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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
Colonial America
43	June 24, 1693-Dated, Single Sheet (Printed on Both Sides), measuring 12.5” x 7.5”, Choice Extremely fine or better. A rare 17th century newspaper with a question and answer format, with fascinating early ads and notices on the verso including one for a new and now very rare Boston pamphlet titled: “A Further Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches”.	$800 - $1,200
44	May 4, 1749-Dated, Newspaper titled, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia, contains British King George II’s PROCLAMATION declaring the historic Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, Printed by B. Franklin, Post-Master, and D. Hall at the New-Printing-Office, near the Market, Choice Extremely Fine or better.	$1,500 - $2,500
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
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
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
Revolutionary War
76	July 24, 1777, THE DEATH OF BUTTON GWINNETT is reported, The Continental Journal, and Weekly Advertiser, Boston, Printed by John Gill, in Queen-Street, Complete Issue, Very Fine.	$1,500 - $2,000
77	July 19, 1777-Dated Revolutionary War, Newspaper titled: The Pennsylvania Evening Post, Philadelphia, Four pages, Complete, 9.75” x 7.75” Quarto, Printed by B. Towne, Choice Extremely Fine or better.	$800 - $1,200
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
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
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
114	February 15, 1933-Dated (at one time celebrated as Washington's Birthdate), Elegant Porcelain Tray Hand-Painted by artist Stella Evans. Inspired by a relatively rare engraving entitled "The Home of Washington," this original painting depicts George Washington and his family with the Marquis de Lafayette, on the long porch of Mount Vernon overlooking the Potomac River.	$1,800 - $2,400
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
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
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
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
Civil War
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
Political Americana
196	1889-Dated Copyright, Cabinet Card Photograph of Cheyenne Indian Brave named KE-KI-OU-KAH (or) Star / Blazing Star, with his identification inscribed below his image, image by Lentz Bros, Peru IND. with the makers decorative printing on the reverse, Fine.	$600 - $800

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