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Of particular interest in this Catalog #138 are: #7, The WWII Japanese Internment Camp Broadside; #10, Fort D.A. Russell, Wyoming photos; #16 The post civil war letter with a reference to the game of baseball and #19, The Montana Smith River Photo Album.

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                A DIARY OF A WEST COAST TRIP - 1915 - CALIFORNIA
 
 1. A wonderful 82 page western train trip diary of a young as she traveled from Chicago to the west coast in 1915. On the front ffep it is written "For Neva from Carrie". The diary is leather lettered "My Travels" in gold gilt. 6 ¾" x  4 ¼" . Written in ink, very legable with various addresses at the rear of the diary. Our author, is bound for adventure as she traveled from Chicago to Southern California with a stop over at the Grand Canyon, Los Angeles and San Diego where she celebrated her 32nd birthday. Then it was up the coast to Santa Cruz and San Francisco, Yosemite and on to Oregon and Washington, over to Yellowstone National Park and back home to Salina, Kansas. There is a photo which accompanies the diary of a young lady in a hammock. Perhaps this is Carrie or perhaps Neva. Also at the rear of the diary are a number of people listed with their addresses. In full and uncorrected both in spelling and punctuation. A full transcription is available. Some excerpts from the diary are:
 
"Feb 5-6-7
 
Grand Canyon
Williams by Santa Fe
My guide Gus Aiken Very interesting.
Hotel El Tovar a very beautiful place. Snow about two feet at rim and down trail for 500 feet. Our first days ride was seven miles and a half to Hermit Creek which is 3000 feet below the rim on trail to rim Cathedral Stairs are on the Hermit Trail which our very wonderful to descent. We spent Friday night in Camp and then started around the Loop crossing Hells half acre and Indian Gardens ascending  bright-Angel trail having to dismount for the first time and walk up Jacobs Ladder which is very wonderful then on up through snow two feet deep on upper part of trail.
 
Went to see  the Hopi Indians dance Sat. which was interesting and also the rugs and baskets and silver rings bracelets which is all the work of the Indians. Spent Sunday at Hotel walking and enjoying the scenes and buildings and trying with hot-baths to get-rid of the soreness which was a constant reminder of my mule trip which I wouldn't of missed for any thing. Three days and Canyon trip was $36.
 
 
Sunday Feb. 21-23
 
Billy Daily called up asked me to go to Pasadena with her in her machine. The ride was very beautiful went along Williamson's row. The most beautiful Street I ever expect to see, Then through Bush's gardens. Had my picture taken by a grape fruit tree. Heard more interesting things about Cal. Than I have since I have been here.
 
Feb 5 to 7
 
Had lunch with Bert Wells and wife went with them to Long Beach. Had a lovely ride to Whittier saw them packing oranges. My first proposal in Caf. Very nice old Batch having a pipe dream don't know whether he thinks I have money enough for two or not it is rather interesting so far.
 
Sunday 21 March
 
Monday went to Catalina, had lovely voyage over, no one sick. Both rides on Glass bottom boats - motor boat - to seal rocks and then home a very delightful day, ___ ____ than any trip I have taken. Thursday morning wrote letter's and washed some. After noon wait for Auto ride through Alison Park, Griffith Park a lovely ride.
 
Thursday 22
 
Left at 2:30 for Mexico Tio Juana being 18 miles from Santiago bought cards and Pennant and looked in at the Gambling places, and come back home again. Had our pictures taken, Come back by Coronado Hotel. Along the Strand, The most beautiful ride along the Ocean and bay. Went through the Hotel and garden. A most beautiful (April 22 - San Diego) place. Went along and through Tent City a wonderful summer resort of Coronado. Then back to town by ferry across the Bay saw their Torpedo Boats. Came back to hotel, It being my birthday Nance insisted on taking me to dinner at Rudders. The best Café in town from their we went to the Roof Garden Café and to the U.S. Grant Hotel then to the Palace Café. Then to the hotel went-up to the ball room where they were dancing.
 
May - Sunday 9 to 11
 
Wed left Santa Barbara after spending the morning around the hotel and grounds. Not feeling well So missed the drive in the morning left  at 11:10 for Del Monte. A beautiful ride part way by the Ocean through lovely Vallys and among the foot hills and over the mountains. The natural scenery being so different from Southern Cal. Hills green and many two miles and miles of beauty. Arrived at Del Monte at 8:00....
 
May 25th
 
 
Tues morning left a 8:20 for Yosemite a tiresome hot trip to Merced, from their very pretty and interesting arrived at Del Porlet hotel for dinner and spent the night. Met 2 very nice women from Chicago and man and wife from Oklahoma. The ladies from Chicago were on to Camp Curry. Miss Robinson a Mr. Upton and daughter and myself taking the Glacier point trail soon after arriving at Camp. It was very wonderful and a lovely trip seeing most of the interesting places in the valley from the point Vernal falls and Mirada falls Mirror Lake and Happy Isles. Spent Wed, Thurs and until Friday noon  in the Valley leaving at three o'clock and having dinner at Del Porlet Leaving at 8 on sleeper for S.F. Met a man from Honolulu a Mr. Enas Vincient who was with me coming to S.F. We sat in the day coach to Merced and enjoyed the beautiful scenery by moonlight."  $975.00



 2. (Agricultural Trade Catalog) Adriance, Platt and Co. ADRIANCE BUCKEYE HARVESTING MACHINERY. 1901. 36 pgs. Pict. wraps, illus., info, vg cond.  $175.00


     LETTER WRITTEN SEVERAL DAYS AFTER LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION    -                                                           APRIL 16, 1865   
 
 3. (Agnes, Mary - Rev. Phillips Brooks) The following letter was written by Mary Agnes in response to remarks which she heard by the Rev. Phillips Brooks, Rector of Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia (1862-1869). Abraham Lincoln had been assassinated on April 14, 1865 while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Two days after the assassination, on April 16, Mary Agnes attended service at The Church of the Holy Trinity in Philadelphia where Rev. Philips Brooks, an American Episcopal clergyman gave his thoughts to which Mary Agnes is responding in this letter to her mother. The letter is cross written on four pages very legible and in very fine condition.

Also with the letter is a photo taken by J.W. Black, Boston, of Rev. Phillips Brooks. On the back is written Rev. Phillips Brooks. Rector of Church of the Holy Trinity, Phila. There is also a copy of extracts of Rev. Brook's address to the congregation taken from the book LIFE AND LETTERS OF PHILLIPS BROOKS by A.V.G. Allen. "On this Easter Day the churches were draped in mourning, The Church of the Holy Trinity was crowded to its utmost capacity. Mr. Brooks had not intended to make any address, but when he saw the expectance of the waiting congregation he was moved. From a report of his remarks in the newspapers these extracts are taken."
 
(The letter in full and uncorrected.) 
Phil. April 16, 1865
My Dear mother
It is a long time since I wrote home and today my letter ought to be to Ellen and Lizzie and I owe them each a reply to their nice letters received some weeks ago but somehow I feel a particular drawing to thee today so I am sure they will let this missive be to thee and I will remember them. Before this reaches (Arneytown?) you will have heard of the sad death of our beloved President. Yesterday we all bowed with sorrow the city is draped in deepest mourning for him who has died so lamented all the heart rendering particulars you will read in the papers. I recall they words, dear mother that he would never live to see the end of this. Does not it seem too hard just as Peace seemed at our doors I am sure he has entered into a more enduring peace and now remains for the people of this land to give all their support to Andrew Johnson who will never show that ____ Lincoln spirit towards the south that our beloved Abraham Lincoln did I always respected him, today I revere his name - Mr. Brooks dwelt today particularly on his truthfulness he said no man could stand up now and say he had ever told a lie. I wish you could have been with us yesterday aft this morning. It was so sad to go into our dear church and see it all draped in mourning see Rev. Brooks so agitated that he could not control himself. Is it any wonder that strong men weep. Mr. B said he had never seen as dark a day. he prayed we might never again. He said that yesterday that words failed him, that he could not speak to us then but begged us to join him in praying. Then he offered up to the Throne of Grace one of the most touring, heartfelt prayers I have ever listened to I didn't think there was a dray eye in the church - he prayed in thankfulness that Abraham Lincoln had been given to the nation that his name might ever stand among the whole Army of Martyrs. That he did as our blessed Savior did the truth, then he prayed for the bereaved family and for Secretary Seward and his family that God might yet restore him to health and I wish I could have retained every word he Mr. Brooks said or I wish you could have heard it for yourselves - this morning the church was so crowded that even the aisles had benches the entire length. This shows what a loyal Christian minister can do when people flock to hear one word from his lips in praise of One so beloved as Abraham Lincoln was. After speaking of all his goodness and purity, he said we were not there to listen to a eulogy, but as children mourning the loss of a father. Then he said yesterday our hearts were too much crushed for words - today we began to see the ling that we might exclaim "oh Death where is thy Sting" Oh! Grave where is they victory." Then he so beautifully recalled those lines written upon (Wycliffe?) begged the young men of his congregation to stop dawdling away their lives - follow in the footsteps of this good man we so much mourn. Then he said what shall we say of the Judas who committed this act, nothing today or of the Pontius Pilate who instigated him to do it, nothing of them either, but let us hate, hate, hate the sin of slavery till there is not a root left in all this land - was it not a merciful interpretation of Providence that General Grant was away from that horrid scene - he too might have fallen a victim we all fear and Staunton too - only last Sunday we listened to one of the most impressive and rejoicing sermons from Mr. Brooks over our great victory, now our joy is turned into mourning. The Sunday School children were to have had their anniversary but Mr. B. told them this morning that we did not feel like singing those Easter caroles. That instead of flowers we had our church draped in black. It is good to feel that when our loyal Chief is taken that we have some good loyal clergy at the head of the Church - I hear that Anne has spoken to George she no doubt has spoken her feelings on the sad subject, I have said a deal of what Mr. Brooks said as he spoke by feelings so exactly. I know how much father will grieve over the loss of our President as he thought so much of him. Let us rejoice that we have lived to know him and cherish him. I am so grieved to write you word of Josephine Gill was ___ yesterday - the diarrhea having set in - I trust they are not called upon to bear this fresh sorrow - how dark and gloomy all things look - but let us not give up our home - I have said nothing about home or how you are getting on In the domestic arrangements but I will write again soon when this one subject is not so engrossing.
Love, Love, Love to one and all from they affectionate daughter.
Mary Agnes

...vengence, but we do pray for justice to be done. He read a part of the third chap of 2d Samuel - Know ye not a great man fallen this day in Israel is part of it.
Dear Mother I shall be home before long, not to leave thee again this summer - Lizzie says she will give me ten dollars if I will stay to her on her dresses when Sarah comes - this letter was too late for yesterday's mail so I shall have to direct to Jacobstown and hope thee will get it before long. May I not hope for one more of they nice letters before I go home. Lizzie is going this morning to see how Joshine Gill is, ___ and Lizzie write in love to ___- if they are still with you.  $595.00




          TEXAS STORE ACCOUNT LEDGERS - 3 VOLUMES - 1933-1940

 4. (Texas) Birdwell, J.F. Group of three 14" x 9" ruled-line ledgers bound in three quarter leather detailing a general store's accounts (1933-1940) in rural Texas during the Depression. Although there is no outright evidence as to the proprietor of the store or its location, internal evidence suggests they belonged to a store operated by J.F. Birdwell of Frio County, Texas, perhaps in Divot. The ledgers came from a member of the C.S. Weathersby family, who thought they may have belonged to him. Weathersby is listed on the Frio County tax rolls as having 330 acres and brand registration records show that he registered brands in 1896, 1898, and 1902 with his location listed as Dilley (Frio County), Texas, which is nine miles distant from Divot. However, C.S. Weathersby has an account entry in the 1933-1934 ledger which implies he traded at the store rather than being the proprietor. Two loose pieces found in the ledgers relate to J.F. Birdwell, including a check made out to him from someone with an account in the ledgers. From that, it appears as if Birdwell was the proprietor of the general store, not Weathersby. There are account entries for the Leona School District, the Leona Telephone Co., and the Divot PTA, all associated with the Dilley / Divot region of Frio County. One of the major accounts relates to J.J. King who established a store in the rural community of Leona Settlement along the Leona River in 1908. He changed the name of the town to Kingsville. When the community applied for a post office in 1910, they submitted the name of Pivot (because of its location), but the U.S. Postal Service erred and recorded the name Divot. Internal evidence suggests that King still owned the store in the 1930s since his account was credited monthly for $15 lodging and $35 rent. The accounts for the Leona school district and the Divot PTA seem to confirm that the ledgers were from a store in Divot. The community was a center for the agricultural activity of the region (cattle ranching, cotton, peanuts, & watermelons). However, Divot's population has never been large and remained under 20 residents for years. Today very few people live there. There are several interesting components of these Depression Era account books worthy of some scholarly attention. One is the mix of nationalities as indicated by the surnames on the accounts, including many Hispanic names. Each ledger has an index of account holders arranged alphabetically by surname. Others include the type and quantity of items being sold and the way accounts were credited. Besides the traditional method of payment, such as by cash or check, many accounts were reconciled by goods and services. Bushels of peanuts, corn, hourly work, tractor work, hogs and cattle were sources of credit for goods purchased at the store. The account ledgers offer a great opportunity to study a small, rural community in southwest Texas working to make ends meet during the Depression. The three ledgers cover the period from 1933 through 1940 (1933-1934, 1936-1939, and 1938-1940) and together contain more than 750 pages of itemized accounts handwritten in pencil. The ledger for 1935 entries is missing. Although the covers of the ledgers are a little rough, the interior pages are in VG+ condition and the writing is very legible. 

$495.00
 5. (California) CALIFORNIA. YUBA-SUTTER COUNTIES. (title page) CALIFORNIA. YUBA-SUTTER COUNTIES. SOIL - WATER - CLIMATE - HEALTH AND PROSPERITY. Marysville, CA: Boards of Supervisors of Yuba-Sutter Counties, CA, 1915. Pict. wraps. 64 pgs. Frontis, photos with captions, double-page centerfold map. First edition of this excellent land promotional for Yuba and Sutter Counties, California given out to interested parties at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, detailing the agricultural, industrial, gold mining, and logging opportunities before World War I. Yuba & Sutter counties continued to be gold mining centers into the 20th century, and the gold dredges around Marysville in Hammonton and Marigold were the principal gold production in California until World War II. Vg cond.  $195.00
     1871 CANADIAN EXCURSION BROADSIDE - 1871 - RIVER SAGUENAY

 6. (Canadian Navigation) Canadian Navigation Co. GRAND EXCURSIONS TO THE FAR-FAMED RIVER SAGUENAY AND SEA BATHING, BOATING AND FISHING, AT MURRAY BAY, CACOUNA AND TADOUSAC. THE FINE FIRST CLASS STEAMERS UNION, CAPT. COUVRETTE, and MAGNET, CAPT. SIMPSON, WILL LEAVE NAPOLEON WHARF, QUEBEC, during the season, FOR THE RIVER SAGUENAY TO HA! HA! BAY, CALLING AT MURRAY BAY, RIVER DU LOUP AND TADOUSAC, AS UNDER; UNION, on Tuesdays & Fridays, MAGNET, on Wednesdays & Saturdays, At SEVEN o'clock A.M. By taking these Steamers at Quebec THE TOURIST & INVALID WILL ESCAPE THE HEAT AND DUST, ENJOY THE REFRESHING AND INVIGORATING BREEZE, AND Grand Scenery of the Lower St. Lawrence and AVOID the ANNOYANCE of TRANSHIPMENT AS THE Steamers run direct to Murray Bay, River du Loup, Tadousac & Ha! Ha! Bay. On obverse is printed SOME OF THE Points of Interest ON THE ROUTE. FALLS OF MONTMORENCY, ISLAND OF ORLEANS, CAPE TOURMENT, BAY St. PAUL, ISLE AUX COUDRES, MURRAY BAY, RIVIERE DU LOUP, CACOUNA, ENTRANCE TO SAGUENAY, TADOUSAC, TADOUSAC BAY, CAPE ETERNITY, CAPE TRINITY, TRINITY BAY, HA! HA! BAY. Printed at the budget office. June 1871. In 1857 the Canadian Navigation Co. purchased the Line Boats from the Niagara Harbour and Dock Company of which the Magnet was one of the steamers. In 1875 the Richelieu Navigation Company amalgamated with the Canadian Company and the present R. and O. Line was formed. Broadsheet measuring 5 3/4" x 17 3/4" lithograph of a steamer, vg cond.  $435.00


    JAPANESE INTERNMENT CAMP BROADSIDE - CALIFORNIA - WWII

 7. [WORLD WAR II -- JAPANESE INTERNMENT]. DeWitt, General J.[ohn] L. Instructions to all persons of Japanese ancestry living in the following area. . . Pursuant to the provisions of Civilian Exclusion Order No. 41, this headquarters, dated May 5, 1942, all persons of Japanese ancestry, both alien and non-alien, will be evacuated from the above area. . . ].  Presidio, San Francisco, CA: Western Defense Command & Fourth Army Wartime Civil Control Administration, May 5, 1942.  Folio printed broadside. 14 x 22 in., printed in black on thick heavy card stock (very minor age toning to fore-edges, some very slight rubbing), still NF copy. First edition, thus, of this Executive Order which was one of the 108 orders issued from late March to August, 1942 by General John DeWitt systematically removing all Japanese-Americans in California, Washington, Oregon, and parts of Arizona neighborhood by neighborhood. These Exclusion orders were posted on buildings, billboards, telephone spots, and in this case Japanese-Americans living in the city of San Francisco from the corner of Presidio & Sutter over to Sutter & Van Ness, south to Van Ness & O'Farrell, and west to O'Farrell & St. Joseph's Ave., and finally north to Joseph & Geary St. were to report. A member of each family was ordered to immediately register at the "civil control station," in the area, receive a number, and then instructed to bring only what the family could carry, and dispose of all their property and belongings within a week. By the end of 1942, DeWitt and Bendetsen had succeeded in incarcerating 110,000 Japanese-American men, women, and children, 62% of whom were American-born citizens. Much of this resulted not only from the racist antipathy of DeWitt towards Japanese-Americans, Italian and German-Americans (who although not incarcerated also lived under curfews and restrictions), but special-interest groups who profited from the property losses of the Japanese-Americans. See: Brian Niiya, Civilian Exclusion Orders, Densho Encyclopedia (2017); Personal Justice Denied: Report of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (1982); Japanese Americans & The U.S. Constitution, A More Perfect Union, Smithsonian Institution (2016). $975.00
 8. Union Pacific. DUDE RANCHES OUT WEST. 1926. 23 pgs. Photos, 4 panel center fold map tited UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM. Information concerning Wyoming, Idaho, California and Oregon, Yellowstone, numerous dude ranches, very comprehensive. Vg cond.  $175.00
 9. (Architectural Trade Catalog) Farnsworth, Jr. J.A.  SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HARDWOOD AND MANUFACTURING CO. Catalog No. 23. (title page) SASH AND DOOR PRICE LIST 1923. CATALOGUE NO. 23. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HARDWOOD AND MFG. COO. MANUFACTURERS OF SASH, DOORS, INTERIOR FINISH, GENERAL MILL WORK, BANK, OFFICE AND STORE FIXTURES, DISAPPEARING BEDS. JOBBERS OF PLATE GLASS, WINDOW GLASS, MIRRORS, RIBBED, ROLLED AND ORNAMENTAL GLASS, MURPHY IN-A-DOR BEDS.  Los Angeles. Pict. wraps. 262 pp. Frontis. 100s of text woodcut engravings, text illustrations (some in color). First edition, trade catalogue of Arts & Crafts southern California mill work. This is an invaluable reference for anyone researching or restoring a southern California Mission Style, Spanish Style, or Arts & Crafts house, with detailed illustrations of window frames, transoms, windows, sashes, casements, quarter-sawn oak doors, retail doors, door frames, stairs, ornamental grilles, Chinese-style close doors, garage doors, moldings, enameled glass, fancy cut glass, cut up windows, check rail windows, stained glass studio sashes, and more. Of particular interest is the section on glass and door store window display store fronts installed by the company at the time. The Southern California Hardwood & Manufacturing Co. was founded originally in 1902 as the H. Raphael Co., and in 1905 changed to this format. In 1913, the company bought out the Hughes Manufacturing & Lumber Co. covering 11 acres, and became one  of the largest firms of its kind in the United States. Their Los Angeles factory produced showcase and furniture displays, and most of the historic buildings in Southern California before World War II purchased fixtures and installations from the company, including the Bullock's Department Store, Robinson's, Meier & Frank of Portland, OR, the I.W. Hellman Building in Los Angeles, the Grant Hotel in San Diego, and the Barbara Worth Hotel at El Centro. No copies located in Worldcat; See: Guinn, A History of California and an Extended History of Los Angeles, Vol. 3, p. 740.Vg cond.  $445.00
               FORT DAVID A. RUSSELL PHOTOS - WYOMING - 1890'S

10. (Wyoming) Fort David A. Russell photos. Pair of vintage photographs, circa late 1890s, of the "Pump House and Residence of the Engineer, Fort D.A. Russell, Wyo." and of "The Engineer", identified as Chas. E. Weeks. The identification of each is neatly printed on the back side of the photos in a period hand. Each of the sepia-toned photos measures 4¾  x 6 1/2 inches on 7 x 9 inch buff-colored mounts. The view of the pump house and residence shows family members by a doorway, a man holding a horse, and the family dog by a two-wheeled wagon. The other photo shows Charles Weeks leaning up against a brick building's open doorway with a furnace visible in the interior. He is holding a shovel in his hand, probably for stoking the furnace with fuel. Fort D.A. Russell was established several miles out of Cheyenne, WY in 1867 to help protect the transcontinental railroad works around Crow Crossing. Over the years various cavalry units were stationed there, including the African American 9th and 10th Cavalry and the famous Buffalo Soldiers of the 24th Infantry. By the turn of the 20th century Fort D.A. Russell had become one of the largest cavalry bases in America. As technology began to replace horses in military operations, the demand for cavalry units diminished and the cavalry function of Fort D.A. Russell was deactivated in 1927. The base went through several changes from then up to the present, including being an Army airfield, a training facility for the US Army Quartermaster Corps, WWII Prisoner of War camp, Air Force base as part of SAC, and a missile base. Its name was changed in 1930 to Fort Francis E. Warren. Still active, many of the early buildings from its cavalry days are still present and maintained. A portion of the base is on the National Register which recognizes its historical importance. Except for a dime-sized spot on the left border of one of the mounts, the two photographs are in VG+ to Fine condition.  $275.00 for the two.
11. (Architecture - California) Garnett, Porter. STATELY HOMES OF CALIFORNIA. Pub. by Little, Brown and Co. 1915. Cloth. 95 pgs. 4 color plates, photos plates, contents include the history and illustrations of 12 famed California homes, including the palatial homes of W.H. Crocker, J.D. Grant, Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, Huntington, James D. Phelan, J.M. Gillespie, C. Templeton Crocker, etc. Many of the homes reflect Italian influences and designed with Italian gardens illustrating pre WWI elegance in the West. Vg cond.  $145.00



12. (Wyoming Ranches) HF Bar. (title page) HF Bar Ranch. Buffalo,Wyoming. In the Heart of the Big Horns. 1922. 16 pgs. Pict. wraps. Map, photos, information concerning what you should know, references, hunting, poem by Arthur Chapman titled OUT WHERE THE WEST BEGINS, why a vacation on a ranch?, a ranch - not a resort only, etc. A 1921 Atlantic Monthly testimonial states "If you are surfeited with swift motor riding or tired of endless golf, or impatient with having the world too much with you, take a dose of American mountaineering. Go where the highest mountains are, the greatest canyons, the biggest trees. Get a camp cook - though you will want to be trying your own hand at his game all the time - an experienced packer and a train of mountain-wise pack animals, sleeping bags and camp supplies and take to the Trail. Once out you will not come back till you have to and you will go again."  Transmittal envelope, vg cond.  $245.00
 
         ABRAHAM LINCOLN - EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION - HERMAN   
                                                 HAMBURGER LETTERS
 
13. (Civil War - Herman Hamburger) Four letters written by Herman Hamburger in correspondence with his friend John Pugh Green. The first letter written on a printed advertising circular from Hamburgers's Philadelphia law practice indicating that Hamburger is envious of Puht's new position with the Army and his hope that something similar "will turn up for me." The letter also contains some indication of Hamburger's feelings of adulation for McClellan as being "the hero of the day" with his recent victory in the Maryland Campaign. Of special significance and interest are his thoughts concerning Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
 
The second letter indicates that a position did materialize for Hamburger. However, now that he is at Fairfax Courthous, VA he writes "I would prefer greatly to be in Philadelphia. We have but little to do..." He continues by writing about the Buswhackers, Moseby the Prince of Guerillas and his two hundred men.
 
Letter three and four are mostly news of family, friends and other domestic issues.
 
Herman Hamburger (1837-1899) studied law prior to his service in the Army; after, he was appointed a Judge, then worked in the coal industry and in the manufacture of elastic webbing.
 
John Pugh Green (1839-1924) studied law prior to his service in the Army, but spent his carrer with the Pennsylvania Railroad, retiring as First Vice President.
 
 
1. Letter 1 as written. 4 pages written on a printed advertising circular for Hamburger's Philadelphia law practice. Very legible.
 
Sept 24/62
Wednesday
 
My Dear John
 
Your little note was red. Handed to me by Mr. Kane. You do not Know Old Boy how glad I was to hear from you That you were well & apparently enjoying the new life upon which you have entered I am glad too to see that you have not forgotten me & my wants. I am more anxious than ever to get off & I do hope something will turn up for me. I will  confess that I have not got the calmness or philosophy of  Micawber for I fear that nothing will turn up, not however doubting for a moment My dear fellow but that you will do all you can for me. I sit here in the office chafing a la war horse & co. & I feel very lonely I assure you John! I miss you very much & wish sometimes that you were here again or that I was certainly with you. My habits of study (it no time bragable) have been so completely broken up by the unhappy events of the past year that I find it difficult to put my mind to study. Flanagan two is not Green, so you may well think I have a pretty lonely time of it. The city is as usual dull gloomy. Nothing whatever doing except the everlasting necessity of business. People's faces wear a more cheerful aspect. Since the enemy has been driven out of Maryland. McClellan is the idol of the day & his bitterest enemies have been Compelled to acknowledge his talents and fitness. The President's message announcing emancipation falls dull upon our ears (I believe nothing will  excite us now) Even Mr Kane says nothing. It was so unexpected so unlooked for that probably but the message to a great democratic move. I must confess Old boy, democrat as I am I cannot feel greatly shocked. I try to persuade myself that I ought to rave & swear & talk of "unconstitutionality"  "outrage" but I cant do it under the existing state of circumstances when I think of the blood & treasure spent on the infernal Rebellion, I am apt to feel if I do not say it in as many words "It served them right. They brought it on themselves. Let them suffer for it. I think however the proclamation was issued at ___ impolitic time for I really cannot see what particular good it can accomplish at this time. While on the other hand it may ____  brand of distraction that may be of much harm. Many who were about to go to war may conscientiously refuse to fight for the abolition of the Negro & may look upon the proclamation of President Lincoln as a distinct avowal on his part as Commander in Chief of the Army of what the real purposes of the war are viz to emancipation of slaves. I must say however that I cannot look upon it in this light but only as a proclamation aimed against the slave property of those persons in rebellion Against the Government Loyal Masters are to be protected by acknowledging their rights he acknowledges that slavery as an institution has all the rights he seemed so will to accord to them in all his public messages & speeches. Enough of this I Know you will have your opinions in relation to the matter for myself I will say in a word that I am sorry the proclamation was ever issued but if it will end the rebellion or tend to do so I shall be satisfied that it is right and for the best. I have not seen my four gentlemen friends since you left. D & S Weir Mitchell met with a sad loss in the death of his wife who died day before yesterday very suddenly of diphtheria. Mr Kane has been continually with him since that time. Poor fellow he takes his loss very hard. If you see Schonemans give them my love & accept the same for yourself.
 
Yours Hamburger
 
Let me hear how you get along. What are your duties &c & c, HH
 
What is your Rank & how shall we address your letters.
 
 
2. Letter 2 as written. Four pages, very legible.
 
Camp 18th. Pa. Cav.
Fairfax Court House VA
June 8, 1863
 
My Dear Old Boy,
 
I red your letter & hasten to reply. I was laboring under the impression that you owed me a letter but as you are always right I give up. Well old boy here I am, on the outposts of the defenses of Washington Acting Adjutant of the Regiment. I cannot say that this life is pleasant to me. It is too monotonous One day like another I would prefer greatly to be in Philadelphia. We have but little to do in the way of duty. We occasionally have a little scout but meet no enemy except Bushwhackers. Moseby the Prince of Guerillas in these parts with about Two Hundred men Keeps this whole division ten Cavalry Regiments on the ___ ___ & yet we cannot catch him. Once in a while we meet him Kill two or three of his men wound a few & the next day he is at his old tricks again attacking our pickets, stealing our horses and worrying us generally. Their men are for the most part Citizens who live a little way beyond our lines. One day Soldiers & the next Citizens which do makes it very difficult to get our hands upon them. I have been Acting Adjutant of the Regiment ever Since Col. Boyar took Command of the Reg't. Some 4 weeks ago the Col. Before this had been present with the Reg't but one day Since its formation he having been detailed upon a Court martial at Washington. I like the position very well because it gives me something to do & Keeps my mind occupied to a certain extent. It is better at any rate than doing picket duty as Lieutenant which is the meanest of all duties. I saw the Wasting Battery boys some few days ago. Cudge Creely, James Brigham Abe Schoneman & c. They looked well and hearty & will soon be discharged. As Regards the Bedford Estate Papers. They are either in Mr Kanes fire proof just behind where we used to sit & where you yourself put them or they are with your other papers in your drawer.
 
I had to get up at one o'clock this A.M. and form our Reg't or whats left of it to go out on a grand scout to Falmouth I think the whole division is out. Not hering very well & having no horse. My horse having a very sore back. I have been left in Command of Camp. As Adjutant Chief  ____ &c. You will perhaps see our division down with you By the way John My father writes from home that you were wounded & expresses his regret there at hoping that is not sever. Their must be a mistake. Or is it so? Why did you not mention it if it were so. You say nothing about the battle of Chancellorsville. You no doubt were in it as I see your Brigade was engaged. God bless you Old Boy ___ you from harm. My Compliments to Gen Kane & to Charlie & Louis if you see them. Tell them to write to me. I have no news from Phila' at all.
 
I am not well John must close. Accept my Kindest regards My best wishes & believe me
 
As ever Your Friend
Hamburger
 
Direct Lieut Herman Hamburger
18th Penna. Cav. Regt.
Gen Slakets Div
Washington, D.C.
 
 
3. Letter 3 as written. Three pages, very legible.
 
Audenned May 27, 1866
 
My Dear Old Boy.
 
Your letter, ever welcome was received a shamefully long while ago and circumstances not inclinations have delayed this answer thereto First I have taken a trip of observation pleasure through the "Levitories" (____ Thad Stevens) Virginia of North Carolina by reason whereof two weeks were spent away from home. Second. Our Miners took it into their heads that they were not getting wages enough & consequently "struck" this made business so dull at home that I was glad to leave Audenned & seek a refuge or escape from Blue devils by journeying every which I have been busily engaged in doing for the past four weeks being but little at home. I have spent the last two weeks at our old home and where we have both seen so much pleasure Philada. I saw many of our old friends together we have talked over old times and associations. You were by no means forgotten Old boy! With the Vernons I spent a pleasant portion of an afternoon and our talk was much of thee my friend Charlie is in the retail Coal business but I do not think he likes it over well & his chief desire and ambition now methinks are to get an appointment in the Regulars Army. Mamie his little wife looks as sweet and amiable as ever and she has a dear little angel of a daughter of which both Charlie  and she are extremely fond and proud. Mrs. Vernon herself looks almost as in her best days & is nearly as handsome as ever. They live as you no doubt know far up Sixth Street & seem to be as happy as ever. I also met the Schoremans Abe, Gus & Charlie. Abe the same careless free open hearted fellow as ever. Gus grown to be a stylish well dressed and good looking fellow & Charlie the same old block as of you. Neither changing or changeable fifteen years older than his age, A delightful trip visit had I & I yearned for thee old boy to Make the thing complete with say three games of billars at Sixth & chestnut & one good old Dinner at Prices I am sorry to tell you John that Sixth & Chestnut billiard room is now not est. The property have fallen into the hands of our grandeur friend George W. Childs  ____ a publisher now of the Ledge who is making sad havoc with our billard retreat to make way for one of the first newspaper establishments, in the Country. Peas to its news. I will always be known however int the picture Annals of Philada as the place were billiards were practiced by Green ____ & hamburger butcher.
 
Cricket is looking up again with the young American Club as champion. Baseball has the advantage of public favor And now for yourself old boy Let me here give you an old fashioned friendly shake of the hand & extend to you a thousand Kind wishes & hearfelt congratulations upon your engagement with Ms Lizzie Stevel. I am inclined to be half jealous of the young lady already but if you promise me that she will not occupy so much of your attention as to neglect entirely your old friends. We will give our consent & bid you God speed in happiness.
 
I need not say John that if you could extend your bridal trip to our mountains how happy & delighted both Mother & I would be in extending to you the hospitalities of our home.
 
And now a little about myself & I am alone. I have lost considerable money through the strike if our men which has extended through the last five weeks I have lost at least three thousand dollars which I shall try to make up during the summer Months 7 if successful I shall sell out if I can do so to advantage & Move to the city our old home for which I have the most ardent longing and affection.
 
I think I shall go into the Coal business & if I do well I shall marry & settle down.
 
Dear old boy I am glad to see & hear that you occupy so good a position and are doing well & hoping that success may attend your efforts & that one of those efforts will be an early answer to this scrawl.
 
Remain as ever Yours
Herman Hamburger
 
Accept for your betrothed self My Mother's & Cousin Frances. Kindest wishes & congratulations.
 
   
4. Letter 4 as written. Single page, very legible.
 
Audenned Aug. 22, 1866
 
My Dear John
 
Yours was red but owing to absence from home I have not been able to answer. I shall accept with great pleasure the honor you have offered me, to officiate as your groomsman next October, or allow me to say, old boy! I was never so pleased in my life as when I recd your letter asking my services. I shall ever consider it as but another proof of the love and esteem wee mutually feel for each other. Friends you Know, old boy, dare be egotistical. QAccdept my Kindest regards and believe me
 
Is every Your Friend
 
Herman Hamburger
 
It may interest you John to Know that without any solicitation whatever on my part and without my Knowledge until the day of the Conventions I was nominated by the Democratic County Convention as Associate Judge if the Courts of this County I think the Nomination to be equivalent to an election.
 
$975.00

14. (Canada) INDIAN DEPARTMENT (CANADA) RETURN to an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 20 August 1860; - for "COPIES or EXTRACTS of CORRESPONDENCE between the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Governor General of Canada respecting Alterations in the organization of the INDIAN DEPARTMENT IN CANADA (in continuation of Parliamentary paper, No. 247, of Session 1856) Colonial Office - 24 August 1860 - C. FORTESCUE. (Mr. Blake) Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be Printed 25 August 1860. Contents include Schedule which is a listing of DESPATCHES FROM THE GOVERNOR GENERAL, 46 pgs. of despatches, Census Return of Indians table, Return of Indian Lands sold in September 1857 table, table showing the Lands on which the Installments are paid and unpaid, with the Amount due, Canadian West Indian Department table, estimate of the expenses of the Indian Department in Canada, from the 1st April 1859 to the 31st march 1860, folding colored map of land "supposed to have been purchased by the Department Surveyor General or the Province of Quebec in 1785, also showing the 250,000 acres purchased on Nov. 18, 1815, etc. Tied as issued, vg cond. $495.00
15. (Truck Equipment Trade Catalog)  Interboro Hoist and Body Corp. TRUCK EQUIPMENT SALES MANUAL. (title page) EQUIPMENT SALES MANUAL AND DEALERS REFERENCE BOOK. Long Island City, NY. 1926. Interboro was the exclusive distributors for the following companies Hydraulic Hoist Mft. Co.; Mead-Morrison Mfg. Co.; Highland Body Mfg. Co.; R-B Company; Arcadia Trailer and mfg. Corp.; Universal Hoist and Body Co.; H.H. Babcock Co.; U.S, Hame Company; Mason Manufacturing Co., Inc.; Woonsocket mfg. Co.; The Galion All Steel Body Co.; Columbian Steel Tank Co.; Quaker City iron Works, Inc.; The Griscom-Russell Co.; Rock Mfg. Co.; National Steel Products Co.; The Snyder Hoist and Body Co.; The Amos Loader Co.; Martin Fifth Wheel and Trailer Co.; The Wayne Works and were authorized selling agents for Swedish Crucible Steel Co.; John H. Roebling Sons; Blackmer Rotary Pump Co.; Foster Pump Works, Inc. and American Steam Pump Co. 214 pgs. Pict. wraps, 100's of truck photos, information, dimensions, cost with contents including photos and information on bus bodies, bulk lime equipment, coal hauling equipment, dump bodies, express bodies, fifth wheels, garbage bodies, Ford truck extensions, hoists, lumber equipment, panel bodies, police patrol bodies, rack bodies, roll-off lumber bodies, school bus bodies, tank bodies, winches, etc. "It has been the aim and policy of INTERBORO to incorporate in this manual only such equipment which, after thorough investigation and trial, have proved most satisfactory and economical. Each unit carries with it a guarantee and an assurance that the equipment will be right for the work it is to perform, properly mounted and thoroughly tested." Index. Usual minor wear as expected, overall in vg cond.  $495.00


 
   "THE BASE BALL GAME HAS BEEN INTRODUCED HERE YESTERDAY" -  
                                                     MISSISSIPPI - 1866
 
16. An interesting 4 page letter from Sid Nesmith (1833-1877) to his mother Mrs. Geo. W. Nesmith (1799-1885) while he was serving as Special Agent of the Treasury Department  in Mississippi. Of particular importance is this early written reference to the game of Base Ball. Written in ink, very legible and retains the stamped transmittal envelope. The letter is:
 
 
Transmittal envelope:
 
Stamped Vicksburgh, Miss.
Dec. 14, 1866
 
To: Mrs. Geo. W. Nesmith
Franklin, N.H.
 
Letter: (Spelling and punctuation uncorrected)
 
My Dear Mother,
 
Have just finished reading your letter dated 29 Nov. it has been a good while on the road and went to Yazoo City but the Steamboat man Know me and bring all along now so than I do not fear of loosing any although it may be a good while ____ it now a little more than a week since I cast anchor in this town and the Rivers both the Yazoo and Miss have been rising all the time and it is feared will not go down. Must wait and see. Am glad to know that you are all well thar and a good place to get the sub stantials of life. I think more of the Old farm than ever since I see how how little profit ther is in raising Cotton in this Country All sorts of business is dull particularly Steam boating the Boots are not paying expenses. There are quite a lot of Yankees in this who have come in since the war. They do not mingle socially much with old citizens the Southern people have been accustomed to dictate what should be the Kind now they are jealous that the reins must be given up. The Base Ball game has been introduced here Yesterday I went out to see an watched played but there were no Southern people than all Yankees. Gen'l Wood Comdy the Depart a lot of Sub Officers and quite a number of ladies and Gentlemen were among the spectators.
 
One can tell a northern man or lady from the Southern people just as readily as an old seaman can tell a man of war from a Merchant Vessel. Every thing in way of new gets to be old before it reaches here and the papers don't publish a little of the procrasting of Congress People here think the Radicals are trying to get up another war.
 
The community here do Suffer very much from all Sorts of Thiefs Robbers Swindlers and ______ tell them the Scum rises to the top and floats down the River and lodges among to old drift in the Eddies And all they have to do is to clean out the old drifts and leave the surface clean and smooth so the  _____ mill Sweep it out the sea The town is so full of  ___- holes that every loafer Stops to take a drink and see what he can Steal.
 
It is now raining very hard. Everybody is talking about Christmas and what they are going to do and it is a big thing to have Christmas in this Country.
 
Give my regards to Cousin Mary and all your affectionate Son.
 
Sid


"Arthur S(idney) Nesmit, the second and only surviving son of Hon. And Mrs George W. Nesmith, was born in Franklin, N.H., March 30, 1833. He early developed a good native talent which was cultivated in the public schools, especially under the tuition of Mr. B.M. Tayler who was reputed as a superior instructor. He also enjoyed the advantages of the Pembroke Academy and other institutions of learning. When the War of the Rebellion broke out, by the solicitation of his friend Col. M.W. Tappan, he resigned his position as Station Agent at Penacook and enlisted in the First Regiment N.H. Volunteers, and served through the three months' campaign.
 
After a short interval Arthur accepted the position of Quartermaster of the Third Regiment, and was ordered to the South Carolina coast where he contracted malaria and was obliged, on Sept. 3, 1862, to return home. His complaints assumed a chronic form, from the effects of which he never fully recovered. He resigned his position and was honorably discharged. In the Summer of 1863 he so far regained his health that he applied for and received the appointment of Assistant Brigade Quartermaster with the rank of Captain, and was stationed at Washington, D.C., where he performed duty during the war.
 
In the Summer of 1866 Capt. Nesmith was appointed a special agent of the Treasury Department, through the influence of Hon. William E. Chandler, then Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and was sent to superintend the contractors who had undertaken to raise the gunboats sunk by the enemy in the Yazoo river and other waters around Vicksburg, while that city was besieged by Gen Grant. In 1875-6 he served the U.S. Government as special agent investigating the claims of Union men in West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee.
 
In civil life Capt. Nesmith served his town as one of the Selectmen, and was her Representative in General Court in the years 1868 and 1869, in the later of which he was Chairman of the Committee on State Prison. Capt. Nesmith married Miss May E. Moulder of Washington, D.C., by whom he had four children, two of whom - daughters - survive him. Captain Nesmith died at his father's house in Franklin, Aug. 18, 1877, aged 44 years."
 
References: THE FIRST REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS IN THE GREAT REBELLION by Stephen G. Abbott; Google: Judge George Washington Nesmith, Sid's father.
 
Very good condition.
 
$445.00



17. (California - Architecture) NEW SPANISH BUNGALOWS. FIVE AND SIX ROOM MONTEREY AND SPANISH BUNGALOWS. The Bungalowcraft co. Los Angeles, CA. 46 (2) pgs. Pict. wraps, 44 illustrations of homes with floor specifications and information. Nd. c. 1930's. "The purpose and aim of the Bungalowcraft Co. is more personal than the mere building of houses. its object is to aid and assist the prospective builder to make his or her "dream house" a realization. A dream come true; and to make the completed house in every detail a real home." Very fine cond.  $445.00
18. (Lewis and Clark) Osgood, Ernest Staples. THE FIELD NOTES OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM CLARK 1803-1805) Yale University Press. 1964. 1st. 335 pgs. Facsm. Ray Billington "A significant addition to historical knowledge. The Field Notes are fascinating: they allow the modern reader to look behind the scenes and to share with the members of the expedition the hardships and delights of exploration...no one can fail to be impressed by the meticulous editorial labors of Professor Osgood. His detective skill in running down obscure information is as impressive as the lucid style with which he presents his findings." Vg cond., vg dj.  $185.00
    MONTANA PHOTO ALBUM - SMITH RIVER - TENDERFOOT CREEK

19. (Montana) Panoramic Montana photo album with the photos being taken by a Montana forest ranger in and around Smith River, the Tenderfoot Creek area, Fort Logan, and more in the present day Lewis & Clark National Park near Helena, MT at the beginning of the 20th century. [Helena, MT: Jefferson National Forest,  1911-1915. Oblong folio. 14 x 11 in. [6 leaves (unnumbered).], thick black paper, w/ 12 panoramic photographs sized from 3 x 9 in. (1) up to 3.5 x 12 in. (majority), all with ink and pencil manuscript annotations on versos. Recent limp black cloth post-binder with title in gilt lettering stamped on front cover. These uncommon panoramic photographs were apparently shot by an unidentified Forest Ranger for the newly created Jefferson National Forest in Montana which was established by the U.S. Forest Service July 1, 1908. These images include a sweeping birds-eye view of the Jefferson National Forest Smith River District, incorporating the Lodge Pole Pine Country and the  head of Tenderfoot Creek; Little Belt Mountains on Smith River, and the historic Millegan Ranch near Helena, MT; the 1911 freeze up on the Smith River in 1911; the Mumbrael Ranch on Sheep Creek; Bessie & Marie on their way to the King's Hill Ranger Station ranger meeting in 1914 setting in horse-drawn wagon; and many other vistas of Smith River and Deep Creek in and around Lewis & Clark National Park. One of the images shows the Chambers sheep ranch on the Tenderfoot Creek which had been homesteaded by the Chambers family before 1900, but was abandoned in 1918 following the flu pandemic which decimated workers and family members alike. The stark view of Fort Logan (originally Camp Baker) shows the sweeping landscape, of the post which was named after Capt. William Logan, 7th U.S. Infantry who was killed in the battle of Big Hole August 9, 1877. At the time of this photo, the post had been abandoned since 1881, and the blockhouse would not be restored until 1924 by the Helena Chapter of the DAR. In the Jefferson National Forest before World War I a number of sheep ranches were still being grazed in the Highwood Mountains, and four outfits ran up to 33,000 sheep in the Forest Reserve. However, by the 1920s, cattle had become the prominent grazing animal. Several photos creased at corners, overall in vg cond.  $1050.00
 JAMES PATE - 17TH CENTURY VIRGINIA - 1695 - TOBACCO PLANTATIONS

20. (Pate, James - 17th Century Virginia) A 17th century document appraisal of the contents of the estate of the Middlesex County, VA tobacco planter James Pate. It is dated 12/6/1695. and signed by the three estate appraisers: John Ashborne, David Berwick (signed with his mark X) and John F. Nichols. The document is also signed by the Middlesex County Clerk, William Churchill (1649-1710). Churchill was also in the Virginia General Assembly House of Burgesses and served as the Virginia Secretary of State. It is written in ink, legible and in very good condition.. James Pate held one of the larger tobacco plantations in Virginia at the time of his death.  $2775.00



21. (Virginia) PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, BEGUN AND HELD IN THE MASONS' HALL, IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND, On Thursday, being the 12th day of December, A.L. 5867, A.I. 2397, A.D. 1867. Jas. E. Goode, Printer. 1st. 1867. Pict. wraps, 73 pgs. Proceedings, deaths, list of subordinate chapters, 100's of names, minor wear, overall in vg cond.
$ 155.00

 
22. Automobile Trade Catalog) R AND V KNIGHT MOTOR CARS FOURS AND SIXES. East Moline, Illinois. 1921. 23 pgs. Illustrated throughout including photos of the Seven-passenger sedan, Model J (six); Four passenger Coupe, Model J (six), Two-passenger Model J roadster (six), Four-passenger sport, Model J (six), Five-passenger touring, Model R (four), Five-passenger sedan, Model R (four), Four-passenger coupe, Model R (four), specifications for both the Model J (six) and the Model R (four). The car was made by the Root and Vandervoort Engineering Co. between 1920-1924. Vg cond.  $295.00

23. (Confederates - Civil War - Taxes) SYNOPSIS OF DECISIONS UNDER THE CONFEDERATE TAX LAW. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF TREASURY. Nd. c. 1864. 12 pgs. a paragraph pertaining to taxing of slaves, an interesting piece. Vg cond.  $435.00


             CSA VETS' LAND USE AGREEMENTS - DECEMBER 4, 1866

24.  (Texas) - CSA Vets' Land Use Agreements) Two manuscript agreements signed on December 4, 1866 in Freestone County, Texas by former Confederate soldiers regarding renting farmland. Each agreement is written on one side of a piece of 9 1/2" x 7 3/4" ruled paper with a revenue stamp affixed at the bottom left of each document. The first agreement was "entered into by A.J. Wynne, A. H. Carter and J. S. Payne relative to the term of rent of seventy acres of landing a part of the plantation of the said A.J. Wynne. The said A.H. Carter & J.S. Payne agrees to pay one fourth of the cotton they rase [sic] on fifty acres of land and one third of the
corn and fodder. We furthermore agree to put up four log cabins - one good hewed log cabin - the others to be scalped down for which the said A.J. Wynne is to pay to the said A.H. Carter and J.S. Payne one thousand pounds of pork. We further agree to repair such fencing as he said Wynne may want repaired by paying the said Carter and Payne $1.00 per hundred for rails split and put up." Signed by all three men: A.H. Carter, James S. Payne, and A.J. Wynne.

The second agreement, signed that same day, was entered into by A.J. Wynne, acting as an agent for Mrs. M. Childers, and Carter and Payne, "relative to the terms of rent of the plantation belonging to the said Mrs. M. Childers. A.H. Carter and J.S. Payne to take the place and agree to pay one fourth of all that they raise on the place, they making all reasonable efforts to cultivate the hole [sic] place in corn and cotton, reserving fifteen acres for oats, with the privilege of the gin mill and screen. I, A. J. Wynne, agent for the said Mrs. M. Childers pays to the said A.H. Carter and J.L. Payne fifty cents per hundred for boards to recover the gin house and four Negro cabins. The said Carter and Payne will be allowed $1.00 per hundred for rails split and put up necessary to secure he crop. The said Carter and Payne further agree to take care of all on the place and see that nothing is destroid [sic]. The pastures are reserved by A.J. Wynne, Agent." Signed by A.H. Carter and James S. Payne.

On-line research indicates that all three men involved in the documents were former Confederate soldiers. Alfred H. Carter (circa 1837-1904) and A. John Wynne (1816-1878) both served in the 12th Regiment, Texas Infantry, Companies I & L (known as Young's Regiment) in the Confederate Army. The regiment saw action from March through May 1864 in the Red River Campaign in Louisiana and the Camden Campaign in Arkansas. They were discharged on May 26, 1865. Carter had
come to Texas with his parents, circa 1852. He was the son of Thomas Carter, a successful farmer in the county, who was often referred to as the "Baron of Freestone County" or "Colonel Carter". James S. Payne (1827-1899) served as a sergeant in Co. B of the CSA. Payne and Wynne are buried in Cotton Gin Cemetery in Freestone County, nine miles west-northwest of Teague, Texas. Carter is buried in the Carter Family Cemetery, Freestone County, Texas, six miles west of Fairfield, the county seat. That cemetery was provided for in the will of "Colonel" Carter, A.H.'s father.

The two signed agreements are interesting documents relating to the productive reestablishment of CSA veterans who had returned home the prior year. Both documents have been folded and are wrinkled at several corners; some toning and foxing evident, as well as several nicks along the edges. Both are very
readable and, overall, are in VG to VG+ condition.

$545.00
   THE SOUTHERN ILLUSTRATED NEWS - JULY 25, 1863 - GETTYSBURG

25. (Civil War - Confederacy) THE SOUTHERN ILLUSTRATED NEWS.  Richmond, Saturday, July 25, 1863. Vol. II - No. 3. Pages 17-21. The lead article concerns the life of Gen. William Loring with and illustration of him. Certainly the prime content in this issue is the terrific account of the Battle of Gettysburg from the Confederate perspective, which provides much bias in favor of the actions of Lee and his army. Portions of that article include "On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (1st, 2nd and 3d of July) was fought the great battle of Gettysburg, in Pennsylvania, between the forces of Gen. Lee and the Yankee army under the command of Gen. Meade, who succeeds Hooker, superseded for incompetency....For the first two days our troops drove those of the enemy before them... Gen. Lee renewed the attack on the enemy and drove him to some strong entrenchments...These entrenchments were stormed after severe fighting & victory remained with us. But Gen. Lee...fell slowly back. He had taken a large number of prisoners & to secure them he fell back to Hagerstown. The Yankees had already retreated before he did, but he was not aware of the fact. Had he been so, we might have pressed them, in all probability, until they had become entirely demoralized. As it was, finding that he also had begun to fall back, the Yankees returned to the field & raised a shot of victory. The most astounding lies were telegraphed to the cities...Lee's army, according to them, had been completely routed & disorganized...The terrible Yankee cavalry were in pursuit... In the meantime a telegram announcing a great victory & capture of 40,000 Yankees had been received in Richmond & the people were jubilant. Suddenly their joy was cut short by the arrival of the flag of truce boat with the Yankee papers. Something very like a panic succeeded. The people seemed to take the Yankee lies for gospel...Before the end of the week the truth with regard to Lee began to come out. He had gained a great victory & captured thousands of prisoners. He had fallen back to Hagerstown at his leisure & in the most perfect order. The Yankees had not dared to pursue him..." A great account of arguably the most famous and crucial battle of the Civil War from the Confederate's perspective. Even toning to paper, dbd, overall a very nice copy of a scarce newspaper and account of the Battle of Gettysburg. $1975.00



26. Walker, Dale. DEATH WAS THE BLACK HORSE. THE STORY OF ROUGH RIDER BUCKEY O'NEIL. Madrona Press. 1975. 1st ltd. 200 pgs. Autographed by the author, designer and publisher, illus. At the rear of the book are two short stories by Buckey O'neal. #86 of 200 copies, slipcase. Vg cond. $75.00