RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Mozart composes his “Serenade in D Major.” Thomas Paine defends the “Age of Reason.” “Norma Jeane” begins her modeling career. Steve Jobs leaves Apple. History converges in RR Auction’s March 2017 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction, which features over 800 lots spanning history, popular culture, science, and the arts. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in March 2017
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter104 - Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter
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Two items: a commemorative cover honoring Gerald Ford's inauguration, signed in ink, "Gerald R. Ford," matted and framed with a button...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge105 - Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge
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Ink signatures, "With my good wishes, Warren G. Harding" and "Calvin Coolidge," on individual off-white slips, triple-matted and...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Benjamin Harrison106 - Benjamin Harrison
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Fletcher & Sharpe's Bank check, 7.75 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Harrison, "Benj. Harrison," payable to Vajen & New for $...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Rutherford and Lucy Hayes107 - Rutherford and Lucy Hayes
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Ink signatures as president and first lady, "R. B. Hayes" and "Lucy W. Hayes," on an off-white 4 x 2.5 card. The president has a...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Herbert Hoover108 - Herbert Hoover
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, August 12, 1930. Letter to Grace N. Fitzgerald, in full: "I have your telegram. I...
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Lyndon B. Johnson109 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Signed book: The Vantage Point. First edition. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 636 pages. Signed and ins
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Lyndon B. Johnson110 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Program for the Jefferson–Jackson Day Dinner held at the State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Nashville, Tennessee, April 8, 1961, signed on the left side in
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy111 - John F. Kennedy
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Unused original “Press Section, Balcony Only” ticket, number 1368, 2.5 x 6, to the ‘Texas Welcome Dinner’ presented in honor of President John F. Kenn
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy112 - John F. Kennedy
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Spectacular semi-glossy 20 x 16 silver gelatin photo of President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson at the Washington Senators...
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Richard Nixon114 - Richard Nixon
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TLS signed “Dick,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, January 6, 1976. Letter to financier Jack Dreyfus, in full: “This is just a note to tel
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Ronald Reagan115 - Ronald Reagan
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Scarce quality manufactured Secret Service guest badge #228 issued during the administration of President Ronald Reagan, measuring 1? in diameter, fea
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt116 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 3, 1934. Letter to friend, diplomat, and former Texan Congressman Hampson Gary,
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Franklin D. Roosevelt117 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, State of New York, Executive Chamber letterhead, February 10, 1931. Letter to William H. Kelley, the president of the Merchan
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Franklin D. Roosevelt118 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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DS signed “Franklin D. Roosevelt, Acting Secretary of the Navy,” one page, 10.5 x 8, May 14, 1919. Official United States Navy commission, in part: “K
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William H. Taft119 - William H. Taft
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 21 x 16, November 30, 1912. President Taft appoints Carl Jay Ballinger as "Seco...
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William H. Taft120 - William H. Taft
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 15.75 x 19.25, March 3, 1913. President Taft appoints Carl Jay Ballinger as &...
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Harry S. Truman121 - Harry S. Truman
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Appealing 6.5 x 8.25 book photo of Truman in a seated pose, signed and inscribed in black ballpoint, "To R. L. Shonalter, from Harry S. Truman,...
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Harry S. Truman122 - Harry S. Truman
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Uncommon program for a Harry S. Truman Commendation Award Dinner in honor of General Lucius D. Clay at Kansas City's Muehlebach Hotel on Decembe...
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Donald Trump123 - Donald Trump
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Signed book: Crippled America. Limited first edition, numbered 5560/10000. NY: Threshold Editions, 2015. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 193
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Donald Trump124 - Donald Trump
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Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Trump with his first wife Ivana, signed in blue felt tip by Trump. In fine condition, with scuffing to the signature. Ori
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Donald Trump125 - Donald Trump
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Newsweek magazine from March 1, 2004, measures 8 x 10.5, sixty-eight pages, signed on the front cover in blue felt tip by Trump. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Donald Trump126 - Donald Trump
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Color satin-finish 11 x 14 photo of President Trump sitting in the Oval Office, signed in silver ink. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Donald Trump127 - Donald Trump
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Signed book: Trump: Think like a Billionaire. First edition. NY: Random House, 2004. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 251 pages. Signed on the
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Donald Trump128 - Donald Trump
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Signed book: Crippled America. Limited first edition, numbered 105/10000. NY: Threshold Editions, 2015. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 193 p
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Donald Trump129 - Donald Trump
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Trump National Golf Club canvas golf flag, 21.25 x 13.5, with embroidered Trump golf crest, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with light fe
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Donald Trump130 - Donald Trump
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Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the 100th anniversary of the Staten Island Philatelic Society, signed in blue felt tip by Trump. In very fi
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Donald Trump131 - Donald Trump
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Special Time magazine for "The New Revolutionaries," dated April 8, 2016, 8 x 10.75, ninety-six pages, signed on the front cover in black ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Donald Trump132 - Donald Trump
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Felt tip signature, "D. Trump,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In very fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson133 - Woodrow Wilson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 16 x 19.75, August 4, 1916. President Wilson appoints Carl J. Ballinger as "First Lieutenant o...
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Woodrow Wilson134 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, April 23, 1917. Letter to H. J. Steele of the House of Representatives, in full: "...
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Josiah Bartlett135 - Josiah Bartlett
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Unsigned broadside document, one page, 12.25 x 14.5, December 17, 1792. Official State of New Hampshire broadside issued by Governor Josiah Bartlett,
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Samuel Chase136 - Samuel Chase
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Maryland (1741–1811) and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1796 until his death. Full free fr
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Declaration of Independence137 - Declaration of Independence
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Rare broadside of the Declaration of Independence, 18.25 x 22.75, printed on heavy woven paper, with “Engraved by E. Huntington,” below the cast of si
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Estimate : 6,800.00 - 7,200.00
 
 
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Declaration of Independence138 - Declaration of Independence
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Striking rice paper engraving of the Declaration of Independence, 25.25 x 30, printed by Peter Force in 1848 for inclusion in his series American Arch
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Declaration of Independence139 - Declaration of Independence
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Rare broadside engraving of the Declaration of Independence, 21 x 28, with dedication along the bottom, “To the People of the United States this Engra
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Declaration of Independence140 - Declaration of Independence
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Impressive engraving entitled “The Declaration of Independence and Portraits of the Presidents,” 15.5 x 19.75, published by Illman & Sons of Phi...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Declaration of Independence141 - Declaration of Independence
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Facsimile copy of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence, 15.5 x 19.5, produced by R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company in 1970 from an...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Benjamin Franklin142 - Benjamin Franklin
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Choice partly-printed DS, signed “B. Franklin, Presid't,” one page, 7.5 x 6.25, November 5, 1785. Pay order issued to Treasurer David Rittenhous...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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John Hancock143 - John Hancock
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Partly-printed DS filled out in Hancock’s hand but unsigned, one page, 9 x 4.5, October 20, 1762. A bill of landing filled out by Hancock, incorporati
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Estimate : 1,400.00 - 1,600.00
 
 
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Francis Hopkinson144 - Francis Hopkinson
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Revolutionary War–dated partly-printed DS, signed “F: Hopkinson,” one page, 8.25 x 3.75, March 31, 1779. United States bill of exchange, in part: &q...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Thomas McKean145 - Thomas McKean
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Delaware (1734–1817) who later served as president of the Continental Congress, Chief Justice of Pennsy
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Robert Treat Paine146 - Robert Treat Paine
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Third-person ADS signed within the text, “Robert Treat Paine,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.5 x 12.5, May 2, 1771. Writ related to a land seiz
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Judah P. Benjamin147 - Judah P. Benjamin
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British-born American politician and lawyer (1811-1884) who, after serving in the US Senate and rejecting nomination to the Supreme Court, served vari
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Henry Clay148 - Henry Clay
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ALS signed “H. Clay,” one page, 8 x 10, October 26, 1826. Letter to Dr. Lyons, in part: “I have communicated to the President the wish expressed in yo
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Henry Clay149 - Henry Clay
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ALS signed “H. Clay,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, September 29, 1848. Letter to William C. C. Claiborne, in full: "I received your letter communicat...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Colonial Massachusetts150 - Colonial Massachusetts
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Manuscript document, one page, 8 x 10.5, October 9, 1708. Testimony sworn by Daniel Wing before Stephen Skeffe, in part: "I Daniel Wing of Sand...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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William Franklin151 - William Franklin
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Illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin (1730-1813) who served as the last colonial governor of New Jersey. Revolutionary War-dated manuscript DS as gov
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Samuel Huntington152 - Samuel Huntington
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ALS as governor of Connecticut, signed “S— H—,” one page, 8 x 9.5, September 3, 1793. Letter to John Temple, the British consul-general to the United
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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William Johnson153 - William Johnson
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Irish-born military officer (1715-1774) who fought in the French and Indian War and who served as British superintendent of Indian Affairs, based in N
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Pine Forge Iron Plantation154 - Pine Forge Iron Plantation
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Founded by abolitionist Quaker Thomas Rutter, Pine Forge Mansion and Industrial Site, also known as Pine Forge Iron Plantation, is a historic iron pla
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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