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Historic Autographs (Part 2)

Lot

Image

Description

Estimate Range

Bidding Status

299

1746 Benedict Arnold’s Father “BENEDICT ARNOLD” Signed Legal Document

(BENEDICT ARNOLD III) (1683-1761). Colonial Connecticut Merchant and Father of the Infamous American Revolutionary War General and Traitor “Benedict Arnold” named after his father.

$800 - $1,000

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

300

1824 Historic Letter to General William Barton While in Debtor’s Prison Regarding the General’s Pension Certificate and General Lafayette’s Visit... Pleading for His Return

General WILLIAM BARTON, (1748-1831). 1775 enlisted in the Continental Army, fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill. In 1777, he led a daring raid on British Army headquarters, capturing Major General Richard Prescott and was honored with a Presentation Sword by a Resolution of the Continental Congress.

$2,800 - $3,600

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

301

Premier of Spain DAMASCO BERENGUA Autograph

DAMASCO BERENGUA, Premier of Spain; successor of Primo de Rivera.

$60 - $80

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

302

Benjamin F. Butler Civil War Union General Document Archive of Four Items Two being Signed by General Butler

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BUTLER (1818-1893). Civil War Major Union General in the Army, nicknamed "Beast Butler," elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Mass., and later served as the 33rd Governor of Mass. from 1883 to 1884.

$800 - $1,000

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

303

Pair of Books Signed by President Jimmy & Roslyn Carter

JIMMY CARTER (1924-present) and ROSLYN CARTER (1927-present). President and First Lady of the United States (1977-1981).

$300 - $400

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

304

“Wilber H. Cherry” Texas Pioneer, Soldier & Galveston Weekly News Editor Rare 1851 Autographed Letter Signed

(TEXAS HISTORY - REPUBLIC OF TEXAS) WILBER H. CHERRY (1820-1873). American Soldier, historic early Printer and Publisher in the Republic of Texas, at the age of fifteen ran away from home to join in the Texas Revolution.

$500 - $600

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

305

1707 Colonial New York Governor George Clarke & Land Grant Document Signed For “Viscount Cornbury” aka “Lord Cornbury”

GEORGE CLARKE (1676-1760). Acting Governor of New York (1736-1743) who built an Estate named Hyde Park on Long Island. Appointed Secretary of the Province of New York in 1703.

$800 - $1,000

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

306

“... Mr. Clymer receiv’d his Veneson from Mr Bennet, the President and Cheif Justice allso, and return their thanks...” Great Content Period Letter of Appreciation

DANIEL CLYMER (1748-1810). American Revolutionary War Patriot and Officer, Signer of Continental Paper Money, Pennsylvania State Assemblyman, Cousin of Declaration of Independence Signer George Clymer, and a Signer for Continental Currency Notes.

$1,200 - $1,800

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

307

1777 Continental Congress Member’s Pay JOHN ALSOP & JAMES DUANE, Both are Later New York City Mayors

JAMES DUANE (1733-1797) & JOHN ALSOP (1724–1794). Alsop: Merchant and Politician from New York City during the American Revolution and Delegate for New York to the Continental Congress, 1774-1776. Plus, Duane: Member of the Continental Congress and later the Mayor of New York.

$800 - $1,200

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

308

“Cyrus W. Field” Atlantic Telegraph Founder Signed Letter

CYRUS W. FIELD (1819 – 1892). American Businessman and Financier who led the Atlantic Telegraph Company, the company that successfully laid the First Telegraph Cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858.

$300 - $400

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

309

1960 First Day of Issue Postal Cover Commemorating the Automotive Industry Signed Henry Ford, Lee Iacocca, and Leonard Woodcock

HENRY FORD, LEE IACOCCA, and Several Other Historic Notable Automotive Industry Figure’s AUTOGRAPHS.

$600 - $800

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

310

Cartoon Creators Including Jim Davis "Garfield" Creator

(CARTOONISTS JIM DAVIS + CARL ED, Plus DOG AUTHOR ALBERT P. TERHUNE GROUP).

$300 - $400

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

311

1779 Revolutionary War Physician Dr. Edward Holyoke Invoice Best Known for His Smallpox Epidemic Work

EDWARD A. HOLYOKE (1728-1829), American Educator and Physician, Best Known for his Work during the Smallpox Epidemic.

$800 - $1,000

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

312

Revolutionary War General Jedediah Huntington Signed 1789 Connecticut Financial Funding & Debt Document

JEDEDIAH HUNTINGTON (1743-1818). American General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, brevetted Major General in 1783, one of the organizers of the Society of the Cincinnati, member of the court-martial that tried Gen. Charles Lee and that condemned Major André. He "fought courageously during the Battle of Bunker Hill, from which he emerged a Colonel.”

$400 - $500

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

313

$400 - $500

Current Bidding Status
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314

Continental Army General William Irvine Signed Check

WILLIAM IRVINE (1741-1804). Continental Army Brigadier General in the American Revolutionary War, Physician, Soldier and Statesman from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, who Represented Pennsylvania in both the Continental Congress (1787–88) and the United States House of Representatives (1793–1795), Intimate Friend of George Washington, and Treasurer of the Society of The Cincinnati.

$300 - $400

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

315

Revolutionary War Colonel Francis Johnston Signed Receipt

FRANCIS JOHNSTON (1748-1815). Revolutionary War Colonel, twice appointed a Commissioner to negotiate treaties as Indian Commissioner, Receiver General of Land Office, Member of the Society of the Cincinnati.

$400 - $500

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

316

John Paul Jones the American Naval Hero Mentioned in a 1780 Revolutionary War French Naval Intelligence Report

(JOHN PAUL JONES) (1747-1792). Famous American Naval Officer and Hero, here mentioned in a French Naval Intelligence report.

$1,200 - $1,800

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

317

“This is a book we owed the memory of President John F Kennedy Best wishes always Dave Powers” Inscribed

(JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY) DAVID FRANCIS POWERS (1912-1998). Special Assistant and assistant Appointments Secretary to President of the United States John F. Kennedy.

$800 - $1,000

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

318

Robert E. Lee Signed Large Oval Photo by Mathew Brady Owned by an Audience Member Attending the Play at Ford’s Theater the Very Night of Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination!

ROBERT E. LEE (1807-1870). Commanding Confederate States of America Major General throughout the Civil War period. Previously U.S. Army Engineer and Officer. Founder and President of Washington & Lee College in Lexington, Virginia.

$14,000 - $18,000

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

319

Abraham Lincoln Signed “Springfield Marine & Fire Insurance Company” Personal Check “In Bank Notes”

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809 - April 15, 1865). 16th President of the United States, serving throughout the American Civil War, until his Assassination at Ford’s Theater by John Wilkes Booth on April 15th 1865.

$9,000 - $12,000

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

320

Woman's Christian Temperance Union Suffragette “Mary Livermore” Clipped Autograph

MARY LIVERMORE (1820-1905). American Journalist and Advocate of Women’s Rights. After the Civil War, she devoted herself to the Promotion of Women’s Suffrage and the Temperance Movement, starting her own Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) Chapter in her hometown of Melrose Massachusetts.

$240 - $280

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

321

1839 Autograph Letter Signed Sent to “Hon. J.K. Paulding”

(JAMES KIRKE PAULDING), Secretary of the Navy under President Van Buren.

$100 - $150

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

322

1720 William Pepperell Colonial Period Arrest Warrant

COL. WILLIAM PEPPERELL (1646-1734). Jurist and Colonel in the militia, his house was listed as a Garrison during the Indian Wars, instrumental in the building of Fort William in 1714, a wealthy Shipbuilder with great colonial shipping firms, most of which passed to his son Sir William Pepperell (1696-1759).

$800 - $1,000

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

323

1773 British General James Robertson and Later Royal British Governor of New York Signed Document

JAMES ROBERTSON (1717-1788). British Army General who participated in American Revolutionary War, served as Civil Royal British Governor of the Province of New York 1779-83.

$800 - $1,000

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

324

Rare Theodore Roosevelt’s WW I “Division” Related Letter

(THEODORE ROOSEVELT).

$350 - $450

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

325

Continental Congressman & Chief Maryland Court Judge

BENJAMIN RUMSEY (1734-1808). American Jurist from Joppa, Maryland. He served as a Delegate for Maryland in the Continental Congress in 1776 and 1777, and or over twenty-five years, beginning in 1778, he was the Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals.

$200 - $300

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

326

Three Typed Letters Signed By WILLY H. SCHLIEKER

WILLY H. SCHLIEKER, German Businessman.

$40 - $60

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

327

Horatio Seymour Political Content ALS "... political questions involved in the action of parties will grow in intent."

HORATIO SEYMOUR, Governor of New York; Democrat Candidate for President Who Ran Against U.S. Grant, 1868.

$300 - $400

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

328

Brigadier General Charles H. Tompkins Signed Photograph

CHARLES HENRY TOMPKINS (1830-1915). Union Army Brevet Brigadier General.

$350 - $450

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

329

Autograph of JOHN L. TOOLE Card Inscribed and Signed

JOHN L. TOOLE (1830-1906). English comic Actor and theatrical Producer.

$100 - $150

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

330

Colonial Governor Rip Van Dam Related New York Legal Document

(RIP VAN DAM) (c. 1660-1749). Acting Governor of the Province of New York from 1731 to 1732. As one of the leaders of the republican liberal party, Van Dam confronted the subsequent royal governor William Cosby.

$400 - $500

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

331

British Kings: George III & William IV Two Autograph Lot

WILLIAM IV (1765-1837). King of Great Britain and Ireland, a.k.a. the “Sailor-King”.GEORGE III (1738-1820). Reigned from 1760 to 1820, and the British King during both the American Revolution and War of 1812.

$500 - $600

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

332

“July 1776” JAMES WILSON Pennsylvania Signer of the Declaration of Independence Legal Paper Endorsement

JAMES WILSON (1742-1798). Founding Father of the United States and Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, represented Pennsylvania, elected Twice to the Continental Congress, major role in Drafting the United States Constitution, Legal theorist, One of the Six original U.S. Supreme Court Justices Appointed by President George Washington.

$1,800 - $2,000

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

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