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9	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.	$800 - $1,000
12	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 - $1,200
13	GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER (1839-1876). Historic Civil War Union Brigadier General at age 23, he fought in nearly every battle of the Army of the Potomac, including Gettysburg, later to be killed and his troops annihilated by Sioux and Cheyenne warriors led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse during the Battle of Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876.	$5,000 - $6,000
15	DAVID G. FARRAGUT (1801-1870). Flag Officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War; the First Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral, and Admiral in the United States Navy; hest remembered for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay usually paraphrased as: "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead". Farragut’s Naval service began when he was just nine years old and culminated when he was named the nation’s First Full Admiral in 1866.	$800 - $1,000
18	JAMES HILLHOUSE (1754-1832). Revolutionary War Officer who commanded Patriot troops alongside Aaron Burr during the British Invasion of New Haven, Connecticut in 1779; was a Member of the U.S. Congress from CT., (1791-1796); Member of the U.S. Senate, (1796-1810) where he briefly served as “President Pro Tempore” of the United States Senate.	$1,200 - $1,600
19	JULIA WARD HOWE (1819-1910). American Abolitionist, Social Activist, and Poet, most famous as the Author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" (1862); Howe also co-founded the “American Woman Suffrage Association” and was the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1908 and championed Votes for Women.	$500 - $600
21	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 Emancipating All Slaves held in three Southern States (then immediately rescinded by President Abraham Lincoln); sanctioned the organization of the first African American Regiment during the Civil War, Union Army Commander of the Department of the South.	$800 - $1,000
22	DUNCAN N. INGRAHAM (1802-1887). Presented a special Gold Medal by the United States Congress; later a Confederate Navy Commodore who served as Chief of Ordnance, Construction and Repair and Commanded much of the South Carolina Coast during the Civil War.	$800 - $1,000
28	Brigadier General JOHN NIXON (1733-1808). 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.	$1,000 - $1,200
41	BENJAMIN F. SANDS (1811-1883). U.S. Navy Officer; Appointed Midshipman in 1828; Served in the Mexican War; During the Civil War, commanded the USS Fort Jackson during the attacks on Fort Fisher, NC; On June 2, 1865, he took formal possession of Galveston, Texas for the Union; Appointed Commodore in 1866; Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Observatory, 1867 to 1874; Appointed Rear Admiral in 1871.	$600 - $800
42	WINFIELD SCOTT (1786-1866). Brigadier General in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War, the Mexican-American War, the Second Seminole War, and, briefly, the American Civil War; Congress would later present him a special Gold Medal; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Army (1841 through 1861); unsuccessful Presidential Candidate of the Whig Party in 1852.	$600 - $800
43	SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH (1808-1895). American clergyman and poet, Author of our Nation hymn "America" (1832), Lyrics otherwise are also known as 'My Country 'Tis of Thee'.	$3,000 - $4,000
50	CANVASS WHITE (1790-1834). American Engineer and Inventor, he was Chief Engineer for the Erie Canal, also the Delaware and Raritan Canals; Canvas White patented “Rosendale Cement,” which became the dominant superior quality cement used in the United States until 1900,	$800 - $1,000
Federal Period
138	EDWARD R. CANBY (1817-1873). Mexican War Asst. Adjutant General, Union Major General during the Civil War; as Army Commander of the Pacific Northwest in 1873, he was Assassinated during Peace Talks with the Native American Indian Modoc Tribes.	$1,800 - $2,400
148	November 27, 1861-Dated Civil War Period, 3-page Partially-Printed Document, $50,000 Bond put up by the Adams Express Company with the U.S. Government to conduct business at Union occupied Port Royal, S.C., Signed by Adams Express Co. President William B. Dinsmore, and other notables & Treasury Officials, Choice Very Fine.	$300 - $400
154	1807-1933 Dated, Group of Three Newspapers: 1807 Columbian Centinel, 1917 Christian Science Monitor and 1933 Springfield Union with Passing and the Repeal of Prohibition, all Complete, Very Fine.	$200 - $300
155	1844 Memorial Pamphlet, “A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of Hon. William Prescott, LL. D., Delivered in The Church On Church Green, December 15, 1844” by Alexander Young (1800-1854), Printed in 1844 by Charles C. Little and James Brown of Boston, Complete, Fine.	$300 - $400
164	HENRY WHITBY (1781-1812), Hand-Painted, Federal Period, Reverse Painting on Glass Silhouette of British Royal Navy Captain Who Fired Maliciously on an American Ship in 1807 Killing an American Sailor, Choice Extremely Fine.	$400 - $500
174	March 1845 Memorial Period, President Andrew Jackson Silk Portrait Mourning Ribbon with legend “The Union Must & shall be Preserved,” Sullivan-Fischer AJ-M5, Very Fine.	$300 - $400
Civil War Era
175	Civil War Red Silk with Gold Print Reunion Ribbon of the Ringgold Light Artillery, noted as the “First Defenders” who were the First Military Unit to Respond to President Abraham Lincoln's Call to Defend the Nation's Capital, Choice Extremely Fine+.	$300 - $400
176	1863 Civil War Dated, Double-Sided & Illustrated California Union State Political Campaign Ballot/Ticket for Frederick Low for Governor titled, "Unconditional Surrender", Choice Crisp Extremely Fine.	$300 - $500
177	c. 1865 Civil War Era, American School, Original Large Hand-drawn Pen and Ink on Paper, Colored Calligraphic Artwork Depiction of Union Major General George B. McClellan Commanding his Staff while leading on his favorite Horse named "Dan. Webster", Framed, Choice Extremely Fine.	$1,800 - $2,400
178	c. 1864 to 1866 Civil War to Reconstruction Period, Archive Collection of FOUR different “United States Christian Commission” printed circulars, Including the rare Program for their Final Anniversary Meeting, Held at the United States House of Representatives with Union General Meade as a Guest Speaker, Choice Crisp Near Mint.	$350 - $450
181	(THOMAS J. "STONEWALL" JACKSON) (1824-May 10, 1863). Confederate Major General	$5,000 - $6,000
182	JOHN ADAMS DIX (1798-1879). Union Army Major General, Secretary of the Treasury, Governor of New York, Union Pacific Railroad President, arranged the Dix-Hill Cartel Civil War Prisoner exchange; also Known for stating: “If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.”	$300 - $400
183	HENRY W PERKINS (1834-1890). Brigadier General of Volunteers Union Officer during the Civil War. Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers.	$400 - $600
184	September 1, 1864-Dated Civil War, Partially-Printed Document, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. $300 Enlistment Bounty Fund 6% Interest Bond. Fully Issued, Statue of Freedom vignette at left, Justice and America at right, Extremely Fine.	$500 - $600
185	1861-Dated Civil War Period Engraved Color Print titled, “Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort and Hygeia Hotel, Va.”, “Publ & Sold by C. Bohn, Washington, D.C.”, Fine.	$600 - $900
187	c. 1860 Civil War Era, “Constitution and the Laws” Patriotic Decorative Union Case and Tintype, by Littlefield, Parsons & Co., “UNION CASES with the Embracing Riveted Hinge,” with green insert Maker’s paper, Choice Near New.	$300 - $400
188	1860s, Collection of Five Scarce Patriotic Civil War-Era Carte de Visites, each with Historic and Domestic Homefront Scenes, one by Thomas Nast, Choice Very Fine or better.	$400 - $500
189	c. 1861 Civil War Period, Union Army XVIII Corps, 1st Division Pinback Badge with Its Original Hanger and Silk Ribbon, Ornately Hand-Engraved created on the Reverse Side of an 1861-Dated Liberty Seated Half Dollar, Silver, Complete, Choice Extremely Fine.	$800 - $1,000
191	Large Civil War Era Related Lot of Miscelleaneous Civil War Era Prints Reprints and Reproductions, Including 47 Items, Sold “as is”, Very Fine.	$1,200 - $1,800
Abraham Lincoln Related
196	OLIVER OTIS HOWARD (1830-1909). Civil War Union Army Major General and Medal of Honor Winner, who led his division at the Battles of Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, and was Senior Commander at Gettysburg; given charge of the Freedmen's Bureau in mid-1865 missioned to Integrate the former Slaves into Southern society.	$500 - $600
197	October 18, 1911-Dated G.A.R. Period, Autograph Letter Signed, from Charles Hines, a Union Civil War Veteran, who was a Member of the Honor Guard for Assassinated President Lincoln as he laid in State in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, the musician who played the funeral dirge on his fife, and he mentions “Wilkes Booth”, Choice Very Fine.	$2,000 - $3,000
200	April 1862-Dated Civil War Period, Political Cartoon with President Abraham Lincoln titled, “Oberon and Titania”, Satirical Black History and Slavery Related Published by Punch, Britian, Choice Crisp Near Mint.	$400 - $600
201	1864 Abraham Lincoln Presidential Campaign, Scarce "Rally Round The (FLAG) Boys" - San Francisco, CA. National Union Ticket, Choice Crisp Extremely Fine.	$300 - $500
203	c. 1960, Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Printed on Modern Muslin Cotton Fabric, measuring 21.5” x 15.5”, featuring a large Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, Choice Very Fine.	$150 - $200
Historic Americana
217	(RALPH WALDO EMERSON and J.R. LOWELL), Both American Poets with their Dual Photograph Images on Opposite Sides of the Same Cabinet Card, Choice Extremely Fine.	$300 - $400
Political
223	August 15, 1856-Dated, Important Political Content Manuscript Letter Signed, “Cornelius L. Gordon,” regarding the 1856 Presidential Election, with Integral Transmittal Cover, Fine.	$800 - $1,000
224	December 9, 1817-Dated, Complete 4-page issue of the "Connecticut Courant" Newspaper, Hartford, Ct., with a page 2, Full printing of President James Monroe's First Annual Message to Congress (State of the Union Address), Choice Very Fine.	$500 - $600
225	March 10, 1849-Dated, Philadelphia Newspaper titled, “M. Makin's Model American Saturday Courier - A Family Newspaper - Neutral In Politics And Religion.” with 12th President Zachary Taylor's Inaugural Address, Complete, Choice Very Fine.	$300 - $400
232	c. 1849, Commemorative Textile Golden Silk Broadside Printed to Celebrate the Inauguration of 12th United States President, Zachary Taylor, Not Recorded in “Threads of History” by Collins, Printed by “Murphy & Co. Printers And Publishers, No. 178 Market St. Baltimore.” Very Fine.	$3,000 - $4,000
Coinage & Related
285	Stephen Martin-Leake, Author, Reference 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.” London, Complete, Fine.	$1,200 - $1,400

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