Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 35

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Colonial Americana

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 250		Boone, Daniel (1734-1820) Legendary frontiersman. Document Signed twice, once for himself and once for his wife, Rebekah, who made her "X", 1p, 15x12½", Fayette Co., Virginia (present-day Kentucky), 8 Sept. 1788. Fine; scalloped top edge; light overall toning; a few tiny holes along folds have almost invisible archival repairs on the verso. Being a deed whereby Daniel Boone and his wife Rebekah sell to John Morgan approximately 370 acres along Boone's Creek for the sum of 37 pounds. Boone signs at lower right for himself and his wife, misspelling her first name. The deed bears a signed endorsement by Levi Todd on the verso, apparently the lawyer and militiaman of that name who was a grandfather of Mary Todd Lincoln. A rare Daniel Boone document. Estimated Value $12,000 - 15,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $12,075
Lot 251		1671 Ogilby"s America & Accurate Description of the New World. Oversized original edition of "America…and Most Accurate Description of the New World Containing the Original of the Inhabitants and the Remarkable Voyages Thither…The Conquest of the Vast Empires of Mexico and Peru…With the Several European Plantations…Their Cities, Fortresses, Towns, Temples, Mountains and Rivers Their Habits, Customs, Manners and Religions. Their plants, beasts, birds and serpents. With an appendix…of the Unknown South-land and the Artick Region…Maps and Sculptures by John Ogilby, His Majesty's cosmographer and geographic printer, London, Printed by the author and are to be had at his house in White Fryer's M.DC.XXI." Expertly restored with replaced marble board covers and leather spine with gold gilt stamped title and remarque decorative stamping. The book is complete in text and includes marvelous descriptions of the New World, including the fledgling Colonies of Maryland, New Netherland (New York), Massachusetts, etc. It contains in-depth descriptions of Native American Indians, their customs, habits, and beliefs. Wonderfully illustrated with a number of beautiful, original copper-plate engravings; however, the large fold-out maps and oversized portraits have long since been removed and have been replaced by facsimile fold-out insertions in their proper and original order. All of the 674 (plus print index) pages are clean and bright with very minor normal edge toning. An original, complete edition with all of the maps is almost impossible to find outside of museums, and would easily sell within the $50,000 to $75,000 range. This is a rare opportunity to acquire a magnificent treasure of Americana at a reasonable cost. Estimated Value $3,000 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $5,463
Lot 252		*1706 Medical Book: Pharmacopoeia Bateana or Bate's Dispensatory.* An early, incredibly rare and obsolete book with an extensive analysis and ingredients for thousands of remedies, tinctures, recipes, preparations, essential oils, balsams, and their myriad applications "…to the Whole Practice of Physice and Chirurgery." Original hard-board, leather-bound covers; gold gilt stamped spine shows title and decorative incusing. 8x5", 747pp + 11pp index. Spine is strong and pages tight; light toning throughout. Dedicated to William III. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $518
Lot 253		1724 Massachusetts Bay Colony Document. Bill of sale for one quarter of the sloop Marigold "as she now lies in Marimack River….", bought from Daniel Greenlead by Robert Peasle., 1½pp, 12x7½", 2 Mar. 1724/5. Fair; age wear, toning, a few small holes; affixed by tape at upper edge to another page. Witnessed by Phillip Rowol and Samuel Lowell. With transcript. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $265
Lot 254		1731 Bill of Lading For Shipment From Barbatos to Salem. Partly-printed document listing a shipment of rum, sugar, and cotton to be carried by Capt. Edmund Gale on the ship Phenix, 10x5", Barbatos, 28 April 1731. Very good; minor repairs; overall age wear. Signed by the captain. A record of the important trade connection between the British West Indies and the New England colonies. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 255		1732 Ship's Paper. Vellum document Signed "By the Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral…of all His Majesty's Plantations" authorizing the sloop "Maryanne of Boston Temple Chevallier Master…bound for Canso and from there to the Streights….," 16½x11", Boston, 10 Aug. 1732. With attractive nautical engravings and two embossed tax stamps. Good condition; age toning; some ink transfer; one repaired tear at lower edge and a few edge chips. Matted and framed to 20½x15" and ready for display. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $372
Lot 256		1734 King's Indenture For Arms For A Regiment of Dragoons. Partly-printed indenture between John Duke of Argyle & Greenwich, Master General of His Majesty's Ordnance and Lieut. General William Evans, 7¾x12", 13 June 1734. Fine. Evans acknowledges receipt and responsibility of 60 muskets, 60 bayonets, and 60 pistols, all with with brass furniture, their purpose "being to Arm the Additional Men to This Regiment of Dragoons now Ordered to be raised." Signed by Gen. Evans. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $604
Lot 257		1751 British Military Document From Boston. An £50 sterling exchange note to pay Majors Franklin and Williams "At Thirty days sight….", 6x7¼", Boston, 10 Sept. 1751. Fine; archival fold repair on verso. Across the top are three very sharply embossed British Revenue "VI Pence" stamps, showing the Royal Crown and rose motto, with the letter "F" adjacent to each side. Early record of British military service in Boston, the hotbed of the "Sons of Liberty" and the American Revolution. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $518
Lot 258		1762 Pennsylvania Quaker Manuscript. An anonymous document titled "A Remarkable Dream," dated "30 of M 10 M 1762," 2pp, both sides, 3x8". Very good; toned, with several old tape marks and a couple of small holes. The text, written in a flowing hand, begins, "I thought I was Dead and beheld my body Lay like a corps [sic]…I…asked my guide what is this place he answered heaven…." The writer describes seeing pious friends (now deceased), the smell of sulfur and brimstone, and a woman with flames coming out of her eyes! From the Ridgway-Wayne estate. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 259		1765 Boston Military Summons. Small, partly-printed military order, 3x3¾", datelined Boston, 9 Sept. 1765. Very good; small, expert corner repairs; overall toning and some staining. Signed by Capt. Wm. Taylor, ordering Mr. John Green "In his Majesty's Name…to appear at your Colours…this Evening, at Six o'Clock, with Arms and Ammunition…for a Military Watch. Hereof fail not." Mounted on colored board background. A scarce, early British soldier item, just prior to the formal British occupation of Boston and the subsequent "Boston Massacre." Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $489
Lot 260		*1769 Gardening Book: Every Man His Own Gardener.* A voluminous book, by Thomas Mawe, "Gardener to his Grace the Duke of Leeds and Other Gardeners," London, printed for W. Griffin, 1769, Third Edition, 7x4½", 489pp. Original period boards, with professionally replaced spine, with gold gilt stamped titled and date. Internally very bright and fresh, with some dampstaining from pages 433-456. Obtained from a Philadelphia Old Main Line estate. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 261		1772 Shipping Document Printed By John Dunlap. Attractive partly-printed shipping document signed by William Wyer, master of the ship Susanna, 10½x9¼", Philadelphia, 3 Dec. 1772. Fine; printed on laid, watermarked paper. With two engravings of tri-masted sailing ships; below each is "Printed by John Dunlap" -- famous for printing the Declaration of Independence. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $192
Lot 262		*1776, The Laws of New Jersey.* Oversized leather-bound "Acts of the General Assembly of the Province of New Jersey from the Surrender of the Government to Queen Anne…1702, to the 14th Day of January 1776," by Samuel Allison, printed by Isaac Collins, Printer of the King, Burlington, NJ, 13¼x9¼", 500+pp. Includes laws for control of fisheries, gaming (including cock fighting), the running of jails, and the laws governing slaves. Highly-polished leather with spine gold stamp "New Jersey Laws." Front cover with title: "For The Use of The Clerk of Middle Precinct." Age toning and scattered foxing throughout; ink blotches on front and back covers. A beautiful edition. Estimated Value $900 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $805
Lot 263		A View of the Constitution of the United States of America. By William Rawle, LL.D. Second Edition. Philadelphia: Philip H. Nicklin, 1829. Rebound in quarter leather with marbled boards. Foxing throughout; discoloration on lower portion of pages 94-95, affecting a few words; otherwise, quite legible. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 264		The American Museum, 1788 Edition. 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 has a forward letter written by George Washington and Benjamin Rush and a long formal dedication to Washington. The lengthy list of subscriber's names include Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington. The book is of miscellany of historical and anecdotal pieces. The July section has a many-page description of the parade that was held in Philadelphia in celebration of the proclamation and ratification of the Constitution. It also contains poetry, and diatribes against slavery. Original leather boards have been reattached with original title label and a new date-stamped label at base of spine. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $242
Lot 265		The Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1777. Printed by J. Dodsley, London, 1778. With sections giving a retrospective view of American affairs of the year 1776, armament in Lake Champlain, the state of the American forces, Ticonderoga, General Carlton, New York, Philadelphia, and more. Worn quarter leather and marbled boards; with a previous owner's name on title page. Accompanied by The European Magazine and London Review, 1783, with many notes on American independence; loose, no binding. Estimated Value $175 - 225. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $98
Lot 266		(Besallion, Peter). Rare and possibly unique early provincial Indian license issued to Peter Besallion, a French national and Roman Catholic, by the colony of Pennsylvania, 8x12¾", Philadelphia, 15 Oct. 1714. Signed by Richard Hill, Isaac Norris, and James Logan, Commissioners of Property. At upper left is an embossed paper seal with the Province emblem in the center and "Pensilvania" above. Very good; toned to a toast color, with some slight fold separation. Accompanied by photocopies of the Pennsylvania Provincial records that demonstrate Peter Besallion's important connections to the Province as an Indian trader and translator and include his petition for a license. The license reads: "Pennsylvania By the Commissioners of Property:; We do hereby authorize and allow Peter Besallion Indian Trader to seat himself at Peshlang or any other Indian Town or Place on Susquehanna, within this Province & to erect such buildings as are necessary for his trade, and to develop and improve such quantities of land as he shall think fit for the accomodation of his family and creatures not exceeding Two Hundred and fifty acres….Provided always that the said Peter shall not act or proceed in anything under colour hereof but by the free leave & approbation of the Indians amongst whome he dwells or resides…." Estimated Value $2,500 - 5,000. Mary Gardner estate. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,955
Lot 267		(Besallion, Peter). 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 Rouanay, in Prairie de la Maddelène, 12 Mar. 1697, saying her husband (Etienne) has been away for two years with the Ottawas and two brothers have married, one to an Indian girl of the Illinois nation; a 2pp letter in French from Peter's niece Catherine, thanking her uncle for his hospitality during her visit; and a blacksmith bill in English for 1755 and 1756 to Peter's wife Martha; he was often away from home on business with the Indians. Estimated Value $600 - 800. Mary Gardner estate. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $460
Lot 268		(Besallion, Peter). A rare receipt for various skins and furs "Bought of Peter Bezaillion," dated 23 May 1700, 7x9¼". Very good; uneven toning but clearly legible. The itemized list includes skins and furs from minks, foxes, otters, elks, beavers and wolves. The total charge was 66 pounds, 16 shillings and 6 pence. Besallion was an important Indian trader and translator who lived north of Philadelphia along the Susquehanna River. Estimated Value $300 - 500. Mary Gardner estate. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $357
Lot 269		(Besallion, Peter) 1699 Money Bond Agreement. A Pennsylvania money bond agreement in the amount of £100, indebting John Hartt and Nicholas Godin to Indian trader Peter Besallion (herein referred to as "Merchant"), 12x7½", 6 Mar. 1699. Signed with the marks of Hartt and Godin, both with wax seals showing rampant lions, and witnessed by Absolom Cuff and John Crenze. Written on laid paper; overall toning and scattered foxing. Besallion was a well-known French Canadian Indian trader and translator who lived in Pennsylvania and who helped maintain the cordial relations with the Indians for which Pennsylvania was noted. A rare, early Pennsylvania document. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250. Mary Gardner estate. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $518
Lot 270		(Besallion, Peter) 1702 Child's Heartbreaking Letter to Her Indian-Trader Father. A one-page, folded letter, 8¼x6½", dated New York, 27 Aug. 1701 and written to Peter Besallion, a French Canadian who was a licensed Indian trader, trapper, and interpreter, by a 12-year-old girl who claims to be his daughter and who begs for acknowledgment from him. The letter was carried from New York to Pennsylvania, where Besallion moved around the time of William Penn's first arrival in 1682. Good condition; age toned and soiled with multiple folds, but entirely legible; part of the address leaf is missing. The young girl, Jahanna Beselion, makes her mark at the end of the following letter: "Beloved Father - My only Desier is that my dier father would be pleast to Remamber me, for I understand that you are my only father, my mother Jahanna Sioute Shee take noe care of me for Shee gave me away hwen I was a Little Child to Anna Couvenowen, whar I have bin these 12 yeare and a halfe and have bin well brought up….Now My only Desier is that my beloved father would be pleas to Remamber his Diere Child; and Send me few word back again that Should mak me glad and Satisfigd in my mine that I hav a father in Life; My hombey Respect to my Diere father for ever Petter Beselion. Jahanna Beselion." Ironically, Peter had no children with his wife Martha, and his substantial inheritance passed to Martha's nephews, Thomas and John Hartt, and eventually to the related Gardener family. Peter kept the letter, but we don't know if he sent any acknowledgment to his "dier Child." A real tear jerker. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500. Mary Gardner estate. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,438
Lot 271		(Besallion, Peter) 1712 Indian Trader Bond Release. A rare bond release between John Treson, animal trapper and skinner of Philadelphia, and Peter Besallion, the famous French Indian trader and interpreter, 1p, 13x8¼", 27 June 1712. Very good; scattered spotting and edge chips, but easily readable and quite rare. Treson signed with his mark in the presence of two witnesses; his red wax seal is intact. The document is a "…Release and for ever quit claim unto Peter Besallion of Philadelphia Indian Trader" from any judgments, transactions, quarrels, controversies, trespasses, etc. Treson and Besallion obviously had some sort of partnership. Besallion was licensed by the colony of Pennylvania, although as a French national and Roman Catholic, he was considered an alien. He maintained significant trading among the Conestoga Indians, the Delaware, and other tribes, and was a close friend of James Logan, William Penn's personal secretary. Accompanied by photocopies of Pennsylvania Provincial Council records that list Besallion and his important connections to the Province as an Indian trader and translator. Estimated Value $900 - 1,200. Mary Gardner estate. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $518
Lot 272		(Besallion, Peter) An Indian Trader Buys A Slave. Document showing the double sale of a seven-year-old Negro boy named Cornwall, 2pp (1p both sides), 11¾x7½", Philadelphia, 19 and 24 June 1725. Very good; several small edge tears, not affecting the sharp, legible text. One side is a partly-printed form for the sale of slaves, by which Jonathan Jones sells young Cornwall to Philip Hilliard, a cooper by trade, for 20 pounds. The other side is a manuscript document by which Philip Hilliard sells the same young boy for a five pound profit five days later to "Peter Bizaillon of Chester County…Indian Trader…." Bizaillon (or Besallion) was a well-known and well-off Indian trader and translator, licensed by Pennsylvania, having arrived there around the same time as William Penn. He owned a half dozen or so slaves, of which the Quaker community disappoved, but which was approved by the Crown. Estimated Value $900 - 1,200. Mary Gardner estate. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $518
Lot 273		Early 1700s Letter of Passage From New France To Pennsylvania. Letter Signed "Vaudreuil" by the Governor of New France (Canada, Acadia, and Louisiana), Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil, 1½pp, in French, 11x7¼" (Québec City), no date (c. 1703-25). Fair; there is significant browning and paper loss, but a fascinating story emerges from the document. The governor sets out restrictions for a visit by three Frenchmen, two of whom are Etienne and Claude Bizallon, to visit their uncle, the Indian trader Peter Besallion, in Pennsylvania. They are forbidden to take beaver or other skins with them and to bring any foreign merchandise on their return, which must be by the following September. They may take 100 pounds of deerskins to cover their expenses and they are told the exact passage to take--Fort Chambly and Lake Champlain are mentioned. The letter reflects the struggle between France and England to control the fur trade. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $604
Lot 274		Calvert, Charles - 3rd Lord Baltimore. Document Signed "Charles Calvert" as Lieutenant General of Maryland, 1p, vellum, 11¾x14½", Saint Marys, 6 Dec. 1664. Good condition; vellum is wrinkled and toned, with a couple of holes affecting text; signature is light but legible. Granting some 200 acres in Saint Mary's County to John Halfhead, for transporting four new inhabitants to Maryland. "Together with all rights profits and benefits…all nigros Excepted…." There are numerous Catholic references in the document. Calvert was the son of Cecil Calvert (the first Lord of Baltimore) and played an important role in protecting Catholics in Maryland from Protestant encroachment. Accompanied by a text transcription. Scarce ! Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,795
Lot 275		(Congress) 1790 Broadside: An Act For the Government and Regulation of Seamen in the Merchants' Service. Passed by the "Congress of the United States At The Second Session, Begun and Held at the City of New-York…the 4th of January, 1790," signed in print by George Washington as President, John Adams as Vice President, Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State, and Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg as Speaker of the House of Representatives, 22x18¾". Printed on laid paper and "Sold by Andrew J. Allen." Fine; some paper loss at corners, not affecting text; light toning and a few scattered spots. Some notations in the margin, including "Shipping Paper, Schooner Commerce, Jany. 1818." Verso has the partly-printed agreement, accomplished in manuscript, between the master, seamen, or mariners of the Schooner Commerce. Five men are listed, with their station, time of service, wages, etc. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $604
Lot 276		Contemporary Translation Of A 1783 Mississiippi/Louisiana Document. Land document headed "Louisianna Year 1783 / District of Fort Panmure of Natchez," 3pp, 9¾x8". Being notification by surveyor Charles Trudeau of possession of a tract of land of 600 "arpens," by Mr. George Rapalje, "fronting on the left hand bank of the River St. Louis or Mississippi," boundried by the land of Charboneau and Bacon on one side and by the "Kings demesne" on the other. The well-drawn plan shows the location of the land and the river. Translated records such as these played an important role in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803; the original document was in Spanish. Very good. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $311
Lot 277		Dudley, Joseph (1674-1720) Colonial Governor of Massachusetts. Letter Signed as Governor, 1p, 3½x6", Boston, 29 May 1710. To Capt Pickering, commander of the ship Province Galley. Very good; closely trimmed; paper loss affects two words. Good military content, in part: "Stay not more than twenty four hours at Rhode Island…make all possible dispatch about Cape Cod…Make up your Complemt. of men and Grummets…as fast as you can. Keep all things in good Order…& be careful to keep good Look outs…." Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $575
Lot 278		The Federal or New Ready Reckoner, 1793. First Edition of this "…Trader's Useful Assistant in Buying and Selling all sorts of Commodities Adapted to the Federal Money…From Half-Cent to One Dollar, Either by Weight or Measure Together with Interest Tables &c," 7x4", published by Samuel Sower, Chestnut Hill. It lists the table and interest rates in the new Federal money of "mills, dimes, cents, dollars and eagles." Fold-out pages show the tables of interest for the different states and their exchange for coins such as English and French Guineas, Spanish doubloons, French crowns, Spanish and French pistoles, etc. It also shows the conversion from English monies into American currency. Original polished boards; professionally rebacked spine with leather label and gold-stamped printing; light internal toning, else fine. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $460
Lot 279		Four Early Insurance Policies For Ships. Four policies issued by the Warren Insurance Company, Charles Wheaton president: 1806 for the ship "Brutus" and the brig "Fame"; 1811 for the ship "Agricola"; and 1812 for the schooner "Union." The first two are 17x10½"; the second two are 20½x12½". Age toning and a few fold splits., else very good. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 280		Illustrated Catalogue of the Acts and Laws of the Thirteen Original Colonies and States. "Constituting the Extraordinary Collection of Hon. Russell Benedict Justice of the Supreme Court of New York, To Be Sold…February 27th, 1922 Under the management of The American Art Association…." Original hard covers, toned and rubbed; interior fine. With Report of the Finance 1849-1850, 31st Congress, 1st Session, with book plates. Original leather and marbled boards loose and worn; interior fine except for scattered toning. Estimated Value $125 - 175. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 281		Logan, James (1674-1751) Colonial statesman and scholar. He came to America as William Penn's secretary and close friend in 1699, becoming secretary of the Province, Commissioner of Property, President of the Provincial Council, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania and Acting Governor of the province. He was also a noted botanist. Autograph Letter Signed "J. Logan," 1p9x7½", in French, Philadelphia, 22 Nov. 1725. To Indian trader and translator Peter Besallion, saying he was upset not to see Besallion's nephew but once because of the press of business and that he hadn't even been told that Besallion's niece was there. He says that J de Tort is visiting Besallion with the intent to put an end to a land affair that de Tort's mother has asked for so often and that Besaillon has been reluctant to conclude out of love for de Tort, believing that the land really belonged to him. "I beg you to do all that you can to make him happy, which will oblige your faithful friend J. Logan." Logan was noted for his cordial relations with the Native Americans in the colony; he often took Peter Besaillon with him to speak to the Indian tribes and they became close friends. Estimated Value $750 - 1,000. Mary Gardner estate. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $518
Lot 282		Massachusetts Document With Rare Colonial Embossed Revenue Stamp. Massachusetts land document with a rare Massachusetts Colony IV Pence embossed revenue stamped seal in the form of a sailing sloop and the words "IV.Pence" below. The document is dated (faintly) from the "28th year of His Majesty's [George II] reign"; this would place it in 1755. These rare seals, approximately 1½" in diameter, were in use only between May 1, 1755 and April 30, 1757. The Scott Catalog number for this stamp is "RM4" with a 2005 value of $600 for the "cut" revenue seal alone. The 12½x8" document has significant age toning, tears and separation, but majority of the text is legible. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $345
Lot 283		Philadelphia Autograph Book: 1790s to 1840s. A curious autograph collector's book with over 850 cut signatures laid to the 12x7½" pages, the earliest being "Theo. Duckett 8th April 1793"; a large number are from around 1811 to 1820, with the balance in the 1830s and 1840s. Some have the signer's occupation--such as bricklayer, farmer, druggist, judge, school teacher, doctor, etc.--all areas seem to be represented. Also includes some facsimile pages. Original covers are detached and the binding is broken. A composite of early 19th century Philadelphia society. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $184
Lot 284		Philadelphia Quaker Indenture. A beautiful oversize (26½x22¾") 1858 true copy of an 1830 indenture between Charles P. Fox and his sister, Eliza M.P. Tunis, regarding land they inherited from their mother, Mary Fox, who was the granddaughter of Israel Pemberton (1685-1754), a prominent Quaker and one of the wealthiest men of his time. Vellum; very fine; with green seal and ribbon. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 285		Poems Written Between the Years 1768 & 1794 By Philip Freneau, 1793. Published in Monmouth, New Jersey and printed at the author's press, 8¼x5", 456pp. Freneau was a well-known American poet and many of the poems are of patriotic sentiment, including poems honoring Gen. Washington, the American Ship Alliance, Gen. Arnold' departure from American, etc. Original polished boards and newly rebacked spine; new gold gilt stampted titled and date. Light to moderate toning; notations inside both covers. Evans #28712; Sabin #25898. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $311
Lot 286		Receipt for a 1796 Quarter Eagle. A receipt signed by noted professional numismatist Henry Chapman, datelined Philadelphia, May 5, 1919, for a very rare 1796 Quarter Eagle "Obverse Very fine, Reverse Extremely fine. Variety without stars." Sold to Thomas G. Hall for $60; today it would likely bring $40,000-$50,000. Estimated Value $100 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $58
Lot 287		Seven 18th Century British Publications of American Interest. The London Gazette, 31 Jan. 1703, 2pp, 11½x6½"; notice of the Council of Proprietors on the allocation of land purchased from Indians in West New Jersey. Berrow's Worcester Journal, 20 Oct 1757, 4pp, 15x10"; the capitulation of Fort William to the French and the articles of capitulation. 2 1760 issues of Lloyd's Evening Post and British Chronicle, 8pp each, 10x8"; French and Indian War news: capituation of Fort Loudoun (George) and the subsequent massacre; 1761, The Edinburgh Evening Courant, 23 Nov. 1761, 4pp, 15¾x9¾"; report and full text of negotiations with the Cherokee Indians in South Carolina. The Bristol Journal, 1 Mar. 1766, 4pp, 17½x11¾"; announcement of the repeal of the American Stamp Act. 1776 Vox Stellarum Almanack (split); p. 12 discusses the rebellious Americans. A few blemishes; overall very good. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $426
Lot 288		Seven British Acts And Two Newspapers Related to North America. 1722: "An Act for the more effectual Suppressing of Piracy; a 1770 "Act…encouraging the making of Indico in the British Plantation in America"; 1790: an Act regarding the rights of loyalists after the American Revolution; an 1813 reprint of a 1764 report "…On the Subject of the Currency of Our American Colonies"; an 1828 Act regulating the carriage of passengers in merchant vessels; two 1843 Acts, one for giving effect to a treaty between Britain and the U.S. regarding extradition of criminals, and one regarding the apprehesion of offenders. Fine condition; all are 4pp or more; approximately 12" x 7½"; six have the British coat of arms on page one. With two issues of The London Times, one (27 Dec. 1823) containing President' Monroe's enunciation of the Monroe Doctrine, and one (28 June 1824) containing the complete text of a convention between the UK and the US for the suppression of the African slave trade. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 289		Shirley, William (1694-1771) Colonial governor; appointed commander-in chief of British forces in America (1755). Letter Signed "W Shirley" as Governor of the "Province of the Massachusetts Bay,"1p, 7¼x6", Boston, 25 June 1745. Very good; toning, marginal staining, and one partial fold separation, but boldly penned and signed. Authorizing John Boyles go to Marblehead and impress into His Majesty's Service five seamen "lately belonging to the Snow Prince, of Orange" if he is unable to convince them otherwise. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $345
Lot 290		(Smith, Captain John). Late 17th or early 18th century nine-panel engraving from a history book, showing the travels of Captain John Smith amongst the Turks and Tartars. Printed in London by James Reeve; matted and framed to 17x20". Fine. In 1600, before Smith's adventures in America and his famous rescue by Pocahontas, he joined with Austrian forces to fight the Turks in Hungary and Translyvania, where he was wounded, captured and sold as a slave to a Turk. He managed to escape and returned to England in the winter of 1604-5. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $196
Lot 291		Strong, Caleb (1745-1819) Massachusetts governor and first senator. Partly-printed Document Signed as governor, 15¾x9", Boston, 12 June 1813. Very good; some fold separations. Appointing Hooker Leavitt as Justice of the Peace for Franklin County. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 292		Thornton, William (1759-1828) Architect who designed the U.S. Capitol; commissioner of the District of Columbia; first head of the U.S. Patent Office. Document Signed twice by Thornton, once as a witness and once as a justice of the peace, 3pp, 17½x11¼", Washington, 3 Oct. 1817. Very good; horizontal fold separation with some tape on docket page, not affecting signatures. Joseph Gales Jr. signs as the surety of Richard Bland Lee (Henry Lee's brother and Robert E. Lee's uncle) in a prison bounds bond, which forbids Lee to leave the county of Washington until he discharges a debt of $5,945 dollars to Sally Newton, administratrix of Willoughby Newton's estate. Various possessions are listed, including twelve slaves (by name) who are valued at $5,000. Also signed by Lee and Gales. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $345
Lot 293		Travels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, 1791. Printed by James & Johnson and embellished with copper plates, this rare and highly collectible tome by William Bartram, an Early American botanist, tells of his travels through "…Cherokee Country, the extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy and the country of the Chactows," with observations on the manners of the Indians, and an account of the soil and natural production of these regions. 8x5", 522pp. Frontispiece is a portrait of "Mico Chlucco the Long Warior or King of the Siminoles." A 7½x11" fold-out map shows the coast of East Florida, from the St. John River to near Cape Canaveral. With four botanical plates (two others have been removed). Original period boards and spine; only a new gold-gilt stamped title plate has been attached. Light toning; the map has a light dampstain in the upper left corner and a small closed tear in the lower right margin, not touching the plate. Sabin #3870 & Howes and Bartram #223. Estimated Value $700 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $776
Lot 294		The Year The Calendar Changed. 1752. Parker's Ephemeris for the Year of Our Lord 1752…The Sixty Third Impression, London. With woodcut of George II on the title page. A number of almanacs bound together in full leather. 1752 was the year that Britain, and thus its colonies, changed their calendar. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $86