The Manuscript and Collectibles Sale

Oversized leather-bound "Acts of the General Assembly of the Province of New Jersey from the Surrender of the Government to Queen Anne…1702,...

By William Rawle, LL.D. Second Edition. Philadelphia: Philip H. Nicklin, 1829. Rebound in quarter leather with marbled boards. Foxing throughout; dis

Published and edited by Matthew Carey, part of a 12 Vol. edition that ran from 1787 to 1792. This volume covers July-December of 1788, 592 pages. It h

Printed by J. Dodsley, London, 1778. With sections giving a retrospective view of American affairs of the year 1776, armament in Lake Champlain, the

Rare and possibly unique early provincial Indian license issued to Peter Besallion, a French national and Roman Catholic, by the colony of Pennsylvan

Three documents from the family of the French Canadian Indian trader who lived in Pennsylvania: A 2pp letter in French from his sister-in-law, Jeanne

A rare receipt for various skins and furs &#34;<I>Bought of Peter Bezaillion</I>,&#34; dated 23 May 1700, 7x9¼&#34;....

A Pennsylvania money bond agreement in the amount of £100, indebting John Hartt and Nicholas Godin to Indian trader Peter Besallion &#40;...

A one-page, folded letter, 8¼x6½&#34;, dated New York, 27 Aug. 1701 and written to Peter Besallion, a French Canadian who was a l...

A rare bond release between John Treson, animal trapper and skinner of Philadelphia, and Peter Besallion, the famous French Indian trader and interpr