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3	SAMUEL ADAMS (1722-1803). Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Radical Boston Patriot, Politician of the American Revolution, Leader of the Massachusetts “Sons of Liberty” radicals; a Delegate to the Continental Congress (1774-81), and Massachusetts Governor.	$3,000 - $4,000
7	SIR FRANCIS BERNARD (1712-1779). Colonial America appointed Royal Governor of New Jersey in 1758, and Governor of Massachusetts-Bay in 1760 and who could not control the riotous town of Boston.	$2,500 - $3,500
8	(FRANCIS LEWIS CARDOZO) (1836-1903). Served as a minister in New Haven, Conn. before returning to South Carolina in 1865 with the American Missionary Association to establish schools for Freedmen; founded the Avery Normal Institute, the major school for training African American leaders for South Carolina; in 1868 a Delegate to the South Carolina Constitutional Convention; won election as Secretary of State of South Carolina, making him the First African American to hold a statewide office in the United States; Cardozo was the chief inspiration for villain Silas Lynch in Thomas Dixon Jr.'s novel The Clansman (1905) D. W. Griffith's film based on the novel, The Birth of a Nation (1915).	$1,000 - $1,500
10	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 Revolutionary War veteran, he served in 1777 in the Saratoga Campaign.	$1,000 - $1,500
14	COLONEL THOMAS DAWES (1731-1809). American Revolutionary War Patriot who served as a Massachusetts Militia Colonel; afterward assumed prominent positions in Massachusetts's government; Architect and Builder designing many of the most notable buildings in Boston, including the Old Street House and the Brattle Street Church. The cousin of William Dawes who rode to warn “The British Are Coming,” along with Paul Revere On His “Midnight Ride”.	$1,000 - $1,500
15	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.	$500 - $600
16	STEPHEN DECATUR (1779-1820). United States Naval Officer; Joined the Navy at age 19 as a Midshipman in 1798; Served with Distinction in the Quasi-War with France, both Barbary Wars and the War of 1812; He became a national hero for leading the raiding party into Tripoli harbor in 1804 to burn the captured USS "Philadelphia"; Served as a Navy Commissioner, 1816-1820; Killed in a duel with Commodore James Barron.	$800 - $1,000
17	SUSAN DECATUR (1776-1860). Wife of the Famous United States Naval Hero Stephen Decatur (1779-1820), who on March 22nd, at Bladensburg in Maryland was Killed in a Duel with Commodore James Barron.	$3,000 - $4,000
19	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
20	SAMUEL ARLENT EDWARDS (1861-1935). American Artist and Engraver, born in England, best known for his exceptional skills in the art of engraving; his engravings highly sought after by collectors.	$1,600 - $2,200
22	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.	$1,600 - $2,200
23	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.	$800 - $1,200
26	DAVID G. FARRAGUT (1801-1870). American Civil War Union Naval Hero, Commanded the attack on New Orleans, which he captured in April 1862, and was promoted to Rear Admiral after the Battle, a First to hold that rank in the U.S. Navy; Led the successful attack on Mobile Bay in 1864, and is remembered for his Order during the Battle, "Damn the Torpedoes, Full Speed Ahead".	$800 - $1,000
28	SAMUEL FRAUNCES (c. 1723-1795). Famous Tavern Keeper (Fraunces’ Tavern) and Steward of George Washington's Presidential Households in New York and Philadelphia; during the British occupation of New York, Fraunces was Captured and Impressed into the military service of British officers; while doing so, he was able to help feed American Captives, and was Credited with providing vital Information to American troops, and Preventing an Assassination Plot against General Washington.	$15,000 - $20,000
29	ALBERT GALLATIN (1761-1849). Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, American politician, Diplomat, Founder of New York University, served in the Senate and House of Representatives, the Longest-tenured U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and Ambassador to France and Britain.	$600 - $1,200
30	WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (1805-1879). American Journalist, Reformer, Founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society (1833) and Publisher of “The Liberator”. Garrison supported Abraham Lincoln's election and welcomed the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment that outlawed slavery forever in the United States. With Emancipation achieved, Garrison published the final issue of The Liberator in 1865.	$800 - $1,000
31	JAY GOULD, (1836-1892). American railroad magnate and financial speculator who founded the Gould business dynasty; generally identified as one of the “Robber Barons” of the Gilded Age; as his unscrupulous business practices made him one of the wealthiest men of the late nineteenth century.	$1,200 - $1,800
32	ULYSSES S. GRANT (1822-1885). Eighteenth President of the United States, First “Lieutenant-General” of the Army since George Washington, and Major General (July 4, 1863), he led the Union Armies to victory in the last years of the American Civil War.	$1,800 - $2,400
33	ROYAL GOVERNOR WILLIAM GREENE Sr. (1695-1758 ). Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations; Clerk of court in Providence; Speaker of the Rhode Island Assembly; then Deputy Governor from 1740 to 1743; Governor for the first time in 1743, serving four separate terms for a total of 11 years, and died while in office during his final term in 1758.	$800 - $1,600
34	EDWARD HAND (December 31, 1744 - September 3, 1802). A physician, farmer, Congressman, and an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War; Commanded troops in some of the key battles of the war, including Long Island and Trenton; As Adjutant General of the Continental Army, assisted General George Washington in the Siege of Yorktown; also was a Member of the Board convened by General Washington in 1780 to investigate the treachery of Benedict Arnold.	$1,600 - $2,400
35	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.	$8,000 - $12,000
37	THOMAS HUTCHINSON (1711-1780). Appointed Chief Justice of Massachusetts in 1760, and Royal Governor of American Colonial Massachusetts who was a staunch defender of the King’s English Colonial policies, Jurist and Historian.	$3,000 - $4,000
38	ANDREW JACKSON (1767-1845). Seventh President of the United States (1829-1837), Politician and Army Major General who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814), and in the War of 1812 the British Army at the Battle of New Orleans (1815).	$2,400 - $2,800
39	STEPHEN JENKS (1772-1856). A Yankee “Tunesmith”, teacher, and tunebook compiler. He was born in Gloucester, Rhode Island and raised in Ellington, Connecticut.	$800 - $1,600
41	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; Later, Commander of the “Gardes Francoises” in Paris.	$2,400 - $3,200
42	SAMUEL P. LEE (1812-1897). Born in Virginia, the Grandson of Declaration-Signer Richard Henry Lee, and Third Cousin of General Robert E. Lee; Appointed a midshipman in the U.S. Navy in 1825, his extensive service included combat in the Mexican War; in September 1862, promoted to Acting Rear Admiral in Command of the Union Navy North Atlantic Blockading Squadron.	$1,000 - $2,000
43	(ABRAHAM LINCOLN & STEPHEN T. LOGAN) Law Partners in Springfield, Illinois.	$3,000 - $4,000
51	JOSEPH WARREN REVERE (1812-1880). Served in both the U.S. Navy and the Army, who served with distinction as a Navy Lieutenant during the Mexican War, and as a Brigadier General during the American Civil War; he was the grandson of Paul Revere, Silversmith, Engraver, and famous Revolutionary War Patriot.	$5,000 - $6,000
52	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.	$1,500 - $2,000
53	ROBERT L. RIPLEY (1890-1449). Of “Believe It Or Not!” fame, an American cartoonist, entrepreneur, and amateur anthropologist, who created the Ripley's Believe It or Not! newspaper comic strip, radio show, and television show.	$600 - $800
56	WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN (1820-1891). Civil War Major General who Captured Atlanta, Commanded the March to the Sea through Georgia, and presented the City of Savannah as a “Christmas Present” to President Abraham Lincoln; Served as Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army, 1869-1884, during which time he oversaw the Indian Wars in the West.	$1,200 - $1,800
57	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 Andre, 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.	$1,200 - $1,800
58	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.	$1,600 - $2,200
61	BENJAMIN STODDERT (1751-1813). First Secretary of the Navy of the United States, serving from 1798 to 1801, building new ships, and improving naval operations. He established naval shipyards, including the Washington Navy Yard, was successful in management of the Quasi-War with France (1798-1800), an undeclared naval conflict between the United States and France.	$1,800 - $2,400
62	DANIEL D. TOMPKINS (1774-1825). Governor of New York (1807-1817), Fourth Vice President of the United States (1817-1825) under president James Monroe, Died at age 50 shortly after finishing his second Term as Vice President.	$600 - $800
65	ARTEMAS WARD (1727-1800). American Revolutionary War Major General; Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Massachusetts Provincial Army in 1775; on news of the Battle of Lexington he assumed Command of the American forces; later named by Continental Congress as Second in Command to General George Washington. Co-Signed “Joseph Ward ADC” as his Aide de Camp.	$1,800 - $2,400
66	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.	$10,000 - $15,000
67	GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799). First American President, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, President of the Constitutional Convention, and farmer; through these roles, Washington exemplified character and leadership for the future presidents of the United States.	$18,000 - $22,000
69	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.	$600 - $800
70	OLIVER WOLCOTT JR. (1760-1833). American politician from Connecticut who served as the 2nd United States Secretary of the Treasury (1795-1800) after Alexander Hamilton and the long serving 24th Governor of Connecticut (1817-1827).	$800 - $1,200
Colonial America
72	1783-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Large Bound Book titled, “The New Comprehensive and Complete History of England: From the Earliest Period of Authentic Information, to the Middle of the Year, MDCCLXXXIII” with frontis Imprint of the Magna Charta, by Edward Barnard, Esq., Very Fine.	$1,200 - $1,800
73	March 30, 1647-Dated Colonial Pilgrim Era, English Civil War Broadside titled: “A Declaration of the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament”, declaring as "Enemies to the State and Disturbers of the Publike peace" those who promote and advance a petition circulating in the Army "tending to put the Army into a distemper and mutiny", Choice Fine.	$1,000 - $2,000
74	February 12, 1678-Dated Colonial America, Contemporary Official Copy of the Letter from King Charles II to the Governor & Magistrates of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Dealing with Sundry Matters Including the Claim of William Crowne For Possession of Cape Hope", Framed, Fine.	$18,000 - $24,000
75	October 14, 1706-Dated Early Colonial Era, Manuscript Document, a Bond Signed by Major John Walley to Andrew Faneuil (the Uncle of Peter Faneuil) of Faneuil Hall fame, Guaranteeing Payment of four Bills of Exchange, Boston, Choice Very Fine.	$1,500 - $2,000
76	1766-Dated, Official British Imprint of the “Declaratory Act” of Parliament, 4-pages, Complete, “London, Printed by Mark Baskett, Printer to the King’s most Excellent Majesty; and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett.”, Very Fine.	$1,800 - $3,400
77	c. December 13, 1773 Pre Revolutionary War, Broadsheet, “Postscript to the Pennsylvania Packet, or, The General Advertiser. Philadelphia: John Dunlap” Regarding Repots on the Boston Tea Party, and the detestable “TEA-SCHEME” plus much more, 2 pages, Only the important Face side is shown, matted and Framed, Very Fine.	$3,000 - $4,000
79	c. 1634 Thoedore De Bry (1528-1598) and sons, Copper-Plate Etching titled, "Ceremoniae barbaroru in incantationibus" which appears to have been published in Frankfurt, Germany in 1634. Likely Proof with plate outlines lightly embossed into the paper, Framed, Choice Near Mint.	$6,000 - $8,000
80	c. 1731 to 1736 Pre-1743 Colonial America View, Hand-Colored Engraving titled, “A South East View of the Great Town of Boston in New England in America. I. (John) Carwitham Sculp., Printed for Carington Bowles Map & Printseller, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London.”, Framed, Choice Very Fine.	$10,000 - $15,000
81	1756-Dated French and Indian War Period, Exceeding Rare & Important First London Printing Engraving titled, “A Prospective of the BATTLE fought near Lake George, on the 8th of Sep. 1755, between 2000 English with 250 Mohawks, ...”, Published according to the Act of Parliament February the 2nd 1756. Created by Samuel Blodget, Engraved by Thomas Jeffreys, London, Uncolored, Framed, Choice Extremely Fine.	$60,000 - $80,000
82	TWO Nathaniel Hurd (1730-1777) Colonial Era Engraved Copper-Plate Bookplate Prints made for “Theodore Atkinson” and (New Hampshire Governor) “Wentworth”, both Framed, Choice Very Fine and Extremely Fine.	$1,200 - $1,600
83	c. 1761 French & Indian War Colonial America, Engraving titled: “A View of the City of Boston the Capital of NEW ENGLAND, in North America.” After Governor Thomas POWNALL’s Drawing (1722-1805), printed for John Bowles, Robert Sayer, Thomas Jefferys, Carington Bowles and Henry Parker, Copper Plate Engraving by P.C. Canot after a painting by Pugh from a design by Thomas Pownall, Custom Framed, Choice Crisp Extremely Fine or better.	$8,000 - $12,000
84	Mezzotint of “Benjamin Franklin, LLD, FRS.” After the painting by David Martin, Stauffer's first state of three, 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, Very Fine.	$8,000 - $12,000
85	c. 1798, Paul Revere Jr. Original Engraved Copper-Plate Bookplate Printed for American Patriot, Newspaper Publisher, and Founder of the American Antiquarian Society, Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831), Extremely Fine.	$1,200 - $2,400
American Revolution
86	c. 1776 Revolutionary War Period, Engraved Portrait of Esek Hopkins, First Commander In Chief of the American Continental Navy, engraved by Dupin sculp., Paris, Very Fine.	$400 - $800
88	July 19, 1775-Dated Revolutionary War, Rare Historic First Edition Printing of “Mr. Gordon’s Sermon Preached before the House of Representatives”, Printed and Sold in 1775 by Benjamin Edes of Watertown, MA., 29 pages, Complete, Choice Very Fine.	$3,000 - $4,000
89	October 17, 1778-Dated Revolutionary War, Manuscript Document Signed, “Nath'l Bently” being the Sworn Deposition of American Privateer Nathaniel Bently, Commander of the Armed Schooner "Hornet", detailing the events in which the Privateer under Command of Captain Treadwell, Captured the enemy Schooner “Hawke”, a desputed “Prize” claimed by Aaron Lopez, given at Providence, RI. pending a decision on Appeal to the American Congress, Choice Very Fine.	$2,000 - $3,000
92	June 22, 1780-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Broadsheet Design Printed Massachusetts Military “Draft” Act to Raise Soldiers, “sixteen years old or upwards, except Settled Ministers of the Gospel, and the President, Professors, Tutors, Librarian, and Students, of Harvard College,” Document Signed in Type, “John Hancock, Speaker”, 4 pages, Complete, (Boston), Massachusetts, Very Fine.	$5,000 - $6,000
93	c. 1780s Revolutionary War Era, Partially-Printed Deed for Land, for the sale of property Confiscated by the State of Massachusetts at the end of the Revolutionary War from “the Estate of Sir William Pepperell, now of London, Uncompleted, Choice Extremely Fine.	$1,200 - $1,800
94	December 23, 1782-Dated Revolutionary War, Partially-Printed Charleston South Carolina Parole Signed by Peter Merselis a New Jersey Loyalist Who Came to South Carolina with Cornwallis' Army. Uniface, Fully Signed and Executed, Choice Extremely Fine.	$3,000 - $4,000
96	1775 Revolutionary War Date, Scarce Map of Boston, "A New and Correct Plan of the Town of Boston", Copper-Plate Engraving from the October, 1775 issue of "The Gentleman's Magazine" (London). Choice Very Fine or better.	$1,200 - $1,800
97	John Norman, Engraved Map & Plan titled, “Plan of the Town of Boston, with the ATTACK on BUNKERS-HILL, in the Peninsula of CHARLESTOWN, the 17th of June, 1775”, by J.(ohn) Norman sc. (1748-1817), (Boston, 1782), Framed, Fine.	$5,000 - $6,000
98	c. 1776 Revolutionary War Era, American Patriotic First Edition Printed Songsheet titled, “RULE NEW-ENGLAND: A NEW PATRIOTIC SONG,” Written by Thomas PAINE, Esqr. A.M., - The Music Composed by F. Schaffer - Boston - Printed and Sold at P.A. Von Hagen’s Piano Forte Ware-House No. 4 Old Massachusetts Bank, head of The Mall,... & etc. (Other locations), Fine.	$1,800 - $2,400
99	August 12, 1779-Dated Revolutionary War Period Newspaper, “The Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser”, Boston, 4 pages, Complete, with a boldly illustrated “Sword in Hand” Masthead Design After Paul Revere (this design was engraved on 1775 & 1776 Massachusetts Currency Note Issues), Choice Very Fine.	$2,200 - $2,800
100	January to December of 1770-Dated, Entire & Complete Full Year of January through December Monthly Issues, “Town and Country Magazine” London, England, Containing All 12 Bound Issues, Choice Very Fine.	$2,500 - $5,000
103	March 26, 1776-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Mezzotint Engraved Print titled, “David Wooster, Esqr. : Commander in Chief of the Provincial Army against Quebec.”, Published as the Act directs 26 March 1776, by Thos. Hart. London, Framed, Choice Extremely Fine.	$3,500 - $4,500
108	1781-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Important Imprint titled: "An Address of the Convention for Framing a New Constitution of Government for the State of New Hampshire to the Inhabitants of Said State.", (presumed) published by Daniel and Zechariah Fowle, Portsmouth and Exeter, New-Hampshire, 63-pages, Complete. Sewn binding, front wrap detached, toning and stains on front wrap, edge wear. Printed "Errata" on back page is crossed out. Fine.	$1,200 - $1,600
110	PAUL REVERE (1734-1818). Original 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, Fine or better.	$250,000 - $300,000
111	(PAUL REVERE, JR.) (March 1770) Boston, (Fac-Simile) Republished, at 15 Water St. March 5, 1832, Engraved by William Stratton (1803-1846) after Paul Revere’s “Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt.”, for Goodspeed’s Book Shop of Boston, Excellent Crisp Virtually Mint.	$3,000 - $4,000
112	(PAUL REVERE, JR.) (March 1770) Boston, Uncolored (Fac-Simile) Republished, at 15 Water St. March 5, 1832, Engraved by William Stratton (1803-1846) after Paul Revere’s “Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt.”, for Goodspeed’s Book Shop of Boston, Excellent Crisp Virtually Mint.	$2,000 - $4,000
113	February 13, 1962-Dated, Original Goodspeed’s Bookshop Tag attached at bottom right of the reverse of the fame, with original light green printed text reverse, Goodspeed’s Framed, Choice Virtually Mint.	$400 - $600
George Washington
116	An Actual Piece of the Balcony Floor of Federal Hall in New York City on which George Washington Stood When He Took the Oath of Office on April 27, 1789, affixed to an 1896 Letter giving Provenance, Choice Very Fine.	$4,000 - $5,000
118	c. 1800 Federal Period, Historical Liverpool Herculaneum Creamware Pottery “Memorial Tribute” Portrait Pitcher, “He in Glory - America in Tears” and Jacob Perkins’ “GW” Funeral Urn Medal Design in Script, Illustrated in Arman, Page 205, Transfers W.35 and W.38, Choice Near Mint.	$3,500 - $4,000
122	George Washington Portrait, c. 1830-1840 first half of the 19th century, Oil & Pastel Painting on Old Linen, after Gilbert Stuart's Lansdowne (Constable-Hamilton) Portrait of George Washington painted in 1797), Framed and displayed under early glass, artist Signed, “L. Heniot” (?), (possibly French), Choice Very Fine or better.	$5,000 - $10,000
125	February 1, 1800 Federal Period Published, “Lansdowne Portrait of George Washington” as Engraved by James Heath (1757-1834), Historical Engraver to his Majesty and to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, London., Framed, Choice Extremely Fine.	$2,400 - $3,200
127	1853-Dated Hand-Colored Historic Engraving titled, “Washington Crossing the Delaware”, “Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853” engraved by Paul Girardet, on pressed board, After the original Oil Painting by E. LEUTZ in 1850, Framed, Fine or better.	$6,000 - $8,000
129	1819-Dated, George Washington Memorial Textile Kerchief, Portrait of Washington after the famous “Bowling Green” Portrait, Printed in Rich Brown on White Cotton Linen, Listed in “Threads of History” as Number 54 page 71, Framed, Choice Extremely Fine.	$5,000 - $6,000
Federal Period
132	c. 1798 Quasi-War Period with France (July 7, 1798 - September 30, 1800) Period, Manuscript Letter (a secret correspondence believed to be to Commodore Richard Dale), Undated and Unsigned, Providing (secret) Instructions on how to deal with Impressed American Sailors taken on French Ships and “other additional orders from the President.”, Very Fine.	$2,000 - $3,000
133	Historic Engraved Trio, Lot Containing Two Engraved Prints titled, A Front View of the State-House Etc. at ANNAPOLIS the Capital of MARYLAND. & View of the FEDERAL EDIFICE in NEW YORK., and a 1789 Partial Map titled, “A MAP of the (S)eat of the Late War at Boston in the (S)tate of Massachusetts”, average grade Fine.	$400 - $800
137	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", Unaccomplished, Complete, Fine.	$800 - $1,000
138	February 1800-Dated Federal Period, “The Last Will and Testament of Gen. George Washington ... Printed for John Russell and Manning & Loring, Sold at their Printing-Offices.”, Boston, MA, Extremely Fine.	$1,800 - $2,400
141	April 22, 1809-Dated Federal Period, Printed Broadside Regarding President James Madison Announcing the Impending End of President Thomas Jefferson’s 1807 Embargo Act with Great Britain, Signed in Type “By the President, JAMES MADISON”, printed by "Southwick & Pelsue, Printers", New York, April 22, 1809, Good.	$1,000 - $1,500
142	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.	$400 - $800
143	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.	$1,200 - $1,600
146	c. 1816 War of 1812 Period, Decorative Commemorative USS CONSTITUTION & BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE Pitcher, transfer after an Engraving by W. Hoogland after Michele Felice Corn in 1815 and NAVAL PITCHER, Choice Extremely Fine.	$2,400 - $2,800
148	c. 1800s (Undated) Early American Masonic Certificate, “Diploma of the 3rd Degree”, Unissued, Ornately engraved for H. Parmele”, Copy right secured (for sale), Fine.	$600 - $800
154	c. 1851, CONSTITUTION OF VIRGINIA., Pamphlet, Signed blue cover page at top in ink by, "L. Q. Washington," with pencil beneath (in another hand), "Mr. Washington Asst. Secty of State 1850-1851.", 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.	$800 - $1,600
Civil War Related
155	1861-Dated Civil War Sheet Music titled, “Fort Sumter Quick Step,” Composed by William Berge and dedicated to Major Robert Anderson, Published by Firth, Pond & Co., New York, 6-pages plus Illustrated Cover, measures about 13.5” x 9.5” (by sight), Framed, Choice Very Fine or better.	$400 - $500
157	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, 1864, Complete, Fine.	$400 - $500
159	May 24, 1861-Dated Civil War Period, "The Herald Extra. / The War Begun." Printed Broadside, Newburyport, MA., 1 page, measuring 5” wide x 14.5” tall, Extremely Fine.	$2,000 - $3,000
160	October 1, 1861-Dated Civil War, (ABRAHAM LINCOLN). Henry W. Bellows and others, Printed Circular Letter, Signed in Printed Typeset Text, “A. LINCOLN.” at the conclusion, to "the Loyal Women of America.", 3 pages, measuring 8” x 10” on blue period wove paper, Washington, DC, Choice Very Fine.	$800 - $1,200
161	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.	$800 - $1,000
162	11-STAR "FIRST NATIONAL" FLAG WITH SINGLE STAR, "BONNIE BLUE" FIRST UNOFFICIAL CONFEDEDERATE FLAG ON VERSO. Belle Boyd, the "Siren of the Shenandoah," gave the flag to Captain Frederic Sears Grand d'Hauteville on June 18, 1862, telling him that it was the flag she waived to urge on Confederate troops at the Battle of Front Royal a month earlier. D'Hauteville's 25-page autograph manuscript war memoir, with his account of the gift of the flag quoted above, is included. (See below for complete transcript). With additional photographs and manuscripts. Homemade, perhaps even by Boyd or a family member, and used only briefly before being given to d'Hauteville, the flag has been perfectly preserved, retaining the short ribbons along its hoist and showing no tears, holes, fraying, loss, or staining. Over 5 x 3 feet.	$70,000 - $90,000
163	(Confederate Spy BELLE BOYD) c. mid-1860s Civil War Period, From Matthew Brady's Washington, D.C. Gallery, an Original Photographic Wet Glass Negative, Sized for a Carte-de-Visite Images, measuring 2” x 3”, Very Fine.	$3,000 - $4,000
167	(THOMAS J. "STONEWALL" JACKSON) (January 21, 1824-May 10, 1863). Lieutenant General (CSA), Jackson came to Winchester as a Brigade Commander in June 1861, when General Joseph E. Johnston moved Confederate forces there from Harpers Ferry. When Johnston’s troops were summoned to Manassas in July, Jackson’s brigade led the way. During the fight at Manassas, Jackson earned his eternal sobriquet of “Stonewall” after General Barnard Bee, trying to rally his men, pointed to Jackson atop Henry House Hill and shouted, “Look men, there stands Jackson like a stone wall. Rally behind the Virginians!” On October 7, 1861, Jackson received a promotion to Major General and was given Command of the Valley District; arriving in Winchester in mid-November and remained there until March 11, 1862; on May 23rd, Two days after Front Royal, Jackson’s troops liberated Winchester from Union control in the First Battle of Winchester. After victory in the Shenandoah Valley, Jackson went east to fight in the Seven Days’ Battles, the Maryland Campaign, and the Battle of Fredericksburg.	$4,000 - $6,000
172	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.	$2,400 - $3,200
173	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.	$800 - $1,200
Abraham Lincoln & Related
177	December 13, 1861-Civil War Date, Autograph Letter Signed, “St. Clair Emerson,” Camp Barry, Washington, D.C., describing how he and his company of soldiers met President Abraham Lincoln, (William) Seward, and Col. Abner Doubleday on December 3rd, 1861 and heard a “Speech by Lincoln,” being the same day of Lincoln’s First State of the Union Address, Choice Very Fine.	$3,000 - $4,000
178	1862-Dated Civil War Period, First Edition, Historic Printed Sheet Music Titled, "PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S Grand March - Dedicated To THE UNION ARMY" by F.B. Helmsmuller, New York, Custom Framed, Choice Very Fine.	$800 - $1,000
180	1864-Dated Civil War Period, Lithograph Portrait of Abraham Lincoln by J.(ohn) C.(hester) Buttre (after the photograph by Mathew Brady), surrounded with vignettes designed by W. Momberger, New York, Framed, Choice Extremely Fine.	$400 - $500
Slavery & Black History
181	(1865-Printed) Abraham Lincoln's Reelection Related Booklet titled, “What Miscegenation Is! - And What We Are to Expect Now that Mr. Lincoln is Re-elected.” this (Racist Fake News Baiting) Printed Pamphlet, by L. Seaman, LL. D., New York: Waller & Willetts, 1865., with its Original Pictorial salmon wrappers, 8 pages, measuring 5.5” x 9”, Very Fine.	$1,200 - $1,800
186	c. 1885, “PARSONS & POOL’S FAMOUS DEAL / UNCLE TOM’S CABIN COMPANY.”, Boldly Illustrated Printed Broadside on Linen, measuring 13.5" x 11" with a large central Woodblock Printed Engraving measuring 5" x 8", by Crane Co. New York, Very Fine.	$1,600 - $2,800
Political & Americana
187	c. 1798, Charles Julien de Saint-Memin, Original Artwork Conte-Crayon Profile Portrait of “John Morgan Price” listed and illustrated in the master reference book, “Charles Julien de Saint-Memin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America” by Ellen G. Miles, Framed, Extremely Fine.	$6,000 - $8,000
189	c. 1828, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, Printed Document, "John Quincy Adams." Presidential Campaign Songsheet Handbill, Providence, RI: (Henry Trumbull), "John Quincy Adams is the man, / Round whom the people flock, Sir, / And none the worse for Uncle Sam, / Because of Yankee stock, Sir.", 1 page, measuring 8” x 10”, Fine.	$2,000 - $3,000
191	c. Late 1880’s, ULTRA-RARE 39-Star United States Of America Flag Design, that was Submitted to the U.S. Patent Office as a prototype, “NATIONAL BANNER” and “Patent Applied For” being sewn on the lower right corner, 23 inches wide x 24 1/2 inches high, Fine.	$1,000 - $2,000
192	Authentic Thomas Edison (1847-1931), c. 1910 Model 35A Universal Stock Ticker, with its Glass Dome, “MFD. BY T. A. EDISON INC. - 8689” previously located on J. William Middendorf’s II Executive Office Desk when holding a seat on the exchange, Used, Glass Dome Intact, Very Fine.	$6,000 - $8,000
193	July 17-Dated (“1895” Date Noted on Reverse), scarce Photograph of “BUFFALO BILL’S WILD WEST AND WORLD CONGRESS” Advertisement Painted Train Car with Year taken and Identification of the Staff Shown in Photograph at Platsburg, New York, Framed, Very Fine.	$800 - $1,000
Historic Maps
197	1826 First Issue, Historic Hand-Color Engraved Folding Map of New England, titled: “A Map of the New England States Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut With the adjoining parts of New York & Lower Canada. Boston, 1826.” by Nathan Hale (1784-1863) (“Compiled and published by”), Engraved by J. V. N. Throop, 72 segmented sections, fully open measuring to about 45” Height x 40” Width (plus margins), Complete With Its Original Slipcase, Very Fine.	$2,800 - $3,600
198	May 15th, 1864-Dated (Created), Hand-Scribed Calligraphy Broadside Document titled, “Compact or Constitution of the PILGRIM FATHERS / Signed on board the MAYFLOWER Novr. 11th 1620”, Intended for display, measuring 26.5” x 21.5”, by known teacher of penmanship and engraving, artist Nathaniel Duren Gould (1781-1864), Framed, Fine.	$3,000 - $4,000
199	c. 1775 18th century Revolutionary War Wooden Black Painted “Cheesebox” style Militia Canteen, having the unique Owner’s Name “LANE” clearly branded on on side, Choice Very Fine.	$1,500 - $2,000

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