70 letters, 128 manuscript pages, (19 retained mailing envelopes), plus 4 pieces of verse and prose, 14 pages, all dated 3 January 1852 to 22 January 1885. There are 5 letters that are undated. Most of the letters are addressed to Eli… more >
folio, 29 pages, text written in both ink and pencil, in two different, but legible hands, paper somewhat tanned, else very good. Docketed on fragment of blank, final page: “Copy of Testimony in case of Gray Taken by the Reporters E. C.… more >
quarto, 4 pages, plus stampless address leaf, formerly folded, separation along fold, small hole due to careless opening, else in very good, clean and legible condition. more >
folio, 14 typescript – carbon pages, on rectos only, lacking the text of page one of Parker’s account, accounting for 19 lines of text in the printed version, supplied here in facsimile, the last page is signed and dated by Parker. more >
quarto, 4 pages, written on the letterhead of the Transatlantic Steam Ship Company, Liverpool, the letter was sent via the Great Western, in very good, clean and legible condition. more >
The Unicorn
Pen and ink and ink wash on paper, measuring 5 ½ x 4 3/8 inches, some toning, slight mat burn, the image is drawn on the back of a manuscript receipt, the receipt bears the signature of Benedict Reynolds, Zachariah’s father.
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Dramatic eyewitness account of Confederate General Earl Van Dorn’s early morning surprise attack on Holly Springs, Mississippi, the resulting capture by the narrator, a cotton buyer from Rhode Island, and the destruction at the Union supply hub