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Historic Autographs
1	THOMAS BARCLAY (1753-1830). Colonial New York Attorney, Protg of New York Governor and Continental Congress President John Jay who had served in the British Tory “Loyal American Regiment” through the Revolutionary War. Barclay left to Nova Scotia as a Loyalist, he later Led the British Committees to Determine United States and Canadian Border.	$2,000 - $3,000
2	GEORGE CHAHOON (1840-1934). Born in NY, but moved to Virginia when an infant; Loyal to the Union during the Civil War, he was appointed Mayor of Richmond in 1868 by Virginia's Military Commander, General John M. Schofield, and served until 1871; after he took office he began purging the City Government of former Confederates, and created a special 25-man Black Police Force with a Black Chief. In March, 1870, a new Mayor was appointed and Chahoon refused to vacate his office, leading to a lengthy dispute during which Richmond had two Mayors. Chahoon finally lost his challenge and shortly afterwards, he was convicted of forgery and sent to Prison, but was pardoned on condition that he leave the State. He moved back to New York, where he became successful in business and served in the State Senate.	$300 - $400
3	WILLIAM COWPER (1731-1800). English Poet and Hymnodist, wrote “God moves in a mysterious way / His wonders to perform.”, also wrote a number of Anti-Slavery poems including the historic “The Negro's Complaint” (1788) which was often quoted by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the American Civil Rights movement.	$1,500 - $2,000
4	THOMAS CRANSTON (1710-1785). Thomas Cranston was an Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from August 1763 to May 1764, and served as Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives at the time; the town of Cranston, Rhode Island was created in 1754 and historians believe either Cranston, his grandfather, or father Samuel Cranston became the namesake of Cranston. The first page of the first town record book of Cranston bears the inscription "the gift of Thomas Cranston to the town called Cranston."	$800 - $1,000
5	JOSEPH N. CULLINGWORTH (1840-1911). A University of Virginia graduate, served in the Confederate Army through the Civil War, as a Private in 1st Company, Richmond Howitzers Light Artillery from 1861-1863, later as a Lt. in Haskell's Battalion, C.S. Artillery from 1863-1865, after the Civil War became one of Richmond's leading tobacco manufacturers owning a factory with 250 employees and with annual sales of nearly 1.5 million pounds; among his leading brands was "Trumps Long Cut".	$150 - $200
6	HENRY DEARBORN (1751-1829). Continental Army General; Member of General George Washington's staff; present during the British Surrender at Yorktown; later U.S. Secretary of War under president Thomas Jefferson. Together with: JOHN HOLLAND BARNEY (1752-1840). Brother of Commodore Joshua Barney, operated a tavern in Georgetown and on the west bank of the Susquehanna River at Havre de Grace, Baltimore County, Maryland.	$400 - $600
8	DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (1890-1969). 34TH President of the United States (1953-1961); During World War II he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe, achieved the Five-Star rank as General of the Army.	$300 - $400
9	JOHN ERICSSON (1803-1889). Swedish-American Inventor, chiefly remembered for designing and building the U.S.S. Monitor, during the Civil War, the first armored Ironclad Warship equipped with a revolving turret, which battled the CSS Virginia at Hampton Roads in 1862.	$1,000 - $1,200
10	DAVID G. FARRAGUT (1801-1870). Flag Officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War; the First Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral, and Admiral in the United States Navy; hest remembered for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay usually paraphrased as: "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead". Farragut’s Naval service began when he was just nine years old and culminated when he was named the nation’s First Full Admiral in 1866.	$800 - $1,000
11	JULIA WARD HOWE (1819-1910). American Abolitionist, Social Activist, and Poet, most famous as the Author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" (1862); Howe also Co-founded the “American Woman Suffrage Association” and was the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1908 and championed Votes for Women.	$600 - $800
12	DAVID HUNTER (1802-1886). President of the Abraham Lincoln Assassination Military Commission that Tried the John Wilkes Booth Conspirators, from May 8 to July 15, 1865. Union Major General in the American Civil War who achieved fame by his “Unauthorized” 1862 General Order 11 (immediately rescinded by President Abraham Lincoln) Emancipating Slaves in three Southern States; sanctioned the organization of the first African American Regiment during the Civil War, Union Army Commander of the Department of the South.	$1,000 - $1,200
13	DAVID HUNTER (1802-1886). President of the Abraham Lincoln Assassination Military Commission that Tried the John Wilkes Booth Conspirators, from May 8 to July 15, 1865. Union Major General in the American Civil War who achieved fame by his “Unauthorized” 1862 General Order 11 Emancipating All Slaves held in three Southern States (then immediately rescinded by President Abraham Lincoln); sanctioned the organization of the first African American Regiment during the Civil War, Union Army Commander of the Department of the South.	$800 - $1,000
14	SAMUEL HUNTINGTON (1731-1796). Signer of the Declaration of Independence, President of the Continental Congress (1779-1781), First President of the United States under the Articles of Confederation in Congress Assembled, 18th Governor of the State of Connecticut.	$800 - $1,000
15	BENJAMIN LINCOLN (1733-1810). Major General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, as George Washington's Second in Command, he formally accepted the British Surrender at Yorktown in 1781; Appointed by President Washington as the first Collector of Customs of the Port of Boston in 1789; holding this lucrative and influential post until 1809.	$500 - $600
16	STEPHEN R. MALLORY (1812-1873). U.S. Senator From Florida (1851-1861); Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs; and later the Confederate CSA Secretary of War (1861-1865).	$400 - $500
17	CHARLES MORRIS (1784-1856). U.S. Navy Commissioner 1823-1827 and also served as Chief of the Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repairs 1844-1847; in 1810 Morris was appointed first lieutenant of the Constitution, as Second in Command, under fellow Connecticut native Isaac Hull; because of his heroism, Morris received the honor of meeting Napoleon, at which time he presented the Emperor with the gift of a Model of the frigate USS Constitution.	$400 - $500
19	GEORGE WYTHE MUNFORD (1803-1882). Born in Richmond, Virginia, he served as Clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1825 to 1852; Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1852 until the surrender of the Confederacy in 1865.	$600 - $800
20	JOHN NIXON (1733-1808). Brigadier General, On July 8, 1776 Patriot John Nixon made the very First Public Proclamation Reading of the Declaration of Independence, read from the steps of the Pennsylvania State House, General George Washington’s Aide-de-Camp; Financier and Official Director of of the Bank of North America of Philadelphia, who served as a Militia Officer in the American Revolutionary War, and Chairman of the Committee of Safety.	$2,400 - $3,200
21	ALFRED PAUL French Consul in Richmond, Virginia during the Secession Crisis and through the duration of the Civil War, serving as the French government's representative to the Confederacy.	$400 - $500
22	LaSALLE CORBELL PICKETT (1843-1931). Prolific author and lecturer, and the third wife of George E. Pickett (1861-1865), the Confederate General best known for his participation in the doomed frontal assault known as “Pickett’s Charge” during the American Civil War at Gettysburg.	$400 - $600
23	DAVID PORTER (1780-1843). United States Navy officer with the rank of Captain and the title of Commodore; Porter commanded a number of U.S. Navy Warships including the frigate USS Constitution; while seeing active service in the First Barbary War, the War of 1812, and in the West Indies.	$600 - $800
24	DAVID DIXON PORTER Civil War Rear Admiral, GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy, and SAMUEL P. LEE, Acting Rear Admiral.	$1,000 - $1,200
25	KILLIAN K. VAN RENSSELAER (1763-1845). Born in New York; attended Yale College; he served as a Private Secretary to General Philip Schuyler, was Alexander Hamilton's Father-in-Law; served as a Federalist in the U.S. House of Representatives 1801 to 1811, then returned to New York and the practice of law.	$1,200 - $1,800
28	NATHAN MAYER ROTHSCHILD (1777-1836). Baron de Rothschild, English-German banker of Jewish heritage; businessman and financier of the second generation of the Rothschild Banking dynasty which was to become N. M. Rothschild & Sons; First person of Jewish faith admitted to the House of Lords; A Freemason, in the aftermath of the British Slavery Abolition Act 1833, with the Slave Compensation Act 1837, Rothschild and his business partner Moses Montefiore loaned the British Government 15 million (worth 1.46 billion in 2022), used to compensate the Slave owners in the British Empire after the Slave Trade had been Abolished.	$600 - $800
29	WINFIELD SCOTT (1786-1866). Brigadier General in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War, the Mexican-American War, the Second Seminole War, and, briefly, the American Civil War; Congress would later present him a special Gold Medal; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Army (1841 through 1861); unsuccessful Presidential Candidate of the Whig Party in 1852.	$600 - $800
31	(BENJAMIN STODDERT) (1751-1813). First United States Secretary of the Navy (1798-1801), overseeing the US Navy during the Quasi War with France; in 1783, he established a tobacco export business in Georgetown, MD, he returned to his work as a merchant following his service as Secretary of the Navy.	$300 - $400
32	(ALLEN TRIMBLE) (1783-1870). A Federalist politician from Ohio, who served as the 8th and 10th Governor of Ohio.	$600 - $800
33	HARRY S. TRUMAN (1884-1972). Thirty-Third President of the United States, who served as President between Roosevelt's death in April 1945 to January 1953; Authorized Dropping of the First Atomic Bomb on Japan to End World War II.	$400 - $500
34	BENJAMIN TRUMBULL, (1735-1820). American Revolutionary War Period Patriot Chaplain, Preacher and Historian, who published “Twelve Discourses on the Divine Origin of the Holy Scriptures”, “A General History of the United States of America”, “A Complete History of Connecticut, Civil and Ecclesiastical, from the Emigration of Its First Planters from England, in 1630, to the Year 1764; and to the Close of the Indian Wars” and others.	$450 - $650
35	JOHN WILCOCKS (1749-1793). Prominent Philadelphia Merchant, who supported the American Revolution and was Part-owner of the Pennsylvania Privateer Schooner "Mars", Commissioned in May, 1776; his son, Alexander Wilcocks (1741-1807), married Mary Chew, daughter of Pennsylvania Chief Justice Benjamin Chew.	$300 - $400
Colonial America
38	July 19, 1755-Dated French & Indian War Era Colonial America, Manuscript Document, being an Order to Pay the Salary due the Schoolmaster of the Town of Sandwich, Massachusetts, Choice Fine.	$250 - $350
39	c. 1756 French and Indian War Colonial Era, Manuscript Document Signed, “Col. E.(stes) Hatch” (1689-1759) who commanded the Troop of Cavalry in Boston, and was Captain of the 10th Company in the Third Massachusetts Regiment at the Battle of Louisburg in 1745, later becoming a Brigadier General, this document being a formal list in review of specific critical merchandise during the Seven Year’s War, (Massachusetts), Fine.	$1,200 - $1,800
40	JOSEPH TALCOTT (1701-1780). Treasurer of the Colony of Connecticut from 1756 to 1769. (JOHN LEDYARD, SR.) (1700-1771). Father of the Famous American, Connecticut Explorer and adventurer, John Ledyard (1751-1789) who accompanied Captain James Cook on his voyage to find a Northwest Passage to the Orient (1776-1779), namesake of the town of Ledyard, Connecticut (the current location in Ledyard of the Foxwood’s Restort Casino).	$2,800 - $3,200
41	c. 1760-1780 French & Indian to Revolutionary War Use, Singular Handmade Colonial Era Sword, measures 34.5” overall with a 28.5” blade, cylindrical wooden grip, Fine.	$600 - $800
42	c. 1591, Theodore de Bry depiction of Native Americans and the New World from his "America" series (also known as the "Great Voyages"), the "XXII" in Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues and Theodore de Bry's engravings of Florida Indians here refers to plate number 22 in the series, De Bry published this engraving as part of his "America" series (specifically in the second volume, published in 1591), Framed, Choice Crisp Extremely Fine or better.	$2,000 - $3,000
43	1781 Revolutionary War Period, Copper-Plate Engraving titled: “Dress of the Inhabitants of California with their manner of Rafts for Fishing, &c.” Engraved by Thornton, for Millar's “New, Complete & Universal System of Geography”, Very Fine.	$300 - $400
44	(AMOS DOOLITTLE) (1754-1832). American Revolutionary War Patriot, Colonial Artist and Engraver, from New Haven, Connecticut, also known as “The Paul Revere of Connecticut.” Original Copper-Plate Portrait Engraving of “The Honorable JOHN WINTHROP, Esq.”, Framed, Choice Extremely Fine.	$1,000 - $1,500
Revolutionary War
46	c. 1920, Lot of 15 Classic Infomational Historical Booklets on American History Revolutionary War and Patriots Heros and Later Noteable Figures and places with Front Cover Color Images, issued by John Hancock Life Insurance Company, Boston, Fine to Very Fine.	$150 - $200
47	c. 1782 Revolutionary War, 66th (Berkshire) British Regiment of Foot Soldier’s Pewter Cuff Button, .5” diameter, with Original Shank, Very Fine.	$350 - $400
48	May 6, 1776-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Autographed Letter Signed, “Lieut. William Allen” regarding trying to exchange her Thirteen Pounds of Rhode Island Currency into smaller Bills (of Colonial Currency paper money notes), Providence, (RI.), Choice Very Fine.	$600 - $800
49	OLIVER ELLSWORTH (1745-1807). Founding Father who served as the Third Chief Justice of the United States, 1796-1800, having been nominated by President George Washington; In U.S. Senate from Connecticut, 1789-1796. During the Revolutionary War, he served as a member of the Connecticut Pay-Table Committee. JEDEDIAH HUNTINGTON (1743-1818). Joined the Sons of Liberty of Connecticut in 1769, Major General in the Revolutionary War, an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. General Jedediah Huntington (1745-	$600 - $800
50	February 3, 1777-Dated Revolutionary War Period Manuscript Document, a Pay Order for a Sick Soldier in Colonel Chester's Regiment Sent Out of Camp by Order of the Colonel, Choice Very Fine.	$350 - $450
51	December 9th, 1778-Dated Revolutionary War, Manuscript Payment Warrant Issued by the Pay-Table Committee at Hartford, Connecticut, Signed by Fenn Wadsworth and John Lawrence plus Treasurer and Jedediah Huntington (1743-1818), an American General in the Continental Army, endorsed by Elisha Hutchinson, Choice Very Fine.	$300 - $400
52	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.	$1,400 - $1,800
53	August 31, 1783-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Partly-Printed Receipt Voucher for Wood for the British Army as they continued their occupation of New York City, by the “The Barrack Major Generals Department,” Choice Crisp Extremely Fine.	$1,000 - $1,200
54	c. 1794 Federal Period, Manuscript Legal Testimony Document, 2 pages (front & back of a single sheet), measuring 6-7/8" x 8" with the first 1-1/2 pages written in the hand of Benjamin Huntington, as Judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut (not signed), Fine.	$500 - $600
55	c. 1785 Colonial to Federal Period, Rare Engraved Bookplate of “Samuel Jordan Cabell” of VA, Officer in the Revolutionary War and in U.S. Congress from Virginia, Extremely Fine.	$400 - $500
56	c. 1790 18th century, “JOHN ADAMS” Revolutionary War Era Engraving by Reinier Vinkeles (1741-1816), Decoratively Matted and Framed, Amsterdam,Framed, Choice Extremely Fine.	$900 - $1,200
57	Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Steel Engraving after an original painting by Alonzo Chappel, with Pinckney’s facsimile signature below, by publishers, Johnson, Fry & Company, New York, 1862-dated, Very Fine.	$180 - $240
58	1790-1791 Dated, Lot of 3 Partially-Printed Certificates Signed, Ralph Pomeroy as Comptroller, Payments of "Lawful Money, out of any Funds appropriated for the Payment of Interest on the Liquidated Debt of the State of Connecticut.", Printed by Hudson and Goodwin, Very Fine or better.	$300 - $400
59	c. 1790 Late 18th Century, Likely American made Naval Cutlass, measuring 34” overall, featuring a Straight Single-Edged Blade, Disk Guard with Rolled Quillions, Wooden Hilt and Iron Pommel, Fine.	$600 - $800
60	January 14th, 1791-Dated Connecticut Treasury Office Partially-Printed Document Signed by 3 Members of the General Assembly, Acknowledging their Receipt of Payment for Attending the General Assembly, Choice Crisp Extremely Fine or better.	$400 - $500
61	c. 1800 Historic Liverpool Creamware Mug with black transfers of “IN GOD IS OUR TRUST” and “THE FARMERS ARMS / GodSpeed the PLOW” legends, Choice Extremely Fine or better.	$800 - $1,000
George Washington
62	March 11th, 1773-Dated Colonial Period, Maryland Principio Company (Historic Ironworks), that George Washington's Father, Augustine Washington Sr. agreed to Organize in Maryland in 1725 Partially-Printed Document Signed by (Ironmaster) Thomas Russell, “First” Bill of Exchange of 56.5 Shillings Sterling, drawn on London, (Cecil County), Maryland, Choice Very Fine.	$2,400 - $3,200
Federal Period
67	March 1805-Dated Federal Period, “Gentleman’s Magazine” Publication Including: “An Oration commemorative of the late Major General, Alexander Hamilton...”, London, Choice Extremely Fine.	$800 - $1,000
68	c. 1812 Rare Early Federal to War of 1812 Period, Partially-Printed Document, Privateer Ship’s Commission Paper (Private Armed Naval Vessel of War, as Specifically Allowed in the U.S. Constitution), an Official Printed Form, Unissued, Choice Very Fine.	$2,000 - $4,000
69	c. 1813-1815 War of 1812 Period, Partially-Printed Document Signed, (traceable names include): Asa Prime, Benjamin Stone, John J. Orton, and Elijah Couch who originate in Litchfield County, Connecticut, others hailing from towns such as New Milford, Reading, and Kent in Litchfield County, Conn., each signed below in support of the printed text, Choice Very Fine.	$800 - $1,200
70	May 22, 1815-Dated, BOSTON, MA. War of 1812 Era, Partially-Printed Letter to CASTINE, ME., regarding Ownership of a Ship Signed, “H(enry) A.S. Dearborn” as Port Collector, with its Stampless Integral Postal Cover, Fine.	$300 - $400
71	1847-Dated Book, “Doniphan's Expedition; Containing an Account of the Conquest of New Mexico; General Kearney's Overland Expedition to California...,” with its 13.25” x 10” Folding Map, by John T. Hughes, 3rd Edition, Fine.	$400 - $500
72	June 11, 1847-Dated Mexican-American War Period, Manuscript Letter with Integral Postal Cover, written at Mauch Chunk, PA, from Robert Klotz, Lt. in the 2nd Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteers to Roger Jones, the Adjutant General of the Army at Washington, D.C., asking for an extension of his furlough from Mexico, with Integral “FREE” Cover, Choice Very Fine.	$400 - $500
73	1899-Dated Spanish-American War Era, Printed Broadside Handbill For The Reunion of Mexican War Veterans, measuring 8.5” x 5.5”, Choice Extremely Fine.	$200 - $300
76	c. 1851 First Edition Important Imprint titled, “CONSTITUTION OF VIRGINIA.,” its light blue wraps cover page at top Signed in ink by, "L.Q. Washington" (1825-1902) a Jewish Confederate, with pencil beneath (in another hand), "Mr. Washington Asst. Secty of State 1850-1851.," being the man who warned South Carolina Governor Pickens about the Reinforcement of Fort Sumter, 33 pages, Complete, measuring 5.25” x 8.5, Very Fine.	$1,000 - $1,200
77	1859-Dated Pre Civil War, First Edition Book titled, “Excursion of the Putnam Phalanx to Boston, Charlestown and Providence...”, Published by the Phalanx, Hartford, Fine.	$120 - $180
78	c. 1840 Pre-Civil War American Dragoon Officer’s Ornate Dramatic Design Silvered Metal Helmet Plate Insignia, Choice Near Mint.	$300 - $400
79	180- (Printed and Manuscript Date) Federal Period, Printed “Wanted” Broadside, “Black Walnut Gun Stocks, SUITABLE for the muskets of the United States, are purchased by this office...”, by Tench Coxe, as the Purveyor of Public Supplies, Philadelphia, Choice Extremely Fine.	$800 - $1,000
80	180- (Printed and Manuscript Date) Federal Period, Printed “Wanted” Broadside, “Fulled Half Stockings, OF Carded (not Combed) Wool, of any dyed color, or of the natural colors of the Sheep, are occasionally purchased for the Army.” by Tench Coxe, as the Purveyor of Public Supplies, Philadelphia, Choice Extremely Fine.	$800 - $1,000
84	c. 1830-1840, Superb Content 7 page Manuscript Essay, highly critical of Immigrants coming to the United States, undated and unsigned, yet very pertinent to the current American Controversy, then being Anti-Irish, Anti-Catholic, Anti-Foreigners, Very Fine.	$800 - $1,600
87	c. 1805 Federal period, Historical Liverpool Creamware Pitcher “PEACE, PLENTY and INDEPENDENCE” and 14-Star American Flag Three Masted U.S. Sailing Ship, Choice Very Fine.	$1,000 - $1,500
90	c. 1870s, Group lot of Eight Sterioview Cards showcasing "Rogers' Groups" images of different John Rogers (1829-1904) famous statues, each measuring about 3.5” tall x 7” wide, visually showcasing the historical allure of the artistic craftsmanship of Rogers' statuary, Very Fine.	$240 - $320
Civil War Era
92	June 26th, 186(-) Civil War Era, Partially-Printed Shipping Certificate Signed, “Darius Doak” as Master, with Sailing Ship vignette, for Nine Boxes containing 900 Cigars, from the Port of Cardenas, bound for Philadelphia, Framed, Very Fine.	$300 - $500
93	October 18, 1862-Dated Civil War Period Manuscript Letter from Glidden & Williams California Packet Office, Boston, Mass., to J. B. Anthony at Providence, RI, regarding Anthony's nephew obtaining a position as a crew member on board the Clipper Ship "Geo. Raynes", Very Fine.	$200 - $300
94	August 29, 1864-Dated Scarce Civil War Partially-Printed, Town of Paris, Scarce Maine Promissory Note No. 6 for $25 with accompanying notice of authorization of issuance by vote of the town, Fine.	$200 - $250
95	c. 1861 Civil War, Union New York "Excelsior" Gold Bullion Cloth Badge Insignia, Near Mint.	$350 - $400
96	Civil War Red Silk with Gold Print Reunion Ribbon of the Ringgold Light Artillery, noted as the “First Defenders” who were the First Military Unit to Respond to President Abraham Lincoln's Call to Defend the Nation's Capital, Choice Extremely Fine+.	$350 - $450
97	December 18th,1865-Dated, Black Pencil Original Drawing of “Maj. Gen. Geo. B. McClellan, U.S.A." created in tribute to McClellan just months after President Lincoln’s Assassination, Hand-drawn in exquisite detail, Choice Extremely Fine.	$800 - $1,200
98	c. 1860-1870 Civil War Era, Union Army Major General Nelson A. Miles, Larger Size Miniature Oil Painting on Board, Portrait Showing General Miles in his Military Dress Uniform Wearing his Medal Of Honor, Framed, Extremely Fine.	$2,500 - $3,500
99	January 24, 1862-Dated Civil War Period, Extraordinary Manuscript Letter Signed, "Bernstorff" with 6 pages (3 pages in German and 3 pages a Contemporary Translation into English), written at Berlin, Prussia, Choice Very Fine.	$600 - $800
100	August 19, 1863-Dated Civil War Period, Manuscript Handwritten Letter from Acting Ensign Charles J. Stanley on the "tinclad" USS "Victory" of the Mississippi Squadron, Tendering his Resignation to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, Endorsed by “LeRoy Fitch, Lieut. Comdr”, Choice Very Fine.	$500 - $600
101	March 20, 1864-Dated Civil War Period, Manuscript Letter by U.S. Navy Lt. Commander LeRoy Fitch to the Fleet Captain of the Mississippi Squadron Regarding the Safety of Storing Gunpowder on the U.S. Receiving Ship "Grampus", Choice Very Fine.	$400 - $500
102	June 21, 1862-Dated Rare Partially-Printed, Washington to “VIRGINIA” Civil War Union Pass, Issued by the Provost Marshal's Office, Signed by Lt. J.S. Copley, Fine.	$400 - $500
103	July 7, 1862-Dated Civil War Period, Printed General Orders No. 74, “A Resolution to Encourage Enlistments in the Regular Army and Volunteer Force,” Choice Extremely Fine.	$300 - $400
104	September 9, 1863-Dated,Civil War Printed Circular from the Navy Department regarding transferring of accounts, Signed in the printed text by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, Choice Mint.	$100 - $150
105	1864-Dated Civil War Period Imprint titled, "Speech of Hon. John P. Hale of New Hampshire on Frauds in Naval Contracts, In The United States Senate, May 23, 1864.”, Printed in Washington: by H. Polkinhorn, Printer, 16 pages, complete, Fine.	$350 - $450
106	April 5, 1864-Dated Civil War Period, Manuscript Document, Head Quarters Signal Corps, Department of the Gulf, General Banks’ War date Field Orders No. 2 Ordering a Lt. to Admiral Porter for Signal Duty, 6-7/8" x 9-7/8", 1 page, Extremely Fine.	$800 - $1,000
107	December 22, 1864-Dated Civil War Printed General Order No. 35 regarding filling the State Quota by Volunteers of Union Soldiers, by John L. Hodson, Adjutant General of the State of Maine, Choice Extremely Fine.	$400 - $500
108	October 13, 1864-Dated Civil War Period, Manuscript Document Signed, “A.P. Davis, Captain and Provost Marshal” District of Maine, Recruiting Circular No. 30, by Augustus Davis, Very Fine.	$300 - $400
109	September 1, 1864-Dated Civil War, Partially-Printed Document, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. $300 Enlistment Bounty Fund 6% Interest Bond. Fully Issued, Statue of Freedom vignette at left, Justice and America at right, Extremely Fine.	$600 - $800
110	May 3, 1864-Dated Civil War Period, Union Navy Department General Order No. 33, the Court Martial of CHARLES WILKES, found “Guilty” on all five charges, Signed in print by Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Crisp Mint.	$100 - $150
111	July 16, 1864-Dated Civil War Period, Union Navy Department General Order No. 39, “Guilty Verdict in the Charge of Desertion,” Signed in print by Gideon Welles, Choice Mint.	$100 - $150
112	June 27, 1864-Dated, Civil War Period, Union Navy Department General Order No. 38, Signed in print by Gideon Welles, Choice Mint.	$100 - $150
113	June 29, 1865-Dated Civil War Period, Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles Orders Navy Department General Order No. 62, Awarding Bars to be Attached to Medals of Honor Previously Awarded to Two Sailors For Subsequent Acts of Gallantry, measuring 5.5" x 8.5", 1 page, Choice Crisp Extremely Fine or better.	$200 - $300
114	February 18, 1865-Dated Civil War Printed General Order No. 3, issued by John L. Hodson, Adjutant General of the State of Maine, regarding a $100 Cash Bounty for entering the Military or Naval service of the United States, Extremely Fine.	$200 - $300
115	c. 1860 Civil War Period, Print titled, “BRIG. GEN. A.E. BURNSIDE,” Printed by G.P. Putnam, New York, Choice Extremely Fine.	$100 - $120
117	1876-Dated, Rare First Edition Printing titled, “Suggestions On Torpedo Outfits Of The Vessels Of The Navy” and “Report on the Torpedo Fittings of the U.S.S. Intrepid,” by Lt. R. B. Bradford, Complete, Very Fine.	$400 - $600
118	1860s Union General William T. Sherman, Civil War Period, Carte de Visite Albumen Photograph within a American Heraldic Eagle Decorative Patriotic Embossed Frame, Very Fine.	$300 - $400
119	c. 1862 Civil War Major General George B. McClellan, Carte de Visite Photograph by Silsbee, Case & Co., Boston, Very Fine.	$200 - $300
120	c. 1862 Civil War Confederate Civil War General P.G.T. Beauregard, Rare Carte de Visite by D. Appleton & Co., New York maker’s backmark, Fine.	$200 - $400
121	c. 1862 Civil War, Carte de Visite Huge Composite with 100 Military Images, with a Printed Key Listing the 100 Union Notable Union Army and Navy Officers on back, Very Fine.	$350 - $450
122	c. 1864 Civil War, General Ulysses S Grant Carte-de-Visite Photograph with Decorative Embossed Eagle Frame, Choice Extremely Fine.	$200 - $300
123	c. 1864 Civil War, Union General Joseph Warren Revere Carte de Visite, being the Grandson of famous American Revolutionary War Patriot Paul Revere, Jr. Silversmith, Engraver & Patriot, “Warren” hand-written under the image, Very Fine.	$300 - $400
124	1865-Dated Civil War Confederate States President Jefferson Davis Depicted “Dressed as a Woman When Captured” Carte de Visite, Very Fine.	$300 - $400
125	Union General Benjamin Butler Civil War Period Carte de Visite by Sheldon & Swymmer, Canal St, New Orleans, La., with “Butler” written in brown ink under the maker’s imprint, Fine.	$150 - $200
126	Rare Set of Three Civil War Era Carte de Visite Photographs showing a Little Girl wearing glasses, and dressed as a Patriot as LADY LIBERTY with her TOY DRUM, by Rasmussen Art Studio, Rock Island, Il., Very Fine.	$500 - $600
127	c. 1850-1860, Pen and Ink Silhouette of a Young Woman with a strong resemblance to Belle Boyd, the famous Confederate Spy from Virginia, Period Framed, Very Fine.	$600 - $800
128	October 7, 1881-Dated Post Civil War Period, Commemorative Civil War Veterans, “ARMY - NAVY CLUB OF CONNECTICUT - Third Annual Reunion” Printed Silk Ribbon, Very Good.	$150 - $200
129	July 20, 1905-Dated, (GAR) Yellow Silk Ribbon printed with: “27th Annual Reunion the Soldiers & Sailors Association of Cleveland O. at the White City on the Lake July 20, 1905 Admit One,” Very Fine.	$150 - $200
Abraham Lincoln
130	c. 1860 Civil War Era, ABRAHAM LINCOLN Presidential Campaign, Illustrated Printed Satyrical Cartoon as a “Two-Faced” politician, 1 page, measuring 8.25” x 10.5”, Choice Very Fine.	$2,000 - $2,400
131	1860s Civil War Period, Carte de Visite Photograph, of a Bearded President Abraham Lincoln, Very Fine.	$400 - $500
132	c. 1862 President Lincoln and his First Term Cabinet, Civil War Carte de Visite, by E & H.T. Anthony, New York, Very Fine.	$300 - $400
133	c. 1864 Civil War Carte de Visite Photograph of President Abraham Lincoln, Hamilton/Ostendorf Guide book O-96, by Wenderoth & Taylor in Washington, D.C., Fine.	$500 - $600
134	Civil War Union Major General David Hunter, Carte-de-Visite Published by E. & H.T. Anthony from a Negative by Brady, NY, Headed the Abraham Lincoln Assassination Trials, Choice Very Fine.	$240 - $280
135	1860 Beardless Abraham Lincoln / Hannibal Hamlin Presidential Campaign Letter Sheet with Matching Envelope, used in 1870 by the noted Writer and Diplomat Edmund Flagg (1815-1890), Very Fine.	$800 - $1,000
136	1860 Presidential Campaign, “The Fence That Uncle Abe Built.” Split Rail Abraham Lincoln Portrait Vignette Postal Cover (Walcott 189) with Beardless Lincoln portrait vignette, franked by 3c rose George Washington Stamp, tied by blue Dec 4th Norfolk, Va. circular date stamp, complete, Fine or better.	$600 - $800
137	1862 Civil War Period, Colorful “Buly for Lincoln” Hand-Written Political Sentiment on a Abraham Lincoln Stamped Patriotic Postal Cover (Walcott 203), by an Identified Union Soldier, Choice Very Fine.	$500 - $600
138	September 9, 1864-Dated Civil War Period Abraham Lincoln Presidential Campaign Imprint, headed, "The Presidential Election, Appeal of the National Union Committee to the People of the United States", urging the importance of reelecting President Abraham Lincoln, never folded, Choice Extremely Fine or better.	$1,000 - $1,200
142	ABRAHAM LINCOLN Original PROOF ENGRAVING By the AMERICAN BANK NOTE Co. Engraver CHARLES SCHLECHT (1843-1932), Very Fine.	$400 - $500
143	c. 1860 Civil War Era, Colorful Glass Lantern Slide, No. 10, titled, “Lincoln on Flat Boat”, by Moore, Hubbell & Company, Masonic Temple, Chicago, Very Fine.	$400 - $500
144	c. 1860 Civil War Era, Presidential Campaign Colorful Glass Lantern Slide, No. 12, titled, “Debate with Douglas” with image of a Beardless Abraham Lincoln, Choice Extremely Fine.	$400 - $500
145	c. 1864 Civil War Era, Abraham Lincoln Political Glass Lantern Slide, No. 16, titled, “Taking Oath of Office” (as President), Choice Extremely Fine.	$400 - $500
147	c. 1865 Civil War Era, Abraham Lincoln Mourning Period, Stereoview published by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., Labeled "Lincoln Memorial. Dissected Leaves.", with a Tintype Photo of Bearded President Lincoln at center of a Christian Cross, Choice Very Fine.	$400 - $500
151	1917 World War One Period, Stereoview Card Photograph, the Allied commission with Marshall Joffre and others Visiting Abraham Lincoln's Grave in Springfield, Illinois, Choice Crisp Mint.	$200 - $300
Slavery & Black History
153	1956, Original Hand-Drawn Published Political Cartoon Pencil Drawing titled, “Lend Me Your Ears” by Illustrator Paul Carmack, “Disagreement on Civil Rights,” published in the Christian Science Monitor, March 14, 1956, Choice Crisp Very Fine.	$500 - $600
156	December 21, 1857-Dated Speech Imprint: “Kansas Affairs” by Hon. Wm. A. Bigler of Pennsylvania, 19-pages, measuring 9” x 5.75”, controversy and debate over Statehood and Slavery in the Territory, Very Good.	$300 - $400
157	February & March 1858-Dated Pre Civil War, Lot of Two Historic “Free Soil & Slave Soil” Political Imprints regarding Kansas Admission Proposals To The Union by Congress, Very Fine.	$300 - $400
158	1860-Dated Civil War Period Black History & Slavery related Imprint titled: “The Present Crisis: with a Reply and Appeal to European Advisers, from the Sixth Edition of Slavery and the Remedy.” by Samuel Nott, Brocker & Brewster, Washington Street, Boston, Choice Very Fine.	$400 - $500
159	February 6, 1868-Dated Post Civil War, Manuscript Letter, Raleigh, NC, with printed official letterhead of "Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Office Chief Q.M. and Disbursing Officer, State of North Carolina" Signed, Thomas W. Johnston, Brevet Lt. Col., and Chief Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer for North Carolina, to Hannibal D. Norton, Agent for the Bureau in Morganton, N.C., Choice Extra Fine.	$500 - $600
160	c. 1860s Civil War Era, Ambrotype Photograph measuring 4” tall x 3” wide mounted within a mount having no frame, the image of a Black Woman in superb quality, Choice Extremely Fine.	$600 - $800
165	1867-1888 Indian Wars Period, 8th United States Cavalry Cloth Badge Insignia with central metal "8" above Crossed Cavalry Swords of Gold Bullion, Extremely Fine.	$300 - $400
166	1884-Dated, Rare Johns Hopkins University Studies Reference Booklet, Second Series, titled, “Indian Money as a Factor in New England Civilization,” Very Fine.	$250 - $350
167	August 8, 1885-Dated, Copyright 1886 Large Photo measures 11.5” x 12” of President Grant’s Funeral, “United States Sailors In Double Line, One of the most interesting features of the Grand Procession,” Framed, Choice Near Mint.	$500 - $600
168	1930 G.A.R 63rd Annual Encampment Guest Ribbon, Department of Vermont, Albans, VT	$120 - $180
Decorative Arts
171	(RALPH WALDO EMERSON and J.R. LOWELL), Both American Poets with their Dual Photograph Images on Opposite Sides of the Same Cabinet Card, Choice Extremely Fine.	$200 - $300
176	1874, Exceptional Color Lithograph titled, “DANIEL BOONE PROTECTS HIS FAMILY,” by H. Schile, 1 Division Street, NY, measures 28.25” x 22.5”, Very Choice Crisp Near Mint.	$800 - $1,000
Political Americana
177	1828-Dated, THE VIRGINIA ADDRESS., Printed Document, being an Anti-Jackson Convention of Delegates, “TO THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA.” Former Presidents James Madison and James Monroe address to the people of Virginia, 8 pages, Complete, Fine.	$500 - $1,000
179	c. April 1808 Federal Period, Printed Circular titled, "United We Stand - Divided We Fall," [Boston, Massachusetts], Signed in the printed text, "The Central Committee"; addressed to Col. Thomas Lincoln, Taunton, Massachusetts, 1 page, measuring 8 3/8” x 10”, Very Fine.	$400 - $600
180	November 17, 1828-Dated, Anti-Jackson Tariff of 1828 Related Autograph Letter by Abraham H. Schenck, with his Integral Postal Cover, “FREE, A.H. Schenck, P.M. Fishkill Landing,” postmarked Nov. 18, to Simon Newton Dexter, Matteawan, New York, Choice Fine.	$400 - $600
181	January 25, 1851-Dated Pre Civil War Era, Political Manuscript Letter, Sardinia, NY from Clinton Cole to Rev. George W. Gorham, at New Haven, CT., with its original Transmital Cover and letter with content extolling the merits of both President Millard Fillmore, and the powerful Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton (father-in-law of John C. Fremont), Extremely Fine.	$300 - $400
182	August 15, 1856-Dated, Important Political Content Manuscript Letter Signed, “Cornelius L. Gordon,” regarding the 1856 Presidential Election, with Integral Transmittal Cover, Fine.	$800 - $1,000
183	October 1, 1861-Dated Civil War, ABRAHAM LINCOLN related, with Henry W. Bellows and others, Printed Circular, Signed in Printed Typeset Text, “A. LINCOLN.” at the conclusion, to "the Loyal Women of America.", 3 pages, measuring 8” x 10” on light blue wove period paper, Washington, DC, Choice Very Fine.	$800 - $1,000
184	1844 Presidential Campaign, HENRY CLAY (1777-1852), Hand-Colored Lithograph Portrait by N. Currier, 2 Spruce St., New York, Framed, Very Fine.	$300 - $400
185	February 19, 1874-Dated, rare early Climate Change related United States Senate Executive Document Imprint No. 28, President Ulysses S. Grant Transmits an Extraordinary Content “Memorial” for the Preservation of Forests, 6 pages, measuring 5.75" x 9", Very Good.	$1,000 - $1,200
186	1912-Dated, Original Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Election Campaign Political Poster Artwork, Hand-Drawn Cartoon with “Carry A Big Stick” theme with Caricatures of Theodore Roosevelt, by W.F. Fancher, Extremely Fine.	$600 - $800
187	c. 1770 18th century, American Hand-Painted on Bone, Colonial Period, Miniature Portrait of an unknown Gentleman, Fine.	$200 - $300
194	c. 1870 Indian Wars Era, Rare Tintype Photograph of a Native American Indian Army Scout seated together with his Family, in a Doubled Gilt-Framed Holder, Extremely Fine.	$800 - $1,000
197	December 13, 1897-Dated U.S. Senate Document No. 15, headed, "The Situation in Alaska", in which US War Department Secretary of War Alger Transmits a Letter Received From the Mail Carrier between Juneau and Circle City, Very Good.	$150 - $200
Weapons & Maps
199	1762-Dated French and Indian War Colonial Era, Janvier's Hand-Colored Outline Map of North America titled, “L’Amerique Septentrionale divisee en ses principaux Etats.”, St. Janvier, Bordeaux, France, Framed, Very Fine.	$800 - $1,200
Tokens & Medals
201	Lot of Nineteen, 1879 South Carolina Act of Assembly “CERTIFICATE OF STATE INDEBTEDNESS.” State Fiscal Bonds, Unissued, Crisp Uncirculated.	$300 - $500

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