University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts and Books, 31225, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 12, 2025 - March 12, 2025
Page Size: 532 items in 22 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
261

Slavery Engravings: 5 Sheets and 1 Partial Sheet of Thomas McLean's Political Cartoons

ca. 1830 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 175.00
262

Great Slave Content in Colonial Virginia Will, Rare

January 10, 1752 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 2,125.00
263

African-American "slave for life" Sold to Farmer by Louisiana Cotton Planter

January 20, 1846 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 687.50
264

Two Issues of "The Liberator", 1846 & 1849, Free Soil Movement, Slavery, and More

February 13, 1846 & September 7, 1849 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
265

Conductor on the Underground Railroad, Owen Lovejoy: "Providence designs the overthrow of American slavery"

May 16, 1862 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,375.00
266

War-Dated 1862 Receipt for Provisions to Alabama Plantation

ca. 1862 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 100.00
267

1793 Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser [3]: Runaway Slaves, Dismissal of Citizen Genet & French Revolution

ca. 1793 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 384.00
268

Mother Teresa Letter Urges "Keep the joy of being loved by God ever-burning in your heart"

1996-04-26 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 812.50
269

Mother Teresa Urges a Follower to "Be the sunshine of God's love..."

1996-10-07 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 562.50
270

American Revolution Engraving "A Picturesque View of the State of Great Britain for 1780"

ca. 1780 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 200.00
271

British Pamphlets Re: American Revolution, Published Last Years of Civil War

various USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 468.75
272

Elijah Clark & John Stewart Pair of Signed Military Certificates for Soldiers in Their Command

ca. 1775-1785 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,500.00
274

1797 Account of Arson and Fires in Norwich, Connecticut

January 28 - March 12, 1797 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 275.00
275

Massachusetts Minister Draws Spiritual Meaning from 1755 New England Earthquake

ca. January 1755 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 625.00
276

[Nathan Daboll] Freebetter's Almanack For the Year 1776, Patriotic Poems, Woodcut & More

ca. 1775 USD 2,400.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,125.00
277

The London Chronicle Prematurely Reports the Death of Benjamin Franklin

March 1-4, 1788 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 153.60
279

Summons Signed Twice by Connecticut Governor in Lawsuit Begun by Declaration-Signer Samuel Huntington

September 18, 1785 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 300.00
280

Alexander Hamilton Letter on "the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams", 1800

ca. 1800 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 1,000.00
281

The New-York Packet Prints Hamilton's Appeal to Voters, Preparations for Washington's Arrival, and an Advertisement of Slaves for Sale

April 3, 1789 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 531.25
282

Patrick Henry Signed Land Grant for Assignees of Founding Father James Wilson

February 8, 1786 USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,176.00
283

Thomas Heyward Jr. Signed 1788 Warrant as South Carolina Judge

June 13, 1788 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,625.00
284

Samuel Huntington Commissions a Cavalry Cornet, Declaration Signer and Governor

October 20, 1790 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 593.75
285

John Jay Letter Written to Wife While Negotiating the Jay Treaty: "There is room for hope..."

July 6, 1794 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,937.50
286

William Marbury Signed Deed for Widow of General John Davidson

September 25, 1811 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 562.50
287

John Nicholson ALS to Signer Thomas Fitzsimons from Debtor's Prison, Two Months Before His Death

October 31, 1800 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00