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Autographs
28	PAUL REVERE (JR.) (1735-1818). American Silversmith, Engraver, early Industrialist as owner of the “Revere Copper Company”; Founding Member “Sons of Liberty” Patriot in the American Revolution; most famous for alerting the Colonial militia to the approach of British forces April 18th, 1775 the night prior to the Battles of Lexington & Concord starting the Revolutionary War, as dramatized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "Paul Revere's Ride".	$50,000 - $80,000
Revolutionary War
84	January 16, 1776-Dated Revolutionary War Period Manuscript Pay Order from the Committee of the Pay Table For Connecticut, Ordering Payment to Capt. James Clark of the 3rd Connecticut Regiment "for Arms & Cloathing lost by Company under his Command at Bunker Hill & in Kennebeck River & for Riding Express", Signed by Committee Members Ezekiel Williams and Founding Father Oliver Ellsworth, the future Chief Justice of the United States, Choice Very Fine or better.	$2,000 - $3,000
85	December 29, 1779-Dated Revolutionary War, Manuscript Document Signed, “Hercules Mooney Colo. Comtt,” (Committee) being a rare “Regimental Court Martial” for various infractions by soldiers in that Rhode Island unit and cases to be heard by the Members, Signed at Providence, Rhode Island, Very Fine.	$1,500 - $2,000
100	1779-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Mezzotint Engraved Print titled, “JOHN PAUL JONES, Commander of a Squadron in the Service of THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA, 1779”, Framed, Fine.	$5,000 - $6,000
101	1781-Dated Original Revolutionary War Period, Hand-Painted Miniature Oval Silhouette on Glass, Identified with painted text reading: “Capt John Paul Jones / 1781” housed within its Original Period Frame with top Hanger, Choice Very Fine.	$10,000 - $12,000
108	September 15, 1787-Dated Newspaper, The Providence Gazette and Country Journal, Rhode Island, (September 15, 1787 was the very day the U.S. Constitution was ratified), Choice Very Fine.	$800 - $1,600
110	Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721-1814), circa 1808, Original Oil on Wood Plank Board and Gesso Portrait of the Patriarch of the wealthy Hudson Valley family, owner of Van Cortlandt Manor, and vast land holdings, by artist John Wesley Jarvis (1780-1840), Very Fine.	$12,000 - $18,000
George Washington
116	(1796) Stipple Engraving Proof Impression on Card of George Washington shown in uniform facing left, captioned "G. WASHINGTON. Ne en Virginie anne 1733. Commandant en Chef des Armees et President du Congres d'Amerique.", Engraved by Louis Charles Ruotte, Paris, Crisp Extremely Fine or better.	$1,000 - $1,500
125	(1789) George Washington Inaugural Button, “Eagle and SUN” the SUN, together with the Single Line Outer Surrounding Border are Unique being a major design variant Type, Unlisted in Albert and Cobb, (Similar to WI-13C), Unique with SUN & LINE, the Only & Sole Finest Known Example, Very Fine.	$8,000 - $10,000
Federal Period
127	Friday, September 27, 1787-Dated, "The Constitution of the United States of America, As agreed upon by the Convention of Delegates of the United States, held at Philadelphia", RESOLVE OF CONGRESS, 14 pages Complete (numbered 35-48), with bold printed signatures of George Washington, President. Disbound, Choice Extremely Fine.	$3,500 - $4,500
Historic Maps
204	1755 A First State Printing of the Famous Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia, taking its name from the surveyor Joshua Fry (1699-1754) who preceded George Washington as a Colonel in the Virginia Colonial Militia and Surveyor Peter Jefferson (1708-1757), father of Thomas Jefferson. Engraving with Original Hand-Color, Paris: Robert Vaugondy, State 1: Dated 1755, "Gravee E. Haussard", Lord Fairfax line shown and Hand-colored in red, Framed, Choice Extremely Fine.	$8,000 - $10,000
Colonial Coinage
209	1787 Immunis Columbia, Copper Pattern, with Eagle Reverse, PCGS graded Genuine Very Fine Details.	$2,500 - $3,500
210	1787 Immunis Columbia Copper Pattern, Eagle Reverse, PCGS graded Extremely Fine-40.	$5,000 - $6,000

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