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Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
3 January - 24 January 2023 • New York
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![[John Smith] | The first book on the first permanent English settlement in the Americas](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6545021/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1451x2000+0+0/resize/150x207!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F4f%2Fe4%2F99b94734454a96b07313e49f17b7%2Fn11239-cgdwg-t1-02.jpg)
1301. [John Smith] | The first book on the first permanent English settlement in the Americas

1302. (New York) | The establishment of New York under British rule

1303. Continental Congress | First edition, first issue, of the journal of the first Continental Congress

1304. Articles of Confederation | "The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship"

1305. George Washington | The first printing of George Washington's most explicit pronouncement on religious tolerance and one of the great pillars of American religious liberty

1306. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay | Without question the most important commentary on the Constitution

1307. The Bill of Rights | The rare earliest printings of the final Senate and full Congressional texts of the Bill of Rights

1308. United States Congress | Rare official printing of the Acts of the first Congress, including the first official House printing of the Bill of Rights
![[Antoine Soulard] | One of the most significant maps in American history, and an essential source for Lewis & Clark](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5c0445f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1486+0+0/resize/150x111!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F85%2Fb1%2Fb093da364c13abeaa315ce99c2f4%2Fn11239-cfvb6-t1-02.jpg)
1309. [Antoine Soulard] | One of the most significant maps in American history, and an essential source for Lewis & Clark

1310. Thomas Jefferson | An engrossing letter about Jefferson's management of Monticello, including a lament for the death of an enslaved servant

1311. (Thomas Jefferson) | A highly significant volume from Thomas Jefferson's library, closely read and annotated by him

1312. Declaration of Independence | A rare printing on silk of the first facsimile of the Declaration of Independence

1313. John James Audubon | The working manuscript for Audubon's favorite, and the most American, bird
![[Alexander Gardner, et al] | The definitive collection of photographs of the American Civil War](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3f85040/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1565+0+0/resize/150x117!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F04%2F29%2F22e273a04d4a987d5450db4ede07%2Fn11239-cdzwx-t1-03.jpg)
1314. [Alexander Gardner, et al] | The definitive collection of photographs of the American Civil War