American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography, including The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography

A collection of more than 30 items including photographs, printed pamphlets, manuscript documents, and more related to subjects connected to the Lincoln assassination trials. Comprising:

17 CDVs featuring subjects related to the trial of the Lincoln assassination conspirators including: military commissioners Lew WALLACE (Boston, MA: Warren's Photographic Studio). --David HUNTER (New York, NY: E. Anthony, from Brady negative). -- James A. EKIN, (Washington, DC: Gardner/Philp & Solomons). -- Augustus KAUTZ (Philadelphia, PA: F. Gutekunst). -- Robert S. FOSTER (New York, NY: E. & H. T. Anthony, from Brady negative). -- Joseph HOLT (New York, NY: E. Anthony, from Brady negative). -- Charles H. TOMPKINS (Philadelphia, PA: Earles' Galleries). -- Thomas M. HARRIS (Washington, DC: Gardner). -- And 9 others including 4 portraits of Surratt attorney, Reverdy JOHNSON, a bust portrait of John F. HARTRANFT, who served as officer in command of the conspirators, including their imprisonment and execution, an outdoor view of the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC, where some of the conspirators were first confined, and 3 more. -- Together, 17 CDVs.

5 cabinet card portraits featuring subject including: John BINGHAM, who served as assistant Judge Advocate General in the trail of the Lincoln conspirators (Washington, DC: Brady) -- Reverdy JOHNSON (Uncredited). -- (2) Thomas EWING, who represented some of the Lincoln assassination conspirators (Washington, DC: Brady, and New York, NY: Golder & Robinson). -- And John F. HARTRANFT (Philadelphia, PA: Stockton Stokes). -- Together, 5 cabinet card portraits.

11 manuscript and printed materials related to the trial of the Lincoln conspirators, including: SPEED, James. Opinion on the Constitutional Power of the Military to Try and Execute the Assassins of the President. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1865. -- Argument of John A. Bingham, Special Judge Advocate, in Reply to the Arguments of the Several Counsel for Mary E. Surratt, David E. Herold, Lewis Payne, George A. Atzerodt, Michael O'Laughlin, Samuel A. Mudd, Edward Spangler, and Samuel Arnold, Charged with Conspiracy and the Murder of Abraham Lincoln... Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1865. -- Letter Signed by Thomas Ewing. Catlettsburg, KY, 21 August 1871. -- Autograph quotation signed by John A. BINGHAM. -- Autograph Letter Signed by Reverdy JOHNSON. [Indecipherable], 14 March, 1859. -- And 7 other items including 4 items related to Edwards PIERREPONT. -- Together, 11 items.