US ENGINEERS NAVIGATION REPORT 1889 US Army Engineers report for883, by the US Army - Navigation projects on just about every major US waterway w foldout maps, everything from the Galveston & Aransas, Texas to Chicago, Lake Superior, Rock Island Rapids, St Louis, Ohio Riiver, Pittsburg, etc. 700 plus pp. avg wear.
Manufacturer: War Dept  

ZACHARY TAYLOR MOURNED 1850 An historic Taylor Memorial item, issued at HQ Adg General, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, July 11, 1850, announces the "melancholy Intelligence of the death of Zachary Taylor, late President ", at Washington July 9, 1030 PM, and orders every arsenal to fire a gun every half hour, & each military unit to render a show of regard for the late hero. 1p 8 x 11" Ink sgd by Adj Genl WH Irwin. The reverse bears a 2nd ink manuscript General Order # 4, Divison HQ, Greensburg, Pa- every officer to wear black mourning crape, and communicate the sad news to the citizenry. This order also complete, sgd by General CP Markle's ADC. . Printed on thin paper, the 2nd page ink script is visible through the front page.
Circa: 1850
Manufacturer: NA  

EAST JAFFREY NEW HAMPSHIRE PHOTO ALBUM A great group of 21 New Hampshire family photos in a leather bound photo album, w ornate brass fittings- 50 CDV capacity, contains 21 circa 1870s CDVs and tintypes of men, women, kids, many w East Jaffrey New Hampshire photo imprints, a few Keene & Peterboro, New Hampshire, also Fitchburg, Lowell, Massachusetts photographer imprints. . Most CDVs are vg, the album is rough w many torn pages. One East Jaffrey CDV is pencil idd, "Miss Ellen Mower".
Circa: NA
Manufacturer: Various  

FORT LARAMIE - GRATTAN MASSACRE US Army Promotions List, General Order 21, War Dept, Washington, Dec 1, 1854, announces Army promotions and deaths. Under the latter, "Brevet 2d Lieut John L Grattan, 6th Infantry, in an engagement with the Sioux Indians near Fort Laramie, Neraska Territory, August 19, 1854". The order fails to mention Grattans foolish vanity which led to the massacre of his command while attacking a Brule Sioux camp, & the beginning of 2 decades of Sioux Hostilities. 3pp 8 x 5 ptd. Vg. Very scarce. A great original order for the Grattan Massacre.
Manufacturer: NA  

BLACK HAWK WAR 1832 NEWSPAPER ROCK RIVER ILLINOIS An original issue of the Washington National Intelligencer newspaper, Washington, DC, Dec 8, 1832, w 4pp of news incl Full Report of the Secretary of War, Lewis Cass, on the US Army Operations in the Black hawk war, Fort Crawford Massacre, Rock River depredations, and subjection & of Black Hawk's band of Sac & Fox removal by General Scott's Forces & the Illinois Militia. also removal of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek Indians, treaties for their colonizing the Indian Territory West of Arkansas, also ads for Negros wanted for Purchase by various slave trading companies. Vg.
Circa: 1832
Manufacturer: National Intelligencer  

US ARMY FORT SMITH ARKANSAS 1867 ORDNANCE An original US Army Ordnance Invoice for 3" Guns & accessories, Hotchkiss, Parrott shells, & Colt & Remington revolvers, ammo, issued at Fort Smith, Arkansas,1867. 4pp ptd/ink, sgd by Post Comdr WJ Lyster. vg. 8 x 11 ptd/ink 4p. w illus of the US Ordnance logo- crossed cannons. Fort Smith was the main Army post protecting the Indian Territory and seat of the federal Court presided over by Judge Roy Parker.
Circa: 1867
Manufacturer: NA  

PHILIPPINES INSURRECTION PHOTOS Lot of 15 photos taken by 12th US Infantry bandsman, Ignatz A David in the Philippines, 1899-1901, incl 1) A cdv photo of David & 2 comrades w revolvers and Insurgent arrows! 2) twelve 3 x 3" photos of the Army band w instruments, most idd, Luzon, Philippines, incl their BASEBALL TEAM, all idd w positions played (creased), 3 ) two 6 x 4" images of the band at practice. Total 15 images, all date 1899-1901, Philippines. The images are just fair, but the inscriptions have wonderful detail ! Comes w newsclip photo of David, years later, in USVW uniform. The group
Manufacturer: NA  

GARFIELD ASSASSINATION BROADSIDE an original Assassination Broadside, issued by Iowa Governor John Gear, announcing the "mournful intelligence of the death of the President of the United States, at 10:35 this evening ... James Garfield, a worthy sucessor of Lincoln, has been similarly assailed by a murderous hand", eulogizes Garfield, & orders flags at half mast & public buildings draped in mourning. Publ, Des Moines, Iowa, Sept 19, 1881. 15 x 11" vg.
Manufacturer: GARFIELD ASSASSINATION BROADSIDE  

EARLY PUNT GUN a massive early percussion shotgun w oversize triggerguard to allow room for mitten- wearing hunter. Bore is approx 20mm (13/16"), barrel is 46", 63" overall. The gun is unmarked except for underside of barrel- stamped "I Marson", and bears the English "viewing" & "final" gunmakers proofs. The oversize triggerguard and buttplate are uncleaned brass. The Tower musket styke stock retains one brass lock bolt fitting, stock is attached by flat pins w oval keepers. Ramord rail is old resoldered, w 1 brass, one iron rr loop. The gun shows much use, age, w rough, cleaned lock. Marson may be an early Birmingham England maker. weighs approx 12 lbs. THIS GUN IS AN ANTIQUE ONLY AND IS NOT SAFE TO SHOOT
Manufacturer: I Marson  

EARLY AFRICAN MONEY BRACELETS a great group of 6 original heavy wrought brass/metal ankle bracelets w knobbed ends. These Arab trade bracelets were traded as money by arab slave traders for the ivory & the African slave trade in Nubia, Sudan and Upper Egypt. All are circa 1800-early 1900s. Avg diameter 4-5". I got these in Lower Egypt in the early 1980s. All are much worn, uncleaned. The group
Manufacturer: NA  

RUSSELL GREEN RIVER EATING UTENSILS a very handsome pair of original eating utensils- matching knife & fork, each w 2-pc walnut & pewter grips. The knives have the stamped makers mks "J. Russell & Co Green River Works" Light rust spots, vg overall.
Manufacturer: J. Russell & Co Green River Wor  

MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER ALBERT MILLS Colonel Albert Mills won the Medal of Honor at Santiago, Cuba, 1898. while severly wounded in action. US Army Discharge, on parchment, for US Infantryman at West Point, Deptember 24, 1898. 8 x 12" w eagle illus, sgd by Mills as Colonel, US Army. VG. Comes w His Congressional Medal of Honor info.
Circa: 1898
Manufacturer: NA  

WESTERN BOOKS BUFFALO BILL ETC A nice group of 4 photo books pertaining to Buffalo Bill, PT Barnum & the West, 1) "Buffalo Bill's Wild West", RL Wilson, 1998, Random House, 2) "Buffalo Bill & the Wild West", Sell & Weybrifgt, 1955, Oxford, 3) "PT Barnum America's Greatest Showman", Kunhardt et al, 1995 Knopf, 4) "Arms of the American West", Garavaglia & Warman, 1985 U New Mexico, together over 1320pp of photos & history. All vg, except 1 w torn dustjacket, rest vg. The group
Circa: Various
Manufacturer: Various  

SAC & FOX INDIAN TREATY an historic pair of Iowa Indian Treaty items: 1 ) Expenditure List for payment to Simon Lequire, "Interpreter to Captain Sumner" also money for messenger, provisions etc. Sgd by Indian Commissioner John Chambers, at Burlington, Iowa Territory, March 31, 1845. Captain Sumner was the future major general; Chambers, Iowa's first Territorial Governor, made this disbursement as part of the terms for the Sac & Fox Treaty of 1842. 16 x 16" ink. Vg. Comes w the original newspaper, the Washington Natl Intelligencer, Nov 6, 1841 w page 2 w full account of the Treaty Council between Keokuk's Band & Chambers. 4pp, complete. The pair
Manufacturer: NA  

COWGIRLS AND INDIAN GIRLS 4 original real photo postcards of young women of the West, all circa 1920s. 1 ) Native American photo, full seated view of "Indian Maiden Minnehaha" wearing a beaded doeskin dress & mocassins, 2) Native American photo, perky young women, also doeskin attire, w light id caption which I can't read. 3 ) Native American photo, full standing view of "Princess Bon-ge-Tha. Kiowa. Of Kan.", likewise attired, and 4 ) Cowgirl on horsegback at rodeo, caption "Miss Wyoming at Monte Vista Colo. W Denver, Colorado cancell, 1920. The first 3 cards, belonged to the Wayne Allen family, part of an early Western collection dating from the 1920s. All Vg. The 4 cards
Manufacturer: NA