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

Archives International Auctions - Sale 80 104 October 25, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com EPHEMERA - CIVIL WAR LETTERS Pennsylvania 555 555 CivilWar Letter Pair with Interesting Content and Patriotic Postal Cover, ca. 1861-65 Pennsylvania, Lot of 2 Civil War Letters and an Envelope Cover, all from John S. Nimon, a Union Soldier from Pennsylvania. All letters are undated with interesting personal accounts regarding politics, military actions, and morality. The first letter is several pages long on lined and folded paper, Nimon describes an “excellent sermon,” and mentions how “vice and immorality reigns almost Supreme. Men who are marching, as it were, into the very jaws of death like Soldiers do, should be thinking of something more important than soldiers generally do.” He also mentions the impending arrival of Gen. Patterson, likely General Robert Patterson, who he remarks is “not a very fine looking officer.” The second letter is brief and mentions that there are now 12 Regiments at the camp. The postal cover includes a colorful design of an American flag with a firing cannon, with “Shoot the first man that attempts to pull down the American Flag” underneath. The cover is in Fine condition with worn margins and aging, the letters are in Fine-VF condition. Interesting lot with plenty to explore. (3) ����������� Est. $230-375 EPHEMERA - CIVIL WAR MILITARY NOTABLES 556 556 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Certificate of AdjustedClaim for (Civil) War Damages, 1873, Issued Bond Signed by Major General Frederick Hartranft Pennsylvania, 1873. $1000 Issued Certificate of Adjudicated Claim for War Damages, VF condition with damage to top margin, Signed by John F. Hartranft as Governor of Pennsylvania. John Frederick Hartranft (December 16, 1830 – October 17, 1889) was the United States military officer who read the death warrant to the individuals who were executed on July 7, 1865 for conspiring to assassinate American President Abraham Lincoln. Previously having achieved the rank of major general of the Union Army during the American Civil War, he had also been awarded the U.S. Medal of Honor for his actions in the First Battle of Bull Run. ����������������������������� Est. $325-650 EPHEMERA - CIVIL WAR MILITARY PHOTOGRAPH 557 557 Civil War Era ca.1860s Soldier’s Photograph Photograph of man in soldiers uniform, VF-XF condition. Back of photo has a 1 cent adhesive proprietary stamp on back. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $75-150 EPHEMERA - HISTORIC LETTER Illinois and Sweden 558 558 Bishop Hill Colony, 1854-58 Handwritten Letter Pair Illinois and Sweden, 1854-58. Pair of Handwritten Letters from the Bishop Hill Colony. The 1848 letter, on blue paper, discusses a specific bank currency in circulation. The 1854 letter, on white paper, also discusses circulation of bills, as well as the sum of $988. Both are in Fine-VF condition. The Bishop Hill Colony was a utopian religious community in Illinois. Founded in 1846 by religious dissidents who emigrated from Sweden to establish a new way of life on the Illinois prairie, the colony was run as a commune until its dissolution in 1861. (2) ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-260