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14	STEPHEN HOPKINS (March 7, 1707 - July 13, 1785). Founding Father of the United States; Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Continental Association; Four-Time Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court; Member of First Continental Congress; Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court; First Chancellor of Brown University; Speaker of the Rhode Island General Assembly; Author of the First Anti-Slavery Law in the United States.	$6,000 - $8,000
31	CAPTAIN EBENEZER SMITH (1745-1819). Oldest and Longest Serving Revolutionary War Captain in the Massachusetts Line with over eight years service, the Principal Guard Officer over Major Andr, present when the hour of execution was announced to him, present in the 6th Mass. Regiment when the regiment was furloughed June 12, 1783 at West Point, NY and disbanded on Nov. 3, 1783 and original 1783 Society of the Cincinnati Member.	$1,000 - $1,500
Colonial America
65	c. 1760 American Colonial Era French & Indian War Period, Large 9” tall American Wooden Stave and banded Tavern style Tankard, with signed letter of provenance, Fine.	$600 - $800
72	(PAUL REVERE, JR.) (1735-1818). American Silversmith, Engraver, early industrialist, and a Patriot in the American Revolution, most famous for alerting the Colonial militia to the approaching British forces before the Battles of Lexington and Concord, as dramatized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "Paul Revere's Ride".	$8,000 - $10,000
Revolutionary War
93	Pre 1765, 2nd Quarter of the 18th Century, A rare and significant American Revolutionary War Period, PAIR of English single-shot, black powder, Box-Lock Flintlock Pistols, (Identified to Owner, Captain John Morton, 4th Virginia Regiment of the Continental line) Grips with Engraved Inlaid Silver, “J M” (John Morton) and “V A” (Virginia), made by "SEGALAS, LONDON", FINE.	$8,000 - $10,000
98	c. 1776 Revolutionary War Era, American Wool Frock Uniform Coat, attributed as belonging to John Dunwoody (1747-1824), with 22 original decorative Colonial Era Brass Floral Buttons attached, Hand-stitched, well worn and of the proper age and fabric, Fine.	$20,000 - $30,000
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
War of 1812
141	“John Floyd” (1806-1863) John (Buchanan) Floyd’s his Original Engraved Bookplate as Owner , Son of John Floyd, Sr., Governor of Virginia (1849-1852), Confederate General, placed on the inside front cover, book titled, “The Spectator” Volume VIII Only, of a series of Twelve volumes, printed in 1824 in Philadelphia: by James Crissy, 177, Chestnut Street, the book is complete Very Good, the Bookplate is Very Fine.	$400 - $600
Civil War
156	February 13th, 1864-Dated Civil War Period, Partially-Printed Document, Telegraph Operator Completed and Agent Signed Telegraph Form issued and transmitted under the authority of General Polk, Signed “L. Polk” in the hand of the hand of the telegraph operator, sent from Meridian to Columbus, Mississippi by the South-Western Telegraph Company to Confederate General Ruggles, Fine.	$500 - $600
159	September 5, 1864-Dated Civil War Confederate Battlefield Printed Broadside, Issued by CSA General JOHN ECHOLS (1823-1896), “GENERAL ORDERS”, Dublin, (Virginia), Commanders are not to Harass Locals: “depredations having been committed upon the property of citizens of South Western Va.”, measuring 12” x 10.5”, Fine.	$1,800 - $2,400
Political Americana
195	February 12,1849-Dated California Gold Rush Important Congressional Imprint titled: "Memorial of Citizens of The United States Residing in the Valley of the Mississippi, Praying That Military Escorts May be Placed on the Route Between that Valley and California, and a Permanent Military Post Established Near the Gold Region in that Territory for the Protection of Emigrants.", Choice Crisp Extremely Fine.	$800 - $1,000
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

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