Historic Autographs - Colonial - Political - Americana

Updated September 2, 2026

What's in this auction

52 lots, mostly memorabilia & autographs (6), coins & currency (6), firearms & militaria (5), fine art & prints (3). 52 lots have photos. Pre-sale estimates $300–$20,000 across 52 priced lots. Bidding is online through the auction house's catalog.

Highest-estimated lots

• SIR ROBERT WALPOLE June 18, 1740-Dated Manuscript Document Signed, R. Walpole as First Prime Minister Great Britain's Of — est. $15,000–$20,000
• February 12, 1678-Dated Colonial America, Contemporary Official Copy of the Letter from King Charles II to the Governor — est. $10,000–$15,000
• Colonial Currency, NC. August 21, 1775 North Carolina Four Dollars Hillsborough Issue with Masonic Vignette Signed RICHA — est. $8,000–$10,000
• TREE OF LIBERTY Newport, Rhode Island Early Historical Research Document Archive — est. $6,000–$8,000
• Continental Congress Currency, April 11, 1778, Seven Dollars, YORKTOWN Issue, Blue Counterfeit Detector, Finest Certifie — est. $5,000–$6,000

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In this auction (52 lots)

Categories: Memorabilia & Autographs (6) · Coins & Currency (6) · Firearms & Militaria (5) · Fine Art & Prints (3) · Stamps & Philately (2) · Antiques & Furniture (1)

• Lot 1 — March 28, 1930-Dated, D. F. Barry Autograph Letter Signed on his Studio Photographic Advertisement Sheet Letterhead Discussing 1881 Fort Buford Image of Rain in
• Lot 2 — JOHN BURROUGHS (1837-1921) c. 1859 Engraved Portrait Signed, John Burroughs, and inscribed, in 1859, by Burroughs' own hand, below the Engraving, which measures
• Lot 3 — JOSEPH PLATT COOKE Signed November 5, 1779-Dated Revolutionary War, Partially-Printed Document, a fully executed as Commissioner of the Loan Office rare Contine
• Lot 4 — Colonial Currency, NC. August 21, 1775 North Carolina Four Dollars Hillsborough Issue with Masonic Vignette Signed RICHARD CASWELL, PCGS Certified Extremely Fin
• Lot 5 — February 14, 1855, JOHN DAHLGREN ALS Inventor of the Dahlgren Gun Discusses the Ship Niagara Under Construction with his New Armaments.
• Lot 6 — May 12, 1779 Continental Loan Office Certificate Interest Receipt Signed Reverend John Devotion of Saybrook, Conn. who Educated David Bushnell, Inventor of the
• Lot 7 — JUBAL A. EARLY November 12, 1881-Dated Confederate General Autograph Letter Signed, Jubal. A. Early, 1 page, measuring 5.6 x 9, Lynchburg, VA., to E.J. Burrows
• Lot 8 — LORD FAIRFAX, Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord of Cameron (1693-1781) 1767 Lord Fairfax Signed Colonial Virginia Land Indenture but notes that it does not include any R
• Lot 9 — July 24, 1801-Dated Federal Period, Manuscript Letter Signed, Albert Gallatin as Secretary of the Treasury, 1 page, with Integral Treasury Department Address Le
• Lot 10 — April 25th, 1778-Dated Revolutionary War Printed State of Massachusetts-Bay Newbury Town Tax Broadside, 16.25 x 13.25 inches, fully completed and executed in ma
• Lot 11 — James Gibbon ALS dated 1823, Revolutionary War Hero of Stony Point Recieving Highest Honors the Congress could Bestow
• Lot 12 — 1797 Philadelphia City Militia Letter to Lewis Nicola Author of the famous Newburgh Letter to General George Washington, suggesting that he take the Title of KI
• Lot 13 — 1865 Reverdy Johnson the Famous U.S Senator and Defense Attorney, Unrecorded Personal Political Autograph Letter Signed to Senator John Sherman
• Lot 14 — 1755 French and Indian War Letter Signed by Governor Stephen Hopkins of Rhode Island with Important Content regarding Raising more men to Reinforce and Strength
• Lot 15 — February 1st, 1853-Dated Partly-Printed Vellum Document Signed, "Jos. Johnson" as Governor, 1 page, measuring 13.5" x 11" with its original official Embossed Se
• Lot 16 — 1961 President JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY Photograph Signed, Glossy Black + White, Signed, Best - John Kennedy, as President taken September 25, 1961 at JFK's Spee
• Lot 17 — Cabinet Photograph of the U.S. Government Signal Station at the Summit of Mount Washington NH, Signed by Boston Photographer Horace A. Latimer, September 1884
• Lot 18 — Official Pair of 1807 Official Boston Customs Certificates Signed by General Benjamin Lincoln and Thomas Melvill, Boston Tea Party Participant and Grandfather o
• Lot 19 — March 29, 1799 General William Macpherson ALS to Quartermaster General John Wilkins at Philadelphia; 18 Days Prior President John Adams appointed Macpherson Bri
• Lot 20 — April 6, 1853-Dated Pre Civil War, Vellum Military Appointment Signed by President FRANKLIN PIERCE and Countersigned by his Secretary of War JEFFERSON DAVIS, Ap
• Lot 21 — c. 1855, First Lady JANE M. PIERCE Autograph Letter Signed, Jane, datelined Washington, written during her time as First Lady (1853-1857), 4 pages, to her Siste
• Lot 22 — August 22, 1789-Dated Federal Period, Autograph Document Signed, Andrew Porter (Major General) here Petitioning (applying) to become the Surveyor General of Pen
• Lot 23 — January 16, 1865-Dated Exceptional Content Civil War-date Letter Signed, David D. Porter as Union Rear Admiral, 2 pages, Legal Folio, measuring 8.25 x 13.5 inch
• Lot 24 — May 10, 1781 Revolutionary War Manuscript Document Letter of Notice to the Appointment of Oliver Prescott as 2nd Major General in the Massachusetts Militia, Sec
• Lot 25 — c. 1924 Robert Venable Roper an Owner of Stone Mountain, Georgia, Autograph Note Signed Regarding the Revealing of Robert E Lee's Head on the Confederate Memori
• Lot 26 — 1864 PHILIP H. SHERIDAN Endorsement Signature of Union Cavalry General Phil Sheridan with CDV and a colorful Patriotic Letter Sheet titled, Sheridan's Ride
• Lot 27 — c. June 6 (1861) Union General Charles P. Stone Signed Field Orders, Sir -- The orders given you last night verbally are countermanded - Your regiment will be r
• Lot 28 — March 15th, 1777-Dated Revolutionary War Partially-Printed Document Signed, (Later General) Heman Swift for 500 Pounds Encouragement for Raising a Connecticut C
• Lot 29 — 1789-Dated John Trumbull (1756-1843) Signed Unissued Subscription Form for his THE SORTIE OF GIBRALTAR Engraving, Aide-de-Camp to General George Washington duri
• Lot 30 — Nov. 22, 1860-Dated Manuscript Receipt Document Signed measuring 4.25 x 4.5 written by Tyler's hand, at Sherwood Forest, Framed, Signed, John Tyler.
• Lot 31 — 1796 Oliver Wolcott Jr., Private, Autograph Letter Signed to Signer of the Declaration of Independence William Ellery, for the purpose of being enabled to conve
• Lot 32 — SIR ROBERT WALPOLE June 18, 1740-Dated Manuscript Document Signed, R. Walpole as First Prime Minister Great Britain's Official Treasury Warrant Paying for the S
• Lot 33 — Orville Wright Signed, 1933-Dated Printed Check issued from The Winters National Bank + Trust Co. in Dayton, Ohio, with punch cancels, Choice Crisp About Uncirc
• Lot 34 — True Copy of a 1723 Record Signed by Connecticut Colony Secretary GEORGE WYLLYS, Concerning Norwich Founder Major James Fitch's Lost Land Grant
• Lot 35 — 1679-Dated (Massachusetts-Bay Colony) Early Pilgrim Colonial Period, Manuscript Document being a Receipt for the: community rate for the tax, town of Hingham, F
• Lot 36 — February 12, 1678-Dated Colonial America, Contemporary Official Copy of the Letter from King Charles II to the Governor + Magistrates of Rhode Island and Provid
• Lot 37 — February 12, 1683-Dated, Manuscript Document Signed, Hen: Guy, as Treasurer (1679-1688) under Charles II and James II, British Order by Sir Henry Guy to Sir Rob
• Lot 38 — Important Two-Document Lot May 2, 1764-Dated Pontiac's War Period Fort Ontario Service Discharge with Land and Later Purchased in 1766 by Christopher Roosevelt
• Lot 39 — 1764 French + Indian War Colonial Era, Manuscript Document Headed: The Merchants of London trading to the Continent of America are of the Opinion... Paper Bills
• Lot 40 — TREE OF LIBERTY Newport, Rhode Island Early Historical Research Document Archive
• Lot 41 — October 24, 1767-Dated, Quartering Act and British Stamp Act Era, Manuscript Document Signed, being an Account of Subsistance (sic) for the 18th Royal Regiment
• Lot 42 — c. 1730, German Westerwald Stoneware King George Jug, 9 5/8 inches high, with a bold central "GR" embossed crown pattern, vivid blue and grey with brown top rim
• Lot 43 — 1766-67 Dated Stamp Act Era, Sammelband Bound Lot of 5 Colonial American Imprints: 1767 A Caution and Warning to Great Britain and Her Colonies... State of the
• Lot 44 — c. 1760 Paul Revere Engraved Armorial Bookplate for John Gardiner (1714-1764), Fifth Proprietor of Gardiner's Island, New York, Chippendale Rococo Shield with C
• Lot 45 — c. 1764/65 Exceedingly Rare American Colonial Satirical Political Pro Benjamin Franklin Election Cartoon held in the Old Court or, Great Towne House in Philadel
• Lot 46 — May 9, 1776 Continental Currency, Eight Dollars, Philadelphia Issue, Printed by Hall + Sellers, Blue Paper Counterfeit Detector, PCGS graded Choice About Uncirc
• Lot 47 — Continental Congress Currency, April 11, 1778, Seven Dollars, YORKTOWN Issue, Blue Counterfeit Detector, Finest Certified, PCGS graded VERY CHOICE NEW-64.
• Lot 48 — August 8th (Written Date) 1766 Act, Province of Georgia Colonial Currency, One Pound Sterling Certificate, SAVANNAH COURT-HOUSE with "Court-House" Vignette, Lar
• Lot 50 — 1776 Georgia Colored Seal emission of Colonial Currency, Maroon Seal, Ten Spanish Milled Dollars, Millstone on Palm Tree Vignette, OPPRESSA SURGIT Legend, PCGS
• Lot 114 — ENOCH WOOD PEARLWARE BUST OF GEORGE with raised medallion circular plaque on the reverse side, reading: WASHINGTON / Born --- 1732 Died --- 1799 / ENOCH WOOD, S
• Lot 143 — 1862 Civil War Union Soldiers Brass Identification Disc Dog Tag with Star-Spangled Union Shield, belonging to Pvt. Benjamin Franklin Smead of Battery E, the 1st
• Lot 146 — 1862 Civil War Era Encased Postage Stamp Emergency Currency, EP-1, HB-1, Scott-1, Reed AB01. One Cent, AERATED BREAD COMPANY, New York, Choice Extremely Fine. R

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