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Lot	Image	Description	Estimate Range	Bidding Status
26		“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.	$200 - $300	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
27		Future President “Jerry Ford” Sends “Occupational Safety and Health Standards” Act as the House Minority Leader GERALD R. FORD (1913-2006). 38th U.S. President, 1974-1977, Vice President 1973-1974, House Minority Leader, 1965-1973, Member, Warren Commission, 1963-1964, Member, U.S. House of Representatives, Republican, Michigan 1949-1973.	$300 - $400	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
28		1772/3 Philadelphia Furniture Maker “James Gillingham” and Mayor “John Gibson” Signed Debt Sworn Statement JAMES GILLINGHAM (born 1736), Noted Philadelphia Furniture Maker and active from 1765-1770 in the Chippendale Style. JOHN GIBSON (1740-1782), 57th Major of Philadelphia for two terms (1771-1773).	$600 - $800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
29		1798 John Taylor Gilman Signed NH. Military Appointment Twice Governor of New Hampshire & Continental Congress JOHN TAYLOR GILMAN (1753-1828). Twice Governor of New Hampshire, Farmer, Shipbuilder, and Statesman from Exeter, New Hampshire. He represented New Hampshire in the Continental Congress in 1782-1783 and was Governor of New Hampshire for 14 years, from 1794 to 1805 and from 1813 to 1816.	$500 - $600	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
30		1796 New Hampshire Governor & Commander in Chief John Taylor Gilman Signed Militia Military Appointment JOHN TAYLOR GILMAN (1753-1828). Two Time Governor of New Hampshire, Farmer, Shipbuilder, and Statesman from Exeter, New Hampshire. He represented New Hampshire in the Continental Congress in 1782-1783 and was Governor of New Hampshire for 14 years, from 1794 to 1805 and from 1813 to 1816.	$400 - $500	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
31		Astronaut John Glenn Color Inscribed & Signed Photograph Inscribed “to a strong supporter of the space program” JOHN HERSCHEL GLENN, JR. (1921-2016). United States Marine Corps Aviator, Engineer, Astronaut, Businessman, and Politician, First American to Orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962, Served from 1974 to 1999 as a Democratic United States Senator from Ohio, in 1998, flew once again into space again at age 77.	$600 - $800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
32		JOHN HERSCHEL GLENN JR (1921-2016). United States Marine Corps Aviator, Engineer, Astronaut, Businessman, and Politician, First American to Orbit the Earth JOHN HERSCHEL GLENN JR (1921-2016). United States Marine Corps Aviator, Engineer, Astronaut, Businessman, and Politician, First American to Orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962, Served from 1974 to 1999 as a Democratic United States Senator from Ohio, in 1998, flew into space again at age 77.	$300 - $400	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
33		1875 President “U.S. Grant” Signed Large “Commission as Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Washington Territory” ULYSSES S. GRANT (1822-1885). Eighteenth President of the United States, First “Lieutenant-General” of the Army since George Washington, and Major General (July 4, 1863), he led the Union Armies to victory in the last years of the American Civil War.	$2,200 - $2,800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
34		Revolutionary War Royal Navy Admiral Samuel Graves’s November, 17, 1775 “Siege of Boston” Period Document SAMUEL GRAVES (1713-1787). Admiral British Royal Navy, Revolutionary War Vice Admiral of the White and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels employed and to be employed in the River Saint Lawrence & c. & c.in July 1774 assumed Command of the North American Station, is sailors manned the boats that ferried British soldiers across the Charles River en route to Lexington and Concord on the night of April 18th, 1775 and his ships provided fire support at Bunker Hill.	$1,000 - $1,500	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
35		Declaration Signer Francis Hopkinson Signed Document as Judge of the Court of Admiralty State of Pennsylvania 1784 FRANCIS HOPKINSON (1737-1791). Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Admiralty Court Judge, Federal Judge, American Author, and primary Designer of the First American Flag and Design of the Great Seal of the United States. JARED INGERSOLL (1749-1822). Signer of the United States Constitution, Delegate to the Continental Congress (1780-1781).	$1,800 - $2,400	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
36		Presiding Lincoln Assassination Conspirators Trial Head Union Gen. David Hunter Signed & Inscribed Cabinet Card the DAVID HUNTER (1802-1886). President of the Abraham Lincoln Assassination Military Commission that Tried the John Wilkes Booth Conspirators, from May 8 to July 15, 1865. Union Major General in the American Civil War who achieved fame by his “Unauthorized” 1862 General Order 11 (immediately rescinded by President Abraham Lincoln) Emancipating Slaves in three Southern States; sanctioned the organization of the first African American Regiment during the Civil War, Union Army Commander of the Department of the South.	$1,000 - $1,200	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
37		Jedediah Huntington Revolutionary War General 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 Andr. He "fought courageously during the Battle of Bunker Hill, from which he emerged a Colonel.”	$300 - $400	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
38		1783 “Examination of Jesse Tuttle and others for Counterfeiting Dollars” Document Signed by “G. Pitkin” and (General) Jedidiah Huntington at Hartford (Connecticut) JEDIDIAH HUNTINGTON (1743-1818). American General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, an active member of the Sons of Liberty, and of the Committee of Correspondence established at Norwich, Connecticut on 6 June 1774. In 1776 Huntington's 8th Connecticut Regiment became the 17th Continental Regiment, an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati, Post-War President Washington appointed him Connecticut Customs House collector.	$800 - $1,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
39		1789 Signer of the Declaration Twice Signed, Samuel Huntington, Connecticut Governor Legal Document SAMUEL HUNTINGTON (1731-1796). Signer of the Declaration of Independence, President of the Continental Congress (1779-1781), considered as the First President of the United States under the Articles of Confederation in Congress Assembled, 18th Governor of the State of Connecticut.	$1,200 - $1,600	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
40		January 9, 1808 Historic Broadside Act Signed in Print “Th; Jefferson” Titled: “An act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States.” (THOMAS JEFFERSON) (1743-1826). Third President of the United States (1801-1809), Principle Author of the Declaration of Independence. (Signature in Printed Text.)	$1,500 - $2,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
41		“Helen Keller” aka: The Miracle Worker Typed Letter Signed “A good dog is a joy forever.” Re: A Great Dane “Lad” Book HELEN KELLER (1880-1968). First Deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, as she learned to communicate, has become widely known through the dramatic depictions of the play and film The Miracle Worker.	$1,400 - $1,800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
42		“Charles Lee” Seven Years War Letter Thrice (3x) Signed Important Historical Content Regarding the Abuse of Rank CHARLES LEE (1731-1782). American Major-General of the Continental Army during the American War of Independence under George Washington and the Continental Congress. Lee also served earlier in the British Army during the Seven Years War.	$1,200 - $1,800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
43		1780 Charles Lee Autograph Letter Signed to Thomas Harwood of the Continental Loan Office of Maryland CHARLES LEE (1758 - 1815). American Lawyer from Virginia, served as the 3rd United States Attorney General in 1795 after William Bradford died in office, until 1801 under Presidents George Washington and John Adams.	$1,200 - $1,600	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
44		“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.
45		Charles Lindbergh Signed Autobiography Book Titled “WE” 1927-Dated Special “Author’s Autograph Edition” CHARLES A. LINDBERGH (1902-1974). Historic American Aviator, Author, Inventor, Explorer and Social Activist. “WE” is the autobiography of the famous flier, written almost immediately after his famous flight across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Paris on May 20-21, 1927.	$2,000 - $2,800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
46		1991 Peter Max Signed & Inscribed American Flag Poster PETER MAX (born Peter Max Finkelstein, October 19, 1937). American German-born Jewish Artist best known for his “Cosmic Brownies” Pop Art Style, as it became to be known in the 1960s.	$800 - $1,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
47		1826 CHARLES MORRIS Autograph Letter Signed as the U.S. Navy Commissioner to Captain Charles H. Ridgley CHARLES MORRIS (1784-1856). U.S. Navy Commissioner 1823 to 1827, and served as Chief of the Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repairs 1844 to 1847.	$180 - $220	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
48		“Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses” Signed Album “Anna Mary Robertson Moses Eagle Bridge New York.” ANNA MARY “GRANDMA” MOSES (1860-1961). Internationally acclaimed American Folk Artist Painter who began painting in earnest at the age of 78 and is a prominent example of a newly successful art career at an advanced age.	$300 - $400	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
49		1770 “ABNER NASH” Colonial North Carolina Governor Personal Issue Partly-Printed Private Promissory Note ABNER NASH. (August 8, 1740 - December 2, 1786) was the Second Governor of the U.S. State of North Carolina between 1781 and 1782, and represented North Carolina in the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1786	$1,200 - $1,800	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
50		1778 British Major General William Phillips Manuscript Letter Signed While Held as a Prisoner-of War WILLIAM PHILLIPS (1731-1781). Revolutionary War British Major General, held as an American “Convention Army of Saratoga”, Prisoner at Cambridge, MA, after the surrender of General John Burgoyne to General Gates at Saratoga, NY, on October 18, 1777.	$2,000 - $3,000	Bidding is OPEN for this lot. Click HERE to place your bid.
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