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Historic Autographs
Lot	Image	Description
Lot: 26 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	1789 Major General Andrew Porter Autograph Document Signed, Applies for Surveyor General of Pennsylvania ANDREW PORTER (1743-1813). Revolutionary War Captain of Marines, Colonel in the 4th Pennsylvania Artillery, Tasked by General George Washington to Prepare Artillery for the Siege of Yorktown, Porter rose to rank of Major General, later declined the positions of Brigadier General in the U.S. Army, and as U.S. Secretary of War, because of his advanced age, he is one of the most Prominent Members of the Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania. Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 27 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	“John J. Pringle” Speaker of the House of Representatives of South Carolina Payment to for Travel Expense Headed “In the House of REPRESENTATIVES, 1787” Printed Form JOHN JULIUS PRINGLE (1753-1843). South Carolina Politician and lawyer who Published Articles in Defence of Colonial Rights, Speaker of the State Assembly (1787-1789); from 1792 till 1808 he served as District Attorney-General of South Carolina by special request of George Washington; in 1805 President Thomas Jefferson tendered him the 1787 JOHN JULIUS PRINGLE South Carolina Patriot + Speaker of the State Assembly; Attorney-Generalship of the United States, but family reasons induced him to decline. Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 28 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	“Peyton Randolph” and “John Blair” Signed April 1st, 1773 Virginia James River Bank Form Note PEYTON RANDOLPH, (1721-1775). First & Third President of the Continental Congress first elected on September 5, 1774; Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses; Chairman of the Virginia Conventions; and Governor of Virginia. JOHN BLAIR (1732-1800). One of the Founding Fathers of the United States.; a Delegate from Virginia, and one of the Signers of the Constitution of the United States; and U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 29 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	Commodore John Rodgers Signed as President of the Navy Board 1817 Naval Commissioner Letter to Charter a Vessel COMMODORE JOHN RODGERS (1772-1838). Senior Naval Officer in the United States Navy who served under Six Presidents in the Quasi-War with France, both Barbary Wars in North Africa, and during the War of 1812 with Britain, John Rodgers fired the First Shot of the War aboard his flagship, the frigate USS President, and played a leading role in the recapture of Washington, DC after the Capital was Burned by the British; he later served as Secretary of the Navy in 1823. Estimate: $600 - $800 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 30 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	Commodore John Rodgers Autograph Note Signed to President James Madison Accepting an Invitation to Dinner JOHN RODGERS (1772-1838). United States Senior Naval Officer with extensive victories over four decades from the 1790's through the late 1830's; Served in the Quasi War with France, both Barbary Wars, and in the War of 1812 where Rodgers Fired the First Cannon Shot of the War aboard his Flagship USS President; later President of the Board of Navy Commissioners from 1815 until his retirement in 1837. Estimate: $800 - $1,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 31 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	1829 Navy's Ranking Officer Commodore JOHN RODGERS’ Letter to the Secretary of the Navy JOHN RODGERS (the elder, 1772-1838). Commodore, a prominent figure in the formative years of the U.S. Navy, serving in the Quasi-War, both Barbary Wars, and the War of 1812; a senior officer and the President of the Board of Navy Commissioners from 1827 until 1837; senior officer of the Navy during this time when the rank of Commodore was a position held by senior captains commanding squadrons at the time. Estimate: $600 - $800 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 32 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	1822 Nathan Mayer Rothschild Signed the Historic Banker Russian Five Percent Annuity Bond to be Paid in London NATHAN MAYER ROTHSCHILD (1777-1836). Baron de Rothschild, English-German banker of Jewish heritage; businessman and financier of the second generation of the Rothschild Banking dynasty which was to become N. M. Rothschild & Sons; First person of Jewish faith admitted to the House of Lords; a Freemason, and in the aftermath of the British Slavery Abolition Act 1833 with the Slave Compensation Act 1837, Rothschild and his business partner Moses Montefiore loaned the British Government 15 million (worth 1.46 billion in 2022), used to compensate the Slave owners in the British Empire after the Slave Trade had been Abolished. Estimate: $600 - $800 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 33 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	E. H. Shepard the (“Winnie the Pooh”) Famous Illustrator Artist Signed c. 1939 Original Drawn Political Artwork Cartoon titled “Arms And The Woman” Where President Franklin Roosevelt Fights to Fund the Western Allies ERNEST HOWARD SHEPARD (1879-1976). Best known as the “Winnie the Pooh” Famous Illustrator, for the series of books by author A.A. Milne, also the Creative Illustration Cartoonist for Punch Magazine from 1921-1953. Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 34 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	President Anwar Sadat Awards the Order of the Republic to Former U.S. Secretary of the Navy J. William Middendorf, II November 2, 1978-Dated Official Manuscript Government Document Signed, "Anwar Sadat" (in Arabic script) at top in black ink in the field left of the Seal, being an Award from Egyptian President Anwar Sadat of the “Order of the Republic, Rank A” to Former United States Secretary of the Navy, J. William Middendorf, the Highest Decoration that Egypt could Award to a foreigner. Decoration from Anwar Al-Sadat to Middendorf Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 35 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	1717 Samuel Shute Royal Governor of Massachusetts-Bay Signed Military Appointment Promoting Benjamin Prescott, Father of William Prescott the Bunker Hill Hero Commanding American Forces on June 17th, 1775 October 4th, 1717-Dated Early Colonial Period, Partially-Printed Document Signed, “Sam(uel) Shute,” Captain General and Governour in Chief, of Massachusetts-Bay & over His Majesty’s Province in New-England, &c. colony’s militia, appointing Benjamin Prescott to the rank of Lieutenant in the company overseen by his father, Jonas Prescott, Framed, Very Fine. Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 36 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	Samuel Francis Smith Signed & Dated “America” also Known as “My Country 'Tis of Thee” the First Four Stanzas SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH (1808-1895). American Clergyman and Poet, Author of Our American Nation hymn titled, "America" (1832), the Lyrics otherwise are also known as 'My Country 'Tis of Thee'. Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 37 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	1793 “Walter Stewart” Revolutionary War General Signed Insurance Policy for Cargo of the American Schooner “Fly” an 8-gun Sloop of the Continental Navy in November 1775 WALTER STEWART (1756-1796). Continental Army and Pennsylvania Brevet Brigadier General in the Revolutionary War; Aide-de-Camp to Gates; Stewart’s full-length Portrait is shown within the famous Oil Painting by Colonel John Trumbull in the “Surrender of Cornwallis” at Yorktown, Stewart’s image seen on the left side of the line of the American Continental Army officers. Estimate: $1,800 - $2,400 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 38 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	Treaty of Versailles. A True Copy Dated October 13th, 1923 from Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes with Red Embossed Department of State Seal attached by a Red Silk Ribbon (WORLD WAR I - TREATY OF VERSAILLES - TRUE OFFICIAL UNITED STATES COPY). Estimate: $5,000 - $6,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 39 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	Richard Varick Autograph Letter Signed Demanding Arms and Ammunition "cannon and grape shott" at Albany 1776 RICHARD VARICK, (1753-1831). 1775 Revolutionary War Captain of the 1st New York Regiment, Private Secretary to Continental Army General George Washington, Mayor of New York City from 1789 to 1801, Speaker and Member of the New York State Assembly, American Lawyer and Politician. Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 40 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	George Washington Autograph Address Free Frank Transmittal Cover Signed “G. Washington” endorsed to be “On Public Service” to Brigadier General Smallwood with its original Red Wax Seal of George Washington Fully Intact GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799). First American President, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, President of the Constitutional Convention, and farmer; through these roles, Washington exemplified character and leadership for the future presidents of the United States. Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Colonial America
Lot	Image	Description
Lot: 41 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	Paul Revere’s Copper-Plate Engraved “Compass” 1772 Frontpiece Illustration, The North-American’s ALMANACK 1772 (Printed in 1771) Colonial Period, The North-American’s Almanack, published by Samuel Stearns (1727-1774), with Paul Revere’s Engraved Woodcut on the front title page displaying a Mariner’s “Compass” Printed and Sold by Richard Draper, Boston, Very Fine. Estimate: $2,400 - $2,800 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 42 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	1732 Jonathan Belcher Royal Governor of Massachusetts-Bay Signed Military Appointment Promoting Benjamin Prescott, Father of William Prescott the Bunker Hill Hero Commanding American Forces on June 17th, 1775 April 13th, 1732-Dated Early Colonial Period, Partially-Printed Document Signed, “J Belcher” (Jonathan Belcher Esqr), Royal Governor of Massachusetts-Bay in New-England and Captain General of the Colony’s Militia, Military Appointment promoting Benjamin Prescott Esqr. to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, Framed, Very Fine. Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 43 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	“Account of Subsistance 18th Royal Regiment of Foot of Ireland - Philadelphia, October 24, 1767” this British Regiment saw action at Lexington & Concord / Bunker Hill October 24, 1767-Dated, “Quartering Act” and British “Stamp Act” Era, Manuscript Document Signed, being an Account of Subsistance (sic) for the 18th Royal Regiment of Foot of Ireland, while being Garrisoned at Philadelphia, Choice Extremely Fine. Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 44 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	“TREE OF LIBERTY” Newport, Rhode Island Deed of Its “Tree of Liberty & of the lands whereon it Stands” by Town Clerk of Newport, Official True Copy to August 17th, 1818 April 14th, 1766-Dated, Historical Manuscript Document Signed, “Town Clerk Official True Copy,” here dated to August 17th, 1818, for the “Tree of Liberty” of Newport, Rhode Island, Very Fine. Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 45 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	c. 1650 German Bellarmine Stoneware “Wild Man" Jug c. 1650 17th century, Huge Decorative Bellarmine German Stoneware Jug, measuring 12.5" high with a bulbous midsection, with 1” Rosette on the body and a clear large 3” tall x 2” wide clear “Wild Man" face motif at the neck, Very Fine. Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 46 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	1776-Dated Engraving titled “The Death of General Wolfe” After Painting by Benjamin West, William Wollett Engraver, Published by William Wollett and John Boydell January 1, 1776-Dated, Original Engraved Print titled, “The Death of General Wolfe,” engraved After the original Oil Painting by Benjamin West, Engraved by William Wollett, Published by William Wollett and John Boydell, London, Framed, Very Fine. Estimate: $4,500 - $5,500 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 47 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	“The Death of General Montgomery at Quebec.” Engraved by W. Ketterlinus, After the painting by John Trumbull, Published by John Trumbull, Jany. 1st, 1808, Printed by Andrew Maverick, No. 108 Broad-Way, New York. The Death of General Montgomery at Quebec. Engraved by W. Ketterlinus, After the painting by John Trumbull, Published by John Trumbull, Jany. 1st, 1808, Printed by Andrew Maverick, New York. Framed, Extremely Fine. Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Colonial Currency
Lot	Image	Description
Lot: 48 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	The First “UNITED STATES” Titled Currency Issue May 20, 1777, Continental Currency, Three Dollars, Philadelphia Issue, The First “UNITED STATES” titled currency issue, Very Fine. Estimate: $500 - $700 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 49 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	Choice Circulated Eighty Dollars January 14th, 1779 Note Continental Currency, January 14th, 1779, Eighty Dollars, Highest Denomination of this issue, PMG graded Very Fine-25. Estimate: $500 - $600 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 50 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	Colonial Currency Note Issue Printed by Benjamin Franklin June 1, 1759 French & Indian War Period, Delaware, Twenty Shillings, Issue Printed by Benjamin Franklin, Very Fine. Estimate: $500 - $600 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
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