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Lot	Image	Description
Lot: 1 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	1734 New Jersey Survey of Indian Purchase Land Signed by Surveyor General James Alexander of "the last Indian purchase made by the Council of Proprietors" plus Alexander had a Connection to Peter Zenger’s New-York Weekly Journal Newspaper “Freedom of the Press” Trial JAMES ALEXANDER (1691-1756), was a prominent lawyer and statesman in colonial New York and New Jersey. He served as Attorney General of New York, 1721-1723, and also served as Attorney General for New Jersey. Shortly after 1718, he was appointed “Surveyor” for New York and New Jersey and surveyed the boundary line between the two colonies.May 1, 1734-Dated Colonial New Jersey Manuscript Survey of 50 Acres of Land in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Signed by James Alexander, the Surveyor General of the Colony, his son, William Alexander, aka “Lord Stirling,” an important Major General in the Revolutionary War, Very Fine. Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 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.	1794 Revolutionary War Colonel William Barton of Rhode Island Autograph Letter Signed mentioning General (Ethan) Allen of Vermont WILLIAM BARTON (1748-1831). Continental Army Revolutionary War Rhode Island Officer, retiring with the rank of Colonel who fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill, best remembered for leading the daring raid in 1777 on Capturing British General Richard Prescott's Headquarters, and General Prescott himself captured while in his bed, for which Congress awarded him a Congressional “Sword of Honor” and presented him a Special Resolution of Thanks. Estimate: $1,400 - $1,800 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.	1863 Civil War ALS Regarding a Prisoner Release Endorsed by John A. Campbell the former U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Later Appointed as Assistant Confederate Secretary of War by CSA President Jefferson Davis Signed “Asst Secy of War” JOHN ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL (1811-1889). American Jurist in Georgia and Alabama, where he served in the State Legislature; Appointed by President Franklin Pierce to the United States Supreme Court in 1853; Resigned at the beginning of the American Civil War, and became an Official of the Confederate States of America; in October 1862, Appointed Confederate Assistant Secretary of War by Confederate President Jefferson Davis; Served six months in a military prison at war's end; Secured a Pardon and resumed his law practice in New Orleans, where he opposed Reconstruction. 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.	Samuel Cranston Royal Colonial Governor Signed Rhode Island Dummer's War Period (1722-1725) Military Commission “In Case of Any Invasion” 1722 against the Wabanaki Indian Confederacy Allied with New France SAMUEL CRANSTON (1659-1727). Royal Colonial Governor of Rhode Island in office (1698-1727), Elected to office 30 times (twice in 1698), and served as R.I. Governor longer than any other individual; Goldsmith by trade admitted a Freeman in 1684, was Assistant in 1696, Major of the Colony forces in 1698, and was elected Governor in 1698. Estimate: $1,800 - $2,400 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.	Calvin Coolidge Signed “ORIGINAL TRANSCRIPT OF CALVIN COOLIDGE - SETTLING THE WAR DEBTS” His Autographed Typescript for “Cosmopolitan Magazine” Article Published July 1932 Archive Plus Two Related ALS CALVIN COOLIDGE (1872-1933). 30th President of the United States from 1923 to 1929, American lawyer and Republican politician, Governor of Massachusetts, he succeeded to the Presidency upon the sudden death of President Warren G. Harding in 1923. Estimate: $4,000 - $8,000 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.	Civil War Union Navy Hero William B. Cushing Lot of Two Significant Autograph Letters Signed in 1862 and 1863 with Excellent Outstanding Content: “My business just at present is to look out for the rebels iron clad 'New Merrimac' and her consorts...” William B. Cushing (1842-1874), United States Civil War Navy Officer best known for Sinking the Ironclad Ram CSS Albemarle in a daring nighttime raid on October 27, 1864 at Plymouth, NC, for which he received the thanks of Congress and became a national hero. In January, 1865, he helped lead the Navy landing force in the assault on Fort Fisher. He died at age 32. Estimate: $800 - $1,000 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.	HENRY DAWKINS 1770 Autograph Document Signed, Historic Engraver & Continental Currency Counterfeiter as “Henry Dawkins of the City of Philadelphia, Engraver” HENRY DAWKINS, an English born important New York City and Philadelphia Engraver, who flourished circa 1753-1780, in 1776 he was Arrested and Imprisoned for Engraving Counterfeit Currency Notes of Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York. His work includes bookplates, maps and music, including numerous rare historic engraved prints. Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 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.	1765 Thomas Gage British Commanding General Autograhed Letter Signed to Colonel Bradstreet (later General Bradstreet) Regarding New York Soldiers’ Pay THOMAS GAGE (1721-1787). British Commanding General and later also Colonial Governor of Massachusetts, Commander in Chief in North America, responsible for sending troops to seize military stores at Lexignton and Concord precipitating the American Revolutionary War started at the Battle of Lexington, and the Battle of Bunker Hill. Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 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.	Major General Horatio Gates October 25th, 1777 Signed Revolutionary War Letter Pardon/Pass to a British Officer HORATIO GATES, (1727-1806). American Revolutionary War Major General who took credit for the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga, only after General Benedict Arnold who led the attack, was finally forced from the field when he was shot in the leg, and Gates was blamed for the defeat at the Battle of Camden. Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000 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.	James Garfield Signed & Dated Signature as President Plus “The Assassin” Charles Guiteau Collection of Signatures etc. JAMES A. GARFIELD, (1831-September 19, 1881) (SIGNATURE AS PRESIDENT) and CHARLES GUITEAU (THE ASSASSIN) COLLECTION. Estimate: $5,000 - $6,000 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.	“OUR COUNTRY - A NATIONAL BOOK.” Presentation Copy “To/ Lieut. General Grant a Memento of Our National Struggle, gratefully presented by the Editor - Almira Lincoln Phelps / Eutaw-Place Baltimore Feb. 23, 1866” February 23, 1866-Dated Presentation Library Book to Ulysses S. Grant, from his Library, then given to previous owner by the Grandson of President Grant, “OUR COUNTRY, A NATIONAL BOOK.”, Signed, Inscribed and Dated by Editor “Almira Lincoln Phelps / Eutaw-Place Baltimore Feb. 23, 1866”, Fine or better. Estimate: $800 - $1,200 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.	Reverend Ashbel Green, the First Person ever to Collect a Complete Set of the Autographs of the Declaration of Independence Signers, 1837 Church Missions Appointment REVEREND ASHBEL GREEN (1762-1848). Served as a sergeant in the New Jersey militia Revolutionary War Soldier; 3rd Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives (1792-1800); 8th President of Princeton University (1812-1822); Green Emancipated his family's Slave Betsey Stockton in 1817, recommended her as a Missionary to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, making her the First Single Female (Black) Overseas Missionary. Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 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.	Extraordinary Execution Order Signed by Major General Nathanael Greene for the Execution of Thomas Nicholson, One of His Soldiers Ordered “Shot to Death” for Desertion NATHANAEL GREENE (1742-1786). American Revolutionary War Major General; Appointed Quartermaster General of the Continental Army by Commanding General George Washington; was best known for his successful Command in the Southern Campaign in the Defeat of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 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.	1864 Alexander Hamilton Jr. Signed Check, Son of the Historic American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton ALEXANDER HAMILTON JR. (1786-1875). Son of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton; Graduated from Columbia College in 1804, just weeks after his father's death in a duel with Aaron Burr, Studied law and commenced practice in New York City, was with the Duke of Wellington's army in Portugal in 1811-1812, and returned to the U.S. on hearing rumors of impending war with Great Britain; Appointed Captain of US Infantry in 1813 and served as Aide-de-Camp to Gen. Morgan Lewis in 1814; In 1822 he was appointed U.S. District Attorney for East Florida, Later practiced law in New York City, and represented Aaron Burr's wife in her divorce proceedings against his father's killer in the 1830's! Estimate: $800 - $1,000 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.	1792 Jean Baptiste Comte D’Estaing Citizen General Signed Officers Military Service Record Between 1755 to 1792 for his friend and associate Citizen Gaultier of Kerveguen COMTE D’ESTAING (1729-1794). Full name, “JEAN BAPTISTE CHARLES HENRI HECTOR COMTE D’ESTAING”, a French General and Admiral; Commander of the First French Fleet sent in support of the American Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, who was wounded at the Siege of Savannah in 1779, executed by Guillotine in the French Reign of Terror. Estimate: $2,000 - $2,800 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.	Three James Hillhouse Signed Autograph Notes to Serving United States Secretary of State and President James Madison being Dated: 1802, 1808, and 1810 JAMES HILLHOUSE (1754-1832). Revolutionary War Officer who commanded Patriot troops alongside Aaron Burr during the British Invasion of New Haven, Connecticut in 1779; was a Member of the U.S. Congress from CT., (1791-1796); Member of the U.S. Senate, (1796-1810) where he briefly served as “President Pro Tempore” of the United States Senate. Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800 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.	South Carolina Congressman Benjamin Huger Autographed Note Signed Inviting President James and First Lady Dolley Madison to Dinner BENJAMIN HUGER (1768-1823). Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina (1799-1805) and elected to the Fourteenth U.S. Congress, serving from March 4, 1815 to March 3, 1817. Estimate: $600 - $800 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.	1864 Confederate Navy Commodore Duncan N. Ingraham Civil War Date Autograph Letter Signed, where he Commandeers a Building near the CSA Charleston, South Carolina Naval Station. Pre Civil War in 1853, Ingraham was Presented a Special United States Congress Gold Medal DUNCAN N. INGRAHAM (1802-1887). Presented a special United States Congress Gold Medal; later during the Civil War a Confederate Navy Commodore who served as Chief of Ordnance, Construction and Repair, and Commanded much of the South Carolina Coast for the CSA during the Civil War. Estimate: $800 - $1,000 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.	Joshua Humphreys - The "Father of the United States Navy" 1795 Regarding Designing & Constructing the First Frigates of the United States Navy Important Autograph Letter Signed JOSHUA HUMPHREYS (1751-1838). American Ship Builder and Naval Architect in Philadelphia who was the Constructor of the Original Six Frigates of the United States Navy, also known as: "The Father of the American Navy". When Congress passed the Naval Act of 1794, which provided for the construction of six Frigates, it called on Humphreys to design them. He was appointed Naval Constructor on June 28, 1794 and began work on the Ships. His six Frigates were: USS United States (1797), USS Constellation (1797), USS Constitution (1797), USS Chesapeake (1799), USS Congress (1799) and USS President (1800). Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 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 Knox as Secretary of War Post Revolutionary Letter sent to General Edward Hand Regarding Rifles for Fort Pitt HENRY KNOX, (1750-1806). Revolutionary War Officer of the Continental Army, Brigadier General of Artillery who secured & transported 60 tons of captured British cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston; directed Patriot Militia Cannon Fire at the Battle of Bunker Hill; later First Senior Officer of the United States Army; served as the First United States Secretary of War from 1789 to 1794 being appointed by George Washington; Knox is considered a Founding Father of the United States and helped found and organize the Society of the Cincinnati and authored its Founding Document. Estimate: $1,800 - $2,400 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.	May 23, 1778 Valley Forge, Henry Knox writes Continental Army Deputy Quartermaster General Robert Lettis Hooper HENRY KNOX, (1750-1806). Brigadier General of Artillery, at Valley Forge, Revolutionary War Officer of the Continental Army, secured & transported 60 tons of captured British cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston; directed Patriot Militia Cannon Fire at the Battle of Bunker Hill; later First Senior Officer of the United States Army; served as the First United States Secretary of War from 1789 to 1794 being appointed by George Washington; Knox is considered a Founding Father of the United States and helped found and organize the Society of the Cincinnati and authored its Founding Document. Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000 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.	“The President” (James Madison) Sent Dinner Invitation to Baron Stackelberg who was the Swedish Charge d’Affaires at Washington in 1819 (PRESIDENT JAMES MADISON) (1751-1836), Founding Father who served as the 4th President of the United States (1809 to 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. Estimate: $800 - $1,000 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.	1772 Pennsylvania Colonial Currency with “Declaration Signer” John Morton & Charles Humphreys, who Voted Against Signing ! JOHN MORTON, (1725-1777). Signer of the Declaration of Independence from PA., Chaired the Committee that wrote the Articles of Confederation, Delegate to the Continental Congress during the American Revolution providing the “Swing Vote” that allowed Pennsylvania to vote In Favor of the Declaration of Independence. CHARLES HUMPHREYS (1714-1786). Quaker member of Congress who’s beliefs caused him to vote Against the Declaration of Independence. Estimate: $600 - $900 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.	Exceedingly Rare July 6, 1798 Naval “Oath of Allegiance” to Seamen on Board the Warship Frigate “United States” (AMERICAN NAVAL HISTORY) First United States Warship Frigate “UNITED STATES,” (1797-1865); One of the Six Original United States Naval Frigate Warships authorized built by Congress by Act on March 27th, 1794. Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 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.	“John Nixon” Patriot on July 8, 1776 made the First Public Proclamation Reading of the “Declaration of Independence” at the front Steps of the Pennsylvania State House, July 8th Brigadier General JOHN NIXON (1733-1808). On July 8th, 1776 American Patriot John Nixon made the very First Public Proclamation Reading of the Declaration of Independence, which he read from the front steps of the Pennsylvania State House; later General George Washington’s Aide-de-Camp; Brigadier General; Financier and Official Director of of the Bank of North America of Philadelphia; served as a Militia Officer in the American Revolutionary War and was Chairman of the Philadelphia Committee of Safety. Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
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