American Historical Ephemera & Photography

MAURY, Dabney H. (1822-1900). Autograph letter signed ("Dabney H. Maury") to Pierre G.T. Beauregard (1818-1893). Lynchburg, VA, 15 August 1873.

3 pages, 4to, on Piedmont and Arlington Life Insurance Company letterhead, minor spotting and creasing, minor rust marks from old paperclip.

Former Confederate General Dabney Maury writes to fellow General P.G.T. Beauregard concerning the Southern Historical Society, an organization founded by Maury in 1869. He begins "two important objects for us to accomplish." First, "to adopt an effective plan for raising an annual income" and "to appoint a proper man as Secretary of the Society." He proposes the idea of a publication: "I believe by the consideration of an established magazine one can service several thousand members, annual subscribers, to our Society, yielding us from $3,000 to $6,000 per annum." He remarks: "None shall be admitted into our Society who were not actually embarked in our Cause to the full extent of their ability. this would admit many women even, and others who could not take up arms for us, and could exclude many men who are eager enough now to enter our Society."

[With:] PARK, Emily Hendree. Autograph letter signed ("Emily Hendree Park"). Cumberland Island, 24 June 1896. 3 pages, 4to, on Confederate Memorial Literary Society illustrated letterhead. -- CARY, John B. Typed letter. Richmond, VA, 25 January 1896. 1 page, 4to, on Confederate Memorial Literary Society illustrated letterhead. -- GABBETT, Mrs. S.E. 2 autograph letters signed ("Mrs. Gabbet" and "Mrs. S.E. Gabbett"). [Atlanta, GA], 16 May and 19 September 1901. Each 2 pages, 4to and 8vo, on Mrs. S.E. Gabbett Custodian Cross of Honor U.D.C. letterhead, with original envelopes. Content discusses certificates for the "Southern Cross of Honor," a commemorative medal established in 1899 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy to honor Confederate Veterans. -- Certificate of Eligibility for Cross of Honor. Columbia, NC, 10 May 1902. 1 page, 4to, partly printed document. Completed in manuscript for William E. Shallington, a veteran of Company I, 3rd North Carolina Infantry and Spencer's Company of the North Carolina Independent Cavalry. -- Autograph letter signed ("G.G. Buchanan"), as Commander of the Joe Shelby Camp No. 975, United Confederate Veterans. Chickasha, Indian Territory, 7 February 1905. 1p, 4to, on Joe Shelby Camp No. 975. United Confederate Veterans letterhead, toning, creases at folds. Buchanan encloses two poems: one dedicated to Miss Laura Galt of Louisville, KY, "for refusing to sing 'Sherman Marching Through Georgia,'" and another entitled "Rest, Warrior, Rest," both accompanying the letter. -- And 3 others. Together, 9 letters and documents related to Confederate veteran organizations including the UCV. [Also with:] LEE, Mildred (1846-1905). Autograph note signed ("Mildred Lee") to William Montague. Richmond, VA, January 1901. 4 x 4 7/8  card (discoloration to edges) with accompanying halftone image of Robert E. Lee, on the back of which is inscribed, "Merry Christmas / Happy New Year." -- Nathan Bedford Forrest celluloid letter opener with 6 1/4 in. blade and handle formed into 2 1/2 in. Gilt lettering on blade reads, "N.B. Forrest Camp No. 215 / U.S.C.V. / Confederate Reunion, Memphis, 1909." -- 2 postcards, one with embossed representation of the Henry W. Grady Memorial in Atlanta, Georgia, the other promoting the Confederate Veteran, a monthly magazine. -- Program for an annual picnic and reunion of Confederate Veterans at Mount Zion Church in Cornelius, North Carolina, [1907]. 6 x 10 3/8 in. printed program (chipping/loss and discoloration to edges). -- The Confederate Dead. [Staunton, VA], [1888]. 6 x 9 1/2 in. printed handout bearing the poem read by Hon. A.C. Gordon at "the unveiling of the Monument to the memory of the dead Soldiers of the Confederacy in Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Virginia, September 25th, 1888." -- And 7 other items. Together, 11 pieces of ephemera related to post-war southern veterans' groups.