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Adams, Samuel (1722-1803) Signed Military Commission, 8 March 1796.
Lot: 1Sold for: $1,353$1,100Adams, Samuel (1722-1803) Signed Military Commission, 8 March 1796. Document printed on laid paper, completed by hand. Appointing Christopher Blanding (1756-1808) [of Rehoboth] Captain of a more ...
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American Letters, Autograph Lot, Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), and Oliver Wendell Holmes Senior (1809
Lot: 2Sold for: $400$325American Letters, Autograph Lot, Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), and Oliver Wendell Holmes Senior (1809-1894), Three Autograph Notes Signed. Three short notes, more ...
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Barnum, Phineas T. (1810-1891) Quit-Claim Deed, 15 October 1888.
Lot: 3Sold for: $431$350Barnum, Phineas T. (1810-1891) Quit-Claim Deed, 15 October 1888. Single page, pre-printed document, completed by hand on one side, docketed on the reverse. Relinquishing a certain parcel of more ...
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Bill W., [aka] William Griffith Wilson (1895-1971) Typed Letter Signed, 27 July 1943.
Lot: 4Sold for: $1,107$900Bill W., [aka] William Griffith Wilson (1895-1971) Typed Letter Signed, 27 July 1943. Two pages. To Forrist Haley accepting an invitation to visit his Alcoholics Anonymous group in Los Angeles. On more ...
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Boston Committee of Correspondence, By Direction of the Committee of Correspondence for the Town of Boston
Lot: 5Sold for: $5,843$4,750Boston Committee of Correspondence, By Direction of the Committee of Correspondence for the Town of Boston. [Boston]: Printed by Isaiah Thomas, by Order of the Town of Boston, 1773. First and only more ...
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Brown, John (1800-1859) Autograph Note Signed and Endorsed Check, 1 December 1859.
Lot: 6UnsoldBrown, John (1800-1859) Autograph Note Signed and Endorsed Check, 1 December 1859. Single page of lined paper, inscribed on one side, the original check set into the same sheet, a window cut in more ...
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Buchanan, James (1791-1868) Document Signed, 3 May 1858.
Lot: 7Sold for: $308$250Buchanan, James (1791-1868) Document Signed, 3 May 1858. Single wove paper page, with the Presidential seal in the lower right corner, countersigned by Secretary of State Lewis Cass (1782-1866). more ...
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By the Governor. A Proclamation for a Publick Thanksgiving
Lot: 8Sold for: $861$700By the Governor. A Proclamation for a Publick Thanksgiving. Boston: Draper, 1773. Broadside, ESTC lists three copies in American libraries, two at the American Antiquarian Society, and one at the more ...
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Celebrity Signatures: Paul Newman (1925-2008), Cary Grant (1904-1986), Truman Capote (1924-1984), and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-197
Lot: 9UnsoldCelebrity Signatures of Paul Newman (1925-2008), Cary Grant (1904-1986), Truman Capote (1924-1984), and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972). Softcover single-signature stapled pamphlet containing more ...
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Chamberlain, Joshua (1828-1940) Autograph Letter Signed, 15 June 1872.
Lot: 10Sold for: $677$550Chamberlain, Joshua (1828-1940) Autograph Letter Signed, 15 June 1872. Folding bifolium, Bowdoin College letter paper, two pages, with matching holograph envelope. To H. H. Hobbs (1802-1884) more ...
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Chauncy, Charles (1705-1787) Small Archive of Printed and Manuscript Material.
Lot: 11Sold for: $246$200Chauncy, Charles (1705-1787) Small Archive of Printed and Manuscript Material. Including Jonathan Shipley's (1714-1788) A Sermon Preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the more ...
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Cummings, Edward Estlin (1894-1962) Original Pen and Ink Drawing.
Lot: 12UnsoldCummings, Edward Estlin (1894-1962) Original Pen and Ink Drawing. Pen and ink sketch with ink wash identified as the work of Cummings by Hildegarde Watson in a printed note affixed to the board on more ...
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Cummings, Edward Estlin (1894-1962) Unpublished Manuscript Poem Signed with an "E," 30 August 1916.
Lot: 13Sold for: $2,706$2,200Cummings, Edward Estlin (1894-1962) Unpublished Manuscript Poem Signed with an "E," 30 August 1916. Single page. Removed from a shipboard guest book belonging to Dr. James Sibley Watson Jr. more ...
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Declaration of Independence.
Lot: 14Sold for: $15,990$13,000Declaration of Independence. Washington, D.C.: engraved by W.J. Stone, [1833]. Folio broadside, printed on rice paper, formerly folded and included in Peter Force's (1790-1868) American Archives, more ...
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Dillinger, John (1903-1934) Wanted Poster, and Related Documents, Mid-March 1934.
Lot: 15Sold for: $1,476$1,200Dillinger, John (1903-1934) Wanted Poster, and Related Documents, Mid-March 1934. Division of Investigation wanted poster dated March 12, 1934, with Dillinger's fingerprints, description, mug more ...
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Documents, 18th to 20th Century.
Lot: 16Sold for: $1,107$900Documents, 18th to 20th Century. An assorted collection of documents, mostly from the 19th and 20th century, including receipts, notes, labels, land deeds, legal documents, letters, envelopes, more ...
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Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930) Autograph Letter Signed, 24 September 1916.
Lot: 17Sold for: $800$650Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930) Autograph Letter Signed, 24 September 1916. Single sheet of wove paper inscribed on one side. To Colonel Green, thanking him for writing, acknowledging that he more ...
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Dudley, Joseph (1647-1720) Document Signed, 9 July 1703.
Lot: 18Sold for: $554$450Dudley, Joseph (1647-1720) Document Signed, 9 July 1703. Single sheet of laid paper, with docketing information on the verso, the text in a secretarial hand with Dudley's signature below. more ...
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Earhart, Amelia (1897-1937) Signed Ticket to Amelia Earhart Day, Waterville Airport, 13 August 1934.
Lot: 19UnsoldEarhart, Amelia (1897-1937) Signed Ticket to Amelia Earhart Day, Waterville Airport, 13 August 1934. Orange cardstock ticket, printed for Boston-Maine Airways, inviting a Mrs. Ralph Gilmore to more ...
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Ecclesiastical Wax Seals, Three, European, c. 1400-1600.
Lot: 20UnsoldEcclesiastical Wax Seals, Three, European, c. 1400-1600. Three seals originally attached to documents, one with silk threads attached, the other two with vestiges of parchment strip attachment; more ...
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Gandhi, Indira (1917-1984) Typed Letter Signed, 25 December 1968.
Lot: 21Sold for: $400$325Gandhi, Indira (1917-1984) Typed Letter Signed, 25 December 1968. Single page. To Professor John McAleer of Boston College, thanking him for his letter with references to Mahatma Gandhi and the more ...
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Gandhi, Mahatma (1869-1948) Signed Photograph, Additional Snapshot, and Letter from Amrit Kaur (1889-1964).
Lot: 22Sold for: $5,535$4,500Gandhi, Mahatma (1869-1948) Signed Photograph, Additional Snapshot, and Letter from Amrit Kaur (1889-1964). Small (3 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.) black and white photograph of Gandhi in profile, his hands more ...
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George III of the United Kingdom (1738-1820) Signed Military Commission, 8 June 1798.
Lot: 23Sold for: $369$300George III of the United Kingdom (1738-1820) Signed Military Commission, 8 June 1798. Single sheet of laid paper, sealed and stamped, with George III's large signature in the top left corner, more ...
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Hammerstein, Oscar II (1895-1960) Signed Photograph.
Lot: 24Sold for: $431$350Hammerstein, Oscar II (1895-1960) Signed Photograph. Large silver-gelatin photographic portrait of a young Hammerstein, in suit and tie. Signed to Lilly and Kaddy, undated. The image with a warm more ...
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Harrison, Benjamin (1833-1901) Signed White House Card.
Lot: 25Sold for: $338$275Harrison, Benjamin (1833-1901) Signed White House Card. Undated card with an engraved image of the White House, children playing on the lawn, and Harrison's signature below in brown ink, 4 3/4 x 3 more ...
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Has the War Ruined the Country? Lincoln Era Campaign Broadside.
Lot: 26Sold for: $584$475Has the War Ruined the Country? Lincoln Era Campaign Broadside. New York: National Union Executive Committee, Astor, [1865]. Folio broadside on wove paper, with headline, printed graphs and more ...
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Hawker, Harry George (1889-1921) Two Photographs, One Signed, 15 June 1920.
Lot: 27Sold for: $615$500Hawker, Harry George (1889-1921) Two Photographs, One Signed, 15 June 1920. Large-format, 12 3/4 x 9 1/2 in., black-and-white photograph of Hawker seated aboard a manually operated seaplane (or more ...
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Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) The Inaugural Speech of Thomas Jefferson
Lot: 28Sold for: $2,829$2,300Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) The Inaugural Speech of Thomas Jefferson. [Boston]: Adams and Rhoades, the Chronicle Press, 1801. Broadside printed on silk, title centered above the text of the more ...
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Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963) Signed Photograph, Signed Bumper Sticker, and Two Framed Items.
Lot: 29UnsoldKennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963) Signed Photograph, Signed Bumper Sticker, and Two Framed Items. Black and white photograph of Kennedy sitting in a white convertible Lincoln Continental with more ...
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Kent, Rockwell (1882-1971) Archive of Letters and Related Ephemera.
Lot: 30Sold for: $3,690$3,000Kent, Rockwell (1882-1971) Archive of Letters and Related Ephemera. Consisting of seventeen typed letters, sixteen of which are signed, sent to Charles Wayland Lightbody and his wife Georgia more ...