Executed Confederate Privateer John Yates Beall Signed Manuscript 1857 CIVIL War

  

Manuscript Document Signed, Executed Confederate Privateer John Yates Beall. No place [in or near Charlestown, Virginia, now West Virginia], May 14, 1857. Manuscript Document Signed, Articles of Partnership, F.

" Tall quarto (12.5" x 7.75), single sheet, approximately 221 words recorded in ink on laid paper, signed by Francis Yates, Charles Aglionby, & John Yates Beall apparently for sister Janet M. Docketed in pencil on the verso. Text transcribed in full below. He failed & gave deed of trust on the Halltown Mill property to secure them. Yates, dec'd and for? However he is only bound to pay Ch.

Yates 2/8 costs & 3rd the surplus? Beall in proportion - 4688.50 - 2912.67 - 494.00 - respectively and F. Yates, Chas Aglionby & J. Condition: Folded twice vertically & once horizontally, moderately soiled, couple of short splits along the horizontal fold, small archival tissue repair on the verso, otherwise very good.

The authenticity of the signatures are unconditionally guaranteed. A fascinating document presenting a complicated agreement relative to the estate of John Yates. Although all the signers, as well as John Yates, were men of distinction, John Yates Beall is of particular note.

John Yates Beall (1835 - 1865) was a Confederate navy officer hanged as a spy by Union authorities at the end of the American Civil War. A militiaman who witnessed the execution of John Brown in 1859, Beall joined the Stonewall Brigade, fought with Turner Ashby, and participated in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign (1862), during which he became separated from his unit. He moved to Iowa and then to Canada, where he eventually joined the Confederate navy and planned and sometimes executed various clandestine missions. After being captured again at Niagara Falls, this time when he attempted to derail trains carrying Confederate prisoners, Beall was tried for spying.

The charges cited a failed attempt to seize a civilian passenger boat and use it to capture a Union gunboat, an aborted mission in which Beall disguised himself as a passenger. Beall was defended by a prominent New York City attorney and ninety-two members of the U. Congress signed a petition for his pardon, but he was hanged on February 24, 1865. We pack carefully using appropriate protective materials. Check out my other items. This item is in the category "Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible". The seller is "citationantiques" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Republic of Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam.

1. Place of Publication: Charlestown
2. Language: English
3. Author: John Yates Beall & others
4. Publisher: Not published
5. Topic: Civil War
6. Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
7. Subject: John Yates, Charlestown, West Virginia
8. Modified Item: No
9. Original/Facsimile: Original