Archives International Auctions Auction 93 April 18, 2024

Archives International Auctions - Sale 93 57 April 18, 2024 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 269 269 Civil War General Benjamin Butler Autograph on 1867 National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Invoice. Boston, MA. January 5, 1867. General Benjamin Butler signed payment receipt for advertising in the Boston Daily Advertiser from the National Asylum for the Disabled Volunteer Soldiers organization. The newspapers invoice is attached with the revenue stamp tying both together. Established by Congress in 1865 and ultimately encompassing a network of eleven branches across the country, the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (NHDVS) represents a policy of veterans’ benefits that directly influenced the development of a national system for veteran health care in the United States. XF condition. Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893) was an American major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer, and businessman from Massachusetts. Born in New Hampshire and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, Butler was a political major general of the Union Army during the American Civil War and had a leadership role in the impeachment of U.S. President Andrew Johnson. He was a colorful and often controversial figure on the national stage and on the Massachusetts political scene, serving five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and running several campaigns for governor before his election to that office in 1882. Butler directed the first Union expedition to Ship Island, off the Mississippi Gulf Coast, in December 1861, and in May 1862 commanded the force that conducted the capture of New Orleans after its occupation by the Navy following the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. In the administration of that city he showed great firmness and political subtlety. He devised a plan for relief of the poor, demanded oaths of allegiance from anyone who sought any privilege from government, and confiscated weapons. However, Butler’s subtlety seemed to fail him as the military governor of New Orleans when it came to dealing with its Jewish population, about which the general, referring to local smugglers, infamously wrote, in October 1862: “They are Jews who betrayed their Savior, & also have betrayed us.” Butler was considered “notorious for his anti-Semitism.” ������� Est. $250-400 Virginia 270 270 Jefferson Davis Signed Check of the Farmers Bank of Virginia, May 9th, 1863, Issued and Cut Cancelled Check Richmond, Virginia, 1863. $107.50 Issued and CC Check made out to Dudley & Co., S/N 64. Signed by Jefferson Davis. Check is in Fine to VF condition and is mounted on white paper, Ritchies & Dunnavant Printers. Jefferson F. Davis ( June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War. He was the United States Secretary of War from 1853 to 1857. ����������� Est. $600-750 Ephemera - Colonial & Revolutionary Organizations Maine 271 271 Daughters of the American Revolution, 1909, Membership Certificate Membership Certificate for a Miss Alta Elvira Gray to join the Daughters of the American Revolution through her descent from Thomas McFadden. Thomas McFadden was born in 1740 in Georgetown, Maine. He is the son of James McFadden and Rebecca Pierce. In 1768, Thomas married Hannah Savage in Georgetown, Maine. In 1776 Thomas McFadden was commissioned in the Revolutionary Army and was made Lieutenant. Hannah Savage died in 1807 and his second marriage was to Ruth Spinney in 1808 in Georgetown, Maine. He passed away in 1840, at the age of 100 years, in Embden, Maine. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $280-400 Ephemera - Fiscal Documents & Advertising Items Mississippi 272 272 Harrison County, Mississippi, 1859 and 1864 Tax Documents, Mentioning Slaves Harrison County, Mississippi, 1859-64. Lot of 2 Miscellaneous Fiscal/Tax Receipts, the pre-Civil War document mentions slaves, the 1864 document has that line removed. (2). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted ���������������������������������� Est. $100-200