Archives International Auctions Auction 80 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2022: Lots 1 to 826 in 2 SESSIONS

Archives International Auctions - Sale 80 103 October 25, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com EPHEMERA - BANKING & FINANCE England 550 550 English Parchment Tally Receipt, 1617 England...., 1617. Unusual parchment tally receipt written in old English script. 12 x 1.5 inches. A tally stick was a long wooden stick used as a receipt. When money was paid, a stick was marked with combinations of notches representing the sum of money paid. The owner of the original tally stick would have received this parchment receipt as a result of a transaction or exchange of money. Rare survival of a medieval form of financial record-keeping, tally sticks and receipts provides the origin of many words used in modern money markets, such as stock (taken from ‘stick’), foil, stockholder, bank stock, and check. According to legend, Wall Street was founded in its present location because of the presence there of an enormous chestnut tree, said to be plentiful enough to supply enough tally sticks for the emerging American stock market. Very few wooden tallys are known of today, as almost all were burned in (and in all likelihood, contributed to) the 1830 fire which destroyed the Houses of Parliament. Rare piece of early 1600’s financial recordkeeping. ( John E. Herzog Collection) ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $85-170 Great Britain 551 551 English Mortgage, 1636 onVellum. London, England. Document printed on sheep skin detailing a mortgage payment. Fine condition with minor tears along edges. Some of the writing is a little difficult to read. ��������������������������������������������������������� Est. $75-150 EPHEMERA - CIVIL WAR AND MILITARY DOCUMENTS Connecticut, Georgia and Ohio 552 552 Civil War Payment for a Volunteer Soldier, Issued in 1862 in Fort Pulaski, Georgia to Union Soldier involved in the fight to take the Fort. Fort Pulaski, Georgia and Connecticut. Lot of 3 pieces Highlighted by a May 1st, 1862,issued warrant for the payment to Jacob Sorvett of Company K, 7th Regiment, from the Volunteer Connecticut Militia for $10. Fort Pulaski guarded the waterway for the port city of Savanah, Georgia and was captured by the Union Army on April 10th, 1862 which the Connecticut 7th Regiment and Jacob Sorvett participated in and successfully captured with minimal loss of life on both sides. The , Includes: “Office of the Surveyor of the Customs, and designated Depositary of Public Moneys at Cincinnati”, 1857 Issued $30 payment receipt from Hiram Strait of Covington, Kentucky, S/N 123; Georgia-Alabama Investment and Development Co. 1892 Issued $2.00 payment for a semi-annual dividend on 10 Shares of the Capital Stock of the same company; and, Civil War, State of Connecticut, (Issued at Fort Pulaski, Georgia) 1862 payment for $10.00 from Major William Fitch, Pay-Master-General, due “from the State...to provide for the organization of a Volunteer Militia” and to provide for public defense, Signed by Jacob Lovett. All are in Fine to XF condition. The battle to take Fort Pulaski from the Confederates was a major success. The honor of being the first Federal troops to garrison Fort Pulaski after the surrender was given to the 7th Connecticut Regiment(3) ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $250-450 New Jersey 553 553 Civil War Draft and Discharge Document Group, 1862 to 1864. Trenton, New Jersey and Maryland. Lot includes 4 pieces, all related to John Leary and his draft into the Union Army during the American Civil War, Includes: an Issued 1862 document of discharge for John Leary, due to his scoliosis when he was at Camp Baker in Maryland referring to his enlistment in August of 1861; An issued May 14, 1864 draft document issued by the Provost Marshal’s Office in Trenton New Jersey notifying Leary to report before the 13th of June, 1864, calling for John Leary to report for action in Trenton, New Jersey, or face desertion charges; and an issued June 13th, 1864 document granting draft exemption status for John Leary, due to “lateral curvature of the spine” which was most likely scoliosis; A hand written letter stating the reason he cannot get witnesses is due to them being taken prisoner, also includes Envelope with writing in pencil which held the documents. Historic Civil War period documents relating to young 19 year old soldier’s ordeal with originally serving in 1861 and being discharged and than being drafted in 1864, but luckily having documents showing his initial discharge due to disability issued on the deadline day for his draft in June of 1864. (4) ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $150-300 Virginia 554 554 C.S.A., Report of theSecretary of theTreasury, 1864 from theU.S. War Department’s Record Division of Rebel Archives Richmond....,., Virginia, 1864. 56 Page Bound set of documents from the Confederate States of America, titled “Report of the Secretary of the Treasury,” which includes information on bonds, financial quarterly statements, and other details regarding C.S.A. investments; Within the pages is a Report of the Commissioner of Taxes, with accompanying text and tables, broken up into various Southern states. The last section of the booklet is Estimates of Appropriations, transmitted by Secretary of the Treasury, G. A. Trenholm. Interesting with extremely detailed financial records from the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. Purple handstamp on title page denotes that this was once a part of the War Division’s Record Division of Rebel Archives. The War Department Collection of Confederate Records consists of records of the Confederate States of America acquired by capture or surrender at the close of the Civil War and those later acquired by donation or purchase. On July 21, 1865, the Secretary of War established a unit in the Adjutant General’s Office for the collection, safekeeping, and publication of the “Rebel Archives.” The records were used in protecting the U.S. Government against claims arising from the war, in establishing pension claims, and for historical purposes. After many changes both in location and custody, the records were placed in the Organization Records Section of the Old Records Division of the Adjutant General’s Office, from which they were transferred to the National Archives in 1938. ����������������������������� Est. $200-400