NOT SOLD (BIDDING OVER)
0.00USD+ applicable fees & taxes.
This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2011 Dec 06 @ 17:00UTC-7 : PDT/MST
"WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED AFTER THE AUCTION ENDS BY THE AUCTIONEER ONCE ALL BIDS HAVE BEEN PROCESSED TO DETERMINE THE WINNER FOR EACH LOT."
Autograph letter signed by Richard Henry Lee, patriot and Declaration of Independence signer, dated 4 October 1785, mailed from New York. Here Lee, at this time serving as President of the Continental Congress, sends a packet of newspapers to the unnamed recipient (identified through other correspondence as Thomas Lee Shippen) who is sailing back to Philadelphia. The letter reads: "...I had the honor of thanking you from Philadelphia, by Mr. Crump, for your polite letter by the Mayflower. But your Vessel having been detained here longer than was expected, now gives me an opportunity, on my return to N. York to thank you again for your obliging letter by this Vessel, and to send you the latest Newspapers that have been published here, and which contains all our news, I beg my respectful compliments to your Lady and good wishes for your whole family may be presented to them. I am, with much esteem, Sir your most obedient servant, Richard Henry Lee''. Single page letter with blank integral leaf measures 7.25'' x 9''. Docketing is present on the last page. Near fine condition with very bold and legible writing.
Auction Location:
11901 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, California, 90025, United States
Sales Tax is 9.75% on all shipments to a CA address. All taxes will be detailed via Nate D. Sanders invoice
Taxes:
Tax | Rate | Desc. |
stx |
9.75% |
sales tax |
Buyer's Premiums:
From (Incl.) | To (Excl.) | Premium |
0.00 |
Infinite |
20% |
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You must officially sign up for bidding through our main website: www.NateDSanders.com, and register in the upper right corner of the main screen.
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