Lot 1765
Norwalk, Connecticut War of 1812 Archive, of 102 documents including commissions, orders, muster rolls, correspondence, and receipts primarily concerns the War of 1812 service of Captain Elijah Reed of Norwalk, Connecticut, and his 6th Company in the 34th Regiment of the Connecticut Militia, also includes some materials related to his father Jesse Reed (1734-1822) and his son Roswell Reed (1821-1893), archive includes eight complete or partial muster rolls for Reed's company, 1812-1815; one printed general order for the entire state, 1812; seven regimental orders or orders from the commander of the 34th Regiment, 1812-1815; and eighteen company orders, most signed by Reed, 1812-1815, many of Reed's company orders summoned certain men to appear for musters or are related to fines imposed on those who did not appear for militia duty, archive also includes five deeds and approximately thirty statements of account or receipts, the oldest of these receipts are dated in 1763, 1776, and 1789, and involve Jesse Reed, the 1763 receipt was for a payment made by Jesse Reed for his father Thomas Reed, the 1776 receipt is signed by Peter Reed, Jesse Reed's brother, as part of the execution of their father's will, the 1789 receipt was for taxes; other individual documents include Col. Enoch St. John (1765-1846) commandant of 34th Regiment, Regimental Orders of May 14, 1812 from New Canaan, Ct., in part…"You are ordered and directed to detach eleven privates from the Company under your command that is equipped according to law and hold thernselfs in readiness to march at the shortest possible notice and returns to the Adjutant of the Redgernent of all the names of those detached at or before the 20th of Inst May but so hold thernselfs under the direction of the officers of the Company to which they respectfully belong - Until actually called in to the Field.", an address by Elijah Reed to his fellow officers and soldiers in 1812 at Norwalk, Ct.."You se this day & have now heard that the Genal Assembly & Captain Genal have established your votes last [paid?} by granting me a Commission You se likewise the trust & Confidence that is reposed in me to be faithful in executing the Laws that respecting officers, and in execution of the same I shall in the first place Call on all Subordinate Officers commissioned & non commissioned to be vigilant & active in executing all orders that they receive from me or from any Superior Officer and for any default will be called to an acct. and in the second place shall call on you fellow soldiers to yield yourselves to good discipline to keep profound silence while under arms & on the Parade, to receive instructions from your Officers (whom you have appointed) in the use of your arms and other military exercise."…"The present situation of our Country is such that we are threatened with war does it not then stand us all in hand who bear arms to be well disapplined to be ready to encounter any enemy that may envade our Country, that we may not appear in any other shape that good disapplined troops. Since the Militia of our Country is the great Bullwark of our National Defence let us go hand in hand in the suport & defence of our Country, and everything in my power shall be Cheerfully Contributed to your good & the good of my Country"; several documents have tears along folds, some folds have been repaired by cellophane tape that has yellowed, one document is encapsulated in celluloid, generally F.-V.F.Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
Elijah Reed (1780-1851) was born in Stamford, Connecticut. In 1804, he married Hannah Seely (1782-1855), with whom he had at least nine children between 1806 and 1826. During the War of 1812, he served as captain of a company in the 34th Regiment to defend the coast against the incursions of the British. He served as a deacon in the Congregational Church of Darien. He died in Norwalk, Connecticut.nnConnecticut generally disapproved of the War of 1812. Although the state raised more than 10,000 militiamen, it forbade them from leaving the state, and only about 3,000 served for a significant length of time. Connecticut contributed only about 320 men to the Regular Army. The state legislature did spend some money on internal defenses, including funds for 3,000 muskets, eight cannon, powder, and bullets. During the war, only one militia unit was dispatched for service outside of the state, and the governor soon recalled it. Typical Connecticut militia companies had 30 to 40 men. Their primary duty was to protect the state's coast, particularly harbors, the mouths of rivers, and other key positions. At the end of the war, Connecticut Governor Joseph Cotton Smith praised the militia for "their uniformly spirited and honorable conduct."
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Realized: $3,500
Lot
1766 
Mexican Revolution - U.S. Army Related Picture Post Cards, 1910-20, collection of over 190 cards focusing on U.S. Army views including many real-photo; various sections including a couple real-photo cards sent from Vera Cruz during occupation, section of border cards with many camp views, regiments, military parade, couple gruesome cards with of "Pile of the Dead" after 1913 Matamoras battle and real-photo "Burning the bodies of Bandits - Columbus, N.M.", also a section of military stations during the period, also includes souvenir pin and badge of the period (no photo).Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $1,150
Lot
1767
Hot Springs, N.C. World War I Interment Camp, two postal cards and one postcard, all from the Interment Camp in Hots Springs, N.C., first is 1917 1¢ Postal card to Germany with purple straight line "Interment Camp" handstamp & matching "Officially Censored, U.S. Department of Justice, Hot Springs, N.C.", 2nd is unfranked postcard to Germany from May of 1918 with purple straightline "Internment Camp" and "Censored, U.S. Department of Justice Hot Springs, N.C.", 3rd is 1¢ Postal Card with 1¢ Jamestown address to Detroit with purple Censor handstamp used in July of 1918 (This card is one of only five recorded pieces from Hot Springs that had the internal postage paid.), Very Fine and scarce.Estimate $300 - 400.
Two different Censor markings are known from the Hot Springs internment camp both of which are included in this lot. The internment camp was the Mountain Park Hotel and its 160 acres in Hot Springs, rented by the Secretary of Labor. The camp was established for civilians (not military) prisoners from German shipping in U.S. ports seized as prizes of war. On June 8th 1917, the first internees arrived at the camp which soon grew to over 2300. In the spring of 1918, the government decided to relocate the internees to an Army camp at Fort Oglethorpe near Chattanooga, Tennessee, a prisoner of war camp. By August 31st 1918, 2,124 prisoners have been relocated except those ill and being treated for typhoid fever.
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Realized: $1,150
Lot
1768
(Campaign) Abraham Lincoln, beardless Lincoln woodcut portrait design with "Merrill & Son Publishers Concord, N.H." imprint below, on cover to Medfield, Mass. franked with 1861, 3¢ rose (65) tied by "Montpelier, Vt., Jan 8, 1861" cds with second strike at center; stamp with a couple small tears, otherwise Very Fine, ex-Knapp.Milgram No. AL-28 Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $575
Lot
1769
(Campaign) John Fremont, portrait with wife Jessie in frame design on cover to Rockport, Mass., franked with 1851, 3¢ dull red (11) canceled by manuscript "3", red "Hinsdale, N.H., Oct 16" balloon cds below design, Very Fine and choice, a scarce dual portrait campaign design. Scott No. 11.Milgram No. JF-49 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $260
Lot
1770
(College) The Metropolis of the North West, overall advertising cover for the "Eastman National Business College Chicago, Ill's & Poughkeepsie, N.Y." printed in red, franked with 1861, 3¢ rose, vertical pair (65) tied by Chicago, Ill. cds and cork duplexes, addressed to North Brookfield, N.Y.; spectacular "birds eye view of the city of Chicago and the harbor" printed in blue, Extremely Fine, stunning intricate woodcut by prolific engraver and lithographer Louis Nelke of Chicago.Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $250
Lot
1771
(Exposition) 1893 Columbian Exposition Postcards, group of three different multicolored exposition souvenir postcards used, beautiful views of the fairgrounds, two are mailed domestically, the third franked with 5¢ Columbian (234) and addressed to Ireland, Very Fine, an attractive group in excellent condition.Estimate $150 - 200.
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Lot
1772
(Olympics) United States, 1932 Summer Olympics, large size cover used locally franked with pairs of 3¢ + 5¢ Summer Olympic Issue & 2¢ Winter Olympic tied by Los Angeles duplex cancels, additionally the cover bears a Olympic Vignette which is tied (scarce thus), the cover bears several autographs of Olympians, including Harold "Dutch" Smith (diver, gold medalist at the 1928 games), Georgia Coleman (diver & gold medalist at the 1932 games), John Paulsen (swimmer), Dorthy Poynton (diver & gold medalist at the 1932 games), Mackey Riley (diver & gold medalist at the 1932 games), Clarence "Buster" Crabbe (swimmer & gold medalist at the 1932 games) and others, also signed by the Mayor of Los Angeles and the Governor of California, reverse shows seven additional Olympic vignettes tied and another 3¢ Olympic adhesive, Very Fine.Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $325
Lot
1773
(Patent Envelope) Murphy Patent Letter Sheet, three examples, all slightly different, each franked with 1861, 3¢ rose (65), two mailed from Philadelphia and one from New York to various destinations, all different merchants corner cards, with blind embossing reading "Murphy Patent Letter-Envelope, Patented June 2 1863/OPEN HERE", Very Fine, an unusual and scarce grouping; one with 2007 P.F. certificate.Estimate $300 - 400.
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Lot
1774
(Phonography) Eames, W.H., Hurrah For Phonography, allover advertising design with text extolling the virtues of phonography on buff cover to Williamstown, Mass. with "W.H. Eames, Middletown, Vt." imprint at bottom, manuscript "Middletown, Vt., Nov. 23/52" postmark at top left and pencil "Paid 3", small part of backflap torn away, Extremely Fine, a rare early design.Estimate $100 - 150.