?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
INCLUDES LETTER FROM R.E. LEE: "GEN'L HOOKER . . . IS AGITATING HIS TROOPS" (CIVIL WAR--ALBUM.) Autograph album containing 10 items Signed or Signed and Inscribed, by Civil War figures, nearly all mounted alone on recto or verso of album page, kept by Judge Walter Bond Douglas of MO (1851-1920). Most pages that lack an autograph are inscribed with a name or quotation, presumably in hand of Douglas. 4to, blue cloth with gilt titling on front cover, few minor abrasions, minor rubbing to edges, minor scattered soiling; some autographs faintly stained from mounting. Vp, vd
Abraham Lincoln. Clipped portion of a check Signed, "A. Lincoln," as President Elect, including only signature and date. The check, unknown amount to unknown recipient drawn on Springfield Marine and Fire Insurance Company. 2½x3¾ inches. Springfield, 8 February 1861 • Robert E. Lee. ALS, "Truly your father / RELee," to his son George Washington Custis Lee, sending a fine English saddle with bridle and valise [not present], requesting that he keep it safe, sending a letter for his mother including a passport for Mrs. Murdock [not present], adding that "Gen'l Hooker . . . is agitating his troops. Last friday night he attempted to burn R[ail]R[oad] bridge at Rapp[ahannoc]k Station, Orange & Alex[andri]a R[ail]R[oad]. He was driven off. . . ." 2 pages, oblong 8vo, ruled paper, written on recto and verso of single sheet; inlaid into album leaf, folds. "Camp" [Fredericksburg, VA], 9 February 1863 • Robert Todd Lincoln. ALS, "RobertT. Lincoln," to "Dear Miss Chandler," explaining that he cannot send a letter by his father because he has none, sending a check signed by his father [present? See above]. 1½ pages, 8vo, personal stationery with mourning border, written on recto and verso of a sheet with integral blank. London, 15 May 1891 • Joseph Eggleston Johnston (2). PS, "J.E. Johnston," carte de visite, vignetted portrait showing him in uniform. Signed in the image at lower edge. 4¼x2½ inches; and ALS, "J.E. Johnston," to "Dear young friend," sending a "poor little photograph taken twelve or fifteen years ago." 1¼ pages, 8vo, with integral blank. Np, nd; Washington, 10 February 1891 • William Tecumseh Sherman. Clipped portion of ALS, "Affecti'ly your Uncle / W.T. Sherman," presumably to a niece or nephew, including only last 4 lines, concerning his moving to St. Louis in November. 1 page, 4½x5 inches. Np, circa 1861 • James Russell Lowell. AMS, "J.R. Lowell," 10 lines from his poem, "Abraham Lincoln," beginning "Nature, they say, doth dote." 1 page, 8vo, personal stationery, with integral blank. Cambridge, 12 March 1891 • John Warwick Daniel. AQS, "Jno: W. Daniel," six lines "From Oration on R.E. Lee," beginning "Happiness, if ever on earth / happiness be found . . . ." 1 page, 8vo, with integral blank. Lynchburg, 9 July 1891 • John Sergeant Wise. ALS, "Jno: S. Wise," to Anna Chandler, sending an autograph by William H. Cabell and asserting "I can vouch for its genuineness." 1 page, 4to, "Attorney at Law" stationery. New York, 18 June 1891 • William H. Cabell. Clipped Signature, "I remain your affectionate / Son, Wm. H Cabell," on a slip of paper. ¾x5¼ inches, ruled paper. Np, nd.With--Two items: (Abraham Lincoln.) Carte-de-visite photograph, unsigned, portrait by Philadelphia Photographic Co. [likely from an engraving of Brady's photograph], showing Lincoln sitting beside his son Thomas ("Tad"). 3½x2½ • John Sergeant Wise. "Address Delivered at General Grant's Tomb." Signed and Inscribed, "Miss Anna Chandler / Compliments / JnoS. Wise," on front cover. 18 pages, 8vo, wrappers, stitched binding. New York, 1891; inscription: Np, 1890s.
