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11/15/2019 - American History, Including Treasures of the Civil War: Premier Auction

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., Este Ave 6270, Cincinnati OH 45232, United States
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Date of the auction: 15.11.2019

Lot number 1
Extraordinary French and Indian War Letter, May 16, 1756, Describing...

ALS, 2pp (approx. 7.25 x 12 in.). Albany [NY]. May 16, 1756. Benjamin Hatlin to Jonathan Trumble...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$5,000 - US$7,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 2
Pre-Revolutionary War Boston Newspaper with Paul Revere Masthead

The Boston Gazette and Country Journal. Boston, MA: Edes & Gill, February 11, 1771. No. 827. 4pp...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$750 - US$900
Price realised:
US$469
Lot number 3
King George III Attacked in Scarce Pro-American Newspaper Printed in England

The Crisis. London, England: T.W. Shaw, June 10, 1775. No. XXI. 6pp (pp. 135-140), 6.75 x 11.25 in...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$600 - US$800
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 4
Revolutionary War Newspaper Recruiting Pennsylvanians for a Flying Camp of...

The Pennsylvania Evening Post. Philadelphia, PA: August 13, 1776. Vol. II. No. 244. 4pp (pp...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$600 - US$800
Price realised:
US$438
Lot number 5
Revolutionary War Battle of Ridgefield Covered in New Hampshire Newspaper

The State Journal or, the New-Hampshire Gazette, and Tuesday Liberty Advertiser. Exeter, NH: May 13...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$1,250
Lot number 6
Detailed 10pp Memorandum Listing Soldiers and Others Who Sold Horses to the...

Four 8 x 11 in. sheets of laid paper folded into booklet with 5.5 x 8 in. pages: 7pp listing sales...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$1,125
Lot number 7
Revolutionary War Document Regarding French Army Hiring Blacksmiths Paid in...

ADS, 1p+, 7.25 x 12 in. December 1, 1781, n.p. Jeremiah Wadsworth and John Carter, Esq., agents for...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 8
Edward Rutledge, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Twice-Signed...

Rutledge, Edward (1749-1800). South Carolina delegate to the Continental Congress and youngest...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
US$813
Lot number 9
Revolutionary War-Era Arrest Warrant Signed by William H. Drayton, 1776

Drayton, William Henry (1742-1779). Chief Justice of South Carolina, Continental Congressman, and...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
US$750
Lot number 10
Ship's Register Signed by President of South Carolina John Rutledge, 1776

Rutledge, John (1739-1800). President and first Governor of South Carolina (1776-1782), delegate at...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
US$2,944
Lot number 11
Sheriff's Summons Signed by Thomas Heyward, Jr., Declaration of...

Heyward, Thomas Jr. (1746-1809), signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$960
Lot number 12
1793 Order of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Incl. Directive...

Read, Jacob (1752-1816) lawyer and politician from South Carolina. 1p, House of Representatives...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 13
Napoleon Bonaparte 1814 LS to Marshal Michel Ney, in Final Weeks Before Exile

Bonaparte, Napoleon (1769-1821). LS, 2pp, framed as a triptych, letter float framed on left, when...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$4,063
Lot number 14
War of 1812 Canadian Army Bill, 10 Dollar Note Issued in January 1815

Partially printed note, approx. 5.375 x 7 in. 10 Dollars, 10 Piastres, 50 Shillings, from the Quebec...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$6,000 - US$9,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 15
War of 1812 Canadian Army Bill, 10 Dollar Note Issued in January 1815

Partially printed note, approx. 5.375 x 7 in. 10 Dollars, 10 Piastres, 50 Shillings, from the Quebec...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$6,000 - US$9,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 16
Rare 1828 Document from the Overseers of the Poor Regarding Jerusha Douglas...

Manuscript document, 1p, 7.875 x 12.875 in., Amherst, MA. February 1, 1828. This document, from the...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 17
1829 Certificate of the Statesmen and Overseers of the Poor Describing...

Manuscript document, 1p, 8 x 13 in., Bellingham [MA]. June 4, 1829. "We the Subscribers, Selectmen...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 18
Castleton, Vermont Medical School, 1844 Manuscript Thesis on Peritonitis

Bromly, G.W. Manuscript thesis entitled "Peritonitis," 3pp, 7.75 x 12.75 in., Castleton, [VT]. June...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$400 - US$600
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 19
Miniature Portrait of Seminole War-Era Captain George W. Hutchins by Daniel...

American, 19th century. A miniature portrait in watercolor and gouache on ivory, depicting Captain...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$500 - US$700
Price realised:
US$1,250
Lot number 20
Silver Palmetto Medal Awarded to Sergeant Thomas Beggs for Service in the...

Palmetto medal in silver, 47 mm. dia., 45.2 g, engraved by William J. Keenan and struck by Gregg...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$1,800 - US$2,200
Price realised:
US$2,250
Lot number 21
New York City Silver Mexican War Medal Awarded to C. Lawrence Strobill...

City of New York Mexican War medal in silver, 52 mm. dia., 63.5 g, designed by Paul Duggan, Jr., and...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$1,800 - US$2,200
Price realised:
US$2,250
Lot number 22
John Brown, Sixth Plate Melainotype After Black's Vignette Negative, Ca 1860

Sixth-plate, lightly hand tinted melainotype of abolitionist John Brown, housed in leather case, ca...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$6,875
Lot number 23
Cabinet Card of John Brown's Birthplace, Torrington, CT, Featuring African...

Scarce cabinet card of John Brown’s birthplace home in Torrington, CT, late 1860s or early 1870s...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$300 - US$500
Price realised:
US$219
Lot number 24
John Brown Autographed Inscription

Brown, John (1800-1859). Abolitionist; hanged after attempting to incite slave rebellion at Harpers...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$600 - US$800
Price realised:
US$704
Lot number 24A
A Rare Antebellum Image of Slavery in Georgia, Believed to be the Earliest...

Anonymous, quarter plate daguerreotype, ca 1850-1860. Though its exact provenance may never be...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$100,000 - US$150,000
Price realised:
US$324,500
Lot number 25
Captain Rinaldo B. Wiggin, 2nd Maine Infantry & VRC, Exceptional...

Lot of 18 cased images, many identified to the Wiggin Family of Bangor, Maine, most notably, Captain...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$6,000
Price realised:
US$6,250
Lot number 26
Civil War Quarter Plate Tintype of Private from the Wiggin Family of...

Quarter plate tintype featuring full standing view of a soldier holding a Hardee hat in his left...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$400 - US$600
Price realised:
US$531
Lot number 27
Two Civil War Half Plate Tintypes of Brothers-in-Law from Co. A, 12th...

Lot of 2 half plate tintypes housed together in thermoplastic geometric Union case [Berg 3-4]. The...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$3,375
Lot number 28
Civil War Quarter Plate Tintype of African American Corporal

Quarter plate, lightly hand-colored tintype providing a full-length portrait of a defiant African...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$4,375
Lot number 29
Sixth Plate Ambrotype of an Armed Ohio Soldier

Sixth plate ambrotype of a young Ohio private wearing a kepi and "OVM" belt plate, which is...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 15 Nov 2019
Estimate
US$2,500 - US$3,500
Price realised:
US$1,875
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