Swann Galleries: Printed and Manuscript African Americana, 2697, New York

Auction Details

Auction Date
March 20, 2025 - March 20, 2025
Page Size: 403 items in 17 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
275 Robert L. Haggins, photographer.

(MALCOLM X.) Malcolm X at the podium

[New York] early 1960s, printed circa 1980s USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
276

(MEDICINE.) Meharry College class photographs, diploma, and state license of a Pittsburgh dentist

Various places 1918-1920 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
277

(MEDICINE--VETERINARY.) Papers of pioneering veterinarian Jane Hinton

Various places 1919-1992 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
278

(MILITARY--AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) Newspaper notice of British troops who had been granted freedom in exchange for military service, in an issue of the Connecticut Journal and Weekly Intelligencer

Hartford, CT 17 December 1782 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
279

(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Rare mention of the Black Brigade of Cincinnati and other content in an Ohio soldier's letters

Various places 1862-1864 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
280

(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Letter by mega-slaveowner Stephen Duncan describing extensive Black casualties at Battle of Baton Rouge. Autograph Letter Signed to Charles Palmer Leverich of New York

No place 1 September 186[2] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
281 Nathaniel P. Banks.

(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Military order organizing the Louisiana Corps d'Afrique

Opelousas, LA 1 May 1863 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Unknown
282

(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Letters of a Union surgeon, discussing his "contraband" hospital cook, the Colored Troops on parade, and more

Various places 1863-1864 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
283

(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) The Gallant Charge of the Fifty Fourth Massachusetts (Colored) Regiment on the Rebel Works at Fort Wagner

New York 1863 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
284 P.S. Duval, lithographer.

(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) United States Soldiers at Camp "William Penn."

Philadelphia [1864] USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
285

(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Muster roll of Company F, 27th United States Colored Infantry

[Near Petersburg, VA] 31 October 1864 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
286

(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Deed of manumission for Maryland Civil War soldier Leonidas Gray, who died nine days after securing his freedom

Montgomery County, MD 12 October 1864 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
287

(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Deed of manumission for Maryland Civil War soldier Helery Herbert

Montgomery County, MD 12 November 1864 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
288

(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Pair of compensation applications by owners of soldiers who enlisted in the United States Colored Troops

Maryland April 1865 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
289 Wilmon W. Blackmar.

(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Letter describing the jubilation of the newly emancipated in Virginia

Alexandria, VA 17 May 1865 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
290 Jake Hays[?]

(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Testimony of his service as his servant to a Confederate general and a Union captain

Wheeling, WV 16 July 1865 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
291

(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Commission issued to a corporal in the 8th United States Colored Troops

Brownsville, TX 24 October 1865 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
292

(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Lawyer's circular promising to secure post-war compensation for "loyal owners of slaves enlisted in the army."

Louisville, KY 7 August 1866 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
293

(MILITARY.) Group of discharge accounts and final statements for privates in the 9th Cavalry "Buffalo Soldier" regiment

Texas 1866 and 1874 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
294 Billie Mayfield Jr.

(MILITARY.) Chroniclings of Billie: Camp Logan Ballads

[Houston, TX] [1917] USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
295

(MILITARY--WORLD WAR ONE.) Group of 6 sentimental patriotic posters depicting Black soldiers

Chicago 1918-1919 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
296 Paul S. Bliss.

(MILITARY--WORLD WAR ONE.) Victory: History of the 805th Pioneer Infantry, American Expeditionary Forces

[Minneapolis] [1919] USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
297

(MILITARY--WORLD WAR ONE.) Postcards, photographs, and dog tag of Private Andrew Purnell, serving in France in the Stevedore Corps

Various places circa 1917-1945 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
298

(MILITARY--WORLD WAR TWO.) Keep Us Flying! Buy War Bonds

[Washington] 1943 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
299

(MILITARY--WORLD WAR TWO.) "Above and Beyond the Call of Duty": Dorie Miller Received the Navy Cross at Pearl Harbor

Washington 1943 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Unknown