Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana - N09657

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Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana

13 June 2017 • New York

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Sale Number: N09657

88. Jefferson, Thomas

Autograph letter signed ("Th: Jefferson") to George Ruffin, thanking him for the gift of a recently discovered military artifact

Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 USD

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89. Autograph letter signed ("Th: Jefferson") to Henry Wheaton, thanking him for sending a copy of his address on international law

Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 USD

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90. Notes on the State of Virginia; written in the year 1781, somewhat corrected and enlarged in the winter of 1782, for the use of a foreigner of distinction, in answer to certain queries proposed by him. [Paris: for the author by Philippe-Denis Pierres,] 1782 [i.e., 1785]

Estimate: 250,000 – 350,000 USD

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91. Route Across the Rocky Mountains, with a description of Oregon and California: their geographical features, their resources, soil, climate, productions. Lafayette, In.: John B. Semans, printer, 1846

Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 USD

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92. Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé Expedition, Comprising a Description of A Tour Through Texas, and Across the Great Southwestern Prairies... New York: Harper and Brothers, 1844

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 USD

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93. The War between the United States and Mexico illustrated, embracing pictorial drawings of all the principal conflicts ... with a description of each battle. New York & Philadelphia: [Plon Brothers of Paris for] D. Appleton & Co. and George S. Appleton, 1851

Estimate: 20,000 – 30,000 USD

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94. Brevis Narratio eorum quae in florida Americae provi[n]cia Gallis acciderunt ... quae est seconda pars Americae. Frankfurt: Theodor De Bry, 1591

Estimate: 40,000 – 60,000 USD

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95. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. Philadelphia: J. Maxwell for Bradford & Inskeep and Abm. H. Inskeep of New York, 1814

Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 USD

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96. Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. Performed by Order of the Government of the United States, in the years 1804, 1805, and 1806. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814

Estimate: 14,000 – 18,000 USD

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97. Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") as president, to Secretary of the navy Gideon Welles, concerning a naval appointment, with an autograph postscript signed ("A. Lincoln")

Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 USD

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98. Autograph letter signed (“A Lincoln”) to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, regarding "the peculiar military force organized in Missouri by Governor Gamble"

Estimate: 35,000 – 50,000 USD

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99. Autograph note or endorsement signed as President ("A. Lincoln"), on a card or slip of paper (2 x 3 1/4 in.; 51 x 84 mm), [Washington,] 9 January 1863, to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton: "Sec. of War, please see & hear the bearer Mrs. Stevens"; lightly soiled, tipped to mat and framed with a portrait of Lincoln.

Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 USD

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