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5	GEORGE CLINTON (1739-1812). Considered one of the “Founding Fathers” of the United States; Governor of New York from 1777 to 1795, and 2nd Term again from 1801 to 1804, then Served as the 4th Vice President of the U.S. from 1805 to 1812.	$600 - $800
10	WILLIAM ELLERY (1727-1820). Signer of the Declaration of Independence for Rhode Island, member “Sons of Liberty,” 1776 Delegate to the Continental Congress from Rhode Island and on its Marine Committee, Naval Officer for the Colony of RI, Signer of RI Currency Notes, and appointed as Continental Congress Loan-Office Commissioner for the State of RI, etc.	$1,800 - $2,400
11	BENJAMIN EDES (1732-1803). Benjamin Edes instigated and paid for the Boston Tea Party - and, to his death, guarded the secret list of all who participated, a.k.a. “FATHER OF THE BOSTON TEA PARTY”; A FOUNDING MEMBER “THE SONS OF LIBERTY”; Bookseller, Printer, Publisher, Journalist, and Patriot; maintained the most radical of Boston newspapers in the period leading up to the American Revolution; a Founding Member of the “Loyall Nine” -- the group that eventually became “The Sons of Liberty”. DAVID JEFFRIES (1714-1784). Deacon of Old South Church and Town Treasurer of Boston during the Revolutionary War.	$5,000 - $6,000
12	THOMAS FITCH (c.1699-1774). Born in Norwalk, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale College in 1721. Served in the Connecticut General Assembly and was Governor of the Colony of Connecticut from 1754 to 1766, leading the Colony through the tumultuous years of the French and Indian War.	$1,800 - $2,400
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
20	HENRY MIDDLETON (1717-1784). A Founding Father of the United States from South Carolina, President of the Continental Congress from South Carolina (1774-1774), Delegate to the Continental Congress (1774-1774), Signer on a rare South Carolina Currency issue in 1775, being the only available “Collectable” example of Henry Middleton’s autograph.	$2,000 - $4,000
21	HENRY MIDDLETON (1717-1784). A Founding Father of the United States from South Carolina, President of the Continental Congress from South Carolina (1774-1774), Delegate to the Continental Congress (1774-1774), Signer on a rare South Carolina Currency issue in 1775, being the only available “Collectable” example of Henry Middleton’s autograph.	$2,000 - $4,000
22	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.	$2,000 - $3,000
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
37	JONATHAN TRUMBULL, SR. (1710-1785). Connecticut’s First “Patriot Governor” as an Independent State, a merchant, judge, and politician; Trumbull held the distinction of being the only Patriot Governor at the start of the American Revolutionary War, serving as the colony’s 16th Governor (Oct. 1776 to May 1784), and the State’s First Governor after the Declaration of Independence from Britain.	$800 - $1,000
39	ARTEMAS WARD (1727-1800). American Revolutionary War First Commander of American Patriot Forces Post April 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington Green & Concord; Council of Massachusetts-Bay; Member of the Continental Congress and the U.S. House of Representatives. OLIVER PRESCOTT (1731-1804) Colonial-era Physician, Soldier, and Judge; in 1776 he was appointed a Brigadier General for Middle-Sex County by the Executive Council of Mass Bay: he also was in the same year chosen as a Member of the Board of War; in 1777 Elected a Member of the Supreme Executive Council, 1778 Appointed the Third Major General of the Militia throughout Massachusetts.	$2,400 - $3,400
Colonial America
42	1726-Dated, Hardcover Religious Book fully titled: “Practical Discourses on Death, Judgement, Heaven & Hell. In Twenty-Four Sermons, by John Webb, M.A. Pastor of a church in Boston. By John Webb (1687-1750), Date: MDCCXXVI. (1726), Boston, Fine.	$1,500 - $2,000
45	1756-Dated Colonial Period French and Indian War Imprint, titled "Sermon Preached to the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company in Boston, New England; June 7, 1756. Being the Anniversary of their Election of Officers. By Ebenezer Pemberton, M.A. Pastor of a Church in Boston. Boston, New-England: Printed and Sold by Edes and Gill, next to the Prison, in Queen-Street, M,DCC,LVI." S Choice Very Fine	$2,000 - $3,000
46	1766-Dated (Printed in 1765) Pre-Revolutionary War Stamp Act Era, Colonial Almanac, Second Edition published by Nathaniel Ames, Boston, 24 pages, Complete, containing Paul Revere’s Engraved Woodcut Illustration of an “Eclipse” on page 17, the earliest known Paul Revere Engraved Almanac Illustration as seen in Brigham, PAUL REVERE’S ENGRAVINGS, “Acc’t of American Almanacs,” page 198, Fine.	$2,000 - $3,000
47	Rare Original Copper-Plate Engraved Bookplate of "Whitehead Hicks, Esqr." who served as Mayor of New York City from 1766 to 1776, and with Engraved Imprint of the Engraver "H. Dawkins, Sculp." (c. 1753-1786), at top Crest the Latin motto: "Pro Lege et Rege" (For King and the Law), Choice Very Fine.	$800 - $1,000
48	John Campbell 4th Earl of Loudoun (1705-1782), Bookplate engraved with his Coat of Arms, Governor-General for Virginia 1750, and was a British Army Officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, North America from 1756 to 1757, Framed, Choice Extremely Fine.	$600 - $800
52	Richard Corbin (1713-1790), His Engraved Bookplate from his Library, "Corbin Hall", Middlesex County, and "Laneville", King and Queen County, Virginia. Mentor to George Washington, Original Bookplate laid on the inside of a front book cover Very Fine.	$500 - $600
53	PAUL REVERE, JR. Copper-plate Engraved Bookplate for Gardner Chandler, Printed Restrike Printed Off the Original Engraved Copper-Plate by Revere, Crisp Near Mint.	$600 - $800
54	(HENRY WOOD) (Born about 1619-September 30, 1670) in Middleboro, Plymouth, MA, at about 76 years of age). Reference: Mayflower Descendants, Volume XIII, Plymouth Colony Vital Records, page 86, "Henry Wood and Abigail Jenney the xxiiith April 1644" son of Johanem John Atwood. Henry and his brothers Stephen and John came to Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts in either 1641/43 with John Jenny and family, and used the surname "Wood".	$5,000 - $6,000
55	October 14, 1706-Dated Early Colonial Era, Manuscript Document, a Bond Signed by Major John Walley (who Commanded the 1690 Battle of Quebec Land Forces) to Andrew Faneuil (Uncle of Peter Faneuil of Faneuil Hall fame), Guaranteeing Payment of four Bills of Exchange, Boston, Choice Very Fine.	$2,000 - $3,000
56	December 11, 1751-Dated, Colonial Rhode Island “Land Bank” Original Mortgage Bond, Indenture/Deed, Partly-Printed Document Signed, “Benjamin Potter” along with his red wax seal, Exeter (RI), Choice Very Fine.	$2,400 - $2,800
57	April 14th, 1766-Dated, Historical Manuscript Document Signed, Town Clerk Official True Copy dated to August 17th, 1818 of the “Tree of Liberty” of Newport, Rhode Island. An Original Historical Research Document and Archive containing Four Items with Six Pages and includes the Official True Copy of the Deed of the Tree of Liberty & of the lands whereon it Stands, written by Town Clerk William Read.” Also documenting the authorized Trustee’s Decendants to care for the Tree from that day forward: “chosen by the Survivors of them, upon the decease of either of them, forever, in such succession, a certain large Button Wood Tree, standing at the North End of Thames-street, in Newport,...”. Newport, Rhode Island, Very Fine.	$5,000 - $10,000
59	PAUL REVERE (1734-1818). Original Hand-Colored Copper-Plate Engraved Print titled: “The BLOODY MASSACRE perpetrated in King - Street, BOSTON on March 5th 1770, by a party of the 29th Regt.”, Boston: Engrav’d Printed & Sold by Paul Revere, (March 1770), One of only 29 Known, most held in Institutional Collections, Framed, Very Fine.	$200,000 - $300,000
60	September 10, 1770-Dated Newspaper, “BOSTON-GAZETTE And Country Journal” with a Masthead Engraved by PAUL REVERE, Referencing the Non-Importation Act, Monday, No. 805, Printed by Edes & Gill (Boston), measuring about 9.25" x 15.5", 4 pages Complete, Used, Fine.	$2,800 - $3,200
61	c. 1750-1760 Mid 18th Century, scarce and desireable French and Indian War Period, relief carved English Silver Embellished wrist and Grip Cap Flintlock Pistol, made by very well known gun maker's "GRIFFIN & TOW", Ex: Gordon Barlow as feature double-page imaged in his book COLONIAL ARTIFACTS, pages 204-205, Choice Very Fine.	$2,500 - $3,500
62	Feby. 1st 1775-Dated, Historic Map titled, “A Plan of the Town and Chart of the Harbour of Boston Exhibiting a View of the Islands Castle Forts and Entrances into the Said Harbour. - Feb 1st 1775”, measuring 11" x 14" (by sight), London, 1 February 1775., Framed, Very Fine.	$1,800 - $2,400
63	William Franklin (c. 1730-1813), Wedgwood Oval Light Blue Jasper Dip Plaque with a High Relief White Porcelain Portrait Medallion as British Colonial New Jersey Royal Governor (and Son of Benjamin Franklin), with his name inscribed in script on the reverse “Govnr. Franklin” with impressed mark “Wedgwood” below, attributed to Flaxman, measuring about 4 1/2" x 3 3/8", Choice Extremely Fine or better.	$2,000 - $3,000
64	c. 1745-1748 Colonial Period, Important French Fortress Louisbourg (Nova Scotia, Canada), Original Hand-Engraved Powder Horn with City and Fortress View, measuring about 13” long x 3.25” wide/cap, Very Fine.	$8,000 - $10,000
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
66	c. 1765 2nd half 18th Century Colonial to Revolutionary War Era, American Wooden Stave Canteen with Willow Tree Bands, Choice Extremely Fine.	$900 - $1,200
70	October 21st, 1773-Dated Pre Revolutionary War, Rare Engraved Broadside titled: “A Prospective VIEW OF DEATH” The LIFE, LAST WORDS, and DYING SPEECH of LEVI AMES, Who was executed at Boston, on Thursday Afternoon, the Twenty-first day of October, 1773, for Burglary.”, as well as Allegorical figures representing “Liberty” and “Britannia,” Framed, Fine.	$6,000 - $8,000
71	November 24, 1774-Dated Pre-Revolutionary War Colonial Period, Newspaper fully titled, "The Massachusetts Spy Or, Thomas's Boston Journal.", with the historic "JOIN OR DIE" Patriotic Legend within a “Severed Snake” Design in the Masthead, representing the American Colonies, “Volume IV.) THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1774. (Number 199.” published by Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831), Boston, 4 pages, complete, expertly conserved, Fine.	$8,000 - $10,000
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
73	18th Century Colonial Era, European (possibly French) Silver-Hilt Small Sword with Iron and Decorative Engraved Silver work, Museum attributed as having been owned by Samuel Hale of Newbury, Mass., and later Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Choice Very Fine.	$4,000 - $5,000
74	Georgia Colonial Currency, May 4th, 1778, Revolutionary War Period, Forty Dollars, with “Dove and Sword” Seal Vignette, Gem Crisp Uncirculated.	$4,000 - $5,000
Revolutionary War
79	Colony of Massachusetts Bay, August 18, 1775, One Shilling, with unique “PINE TREE” vignette, Paul Revere Engraved Copper-Plate First Denomination of the First “Sword in Hand” Issue with reverse legend, “Issued in defence of American Liberty.” and Minuteman Design, also with the First “Due Date” of August 18, 1778, Very Fine.	$10,000 - $12,000
80	March 28, 1770-Dated Manuscript Letter Signed, “Nath Coffin” as Collector at the "Custom House, Boston" sent from Nathaniel Coffin to John Swift, being the Collector of Customs at Philadelphia, written shortly after the “Boston Massacre,” which occurred on March 5th 1770, About Fine.	$1,000 - $1,500
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
104	February 1798, Hand-Colored Copper-Plate Engraved Print titled, "DEATH OF GENERAL MONTGOMERY / In the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775." Mezzotint Engraving by Johan Frederik Clemens after a 1786 painting by American artist John Trumbull, Published in London, by A.C. de Poggi, offered together with its scarce Original Engraved master “Key” depicting the Americans officers at Quebec, both Engravings Framed, Very Fine.	$3,000 - $4,000
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
111	November 14, 1792-Dated Federal Period, Newspaper titled, “The New Jersey Journal”, Elizabethtown, New Jersey, with President George Washington’s Annual Message to Congress and 1792 Half Disme / United States establishing is first Mint content, Published by Shepard Kollock, 4 pages, Complete, Choice Very Fine.	$1,000 - $1,500
Federal Period
133	December 7, 1801-Dated Federal Period, Newspaper titled, “Boston Gazette”, Reports the headline, “A Correct and Candid Statement of Facts, Relative to the Late Unfortunate Duel at New York” regarding Alexander Hamilton’s Duel and Death, Complete, Fine.	$1,000 - $1,200
War of 1812
137	1813-Dated, First Edition by John Wilson Campbell (1807-1876) titled, “A History of Virginia from Its Discovery Till the Year 1781”, 310 pages, published in Petersburg, Virginia by William Fry, Printer, 1813. Worn, torn title page, toned throughout, Good.	$300 - $400
Encased Postage Stamps
168	1874-Dated, Special Award Medals to John Shillito & Co. (An Encased Postage Stamp Merchant) Matched Hand-Engraved Pair of Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, Struck one each in Silver and Copper, each having Hand-Engraved Award Text, both Choice Extremely Fine.	$700 - $800
Slavery & Black History
184	Late 18th Century Colonial Era, Original Hand-Forged Iron Slave Ankle “Bracelet” measuring 3.5” x 4” with an inner diameter of about 2.5” with Internal small Iron Ball “Rattles” to made noise, a likely child size, Fine.	$500 - $600
185	Late 18th Century Colonial Era, Original Hand-Forged Iron Slave Ankle “Bracelet” measuring 3.25” x 2.75” with an inner diameter of about 1.75” with Internal small Iron Ball “Rattles” to made noise, likely for a small child sized, Very Fine.	$500 - $600
186	Late 18th Century Colonial Era, Original Hand-Forged Iron Slave Ankle “Bracelet” measuring 5” x 4.75” with an inner diameter of about 3.5” with Internal small Iron Ball “Rattles” to made noise, (a likely man size), Very 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
Colonial Coinage
208	1766 William Pitt “Silvered” Copper Colonial Halfpenny, Extremely Fine.	$1,800 - $2,400
213	1865-Dated Civil War Period, J.A. Bolen “Die Sinker and Medalist”, Springfield, Mass., JAB-17, Struck in White Metal, PCGS graded Mint State-61.	$600 - $800

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