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Approving Forage for Two Private Horses After the War
ROBERT A. CAMERON,
Partially-Printed Document Signed. “Requisition for Forage for Two Private Horses,” countersigned twice by B. B. Campbell. Thibodaux, La., June 26, 1865. 7¾ x 9¾ in.
Item #22959, $300
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A Maryland Congressman Searches for Black Speakers for a “grand Emancipation Celebration”
MILTON GEORGE URNER,
Autograph Letter Signed as Congressman, to Edward McPherson. Frederick, Md., July 16, 1880. 1 p., 8 x 9¼ in.
Item #22957, $850
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New Jersey’s, “Poor Man’s Counselor” Dockets a Judgment
ABRAHAM CLARK,
Document Signed. Judgment in a civil suit. Docketed by Clark on verso. 1 p., 7½ x 5½ in. Lacking 1/4 of leaf and manuscript, edge chipping.
Item #22991.04, $2,500
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Declaration Signer George Ross Compiles a List of Monies Owed
GEORGE ROSS,
Autograph Document Signed. List of payments owed from individuals. No place, July 29, 1752. 1 p, 4½ x 6½ in.
Item #22991.03, $500
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A Delaware Declaration Signer’s Closing of an Official Document
GEORGE READ,
Partial Autograph Document Signed. No place, Sept. 18, 1793. 1 p., 6¾ x 2½ in. Trimmed, inset into a larger modern leaf, with wax seal.
Item #22991.02, $500
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A Promissory Note from the Real Declaration Signer Jed Bartlet
JOSIAH BARTLETT,
Manuscript Document Signed. Promissory note from Nathan Sweat to Edward Lufkin. Kingston, [N.H.], Nov. 30, 1764. 1 p, 7½ x 1½ in.
Item #22991.01, $500
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The Drafter of the 14th Amendment Quotes Abolitionist Congressman Thaddeus Stevens
STEPHEN NEAL,
Autograph Note Signed. 1 p., 8¼ x 4¼ in.
Item #23151, $1,200
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Documenting Declaration of Independence Signer Robert Morris’s Financial Troubles
ROBERT MORRIS,
Partially-Printed Document Signed. Promissory Note. Philadelphia, Pa., May 12, 1795. 1 p., 4 x 6¾ in. Endorsed on verso by Morris. Ink burn through the “R” and “b” in “Robt.” Left edge irregularly cut.
Item #23148.01, $2,950
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The First Newspaper to Print the Declaration of Independence Attempts to Make Sense of the Connecticut Constitution
[CONNECTICUT],
Newspaper. Pennsylvania Evening Post, Philadelphia, Pa., July 27, 1776. 4 pp., 7¾ x 9½ in.
“A Succinct Account of the Constitution of the Free and Independent State of Connecticut” occupies the entire front page.
Item #23147, $1,500
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The Precursor of “Loose Lips Sink Ships”: Admiral Samuel Du Pont Orders His Command to Avoid Accidentally Giving Information to the Enemy
SAMUEL F. DUPONT,
Manuscript Document Signed. Orders to South Atlantic Blockading Squadron (General Orders No. 8). 1 p., 8 x 12½ in. On blue-lined paper.
Item #22876.01, $2,500
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Civil War Hero David Dixon Porter Expresses Support for the Chinese in a Time of Hostility
DAVID DIXON PORTER,
Autograph Letter Signed, to “Reverend Dr. Newman.” Washington, D.C., March 14, 1879. 3 pp., 5 x 8 in.
“As you and I have both expressed friendly sentiments towards the citizens of the Flowery Kingdom, we may hope to be in high favor should we live till that time.”
Item #22730, $950
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1778 Journals of Congress, Including the Declaration of Independence, Published by John Dunlap, who Printed the Original Declaration Broadsides (SOLD)
[DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE],
Book. Journals of Congress Containing the Proceedings in the Year, 1776. Published by order of Congress. Volume II. York-Town, Pa., John Dunlap, 1778. 520 pp., plus index, 5½ x 8 ¾ in. Ex-libris, original boards, disbound, text complete but for 3 pp of indexes. With manuscript note relaying provenance from New Hampshire Revolutionary War Governor Meshech Weare.
Item #22536, SOLD — please inquire about other items
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A Photographic Log Commemorating the Start of Pan America’s China Clipper Trans-Pacific Air Mail Service
[AVIATION],
Book. Inauguration of Trans-Pacific Air Mail Service, Nov. 22, 1935, 40 pp., 9¾ x 12½ in.
“On the wings of these Sturdy Clipper Ships are pinned the hopes of America’s commerce for a rightful standing in the teeming markets of the Orient. In no other section of the United States is that feeling more keen than here on the Pacific Coast, the Orient’s nearest neighbor.”
A fascinating book containing a typescript of speeches from the ceremony marking the inauguration of trans-Pacific airmail service. With 32 tipped-in silver gelatin photographs, ranging in size from 2¼ x 3 in. to 8 x 10 in., accompanied by typed captions, text, and autographs.
Item #22378, $2,500
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Racist, Anti Roosevelt Drawing and Note
RACISM. [THEODORE ROOSEVELT],
Drawing. 1p, 5 x 6¼ in.
Item #22331, $2,900
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French Miniature Portrait of President James Monroe
[JAMES MONROE],
Eugène-Charles Caban. Portrait Signed by the artist. France, mid-19th century. On ivory. 2½ x 3 in.; 5 x 6 in. framed.
Item #22860, $2,750
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The Deed to Horn’s Hook, Future Site of Carl Schurz Park
[RICHARD VARICK],
Manuscript Document Signed by Adolph Waldron and Christina Waldron with Richard Varick signing as Recorder of Deeds and Adrian Kissam signing as witness. New York, N.Y., June 24, 1784. 4 pp., 17 x 22 in.
This 1784 agreement settles the estate of William Waldron, selling 30 acres of land to Abraham Duryee in the Out Ward of New York City. This parcel, along with the neighboring parcel that held Gracie Mansion, official home of the Mayor of New York, would both become part of Carl Schurz Park in 1910.
Item #22625, $3,200
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General Grant Announces that Andrew Johnson is Now President
[ULYSSES S. GRANT],
Printed Document. General Orders No. 67. War Department, Washington, D. C., April 16, 1865. Signed in type by Grant. 1 p.
Item #22705, $750
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Printing and Reporting Texas’s Ratification of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
[THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT],
Pamphlet. Certified Copy Of A Letter From J. J. Reynolds, Brevet General, U. S. A., Commanding the Fifth Military District .... Washington, D.C., 1870. 84 pp., 6 x 9 in. Disbound.
Item #22697, $750
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Urging Northern Laborers to Vote Republican and Support Worker’s Rights
[EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION],
Broadsheet. The Rebellion and Its Purposes, October 6, 1862, New York, N.Y., published by The Iron Platform,. 1 p., 10 ½ x 16 ¾ in.
“I maintain, my dear sir, that the war of rebellion is not a war of resistance against ‘Abolitionism,’ but that it is a war of resistance against Democracy.”
Item #22934, $1,350
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Oil on the Brain songsheet
[OIL],
Printed Document. “Oil on the Brain,” New York, H. De Marsan, n.d., [ca. 1864]. 1 p., 6½ x 10 in.
Item #22706, $300
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