Lot 001 - Pair Of Antique Letters Regarding Planned Execution By Hanging Of Henry Davis For Assault In 1909, Including Letter From Court Clerk Forwarded With Note Signed By Alabama Governor B. B. Comer To Cornelius Blake, Columbia Teachers College, NYC

Lot 001 - Pair Of Antique Letters Regarding Planned Execution By Hanging Of Henry Davis For Assault In 1909, Including Letter From Court Clerk Forwarded With Note Signed By Alabama Governor B. B. Comer To Cornelius Blake, Columbia Teachers College, NYCPre Auction Notes: Pair of antique letters concerning the 1909 execution of Henry Davis for assault. The first is a typed letter dated February 26, 1909, from John D. McNee, Clerk of the City Court of Talladega, Alabama, addressed to Governor B. B. Comer, reporting on the scheduled execution by hanging. This letter was forwarded with a typewritten addendum signed by Governor Comer to Cornelius Blake at Columbia Teachers College, New York City, stating

Russell Flint

Pre-Auction Notes: Toy does not work and needs repair

Pre-Auction Notes: Minor chipping back left corner

Here is a vintage funeral casket plaque for a deceased man named Konstanti Sucheki

but this one features a lovely peach and red-orange gradient coloring

and protected with a felt covering on the bottom of the paperweight

but is not in need of restoration

It features a cut glass dome top with a nice design of its own

The earrings have hooks and require pierced ears to wear

Here is a delightfully cute and creepy vintage clown doll manufactured by Krueger out of New York

will be donated to The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

This photographic print arrangement features photos of the nursing graduates from Hôtel-Dieu in Paris France from the 1951 to 1954 class