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Friday, March 9, 2012

HOLY BIBLE 1818 Leather AMERICAN Antique FAMILY Revolutionary War Col S. NEVERS


The "Founding Father of Sweden" in Oxford county, Maine. Samuel lived a full life and to a grand age of 91 years.

At age 17, Samuel join Capt Baldwin on ship "Rider-Rally" as a Privateer for the colonist in Jan 1783 re: the last year of the Revolutionary War. The Treaty of Paris was signed by the end of 1783. The ending of the Revolutionary War was not the end for Samuel however, his vessel was captured by the British Brig "Chatham". He was imprisoned and impressed into labor on the ship for one year. It docked in want we call Manhattan today in New York and there he made his escape.

Upon his honorable discharge he was given the rank of Lieut. When called upon for duty again in the War of 1812, he was given the rank of Col., a regiment of Oxford County Maine, which was his home at this time in his life.

After the Revoluntionary War, Samuel was given a large tract of land in Maine. In 1794, he arrived in a area that we call today Sweden, Maine. He started to clear his lumber on his land, he return several times a year to Burlington, Massachusetts for supplies. In 1796, his freind Benjamin Webber joined him and Samuel gave his freind some land for his assistance. Upon his last visit back to Burlington in 1796, he took his bride Esther Trull daughter of Capt John Trull and wife Esther Wyman of Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Samuel and Esther were married in Oct 1796. Immediately after the marriage, they came by horse back together to their new land and log home in Sweden, Maine. They rode for 180 miles arriving within record time of one full day. They will have only 3 sons to live to adulthood. Three others die as toddlers/babies.

Samuel rewards Esther well for her true hardiness, with one of the most impressive home's in Sweden. It still stands today in all of its grand beauty with Kezar Lake in the back ground. It stand on the four corners of Sweden, as it is called even today. Samuel called his wife his true partner in life and when she died half of himself was gone, he went on say she was his equal! The home remained in the Nevers family until July 1951, it was purchased by a couple from New Jersey.

Samuel built the first school, meetinghouse, which still stands today on Rte 96. The first church he funded to be built still stands across the street from the Meetinghouse/school. Prior to his death in 1857 he also built the first brick schoolhouse in Sweden, which also still stands.

He served as a State Representative for Sweden in 1830, 1833, 1834, 1837. In 1823, he was apart of the Maine Separation Committee from Massachusetts. He was very proud he voted for the independence of Maine from Massachusetts. He was equally proud that he never missed a vote and that every President he voted for was the winner. He was the one of the first leaders of the Maine Democrat party.

He also served his town as the first suveyor, he built the first roads and bridges. He built the first Saw Mill, owned and ran it in addition to his growing Timber yard. His sons Samuel jr, Benjamin and William worked along side their father when of age. Samuel Jr was given the saw Mill, Timber Yard, home of his parents. The other properties were divided by the two sons.

The information on Col Samuel Nevers is well documented in The State of Maine Registers, The Lovell-Sweden Historical Society, Col. Samuel Nevers Memoirs, which his grandson William had published in 1860s.

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

HOLY BIBLE 1818 Leather AMERICAN Antique FAMILY Revolutionary War Col S. NEVERS


The "Founding Father of Sweden" in Oxford county, Maine. Samuel lived a full life and to a grand age of 91 years.

At age 17, Samuel join Capt Baldwin on ship "Rider-Rally" as a Privateer for the colonist in Jan 1783 re: the last year of the Revolutionary War. The Treaty of Paris was signed by the end of 1783. The ending of the Revolutionary War was not the end for Samuel however, his vessel was captured by the British Brig "Chatham". He was imprisoned and impressed into labor on the ship for one year. It docked in want we call Manhattan today in New York and there he made his escape.

Upon his honorable discharge he was given the rank of Lieut. When called upon for duty again in the War of 1812, he was given the rank of Col., a regiment of Oxford County Maine, which was his home at this time in his life.

After the Revoluntionary War, Samuel was given a large tract of land in Maine. In 1794, he arrived in a area that we call today Sweden, Maine. He started to clear his lumber on his land, he return several times a year to Burlington, Massachusetts for supplies. In 1796, his freind Benjamin Webber joined him and Samuel gave his freind some land for his assistance. Upon his last visit back to Burlington in 1796, he took his bride Esther Trull daughter of Capt John Trull and wife Esther Wyman of Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Samuel and Esther were married in Oct 1796. Immediately after the marriage, they came by horse back together to their new land and log home in Sweden, Maine. They rode for 180 miles arriving within record time of one full day. They will have only 3 sons to live to adulthood. Three others die as toddlers/babies.

Samuel rewards Esther well for her true hardiness, with one of the most impressive home's in Sweden. It still stands today in all of its grand beauty with Kezar Lake in the back ground. It stand on the four corners of Sweden, as it is called even today. Samuel called his wife his true partner in life and when she died half of himself was gone, he went on say she was his equal! The home remained in the Nevers family until July 1951, it was purchased by a couple from New Jersey.

Samuel built the first school, meetinghouse, which still stands today on Rte 96. The first church he funded to be built still stands across the street from the Meetinghouse/school. Prior to his death in 1857 he also built the first brick schoolhouse in Sweden, which also still stands.

He served as a State Representative for Sweden in 1830, 1833, 1834, 1837. In 1823, he was apart of the Maine Separation Committee from Massachusetts. He was very proud he voted for the independence of Maine from Massachusetts. He was equally proud that he never missed a vote and that every President he voted for was the winner. He was the one of the first leaders of the Maine Democrat party.

He also served his town as the first suveyor, he built the first roads and bridges. He built the first Saw Mill, owned and ran it in addition to his growing Timber yard. His sons Samuel jr, Benjamin and William worked along side their father when of age. Samuel Jr was given the saw Mill, Timber Yard, home of his parents. The other properties were divided by the two sons.

The information on Col Samuel Nevers is well documented in The State of Maine Registers, The Lovell-Sweden Historical Society, Col. Samuel Nevers Memoirs, which his grandson William had published in 1860s.

http://www.archive.org/stream/memoirofcolsamue00neve#page/30/mode/2up



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HB American Heritage Commemorative Edition Colt's Picture History World War II

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Antique CUBAN SPANISH AMERICAN WAR Paper Lot, 1898-1912, Havana, The Maine, more

This interesting lot of CUBA & THE SPANISH AMERICN WAR COLLECTIBLES comes from a lode of material we picked up a number of years ago from an old, venerated bookstore in Seattle which went out of business after 100 years of service. We were able to purchase a large lot of ephemera dating from roughly 1840 to 1930 - including loose pages from a variety of the BEST ILLUSTRATED AND RESPECTED MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS of the day. Many of these magazines and journals include scholarly and entertaining articles on many subjects of interest -- many having never been reprinted in any form.

In our "spare" time we have been selecting many hard-to-get subjects from this group and putting together some scarce and highly interesting material.

This group of 22 sheets come from HARPER'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY, COLLIER'S ILLUSTRATED AND LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY. Pages measure on average about 11" x 16". ALL ARE FULL PAGES UNLESS OTHERWISE DESCRIBED.

This group contains the following:

Page with large illustration showing LOS FOSOS - THE DITCHES" - ,THE ONLY PLACE IN HAVANA PROVIDED FOR THE SHELTER OF RECONSENTRADOS, 1898 (see PIC # 2);

Two full page illustrations - OUR WARSHIPS OFF THE COAST NEAR SANTIAGO DE CUBA, 1898 (see PIC # 3);

Full page photo-montage on THE "MAINE" DISASTER - WRECKING OPERATIONS AND THE COURT OF INQUIRY, 1898 (see PIC # 4);

Page with full article front and back - CUBA - DISTRIBUTION OF AMERICAN RELIEF IN MAANZAS AND HAVANA, 1898 (not shown);

Page with photo montage on LA ESPERANZA - THE CAPITAL OF THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT, 1898 (see PIC # 5, left side);

Page with photo montage on  THE CUBAN INSURGENTS, 1898 (see PIC # 5, right side);

Page with small map of Cuba, 1898 (not shown);

Page with large full article on THE SITUATION IN CUBA, 1898 (not shown);

Full issue of HARPER'S WEEKLY with CAPTAIN CHARLES D. SIGSBEE on cover and CUBAN coverage within, 1898 (see PIC # 7);

Full issue [cover loose] of HARPER'S WEEKLY with MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM R. SHAFTER on cover and CUBAN coverage within, 1898 (see PIC # 8);

Page with half-page photo and full article on COMPOSTELLA BARRACKS, HAVANA, 1901 (not shown);

Page with photo montage on INDUSTRIAL AND REFORM SCHOOL, GUANAJAY, CUBA, 1901 (see PIC # 9);

Two full page articles on THE CUBAN SITUATION, 1901 (not shown);

Page with photo montage on HAVANA BEFORE AND AFTER AMERICAN OCCUPATION, 1901 (see PIC # 10);

Page with full article on HOW HAVANA CELEBRATED CUBA'S INDEPENDENCE DAY, 1907 (not shown);

Page with photo montage on THE ARMY PREPARES TO LEAVE CUBA, 1908 (see PIC # 11);

Page with nearly complete article on LEAVE CUBA ALONE, 1912 (not shown);

Page with two illustrations on THE CUBAN INSURRECTION, undated (not shown);

Page with large photo on THE CUBAN INSURRECTION, undated (not shown);

Page with short, full article on THE CUBAN INSURRECTION, undated (not shown). 

Condition is generally  GOOD (all pages have moderate to heavy corner and edge wear and some mostly light finger smudges from general handling; several have edge tears; all have creases from handling; some have occasional foxing; SOME PAGES MAY BE YELLOWED AND BRITTLE FROM AGE).

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NURSE & UNION SPY Antique CONFEDERATE BATTLES Medical US ARMY American CIVIL WAR

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When the first call for Union enlistments went out, Edmonds wanted to answer the call. So she cropped her hair, got a man's suit of clothing, took the name of Frank Thompson and tried to enlist. It took her four tries but she did finally get sworn into the Union Army. On April 25, 1861, Emma Edmonds, alias Frank Thompson, became a male nurse in the Second Volunteers of the United States Army. After training in Washington, D.C., Emma's unit was sent south to be part of General George B. McClellan's campaign in Virginia. Private Thompson (Emma) was assigned as a male nurse to the hospital unit of the 2nd Michigan Volunteers and had no trouble in maintaining her masculine masquerade. After a Union agent working in Richmond for McClellan was caught and faced a firing squad, there was a void in the intelligence gathering for McClellan. Word went out that McClellan's staff was looking for a person to act as a spy prior to the campaign-Private Frank Thompson volunteered. She studied all she could find on weapons, tactics, local geography and military personalities and when interviewed for the position, Private Thompson so impressed the staff that the position was his (hers).Prior to her first mission, Private Thompson had to devise a disguise that would not alert the Confederates to her real mission and she decided to enter the Confederacy as a black man. Assisted by the wife of the local chaplain, the only person knowing her true identity, she used silver nitrate to darken her skin to the point that the doctor she worked for in the hospital did not recognize her. She donned men's clothing along with a black minstrel wig--chose the assumed name of "Cuff"--and departed on her first mission. Once on the Confederate front she was soon assigned to work on the ramparts being built by the local Negroes to counter McClellan. Her hands were so blistered after the first day that she convinced a fellow slave to swap jobs with her and the second day she worked in the kitchen and all the time she kept her eyes and ears open. She learned a great deal about the morale of the troops, the size of the army, weapons available, and even discovered the "Quaker guns" (Logs painted black to look like cannons from afar) that were to be used at Yorktown. After the second day, she was luckily assigned as a Confederate picket, which allowed her to escape and return to the Union side. The information she delivered was well received and she even had a personal interview with McClellan-after which she returned to duty as a male nurse in the hospital unit-but not for long. About two months later, she once again was ordered to infiltrate the Confederate lines. She did not want to return as "Cuff," so she went as a fat Irish peddler woman with the name of Bridget O'Shea. Once again she successfully gained admittance to the Confederate camps-sold some of her wares and garnered as much information as she could. She returned to the Union camp not only with the information but with a beautiful horse from the Confederate camp, that she named Rebel. In the process of returning on this trip, Private Frank Thompson was wounded in the arm, but managed to stay in the saddle and elude the Confederates in the chase. With the battle in Virginia slowing down, the Second Michigan was transferred to the Shenandoah Valley, in Virginia, to support the efforts of General Philip Sheridan. Private Thompson's reputation as a nurse and also as a spy preceded the transfer and Private Thompson soon found new territory for spying. On several occasions Emma went behind the Confederate lines as "Cuff," a fellow of whom Emma herself said, "I truly admire the little fellow-he's a plucky one; got his share of grit." In August of 1862, Private Thompson again went behind enemy lines and this time Emma went as a black mammy complete with the black face and the bandanna. On this trip she became a laundress in the camp and while cleaning an officer's coat a packet of official papers fell out of his pocket. Emma quickly picked them up and decided it was time to return to the Union side with the packet. She did and the officers were delighted with the information she had garnered. At the end of 1862, her unit was transferred and this time they were sent to the Ninth Corps, commanded by General Ambrose Burnside, near Louisville, Kentucky. As before, the reputation of Private Thompson preceded the transfer and his secret missions continued in the new area. Here he was asked to assume the role of a young man with Southern sympathies by the name of Charles Mayberry, and go to Louisville to assist in identifying the Southern spy network in the town. Once again, Private Thompson succeeded in his mission-this time just prior to the unit's transfer to the army of General Grant in preparation for the battle of Vicksburg. Under General Grant, Private Thompson worked long hours in the military hospital until a real dilemma arose. She became ill with malaria and could not admit herself to the hospital where her true identity would be discovered. After much soul-searching Emma decided that she had to leave camp for awhile and recover in a private hospital. Arriving in Cairo, Illinois, she once again became a woman and checked herself into a hospital for treatment of malaria. Once recovered Emma planned to don her uniform and rejoin her unit-that is until she read the army bulletins posted in the window of the Cairo newspaper office. There on the list of deserters from the Union army was the name of Private Frank Thompson. With the last of her funds, Emma Edmonds bought a train ticket to Washington where she worked as a nurse until the end of the war. There would be no more secret missions for Private Frank Thompson to add to the eleven successful missions in his career. After the war Emma wrote her memoirs titled Nurse and Spy in the Union Army, which became a very popular book selling thousands of copies. Emma gave all of her profits from the book to the U.S. war relief fund. Once the book was completed Emma became homesick for her native Canada; when she returned there she found love. In 1867 Emma married Linus Seeyle and went back to the United States, initially to Cleveland, Ohio. The marriage was happy, and Emma raised three sons, one of whom enlisted in the army "just like Mama did." While happy in her family life Emma continued to brood over being branded a deserter in the Civil War. With the encouragement of her friends she petitioned the War Department for a full review of her case. The case was debated and on March 28, 1884, the House of Representatives passed House Bill Number 5335 validating Mrs. Seelye's case.

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

KOREAN WAR, SOLDIERS LETTER, AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS, W/MILITARY MONEY, 1952

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Friday, September 23, 2011

1864-66 book THE AMERICAN CONFLICT by Horace Greeley CIVIL WAR HISTORY w/prints

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A HISTORY OF THE GREAT REBELLION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1860-64: ITS CAUSES, INCIDENTS, AND RESULTS: INTENDED TO EXHIBIT ESPECIALLY ITS MORAL AND POLITICAL PHASES, WITH THE DRIFT AND PROGRESS OF AMERICAN OPINION RESPECTING HUMAN SLAVERY FROM 1776 TO THE CLOSE OF THE WAR FOR THE UNION.

BY HORACE GREELEY

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HARTFORD: O. D. CASE & COMPANY
CHICAGO: GEO. & C. W. SHERWOOD

Volume I dated 1864
Volume II dated 1866 [and doesn't include Sherwood as publisher]

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© 1864 and 1866

Rebacked full sheep leather

TWO VOLUMES

Slightly over 9-¾" tall, 648 and 782 pages,
illustrated with maps, steel engravings, text illustrations

Owner bookplates of George P. Taitt of Gouvernour, NY [who served in the 142nd New York Volunteer Infantry]

Also with modern bookplates of Mary M. Cafeo

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Covers worn and stained,
contents agetoned, with some foxing

The covers are ugly, but the books are still quite serviceable

Nevertheless, the binding is quite sturdy

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The following information was taken from the Wikipedia:

Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor, a founder of the Liberal Republican Party, a reformer, and a politician. His New York Tribune was America's most influential newspaper from the 1840s to the 1870s and "established Greeley's reputation as the greatest editor of his day." Greeley used it to promote the Whig and Republican parties, as well as opposition to slavery and a host of reforms ranging from vegetarianism to socialism.

Crusading against the corruption of Ulysses S. Grant's Republican administration, he was the new Liberal Republican Party's candidate in the 1872 U.S. presidential election. Despite having the additional support of the Democratic Party, he lost in a landslide. He is currently the only presidential candidate to have died prior to the counting of electoral votes.....

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Sunday, September 18, 2011

AMERICAN HERITAGE HISTORY OF CIVIL WAR BRUCE CATTON VOL SET 1,2

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The 1898 Spanish American War Film Series on DVD

This presentation features 67 motion pictures produced between 1898 and 1901 of the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine Revolution. The Spanish-American War was the first U.S. war in which the motion picture camera played a role. These films were made by the Edison Manufacturing Company and the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company and consist of actualities filmed in the U.S., Cuba, and the Philippines, showing troops, ships, notable figures, and parades, as well as reenactments of battles and other war-time events. This presentation is Black and White and Silent. It runs for approximately one hour. Films include: Burial of the "Maine" Victims; N.Y. Journal Despatch Yacht "Buccaneer"; Morro Castle, Havana Harbor; Secretary Long and Captain Sigsbee; 10th U.S. Infantry, 2nd Battalion Leaving Cars; Colored Troops Disembarking; Military Camp at Tampa, Taken from Train; Cuban Refugees Waiting for Rations; Blanket-Tossing a New Recruit; Trained Cavalry Horses; Cuban Volunteers Embarking; U.S. Troops Landing at Daiquirí, Cuba; Major General Shafter; Troops Making Military Road in Front of Santiago; Wreck of the "Vizcaya"; Cuban Ambush; U.S. Infantry Supported by Rough Riders at El Caney; The Fleet Steaming Up North River; U.S. Battleship "Oregon"; Close View of the "Brooklyn," Naval Parade; Astor Battery on Parade; Troops at Evacuation of Havana; General Wheeler and Secretary Alger; President Roosevelt and the Rough Riders; Sampson and Schley Controversy--Tea Party; Aguinaldo's Navy; U.S. Troops and Red Cross in the Trenches Before Caloocan; Colonel Funstan Swimming the Baglag River; Capture of Trenches at Candaba; U.S. Cruiser "Raleigh"; Admiral Dewey Receiving the Washington and New York Committees; U.S. Cruiser "Olympia" Leading Naval Parade and much more.

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