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Auction CurrencyUSD Auction LocationUnited States In Person PreviewBy Appointment ONLY: 9AM-5PM EST September 6-13, 2002

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<p>With over 800 lots, Signature House is featuring a collection of early Presidents, including a Lottery ticket signed by George Washington, a full signature of the first President; a letter signed by Thomas Jefferson as secretary of state authorizing the first census and the first laws regarding immigration to the young nation. There is also a rare ALS by Zachary Taylor as President; an ADS by Lincoln as a practicing attorney; plus an ALS by John F. Kennedy as President and a separate lot signed by Kennedy and Maxwell Taylor regarding the CIA and John Foster Dulles.

<p>Our Colonial section includes several signers of the Declaration of Independence and features three AlsS by John Hancock. Our Americana highlights a full imperial albumen photograph of “Buffalo Bill” Cody plus a number of Western gunfighters, lawmen, Indians and other personalities.

<p>In our War Between the States category, there is a rare endorsement signed by both Stonewall Jackson and A. P. Hill; several R. E. Lee autographs in various forms; and a host of Confederate and Union generals.

<p>The Military category features the four-star staff flag belonging to Admiral Raymond Spruance; Maxwell Taylor’s very handsome dress blue visor hat; Chester Nimitz’ shoulder boards and wings.

<p>We have aviation pioneers, astronauts and explorers. Featured is an Airmail cover signed by fathers of modern transportation, both Orville Wright and Henry Ford.

<p>We have Heads of State & Royalty, artists, cartoonists, composers and classical musicians.

<p>Our Literature section features D. H. Lawrence, T.S. Elliott and many other literary luminaries such as Dickens, Hardy, Steinbeck, Kipling and Clemens.

<p>With over 60 lots in Entertainment, we have a SP of Marilyn Monroe, inscribed, writing “Love & Kisses” on a still from her film How to Marry a Millionaire, plus many other film and stage stars including Bogart, Gable, popular musicians including Presley, members of Alabama and Queen.

<p>There are two baseballs signed by Babe Ruth plus many other great sports figures and collectibles.
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[ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT]1 - [ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT]
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<b>1. [ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT]</b> <hr align=left size=5 color=#778899>Original leaf from a breviary [Book of Prayers] on thin ve...
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Estimate : 125.00 - 175.00
 
 
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[INCUNABULA LEAF]2 - [INCUNABULA LEAF]
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<b>2. [INCUNABULA LEAF]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Original leaf from a book printed in the late 1400’s. Sm...
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THEODORE HERZL3 - THEODORE HERZL
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<b>3. THEODORE HERZL</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1860-1904). Hungarian-born Austrian Zionist leader. As a ...
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[ISRAELI CURFEW PASSES]4 - [ISRAELI CURFEW PASSES]
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<b>4. [ISRAELI CURFEW PASSES]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>An unusual pair of WWII curfew passes from the Br...
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SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH5 - SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH
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<b>5. SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1808-1895). American clergyman and poet, author of ...
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WILLIAM BOOTH6 - WILLIAM BOOTH
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<b>6. WILLIAM BOOTH</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>“raising up a mighty force of Blood ...
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BILLY GRAHAM7 - BILLY GRAHAM
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<b>7. BILLY GRAHAM</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(b. 1918). World-famous American evangelist and leading fund...
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EDWARD EVERETT HALE8 - EDWARD EVERETT HALE
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<b>8. EDWARD EVERETT HALE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1822-1909). American abolitionist clergyman and auth...
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MARK HOPKINS9 - MARK HOPKINS
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<b>9. MARK HOPKINS</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1802-1887). American educator and theologian, a professor o...
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DWIGHT L. MOODY10 - DWIGHT L. MOODY
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<b>10. DWIGHT L. MOODY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>sending out trained christian stu...
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[QUAKERS]11 - [QUAKERS]
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<b>11. </b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Attractive printed document entitled “The Epistle from the Yearly-Meet...
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JOHN WANAMAKER12 - JOHN WANAMAKER
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<b>12. JOHN WANAMAKER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>“How to get the most out of life”&...
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JOHN HANCOCK13 - JOHN HANCOCK
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<b>13.</b> <b>JOHN HANCOCK</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1737-1793). American patriot and states...
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JOHN HANCOCK14 - JOHN HANCOCK
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<b>14.</b> <b>JOHN HANCOCK</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>ALS “<i>J H</i>” as governor...
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JOHN HANCOCK15 - JOHN HANCOCK
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<b>15.</b> <b>JOHN HANCOCK</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>ALS “<i>J H</i>” as governor...
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ALEXANDER HAMILTON16 - ALEXANDER HAMILTON
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<b>16.</b> <b>ALEXANDER HAMILTON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>hamilton ma...
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SAMUEL ADAMS17 - SAMUEL ADAMS
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<b>17.</b> <b>SAMUEL ADAMS</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1722-1803). American Revolutionary lead...
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DANIEL CARROLL18 - DANIEL CARROLL
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<b>18.</b> <b>DANIEL CARROLL</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(?-1829). American patriot active in t...
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CHARLES CARROLL OF CARROLLTON19 - CHARLES CARROLL OF CARROLLTON
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<b>19.</b> <b>CHARLES CARROLL OF CARROLLTON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1737-1832). Called Cha...
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[COLONIAL DOCUMENT]20 - [COLONIAL DOCUMENT]
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<b>20.</b> <b>[COLONIAL DOCUMENT]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Pennsylvania land conveyance. Par...
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[EARLY AMERICAN TREATIES]21 - [EARLY AMERICAN TREATIES]
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<b>21.</b> <b>[EARLY AMERICAN TREATIES]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Two extracts removed from b...
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[1762 CORSICA]22 - [1762 CORSICA]
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<b>22.</b> <b>[1762 CORSICA]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Copper engraved map “<i>A New Ma...
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[1661 MAP]23 - [1661 MAP]
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<b>23.</b> <b>[1661 MAP]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>A hand colored map, 5"x5" on lai...
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[EDMUND RANDOLPH]24 - [EDMUND RANDOLPH]
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<b>24.</b> <b>[EDMUND RANDOLPH]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>Randolph’s a...
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FRANCIS HOPKINSON25 - FRANCIS HOPKINSON
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<b>25.</b> <b>FRANCIS HOPKINSON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1737-1791). <b>Signer</b&...
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FRANCIS HOPKINSON26 - FRANCIS HOPKINSON
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<b>26.</b> <b>FRANCIS HOPKINSON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Partly printed DS “<i>F. Hopk...
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Estimate : 550.00 - 675.00
 
 
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[EUROPEAN MAGAZINE]27 - [EUROPEAN MAGAZINE]
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<b>27.</b> <b>[EUROPEAN MAGAZINE]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Collection of 14 complete publica...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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FRANCIS FAUQUIER28 - FRANCIS FAUQUIER
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<b>28.</b> <b>FRANCIS FAUQUIER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1704-1768). Colonial governor of Vi...
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SAMUEL HUNTINGTON29 - SAMUEL HUNTINGTON
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<b>29.</b> <b>SAMUEL HUNTINGTON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1731-1796). Jurist and statesman.&...
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SAMUEL HUNTINGTON30 - SAMUEL HUNTINGTON
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<b>30.</b> <b>SAMUEL HUNTINGTON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Partly printed DS, 13"x7¾...
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JOHN JAY31 - JOHN JAY
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<b>31.</b> <b>JOHN JAY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>congress authorizes p...
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JOHN JAY32 - JOHN JAY
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<b>32.</b> <b>JOHN JAY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Partly printed DS as governor of NY, 1p, 13&...
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,100.00
 
 
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HENRY LEE33 - HENRY LEE
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<b>33.</b> <b>HENRY LEE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>“light horse harry” ...
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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BENJAMIN LINCOLN34 - BENJAMIN LINCOLN
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<b>34.</b> <b>BENJAMIN LINCOLN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1733-1810). Major general in Contin...
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[RUFUS LINCOLN]35 - [RUFUS LINCOLN]
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<b>35.</b> <b>[RUFUS LINCOLN]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1751-1838). Revolutionary War office...
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THOMAS MCKEAN36 - THOMAS MCKEAN
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<b>36.</b> <b>THOMAS MCKEAN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1734-1817). <b>Signer</b> ...
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THOMAS MIFFLIN37 - THOMAS MIFFLIN
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<b>37.</b> <b>THOMAS MIFFLIN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1745-1800). President of the Continen...
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THOMAS MIFFLIN38 - THOMAS MIFFLIN
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<b>38.</b> <b>THOMAS MIFFLIN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>DS as president of the Supreme Executi...
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[NEW WORLD SPAIN]39 - [NEW WORLD SPAIN]
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<b>39.</b> <b>[NEW WORLD SPAIN]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Spanish New World document predatin...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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JOHN MORTON40 - JOHN MORTON
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<b>40.</b> <b>JOHN MORTON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1724-1777). American jurist; <b>Si...
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JOHN PENN41 - JOHN PENN
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<b>41.</b> <b>JOHN PENN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1729-1795). First member of Provincial Cou...
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JOHN PENN42 - JOHN PENN
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<b>42.</b> <b>JOHN PENN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Partly printed DS as governor on vellum, 1p...
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WILLIAM PACA43 - WILLIAM PACA
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<b>43.</b> <b>WILLIAM PACA</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1740-1799). <b>Signer</b> o...
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CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY44 - CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY
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<b>44.</b> <b>CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1746-1825). Revolutionar...
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GEORGE ROSS45 - GEORGE ROSS
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<b>45.</b> <b>GEORGE ROSS</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1730-1779). A <b>Signer</b> ...
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GEORGE ROSS46 - GEORGE ROSS
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<b>46.</b> <b>GEORGE ROSS</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Manuscript DS, 1p, legal folio, Cumberlan...
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[REVOLUTIONARY WAR LETTER]47 - [REVOLUTIONARY WAR LETTER]
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<b>47.</b> <b>[REVOLUTIONARY WAR LETTER]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>“&l...
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CHARLES THOMSON48 - CHARLES THOMSON
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<b>48.</b> <b>CHARLES THOMSON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1729-1824). Secretary of the Contine...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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WILLIAM & GEORGE WICKHAM ARCHIVE49 - WILLIAM & GEORGE WICKHAM ARCHIVE
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<b>49.</b> <b>WILLIAM & GEORGE WICKHAM ARCHIVE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Collection of ap...
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JAMES WILSON50 - JAMES WILSON
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<b>50.</b> <b>JAMES WILSON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1742-1798). A <b>Signer</b>...
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