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November 18, 2007 11:00 AMCalender

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  • (Revolutionary War, Massachusetts)

    (Revolutionary War, Massachusetts)

    Lot: 32
    Sold 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)

    (Revolutionary War, National Debt)

    Lot: 33
    Sold 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)

    (Revolutionary War Periodical, New England)

    Lot: 35
    Sold 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)

    Rockefeller, David (likely Senior, b. 1915)

    Lot: 36
    Sold for: $294$250

    Rockefeller, 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)

    Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945)

    Lot: 37
    Sold for: $176$150

    Roosevelt, 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)

    Roosevelt, Franklin (1882-1945)

    Lot: 38
    Sold for: $764$650

    Roosevelt, 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)

    Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)

    Lot: 41
    Unsold  

    Roosevelt, 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)

    (Roosevelt Family)

    Lot: 42
    Sold 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)

    (Sea Journal)

    Lot: 43
    Sold 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)

    (Ship Log, Jesmond's, American 18th Century)

    Lot: 44
    Sold 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)

    (Slavery Bill of Sale)

    Lot: 45
    Sold 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)

    Taft, William Howard (1857-1930)

    Lot: 46
    Sold for: $235$200

    Taft, 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)

    Truman, Harry S. (1884-1972)

    Lot: 47
    Unsold  

    Truman, 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)

    Truman, Harry (1884-1972)

    Lot: 48
    Sold for: $1,410$1,200

    Truman, 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)

    Two Guns White Calf, Chief (1872-1934)

    Lot: 49
    Unsold  

    Two 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

    Warren, Dr. Joseph (1741-1775),Attributed to

    Lot: 51
    Unsold  

    Warren, 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)

    (Whaling Log)

    Lot: 52
    Sold 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)

    (Whaling Logs)

    Lot: 53
    Sold 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)

    Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924)

    Lot: 54
    Sold for: $353$300

    Wilson, 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)

    Anne of Denmark, Queen of King James I (1574-1619)

    Lot: 55
    Sold for: $558$475

    Anne 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])

    (Attributed to Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770-1827])

    Lot: 56
    Sold 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)

    Bolivar, Simon (1783-1830)

    Lot: 57
    Sold for: $3,173$2,700

    Bolivar, 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)

    Bonaparte, Josephine (1763-1814)

    Lot: 58
    Sold for: $2,233$1,900

    Bonaparte, 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

    (Boy Scouts of America),Two Autographs

    Lot: 59
    Sold 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)

    Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)

    Lot: 60
    Sold for: $4,348$3,700

    Brahms, 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)

    Burns, Robert (1759-1796)

    Lot: 61
    Sold for: $24,675$21,000

    Burns, 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)

    Burroughs, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

    Lot: 62
    Sold for: $94$80

    Burroughs, 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)

    Charles IX, King of France (1550-1574),and Catherine de Medicis, Queen Mother (1550 1519-1589)

    Lot: 63
    Sold for: $2,350$2,000

    Charles 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)

    Coligny, Gaspard de (1519-1572)

    Lot: 64
    Sold for: $4,113$3,500

    Coligny, 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)

    Cornwallis, Marquis Charles, 1st Marquis (1738-1805)

    Lot: 65
    Sold for: $646$550

    Cornwallis, 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 ...