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Historic Autographs
Lot	Image	Description	Estimate Range	Bidding Status
1		Thomas Appleton - U.S. Consul at Leghorn, Italy Superb Content 1824 Letter on World Politics Revolts Corruption THOMAS APPLETON (1763-1840). Appointed by President John Adams as United States Consul in Leghorn, Italy (1798) who served until his death in 1840; Appleton was a long-time correspondent of Thomas Jefferson, who he first met in France in 1796, he procured wine and marble for Thomas Jefferson.	$600 - $900	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
2		Major General John Armstrong and Indian Fighter James Stackpole Signed Petition French and Indian War Period at Carlisle, Pennsylvania Petition JOHN ARMSTRONG (1725-1795). The Hero of he Battle of Kittanning, was one of George Washington's bravest and most successful generals, the First Brigadier General Commissioned (March 1, 1776) by the Continental Congress. JAMES STACKPOLE (2nd). Early Pennsylvania Settler who did not flee in the French and Indian War, became a noted Colonial leader and Indian Fighter.	$1,000 - $1,500	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
3		“Peleg Arnold” Rhode Island Autograph Document Signed Request for Three Volumes of "Comyns Digest of the Law" PELEG ARNOLD (1751-1820). Delegate to the Constitution Continental Congress (1787-1788), Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court (1795 to 1812), Lawyer, Jurist and Statesman from Rhode Island, President of the Smithfield Union Bank in 1803.	$240 - $340	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
4		1818 John B. Barton Autograph Letter Signed Sent to his Imprisoned Father the Famous General William Barton JOHN B. BARTON (1785-1869). Son of the famous historic American Revolutionary War Hero General William Barton.	$400 - $500	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
5		Continental Army General William Barton Autograph Letter Signed in Receipt of “180 Dollars in U States Bank notes” General WILLIAM BARTON (1748-1831). American REvolutionary War General who in 1775 enlisted in the Continental Army and fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill. In 1777, Captured British Major General Richard Prescott for which was Continental Congress Presentation Sword honored, was sent to New York to notify George Washington that Rhode Island ratified the U.S. Constitution, Member of Society of the Cincinnati. JOHN B. BARTON (1785-1869), Son of General William Barton.	$1,200 - $1,800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
6		1819 General William Barton Signed Letter Written from Danville Prison Mentions Generals Washington & Prescott WILLIAM BARTON (1748-1831). Important Officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War a Lt. Colonel, fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill, who later served as Adjutant General of the Rhode Island Militia. By Resolution of Congress, 25 July 1777, an “elegant sword” to be presented for his capturing British General Richard Prescott and Major William Barrington, his Aide-de-Camp.	$1,500 - $2,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
7		1691 Book by Balthasar Bekker on Witchcraft, Signed Three Times by the Dutch Minister Author ... Balthasar Bekker BALTHASAR BEKKER (1634-1698). Dutch Minister, Author of Philosophical and Theological Works, and Contributor to end of Witchcraft Persecutions in Europe. His best known work is “De Betoverde Weereld” (1691), which translates to “The World Bewitched” (1695), Amsterdam. (Book currently offered, and is “Author Signed” Three Times!	$1,500 - $2,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
8		“Elias Boudinot” President of the Continental Congress & Founding Father Autograph Letter Signed Collecting a Debt from Major General John Noble Cumming of New Jersey ELIAS BOUDINOT (1740-1821). 10th President of the Continental Congress (1782-1783), Founding Father, Member of the Continental Congress, served in the First Congress of 1789, Signed the “Treaty of Paris” with Great Britain, ending the Revolutionary War, Member of the Committee on Correspondence, New Jersey Provincial Congress, Commissary-General of Prisoners, and in 1795 Appointed as Third Director of the United States Mint by George Washington. Elias Boudinot founded the American Bible Society and began “Thanksgiving” in America as a national holiday.	$1,400 - $1,800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
9		“Winfield S. Schley” Hero of the 1898 Spanish-American War Battle of Santiago Bay at Cuba, President James Buchanan’s Signed Original Midshipman’s Naval Appointment JAMES BUCHANAN (1791-1868). 15th President of the United States from 1857-1861, serving immediately prior to the American Civil War, represented PA. in the U.S. House of Representatives, later the Senate, served as Minister to Russia under President Andrew Jackson, named Secretary of State under President James K. Polk, the last Former Secretary of State to serve as President of the United States.	$5,000 - $6,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
10		Israel H. Buker the Continental Army Officer who Presented a Sword by General LaFayette, Signed 1780 Massachusetts Treasury “Commodity Bond” Certificate ISRAEL HILTON BUKER (1756-1848). Revolutionary War Sergeant; Crossed the Delaware River with General George Washington, was present at Valley Forge, served with General LaFayette and Presented a Sword by General LaFayette; wounded at least twice, Honorable Discharged by General George Washington with the Army on June 9, 1783 at New Windsor, New York.	$1,200 - $1,800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
11		Richard E. Byrd Signed Card for an Autograph Collector RICHARD E. BYRD (1888-1957). American Naval Officer, Aviator and Polar Explorer, a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor.	$180 - $220	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
12		Earliest of the “Climate Change” Scientists, Print Signed by the German-Swiss Geologist who studied the Swiss Glaciers JEAN DE CHARPENTIER (1786-1855). Among the very first Climate Change Scientists, German-Swiss geologist who studied Swiss glaciers who studied how glaciers first formed, moved, or how they disappeared.	$800 - $1,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
13		Captain Earl Clapp April 19, 1775 Minutemen Commander at Lexington & Concord Testimonial Document Signed ... “With a sincere wish that the Tree of Liberty so gloriously planted in the American soil may continue to flourish...” EARL CLAPP (1741-1836). Commanded a Company of Minutemen at the Lexington Alarm as a Captain of Massachusetts Militia Officer with the Minutemen on April 19, 1775 taking part at the Battle of Lexington & Concord, subsequently served as a Major of the Plymouth County Massachusetts, Militia.	$3,000 - $4,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
14		1763 Benjamin Condy Rare Signed Naval Brig Repairs List & Invoice For Instrument Etc. Edward Clague, Ships Master BENJAMIN CONDY (died 1798). Early Scientific Navigational Instrument Maker active from 1756 to 1792, maker of mathematical, optical & navigational instruments, such as telescopes, quadrants, compasses, surveying instruments, quadrants, etc., who had a Shop on South Front Street, Philadelphia.	$600 - $800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
15		1774 “Freeman's Agreement” Signed by Abraham C. Cuyler the Last British “Loyalist Mayor” of Albany, New York ABRAHAM CUYLER (1742-1810). The Last British Loyalist Mayor of Albany, New York from (1770-1778).	$800 - $1,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
16		“MARY C. DENVER” Signed Four Letter Archive Sister of JAMES DENVER the City of Denver, Colorado was Named MARY CAROLINE DENVER (1821-1860). American Poet, Author of the book titled “POEMS”. (Sister of historic Western and Military figure JAMES WILLIAM DENVER, for whom the City of Denver, Colorado is named, the Mexican War Captain, as the Commander in Army of the Tennessee.)	$1,000 - $1,500	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
17		1754-Dated William Dummer Autograph Document Signed WILLIAM DUMMER (1677-1761). Province of Massachusetts Bay Lieutenant Governor for 14 years (1716-1730), including from 1723 to 1728 when he acted as Governor; best remembered for his role in leading the Colony during “Dummer's War,” brought to a successful conclusion by negotiated Treaty with the Native Abenakis Indians.	$1,200 - $1,800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
18		Trio of Letters by Noted Historic American Business Leaders: GEORGE EASTMAN, GEORGE PEABODY and THOMAS WATSON GEORGE EASTMAN (1854-1932). Patented Roll Film for Cameras. GEORGE PEABODY (1852-1938). American Financier and Philanthropist. THOMAS WATSON (1874-1956). Chairman and CEO of IBM.	$600 - $800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
19		Trio of Letters by Noted Historic American Business Leaders: GEORGE EASTMAN, GEORGE PEABODY and THOMAS WATSON GEORGE EASTMAN (1854-1932). Patented Roll Film for Cameras., THOMAS WATSON (1874-1956). Chairman and CEO of IBM. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR. (1874-1960). American Financier and Philanthropist, and the only Son of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller.	$800 - $1,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
20		Oliver Ellsworth’s Sheriff Orders for the Arrest of an “Unfriendly” Connecticut Colonial Currency Counterfeiter OLIVER ELLSWORTH (1745-1807). A Drafter of the United States Constitution, a United States Senator from Connecticut, and the Third Chief Justice of the United States, American lawyer, judge, politician, and diplomat.	$1,500 - $2,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
21		Oliver Ellsworth Written & Signed Bank of the U.S. Check, a Drafter of the United States Constitution from Conn. OLIVER ELLSWORTH (1745-1807). American lawyer, judge, politician, and diplomat; a Drafter of the United States Constitution, a United States Senator from Connecticut, and the Third Chief Justice of the United States.	$300 - $400	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
22		William Wolcott Ellsworth 30th Governor of Connecticut Signed 1840 State Militia Military Appointment as Major WILLIAM WOLCOTT ELLSWORTH (1791-1868). 30th Governor of Connecticut, U.S. Congressman, and Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.	$200 - $300	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
23		“Edward Everett” 1864 Civil War Autograph Note Signed “Washington was the greatest of good men & the best of great men.” EDWARD EVERETT (1794-1865). American politician, pastor, educator, diplomat, and orator, U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 15th Governor of Massachusetts, Minister to Great Britain, United States Secretary of State, and Harvard University President. Great American Orator best remembered for his dedication at the Gettysburg National Cemetery in 1863, where he spoke for over two hours before President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous two-minute Gettysburg Address.	$400 - $600	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
24		1857 Edward Everett Signed as Association of Franklin Medal Scholars, Boston, President Certificate of Donation EDWARD EVERETT (1794-1865). American politician, pastor, educator, diplomat, and orator, U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 15th Governor of Massachusetts, Minister to Great Britain, United States Secretary of State, and Harvard University President. Great American Orator best remembered for his dedication at the Gettysburg National Cemetery in 1863, where he spoke for over two hours, before President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous two-minute Gettysburg Address.	$400 - $600	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
25		Cyrus W. Field Signed Letter Atlantic Telegraph Company Laid the First Telegraph Cable Across the Atlantic in 1858 CYRUS WEST FIELD (1819-1892). Historic American Industrialist, created the Atlantic Telegraph Company, and laid the First Successful Telegraph Cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858.	$200 - $300	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
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