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Lot 198
Three 17th Century Books: To include Claudianus, Claudius. Cl. Claudiani quae exstant: ex emendatione Nicolai Heinsy ... Published Amstelodami : apud Danielem Elzevirium, 1677, Poole, Matthew, 1624-1679. Blasphmoktonia: = The blasphemer slaine with the sword of the spirit: or a plea for the god head of the Holy Ghost : Wherein the deity of the spirit of God is proved in the demonstration of the spirit, and vindicated from the cavils of John Bidle. The second edition with many additions. By Matthew Pool, Master of Arts of Emmannel-Colledge in Cambridge; and pastor of the church of God at Michaels Quern in London. Published by London : printed by R. & W.L. for John Rothwell at the Fountain and Bear in Goldsmiths Row in Cheap-side, 1654, Dent Arthur, d. 1607. The ruine of Rome, or, An exposition upon the whole Revelation : wherein is plainly shaved and proud, that the popish religion, together with all the power and authority of Rome shall ebbe and decay more and more throughout all the churches of Europe, and come to an vtter ouerthrow euen in this life, before the end of the world : written especially for the comfort of Protestants, and the daunting of papists, seminary priests, Iesuites, and all that cursed rabble / published by Arthur Dent ... Published by London : Printed by N.O.[Nicholas Okes] for Simon Waterson, dwelling at the signe of the Crowne in Pauls Church-yard, 1633. (3)
Lot 165
Historic Guthrie, Oklahoma/Chickamauga Presentation Gavel to First Major D.B. DyerWith associated newspaper clipping and printed pamphlet relating to the opening of the Oklahoma Territory in 1889. The symbolic gavel measures 10” long made from a piece of souvenir wood embedded with a lead minie ball from the Chickamauga battlefield. The front of the simple mallet head bears a jeweler inscribed gold plate (not tested) that reads: “PRESENTED TO/Hon D.B. Dyer/ FIRST MAYOR OF/Guthrie, I.T./BY HIS FRIEND C.C.S./June 4, 1889.” The presentation is flanked by CHICKAMAUGA and TENNESSEE on either side. The identity of “C.C.S,” presumably a local Indian Territory inhabitant and former soldier-friend of Dyer, is unknown. Additionally, the lot includes a small archive of nine files containing Dyer manuscript correspondence to/from the Quapaw Indian Agency in the O.T. 1880-1884. Also, three sundry files, the first being a printed inventory booklet with annotations of “Colonel Dyers Collection of Indian Curiosities” exhibited at the 1893 Columbia Exposition, with a later article discussing the same collection then on loan to the Kansas City Public Library. The other files contain a typed letter dated February 1911 acknowledging Dyer’s, the newspaper man, cancellation of his Associated Press Membership. Last is a damaged manuscript letter to Dyer dated March 1911 on the letterhead of “Pawnee’s Bill’s Buffalo Ranch.”D. B. Dyer’s time as Indian Agent — documented by Mrs. Dyer in the “Frontier Classic Series” Fort Reno — came to a sudden end in July 1885 when the visiting government inspector concluded that “his conflict with the Cheyenne prevented him from effectively carrying out his duties.” Mr. and Mrs. Dyer then moved to Kansas City, Missouri where he engaged in the real estate business for the next few years with a partner from the Indian Agency days. In 1887 the Dyers also organized an exhibition of their “large collection of Indian artifacts and relics” from the Quapaw Agency and this served as a catalyst for their lifelong friendship with “Buffalo Bill” Cody.Dyer then found himself at the forefront of one of the most noteworthy events of the later 19th century. Leaders of Kansas City requested that D.B. Dyer go to Washington to lobby Congress to obtain support for what would become the two million acre "Land Run" of 1889. With the help of friendly Congressmen, after a lengthy and sometimes factious debate, President Harrison was pressured to open the Oklahoma District to a wave of homesteaders--Boomers--on April 22, 1889. On that one frenzied day thousands of would-be settlers from across the country poured into the District staking claims and erecting tent cities. Overnight, the small way station previously known as Deer Creek on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe line mushroomed into a boomtown of 10,000 people soon to be renamed Guthrie, Oklahoma. When the Oklahoma Territory was formally organized on May 2, 1889, Guthrie became the first capital quickly transforming itself into the “Queen of the Prairie” complete with modern brick and stone structures in the Victorian style, a municipal water and electrical works underwritten with bonds, a horse drawn mass transit system, and underground carriage parking in the central business district.At the forefront of this unprecedented development were “hundreds of men who contributed time and money to bring about this result,” including D. B. Dyer who was elected first Mayor of Guthrie. Recalling those bygone days in 1904, Dyer wrote, “Everything was confusion and bedlam, but on the morning of the 23rd a mass meeting was called where thousands assembled on the highest point of land in the town and proceeded to organize a regular old fashioned town meeting.”Of immediate concern was the multitude of conflicting and haphazard claims in and around Guthrie coupled with the fact that there was “no law or precedent” for organizing the city, policing the newcomers, or arbitrating their claims. Dyer added that “having been stationed in the territory for many years previous to this time and having represented Kansas City before Congress to secure the opening of this Territory I was probably at that time better known than any other individual on the ground.” An executive committee was formed and from this exercise “of starting a government by the people,” D.B. Dyer was nominated to be Mayor. At first Dyer wrote that he “steadfastly refused…as I did not expect to remain in the territory permanently.”Dyer soon availed himself, persuaded by his close friends and associates, “to accept the responsibility” as “I could no longer decline…given what seemed an impending crisis.” The committee made its report to the “assembled mass” and “when my name was presented to the people I was unanimously elected.” A city council was then elected and the two United States Marshals on the scene together with deputies and a small military detachment temporarily provided public safety. The burden of the early administrative work dealt with arbitrating overlapping claims and establishing property boundaries. The public right of way took precedence over individual claims and mayor himself was forced to cede at least one potentially valuable property to make way for a city street.The symbolic gavel offered here was presented to D.B. Dyer on June 4, 1889 — the occasion is not recorded — and it clearly reflects a sense of steady fair-mindedness that he demonstrated to the citizens of Guthrie. Faced with the overwhelming task of constructing a city from the prairie Dyer wrote humbly, “Thousands of arbitrary decisions for the want of any law were forced upon those in authority…” The mayor recalled that his “own personal work was unremitting,” but after just three months on the job during which time Guthrie’s “streets had been laid out,” he suddenly returned to his wife in Kansas City in July 1889 to pursue a more grandiose business scheme back east in Augusta, Georgia.Dyer’s 1904 pamphlet recounting Early Oklahoma Days — published by his Augusta Chronicle newspaper — is fondly imbued with the lofty principle of Manifest Destiny. Oklahoma, he waxes, was the “promised land and it is the same spirit that has reclaimed the vast solitude to civilization.” The popular American ethos of inevitability — our national self image on late 19th century stage — had already crystallized into a retrospective: “They were genuine pioneers full of push and enterprise, not satisfied with any half-hearted efforts to achieve their ambition and realize their dreams.” In 1910 Dyer reminisced about “the cruel days of the opening of Oklahoma and rejoiced that the city of Guthrie itself was established without bloodshed, through the cooperation of its brand new but stalwart citizens.”The small archive of letters that accompany the presentation gavel contain nothing of extraordinary significance but offer some interesting insight into the day-to-day workings of the Quapaw Indian Agency. In March 1880 D.B. Dyer wrote his parents (three lengthy letters) suggesting that they come to teach the Indian children at the agency school. Dyer matter-of-factly describes the arrangement as an ideal business opportunity as the teacher tends the agency farm rent free and is compensated “$3.75 per month on each pupil”
Lot 632
Quantity of military figures. Various types including 4 Tradition Soldiers for Collectors series- Union Infantry The American Civil War, Officer of Royalist Foot The English Civil War, The 24th Regiment of Foot Rorke`s Drift 1879 and French Imperial Guard Grenadier 1810. Also Spirit Of The Empire Canada, RCMP marching. 1862 `Napoleon` 12 pounder smoothbore field cannon. 2 Sculptures series Highland figures. A set of 3 Britains Scottish regiment pipers. Little Lead Soldiers ltd British infantry, Waterloo period. Pomp & Circumstance- The Brigade Of Guards-Irish. Also a few loose British Infantry regiments, in scarlet and tropical dress, Indian Regiments, RAF Officer, etc and a small book `Opie`s Pocket Guide To Britains Hollowcast Toy Soldiers’. Mostly VGC-Mint.
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