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Historic Autographs
4	THOMAS CRANSTON (1710-1785). Thomas Cranston was an Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from August 1763 to May 1764, and served as Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives at the time; the town of Cranston, Rhode Island was created in 1754 and historians believe either Cranston, his grandfather, or father Samuel Cranston became the namesake of Cranston. The first page of the first town record book of Cranston bears the inscription "the gift of Thomas Cranston to the town called Cranston."	$800 - $1,000
6	HENRY DEARBORN (1751-1829). Continental Army General; Member of General George Washington's staff; present during the British Surrender at Yorktown; later U.S. Secretary of War under president Thomas Jefferson. Together with: JOHN HOLLAND BARNEY (1752-1840). Brother of Commodore Joshua Barney, operated a tavern in Georgetown and on the west bank of the Susquehanna River at Havre de Grace, Baltimore County, Maryland.	$400 - $600
8	DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (1890-1969). 34TH President of the United States (1953-1961); During World War II he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe, achieved the Five-Star rank as General of the Army.	$300 - $400
12	DAVID HUNTER (1802-1886). President of the Abraham Lincoln Assassination Military Commission that Tried the John Wilkes Booth Conspirators, from May 8 to July 15, 1865. Union Major General in the American Civil War who achieved fame by his “Unauthorized” 1862 General Order 11 (immediately rescinded by President Abraham Lincoln) Emancipating Slaves in three Southern States; sanctioned the organization of the first African American Regiment during the Civil War, Union Army Commander of the Department of the South.	$1,000 - $1,200
14	SAMUEL HUNTINGTON (1731-1796). Signer of the Declaration of Independence, President of the Continental Congress (1779-1781), First President of the United States under the Articles of Confederation in Congress Assembled, 18th Governor of the State of Connecticut.	$800 - $1,000
20	JOHN NIXON (1733-1808). Brigadier General, On July 8, 1776 Patriot John Nixon made the very First Public Proclamation Reading of the Declaration of Independence, read from the steps of the Pennsylvania State House, General George Washington’s Aide-de-Camp; Financier and Official Director of of the Bank of North America of Philadelphia, who served as a Militia Officer in the American Revolutionary War, and Chairman of the Committee of Safety.	$2,400 - $3,200
27	ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (1884-1962). The longest-serving First Lady of the United States, holding the post from 1933 to 1945, during her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, and historic Woman’s Rights activist.	$400 - $500
28	NATHAN MAYER ROTHSCHILD (1777-1836). Baron de Rothschild, English-German banker of Jewish heritage; businessman and financier of the second generation of the Rothschild Banking dynasty which was to become N. M. Rothschild & Sons; First person of Jewish faith admitted to the House of Lords; A Freemason, in the aftermath of the British Slavery Abolition Act 1833, with the Slave Compensation Act 1837, Rothschild and his business partner Moses Montefiore loaned the British Government 15 million (worth 1.46 billion in 2022), used to compensate the Slave owners in the British Empire after the Slave Trade had been Abolished.	$600 - $800
33	HARRY S. TRUMAN (1884-1972). Thirty-Third President of the United States, who served as President between Roosevelt's death in April 1945 to January 1953; Authorized Dropping of the First Atomic Bomb on Japan to End World War II.	$400 - $500
Colonial America
37	Stephen Martin-Leake, Author, Reference Book titled: “An Historical Account of English Money, From the Conquest to the Present Time; Including Those of Scotland, From the Accession of James I to the Union of the Two Kingdoms.” Second Edition, London, Complete, Fine.	$600 - $800
Revolutionary War
55	c. 1785 Colonial to Federal Period, Rare Engraved Bookplate of “Samuel Jordan Cabell” of VA, Officer in the Revolutionary War and in U.S. Congress from Virginia, Extremely Fine.	$400 - $500
Federal Period
68	c. 1812 Rare Early Federal to War of 1812 Period, Partially-Printed Document, Privateer Ship’s Commission Paper (Private Armed Naval Vessel of War, as Specifically Allowed in the U.S. Constitution), an Official Printed Form, Unissued, Choice Very Fine.	$2,000 - $4,000
70	May 22, 1815-Dated, BOSTON, MA. War of 1812 Era, Partially-Printed Letter to CASTINE, ME., regarding Ownership of a Ship Signed, “H(enry) A.S. Dearborn” as Port Collector, with its Stampless Integral Postal Cover, Fine.	$300 - $400
76	c. 1851 First Edition Important Imprint titled, “CONSTITUTION OF VIRGINIA.,” its light blue wraps cover page at top Signed in ink by, "L.Q. Washington" (1825-1902) a Jewish Confederate, with pencil beneath (in another hand), "Mr. Washington Asst. Secty of State 1850-1851.," being the man who warned South Carolina Governor Pickens about the Reinforcement of Fort Sumter, 33 pages, Complete, measuring 5.25” x 8.5, Very Fine.	$1,000 - $1,200
Civil War Era
99	January 24, 1862-Dated Civil War Period, Extraordinary Manuscript Letter Signed, "Bernstorff" with 6 pages (3 pages in German and 3 pages a Contemporary Translation into English), written at Berlin, Prussia, Choice Very Fine.	$600 - $800
128	October 7, 1881-Dated Post Civil War Period, Commemorative Civil War Veterans, “ARMY - NAVY CLUB OF CONNECTICUT - Third Annual Reunion” Printed Silk Ribbon, Very Good.	$150 - $200
Abraham Lincoln
142	ABRAHAM LINCOLN Original PROOF ENGRAVING By the AMERICAN BANK NOTE Co. Engraver CHARLES SCHLECHT (1843-1932), Very Fine.	$400 - $500
Decorative Arts
172	c. 1880 Original Vintage Photograph, noted at bottom right within the image, "American Jockey Club / Jerome Park. N.Y.", a great photo at this most elegant racetrack, Framed, Fine.	$500 - $600
Political Americana
177	1828-Dated, THE VIRGINIA ADDRESS., Printed Document, being an Anti-Jackson Convention of Delegates, “TO THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA.” Former Presidents James Madison and James Monroe address to the people of Virginia, 8 pages, Complete, Fine.	$500 - $1,000

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