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Pitts Family Archive with Alabama & Mississippi Rivers Rail Road,

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1.495 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 152

Pitts Family Archive with Alabama & Mississippi Rivers Rail Road,

Schätzpreis
n. a.
Zuschlagspreis:
1.495 $
Beschreibung:

lot of 40+, including cdv views of three Pitts relatives - uncle David William, and brothers John Davidson and Thomas Daniel - all killed in action during the Civil War. Includes the following photographs: a sixth plate daguerreotype of a young gentleman identified as Davis Alexander Boyd, who married Martha Adeline Pitts, daughter of David Thomas Pitts image is mounted in embossed paper covered wooden case. PLUS 12 cdv portraits including the three Pitts men killed in the war starting with a copyshot of Private Thomas Daniel Pitts, Co. F., 7th Alabama Cavalry, with imprint of "C.S. Mosher, Selma." Thomas Daniel Pitts was an original member of the pre-war Canebrake Rifle Guards who joined the 7th Alabama Cavalry in July 1863. Young Pitts was killed in a skirmish at Benton, Alabama near Selma at the very end of the war, April 10, 1865, and was buried in Rosemont Cemetery in Uniontown, Alabama. Another copyshot by "C.S. Mosher" of Private John Davidson Pitts wearing the enlisted uniform of the Canebrake Rifle Guards. Also an original member of the Canebrakes, John Davidson Pitts, Co. D., 4th Alabama Infantry was killed in action June 27, 1862 while storming the Federal breastworks at Gaines Mill--his 19th birthday--and was hastily buried under an apple tree in the Watt's orchard. The young man's body was later recovered by his father and removed to Uniontown, Alabama. John's father, Phillip Henry Pitts, kept an extensive diary that sadly recorded the retrieval of his boy's body. Phillip's brother, David Williams Pitts, uncle to the two Pitts brothers is shown in another civilian view. D.W. was a second lieutenant in the Canebrake Rifle Guards, Company D., 4th Alabama and was killed in action at 1st Manassas, July 21, 1861. His death is mentioned in J.D. Fowler's August 2, 1861 letter (see Fowler Marine lot elsewhere in sale) and was reported in the August 31, 1861 edition of the Uniontown, Alabama Weekly Herald also in the Fowler lot. PLUS D.M. Pitts, with imprint of "J.H. Pope," PLUS Alexander Davidson Pitts with imprint of "C.S. Mosher," PLUS two of Mary Gray Pitts Walker with imprint of "J.W. Clary & Co, Selma, & C.S. Mosher," PLUS, W.L Pitts with imprint of "C.S. Moser," PLUS Pattie Pitts (post-war) with a Wisconsin imprint (trimmed), PLUS two of Mims Walker, no imprint and "J.W. Clary & Co., Selma," PLUS unidentified portrait of 2 young boys with imprint of "C.S. Mosher," PLUS post war anonymous tintype of former Canebrake Rifle Guard, Lieutenant Mims Walker (served as Aide-de-Camp to General Law) and unidentified friend, PLUS an album page with early oval silver print portrait of Mrs. P.H. Pitts along with a post card of the Pitts home entitled Pitts Folly Uniontown, Ala. with an older Mrs. Pitts seated in yard, page is 8.5" x 11". The three This archive includes a large leather-bound ledger book from the Alabama & Mississippi Rail Road Company with beginning date of 1859 and extending through Feb. 1861. This ledger lists all items transported and the owner with price. During 1859 and 1860 large amounts of all types of articles from furniture to finished metal good are being transported, along with agricultural and lumber products, by 1861 it is all most all either personal good or agricultural products and lacking in finished industrial products, quite an interesting study of a local deep south economy. Lot also includes an 1870s ledger book with similar entries. Also in the archive is an illustrated 20-share stock certificate for the Alabama & Mississippi Rivers Railroad Company owned by P.H. Pitts and dated Dec. 1856, 7.5" x 10.25". There are 22 manuscript documents that deal with the Pitts family business, including some from the Alabama & Mississippi Rivers Railroad Company, with dates from the 1850s, 1860s (including war dates) and 1870s. In addition are 2 itemized lists from F.W. Ralph Dealer in Watches and Clocks, Jewelry, Silver-Ware, &, &, Uniontown, Ala. with over $53 in expenses, which was alot of cash in 1859

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 152
Auktion:
Datum:
15.11.2006
Auktionshaus:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

lot of 40+, including cdv views of three Pitts relatives - uncle David William, and brothers John Davidson and Thomas Daniel - all killed in action during the Civil War. Includes the following photographs: a sixth plate daguerreotype of a young gentleman identified as Davis Alexander Boyd, who married Martha Adeline Pitts, daughter of David Thomas Pitts image is mounted in embossed paper covered wooden case. PLUS 12 cdv portraits including the three Pitts men killed in the war starting with a copyshot of Private Thomas Daniel Pitts, Co. F., 7th Alabama Cavalry, with imprint of "C.S. Mosher, Selma." Thomas Daniel Pitts was an original member of the pre-war Canebrake Rifle Guards who joined the 7th Alabama Cavalry in July 1863. Young Pitts was killed in a skirmish at Benton, Alabama near Selma at the very end of the war, April 10, 1865, and was buried in Rosemont Cemetery in Uniontown, Alabama. Another copyshot by "C.S. Mosher" of Private John Davidson Pitts wearing the enlisted uniform of the Canebrake Rifle Guards. Also an original member of the Canebrakes, John Davidson Pitts, Co. D., 4th Alabama Infantry was killed in action June 27, 1862 while storming the Federal breastworks at Gaines Mill--his 19th birthday--and was hastily buried under an apple tree in the Watt's orchard. The young man's body was later recovered by his father and removed to Uniontown, Alabama. John's father, Phillip Henry Pitts, kept an extensive diary that sadly recorded the retrieval of his boy's body. Phillip's brother, David Williams Pitts, uncle to the two Pitts brothers is shown in another civilian view. D.W. was a second lieutenant in the Canebrake Rifle Guards, Company D., 4th Alabama and was killed in action at 1st Manassas, July 21, 1861. His death is mentioned in J.D. Fowler's August 2, 1861 letter (see Fowler Marine lot elsewhere in sale) and was reported in the August 31, 1861 edition of the Uniontown, Alabama Weekly Herald also in the Fowler lot. PLUS D.M. Pitts, with imprint of "J.H. Pope," PLUS Alexander Davidson Pitts with imprint of "C.S. Mosher," PLUS two of Mary Gray Pitts Walker with imprint of "J.W. Clary & Co, Selma, & C.S. Mosher," PLUS, W.L Pitts with imprint of "C.S. Moser," PLUS Pattie Pitts (post-war) with a Wisconsin imprint (trimmed), PLUS two of Mims Walker, no imprint and "J.W. Clary & Co., Selma," PLUS unidentified portrait of 2 young boys with imprint of "C.S. Mosher," PLUS post war anonymous tintype of former Canebrake Rifle Guard, Lieutenant Mims Walker (served as Aide-de-Camp to General Law) and unidentified friend, PLUS an album page with early oval silver print portrait of Mrs. P.H. Pitts along with a post card of the Pitts home entitled Pitts Folly Uniontown, Ala. with an older Mrs. Pitts seated in yard, page is 8.5" x 11". The three This archive includes a large leather-bound ledger book from the Alabama & Mississippi Rail Road Company with beginning date of 1859 and extending through Feb. 1861. This ledger lists all items transported and the owner with price. During 1859 and 1860 large amounts of all types of articles from furniture to finished metal good are being transported, along with agricultural and lumber products, by 1861 it is all most all either personal good or agricultural products and lacking in finished industrial products, quite an interesting study of a local deep south economy. Lot also includes an 1870s ledger book with similar entries. Also in the archive is an illustrated 20-share stock certificate for the Alabama & Mississippi Rivers Railroad Company owned by P.H. Pitts and dated Dec. 1856, 7.5" x 10.25". There are 22 manuscript documents that deal with the Pitts family business, including some from the Alabama & Mississippi Rivers Railroad Company, with dates from the 1850s, 1860s (including war dates) and 1870s. In addition are 2 itemized lists from F.W. Ralph Dealer in Watches and Clocks, Jewelry, Silver-Ware, &, &, Uniontown, Ala. with over $53 in expenses, which was alot of cash in 1859

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 152
Auktion:
Datum:
15.11.2006
Auktionshaus:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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