frederic Speed of USS Sultana Infamy, Albumen

Photograph Plus CDVs Lot of 4, featuring oval-length albumen photograph of Captain Frederic Speed, 5.25 x 7.25 in., on trimmed mount, 6.5 x 8.5 in., no studio imprint The photograph is accompanied by 3 CDVs, including

a vignetted, civilian view of Speed, with Raymond & Allen, Detroit,

MI, backmark, and 2 cartes of his brother, J.J Speed, the first by C.D

Fredricks & Co., the second by G Grelling, Detroit

Captain & AAG Frederic Speed (1841-1911) entered service as a regimental sergeant major of the 5th Maine in June 1861 and was promoted to 2nd lieutenant in August of the same year He was discharged and promoted to 1st lieutenant and adjutant of the 13th Maine in November 1861, and was promoted to captain and AAG

to General Dow in August 1862 Captain Speed was a significant historical personality officially associated with the death of at least 1,100 paroled prisoners who perished when the “overloaded” steamer

Sultana suddenly exploded on April 27, 1865 Having served as

officer-in-charge of managing the transportation of the former POWs, Captain Speed was charged with several counts of negligence, court-marshalled at Vicksburg, and judged culpable in the high profile disaster—the only officer brought to trial Speed was found

“guilty” and sentenced to be dismissed from service However, Brig

General Joseph Holt, Judge Advocate General USA, refused to endorse the findings of the board and Captain Speed was mustered out of service without the formal stain on his record Frederick Speed lived in Vicksburg and practiced law for the rest of his life He died in 1911

$1,000 - $1,500

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64 Captured Gettysburg Captain William L Hubbell, 17th Connecticut Volunteers, Albumen Photograph

Albumen photograph, 5.25 x 7.25 in (sight), matted and framed to 12.25 x 14.25 in overall, showing a Union Army first lieutenant seated with his sword in his arms and 17th Infantry kepi displayed on the table beside him Pencil identification on mount’s verso identifies the soldier as Joseph Morehouse, 17th Connecticut, while the website of that regiment (17thCVI.org) identifies the soldier as William L Hubbell and credits the United States Army Military History Unit Both men were first lieutenants at one point in the war and both ended the war with the rank of captain — Hubbell in Co D and Morehouse in Co

F Both were present at Gettysburg, where the regiment fought as part of XI Corps on East Cemetery Hill, and Hubbell, who had been promoted to captain less than a month before, was captured He was sent to Macon, GA, and confined there until being paroled August 25

of the same year

$800 - $1,000

65 Major Generals Anderson and Burnside, Albumen Photograph

Albumen photograph of Civil War Generals Robert Anderson and

Ambrose Burnside seated together with another, unidentified

gentleman on the front porch of an unknown residence, with a house

servant standing directly behind Anderson, 5 x 6.75 in., on 6.25 x 9.5

in mount This photograph was likely included in the Philadelphia

Photographer, and is accompanied by a modern, typed explanatory

paragraph that would have been published with the photo,

describing the photographer, his process, and the camera used to

take the image In this case, the photo was taken by J.C Brown while

out “along the noble Hudson.” As they drove by in a carriage, Brown

immediately recognized Anderson and Burnside, and proposed to

take a picture of them at the nearby home of a mutual friend

$500 - $800

66 Alexander Gardner Albumen Photograph, What Do I Want, John

Henry?

Albumen photograph, 6.75 x 9 in., on 10 x 12 in mount with the

imprinted title What Do I Want, John Henry?/ Warrenton, Va., November,

1862, credited to Alexander Gardner, Washington, DC, 1866 The

photograph, published as Plate No 27 in Gardner’s Photographic Sketch

Book of the War, captures “John Henry,” the young African American

contraband, serving an unidentified officer and his three companions

at camp

$500 - $700

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