Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

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Our Fall, 2012 Auction is a two-part auction: Day One will offer important military documents and militaria; Day Two has a fine selection of historic letters, documents and manuscripts in other fields of collecting.
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CATHOLIC MARTYRS OF THE ENGLISH REFORMATION1768 - CATHOLIC MARTYRS OF THE ENGLISH REFORMATION
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Rare imprint, The Humble Petition of the Lords and Commons to the King, for Leave to Remove the Magazine at Hull to the Tower of London: And Also to T
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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PIUS VI PAPAL BULL1769 - PIUS VI PAPAL BULL
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PIUS VI(1717 - 1799) Pope from 1775 to 1799, captured by Napoleon's forces and died in captivity. His tragic pontificate was the longest of the ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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PIUS XI1770 - PIUS XI
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AMBROGIO DAMIANI ACHILLE RATI (1857 - 1939), Pope (1922-1939), signed the Laternan Treaty with Mussolini in 1929 establishing Vatican City, later deno
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
 
 
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RELIC OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISSI1771 - RELIC OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISSI
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First class relic of St. Francis of Assissi (1182-1226), the founder of the Franciscan Order and one of the most venerated religious figures in histor
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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DWIGHT L. MOODY AND IRA M. SANKEY1772 - DWIGHT L. MOODY AND IRA M. SANKEY
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DWIGHT L. MOODY (1837-1899) American evangelist, made two tours with Ira D. Sankey and was widely popular. His signature, along with IRA SANKEY, execu
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (260.00) = 260.00
 
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FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE1773 - FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
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(1820 - 1910) English nurse and hospital reformer, she headed a team of nurses in the Crimean War, and later founded the first institution for the tra
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (180.00) = 180.00
 
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CLARA BARTON1774 - CLARA BARTON
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(1821 - 1912) American nurse who tended the wounded in the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross.A great signed item, Barton's Repo...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to a*******y for (280.00 + 63.00BP) = 343.00
 
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SUSAN B. ANTHONY1775 - SUSAN B. ANTHONY
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(1820 - 1906) American reformer active in suffrage, temperance and abolitionist movements instrumental in obtaining women the right to vote. Signature
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to a*******y for (80.00 + 18.00BP) = 98.00
 
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ROSA PARKS1776 - ROSA PARKS
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(1913 - 2005) American civil rights leader whose refusal to move to the back of a bus sparked a boycott and led to a concerted civil rights movement.
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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RICHARD WHATELY1777 - RICHARD WHATELY
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(1787-1863) English rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian who also served as the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin. A.Ms. (unsigned) 1
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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CHRISTINE JORGENSEN1778 - CHRISTINE JORGENSEN
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(1926 - 1989) Controversial recipient of the first sex-change operation, from man to woman. Her volume Christine Jorgensen: A Personal Autobiography (
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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HENRY WARD BEECHER...AND THE BEECHER FAMILY1779 - HENRY WARD BEECHER...AND THE BEECHER FAMILY
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A group of 5 A.Ls.S., differing sizes and dates, social content and mounted to period album sheets. Along with signatures of family members: THOMAS H.
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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REFORMERS1780 - REFORMERS
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A group of three reformers, includes: ELIHU BURRITT (signature on a small sheet with quote in Latin); GEORGE THOMPSON (two signatures adding address);
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Start Price : 37.50 | Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
 
 
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THOMAS MCAULEY1781 - THOMAS MCAULEY
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(1778 - 1862) American radical Presbyterian clergyman who became pastor of the Rutgers Street Church, New York City, in 1822. A leader in the general
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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PHOEBE HEARST1782 - PHOEBE HEARST
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(1842 - 1919) American philanthropist, feminist and suffragist, the mother of William Randolph Hearst. She was a major benefactor of the University of
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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ALFRED SCHULER1783 - ALFRED SCHULER
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(1865-1923) German religious leader and neo-pagan, a Gnostic and mystic considered a visionary. A most curious and beautiful A.L.S. 1p. 4to., Munich,
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Start Price : 37.50 | Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
 
 
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THOMAS DICK1784 - THOMAS DICK
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(1774-1857) Scottish minister and scientist known for his works on astronomy. A.Ms. (unsigned), 2pp. 8vo., [n.p., n.d.], a tract, possibly from a serm
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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HENRY CRAICK1785 - HENRY CRAICK
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(1805-1866) Scottish Hebrew scholar and theologian. Fine religious content A.Ms.S. 2pp. 8vo., Bristol, April 18, 1862, in small part: "...And P...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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CLERGY1786 - CLERGY
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A group of more than 25 signatures of clergymen from the nineteenth to early twentieth-centuries, most on small cards mounted, includes: J. CARDINAL G
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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CLERGY AND REFORMERS1787 - CLERGY AND REFORMERS
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A group of nine signatures on small sheets, mounted. Includes: ELBERT HUBBARD, ALMON GUNNISON, FANNY CROSBY, EDWARD HOWARD GRIGGS, BERTHA C. HUBBARD,
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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