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Two Centuries Of American History: Highly Important Letters And Documents
25 May 2016 • New York
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Sale Number: N09488
94 lots
61. Autograph letter signed ("James Buchanan"), regarding the party rules for the presidential nomination
Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 USD
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62. Julia Griffiths, editor. Autographs for Freedom. Boston: John P. Jewett, 1853
Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 USD
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63. Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F. A. Sandford. Washington: Cornelius Wendell, 1857
Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 USD
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64. 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 united with her under the compact entitled "The Constitution of the United States of America.' … The Union is Dissolved!" [Charleston: office of the Charleston Mercury, 20 December 1860]
Estimate: 40,000 – 60,000 USD
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65. Declaration of the Immediate Causes which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union; and the Ordinance of Secession. Charleston: Evans & Cogswell, Printer to the Convention, 1860
Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 USD
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66. Autograph letter signed ("Andrew Johnson"), to the Hon. D. T. Patterson
Estimate: 20,000 – 30,000 USD
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67. Autograph letter signed ("J. P. Benjamin") and six other United States Senators, written at the height of the Fort Sumter Crisis
Estimate: 15,000 – 25,000 USD
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68. First inaugural address in New-York Semi-Weekly Tribune. New York, 5 March 1861
Estimate: 2,000 – 4,000 USD
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69. General Orders No. 139. The following Proclamation by the President is published for the information and government of the Army and all concerned. … Washington: War Department, Adjutant General's Office, 24 September 1862 [but probably printed several days later]
Estimate: 1,500 – 1,800 USD
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70. Abraham Lincoln
Second State of the Union Address, in the Sentinel Extra. N.p., ca. 2 December 1862
Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 USD
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71. The Proclamation of Emancipation, by the President of the United States, to take effect January 1st, 1863. [Boston: John Murray Forbes, December 1862]
Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 USD
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72. Major Allen G. Brady. A field report from the Battle of Gettysburg, being an unsigned draft or retained copy, 4 July 1863, 6 pp. (8 x 5 in.; 203 x 128 mm) in pencil. with: [Andrew Johnson]. Officer's commission of brevet Lieutenant Colonel to Allen G. Brady, "for gallant conduct at the Battle of Chancellorsville Va., to date from March 13, 1865," 20 March 1866, rubberstamp signature, 19 x 15 1/2 in.; 483 x 393 mm); minor light foxing, horizontal and vertical folds. also with: Allen G. Brady. Autograph letter signed, 19 May 1877, 1 p., to the Adjutant General, U. S. Army, seeking a copy of the military record of Gen Hugh Brady, who fought in the War of 1812, response on verso — Wharton J. Green. Autograph letter signed ("W. J. Green), Washington, 13 December 1885, 2 pp. on House of Representatives letterhead, to A. G. Brady; with autograph envelope.
Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 USD
BIDDING IS CLOSED
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