Bangs: FRANCIS COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPHS, COMPRISING MANY SCARCE AND VALUABLE SPECIMENS, AMERICAN AND FOREIGN, TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION, Tuesday & Wednesday, March 13th & 14th, AT 3 O'CLOCK. BY Bangs & Company, 739 and 741 Broadway, NEW YORK., Mar131888,

Auction Details

Auction Date
March 13, 1888 - March 13, 1888
Page Size: 744 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 BROWN (John, Leader of party that burned the Sloop Gaspe, M. C, 1799-1801; &c.) D. S.

1792

USD - Unknown
102 BROWNING (Robert, Poet) A. L. S.

1862

USD - Unknown
103 BROWNLOW (" Parson" William G., Editor, Gov of Tenn., U. S. Senator) A. Note S.

Apr. 1, 1862

USD - Unknown
104 BROUGHAM (Henry, Lord, Statesman, Author, &c.) A. L. S

USD - Unknown
105 BRUNE (G. M. A., Marshal of France; assassinated 1815) A. L. S. June 26, 1815. To Prince Cambaceres

June 26, 1815

USD - Unknown
106 BRUNEL (Sir I. K., eminent English Engineer) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
107 BRUNSWICK (Charles William Ferdinand. Duke of, distinguished General of the Seven Years War; commanded Prussian and Russian Armies against France; killed at Jena) A. L. S. Minden

Sept. 29, 1796

USD - Unknown
108 BRUNSWICK (Rudolph Augustus, Duke of, 1666-1704. tinguished General against the French and Turks) L. S. with 2 A. lines. May 23, 1684. To the; rave of Brandenburg

May 23, 1684

USD - Unknown
109 BRYANT (William Cullen, Poet, &c.) A. L. S. N. Y.

18th-----, 1861

USD - Unknown
110 BUCHANAN (James, Pres. of U. S.) A. L. S. Wash'n.

Mch. 8, 1840

USD - Unknown
111 BUCHANAN A. L. S.

1862

USD - Unknown
112 BUCHANAN (Robert, Author) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
113 BULL (Ole, Violinist). A. line S....

USD - Unknown
114 BULWER LYTTON (E.). Signature on card, with 2 A. lines...

USD - Unknown
115 BULWER (Sir Henry Lytton, Diplomatist, Minister to U. S.) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
116 BURLINGAME (Anson, Mins. to Austria; Chinese Ambassador, &c.) A. L. S.

1856

USD - Unknown
117 BURNSIDE (Maj.-Gen. Ambrose E., Comdr. Army Potomac; U. S. Senator) A. L. S.

1865

USD - Unknown
118 BURR (Aaron, Vice-Pres. of U. S.) A. L. S. New York

Dec. 5, 1788

USD - Unknown
119 BURR A. L. S. New York

Sept. 28, 1817

USD - Unknown
120 BURRITT (Elihu, the "Learned Blacksmith"; Philologist, &c.) Page of original A. MS.

USD - Unknown
121 BURTON (Richard F., Traveller, Author) A. L. S. Damascus

Dec. 31, 1869

USD - Unknown
122 BURTON (William E., Actor) Original A. MS.

USD - Unknown
123 BYRON (George Gordon Noel, Lord) Signature (Frank)

1814

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124 CABINET OFFICERS, WOLCOTT (Oliver, 8ec. of Treas.). D. S....

USD - Unknown
125 CABINET OFFICERS. FORSYTH (John). L. S....

USD - Unknown
126 CABINET OFFICERS. MEREDITH (William M. Sec. Treas.) 1851.-----BERRIEN (J. McPherson, . Atty Gen.) 2 A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
127 CADWALADER (Lambert, Col. in Revol'n; M. O. C.) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
128 CALHOUN (John C, Vice-Pres. of U. S.) A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
129 CARLYLE (Thomas, Author) A. L. S.

1841

USD - Unknown
130 CARPENTER (Matthew H., U. S. Senator) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
131 CARROLL of Carrollton (Charles, Signer of Declaration of Independence) A. L. S. Annapolis

Feby 1, 1777

USD - Unknown
132 CARTWRIGHT (Rev. Peter, celebrated Camp-meeting Preacler) A. L. S.

Oct. 1, 1861

USD - Unknown
133 CASS (Lewis, U. S. Senator, Sec'y of State, &c.) A. L. S.

Apr. 18, 1854

USD - Unknown
134 CELEBRATED WOMEN. REAM (Vinnie, Sculptrecs). A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
135 CHALMERS (Dr. Thomas, the great Scotch Divine) A. L. S. Edin.

Sept. 2, 1842

USD - Unknown
136 CHAMBERS (William, Scotch Publisher and Author, "Things as They Are in America," &c.) A. L. S.

DEC. 22, 1854

USD - Unknown
137 CHARLES II. (King of Spain; born 1665, died 1700) L. S. "Yo el Rey," 1628. To the Elector of Bavaria

1628

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138 CHARLES X. (King of France) A. L. S. Palermo

June 29, 1813

USD - Unknown
139 CHARLES X. (King of France) L. S. Paris

May 26, 1818

USD - Unknown
140 CHARLES XIII. (King of Sweden; born 1748, died 1818) Signature on margin of water-color drawing of two figures in military costume

USD - Unknown
141 CHASE (Salmon P., U. S. Senator, Chf Justice U. S.) A. L. S.

1872

USD - Unknown
142 CHASE (Samuel, Signer of Declaration of Independence) A. Receipt (7 lines) S.

February 25, 1785

USD - Unknown
143 CHEW (John) A. L. S. Chester Town

Feb. 10, 1800

USD - Unknown
144 CHOATE (Rufus, distinguished Lawyer and Orator) A. L. S.

Mch. 3, 1845

USD - Unknown
145 CHOISEUL (Claude Antoine Gabriel, born 1760, died 1838, General and Peer of France) L. S. Paris

July 26, 1821

USD - Unknown
146 CHRISTIAN (Wilhelm, Margrave of Brandenburg and Archbishop of Magdeburg) L. S.

1626

USD - Unknown
147 CLAIBORNE (William C. C, Gov. Miss., T. and of La.). L. S....

USD - Unknown
148 CLARETIE (Jules Arnaud Arsene, eminent French Dramatic Critic and Author). A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
149 CLARK (Abraham, Signer Decl. of Ind.). Part of A. D. (3 lines) S.

Feb. 24, 1787

USD - Unknown
150 CLAY (Henry, eminent Statesman) A. L. S. Ashland

Dec. 17, 1848

USD - Unknown
151 CLAY A. L. S.... Balto.

Nov. 29, 1849

USD - Unknown
152 CLERGYMEN. KEMPER (Jackson, Bp. of Wisc). A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
153 CLINTON (De Witt, Gov. of N. Y.). A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
154 COBB (Howell, Sec. Treas'y; Pres. Cong. C. S. A., Maj. Gen. C. S. A.) 2 L. S.

1859 and '57

USD - Unknown
155 COFFEE (Gen. John, distinguished at New Orleans, &c; Gen Jackson's second in his duel with Benton) Inter esting A. military orders S. Tennessee Line, Apr. 9, 1813

Apr. 9, 1813

USD - Unknown
156 COLBERT (Marquis de Seignelay (Jean Baptiste, eminent French Statesman) D. S. Versailles

Nov. 11, 1672

USD - Unknown
157 COLENZO (John W., Bp. of Natal, Author of "The Pentateuch, &c, Examined") A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
158 COLFAX (Schuyler, Vice-Pres. of U. S.) A. L. S.

May 15, 1860

USD - Unknown
159 COLFAX. Card Photo. S.

USD - Unknown
160 COLLIER (J. Payne, Shakespearian Scholar). A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
161 COLLINS (Wilkie, Novelist) A. L. S.

Sept. 8, 1878

USD - Unknown
162 COLLINS A. L. S. "W. Wilkie Collins." May 6, 1854. To S. C. Hall

May 6, 1854

USD - Unknown
163 COLLINS A. L. S.

1880

USD - Unknown
164 CONFEDERATE GENERALS. STEWART (Alex'r P.). A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
165 CONGREVE (William, the Dramatist) A. Poem (two stanzas of 8 lines) each, not S.

USD - Unknown
166 COOPER (Peter, Philanthropist) L. S.

1871

USD - Unknown
167 COOPER. Receipt S. 1853. 1 p., 4to.----HALE (E. E., Author). A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
168 COPWAY (George, Writer on Nth. Amer. Indians) A. Note S.

USD - Unknown
169 COX (Rev. Dr. Samuel Hanson, Author) Original A. Poem S. N. Y.

Sept. 19, 1865

USD - Unknown
170 COXE (Bp. Arthur Cleveland, Divine and Poet). A. L. S....

1863

USD - Unknown
171 CRITTENDEN (John J., Atty. Gen.; U. S. Senator; Author of Missouri Compromise) A. L. S. Wash'n, Dec. 1, 1839. To Gen. Leslie Coombs Wash'n.

Dec. 1, 1839

USD - Unknown
172 CRITTENDEN A. L. S. 1858, to Stephen A. Douglas

1858

USD - Unknown
173 CRITTENDEN (Maj.-Gen. Thomas L., Comdr. 21st Army Corps) A. L. S...

USD - Unknown
174 CRITTENDEN. Card Photo. S.

USD - Unknown
175 CROWNINSHIELD (R. W., Sec'y of Navy) D. S. Navy Dept.

Mch. 15, 1815

USD - Unknown
176 CRUIKSHANK (George, Artist) A. L. S.

1829

USD - Unknown
177 CURTIS (George William, Author, &c.) A. L. S.

Oct. 20, 1860

USD - Unknown
178 CUSHING (Caleb, Jurist and Statesman) A. L. S.

May, 5, 1841

USD - Unknown
179 CUSHING (Thomas, M. of 1st and 2d C, Lieut.-Gov. of Mass.) Lottery Ticket S. Boston

Aug., 1767

USD - Unknown
180 CUSTIS (George W. P., Step-son of Washington) A. L. S. Arlington House

Jan. 5, 1848

USD - Unknown
181 CUVIER (Georges, C. L. F. D., Baron, Naturalist) L. S. Paris

11 Messidor, 1800

USD - Unknown
182 DALLAS (George M., Vice-Pres. of U.S.; Minister to England) A. L. S. London

1856

USD - Unknown
183 DALZELL ("Private" J. M.). A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
184 DANA (Charles A., Editor, &c.) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
185 DANA, Jr. (Richard H., Author, "Two Years Before the Mast"). A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
186 DARWIN (Charles, Naturalist) A. L. S.

July 26, 1844

USD - Unknown
187 DAVIDGE (William, Actor) A. L. S.

Aug. 14, 1868

USD - Unknown
188 DAVIS (Jefferson, Pres. of C. S. A.) A. L. S.

Oct. 18, 1883

USD - Unknown
189 DAVOUST, Duc d'Auerstadt, Prince d'Eckmuhl (LOUIS Nicholas, Marshal of France, Minister of War) L. S. Paris

Mch. 23, 1815

USD - Unknown
190 DAVY (Sir Humphry, Scientist) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
191 DAY (Jeremiah, Pres. Yale Coll.) A. Certificate S....

Ap. 6, 1838

USD - Unknown
192 DAYTON (Jonathan, M. Const. Conv., M. C, 1791, etc.) A. Promissory N. S.

1803

USD - Unknown
193 DEMPSTER (W. R., English Vocalist) A. L. S.

Jan. 18, 1868

USD - Unknown
194 DERBY (Henry Stanley, fourth Earl of) L. S.

1589

USD - Unknown
195 DEVONSHIRE: (Georgiana, Duchess of, the beautiful and witty friend of Fox; &c.) A. L. S., to Hayley, the Poet

USD - Unknown
196 DEXTER (Samuel, Sec. Treasury) A. L. S. Wash'n.

Oct. 5, 1800

USD - Unknown
197 DIBDIN (Thomas Frognall, Bibliographer). A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
198 DICKENS (Charles, Novelist) A. N.

Feby. 5, 1850

USD - Unknown
199 DICKINSON (Daniel S., U. S. Senator) A. L. S.

Mch. 7, 1853

USD - Unknown
200 Dix (Maj.-Gen. John A., Sec'y of Treasury, &c.) A. Translation of one of Pliny's Letters S

USD - Unknown
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