Partially Printed Document. One page, 8” x 11 5/8”. Upton, Massachusetts. November 3, 1813. The document is a request for a military discharge for Joseph B. Chapin, a captain in a Cavalry company in the first Brigade and sixth division. Chapin request this discharge because, “ … I have held a Commission almost seven years and am not able to support such a commission as it ought to be supported is the reason of my request …” Usual folds. Overall Very Fine.

[ANDREW JACKSON]. A choice silk broadside of Andrew Jackson's first inaugural address. Framed to an overall size of 16” x 21”. March 4, 1829. Printed on silk by Richard C. Langdon, Xenia, Ohio. Complete text of Andrew Jackson’s address. A lovely graphic broadside depicting an eagle at top supported by ornate pillars with wonderful, fine detail. Some minor light dampstaining mentioned for accuracy. Overall a nice clean example of this rare early silk. Fine.

3 ¼” X 15”. A choice advertising item for Thomas Stevens being an imprinted paper “Thomas Stevens Coventry & London, Inventor and Manufacturer of Pure Silk Woven Book markers and Different Designs.” Attached with a pin at top is the original large Stevensgraph ribbon as an integral part of the advertisement providing an example of the company’s fine work. The ribbon depicts a church motif with three woman apparently viewing bibles upon a podium with the words “O Lord have Mercy Upon Us.” A choice advertising item from Stevens, known for some of the finest work of this type. Couple of folds.

Pamphlet entitled: “Dr. Adams Oration” 25pp. Leominster, Mass. Feb 22, 1800. Self wraps. An extraordinary oration on the death of George Washington delivered on his birthday in Leominster, Massachusetts. The speech was written by Daniel Adams (1773-1864), a physician and educator. The text states in part: “WHILE every heart feels sensibly the wound inflicted by our late national loss…GONE, forever gone, and never to return! THE FATHER OF OUR INDEPENDENCE LIES NUMBERED WITH THE MIGHTY DEAD! …He was your friend – he was a friend to his Country – he loved virtue – he cherished religion – he hated tyrants – he despised flattery – he detested vice…THE eyes of these then instant Colonies were lifted to WASHINGTON. On him his Country called – his voice responded to their cry. He quit the scenes of rural bliss for the horrors and fatigues of war…BUT it was not the gallant armies of Britain alone he had to combat; - no, but innumerable exigencies perplexities and discordant opinions, which convulsed our Country, created jealousies, excited suspicion, and perpetually spread alarms…WASHINGTON never drew his sword to hew a road to fame…”. There is much more outstanding content throughout. 5¾” x 9½”. The pamphlet has some roughness at the extreme right margin and light foxing, but the condition is fine.

[AMERICAN INDIAN – BLACKFEET PICTOGRAPHS]. Large guestbook from the Lee Camp Confederate Soldier’s Home in Richmond, Virgina. 11” x 16”. Approximately 300 pages. Large graphic printed advertising from many local businesses surround the area of the page for visitors to sign. The book lists visitors from May 17, 1912 to October 15, 1914. There are thousands of visitor signatures including some well-known figures:
J. C. Penny, Salt Lake City, September 16, 1875 - February 12, 1971
Minnie Sky Eagle, Chief Red Eagle, Pineridge Agency, South Dakota. Jan. 15, 1913 (All in one hand, this was written by one of the Chiefs or possibly for them by another individual)
Sam Rayburn July 4, 1913. Rayburn was the longtime Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The highlight of the book is a complete page signed by ten Blackfeet Indians including four Chiefs. The contingent of Blackfeet leaders from Glacier National Park, likely in Washington on tribal business visited the Confederate veterans home in Richmond on May 19, 1914. All have signed the book with their pictograph as follows:
CHIEF EAGLE CALF Also known as John Ground. (CHIEF)
MEDICINE OWL (JOSEPH MEDICINE OWL was born in 1888)
TWO GUNS WHITE CALF (CHIEF)
Two Guns White Calf (1872-1934), a Blackfoot chief, is best remembered as a model for the “Buffalo Nickel.” The face which appears on the nickel was actually a composite image made from the likenessesof three Native Americans, including Two Guns. Designed by James EarleFraser, the coin was first issued in 1913. Two Guns always maintained that he was indeed the sole model for the image on the coin and gained celebrity for this association. He was, for many years, the public face of Northern Pacific Railroad, whose advertisements billed him asthe model for the coin, and a major attraction for the tourists who visited Glacier National Park.
LAZY BOY (CHIEF)
FISH WOLF ROBE (CHIEF)
MRS. MEDICINE OWL
MRS. TWO GUNS WHITE CALF
FRANK WHITE QUIVER
MRS. BIRD RATTLE
BIRD RATTLE (ELMER BIRD RATTLE )
was born in 1882 in of Blackfeet Nation, U.S.A..
An additional pictograph of a head is included but remains unidentified.
On April 18, 1883 a group of concerned Confederate Veterans met in Richmond, Virginia, to form the Camp Lee Soldiers’ Home (also called Confederate Soldiers’ Home, Confederate Veterans Soldiers’ Home, R. E. Lee Camp Soldiers’ Home, Lee Camp Soldiers’ Home, or Old Soldiers’ Home) as a benevolent society to aid their needy former comrades. The Robert E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Confederate Veterans was incorporated March 13, 1884. In the year that followed, the camp raised funds and acquired land in Western Richmond for a home. The Home opened on January 1, 1885, and it was located in the corner of Grove Ave. and the Boulevard in Richmond, Virginia. Plagued by financial difficulties, they sought money from the state. In 1886, the General Assembly authorized a small annual appropriation which was increased in 1892 in return for the deed to the property. The home was under the Dept. of Public Welfare until it closed in 1941, upon the death of the last resident. It would be another 20 years, Feb. 25, 1885, before the first permanent home — Lee Camp Soldiers Home — was opened in Richmond, Va. Because Union vets made contributions, it was dubbed a “monument to a reunited country.”
The book remains intact though the binding is a bit loose. Overall it is in Fine condition. Offerings associating leaders of important Native Americans such as this are indeed uncommon. This is perhaps the finest offering of Blackfeet Chief pictographs to come to market in recent years.

[MISSIONARY SOCIETY]. A fine engraved membership certificate measuring 20” x 16 ½”. Great religious scene. March, 1870. “This certifies that Garrett De Bow, is a Life Member Philadelphia Conference Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church.” Engraved by A. H. Ritchie from a painting by D. R. Knight. A small piece of paper missing at extreme bottom center margin not affecting any printed area. Superb for display.

Nice postcard with photographic portraits of Taft and Sherman with Flags and a gold ornate embossed eagle detailing. Excellent.

[Quaker – Civil War Draft]. 8 ½” x 14”. Partly-printed circular, “At a Special Representative Meeting held in New York, 6th of Eighth month, 1863. A detailed discussion of the Draft during the Civil War with directions as to how Quakers should react when drafted for service in the military. A sample letter to be sent to the Board of Enrollment by a Quaker is provided; “The undersigned is informed that his name is included in the list of persons reported to be drafted in – for service in the army of the U.S. He respectfully represents that he is a member of the Religious Society of Friends, (commonly called Quakers,) and is conscientiously scrupulous against bearing arms, or being otherwise concerned in war; and he therefore cannot conform to the draft, procure a substitute, nor pay the sum provided by law, or any other sum as a commutation for Military service. In this matter he is not actuated by any disloyalty to our Government, no duty, in obedience to what he believes to be the plain commands of the Gospel. On this ground, he respectfully asks that his case may be favorably considered in order to such relief as may, by competent authority, be deemed just.” Much additional detail and advice as to the procedures to be followed when subjected to judicial punishment and trial for non-compliance to a draft order. Singed in type by various Quaker representatives throughout New York. A choice Quaker related item displaying their anti-war philosophy published during the Civil War. Folds. A very scarce Quaker item. Extremely Fine.

20” x 13 ½”. Produced by The Tuscarora Advertising Company in Coshocton, Ohio. An awesome image of an early J. I. Case Tractor which is embossed into the lithographed tin sign produced for the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company. In 1904, the company produced it’s first steel thresher, a product which flourished well after 1910 so this sign would have been produced during this period. The condition of this is rather extraordinary as tin signs from this period are often found with heavy surface damage. While this does exhibit some flaws, overall it is a well above average example of a rare advertising sign. It is currently matted and easily removed.