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SPENCER, JOHN W. (1801-1922) Early Settler & Prominent Citizen of Rock Island and Moline, Illinois; Lieutenant of the Rock River Rangers during the Black Hawk War - 1832 # 8885
Original Steel Engraving, 7 ¾” x 10 ½” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 3 ¼” x 3 ½” image, imprinted “Eng[rave]d by J. Rogers.” From a biographical work, published in 1876.
Lightly and evenly toned, with a few inconsequential stains and light creases, mostly near the edges.
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STAGER, ANSON (1825-85) Union Brevet Brigadier General, head of the Military Telegraph Department during the American Civil War# 8858
Co-founder of Western Union; President of Western Electric Manufacturing Company, Chicago Telephone Company, and Western Edison Company
Original Steel Engraving, 7 ¾” x 10 ½” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 4” x 4” image, imprinted “Engraved by A.H. Ritchie.” From a biographical work, published in 1876.
Lightly and evenly toned, with inconsequential staining, mostly near the edges.
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STAPP, JAMES T.B. (1804-82) Soldier in the Black Hawk War – 1832; Served in the 3rd Illinois Volunteers during the Mexican War; Appointed Receiver of the U.S. Land Office at Vandalia, Illinois by President Zachary Taylor# 8869
Original Steel Engraving, 7 ¾” x 10 ½” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 3 ¼” x 3 ¾” image, imprinted “Eng[rave]d by H.B. Hall & Sons, 62 Fulton St., N.Y.” From a biographical work, published in 1876.
Lightly and evenly toned, with a few small stains and light creases.
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STONE, HORATIO ODELL (1811-77) Prominent Merchant & Real Estate Speculator in Chicago, Illinois# 8983
Original Steel Engraving, 7 ¾” x 10 ½” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 3 ¼” x 3 ½” image, imprinted “Eng[rave]d by H.B. Hall & Sons, 62 Fulton St., N.Y.” From a biographical work, published in 1876.
Lightly and evenly toned, with minor staining and a few light surface creases, mostly near the edges.
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STONE, SAMUEL (1798-1876) Colonel of the 18th New York State Militia in the 1830s; Organized and drilled new regiments at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois during the American Civil War # 8911
Original Steel Engraving, 7 ¾” x 10 ½” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 3 ¼” x 3 ¾” image, imprinted “Eng[rave]d by H.B. Hall & Sons, 62 Fulton St., N.Y.” From a biographical work, published in 1876.
Lightly and evenly toned, with a few inconsequential stains and light creases, mostly near the edges.
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STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER (1811-96) American Abolitionist Writer – Authored “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”# 8624
Original Steel Engraving, 7 ¾” x 10” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 5” x 7” image of Stowe, imprinted “From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers,” and dated “A.D. 1872,” print below.
Excellent overall, with a few superficial stains and light creases in the margins.
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STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER (1811-96) American Abolitionist Writer – Author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”# 7970
Original Steel Engraving, 6 ½” x 10” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 3 ¾” x 5” image of Stowe, imprinted “Eng[rave]d by A.H. Ritchie. D. APPLETON & Co.”
Lightly and evenly toned, with a few insignificant stains; old book binding remnants along the right edge.
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STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER (1811-96) American Abolitionist Writer – Author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”# 8598
Original Steel Engraving, 5” x 8” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 3” x 3” image of Stowe, imprinted “Eng[rave]d by A.H. Ritchie.”
Excellent overall, with several light creases.
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STUART, GILBERT C. (1755-1828) American Portrait Painter# 8698
Original Steel Engraving, 7 ¼” x 10 ½”, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 3 ½” x 4 ¼” image of Stuart, imprinted “Engraved by A.B. Durand from an original miniature by Sarah Goodrich.”
Excellent, with a few superficial stains and light creases in the margins.
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THIERS, ADOLPHE (1797-1877) French Statesman & Historian; Second Elected President of France & First President of the French Third Republic – 1871-73; Prime Minister of France – 1836 & 1840# 8823
Original Steel Engraving, 8” x 10 ¾” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 5 ¼” x 7” image, imprinted “From the original painting by Chappel, in the possession of the publishers,” and dated “A.D. 1870” in print immediately below the image.
Lightly and pleasantly age-toned, with a few superficial stains and light creases in the margins.
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THOMAS, JOHN (1800-?) Commanded a regiment in the Black Hawk War – 1832; Prominent resident of Belleville, Illinois# 8891
Original Steel Engraving, 7 ¾” x 10 ½” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 3 ¾” X 4” image, imprinted “Eng[rave]d by J. Rogers.” From a biographical work, published in 1876.
Lightly and evenly toned, with inconsequential staining and a few light creases, mostly near the edges.
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TIFFANY, OTIS HENRY (1825-91) Prominent Clergyman in Chicago, Illinois# 8892
Original Steel Engraving, 7 ¾” x 10 ½” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 3 ½” x 3 ½” image, imprinted “Eng[rave]d by H.B. Hall & Sons, 13 Barclay St., N.Y.” From a biographical work, published in 1876.
Lightly and evenly toned, with inconsequential staining and a few light creases, mostly near the edges.
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TILLEY, THOMAS (1834-1908) Union Soldier – 113th Illinois Infantry, the Third Board of Trade Regiment; Saw action at the Battles of Chickasaw Bayou & Arkansas Post; Renowned Chicago, Illinois architect after the Civil War# 8910
Original Steel Engraving, 7 ¾” x 10 ½” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 3 ¼” x 3 ½” image, imprinted “Eng[rave]d by H.B. Hall & Sons, 13 Barclay St., N.Y.” From a biographical work, published in 1876.
Lightly and evenly toned, with a few inconsequential stains and light creases, mostly near the edges.
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TOMPKINS, AMOS F. (1814-84) Prominent Attorney & Real Estate Speculator in Chicago, Illinois # 8905
Original Steel Engraving, 7 ¾” x 10 ½” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 3 ¼” x 4” image, imprinted “Eng[rave]d by H.B. Hall & Sons, 13 Barclay St., N.Y.” From a biographical work, published in 1876.
Lightly and evenly toned, with inconsequential staining and a few light creases, mostly near the edges.
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TOMPKINS, DANIEL D. (1774-1825) U.S. Vice President - 1817-25; Governor of New York – 1807-17# 9097
Original Steel Engraving, 7” x 10 ½” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 3 ½” x 4 ½” image of Tompkins, imprinted “Painted by J.W. Jarvis. Eng[rave]d by T. Woolnoth.”
Excellent, with a few superficial stains and light surface creases in the margins.
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TRACY, FRANK W. (1833-1903) Officer in the First National Bank of Springfield, Illinois # 8975
Original Steel Engraving, 7 ¾” x 10 ½” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 3 ¼” x 3 ¾” image, imprinted “Eng[rave]d by H.B. Hall & Sons, 62 Fulton St., N.Y.” From a biographical work, published in 1876.
Lightly and evenly toned, with superficial staining and a few light surface creases, mostly near the edges.
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TREASON OF [BENEDICT] ARNOLD# 8120
Original Steel Engraving, 7 ¼” x 10” overall, titled “TREASON OF ARNOLD. ARNOLD PERSUADES ANDRE TO CONCEAL THE PAPERS IN HIS BOOT,” with a 5 ¼” x 7 ½” depiction of the scene, further imprinted “Painted by C.F. Blauvelt,” and dated “A.D. 1874” in print below the image.
Excellent, with light toning and a few superficial stains.
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TRUMBULL, JOHN (1756-1843) American Artist, known as “The Painter of the Revolution”; Served as Second Aide-de-Camp to General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War# 8699
Original Steel Engraving, 7 ¼” x 10 ½”, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 3 ½” x 4 ½” image of Trumbull, imprinted “Painted by Waldo & Jewett, for the Trumbull Gallery, Yale College, New Haven, Engraved by A.B. Durand.”
Excellent, with a few superficial stains and light creases in the margins.
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TRUMBULL, JONATHAN (1710-85) – Colonial & Revolutionary-Era Governor of Connecticut – 1769-84; Continental Army Paymaster General - 1778# 8445
Original Steel Engraving, 8” x 10 ¾” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 5 ¼” x 7 ¼” image of Trumbull, imprinted “From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers,” and dated “A.D. 1863” in print below.
Lightly and evenly toned, with a few inconsequential stains and light creases in the margins.
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TUDOR, MARGARET (1489-1541) Queen of Scotland – 1503-13# 8015
Original Engraving, 7” x 10 ½” overall, with an ornately bordered 3 ¾” x 4 ¾” image of Margaret, imprinted, in full:
“Engraved by J. Cochran. MARGARET TUDOR, QUEEN OF SCOTLAND. OB. 1541. FROM THE ORIGINAL OF HOLBEIN, IN THE COLLECTION OF THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF LOTHIAN. THE LONDON PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY.”
Pleasantly age-toned, with minor staining in the margins.
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