FRAGMENTS OF CAPTURED CIVIL WAR FLAGS
OLIVER
(Paul Ambrose, 1831-1912, American Explosives Inventor)
Extraordinary collection of fragments of flags from the Civil War
in envelopes and with an illustrated letter, the letter is headed with a hand drawn picture of 6 flags with the annotations underneath “1. Battery Guidon captured of Battery in Gap at Ringold by the 149th N.Y. Vol & Brigade Geary Divis 12th Corps. 2. Battle Flag captured by 149 N.Y. Vol on Lookout Mountain 3. Do - Do - Do 4. Battle Flag captured by Osterhaus Divis on Missionary Ridge, Nov 25th (under command of Genl Hooker) 5. Confederate Flag captured in Ringold Gap by 149th N.Y.V. 6. Battle Flag captured on Lookout Mountain by 60the N.Y. Vol. 3d Brig. Geary’s Divis.”, with a small red piece of flag with its envelope attached to the letter annotated in Oliver’s hand “Ringold. Dec 1863”, 1 side 8vo., no date, together with a further two envelopes each enclosing a small piece of flag the first, a blue fragment, is annotated “Rebel Flag - Gettysburg, 9th July 1863” signed in the corner and the other, a red fragment, is annotated “96th. Fredericksburg Heights May 1863”, together with a further fragment of red flag in a small glass frame annotated “Fragment of U.S. Flag from Fort Sumter Charlestown S. Carolina” and on the verso “Surrendered to Confederats April 13 1861”
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0
Stock No:
39234
£5750
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OLLEY
(James, 1838-1926, Private in the 4th Light Dragoons at the Charge of the Light Brigade)
Card signed with some details in his hand
"Late 4th Light Dragoons, B. Troop, Regimental No. 1543", on a card annotated in another hand "Charge of the Light Brigade Balaklava, October 5th 1854", with a small press cutting reporting his death in September of 1926, 5½" x 4½", no place, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
39818
£450
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ORFORD
(Edward Russell, 1652-1727, Admiral, victor of La Hougue, 1st Earl)
Part Treasury Document Signed on blank verso,
for receipt of £183 18s 6d plus interest, in part repayment of the aid to William and Mary of 11th November 1690, 7½" x 9", printed with MS additions, with Russell's portrait, head and shoulders, engraved by Chambars, 4" x 4" on 7½" x 5", c. 1780, the document no place, 10th July
lacks heading, Dalton's endorsement defective at beginnings of lines (easily supplied), instruction at foot of recto trimmed
Item Date:
1691
Stock No:
50166
£175
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ORFORD
(Edward Russell, 1652-1727, Admiral, victor of La Hougue, 1st Earl)
Portrait engraved by Goldar after Sir Godfrey Kneller,
head and shoulders with full wig and cravat, 11¼" x 8¼", 25th September
trimmed at top with loss of a few words (? The Portait of), slightly foxed
Item Date:
1784
Stock No:
50168
£75
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ORFORD
(Edward Russell, 1652-1727, Admiral, victor of La Hougue, 1st Earl)
Portrait engraved by S. Boyce,
showing him head and shoulders in full wig and cravat, with a naval battle below the oval frame, 14¾" x 8¾", no date, c.
laid down by side margins
Item Date:
1775
Stock No:
50167
£110
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