Christies: Important Americana

The Jones Declaration of Independence

[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 ...

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

TWELFTH AMENDMENT -- JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743-1826). Letter signed as President, to an unnamed correspondent,[With:] OTIS, Samuel Allyne (1740-1814). Manuscript document signed

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

LINCOLN, Abraham. Document signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President to [Edwin D. Morgan,] the Governor of New York,

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865). Letter signed "Abraham Lincoln" as President to "The Lieut. General, Commanding the Armies of the United States," countersigned by WILLIAM SEWARD (1801-1872),

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

[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...

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

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

HARRISON, William Henry (1773-1841). Document signed ("W. H. Harrison") as President, countersigned by Daniel WEBSTER (1782-1852),

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

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

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

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

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

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....

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

BUCHANAN, James (1791-1868). Autograph draft message as President to the United States House of Representatives,

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

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.

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE -- In Congress, July 4, 1776. The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America. When in the Course of Human Events...

BUCHANAN, James (1791-1868). Autograph draft manuscript signed ("James Buchanan") as President,

[CIVIL WAR]. Charleston Mercury Extra: Passed unanimously at 1.15 o'clock, P.M. December 20th 1860. An Ordinance to Dissolve the Union between the State of South Carolina and other States ...