Sep 28, 2023 - Sale 2646

Sale 2646 - Lot 113

Price Realized: $ 750
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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(CIVIL WAR--MARYLAND.) Ephemera from the 6th Massachusetts "Minute Men of '61" including two discharges. 13 items, various sizes and conditions. Boston and elsewhere, 1861-1903
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Ephemera relating to the "Minute Men" of the 6th Massachusetts Militia who faced the first fighting of the war in the Baltimore Riot en route to the defense of Washington. Includes:

A pair of discharges for two of these three-month volunteers: George V. Barrett of Company B, and George A. Smith of Company C, signed by various regimental officers (one of them by noted Colonel Edward Franc Jones). One issued in Boston and one in Marblehead, MA, early August 1861.

6 elaborate invitation tickets for reunion banquets of the Association of Massachusetts Minute Men of '61, plus one registration form, Boston, 1891-1899.

Reunion program and menu for the same, Boston, 1903.

3 calling cards of regimental veterans noting their membership in the 6th, including one for Stephen W. Wheeler illustrated with a photograph of him in uniform.

Provenance: collection of Arthur G. "Gil" Barrett.