Raynors HCA 2019-01
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/21/2019
Excellent autograph album containing sixty-seven (67) autographs of prominent Confederate leaders and others , includes a rare combination of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis on the same page. The autograph by Robert E. Lee “R.E. Lee Lexington, Va.” is bold and clean. With period ink notation Apr. 30, 1869 at far right. This date corresponds with a time that Robert E. Lee was in Baltimore to talk to the city council about buying shares in a railroad from Richmond to D.C. After he went to D.C. and met with President Grant for the only time after the war. On the SAME sheet is the Jefferson Davis autograph “ Jefferson Davis 14 Oct. 1869” is also very bold and clean. The remainder of the autographs are written over 11 pages and include: J.M. Mason, Confederate Commissioner to the UK and France; A.T. Bledsoe, Author of the Lost Cause; Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, CSA General; J. Larkin Scott, of the Carthage Conspiracy trial, Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, Confederate general, Randolph Barton, staff of the Stonewall Brigade; Harry Gilmor, Confederate cavlary officer who led the partisans known as ‘Gilmor’s Raiders’; and many more. Additionally, three CDVs are tipped in to the inside front cover, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and Harry Gilmore.Fine condition.
Click on a thumbnail above to display a larger image below
Hold down the mouse button and slide side to side to see more thumbnails(if available).
Click above for larger image.