American History & Hall of Fame Showcase, June 2024

Painted by Alonzo Chapel (1828-1887) from a likeness from a recent photograph. Bears an engraved signature "A. Lincoln". Published by Jo...

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln on the cover of a program: "Farewell Dinner On Board S.S. Veendam....On Her West Indian Cruise, Feb. 11, 1928."...

Robert T. Lincoln (1843-1926) son of Abraham Lincoln; served on Grant's staff at the end of the Civil War;U. S. Secretary of War (1881-85); U. S...

Samuel B. Arnold (1834-1906) was a conspirator with John Wilkes Booth, David Herold, Lewis Powell, Michael O'Laughlen and John Surratt. Sentence...

The man who shot John Wilkes Booth! Sergeant Boston Corbett autograph and carte de visite. CDV (4 x 2 1/2 inches) Standing in uniform. Minor edge wear

Signed carte de visite photograph of Simon Cameron Secretary of War under Abraham Lincoln, from 1861-1862. 3.3 x 2.3 inch image on a 6.25 x 3.8 inch e

Christopher Bush's daughter Sarah became Abraham Lincoln's step-mother when Nancy Hanks died. Abe's father Tom had many dealings with th...

Stereoview of Ford's Theatre, where President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Photographer J. F. Jarvis Stereoscopic Views - 135 ...

Norman B. Judd (1815-1878), Illinois businessman and politician, served as a member of the Illinois Senate from 1844 to 1860. He served as delegate to

One of the surgeons present at the deathbed of Abraham Lincoln, Charles Henry Crane also witnessed Lincoln's autopsy along with Surgeon General ...

Partially printed Surgeon General's Office form granting a leave of absence, dated March 11, 1868. Approved by C. H. Crane, one of the surgeons...

Thomas A. Scott (1824-1881) was Lincoln's Assistant Secretary of War. He later became a railroad baron. This handwritten letter dated September ...

Two of Abraham Lincoln's Treasury Department Secretaries communicate about a revenue collector. Two page 8 x 10 inch letter on Treasury Departme...

Lot of three Lincoln presidential tickets: 1) Lincoln & Hamlin (1860) with eagle vignette and six electors; 3 x 5 inches; tears at the edges. 2)...

Lafayette S. Foster (1806-1880) was elected President pro tempore of the Senate at the beginning of the 39th Congress in 1865, and held that title un

For the last few months of Lincoln's life, William D. Crook was a guard at the White House. Armed with a revolver and brass knuckles, he dressed...

William P. Fessenden, Lincoln's Treasury Secretary, portrait (8 x 11 inches) from a portrait by Chappel and a handwritten one and a half page (5...

Letter of State and carte de visite of William Seward (1801-1872). The carte de visite (2 1/2 x 4 inches) done by Brady's National Photographic ...

Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879). Radical Republican senator from Michigan who was highly critical of Abraham Lincoln. He said Lincoln was "as un...

Issued to and signed by Zenas C. Robbins, an attorney, patent agent, police commissioner, and register of wills. Dated November 10th, 1879; good fo

2 letters and an autographed nude signed photo from Blaze Starr. "Blaze Starr (born Fannie Belle Fleming; April 10, 1932 – June 15, 2015)...

7x10" invitation to The Dallas Citizens Council Luncheon, The Dallas Assembly, The Science Research Center, November 22, 1963. This event did n...

6 original 8x10" photos. From Dallas Morning News-photo by Eddie Hughes showing grieving people at a casket in a cemetery, we are unsure of who...

February 18, 1981 ALS from Dallas FBI agent James T Hosty, Jr. He visited Oswald on several occasions, but FBI records disappeared. He also interrogat

Fidel Castro autograph on reverse of undated habana hilton postcard. Obverse of card has Fidel Castro and 2 and 0 written in pen by other than Castro.

5x 7x9" original wire photos by United Press International of the JFK funeral. UPI original descriptions dated 11/25/63 on the verso of 3 photo...

Western Union representation telegram to Watkins M Abbitt as a member of House of Representatives for the JFK funeral. Sent by John W McCormack US Hou

April 11, 1974 original appearing photocopied transcript of the deposition of Hurchel Jacks, the limo driver of LBJ in the Dallas motorcade. It states

January 6, 1965 Jack Ruby 4pp letter and cover with last page autograph. Jack Ruby mortally shot Lee Harvey Oswald on a lower level of the Dallas poli

A very rare and unusual lot. As part of Jack Ruby's prosecution for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, Ruby took a polygraph exam on the courts or...

Interested group with Candy Barr signature. She was a friend of Jack Ruby, the person who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald. She was once romantically

Here is the 9x14" Pulitzer Prize winning photo, stamped on verso "Photo by Bob Jackson, 1963 copyright etc." also marked EXHIBIT 53-...

Jaqueline Kennedy personal mourning card sent in response to condolences sent to her after JFK's death. Includes March 18, 1964 cover with Jaque...

Ticket in for the JFK funeral mass at St. Matthews Cathedral, ticket for personal friends. 3.75x2.5". Red mark under left.

Complete JFK inauguration ticket and packet in original envelope. Contains program, portraits, original envelope and green invitation. Mint condition.

4 autographs from men associated with John Kennedy. 1978 First Day cover signed by John B. Connally, Texas governor who was in the Presidential motorc

1977 ALS on John W McCormack letterhead and a copy of Boston University letterhead to McCormack regarding receipt of the McCormack Papers regarding t

Lyndon B Johnson autograph on a 3.25x5" on an official note card with an eagle logo. Autopen signature on bottom, original on top. 1976 letter ...

Postmarked March 17, 1963 with Dallas, TX cancel cover. Handwritten return address, Lee H. Oswald/P. O. Box 2915/Dallas, Texas. Addressed to his broth

UPI 4 section head shot original photos of Oswald with lower left photo background grayed out. Pencil marks on verso as this is an actual working copy

Marina Oswald was the wife of JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. Here are 5 8x10" b/w photos of Marina and family taken by Tom C Dillard while he ...

Very interesting group of documents and photos with autographs related to Dallas Police officer Nick McDonald who arrested Lee Harvey Oswald in the Te

Group of 8 postal covers or commemorative cards including autographs of Kennedy's ill fated PT 109 crew after a collision with the Japanese dest...

Slabbed mint appearing ticket for JFK's Texas Welcome Dinner in Austin, TX on November 22, 1963. This dinner did not happen due to the assassina...

November 22, 1963 Austin, Texas Welcome dinner program for JFK, 14x8.5", mint condition and 4x2.5" event ticket. COA from Nate D. Sanders,...

After the JFK assassination President Lyndon Johnson ordered the formation of the Warren Commision to investigate the assassination. Here are autograp

1942 1st edition The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover, The Great Depression 1929-1941-damaged dustjacket, 1969 The Selling of the President by McGinniss-fad

This button is for the U.S. Customs Dept. A two piece button at .625 in. made by "Supreme Quality". It has a fixed loop shank. Heavily pat...

Books on Presidents. "The Kennedy Years" by the Viking Press; "Atlas of the Presidents" by Cooke"; "The Death of a Pre...

This is an 1859 estate settlement for a farmer in Alabama. A bleak time in history is illustrated in the estate inventory that includes assorted slave

1938 Adventures of America, 1857-1900 by Kouwenhoven, 1853 History of the City of New York by Valentine-foldout maps, some with tears, binding has wea

Sheet music (9) with stereotype Afro American themes, including Old Black Joe, Mississippi Lament, Play That Barber Shop Chord and more. There are abo

An inventory list from the recently deceased businessman Benjamin James, who passed on January 21, 1836. His executors listed the names of people who

Bills of sale for two southern plantations, with items including held slaves. Reading the list, with prices, should be required reading for all school

This is an inventory list of people, who are either being sold or being track of by a slave owner. Young and old, me, women and children. There are 86

Inventory list for the estate of the deceased Major John Moore, who passed away in the early 19th century. Among the list of horses, cattle and farm e

These are 1860 bills of sale for two southern plantations or farms. Because of the times, the property list includes several slaves, referred to as ...

Musette Publishers created this 10 x 10 inch brochure of a musical radio script by Madge Tucker, with music by Molly Donaldson: "Little Black S...

Hardcover; 11 x 16 inches. "Naval Sketches of the War In California" reproducing 28 colorful drawings made in 1846-7 by William H. Meyers,...

These are three US Naval uniform buttons. Pre-Civil War era 1 1/8 in. diameter and one 3/4 in. dia. button. Heavily patinated with thirteen stars, ea

1919? gilted cover From Army Camps and Battle Fields by Stearns, signed by author, foldout unit panorama photo. 1865 History of the Great Rebellion, C

Harper's Weekly shows six pages and covers dating back to 1860, with one featuring a story on Abraham Lincoln. Others show life as a Union Sold...

(2) Pieces in this lot. The first is a poster of "The Army of Cumberland", they were a Union army during the American Civil War. At the en...

"The American Conflict: A History of The Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64," by Horace Greeley, Vol. I, with l...

The domed button was issued to the Ohio Volunteers during the Civil War. Measuring at 7/8 in. domed with the state seal displayed. Very good condition

There are three Civil War officer's uniform buttons from three different companies. All are 7/8 in. in diameter, brass with shank. There is a N....

Hung Captain Execution Scissors & Rope. Civil War Confederate Army Captain Henry Wirz Execution Beard Cutting Scissors and Hanging Rope. Henry ...

October 28, 1864, Civil War Confederate Document: Furlough granted to Confederate Soldier by "Examining Board Georgia Hospitals,". 4 x 5 3...

An incredible autograph book and thus actual POW record of 116 Confederate officers held at Johnson's Island, Ohio. The book contains two autogr...

This button depicts the American Eagle facing right, surrounded by a total of 11 states, with lightening bolts in his talons. This Confederate office

William Williams, private of Captain Ed Thorp, is hereby honorably discharge from the Army of the Confederate States. Given at Camp Hubbard 22nd of Ju

Printed form (7 1/2 x 10 inches), light grey paper, black ink. Army of the Confederate States / Certificate of Disability For Discharge. On reverse i

An archive of more than 50 letters and documents, 1856-1916 with many covers. The group involves the Koons and Shyrock families (intermarried) of Ashl

An attractive 9 x 11 inch discharge paper date May 31, 1865 from Fort Gibson, C. N. (Cherokee Nation). Vignette at top of screaming Eagle with flag a

Two Civil War era letter sheets with matching unused covers, c1861-62. First is a letter dated July 21, 1861, with red, white and blue color illustrat

American flag 1863 lettersheet from a soldier to friends at home-"For my part I am spared, yet there are a great many sick.I hope the time will...

Between 1861 and 1865 the violent struggles of the Civil War extended into the Western Territories, where they were complicated by the involvement of

1862 Liberty and Union Now and Forever!folded letterhead-we rode 800 miles on a steamboat and will march to Lebnon 36 miles up the river, 7.75x5&quo...

The Life and Deeds of Gen U S Grant by Rev. Headley, 1885 1st edition. 425pp. From birth to Army General to death. Maps and battle plan illustrations

4x about 9.5x7.5" unused Magnus Civil War lettersheets. US Capitol/Virginia, Prescott from Ogdensburgh Harbour, Norfolk Portsmouth Va., Declara...

Allegorical 1862 patriotic cover, L2225, with 3x Scott #24 blue Franklin stamps and pen cancel. Late useage for this Franklin stamp. 3x5".

2 unlisted covers in Lawrence. The Angel of Patience, 2.5x4.25", Worcester, Mass cancel. The Soldier, 2.75x5", Washington DC cancel.

1862 patriotic cover, L 2481,with Nashville, Ten cancel, blue stamped Due 3 on eagle right wing. 3x5.5".

5 nice geographic cancels, 2x Bangor, NY. Hermon, NY. Similar to L 2056. Bangor, NY with sock on nose cancel.

2x about 3x5" Washington DC patriotic covers. L 2858 with edge degradation, L 2878 with foxing. We could not identify J H Graham. Please inspec...

L 3091 US Christian Commision soldier's letter cover, written from Fort Potter, NY-right side torn open and left wrinkles. Interesting cover wit...

4x about 3x5"falg patriotic covers. Blue flag with toning and degradation. Yellow Chateaugay, NY. Union and Liberty. The Flag of our Regiment.

L 2587, Shelbyville, Te. cancel, L 2599 eagle with flag, L 2487 x2 eagle and shield, L 2489 Union Constitution Paid 3, L31 Liberty's Defender, L...

7 different Civil War flag cachet covers-L 2968, L 3034, L 2908, L 2908-Paid 3, L 2913, L 2931, L 2970.. Postmarks-Arlington?, Spencer, MD, Lexington,

1862 7.5x4.75" flag lettersheet from a soldier to his father. He is encamped one mile from the front between Ark and Mo. Everything is quiet. H...

4x 8x5" patriotic songsheets. The Veterans Song, The Soldier's Dream, The Drummer Boy of Nashville, Flash every Sabre bright.

About 53 letters of roughly four pages each between Henry Nolop and his wife Elizabeth Nolop of Pole Grove, Jackson County, Wisconsin. Nolop was born

Three Union soldiers' letters with covers, c1863-64: 1. A Union soldier's letter to his sister, Miss Martha J. McMurphy, Randolph, VT, dated...

Home Without a Mother, Rock me to Sleep Mother, Just after the Battle Mother, The Dying Soldier to his Mother, The Soldier's Farewell to his Bri...

8x 8x5" Civil War songsheets. When the Swallows Homeward Fly, Larry Magee's Wedding, I Am Lonely To-Night, Pretty Sally, Draw the Sword Nor...

The Flag With the Thirty Four Stars 8x5". Who Will Care For Mother Now? 8.25x5". Victory At Last 8x5". Poem-The 10th VT. S.V.(Vermont...

A Yankee Man of War, Columbia's Hardy Seamen, Columbia-The Home of the World. 8x5".

Very Rare Zouave Young Recruit song sheet, 7.75x5". Unused color cachet cover, 3x5.5". "The first Zouave regiment in the Civil War, t...

2 Civil War songsheets, Draw the Sword, Northland and Flash every Sabre Bright. 8x6".

War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, prepared by the late Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott, Thi