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(Revolutionary War, Massachusetts)
Lot: 32Sold for: $1,116$950(Revolutionary War, Massachusetts),Militia appointment, one page, dated 27 September, 1777, appointing Asa Fairbanks a Captain of the South Company in the town of Wrentham in the fourth Regiment of more ...
(Revolutionary War, National Debt)
Lot: 33Sold for: $2,468$2,100(Revolutionary War, National Debt),Manuscript document, one page, [c. 1781], "Proportions of the Continental Bank or Loan for funding of Continental and States Debts", and listing all states and more ...
(Revolutionary War Periodical, New England)
Lot: 35Sold for: $2,350$2,000(Revolutionary War Periodical, New England),New England Chronicle: or the Essex Gazette, June 29th-July 6th, Boston: Samuel and Ebenzer Hall...Harvard College, four pages, containing news both more ...
Rockefeller, David (likely Senior, b. 1915)
Lot: 36Sold for: $294$250Rockefeller, David (likely Senior, b. 1915),Manuscript note, one page, text in full: Dear Mr. Vanderbilt, Two boys were fighting in the gym and Jock was standing against the box then I came along more ...
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945)
Lot: 37Sold for: $176$150Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945),Signed letter, a commendation to Richard Johanson, for conduct after an explosion aboard the USS Caldwell on October 16, 1919, dated November 21, 1919, on Navy more ...
Roosevelt, Franklin (1882-1945)
Lot: 38Sold for: $764$650Roosevelt, Franklin (1882-1945),Signed letter, dated November 26, 1933, one page, as President, to A.D. Whiteside of Dun & Bradstreet, thanking him for sending along a chart of information; with more ...
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
Lot: 41UnsoldRoosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919),Autograph letter signed, November 15, 1917, two pages, to James A. Stuart, concerning a position in the military for Paxton Edition, partial text: "...His thesis is more ...
(Roosevelt Family)
Lot: 42Sold for: $118$100(Roosevelt Family),Three autographs, Roosevelt, Theodore Jr. (1887-1944),signature with sentiment, and typed letter signed August 11, 1927, (folded); Roosevelt, Kermit I (1889-1943),signature more ...
(Sea Journal)
Lot: 43Sold for: $529$450(Sea Journal),Journal of a Voyage from Boston to San Francisco in the Ship Nor'wester, Captain M.B. Gregory, May 7, 1856-June 8, 1857, with continuing passage onto Shanghai, Singapore, Calcutta and more ...
(Ship Log, Jesmond's, American 18th Century)
Lot: 44Sold for: $1,175$1,000(Ship Log, Jesmond's, American 18th Century),Bound captain's log for the ship Jesmond, William Smith commander, on a voyage from London to Virginia, August 8, 1784-December 9, 1785, 4to, early more ...
(Slavery Bill of Sale)
Lot: 45Sold for: $382$325(Slavery Bill of Sale),Partially printed document signed, July 17th, 1805, one page, detailing the sale of a slave from Michael Flake of Augusta to Angus Martin for the sum of three hundred and more ...
Taft, William Howard (1857-1930)
Lot: 46Sold for: $235$200Taft, William Howard (1857-1930),Signed letter, dated June 21, 1917, one page, to Mr. William E. Parsons, acknowledging the receipt of the Architectural Record and complimenting him, 9 1/4 by 7 more ...
Truman, Harry S. (1884-1972)
Lot: 47UnsoldTruman, Harry S. (1884-1972),Two signed letters, one page, typed on White House letter paper, both addressed to Reverend D.S. Larkin of Eldon, Missouri, one dated May 17, 1945, thanking the more ...
Truman, Harry (1884-1972)
Lot: 48Sold for: $1,410$1,200Truman, Harry (1884-1972),Two signed letters; first, dated July 18, 1947, two pages, as President, to Mr. A.D. Whiteside of Dun & Bradstreet, asking him to serve on the Air Policy Commission and more ...
Two Guns White Calf, Chief (1872-1934)
Lot: 49UnsoldTwo Guns White Calf, Chief (1872-1934),typed letter signed with stamp of pictograph and replica thumbprint, one page, on Glacier National Park letterhead, dated February 29, 1928, to Mr. J. Paul more ...
Warren, Dr. Joseph (1741-1775),Attributed to
Lot: 51UnsoldWarren, Dr. Joseph (1741-1775),Attributed to, Manuscript document, dated Boston, January 24th, 1771, fragmentary and double-sided, taken from Warren's diary and detailing appointments and lists of more ...
(Whaling Log)
Lot: 52Sold for: $1,175$1,000(Whaling Log),Manuscript log from the bark "Janet" of New Bedford, 1859-63, by an unknown hand, with three pages bearing whale stamps, three quarter calf, folio, (extremity wear, particularly to more ...
(Whaling Logs)
Lot: 53Sold for: $4,406$3,750(Whaling Logs),Three manuscript logs for the bark "Governor Carver" of Westport, comprising logs for the years 1857-60, by unknown hand, 1863-67, written by Captain Macy, and 1867-69, written by more ...
Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924)
Lot: 54Sold for: $353$300Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924),Signed document, dated May 21st, 1913, one page, as President, appointing Willard Pugh as Postmaster to Greenfield, Indiana, countersigned by A.S. Burleson as Postmaster more ...
Anne of Denmark, Queen of King James I (1574-1619)
Lot: 55Sold for: $558$475Anne of Denmark, Queen of King James I (1574-1619),Signed letter, March 1, 1617, one page, to her brother, King Christian III of Denmark, discussing activities such as hunting and the outdoors, more ...
(Attributed to Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770-1827])
Lot: 56Sold for: $37,600$32,000(Attributed to Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770-1827]),German manuscript sheet music page, early 19th century, with music and notes, smaller note in German in different hand to l.r. dated 1814, and more ...
Bolivar, Simon (1783-1830)
Lot: 57Sold for: $3,173$2,700Bolivar, Simon (1783-1830),Signed document, dated July 18, 1825, one page, as President of the Republic of Peru, a certificate of distinction issued to Vicente Leon, with extensive docketing to more ...
Bonaparte, Josephine (1763-1814)
Lot: 58Sold for: $2,233$1,900Bonaparte, Josephine (1763-1814),Signed letter, dated January 27th, 1808, one page, to the Minister of the Interior, requesting different lodgings for the painter Gerard and requesting he be housed more ...
(Boy Scouts of America),Two Autographs
Lot: 59Sold for: $59$50(Boy Scouts of America),Two Autographs, comprising: Grinnell, George Bird (1849-1938),autograph letter signed, one page, on personal letterhead, dated August 20, 1927, addressed "My dear Boy more ...
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Lot: 60Sold for: $4,348$3,700Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897),Autograph letter signed, February 12, 1881, four pages, in German, discussing his travel plans and arrival dates in the cities of Zurich, Basel, Konigsburg, Dresen and more ...
Burns, Robert (1759-1796)
Lot: 61Sold for: $24,675$21,000Burns, Robert (1759-1796),Rare autograph manuscript draft of a poem titled "The Death and Dying Words of Poor Mailie, my ain pet ewe, an unco melancholy story," and Mailie's "Elegy," c. 1793, four more ...
Burroughs, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)
Lot: 62Sold for: $94$80Burroughs, Edgar Rice (1875-1950),Typed letter signed, one page, on Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. letterhead, dated July 27, 1927, complying with request for an autograph, with typed envelope, more ...
Charles IX, King of France (1550-1574),and Catherine de Medicis, Queen Mother (1550 1519-1589)
Lot: 63Sold for: $2,350$2,000Charles IX, King of France (1550-1574),and Catherine de Medicis, Queen Mother (1550 1519-1589),Manuscript document signed, dated December 1571, ten pages, written to the Bishop of Limoges, more ...
Coligny, Gaspard de (1519-1572)
Lot: 64Sold for: $4,113$3,500Coligny, Gaspard de (1519-1572),Signed document, [undated], one page, on vellum, in French, contents not translated, framed with portrait, 6 1/2 by 11 in. (heavily wrinkled to right side, two tears more ...
Cornwallis, Marquis Charles, 1st Marquis (1738-1805)
Lot: 65Sold for: $646$550Cornwallis, Marquis Charles, 1st Marquis (1738-1805),Autograph letter signed, dated November 5, 1794, one page, as Governor of India, to Kerry Beaufoy, concerning the drafting of additional more ...