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2	Elisha Boudinot (1749-1819). Patriot supporter of the American Revolution who assisted in the Spy network for General George Washington; Commissary of Prisoners for the State of New Jersey in December 1778; Lawyer who served as an Associate Judge of the New Jersey Supreme Court (1798-1804); younger brother of Elias Boudinot (1740-1821), elected President of the Continental Congress; distinguished citizen of Elizabeth, NJ.	$500 - $600
3	JOHN CHESTER (1749-1809). Revolutionary War Patriot Hero at the Battle of Bunker Hill, shown in Gilbert Stuart’s historic painting “The Death of General Warren” shown holding the dying General Warren while trying to protect him from the advancing British, he Crossed the Delaware with General George Washington as a Continental Army Soldier from Connecticut.	$800 - $1,000
4	WENTWORTH CHESWELL (1746-1817). Born in Newmarket, New Hampshire to a Free black man of biracial ancestry and a white woman, he attended the prestigious Governor Dummer Academy in Byfield, Massachusetts, where he received a classical education, and returned to Newmarket, NH to become a Schoolmaster; Elected as Town Constable in 1768, and was elected to other positions, including Assessor, Auditor, and Justice of the Peace, to which last post he was elected in 1805 and served until his death. He is considered to be the First African American elected to public office in the Unitd States, as well as the First Black Judge in the United States. A black Revolutionary War veteran, Cheswell served in 1777 in the Saratoga Campaign.	$1,500 - $2,000
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
6	(General George Armstrong Custer) Archive featuring: Headed “Headquarters” an Original Four Page Manuscript Copy of General George Armstrong Custer’s Farewell Address to his Third Cavalry Division of April 9, 1865, completely Handwritten by Custer’s Staff Aide: “L.W. Barnhard, Capt & AA General,” as noted at the conclusion of this Contemporary Period Document reading: “Presented to Robert McKinley, Com. 4, 2nd West Va. Cavalry Third Cavalry Division,” Very Fine.	$10,000 - $15,000
7	(STEPHEN DECATUR, SR.) (1752-1808). American Merchant Ship Captain before the Revolutionary War, American Naval Captain in the Revolutionary War, and later commissioned as a U.S. Navy Captain in the Quasi-War with France, Commanded the USS Delaware and sailed in the First American Navy fleet to cross the Atlantic, along with his son Stephen Decatur Jr.	$600 - $1,000
8	GENERAL ABNER DOUBLEDAY (1819-1893). Civil War Union Army General, Officer at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, SC. when it was first attacked and in return aimed and Fired the First Union Shot against the Confederates in the attack on Fort Sumter, credited by some with having Invented the modern game of Baseball.	$4,500 - $5,500
9	SAMUEL FRANCIS DU PONT (1803-1865). U.S. Naval Officer who during the Civil War, Commanded the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron; led the successful Attack on Port Royal, S.C., and blockade; Promoted to Rear Admiral on July 16, 1862; blamed for the first failed attack on Charleston, SC in April, 1863, which resulted in his resignation; died June 1865 at age 61.	$1,800 - $2,400
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
13	WILLIAM FLOYD (1734-1821). Americaan Founding Father; Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence risking his life and property to support the cause of American independence; Politician from New York, a Major General of the American Revolutionary War; served as a Delegate from New York in the First Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776; and a Member of the New York State Senate (Southern District) from 1777 to 1788.	$1,500 - $2,000
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
15	MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE (1757-1834). Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, known in the United States as “Lafayette” was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War, Commanding American troops in several major battles including the Siege of Yorktown; close friend of George Washington; Later, Commander of the “Gardes Francoises” in Paris.	$1,000 - $1,500
17	JAMES MADISON (1751-1836). Founding Father from Virginia who served as the 4th President of the United States (1809-1817); hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in Drafting and Promoting the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights; President during the War of 1812 against Great Britain. JAMES MONROE (1758-1831). 5th President of the United States. During the War of 1812, Monroe held the critical roles of both Secretary of State and the Secretary of War under President James Madison.	$4,000 - $6,000
19	WILLIAM McKINLEY, (1843-Sept. 14, 1901). 25th President of the United States (1897-1901), serving from 1897 until his Assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party, he led a realignment that made Republicans largely dominant in the industrial states and nationwide for decades.	$600 - $800
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
23	DAVID DIXON PORTER Civil War Rear Admiral, GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy, and SAMUEL P. LEE, Acting Rear Admiral.	$1,500 - $2,000
25	OLIVER PRESCOTT (1731-1804). Served as Chairman of the Groton, Massachusetts Town Committee that protested the British Stamp Act in 1765 and was Clerk of the Town's Committee of Correspondence in 1774; Served in the Militia before the American Revolution and at the start of the Revolutionary War became Brigadier General of the Middlesex County Militia, then Appointed the 3rd Major General of the Massachusetts State Militia in 1778; During the Siege of Boston, he was charged with setting up checkpoints to stop communication between the British garrison and pro-British sympathizers in the countryside; Served on the Massachusetts Supreme Executive Council from 1777 to 1780.	$3,500 - $4,500
26	(SELECTMEN OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS) Signed by; Elias Hasket Derby, Jr. (War of 1812 Militia General and Privateer); Edward Norris (Shipmaster); Jonathan Waldo (Important Salem Apothecary) and Jacob Sanderson (Historic Salem Cabinetmaker).	$800 - $1,200
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
30	PHILIP H. SHERIDAN, (1831-1888). Union Army Major General who Commanded the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac; After the Civil War, he Waged War on the Native Americans During the Indian Wars of the Great Plains; was Commanding General of the U.S. Army from 1883 until his death in 1888 at age 57.	$600 - $800
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
32	ROBERT SMITH (1757-1842). 2nd United States Secretary of the Navy (1801-1809), and through Thomas Jefferson's Presidency; he served as the 6th Secretary of State under President James Madison from 1809 to 1811.	$1,400 - $1,800
33	ROBERT SMITH (1757-1842). Secretary of the Navy under Thomas Jefferson, (1801-1809); Secretary of State in Cabinet of James Monroe (1809-1811); an American politician who played a significant role during the early years of the United States.	$2,000 - $3,000
35	LOWELL THOMAS (1892-1981). American radio commentator, explorer, lecturer, author and journalist, best remembered for his publicizing T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia).	$800 - $1,600
36	JONATHAN TRUMBULL (1740-1809). Paymaster General in the Continental Army and Aide-de-Camp to General George Washington; American soldier and politician; he later Served as Governor of Connecticut and as the Second Speaker of the US House of Representatives.	$600 - $800
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
38	RICHARD VARICK (1753-1831). Mayor of New York City from 1789 to 1801, Speaker and Member of the New York State Assembly, American Lawyer and Politician, 1775 Revolutionary War Captain of the 1st New York Regiment, Private Secretary to General George Washington.	$8,000 - $12,000
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
41	JAMES WOOD (1741-1813). Eleventh Governor of Virginia (November 30, 1796-December 19, 1799); Revolutionary War military officer who attained the rank of Brigadier General; he was the son of a Surveyor who worked for Lord Fairfax and with George Washington, he was a close friend and supported Washington’s election to represent the town of Winchester, Virginia in the House of Burgesses.	$1,200 - $2,400
Colonial America
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
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
50	January 1774-Dated London Magazine Published Extensive Report headed, “America. / Boston, Dec. 20”, pages 51-51, regarding news of the BOSTON TEA PARTY, Choice Very Fine.	$1,200 - $1,800
51	1785-Dated Philadelphia Printing of the rare Anti-Slavery Pamphlet by Early American Abolitionist Anthony Benezet titled, "A Caution To Great Britain and Her Colonies, in a Calamitous State of the Enslaved Negroes in the British Dominions. A New Edition.”, Fine internally Choice.	$1,500 - $2,000
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
58	November 19, 1774-Dated, First State, “The Bostonians in Distress.” Historic “Intolerable Acts” period, Political Mezzotint Engraved Copper-Plate Print, "London, printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map & Printsellers, No 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs, 19 November 1774" after Phillip Dawe, engraver Johann Martin Will (1727-1806)(Augsburg), Framed, Choice Very Fine.	$25,000 - $35,000
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
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
67	c. 1760, Hand-Colored British Mezzotinto Portrait Print Under Glass of His Highness George Prince of Wales, (the young later King George III of the American Revolutionary War) after Painting for H. Overton at the White Horse, toned, Framed, Very Good.	$500 - $700
69	Mezzotint of “Benjamin Franklin, LLD, FRS.” After the painting by David Martin, a Very Fine impression, published by Edward Savage (1761-1817). One of the rarest of Franklin portraits. “D. Martin pinxit. / E. Savage sculp't” / “London, Published Sept'r 17, 1793, by E. Savage, No. 50 Hatton Garden.”, Framed, Choice Very Fine.	$10,000 - $12,000
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
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
75	April 5, MDCCLIX (1759) Virginia Act, Ten Shillings, Backed, PCGS graded Very Good-10. Ex: Stack’s John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part VIII, 2005	$2,400 - $3,200
Revolutionary War
78	c. 1785, Original American Revolutionary War Era Patriotic Play titled, “Bunker Hill, A Tragedy,” by J. Burk, housed in its Original Wraps, Very Good.	$1,500 - $3,000
81	December 15th 1774-Dated Revolutionary War Era, Imprint titled: “THANKSGIVING DISCOURSE,” Intolerable Acts & Boston Port Bill Calamities, A Discourse Preached by John Lathrop, Minister, Printed by D. Kneeland; and Sold by Samuel West, in Queen-Street, Boston, Very Fine.	$1,200 - $2,400
82	September 28, 1775-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Exceptional Typeset & Woodblock Printed Broadside titled, “TO ALL TRUE WHIGS, And particularly to such as are Independent Electors of the City and County of New York.”, issued by “The Friends of Liberty,” New York City, Very Fine.	$15,000 - $20,000
83	April 25th 1776 to December 1776-Dated Revolutionary War, British 71st Regiment of Foot Manuscript Document Signed, “Law(rence) R. Campbell, Capt. 2nd Batt(allion) 71st Regt.,” an “Account of Subsistence for One Corporal and Twenty-two Privates belonging to the Grenadier Company of 2nd Battalion, 71st Regiment,...” (The 71st Regiment's last American battle action was at the Siege of Yorktown in September 1781)	$2,000 - $2,400
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
87	August 13th, 1780-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Unique Serial Number “1”, Partially-Printed Document Signed, “James Bagley - W.M.G.L.”, at Lebanon, Lancaster County, PA., being a “Pennsylvania” Interest Bearing Bond, Anderson listed as PA-2, fully executed for the Purchase of a Horse by the United States Continental Army, Choice Very Fine.	$1,200 - $2,400
88	February 21, 1781-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Imprint “Acts and Laws,” Regarding “High-Treason” and for “repealing” an ACT regarding the 1780 Bill Regulating and Enacting that Bills of Credit heretofore emitted by the Authority of Congress, &c. Shall be a legal Tender, Hartford, Connecticut, Very Fine.	$1,800 - $2,400
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
95	Lot of Three Revolutionary War Cannonballs said to have come from a collection in South Carolina found near Ft. Moultrie, Very Fine.	$350 - $450
96	c. 1780-1812 Revolutionary to War of 1812 Era, Naval Cannon Bar Shot, both Iron Balls measuring 2.75” wide with an 8” long chain that extend fully to 12.75” long, in excellent apparently unused condition, having a natural rich age patina, Choice Extremely Fine.	$1,200 - $1,800
97	c. 1780-1812 Revolutionary to War of 1812 Era, Naval Cannon Chain Shot, both Iron Balls measuring 2” wide with an 7.5” long chain that extends fully to 11.5” long, in excellent apparently unused condition, having a natural rich age patina, Choice Extremely Fine.	$1,200 - $1,800
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
99	1777-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Benjamin Franklin Portrait Terra Cotta Medallion Plaque, shown wearing his popular American Beaver Fur Hat, by Jean-Baptiste Nini, Extremely Fine or better.	$3,000 - $4,000
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
102	Miniature Portrait of JOHN PAUL JONES (1741-1792), after Charles Willson Peale’s original Portrait from Life (1781), by artist George Bagby Matthews (1857-1943), of America's first most famous Navy Commander and hero best known for this reply for his surrender: “I have not yet begun to fight”, shown wearing his Revolutionary War Continental Navy Commanding Officer’s Uniform and wearing his French “Cross of Military Merit”, Framed, Choice Extremely Fine.	$8,000 - $12,000
103	c. 1795 Important Watercolor Painting Miniature Portrait of Captain Elisha Hinman (1734-1807) of Stonington, Connecticut, a Revolutionary War Officer and Appointed one of the First Captains of the American Continental Navy, later a succesful Privateer, Oval Brass Framed, Choice Extremely Fine.	$6,000 - $9,000
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
109	c. 1780-1800, GEORGE WASHINGTON Portrait Pinback Brooch, High-relief red Milkglass Engraved Portrait with a decorative Brass Surround, its original Pin fully Intact, Choice Extremely Fine.	$2,400 - $3,800
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
112	c. 1796 Federal Period, Stipple Copper-Plate Engraving titled, "G. Washington. N en Virginie anne 1733. Commandant en Chef des Armes et Prsident du Congres d'Amrique." Proof Impression, after Franois Bonneville, by Louis Charles Ruotte, Paris, Crisp Near Mint.	$1,000 - $1,500
113	1793-Dated Federal Period, Rare Engraving titled, (George) “WASHINGTON. A Loosjes Pz Excudit”, Portrait engraved by “H. Roosing, Sculpt., Rotterdam.,” After Joseph Wright, Framed, Choice Extremely Fine or better.	$800 - $1,000
117	c. 1799 Federal Period, Miniature Oval Portrait Proof Engraving of General George Washington shown in his Military Uniform, this the Only Known Proof being described by Hart #694 a Copper-Plate Stipple by William Harrison, Jr., Extremely Fine or better.	$1,800 - $2,400
119	Extremely Rare 1800-Dated Washington Memorial Period Copper-Plate Engraved Print of George Washington by I. G. Walker From a Picture Painted From Life by W. Birch, Choice Crisp Very Fine or better.	$1,500 - $2,000
120	c. 1800 Federal Period, Reverse Painting on Glass titled, “AMERICA.” a Memorial to George Washington, that shows a depiction of a Native American Indian Woman wearing a feathered Headdress, representing stylized "America", “Publish’d by P. Stampa, No. 74 Leather Lane, Holborn (England), Fine.	$2,000 - $3,000
121	February 22, 1832-Dated, Unique Original George Washington Related Hand-Engraved Copper Printing Plate used for the Printing of Silk Ribbon Badges, for the 1832 Centennial Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington, Philadelphia Civic Procession, Badge design, engraved by “Tiller Sc”(ulptor), Central Bust Portrait of President George Washington, Choice Near New.	$2,000 - $3,000
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
128	1796-Dated, (Volume I Only): “The Laws of the United States of America in Three Volumes, “Published by Authority.” Philadelphia: Printed by Richard Folwell, No. 33 Mulberry Street, 1796. The last page states, “Printing Done with Expedition and Care, by Richard Folwell, No. 33, Carter’s Alley”, Very Good.	$800 - $1,200
129	May 22, 1798-Dated Federal Period, Official House of Representatives Imprint Titled, "REPORT of the COMMITTEE To Whom was referred, on the 29th of November last, so much of the PRESIDENT’s SPEECH as Relates to the PROTECTION of COMMERCE, and the DEFENCE OF THE COUNTRY.”, in Recommending... the United States Marine Corps to place Marines on American Navy Vessels, Very Fine.	$1,200 - $1,800
130	1828-Printed Document titled, “THE VIRGINIA ADDRESS.” 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.	$600 - $800
131	(1798) ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS. Printed Broadsheet: “AN ACT” of Congress (JOHN ADAMS) Naturalization Law of 1798. An Act Supplementary to, and to amend the act, intitled, "An Act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization; and to repeal the act heretofore passed on the subject." (Philadelphia), (1798), About Fine.	$2,400 - $3,600
132	c. 1800-Dated Federal Period, Partially-Printed Shipping Vessel Bill of Sale and Enrollment Form from the early 1800s displaying an impressive official “American Eagle” Vignette, with 3 pages, measuring 8" x 13", Complete, Fine.	$600 - $800
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
134	War of 1812 Period, “General Jackson Hero of New Orleans”, 7” Tall Staffordshire Transfer-Printed Copper Lustre Pitcher, by Enoch Wood and Sons, England, Choice Near Mint.	$1,000 - $1,500
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
138	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.	$3,000 - $4,000
139	February 5th, 1814-Dated War of 1812 and Creek Indian War Period, Manuscript Letter, sent from William Hall, Locustland, Tennessee, addressed to William B. Lewis, General Andrew Jackson's Quartermaster at Nashville, requesting “payment for 150 Stand of Arms and a large quantity of Linens for the use of Genl. Jackson's Army", Very Fine.	$1,000 - $1,500
140	War of 1812 Era, Reverse Painting on Period Beveled Glass of Naval Officer Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819) a.k.a. “Hero of Lake Erie” in Silhouette Portrait, with its original Period Frame, Extremely Fine.	$2,800 - $3,600
143	June 24, 1842-Dated, Rare Content Shipboard Autograph Letter Signed, “Jas Armstrong” as Navy midshipman serving aboard the Sloop USS Cyane, "Off the Harbor of Valparaiso", written to his father Captain William Armstrong, while en route to “Seize” Monterey from Mexico, Fine or better.	$1,500 - $2,000
146	AMOS DOOLITTLE (American, 1754-1832), 1814 Complete Set of Four with Hand-Color, Religious Allegory Engravings, Published & Sold by Shelton & Kensett Cheshire, CT., comprising: The Prodigal Son Receiving his Patrimony / The Prodigal Son Revelling with Harlots / The Prodigal Son in Misery / The Prodigal Son Returned to his Father, each measuring 13.75” x 10.25”, contemporarily and uniformly Framed to 15.25” x 11.75”, Choice Very Fine.	$10,000 - $12,000
147	c. 1815, Hand-Painted, Reverse-Painting on Glass, Seated Portrait of Andrew Jackson, titled “Ar Jackson” with his Sword shown in the lower right corner, Framed, Choice Extremely Fine.	$1,200 - $1,800
Civil War
149	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.	$500 - $600
150	c. Made in 1851, Rare 1st year of production Civil War Period Colt Model 1851 NAVY black powder percussion Revolver made in 1851, Serial number 4381 with period Leather Holster, both Very Fine.	$3,000 - $4,000
151	Colt Model 1860 ARMY black powder Percussion Revolver, Civil War Period Made in 1863 for U.S. Military Issue, First Month of Production in Year 1863, Very Good.	$1,800 - $2,400
152	c. 1860 Civil War, Original Artwork Drawing, Chalk on Board, of Union and Confederate States of America Flagged Navy Ironclads and Rams, Artist Signed “Franck,” Framed, Choice Extremely Fine.	$1,200 - $1,800
153	c. 1865 Civil War, Watercolor Painting titled, “Naval Engagement Between The Kearsarge & The Alabama,” Artist Signed “R. E. Babson,” After the 1864 painting by Louis Le Breton, Framed, Choice Extremely Fine.	$4,000 - $5,000
154	c. 1870 Oil on Canvass, Painted Portrait in Uniform of Rear Admiral John A. Winslow (1811-1873), Commanding Officer of USS Kearsarge, the ship that sank the Confederate raider CSS Alabama during the Civil War, Framed, Extremely Fine.	$3,000 - $4,000
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
157	May 1, 1861-Dated Civil War Period, Exceedingly Rare Broadside style Handbill Issued just over Two Weeks after the Surrender of Fort Sumter titled, “By Submarine Telegraph From The Seat Of War ! - A Naval Engagement ! - The United States Triumphant !!” New York, Framed, Very Fine.	$2,000 - $4,000
158	JULY 23, 1861, 6 A.M-Dated, Civil War Confederate Newspaper Special Printed Broadside: "GLORIOUS VICTORY!" regarding the First Battle of Bull Run, Printed by the GEORGIA CITIZEN EXTRA- TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1861. 6 A. M.", Framed, Choice Very Fine or better.	$1,800 - $2,800
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
160	c. 1864 Civil War Era, Hand-Colored Mammoth Size Lithograph titled, “United States Iron Clad Ram DICTATOR / Designed by J. Ericsson / Built at the Delamater Iron Works, New York”, Published by Endicott & Co., New York, (1864-1883), Framed, Choice Crisp Near Mint.	$2,000 - $3,000
Abraham Lincoln
175	1866-Dated, Exceedingly rare, Calligraphic rendering of the Emancipation Proclamation titled, "A National Pen Picture." being a Albumen Photograph of the original artwork, measuring 13” x 10” mounted on its original 16” x 13” photographer's heavy paper with Printed Caption below; By Prof. D. T. Ames Syracuse, N.Y., Framed, Photographic Image is Very Fine.	$2,500 - $3,500
177	April 15th, 1865-Dated, Exceptional Important Content Lincoln Assassination, Autograph Letter Signed, Regarding Military Instructions and information including, “The President and Secretary of State were assassinated last night...”, Choice Very Fine.	$3,000 - $4,000
178	April 15, 1865-Dated Civil War Official United States Navy Imprint Memorializing Lincoln’s Assassination, Signed in print by Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy and John A. Dahlgren, Rear Admiral, Extremely Fine.	$1,400 - $1,800
Slavery & Black History
181	1814-Dated, Manuscript Document, Slave Bill of Sale, Bourbon County, Kentucky, in which Margaret Eastin sells to William Stamps, the Slave Mary and her two children, Stephen & Isaac, Very Fine.	$600 - $800
182	September 15, 1864-Dated Choice Content Civil War Period Manuscript Letter by a Union Solder in the 47th Illinois Infantry Writing of a Fatal Explosion at Fort Pickering, and Putting the Blame on a Negro who was Smoking Nearby, “...the fort exploded - a negro was fooling around somewhere near smoking, when they exploded with a terrific noise, killing some 4 or 5 persons...”, Very Fine.	$800 - $1,000
183	December 31, 1828-Date Created, Manuscript Legal Document, Last Will and Testament of William Lawrence of St. Mary's County, Maryland, executed on November 12th, 1833, in which he Frees his Slave Henry for his “true and faithful service,” Fine.	$600 - $800
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
Weapons
203	c. 1450 Middle Ages, Hand-Wrought Forged Iron Forked Halberd Head for special use to defend against horses by attacking enemy soldiers, and for pushing ladders off castle walls, Choice Extremely Fine.	$1,400 - $1,800
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
206	1856 Colton‘s Color Wash and Outline Color Map of the United States, Large framed Engraved paper USA Map showing the lands allotted to the Indian tribes and west of the Mississippi, the various internal improvements, etc., compiled from surveys at the United States land office and various other authentic sources by J Calvin Smith, New York, published by J H Colton and Company, Framed, Very Fine.	$10,000 - $15,000
207	1779-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Hand-Colored Map & Plan of Amelia Island, First State, with the Fleur-de-lis in the Depot de la Marine Stamp, Navigational Chart of Amelia Island and the entrance to the St. Mary's River in Northeastern Florida, Never Folded, Framed, Very Fine.	$1,800 - $2,400
Colonial Coinage
212	Undated (1795) Washington North Wales Halfpenny. Musante GW-51, Baker-34, W-11150. Type with One Star on each side of Harp, Copper, Plain Edge, Extremely Fine.	$500 - $600
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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