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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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1770The Boston ChronicleRR Auction
The Boston Chronicle, dated Monday, July 17 to Thursday, July 20, 1769, Volume II, No. 29, four pages, 9.5 x 15.25. Front-page features a story on a d
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
1771The Boston Gazette and Country JournalRR Auction
The Boston Gazette and Country Journal, dated May 20, 1776, No. 1096, 10 x 15. Printed by Benjamin Eddes in Watertown, the front page features a notic
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
1772The Connecticut JournalRR Auction
The Connecticut Journal, dated Wednesday, May 29, 1776, No. 450, four pages, 8.5 x 14. Issue is brimming with war news, including front-page mentions
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
1773The Royal American MagazineRR Auction
The Royal American Magazine or Universal Repository of Instruction and Amusement for August, 1774, 5.5 x 8.25, pages numbered 283 through 328, featuri
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
1774Jonathan TrumbullRR Auction
The only colonial governor to side with the Americans during the Revolutionary War (1710–1785). Endorsement, signed “Jon:th Trumbull,” dated December
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
1775USS ConstitutionRR Auction
Solid wooden fragment from the USS Constitution. Worm-eaten fragment measures 5 x 1.5 x .75, and originates from the John S. Reigart Collection of His
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
1776US ConstitutionRR Auction
The Pennsylvania Journal, and The Weekly Advertiser, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 10 x 15.5, dated Saturday, June 16, 1787. The first column of
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
1777Valley ForgeRR Auction
Revolutionary War-dated muster roll, one page, both sides, 12.5 x 8, dated July 24, 1778, headed at the top, “Return of the 1st Massachusetts Regiment
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
1778Richard VarickRR Auction
American soldier and statesman (1753–1831) who was aide-de-camp to Benedict Arnold prior to the latter’s defection to the British. Varick later served
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
1779Daniel WaldoRR Auction
Clergyman and missionary who was one of the last eight survivors of the Revolution (1762–1864). Two items: ALS signed “D. W.,” four pages on two adjoi
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
1780Daniel WardRR Auction
Union solider who served in the Battle of Long Island, guarding the Bedford Pass with 800 men under General John Sullivan’s command. After heavy actio
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
1781Joseph WardRR Auction
War-dated ALS signed “Joseph Ward C.G.M.,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 11.75, March 13, 1778. Ward, writing from “Headquarters”
Estimate : 9,000.00 - 10,000.00
1782Bushrod WashingtonRR Auction
US Supreme Court associate justice (1762–1829) and the nephew of George Washington. Ink signature, “Bush. Washington bought at auction Oct 1825,” on a
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
1783Oliver Wollcott, JrRR Auction
Partly-printed DS, signed “Oliv Wolcott, Jr,” one page, 6.5 x 3.5, March 4, 1789. An interest certificate issued to Timothy Cowles for “one pound lawf
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
1784Anthony WayneRR Auction
Scalloped-topped vellum autograph document, with “Wayne” penned 10 times in the text, one page, 27 x 16, May 2, 1774. A lengthy document with over 100
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
1785Nathaniel WoodhullRR Auction
American Revolution general who led the militia in the Battle of Long Island. When captured by the British, he was ordered to utter ‘God save the King
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
1786Francis Scott KeyRR Auction
Baltimore lawyer (1779–1843) who was inspired to write the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ after he witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British in
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
1787War of 1812 American DesertersRR Auction
Manuscript account of 16 American military prisoners charged with desertion, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 11.75, circa 1814–1815. Most of
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
1788War of 1812RR Auction
Four small chips of gray granite, originally taken from a fort in New York, housed in a 19th century octagonal glass medicine bottle, about 3.5” tall.
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
1789War of 1812 Army RequisitionRR Auction
Manuscript DS, signed “B. Dunn, Capt 33 infy,” one page, 10 x 8, no date, but 1814. Handwritten military requisition for weapons and other equipment,
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
1790War of 1812RR Auction
Rare broadside extra from the Ulster Gazette, 12.5 x 18.5, dated Tuesday evening, February 21, 1815. Extra contains the eleven Articles of a “Treaty o
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
1791War of 1812 Battle PrintRR Auction
Rare hand-colored print, 14.25 x 8.75, depicting a dramatic battle scene during the War of 1812, between Col. Richard M. Johnson and Indians commanded
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
1792War of 1812 Court MartialRR Auction
War-dated manuscript DS, signed “Wm. Donnison, Adjutant General,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 12.5, August 27, 1812. Legal document reads, in part: “Th
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
1793War of 1812 Massachusetts Militia Muster RollRR Auction
Partly printed war-dated muster roll of Capt Daniel Leonard, Junr., Company of Foot 1812, 9.25 x 22. Roll lists over forty different soldiers, being O
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
1794War of 1812 Massachusetts Muster RollRR Auction
Partly printed war-dated muster roll of Capt Alfred Hawes, Company of Foot 1813, 9.25 x 22. Roll lists about forty different men—Officers, Sergeants,
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
1795War of 1812 Muster RollRR Auction
War of 1812-era muster roll, 19 x 14.75, headed at the top, “Computation of the Pay of a Regiment of Horse Commanded by Lt. Genl. Wade as it is distri
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
1796War of 1812 PensionsRR Auction
Extremely rare original 1878 lawyer’s Advertising Broadside, 8.25 x 11.5, enticing people to make pension claims on the federal government: “A New Law
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
1797War of 1812 Virginia CavalryRR Auction
War-dated manuscript DS, one page both sides, 4.75 x 4, August 1812. Document issued by Captain William N. Jarrett, of the Cavalry Company from Monong
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00