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Bids in American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Live Auction
American Historical Ephemera & Photography
June 15, 2023 / 10:00AM EDT / Cincinnati
Lot 1
[FRENCH & INDIAN WAR] -- [PRIVATEERS]. A group of 5 documents associated with New York Privateer Captain James Lilley and the British ship he commanded during the French and Indian War, the Duke of Cumberland.
Untitled
Estimate: $700-$1,000
Sold
$1,300
Lot 2
[FRENCH & INDIAN WAR]. Edinburgh Evening Courant. Edinburgh, Scotland: 11 October 1760. Featuring early, front page coverage of Britain's capture of Montreal from the French.
Untitled
Estimate: $1,000-$1,500
Passed
Lot 3
[PONTIAC'S WAR]. Manuscript orderly book chronicling the daily march of Colonel Henry Bouquet's force of British, Pennsylvania and Virginia volunteers. August-November, 1764.
Untitled
Estimate: $10,000-$20,000
Sold
$16,000
Lot 4
[SIGNER]. LANGDON, John (1741-1819). Letter signed ("John Langdon"). Portsmouth, NH. 16 July 1762. [With:] LANGDON, Betsy. ALS 1763.
Untitled
Estimate: $500-$700
Sold
$250
Lot 5
[SIGNER]. LANGDON, John (1741-1819). Autograph letter signed ("Jn. Langdon"), to Messrs. Gouverneur & Kemble. Portsmouth, 30 June 1792.
Untitled
Estimate: $300-$500
Sold
$150
Lot 6
[NONIMPORTATION AGREEMENTS]. Pennsylvania Chronicle and Universal Advertiser. Vol. III, No. 43. Philadelphia, PA: William Goddard and Benjamin Towne, 20 November 1769.
Untitled
Estimate: $800-$1,200
Passed
Lot 7
[REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. London Chronicle. Vol. XL, No. 312. London, England: J. Wilkie, 21 December 1776. Coverage of the Battles of New York and British occupation of the city.
Untitled
Estimate: $500-$700
Passed
Lot 8
[REVOLUTIONARY WAR - SIEGE OF CHARLESTON]. ALLEN, William (1704-1780). Autograph letter signed ("William Allen"), to Cyprian Stormy[?]. Morris-Town, [NJ], 4 April 1780.
Untitled
Estimate: $400-$600
Sold
$300
Lot 9
[REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. True copy of an order given by Timothy Pickering (1745-1829) as Quartermaster General. [Newburgh], [1 February 1781].
Untitled
Estimate: $400-$600
Sold
$200
Lot 10
PICKERING, Timothy (1745-1829). Autograph letter signed ("T. Pickering QMG") as Quartermaster General of the Continental Army. Newburgh, 17 March 1783.
Untitled
Estimate: $300-$400
Sold
$175
Lot 11
PICKERING, Timothy (1745-1829). Autograph letter signed ("Tim Pickering"), to Peter Anspach and Messr. Wolfe. Elizabethtown, 17 April 1784.
Untitled
Estimate: $800-$1,200
Sold
$600
Lot 12
PICKERING, Timothy (1745-1829). Autograph letter signed ("Timothy Pickering"), as Secretary of State, to Richard VARICK (1753-1831), Mayor of New York. Philadelphia, 11 January 1798.
Untitled
Estimate: $800-$1,200
Sold
$400
Lot 13
[REVOLUTIONARY WAR - BATTLE OF GUILFORD COURT HOUSE]. Northampton Mercury. Vol. LXII, No. 10. London, England: Thomas Dicey & Co., 14 May 1781.
Untitled
Estimate: $600-$800
Passed
Lot 14
[REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. Manuscript document signed ("D.M."?), to Captain Colville? Claverack, NY, 22 October 1781.
Untitled
Estimate: $1,500-$3,000
Sold
$750
Lot 15
[REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. LESLIE, Alexander (1731-1794). Document signed ("Alexr. Leslie"), DECLARING HIS MEN'S SAFE PASSAGE UNDER FLAG OF TRUCE TO SPEAK WITH GENERAL NATHANAEL GREENE. Charleston, [SC], 19 December 1781.
Untitled
Estimate: $800-$1,200
Sold
$2,250
Lot 16
[REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. Northampton Mercury. Vol LXIV, Nos. 30-33. London, England: Thomas Dicey & Co., 29 September - 20 October 1783.
Untitled
Estimate: $1,000-$1,500
Passed
Lot 17
WILSON, Robert (1777-1849). Autograph letter signed ("RT Wilson") with identification possibly in Marquis de Lafayette's hand. "Brighton Co.," 27 September.
Untitled
Estimate: $300-$400
Sold
$150
Lot 18
BROUGHAM, Henry P. (1778-1868). Autograph letter signed ("H. Brougham") with identification possibly in Marquis de Lafayette's hand. Lancaster, 29 August[?] 1830.
Untitled
Estimate: $300-$400
Sold
$150
Lot 19
LAFAYETTE, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de (1757-1834). Two-word annotation ("Lord Holland"), accomplished on:
Untitled
Estimate: $300-$400
Sold
$200
Lot 20
[NORTH CAROLINA]. Gazette of the United States. No. LXXV. New York: John Fenno, 30 December 1789. North Carolina's ratification of the US Constitution.
Untitled
Estimate: $500-$700
Passed
Lot 21
[WASHINGTON, DC]. Gazette of the United States. Vol. II, No. 28. New York: John Fenno, 17 July 1790. First newspaper printing of the Act establishing Washington, DC, as the Federal Capitol City.
Untitled
Estimate: $3,000-$4,000
Passed
Lot 22
[WASHINGTON, DC]. Indenture of Lands Pertaining to the Formation of the City of Washington, DC. 1791-1804.
Untitled
Estimate: $400-$600
Sold
$200
Lot 23
[NEW ENGLAND MISSISSIPPI LAND COMPANY]. 1802 power of attorney signed by directors of the New England Mississippi Land Company to appoint 5 directors to negotiate their claim with the US commissioners with respect to Georgia lands ceded to the US.
Untitled
Estimate: $500-$700
Sold
$275
Lot 24
[NEW YORK]. SANDS, Joshua (1757-1835). Partially printed Seaman Protection document signed ("Josha. Sands, Collector"), as Collector of the Port of New York. [New York], 4 May 1799.
Untitled
Estimate: $500-$700
Sold
$300
Lot 25
[WAR OF 1812]. HULL, William (1753-1825). Letter signed ("W. Hull B. Genl. Com.g"), written in a secretarial hand, to John Tharp, Esq. Detroit, 8 August 1812.
Untitled
Estimate: $750-$1,500
Sold
$1,500
Lot 26
[WAR OF 1812]. ALLEN, Andrew, Jr. Manuscript document signed ("And'w Allen Junr."). 18 September 1812. Addressed to the Commanders of his Majesty's Ships of War, or of private armed Ships belonging to the subjects of his Majesty.
Untitled
Estimate: $300-$500
Sold
$200
Lot 27
[WAR OF 1812]. MORTON, G. H. Autograph letter signed ("G. H. Morton"), to Peter P. Dox. Geneva, NY, 8 December 1812.
Untitled
Estimate: $400-$800
Sold
$350
Lot 28
SPAFFORD, Horatio Gates, Sr. (1778-1832). Autograph letter signed ("Horatio Gates Spafford") pressing Aaron Burr to write on New York's fortifications. Albany, NY, 17 March 1813.
Untitled
Estimate: $250-$350
Passed
Lot 29
[WAR OF 1812]. Letter describing military movements in Upstate New York, written by Ira Wright. Brownville, 4 April 1813.
Untitled
Estimate: $300-$400
Sold
$600
Lot 30
PERRY, Oliver Hazard (1785-1819). Signature ("O. H. Perry"), accomplished beneath a manuscript note from E. R. McCall. Baltimore, 19 August 1814. 1 page, 4to.
Untitled
Estimate: $600-$900
Sold
$600
Lot 31
[WAR OF 1812]. Boston Patriot. No. 48, Vol. XIL. Boston, MA: Davis C. Ballard, 22 February 1815. Containing complete printing of the Treaty of Ghent.
Untitled
Estimate: $1,000-$1,500
Passed
Lot 32
[WAR OF 1812]. PARSONS, J. A group of 4 ALsS with battle content and description of a shipwreck.
Untitled
Estimate: $500-$700
Sold
$1,300
Lot 33
DEARBORN, Henry (1751-1829). Autograph letter signed ("H. Dearborn"), in which Dearborn advises his son on the treatment of sciatica. Gardiner, 16 September 1817.
Untitled
Estimate: $400-$600
Sold
$200
Lot 34
[MILITARY] -- [CHOLERA OUTBREAK]. SCOTT, Winfield. Autograph letter signed ("Winfield Scott"), to Brigadier General Henry Atkinson. Headquarters North Western Army, Chicago, 18 July 1832.
Untitled
Estimate: $300-$500
Sold
$800
Lot 35
[INDIAN REMOVAL ACT]. New York Evening Post. Number 3007. New York: Michael Burnham & Co., 2 November 1830.
Untitled
Estimate: $500-$700
Sold
$250
Lot 36
[SECOND SEMINOLE INDIAN WAR]. Florida Herald. Vol. VII, No. 29. St. Augustine, Florida Territory: James M. Gould, 10 December 1841.
Untitled
Estimate: $400-$600
Sold
$200
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