Christies: Important Americana, 23266, New York

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Auction Date
January 24, 2025 - January 24, 2025
Page Size: 36 items in 2 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
634 Benjamin Franklin

FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790). Autograph letter signed ("B Franklin") to William Strahan, Philadelphia, 23 October 1749.

Philadelphia 23 October 1749. USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 60,480.00
635

[STAMP ACT of 1765] -- Embossed revenue stamp reading "III * PENCE" below the Royal seal which is headed, "AMERICA." RM24 Die B.

1765 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 18,900.00
636 Boston: Green & Russell

A New Song, Address'd to the Sons of Liberty, on the Continent of America; particularly to the illustrious, Glorious and never to be Forgotten Ninety-two of Boston.

Boston 1768 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 22,680.00
637 Paul Revere

[REVERE, Paul (1735-1818), CHURCH, Benjamin (1734-1778).] A Warm Place --- Hell.... While gasping Freedom wails her future fate, and Commerce sickens with the sick'ning State...

Boston 1768 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 69,300.00
638 Ezekiel Russell

[LEXINGTON and CONCORD.] Bloody Butchery by the British Troops, or, The Runaway Fight of the Regulars. Being the Particulars of the Victorious Battle fought at and near Concord ...

Salem N.E. May 1775. USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 226,800.00
639 Joseph Warren

AMERICAN REVOLUTION --- In Provincial Congress, at Watertown, April 23, 1775, Resolved, That the following Establishment Forces now to be raised for the Recovery and Preservation of our undoubted Rights and Liberties, be as follows....

Watertown 1775 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 35,280.00
640 James Warren

WARREN, James (1726-1808). Autograph letter signed ("Jas. Warren") to a member of the Massachusetts Committee of Safety [possibly Elbridge Gerry],

Plymouth 27 April 1775. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
641 Massachusetts Provincial Congress

[AMERICAN REVOLUTION]. [MASSACHUSETTS PROVINCIAL CONGRESS]. In Provincial Congress, Watertown, May 5, 1775. Whereas the term for which this present Congress was chose, expires on the thirtieth instant ...

Salem 1775 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 11,970.00
642 New York

AMERICAN REVOLUTION -- New York, Committee-Chamber, 5th June 1775. Resolved, That Mr. Isaac Sears, be nominated by this Committee, for the approbation of the freeholders and freemen, ...

New York 1775 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 9,450.00
643 Benjamin Franklin

FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790). Autograph letter signed ("B Franklin") to his daughter-in-law Elizabeth Downs Franklin, Philadelphia, 1 August 1776.

Philadelphia 1 August 1776. USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 138,600.00
644 Richard and William Howe

HOWE'S PROCLAMATION OF AMNESTY --- "By Richard Viscount Howe, of the Kingdom of Ireland, and William Howe, Esquire, General of His Majesty's Forces in America, the Kings' Commissioners for restoring Peace ...

New York 20 January 1777. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,032.00
645 Alexander Hamilton

HAMILTON, Alexander (1757-1804). Autograph letter signed ("A Hamilton,") to George Clinton, "Hd Qrs,"

New Windsor 20 April 1781. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 37,800.00
646 Marquis de Lafayette

LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de (1757-1834). Letter signed ("Lafayette") to General Robert Lawson,

Gold Mine Creek South Anna River Virginia 29 May 1781. USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 40,320.00
647 Thomas Nelson Jr.

NELSON, Thomas, Jr. (1738-1789). Manuscript document signed ("Thos Nelson Jr") as Governor of Virginia,

"War Office" Richmond 24 July 1781. USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,560.00
648 George Washington

WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799). Autograph letter signed ("Go: Washington") as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army to Col. Anthony Walton White,

Williamsburg 17 September 1781. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 44,100.00
649

[BATTLE OF CHESAPEAKE CAPES AND THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN]. Manuscript journal maintained by an unnamed French naval officer,

various places including Martinique Cap-Yorktown 22 March 1781 - June 1783. USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 88,200.00
650 George Washington

WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799) Autograph letter signed ("Go:Washington") as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army to Gouverneur Morris,

Head Quarters Newburgh 5 June 1782. USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,120.00
651 September or October 1787

UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION -- Proceedings of the Federal Convention. We, the People of the United States. in order to form a more perfect union, ...

n.p. c. September-October 1787. USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 69,300.00
652 Samuel Jones

The Jones Declaration of Independence

c. 1788 USD 2,000,000.00 - 3,000,000.00 USD 2,470,000.00
653 George Washington

WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799). Letter signed ("Go: Washington") to George Walton, Governor of Georgia, "United States,"

New York 8 October 1789. USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 107,100.00
654 George Washington

WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799). Circular letter signed ("Go:Washington") as President,

Philadelphia 1 March 1793. USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 52,920.00
655 George Washington

WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799). Document signed ("G Washington") as President, Philadelphia, 17 September 1796.

Philadelphia 17 September 1796. USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 37,800.00
656 Martha Washington

WASHINGTON, Martha Dandridge Custis (1731-1802). Autograph letter signed ("M Washington") to Mrs. [Henrietta] Liston, wife of the British Minister to the United States,

Mount Vernon 22 February 1798. USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 32,760.00
657 Marquis de Lafayette

LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de (1757-1834). Letter signed ("Lafayette") to James Madison, Aulnay, 7 July 1803.

7 July 1803 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 35,280.00
658 Robert R. Livingston

LOUISIANA PURCHASE --- LIVINGSTON, Robert R. (1746-1803). Autograph letter signed ("Rob R. Livingston") ...

Paris 18 March 1804. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,080.00