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Lot	Image	Description	Estimate Range	Bidding Status
1		Thomas Abernethie’s Own Personal Autographed Book titled, “The History of the Revolution of South Carolina...” With His Historic Engraved Fold-out Map of Charleston Harbor Contained Within, Engraved by Thomas Abernethie! Colonial South Carolina’s Paper Money and Map Engraver THOMAS ABERNETHIE (1783 - August 20, 1795). 18th Century Land Surveyor, Printer, and Engraver active in Charleston, South Carolina who arrived in Charleston during American Revolutionary War, about 1783.	$4,000 - $6,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
2		1799 Acting British Consul General in New York City “Thomas Barclay” Prior "Loyal American Regiment" British Tory Major & Attorney Signed “Loyalty Oath of Military Service” American Patriot Col. James Holmes, 4th NY Regt. THOMAS BARCLAY (1753-1830). Colonial New York Attorney, Protg of New York Governor and Continental Congress President John Jay, who had served in the British Tory “Loyal American Regiment” through the Revolutionary War. Barclay was removed to Nova Scotia as a Loyalist, later led the British Committees to Determine United States and Canadian Border.	$1,500 - $2,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
3		1762 Francis Bernard Signed French and Indian War Military Commission to Raise Troops but: “.... being careful not to enlist .... any Negroes, except one only to a Company, as a Servant to the Captain” and Beautifully Display Framed SIR FRANCIS BERNARD (1712 - 1779). British Colonial 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.	$3,000 - $4,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
4		Daniel Boone & Rebecca Boone Signed Land Sale Deed Daniel and “his Wife” also being Named Ten Separate Times DANIEL BOONE (1734-1820) & REBECCA BOONE (His Wife, 1739-1813). American Pioneer, Explorer, a Woodsman, and a Frontiersman, whose frontier exploits made him one of the First True Folk Heroes of the United States. Together with Rebecca Ann (Bryan) Boone an American Pioneer and the Wife of famed Frontiersman Daniel Boone.	$15,000 - $20,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
5		1792 AARON BURR Autograph Letter Signed With Integral and “FREE” Franking Signature "A Burr" Transmittal Leaf AARON BURR (1756-1836). Continental Army officer in the Revolutionary War, Lawyer and Politician, United States Senator (1791-1797) from New York, and Third Vice President of the United States (1801-1805), under Thomas Jefferson, chiefly remembered and reviled as the man who shot and killed rival Alexander Hamilton in the famous 1804 Duel of Honor.	$2,800 - $3,600	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
6		Marine Corps Major General SMEDLEY D. BUTLER Only Marine Awarded the Brevet Medal & Two Medals of Honor! SMEDLEY D. BUTLER (1881-1940). Marine Corps Major General and American Military Hero who fought in the Philippine-American War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Mexican Revolution, and World War I. He is the Only Marine to be Awarded the Brevet Medal as well as TWO Medals of Honor, all for separate actions!	$600 - $800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
7		John A. Campbell former U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Later Appointed Assistant Secretary of War by CSA President Jefferson Davis 1863 Civil War, ALS Re: Prisoner Release JOHN ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL (1811-1889). American Jurist in Georgia and Alabama, where he served in the State Legislature; Appointed by President Franklin Pierce to the United States Supreme Court in 1853; Resigned at the beginning of the American Civil War, and became an Official of the Confederate States of America; in October 1862, Appointed Confederate Assistant Secretary of War by Confederate President Jefferson Davis; Served six months in a military prison at war's end; Secured a Pardon and resumed his law practice in New Orleans, where he opposed Reconstruction.	$600 - $800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
8		1893 Admiral & Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, Francis M. Ramsay’s Original Vellum Appointment as "Chief of the Bureau of Navigation." Signed by Grover Cleveland, 23rd & 24th United States President GROVER CLEVELAND (1837-1908). Twenty Second and Twenty Fourth President of the United States. (ADMIRAL FRANCIS MUNROE RAMSAY) (1835-1914) in the United States Navy who distinguished himself in the American Civil War, and who later served as the Commanding Officer Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy (1881-1886), Appointed “Commodore in the Navy” (1889) and the Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Navigation (1893).	$2,800 - $3,200	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
9		1865 13th Amendment Printed Broadside Freeing Slaves Previously Unlisted & Apparently A Unique New Discovery (13TH AMENDMENT - UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION) c. 1865 13th Amendment to the Constitution of United States of America, Important Unlisted Contemporary Broadside Printing, Abolished Slavery, Freeing the Slaves and Ending Involuntary Servitude.	$18,000 - $24,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
10		1758 Seven Year’s War Pay Order :...for Sundrys to Thomas Cranston he hath bot for the present Expedition...” Signed by Thomas Cranston 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 or his grandfather (or father) Samuel Cranston may be 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	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
11		John Dahlgren Discusses Building Specifications of His Gun and the Ship “Niagara” Under Construction New Armaments JOHN ADOLPH DAHLGREN (1809-1870). Union Admiral, Inventor of the “Dahlgren Gun,” a United States Navy officer who founded his service's Ordnance Department and launched significant advances in naval gunnery. A friend President Abraham Lincoln, Dahlgren devised a smoothbore howitzer, adaptable for many sizes of craft and shore installations, known as the "father of American naval ordnance”.	$1,200 - $1,800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
12		Large Clipped Signature “Jefferson Davis” on Partial Sheet JEFFERSON “JEFF” DAVIS (1808-1889). American Statesman, President and Leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, serving as the Confederate States of America President for the CSA’s entire Civil War Period history.	$400 - $600	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
13		Revolutionary War Patriots Henry Dearborn & James Lovell Signed Ship’s Customs Declaration for the Port of Boston 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. JAMES LOVELL (1737-1814). A “Founding Father” of the United States; educator and statesman from Boston; a Delegate for Massachusetts to the Continental Congress (1777-1782); a Signatory to the Articles of Confederation.	$500 - $600	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
14		Stephen Decatur Commander of the U.S. Frigate “United States” Certifies Prize Money Due a Deceased Sailor’s Wife STEPHEN DECATUR, Jr. (1779-1820). American Naval Officer notable for his heroism in the Barbary Wars and in the War of 1812; President Thomas Jefferson recommended he be promoted at age 25 on February 16, 1804, Decatur became he the Youngest Seaman to reach the Rank of Captain in the history of the United States Navy; Decatur was given Command of the frigate USS Constitution (October 28 to November 9, 1804); served under Three Presidents, and played a major role in the early development of the U.S. Navy; rising in rank to Commodore.	$3,500 - $4,500	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
15		1859 Declaration Independence Plaque by Samuel H. Black An Extremely Rare Large First Seen, Likely Unique, Major Variant “Negative Plate” Production Process Type (DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE - Dated 1859). The original “Negative Plate” Production Process Embossed Copper Metal Plaque, with the obverse of C. C. Wright's “Declaration of Independence” medal at center, elegantly engraved after the famous John Trumbull Painting of the occasion, by Samuel H. Black.	$3,000 - $4,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
16		1859 Declaration Independence Plaque by Samuel H. Black An Extremely Rare First Seen, Large Major Variant Type (DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE - Dated 1859). “Positive Plate” Final Production Process Completed Embossed Copper Metal Plaque, with the obverse of C. C. Wright's “Declaration of Independence” medal at center, elegantly engraved after the famous John Trumbull Painting of the occasion, by Samuel H. Black.	$2,000 - $3,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
17		Four “Hero of the Spanish-American War” 1899 Photos (GEORGE DEWEY) (1837-1917). Admiral and the “Hero of the Spanish-American War, wiping out the Spanish Fleet at Manila Bay with virtually no American casualties, less than a year before these photos were taken. His heroics jumped him in grade so that on March 2, 1899, he became the senior Admiral in the U.S. Navy with the rank “Admiral of the Navy” for life. His popularity also resulted in his becoming a presidential candidate in 1904.	$400 - $500	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
18		Rare 1772 Autograph Receipt Signed “Samuel Elbert” later Georgia militia Major General & Continental Brig. General SAMUEL ELBERT (1740-1788). Major General in the Georgia Militia; Brigadier General of the Continental Army 1783; American Merchant, and Politician from Savannah, Georgia; Fought in the Revolutionary War Commanding the Victorious American Colonial Forces in a Naval Battle near St. Simons Island, Georgia on April 19, 1778; an Original State of Georgia Member of the Society of the Cincinnati; Governor of Georgia in 1785.	$600 - $800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
19		July 31, 1776 Oliver Ellsworth Signed Connecticut Payment “for Arms bot. for the Troops...” Post “Declaration” Signing OLIVER ELLSWORTH (1745-1807). A Founding Father of the United States, attorney, jurist, politician, and diplomat; a Framer of the United States Constitution, United States Senator from Connecticut, and the Third Chief Justice of the United States; he received 11 electoral votes in the 1796 Presidential election.	$400 - $600	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
20		1780 Benjamin Edes Signed Extremely Rare Revolutionary War “Boston” Town - Treasury Interest Bearing Tax Loan Certificate: “for the Purpose of carrying on the War.” Signed by “David Jeffries” Deacon of Old South Church as Town Treasurer - Unknown Fiscal Form, Not Listed in Anderson 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.	$6,000 - $8,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
21		Rare “J. Ericsson” Carte-de-visite Photograph Inscribed and Signed Engineer Designed and Built the Ironclad "Monitor" JOHN ERICSSON (1803-1889). Swedish-born American Naval Engineer Who Designed and Built the Civil War Union Navy Ironclad "Monitor."	$2,000 - $3,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
22		1852 Future Admiral and Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy Francis M. Ramsay’s Original Ornate Vellum Commission as “Midshipman” Vividly Signed by “Millard Fillmore” as United States President MILLARD FILLMORE (1800-1874). 13th President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold that office. (ADMIRAL FRANCIS MUNROE RAMSAY) (1835-1914) in the United States Navy who distinguished himself in the American Civil War, and who later served as Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Navigation and as the Commanding Officer Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy (1881-1886), Appointed Commodore in the Navy (1889).	$3,500 - $4,500	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
23		1744 Benjamin Franklin Printed Book of Cicero’s “Cato Major, or his discourse of Old-Age: with Explanatory Notes” (BENJAMIN FRANKLIN) (1706-1790) Printer. 1744-Dated Colonial America, True First Edition Book titled, “M.T. Cicero’s Cato Major, or his discourse of Old-Age: with Explanatory Notes.”, Printed and Sold by Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia, by Marcus Tullius (106-43 B.C.), Translated by Franklin’s old friend and secretary to William Penn, James Logan, Considered the “Pinnacle” of Franklin's Press, Complete, Very Fine.	$14,000 - $18,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
24		Major General Horatio Gates Signed Revolutionary War Autographed Orders Signed “Horatio Gates / Maj Genl” and “Given at the Camp at Bemis Heights 21st September 1777” A Call for Reinforcements that lead to American Victory at The Battle of Bemis Heights and Saratoga a “Turning Point” HORATIO GATES (1727-1806). American Major General during the Revolutionary War who took credit for the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga only after General Benedict Arnold, who led the attack, was finally forced from the field when he was shot in the leg and was blamed for the defeat at the Battle of Camden.	$3,000 - $4,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
25		1889 Future Admiral and Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, Francis M. Ramsay’s Original Ornate Vellum Commission as “Commodore in the Navy.” Vividly Signed by Benjamin Harrison as United States President BENJAMIN HARRISON (1833-1901). Twenty-Third President of the United States (1889 to 1893); Grandson of the Ninth President, William Henry Harrison; Civil War brevet Brigadier General of Volunteers in 1865. (ADMIRAL FRANCIS MUNROE RAMSA,Y) (1835-1914) in the United States Navy who distinguished himself in the American Civil War, and who later served as Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Navigation and as the Commanding Officer Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy (1881-1886), Appointed “Commodore in the Navy” (1889).	$1,800 - $2,400	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
26		U.S. Senator James Hillhouse of CT. THREE Autograph Notes Signed to James Madison as both Secretary of State & President these Three are Dated: 1802, 1808 & 1810 JAMES HILLHOUSE (1754-1832). Revolutionary War Officer he commanded troops alongside Aaron Burr during the British Invasion of New Haven, CT. in 1779; In U.S. Congress from CT, 1791-1796; U.S. Senate, 1796-1810 and briefly served as President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate.	$800 - $1,200	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
27		Framed Clipped Signature with Portrait of Esek Hopkins ESEK HOPKINS (1718-1802). First American Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Navy, from the outset of the Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1777.	$600 - $800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
28		Francis Hopkinson Twice Signed Revolutionary War Orders for the Value Appraisal of a Seized Ship and It’s Cargo FRANCIS HOPKINSON (1737-1791). Signer of the Declaration of Independence as a Delegate from New Jersey, Pennsylvania Admiralty Court Judge, Federal Judge, American Author, played a key role in the Design of the First American Flag and creation of the Design for the “Great Seal of the United States”; Continental Congress US Loan-Office Treasurer of Loans.	$2,000 - $3,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
29		1871 American Abolitionist JULIA WARD HOWE Autograph Letter Signed, Author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" Accepts a famous Speaker at The New England Woman's Club 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.	$600 - $800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
30		1877 JULIA WARD HOWE Autograph Letter Signed 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.	$400 - $600	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
31		1877 JULIA WARD HOWE Autograph Letter Signed Penned on Heavy Black Bordered “Mourning” Stationary 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	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
32		APRIL 10, 1865 Dated Historic Manuscript Note Signed “A. Lincoln” as President, Just Four Days Prior to Lincoln’s Assassination by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809-April 15, 1865). Abraham Lincoln was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 16th President of the United States, throughout the American Civil War from 1861 until his Assassination in 1865. From: A “Lincoln Lore” article further stating: “This endorsement was signed, it was observed, on April 10, four days before Lincoln’s assassination and the day after he was notified of General Lee’s surrender. It might be called a jubilant signature.”	$6,000 - $8,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
33		“Robert T Lincoln” Autograph Letter Signed as Secretary of War December 16, 1882-Dated to Senator H. B. Anthony ROBERT TODD LINCOLN (1843-1926). Oldest Son of President Abraham Lincoln. Secretary of War under Presidents Garfield and Arthur (1881-1885). U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom under Presidents Cleveland and B. Harrison (1889-1893).	$600 - $800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
34		1815 James Madison & James Monroe Signed Rare Form Partially-Printed Vellum Military Appointment With Seal JAMES MADISON & JAMES MONROE, 4th President of the United States and the 5th President of the United States.	$2,800 - $3,600	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
35		(Robert R. Livingston ) Signature Clipped & Lacking, Letter Written by Livingston to U.S. Secretary of State James Madison from Paris, July 28, 1803 (ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON) (1746-1813). American Lawyer, Politician, and Diplomat from New York, as well as a Founding Father of the United States. Administered the Oath of Office to George Washington when he assumed the Presidency April 30, 1789, Minister to France under Jefferson, Negotiated the Louisiana Purchase.	$1,200 - $1,800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
36		1834 Alexander Macomb & Thomas Sidney Jesup Signed Dual-Sided, Autograph Letter and Presentation Poem Signed ALEXANDER MACOMB, (1748-1831). Commanding General of the U.S. Army (1828-41), who Received the Congressional Gold Medal for his great military Victory at the Battle of Plattsburgh during the War of 1812; American fur trader, merchant; land speculator known for purchasing nearly four million acres from the State of New York after the Revolutionary War. THOMAS SIDNEY JESUP, (1788-1860). United States Army officer known as the "Father of the Modern Quartermaster Corps". Jesup’s 52-year (1808-1860) military career was one of the longest in the history of the United States Army; Brigadier General 1818; Brevet Major General 1828.	$1,800 - $2,400	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
37		On July 8, 1776 Patriot John Nixon made the First Public Proclamation Reading of the Declaration of Independence 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.	$800 - $1,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
38		“Property of Annie Oakley, Nutley, N.J." Signed Book titled “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm” / Oakley's Personal Library ANNIE OAKLEY (1860-1926). Legendary Markswoman; Starred in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show.	$3,500 - $4,500	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
39		Sons of Liberty Member’s Secret Letter of Correspondence William Palfrey has Informed Joseph Palmer that a British Tea Ship has Docked at Philadelphia and has been Allowed Only Six Hours to Leave with its Cargo of Tea in 1770 JOSEPH PALMER (1716-1788). British born American Patriot; Member of the Sons of Liberty in Boston; Palmer was also a skilled writer and used his talents to communicate with other members of the Sons of Liberty and to promote the cause of American independence; he is remembered today as a hero of the American Revolution. (WILLIAM PALFREY)(1741-1780). (Mentioned, Not Signed.) William Palfrey often served as the “Scriber” a communicator for the “Sons of Liberty” in Boston, and he maintained a correspondence with the radical John Wilkes on behalf of the group; on July 16, 1775, William Palfrey was appointed an Aide-de-Camp to Major General Charles Lee; on February 10, 1776, appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Commander-in-Chief General George Washington; Selected as Paymaster General, the Chief Financial Officer of the Continental Army on April 27, 1776; elected Consul to France on December 9, 1780, embarked and Sailed for France but his ship was never heard from again, all aboard presumed lost at sea.	$5,000 - $10,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
40		1770 Paul Revere’s Original Hand-Colored Engraving of The Bloody “Boston Massacre” Considered The Most Famous and Historic Engraved Print in American History (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, Apperance of Fine.	$150,000 - $200,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
41		1864 Civil War Dated Union General Henry W Perkins ALS HENRY W PERKINS (1834-1890). Brigadier General of Volunteers Union Officer during the Civil War. Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers.	$300 - $400	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
42		Book “Pickett and His Men” Signed by Lasalle Corbell Pickett Author & Wife of Confederate General George E. Pickett LaSALLE CORBELL PICKETT (1843-1931). Prolific author and lecturer, and the third wife of George E. Pickett (1861-1865), the Confederate General best known for his participation in the doomed frontal assault known as “Pickett’s Charge” during the American Civil War at Gettysburg.	$300 - $400	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
43		President Franklin Pierce & Jefferson Davis Secretary of War Signed 1856 Ornate Engraved Military Appointment FRANKLIN PIERCE (1804-1869). 14th President of the United States (1853-1857); the only President from New Hampshire; Served in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate; fought in the Mexican-American War; Army Brigadier General. JEFFERSON “JEFF” DAVIS (1808-1889). American Statesman, U.S. Secretary of War; Served as Confederate States of America President for the CSA’s entire Civil War history.	$3,000 - $4,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
44		“Rochefontaine - Major of Engineers” Revolutionary War Corps of Sappers and Miners Autograph Document Signed STEPHEN ROCHEFONTAINE (1755-1814). French military engineer who served in the American Continental Army during the American Revolution, later promoted to Chief of Engineers. President George Washington made Rochefontaine Commandant of the new Corps on 26 February 1795, and Rochefontaine started a Military School at West Point, NY.	$1,000 - $1,500	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
45		Commodore John Rodgers as President of the Navy Board American Naval Commissioner to Charter a Vessel in 1817 COMMODORE JOHN RODGERS (1772-1838). Senior Naval Officer in the United States Navy who served under Six Presidents in the Quasi-War with France, both Barbary Wars in North Africa, and the War of 1812 with Britain as Rodgers fired the first shot of the War aboard his flagship, the USS President, and played a leading role in the recapture of Washington, DC after the Capital was Burned by the British, he served as Secretary of the Navy in 1823.	$600 - $800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
46		Commodore John Rodgers Autograph Note Signed to President James Madison Accepting an Invitation to Dinner JOHN RODGERS (1772-1838). United States Naval Officer with extensive military victories for 4 decades, from the 1790's through the late 1830's; Served in the Quasi War with France, both Barbary Wars and in the War of 1812 - Firing the First Shot of the War aboard his flagship USS President; President of the Board of Navy Commissioners from 1815 until his retirement in 1837.	$800 - $1,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
47		1954-Dated Typed Letter Signed “Eleanor Roosevelt” with Thanks for Berries Sent from Roosevelt’s Campobello Island ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (1884-1962). 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, Woman’s Rights activist.	$400 - $500	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
48		“Free - Winfield Scott - Lieut. Genl” Early Civil War Era Handwritten Free Frank Front Panel of a Posted Envelope 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	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
49		1744 William Shirley Royal Governor of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay Manuscript Document Signed for a Judge of Probate to serve on the Tiny Island of Nantucket WILLIAM SHIRLEY (1694-1771). British Colonial Administrator and Royal Governor of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, being the longest-serving Governor, holding the position 1741-1749 and again from 1753-1756, served during the French and Indian War, replacing General Braddock upon his death, as North America Commander-in-Chief.	$1,200 - $1,800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
50		1863 Commodore & Rear Admiral Joseph Smith ADS who Oversaw the Construction of the Ironclad “USS Monitor” JOSEPH SMITH (March 30, 1790 - January 17, 1877). Rear admiral of the United States Navy, who served during the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and the American Civil War, Member of the “Ironclad Board” who oversaw the construction of the USS Monitor.	$400 - $500	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
51		“America” Samuel Francis Smith Signed and Dated First Four Stanzas of American Patriotic Song “My Country 'Tis of Thee” SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH (1808-1895). American clergyman and poet, author of our nation hymn "America" (1832), otherwise known as 'My Country 'Tis of Thee'.	$3,000 - $4,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
52		Revolutionary War General “Walter Stewart” Signed 1793 Insurance Policy for the Cargo of the Schooner “Fly” WALTER STEWART (1756-1796). Continental Army and Pennsylvania Brevet Brigadier General in the Revolutionary War; Aide-de-Camp to Gates; Stewart’s full-length Portrait shown within the famous historic Oil Painting by Colonel John Trumbull of the “Surrender of Cornwallis” at Yorktown, his image on the left of the line of the American officers.	$600 - $800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
53		Military Appointment Signed “Wm H Taft” as President WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT (1857-1930). 27th President of the United States, 42nd Secretary of War (1904-1908) and the 10th Chief Justice of the United States (1921-1930), the Only Person to have held both offices.	$550 - $650	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
54		Rare “Hidecki Tojo” and “Mamoru Shigemitsu” Signed Post-World War II Photographs a Collection of Four Items HIDECKI TOJO (1884-1948). Japanese Major General of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), and convicted war criminal who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association for most of World War II. "The Japanese Admiral who approved the attack on Pearl Harbor. He attempted suicide in September 1945, but was arrested by the Allies, tried as a war criminal, convicted, and executed" -- W.M.	$1,000 - $2,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
55		Japanese Major General HIDECKI TOJO who served as Prime Minister of Japan & BARON HIRANUMA KIICHIRO Senior Advisor to Emperor Hirohito & MAMORU SHIGEMITSU Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs & SHIGETARO SHIMADA Japanese Admiral who Approved the Plans for the Attack on Pearl Harbor, Signed Japanese Flag by Four top World War II Japanese Officials HIDECKI TOJO (1884-1948). Japanese Major General of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), and convicted war criminal who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association for most of World War II. BARON HIRANUMA KIICHIRO (1867-1952). Senior Advisor to Emperor Hirohito during World War II. MAMORU SHIGEMITSU, (1881-1957). Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs at the end of World War II, One of the Signers of the Instrument of Surrender September 2, 1945. SHIGETARO SHIMADA (1883-1976). Japanese Admiral, Approved the Plans for the Attack on Pearl Harbor.	$3,500 - $4,500	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
56		Exceptional Content Captain of the Confederate States Navy Flag Ship “Charleston” John Randolph Tucker’s Autograph Letter Signed to CSA General P.G.T. Beauregard Dec. 1864 JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER (1812-1883). Captain, Confederate States Navy, Commander Tucker resigned from the U.S. Navy when Virginia Seceded from the Union in April 1861, becoming a Commander in the Virginia Navy and, in June, the entire Confederate Navy; became Commander of the Confederate warships at Charleston in March 1863, remaining in that post until the City of Charleston fell in February 1865.	$1,800 - $2,400	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
57		“Canvass White” Autograph Letter Signed Regarding the Erie Canal, he later Provided the Foundation for the Statue of Liberty and the West Wing of the White House, American Pioneering Engineer, Inventor of a superior quality Waterproof Hydraulic “Rosendale” Cement widely Used CANVASS WHITE (1790-1834). American Engineer and Inventor, he was Chief Engineer at the Delaware and Raritan Canal; Erie Canal, he patented Rosendale Cement, which became the dominant superior quality cement used in the United States until 1900, Engineer on the Erie Canal.	$800 - $1,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
58		“Woodrow Wilson” as President “It is with deepest and most genuine regret that I accept your resignation from the Federal Trade Commission...” WOODROW WILSON, (1856-1924). 28th President of the United States (1913-1921).	$600 - $800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
59		Inscribed & Signed Photograph of JOHN A. WINSLOW, Commander of the Union Ship “Kearsarge” Which Sank the Confederate Ship “Alabama” in 1864 JOHN A. WINSLOW (1811-1873). Commander of the Union Ship “Kearsarge” Which Sank the Confederate Ship “Alabama” in 1864.	$1,800 - $2,400	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
60		January 13, 1791 Oliver Wolcott, Jr. Signed Treasury Document as Treasury Department Auditor Confirming that “Certificates of Public Debt” of $7,286.49 are Genuine per “Loan proposed by the Act of Congress of the 4th of August 1790 - To be settled at the Treasury or by the Commissioner of Loans for the State of Maryland” 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	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
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