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Fine Books And Manuscripts, Including Americana
19 June 2015 • New York
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150 lots
  • Autograph endorsement signed, with an extravagant paraph, ("Approved | Sam Houston") as President of the Republic of Texas, being a pay order to Jim Shaw for "services as interpreter, &c., for the commission to the Comanches …"
    Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 USD
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  • Instructions to the Commanders of Private Vessels of War. [Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1776]
    Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 USD
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Autograph letter signed ("Frank James"), written from prison to his wife and son
    Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 USD
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  • Autograph letter signed ("John Jay") to his son Peter Augustus Jay regarding construction at the Jay estate
    Estimate: 2,500 – 3,500 USD
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  • Autograph letter signed ("Th: Jefferson") to Thomas Law
    Estimate: 25,000 – 35,000 USD
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  • Autograph letter signed ("Th: Jefferson") to Henry Wheaton, thanking him for sending a copy of his address on international law
    Estimate: 30,000 – 40,000 USD
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Return of the Whole Number of Persons within the Several Districts of the United States. Philadelphia: Childs and Swaine, 1791. [Bound with]: Coxe, Tench. A Brief Examination of Lord Sheffield's Observations on the Commerce of the United States;. In Seven Numbers. Philadelphia: M. Carey, 1791.
    Estimate: 90,000 – 120,000 USD
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  • An Account of Two Voyages to New-England. Wherein you have the setting out of a ship with the charges; The prices of all necessaries for furnishing a Planter and his family at his first coming; A description of the countrey, natives and creatures, with their merchantil and physical use... A large chronological table of the most remarkable passages, from the first discovering of the continent of America, to the year 1673. London: Giles Widdows, 1674
    Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 USD
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  • Autograph letter signed ("Jackie") as First Lady, to Jack Warnecke, discussing the Lafayette Square project
    Estimate: 2,500 – 3,500 USD
    BIDDING IS CLOSED