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Congress Begs the States for the Power to Regulate Trade and Negotiate Treaties
CHARLES THOMSON,
Document Signed as Secretary of Congress. Resolutions Concerning Foreign Commerce. April 30, 1784, [Annapolis, Maryland]. 1 p., 7¾ x 12¾ in.
“The fortune of every citizen is interested in the success thereof [of trade]; for it is the constant source of wealth and incentive to industry; and the value of our produce and our land must ever rise or fall in proportion to the prosperous or adverse state of trade.…”
Item #20874.99, $54,000
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After Yorktown Victory, Samuel Huntington Congratulates French Foreign Minister
SAMUEL HUNTINGTON,
Draft Autograph Letter, to Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes, Minister of France, November 7, 1781, Norwich, Connecticut. On laid paper watermarked “I Taylor.” 2 pp., 8 x 13¼ in.
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“The conduct of Count de Grasse so far as it hath come to my knowledge charms me; his drupping the British fleet sufficient to Convince teach them they might not & could to keep at due distance & not enter the Cheasapeake or again attempt to Interrupt the siege, & at the same time not suffering himself to be too far diverted from his first & main object…”
Item #24776, $7,500
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One of Hamilton’s Most Revealing Love Letters to Eliza:
“You are certainly a little sorceress and have bewitched me”
ALEXANDER HAMILTON,
Autograph Letter Signed “A. Hamilton,” to Elizabeth Schuyler, August 8, 1780. [Dobbs Ferry, New York]. 4 pp. including partial integral leaf; lacking portion of page below signature; perhaps his signature on address relief was removed. 6½ x 8½ in.
Currently offered only as part of the The Alexander Hamilton Collection, Highly Important Original Letters, Documents, & Imprints.
“you have made me disrelish every thing that used to please me, and have rendered me as restless and unsatisfied with all about me, as if I was the inhabitant of another world. ... I would go on, but the General summons me to ride....”
In the middle of their whirlwind courtship, Hamilton emphasizes his profound fascination with Eliza Schuyler. Hamilton both complains that she is distracting him from important military duties, while pleading with her for more distraction. Few of Hamilton’s letters to Eliza survive from this period.
As Hamilton was writing, tactical intelligence was being communicated at a frantic pace up and down the Hudson. On July 21, Washington had received intelligence from the Culper spy ring on British General Clinton’s planned attack on Rochambeau’s French squadron at Newport, and the massing of British troops on Long Island for an intensified invasion of New York. Hamilton now was in the middle of authoring a detailed “Plan for an Attack on New York” to recapture Manhattan and Brooklyn from the British. He mentions at the end of this letter his position at Dobbs Ferry, New York, a small town on the Hudson where the army was encamped. Hamilton ends when he is summoned by General Washington.
Item #24329, PRICE ON REQUEST
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Thomas Paine’s Day Job While Writing Common Sense: Editor of the Pennsylvania Magazine
[THOMAS PAINE],
Bound Volume. Pennsylvania Magazine; or American Monthly Museum. Volume 1. January-December 1775. Philadelphia, Pa., R. Aitken, 1775. 5 x 8¼ in.
Item #23101, $45,000
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The Alexander Hamilton Collection, Highly Important Original Letters, Documents, & Imprints
[ALEXANDER HAMILTON],
Also Featuring George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, Hamilton’s Family & Associates
We are pleased to offer this unique collection of original letters, documents, and artifacts that tell the story of the orphan immigrant who fought for independence, founded our financial system, and fostered a government capable of surviving internal factions and foreign foes.
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Item #24685, PRICE ON REQUEST
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