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Archive of the Wesley Garner Family of Iowa, Assorted Historical Ephemera

December 28th 2018 @ 8:34pm EST
Winning Bid
$76

Item Details

Provenance
Colonel Wesley W. Garner to
Mrs. R. Sherman Johnston, Columbus City, Iowa.

Wesley W. Garner (1815-1889) having arrived in Iowa in 1840 via Pennsylvania and Ohio, Wesley, a conveyancer by trade, also working as a farmer, Notary Public, school master and merchant, as well as serving the Union Army as Captain and then Colonel of the Union Guards; late in life returning to farming and running for public office.

Subject The Early Breakfast Illustrated Almanac for 1881, The Early Breakfast Illustrated Almanac for 1883, Catalog of Short Horn Cattle for Public Sale in 1896, Mid 19th century Baltimore Theatre broadside, Hand written certificate from the Manchester (Maryland) Thespian Society dated 1839, 1876 The Baltimore Sun Almanac, 1880 Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Transportation of Livestock paperwork
Period 19th Century

Condition

- most with expected wear for items of the age, some creasing, staining, etc.

Dimensions

6.5" W x 8.0" H x 2.0" D

overall measurement

Item #

18DAL299-322

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