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333

1761-Dated French and Indian War Hand-Engraved Horn British “Personal Container” British 44th Regiment of Foot

1761-Dated French and Indian War Period, Regiment Identified, Highly Decorative Hand-Engraved Horn Container, British “Personal Container” used to carry Powder, Sugar, Salt, Rum, etc., Very Fine.

$4,500 - $6,500

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

334

“Defense of Liberty” A Scheme for a New Society Reported

February 1762 Dated Issue, THE GENTLEMAN’S MAGAZINE, “Defense of Liberty” A Scheme for a New Society Reported, London, England, Very Fine.

$200 - $300

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

335

“Character of King Charles II & Cause of the Indian War”

December 1763-Dated French & Indian War, THE GENTLEMAN’S MAGAZINE, London, England, Very Fine.

$180 - $220

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

336

1737 Boston Sermon Preached After the Funeral of the Reverend Mr. Benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard

1737 Boston, Imprint titled, “A Sermon Preached at the Tuesday Lecture in HARVARD COLLEGE, after the Funeral of the Reverend Mr. Benjamin Wadsworth” (President of Harvard College) by Edward Wigglesworth, D.D., Complete, Choice Very Fine.

$400 - $600

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

337

1771 Essex Almanack, Meridian of Salem, New England

1771 Essex Almanack, Meridian of Salem (Massachusetts), New England, Printed and Sold by Samuel Hall, Salem, About Fine.

$200 - $300

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

338

1769 Almanack Electricity Experiments by Dr. Benjamin Franklin with Paul Revere’s Engraved “Eclipse” Illustrations

1769-Dated Imprint titled, THE NEW-ENGLAND ALMANACK OR, LADY'S AND GENTLEMAN'S DIARY, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1769. By Benjamin West. Boston: Printed by Mein and Flemming, Complete, Very Good.

$1,800 - $2,400

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

339

1785 Man is Convicted for “Swearing One Profane Oath”

March 11, 1785-Dated Manuscript Document Signed, “David Cobb” as Justice of the Peace, Bristol County Massachusetts, Choice Very Fine.

$300 - $400

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

340

An Act to Encourage “Whaling” on the Saint Lawrence River

1764 Printed ACT, “Anno Regni GEORGE III,” Cap. XXIX, Whale Fishery Act, Printed by Mark Baskett, London, England, Choice Near Mint.

$300 - $400

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

341

Early Colonial Era Hand-Forged Iron Spanish Horse Bit

c. 1750s Colonial Era, Rare Hand-Forged Iron Spanish Style Horse Bit, 4.25” wide and is 15” long, Complete, Fine.

$300 - $400

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

342

Colonial Era Lovely Decorative Brass Candle Holder

c. 1770 Colonial Era, Decorative Brass Candle Holder, Choice Extremely Fine.

$350 - $450

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

343

Joseph and Nathaniel Richardson Philadelphia Silversmiths Engraved & Hallmarked Coin-Silver Dinner Spoon

Joseph and Nathaniel Richardson (c. 1785-1791) Engraved Coin-Silver Dinner Spoon. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Silversmiths, Extremely Fine.

$500 - $600

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

344

1700s Decorative Fur Trade Native American Amulet

c. Late 1700s Colonial to Revolutionary War Era, Engraved Highly Decorated Brass North American Colonial Era Fur Trade Amulet for Native American Indians, Choice Very Fine.

$300 - $400

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

345

c. 1800 Hand-Engraved Wooden Printing Illustration Block of a bushy-tailed American Squirrel on a Branch

“Squirrel” Illustration Original Woodblock Printing Plate & Sample Print, Choice Very Fine.

$600 - $800

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

346

c. 1750 “The Hon’ble Robert Monckton” Engraved Print

c. 1750s, Historical Mezzotint Engraved Print, “The Hon’ble Robert Monckton, Brigadier General, Governor of Anapoli, Lieut. Gov. of Nova Scotia, and Colonel of His Majesty’s 17th Regt. of Foot.,” engraved by James McArdell, Framed, Choice Extremely Fine.

$2,800 - $3,200

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

347

1728-1771 Decorative Calligraphic Family Record of “Widow Carolina Humphry of Simsbury” Connecticut

(1728 to 1771 Death Dates) mid-18th century Colonial American, Decorative Connecticut Handwritten Family Birth and Death Record with Calligraphic Design & Flourishes for “Widow Carolina Humphry of Simsbury (CT.),” Fine.

$500 - $600

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

348

1760 Engraving: A View of the Taking of Quebec by the English Forces Commanded by Gen. Wolfe Sept. 13th, 1759

1760-Dated French-Indian War, Engraved Plate titled: “A View of the Taking of Quebec by the English Forces Commanded by Gen. Wolfe Sept. 13th, 1759”, Choice Very Fine.

$1,000 - $1,400

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

349

May 20, 1717 redated 1729 “Cohen” Reprint Note c. 1850

May 20, 1717 redated 1729, £4, “Indian Warrior” vignette c. 1850 Mendes I. “Cohen” (1796-1879) Reprint, Off the Original Engraved Copper Plate, Choice Crisp Uncirculated.

$300 - $400

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

350

April 1, 1737 New Hampshire Colonial Currency Sheet Reprinted by Mendes I. Cohen Off The Original Plate

April 1, 1737-Dated, Colonial New Hampshire. Face Side Uncut Sheet of 4 Notes. Reprinted by Mendes I. Cohen off the Original Plate c. 1850. Including: 3 Shillings (36 Pence), 5 Shillings, 2 Shillings, 10 shillings. Choice About Uncirculated.

$500 - $600

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

351

1802 Letters Regarding the Easton Delaware Bridge Lottery

August 6 & 10, 1802-Dated, Lot of 2 Autographed Letters Regarding the Easton Delaware Bridge Lottery, NY, Choice Very Fine.

$250 - $300

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

352

Superb Crisp 1806 “Pennepack School Lottery” Ticket

January 1, 1806, Philadelphia, State of PA, Pennepack School Lottery Ticket, unused, Superb Gem Crisp Uncirculated.

$250 - $300

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

353

c. 1768 KING’S 8th Regiment of Foot Large Coat Button

c. 1768 American Revolutionary War Era, British KING’S 8th Regiment of Foot, Pewter Coat Size Button, 23 mm, Fine.

$200 - $300

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

354

1779 Engraved Portrait of American General Robert Howe

1779 Revolutionary War Period, Copper Plate Engraving of American General Robert Howe, Choice Crisp New Mint.

$300 - $400

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

355

Colonial-Revolutionary War Era Plain Design Powder Horn

c. 1780 Colonial to Revolutionary War Era, Powder Horn, Plain Design, Very Fine.

$400 - $500

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

356

1781 Massachusetts Revolutionary War Soldier Bounty

July 26/30, 1781-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Bounties Paid for Men Recruited in Taunton, MA, Very Good-Fine

$500 - $600

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

357

1782 Engraving of “ADMIRAL AUGUSTUS KEPPEL”

1782 Revolutionary War Era, Copperplate Engraving of “ADMIRAL AUGUSTUS KEPPEL,” the important British Naval Hero, Choice Very Fine.

$200 - $300

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

358

Revolutionary War 1782 Massachusetts 6% Interest Bond

January 1, 1782-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 6% Interest-bearing Fiscal Bond Certificate, Anderson MA-31, Choice Extremely Fine.

$400 - $600

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

359

1785 Engraved Portrait of British Army General G.A. Eliott

July 15, 1785-Dated, Engraved Portrait of British General Eliott, Historic Revolutionary War Era Military Figure, Published by J. Fielding, London, 1785, Choice Crisp Mint.

$200 - $250

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

360

1786 Engraved Portrait British Admiral Hughes by Fielding

May 12, 1786-Dated, Engraved Portrait of British Admiral Sir Edward Hughes, Historic Revolutionary War Era Military Figure, Published by J. Fielding, London, 1786, Choice Crisp Mint.

$250 - $300

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

361

Francis Hopkinson’s “The Battle of the Kegs” Poem 1866 Special Printing Extra-Illustrated with Six Early Engravings

(FRANCIS HOPKINSON). Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Author of the Poem: “The Battle of the Kegs” measuring 9.5” x 6.5”, 4to, Full Later Morocco Hardcovers, Gold gilt-lettered spine, minor wear. (Philadelphia), Oakwood Press, 1866, Choice Extremely Fine.

$1,000 - $1,200

Current Bidding Status
This Lot is CLOSED for Absentee Bidding.

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