MAJOR JOHN ANDRE REVOLUTIONARY WAR SPYWITH LETTERMajor John Andre (1750-1780), Revolutionary War Spy. Bound handwritten long letter dated October 3, 1769, at the age of 19 with signature / autograph and image....
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19TH CENTURY SEAFARING, 15 LETTERS BYJ RUTHERFORD 15 readable documents related to Captain John Rutherford (1762-1814). A manuscript archive of John Rutherford, he was a captured Revolutionary war soldier and...
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(LOT) ID'D CIVIL WAR PHOTOS, DOCUMENTS,MEMOIR(lot) Family archive of Albert Henry Clay Jewett (New Hampshire, Washington, D.C.,1841-1898), discharged as First Lieutenant, Fourth Regiment of Volunteers, State of...
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR-ERA LETTER ACCOMPANIEDBY TWO NIGHTCAPS CIRCA 1778 FRAMED 13" X 8.25" AND 31.5" X 17.25". BY TWO NIGHTCAPS, Circa 1778, Folded handwritten letter addressed on reverse to "My Wife Dofin of the...
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ENGRAVINGS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARYOFFICERS AND DIGNI...7 Engravings of Lafayette, Paine, Deane, Franklin, Wayne, Amherst, and print of General Green. 1ST GROUPING: 2 engraved portraits of the Marquis de Lafayette....
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1791 DATED SAMPLER, LEXINGTON KYKentucky18th c. Needlework Sampler, signed Isabella McDowell, Lexington, May 7th, 1791. Alphabet and numeral sampler, executed in green, gold, brown, and pink silk thread on linen,...
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JOHN DAVIS AND FAMILY ARCHIVEArchiveof items related to John Davis (1770-1853), early surveyor of Nashville, Tennessee, and his family. Includes Davis's will, numerous land documents, survey maps and some slave...
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32 PCS MISCELLANEOUS AUTOGRAPHS ANDEPHEMERA INC. 1825 ...Group of Assorted Ephemera, 1779-1940s. Includes: 1825 Diploma on vellum, University of Pennsylvania, signed by Frederick Beasley, R.M. Patterson and...
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FORT FAMILY OF NC/TN ARCHIVE, 19 ITEMSINCLUDING SLAVE ...Archive of documents and letters related to the Fort Family of Tennessee, primarily Elias Fort (1730-1819) of Edgecombe, NC who came west on a Revolutionary...
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ENGRAVED POWDER HORN WITH REVOLUTIONARYTHEMEscrimshawed horn with engraved date "1783", also "The Property of Jona(tha)n Tillinghast", many Revolutionary War era themes to include: imagery of George Washington...
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RARE BOUND VOLUME OF JOHN ABBOT WATERCOLORS(English/American,1751-circa 1840)
Birds of Georgia, Consisting of the most rare and beautiful kinds, Drawn and Coloured from Nature by John Abbot, 1823, 73 watercolors on wove paper, original...
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RARE ENGRAVED GLASS PRESENTATION TUMBLER,ATTRIBUTED TO...Frederick County, Maryland, New Bremen Glassmanufactory of John Frederick Amelung, circa 1788-1792, blown colorless non-lead glass, tapered cylindrical form,...
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COLONIAL RHODE ISLAND ACCOUNTING BOOK,1750-1820,linen bound. Zebedee Hopkins Jr (1736-1797), Gloucester, RI, he was a lawyer. This account book also includes records of work and payments that he made for various...
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HENRY KNOX (ATTRIB.), AUTOGRAPH LETTER,SIGNED Letter written from the "War Office of the United States, October 19th, 1789" to "His Excellency the Governor of the State of New Jersey", requesting a list of Revolutionary...
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SIGNED SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH WITHHISTORIC SCENES MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 6". HISTORIC SCENES, Mid-19th Century, Signed on edge in serif lettering "By W.H. Lyon". Finely engraved with four rectangular historic...
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR OFFICER'S SWORD, ELIASGRAVES American hunting sword or cuttoe, 3rd quarter 18th century: hand-forged straight, single-edged blade, with false edge toward tip, 24 3/8 in. L.; Bronze hilt with simple...
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IMPORTANT ANTHONY WAYNE ALS, DRAYTONHALL, 1782 Anthony Wayne (1745-1796, Major General in Revolutionary War) letter to Richard Peters (Continental Congressman and Secretary of the Board of War) dated at Drayton...
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HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE PUGH FAMILY,CIRCA 1880, WITH TRANSCRIPTS OF LETTERS RECALLING REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA CIRCA 1880, WITH TRANSCRIPTS OF LETTERS RECALLING REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA, large pre-ruled ledger containing...
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1827 LETTER REFERENCING THE REVOLUTIONARYWARA letter from General John Graham, on behalf of Peter Fell's surviving family, certifying that in 1777 he served with Colonel Peter Fell as Aide De Camp to Brigadier General...
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR LETTER 1779ALS fromGeorgia colonel Leonard Marbury to Major General Benjamin Lincoln, January 1779. Mentions the appointment of Samuel Elbert to Brigadier General (see Lot #67). Some other interesting...
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RICHARD VARICK, NYC MAYOR, REVOLUTIONARYWARHandwritten letter signed by Richard Varick, known as "the forgotten founding father," a Revolutionary War officer and later mayor of New York City (1789-1801). Letter...
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1827 LETTER REFERENCING THE REVOLUTIONARYWARA letter from General John Graham, on behalf of Peter Fell's surviving family, certifying that in 1777 he served with Colonel Peter Fell as Aide De Camp to Brigadier General...
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GROUP OF EARLY 19TH C. AUTOGRAPH LETTERSIncludes: (6) letters signed by James Hillhouse, Yale College Treasurer, Revolutionary War captain, Congressman and Senator, 1800-1809; (10) accounts, 1835-37, from Edward...
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5 HAND WRITTEN LETTERS & DOCUMENTS RELATEDTO REVOca. mid 19th century; all full sheet paper written in ink script: one dated 1854 from Mrs. E.A. Kerr of Bridge Farm (Eastern Shore, MD) to her sister regarding unrest...
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Jedediah Morse, Connecticut history,six items: 16-line autograph letter to General James Wadsworth, Woodstock, October 19, 1786 regarding import fees, signed "Jedediah Morse", 10 x 8-1/4 in., glued...
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Capt. George Randolph Dyer AQM--Lincoln-SignedCommission and Pilot Knob Archive Comprising an early eagle mast head commission partially printed on vellum 12.25 x 15.75 in. matted framed and glazed 14.25 x 17.25 in. dated...
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Five Richard Kidder Meade, Jr. ConfederateCivil War Letters, Civil War Era Photographs, Paintings, Meade Family Archive Virginia, 1861-1862: letter from Fort Sumter, March 21, 1861, to sister Julia Meade (1830-1906),...
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Nathaniel D. Hackett Wisconsin 1st HeavyArtillery Civil War and Personal Archive 330 items dating from 1860-1947. While serving in the 1st Wisconsin Battery Light Artillery Davis Hackett kept in close correspondence...
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Letters Between the Sturges BrothersMost Antebellum Including J.R. Sturges 3rd GA Infantry KIA These 58 letters encompass a "snapshot" of antebellum life in the South.Samuel Sturges (1774-1831) was born in Fairfield...
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Francis Marion signed war letter, three-lineautograph Revolutionary War letter datelined "Sheldon [South Carolina], 23d Dec. 1779" to Stephen Drayton: "Sir, You will Immediately as possible send to Camp as much Cartridge...
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OHIO SAMPLER. Marie Cornelia WadsworthCanfield Trumbull County 1840 silk on cotton. Horizontal format with bands of alphabets some with repeated letters done in different stitches. Carefully worked basket...
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2 vols. (Henry Laurens.) Chesterfield,Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of. Letters Written by The Late Right Honourable... to His Son Philip Stanhope, Esq. London: J. Dodsley, 1774. First edition. 4to, contemp....
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Twenty-three Secretaries of State ofthe United States, 1831-1913, signed items: "Edw.[ard P.] Livingston" autograph check, New York, October 8, 1829", cut-canceled ; "Louis McLane",...
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Early Southern history, 39 documentsand letters, 1795-1923: four pages, partly printed, appointing John H. Smith as "Commissioner to examine claims for unsatisfied military land bounties", with report...
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* (AMERICANA) A group of five titlesin 10 volumes pertaining to the history of the United States. An Address of Members of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States to Their Constituents...
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American Percussion Fowler with ResearchDocuments .85 cal. smoothbore 46" round barrel.?British?proofs at breech?and? Virginia marked on top of the barrel and dated "1750."? The barrel has both rear and front sights;...
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