Archives International Auctions Auction 83 February 28, 2023

Archives International Auctions - Sale 83 74 February 28, 2023 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Ephemera - Circus 376 376 Broadsheet Advertisement for Rhoda Royal Circus, 1921. Illustrated Broadsheet detailing traveling circus act which includes over 500 people, artist, and performers including the Famous Stickney Family of Acrobats, a lion tamer, a WildWest show, and more. Sheet has wonderful illustrations and is double sided. The Rhoda Royal Circus of 1919-22 was one of several new circuses that cropped up in the immediate period following World War I. It was designed to take advantage of the good times and prosperity of the country caused by the accelerated war time economy and the amusement hungry populace which after a year and a half of war and its necessary restrictions on circuses and other amusements were now anxious to live it up again. Like others of its kind the Rhoda Royal Circus started off with a bang, made a pot full of money right away, enlarged, and was on its way to prosperity but was soon caught in the middle of the sharp 1921 recession which quickly whittled away the earlier profits and made the show a candidate for bankruptcy a few days after the start of the 1922 season. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-200 Ephemera - Civil War Generals Kentucky 377 377 Maysville and Big Sandy Railroad Co. 1882 I/C Stock Certificate ITASB Confederate Civil War General John Echols. Kentucky, 1882. 2 Shares I/C Capital Stock Certificate #21, Black text with black border, small illustration of train at center. VF condition, POCs, and staining at left where counterfoil attached. Issued to and signed by John Echols (1823-1896), who was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. After the war, Echols resumed the practice of law in Staunton, Virginia. He helped select the members of the Committee of Nine, a group of state leaders who worked to ensure that the state be readmitted into the Union and former Confederates could once again hold political office. He went on to become president of the Staunton National Valley Bank, and also served as the Receiver and General Manager of the bankrupt Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad. The back is signed by Echols with the paragraph that the stock certificate is being transferred to C.P. Huntington. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-180 Rhode Island 378 378 Narragansett Steamship Co., 1869 I/C Bond Signed by Civil War General Ambrose Burnside as President. Massachusetts. $1000 7% 1st Mortgage Issued Bond. No vignette. Black border with red $1000 in middle and blue PAID in middle. Signed by Onslow Stearns as trustee, he was 34th governor of New Hampshire. This bond was issued and possibly helped finance the merger of the Narragansett Steamship Company with the Boston, Newport and New York Steamboat Company. Ambrose Burnside signature as President. Well known Civil War general, he was the 30th Governor as well as being a U.S senator from Rhode Island. ����������� Est. $130-260 Ephemera - Civil War Related New York 379 379 Civil War 1863, “Firemen Doing Active Duty”, $300 Application and Voucher for Substitute New York, NY. 1863 document in which James Jones, 35 years of age, working at Engine No. 39 in New York City, paid $300 to have a substitute, Bernard Campbell, fight in his place in the American Civil War. Lot includes Application and Voucher documents, attached at top left with adhesive material. Application includes a red stamp of confirmation, as well as approval signatures. The Enrollment Act of 1863, also known as the Civil War Military Draft Act, was an Act passed by the United States Congress during the American Civil War to provide fresh manpower for the Union Army. The Act was the first genuine national conscription law. The law required the enrollment of every male citizen and those immigrants (aliens) who had filed for citizenship, between 20 and 45 years of age, unless exempted by the Act. Substitutions were available throughout the war. The problem with substitution was that it provided substitutes with powerful incentives to desert soon after enlisting. Career “jumpers” made a living by enlisting as a substitute, collecting their compensation, deserting before their units were dispatched to the front, and repeating the process. The problem was well known to the military commanders who regularly saw the same recruits. In addition, troops furnished by substitution were considered to be of an inferior quality in comparison to regulars and volunteers. Rarely seen Civil War historical document. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $450-750