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Lot: 1 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	“J.Q. Adams” Signed Document as President on a Rare REUSE Presidential Document with “JAMES MONROE, President” Crossed Out Replaced by “John Quincy Adams” JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1767-1848). 6th President of the United States (1825-1829); Negotiated with the United Kingdom over America's northern border with Canada; with Spain the annexation of Florida; one of the earliest Anti-Slavery Leaders; authored the “Monroe Doctrine” thus one of the greatest Diplomats and Secretaries of State in American history. Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 2 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	1789 Elisha Boudinot Autograph Document Signed as a Supreme Court Justice of New Jersey for Pay & Court Costs Elisha Boudinot (1749-1819). Patriot supporter of the American Revolution who assisted in the Spy network for General George Washington; Commissary of Prisoners for the State of New Jersey in December 1778; Lawyer who served as an Associate Judge of the New Jersey Supreme Court (1798-1804); younger brother of Elias Boudinot (1740-1821), elected President of the Continental Congress; distinguished citizen of Elizabeth, NJ. Estimate: $500 - $600 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 3 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	1798 “John Chester” Signed Letter, Crossed the Delaware with George Washington & Hero Wounded at Bunker Hill Immortalized in Gilbert Stuart’s Historic Painting “The Death of General Warren” Shown with Warren in the Battle JOHN CHESTER (1749-1809). Revolutionary War Patriot Hero at the Battle of Bunker Hill, shown in Gilbert Stuart’s historic painting “The Death of General Warren” shown holding the dying General Warren while trying to protect him from the advancing British, he Crossed the Delaware with General George Washington as a Continental Army Soldier from Connecticut. Estimate: $800 - $1,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 4 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	Wentworth Cheswell the First African American Elected to Public Office in the United States and the First Black Judge - 1812 Autograph Document Signed. WENTWORTH CHESWELL (1746-1817). Born in Newmarket, New Hampshire to a Free black man of biracial ancestry and a white woman, he attended the prestigious Governor Dummer Academy in Byfield, Massachusetts, where he received a classical education, and returned to Newmarket, NH to become a Schoolmaster; Elected as Town Constable in 1768, and was elected to other positions, including Assessor, Auditor, and Justice of the Peace, to which last post he was elected in 1805 and served until his death. He is considered to be the First African American elected to public office in the Unitd States, as well as the First Black Judge in the United States. A black Revolutionary War veteran, Cheswell served in 1777 in the Saratoga Campaign. Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 5 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	1790 George Clinton Founding Father Signed as Governor of New York Military Officer’s Land Grant for 500 Acres 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. Estimate: $600 - $800 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 6 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	General George Armstrong Custer’s April 9, 1865 “Farewell Address” to his Third Cavalry Division Soldiers Original Manuscript Contemporary Copy Written by Custer’s Aide (General George Armstrong Custer) Archive featuring: Headed “Headquarters” an Original Four Page Manuscript Copy of General George Armstrong Custer’s Farewell Address to his Third Cavalry Division of April 9, 1865, completely Handwritten by Custer’s Staff Aide: “L.W. Barnhard, Capt & AA General,” as noted at the conclusion of this Contemporary Period Document reading: “Presented to Robert McKinley, Com. 4, 2nd West Va. Cavalry Third Cavalry Division,” Very Fine. Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 7 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	“Inventory of the Personal Estate of Stephen Decatur, dec’d” Historic American Naval Captain in the Revolutionary War (STEPHEN DECATUR, SR.) (1752-1808). American Merchant Ship Captain before the Revolutionary War, American Naval Captain in the Revolutionary War, and later commissioned as a U.S. Navy Captain in the Quasi-War with France, Commanded the USS Delaware and sailed in the First American Navy fleet to cross the Atlantic, along with his son Stephen Decatur Jr. Estimate: $600 - $1,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 8 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	January 24, 1863 General Abner Doubleday Autograph Letter Signed About His Brother Ulysses Heroism in Battle GENERAL ABNER DOUBLEDAY (1819-1893). Civil War Union Army General, Officer at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, SC. when it was first attacked and in return aimed and Fired the First Union Shot against the Confederates in the attack on Fort Sumter, credited by some with having Invented the modern game of Baseball. Estimate: $4,500 - $5,500 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 9 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	Letter to President Abraham Lincoln from Rear Admiral Samuel F. Du Pont Recommending a Civil War Chaplain’s Appointment who expresses “the highest Christian virtues” SAMUEL FRANCIS DU PONT (1803-1865). U.S. Naval Officer who during the Civil War, Commanded the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron; led the successful Attack on Port Royal, S.C., and blockade; Promoted to Rear Admiral on July 16, 1862; blamed for the first failed attack on Charleston, SC in April, 1863, which resulted in his resignation; died June 1865 at age 61. Estimate: $1,800 - $2,400 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 10 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	William Ellery Signer of the Declaration of Independence Autograph Letter Signed Three Times Includes: “Negroes Passage from Jamaica to this Place” for Transporting Slaves (Newport, Rhode Island) WILLIAM ELLERY (1727-1820). Signer of the Declaration of Independence for Rhode Island, member “Sons of Liberty,” 1776 Delegate to the Continental Congress from Rhode Island and on its Marine Committee, Naval Officer for the Colony of RI, Signer of RI Currency Notes, and appointed as Continental Congress Loan-Office Commissioner for the State of RI, etc. Estimate: $1,800 - $2,400 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 11 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	1780 “Benjamin Edes” Founding Member of the “Sons of Liberty” Signed Revolutionary War Boston Town Treasury Tax Loan Certificate: “for the Purpose of carrying on the War.” Also Signed by “David Jeffries” Deacon of Old South Church an Exceedingly Rare Fiscal Form Not 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. Estimate: $5,000 - $6,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 12 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	1754 Colonial Connecticut Governor Thomas Fitch Signed Document Urgently Ordering the General Assembly to Meet THOMAS FITCH (c.1699-1774). Born in Norwalk, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale College in 1721. Served in the Connecticut General Assembly and was Governor of the Colony of Connecticut from 1754 to 1766, leading the Colony through the tumultuous years of the French and Indian War. Estimate: $1,800 - $2,400 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 13 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	Declaration of Independence Signer William Floyd Signed Owned Book “Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy..” London 1754 WILLIAM FLOYD (1734-1821). Americaan Founding Father; Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence risking his life and property to support the cause of American independence; Politician from New York, a Major General of the American Revolutionary War; served as a Delegate from New York in the First Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776; and a Member of the New York State Senate (Southern District) from 1777 to 1788. Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 14 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	1755 French and Indian War Letter Signed by Governor Stephen Hopkins of Rhode Island with Important Content regarding Raising more men to Reinforce and Strengthen the Expedition Against Crown Point, Per Genl. Braddock’s Defeat STEPHEN HOPKINS (March 7, 1707 - July 13, 1785). Founding Father of the United States; Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Continental Association; Four-Time Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court; Member of First Continental Congress; Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court; First Chancellor of Brown University; Speaker of the Rhode Island General Assembly; Author of the First Anti-Slavery Law in the United States. Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 15 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	1828 Lafayette Autograph Letter Signed Regarding His Request that a Prominent Attorney Assist in a Legal Case MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE (1757-1834). Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, known in the United States as “Lafayette” was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War, Commanding American troops in several major battles including the Siege of Yorktown; close friend of George Washington; Later, Commander of the “Gardes Francoises” in Paris. Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 16 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	President James Madison Appoints Future Rear Admiral Hiram Paulding as Midshipman ... at Thirteen Years of Age ! JAMES MADISON (1751-1836). Founding Father from Virginia who served as the 4th President of the United States (1809-1817); hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in Drafting and Promoting the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights; President during the War of 1812 against Great Britain. HIRAM PAULDING (1797-1878). Commodore and Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, who served from the War of 1812 until after the Civil War; Appointed Midshipman on September 1, 1811 (This Document); During the War of 1812, he served on Lakes Ontario and Champlain, Commanding the second division from Ticonderoga during the Battle of Lake Champlain; after the War of 1812 he served in Constellation, off the Algerian coast, and in Independence, the brig Prometheus, and Macedonian. CADWALADER RINGGOLD (1802-1867). Officer in the United States Navy who served in the United States Exploring Expedition, promoted to Commander on July 16, 1849, and began the definitive survey of the San Francisco Bay region, and, after initially retiring, returned to service during the Civil War; in Command of the frigate Sabine on November 1, 1861. Estimate: $5,000 - $6,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 17 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	President James Madison Exercises Executive Clemency and Pardons a Sailor Sentenced to Death for Piracy in a Famous Trial, Also Signed by James Monroe as Secretary of State JAMES MADISON (1751-1836). Founding Father from Virginia who served as the 4th President of the United States (1809-1817); hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in Drafting and Promoting the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights; President during the War of 1812 against Great Britain. JAMES MONROE (1758-1831). 5th President of the United States. During the War of 1812, Monroe held the critical roles of both Secretary of State and the Secretary of War under President James Madison. Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 18 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	President William McKinley Signed Document Approving Expenses of the Executive Department of the Chickasaw Nation for Their Mineral Trustee, December 29, 1900 WILLIAM McKINLEY (1843-1901). 25th President of the United States (1897-1901). President McKinley was Assassinated by anarchist Leon Czolgosz in September of 1901 in Buffalo, New York and was succeeded by his Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt. Estimate: $2,400 - $2,800 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 19 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	President William McKinley Signed Officer's Commission WILLIAM McKINLEY, (1843-Sept. 14, 1901). 25th President of the United States (1897-1901), serving from 1897 until his Assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party, he led a realignment that made Republicans largely dominant in the industrial states and nationwide for decades. Estimate: $600 - $800 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 20 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	“Henry Middleton” Signed PMG graded Fine-12 April 29th 1775 South Carolina Twenty Pounds Colonial Note TEN DAYS After Lexington & Concord, A Continental Congress President HENRY MIDDLETON (1717-1784). A Founding Father of the United States from South Carolina, President of the Continental Congress from South Carolina (1774-1774), Delegate to the Continental Congress (1774-1774), Signer on a rare South Carolina Currency issue in 1775, being the only available “Collectable” example of Henry Middleton’s autograph. Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 21 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	“Henry Middleton” Signed PMG graded Fine-12 April 29th 1775 South Carolina Fifty Pounds Note Issued TEN DAYS After the Battle of Lexington & Concord, A Continental Congress President HENRY MIDDLETON (1717-1784). A Founding Father of the United States from South Carolina, President of the Continental Congress from South Carolina (1774-1774), Delegate to the Continental Congress (1774-1774), Signer on a rare South Carolina Currency issue in 1775, being the only available “Collectable” example of Henry Middleton’s autograph. Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 22 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	In 1769 John Nixon Signed this Colonial Currency Note and on July 8, 1776 he famously made the First Public Proclamation Reading of the Declaration of Independence! 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. Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 23 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	January 16, 1865-Dated Naval Document with the Historic Signatures of Rear Admiral Davd Porter and Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles: Order to “proceed to Hampton Roads Va., without delay, and report to Rear Admiral D. D. Porter for duty in the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron.” DAVID DIXON PORTER Civil War Rear Admiral, GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy, and SAMUEL P. LEE, Acting Rear Admiral. Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 24 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	1865 Admiral DAVID D. PORTER Civil War Naval Letter an Incident during the Attacks on Fort Fisher, Ship “Yantic” DAVID DIXON PORTER (1813-1891). United States Navy Admiral who became one of the most noted Naval Heroes of the Civil War. Porter was one of the First U.S. Navy officers to bear the rank of Admiral; prior to the Civil War, no officer had held a rank higher than Commodore. He saw extensive Mexican War service; in the Civil War, his ships served at New Orleans, Vicksburg, the Red River, and Fort Fisher, as well as the Atlantic Blockading Squadron. David Porter attained the rank of Admiral, his adopted brother was DAVID FARRAGUT. Estimate: $1,800 - $2,400 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 25 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	Major General Oliver Prescott’s Retained Copy Letter of Resignation from the Supreme Executive Council of Massachusetts May 1780 and as Major General of State Militia, Containing His Superb Historic Patriotic Content OLIVER PRESCOTT (1731-1804). Served as Chairman of the Groton, Massachusetts Town Committee that protested the British Stamp Act in 1765 and was Clerk of the Town's Committee of Correspondence in 1774; Served in the Militia before the American Revolution and at the start of the Revolutionary War became Brigadier General of the Middlesex County Militia, then Appointed the 3rd Major General of the Massachusetts State Militia in 1778; During the Siege of Boston, he was charged with setting up checkpoints to stop communication between the British garrison and pro-British sympathizers in the countryside; Served on the Massachusetts Supreme Executive Council from 1777 to 1780. Estimate: $3,500 - $4,500 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
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