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American History: Timed Online Auction

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., Este Ave 6270, Cincinnati OH 45232, United States
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Date of the auction: 27.07.2014

Lot number 1
Declaration of Independence, Engraved Wall Plaque by Samuel H. Black, 1859

7.25 x 8 in. Wall plaque with Declaration of Independence. New York: S. H. Black, 1859. Document...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 27 Jul 2014
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US$583
Lot number 2
Independence Hall, Piece of Original Cedar Beam

A thin 1.0 x 0.5 in. piece of wood from an original cedar beam in Independence Hall, housed in...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 27 Jul 2014
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US$96
Lot number 3
Independence Hall, Piece of Original Cedar Beam

A thin 1.0 x 0.5 in. piece of wood from an original cedar beam in Independence Hall, housed in...

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US$72
Lot number 4
The Women of '76 / Molly Pitcher, The Heroine of Monmouth, Currier & Ives...

9 x 12.75 in. (sight), Currier & Ives, NY, 1856. Hand-colored lithograph.The Women of '76. "Molly...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 27 Jul 2014
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US$156
Lot number 5
Samuel Adams, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Receipt Signed, Plus

Each between 2.5 - 3.0 in. x 7 in. Dated 3 May 1779 and 16 July 1779. Both also received of Richard...

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US$1,920
Lot number 6
Thomas Leiper, Scottish American Merchant, Politician, & American...

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US$156
Lot number 7
Revolutionary War-Period Documents Pertaining to Captain Adam Shapley, Who...

Condition: Very small areas of light foxing. Overall excellent...

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US$420
Lot number 8
Gen. Arthur St. Clair, DS as Governor of the Northwest Territory, 1801

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US$270
Lot number 9
Post-War of 1812 Military Discharge for William Smith

Partially printed discharge, 7.5 x 12 in., laid paper, dated March 17, 1819, at Fort Wolcott (Rhode...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 27 Jul 2014
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US$36
Lot number 10
Pre-Civil War Half Plate Daguerreotype of a Young Man in Uniform

Half plate daguerreotype of a young man in uniform, ca mid-1840s to mid-1850s. Housed under brass...

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US$300
Lot number 11
Brigadier General John Wool ALS to Lewis Cass, January 14, 1849

ALS, 2 1/2 pp., Troy, NY, 14 Jan. 1849. John E. Wool to Gen. Lewis Cass. A distinguished army...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 27 Jul 2014
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US$120
Lot number 12
Brigadier General John Wool LS to Surgeon General of the US Army, May 29, 1846

2pp, Washington (DC), 29 May 1846. John Wool writes to the Surgeon General of the Army for...

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US$144
Lot number 14
Death of Lieut. Col. Henry Clay, Jr., Battle of Buena Vista, 1847...

Death of Lieut. Col. Henry Clay, Jr.of the Second Regiment Kentucky Volunteers at the Battle of...

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US$72
Lot number 15
Cassius Marcellus Clay Pamphlet on the Mexican War

Printed Senate Doc. No. 101 (35th Congress, 1st session), 1856-1857. 8vo, 6 numbered pp (last leaf...

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Lot number 16
Bvt. Major W.H. Emory, Notes of a Military Reconnoisance From Fort...

Emory, W[illiam]. H[emsley]. Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri...

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Price realised:
US$360
Lot number 17
Confederate General, Mosby Monroe Parsons, Tintype

Copy tintype of Parsons in uniform holding his sword, matted and framed to approx. 6.5 x 8.5 oval...

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Price realised:
US$960
Lot number 18
[Civil War] Tintype and Ambrotype of Confederate Gentlemen

Lot of 2, including: Sixth plate tintype of a Confederate standing at attention and wearing a...

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Price realised:
US$780
Lot number 19
Civil War Full Plate Tintype of 1st Lieutenant George Edgcumbe, 10th New...

In period frame, matted to 5 x 7 in. oval portrait. Image has been heavily "enhanced" with his coat...

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Price realised:
US$168
Lot number 20
Civil War Full Plate Tintypes of Armed Soldiers, Lot of 2

One of a soldier facing the camera directly. Gilt highlighting to buttons and "B" on kepi. His pants...

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US$450
Lot number 21
Quarter Plate Union Case, Sir Roger de Coverly and the Gypsies, Containing...

Quarter plate Union case titled Sir Roger de Coverly and the Gypsies, (Krainik-30), containing a...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 27 Jul 2014
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Price realised:
US$390
Lot number 22
Civil War Ambrotype & Tintypes of Unidentified Soldiers

Lot of 3, including: Sixth plate ambrotype of a painting or drawing of a soldier; housed in a...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 27 Jul 2014
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US$360
Lot number 23
Cpl. Austin W. Sylvester, Co. D., 7th Maine Infantry, Cased Sixth Plate Tintype

Armed with a pistol (Smith & Wesson Model 1, 2nd issue) and sword. Housed in a leather push-button...

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US$270
Lot number 24
Civil War Ambrotype & Tintypes of Soldiers

Includes sixth plate tintype of two soldiers, both in vests that could be from Zouave uniforms, one...

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US$216
Lot number 25
Sixth Plate Outdoor Tintype of a Drummer

Sixth plate outdoor tintype of a uniformed drummer. Housed in a full pressed paper case. Condition...

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US$270
Lot number 26
Six Cased images of Civil War Soldiers, Including a Triple-Armed Private

Lot of 6. All six unidentified, and all in Union cases, one ambrotype and five tintypes. Five show...

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US$1,140
Lot number 27
Nine Sixth Plate Cased Images of Union Soldiers

Lot of 9. Four tintypes, three ambrotypes and two ruby ambrotypes. Two images have tinted buttons...

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Price realised:
US$1,440
Lot number 28
Cased Images of Union Soldiers, Including Armed Soldiers and Zouaves

Lot of 6. Two tintypes, one ruby ambrotype, one relievo ambrotype and two other ambros. One of the...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 27 Jul 2014
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Price realised:
US$1,320
Lot number 29
Civil War Sixth Plate Ambrotypes & Tintypes of Soldiers, Group of Five

Lot of 5, including: Ninth plate ambrotype of a soldier wearing a kepi; housed in a sixth plate...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 27 Jul 2014
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Price realised:
US$510
Lot number 30
Bolton, New York Civil War Photographic Archive

Condition: Of the military images the sixth plate tintype is undamaged and relatively sharp but...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 27 Jul 2014
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Price realised:
US$510
Lot number 31
Sixth Plate Cased Tintypes of Armed Union Soldiers

Lot of 5. All in full cases, three Union cases, two pressed paper. One young man has a pistol in his...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 27 Jul 2014
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Price realised:
US$660
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