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
399 MCHENRY (James, A. D. C. to Lafayette; M. O. C; M. Const. Conv.; Sec. of War) A. L. S.

Oct 17, 1785

USD - Unknown
400 MCHENRY L. S.

1800

USD - Unknown
401 MCKEAN (Thomas, Signer of Decl'n of Ind.; Gov. of Pa.) D. S.

Mch. 28, 1804

USD - Unknown
402 MCLANE (LOUIS, U. S. Senator; Sec. of Treas, and of State; Minister to England) A. L. S.

1839

USD - Unknown
403 MACMAHON, Duc DE MAGENTA (M. E. P. Maurice, French Marshal; President of France) A. L. S.

1858

USD - Unknown
404 MACREADY (William C, eminent Tragedian) A. L. S.

Dec. 25, 1845

USD - Unknown
405 MADISON (James, Pres. of U. S.) A. L. S.

Feb. 26, 1825

USD - Unknown
406 MAISON (Nicolas Joseph, Comte, Marshal of France) A. L. S.

Nov. 5, 1837

USD - Unknown
407 MALESHERBES (Chretien Guillaume de Lamoignon, eminent French judge; defended Louis XVI. at his trial; executed 1794) L. S.

Oct. 26, 1775

USD - Unknown
408 MARCY (William L., Gov. of N. Y.; Sec. State) A. L. S.

Oct. 1, 1834

USD - Unknown
409 MARIE DE MEDICIS, Queen Regent of France; Wife of Henry IV L. S.

1611

USD - Unknown
410 MARIE (Josephine Louise de Savoy, wife of Louis X VIII) L. S.

[1780]

USD - Unknown
411 MARMONT, Duc de Raguse (A. F. L. V., Marshal of France) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
412 MARRYAT (Capt. Frederick, Novelist) Original A. MS. S.

USD - Unknown
413 MARSHALL (Humphrey, M. C; Col. Mex. War; Maj. Gen. C. S. A.) A. L. S.

Feb. 23, 1852

USD - Unknown
414 MARSHALL (John, Chief Justice of U. S.) A. L. S.

Aug. 6, 1788

USD - Unknown
415 MARTIN (Henri, Historian). A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
416 MARTIN (Luther, eminent Lawyer, M. Const. Conv.) L. S.

June 16, 1788

USD - Unknown
417 MASSENA, Duc de Rivoli, Prince d'Essling (Andre, Marshal of France) L. S. Paris

Aug. 31, 1811

USD - Unknown
418 MASSET (Gerald, Poet, &c). A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
419 MATHEWS (Charles James, Actor) A. L. S.

Feb. 12, 1861

USD - Unknown
420 MATTHEWS (William, M. C., 1797-99) A. L. S.

May 31, 1798

USD - Unknown
421 MAXIMILIAN (Joseph, King of Bavaria) A. L. S.

Nov. 4, 1814

USD - Unknown
422 MAYORS OF NEW YORK--PAULDING (William). A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
423 MAZARIN (Jules, Cardinal, Prime Minister to Louis XIII. and Louis XIV) A. L. S. Chalons

Oct. 25, 1653

USD - Unknown
424 MEADE (George G., Maj. Gen., U. S. A. commanded at Gettysburg) A. L. S.

Jan. 15, 1866

USD - Unknown
425 MEDICI (Anna Maria de', Electress Palatine; daughter of Cosmo III., Grand Duke of Tuscany) L. S. March 4, 1737. To the Count Gio. Girolamo Spada

March 4, 1737

USD - Unknown
426 MEIGS (Montgomery C, Qr. Master Gen. during Rebellion) A. L. S.

1879

USD - Unknown
427 Hons. H. G. BLAKE, BENJ. F. WADE, JOHN HUTCHINS MEIGS, SAXTON, &c. L. to President Lincoln, S....

USD - Unknown
428 MELVILLE (George W., American Arctic Explorer) A. L. S.

Nov. 3, 1883

USD - Unknown
429 MENZIKOFF (Prince Alexander, Famous Russian General and Minister; Favorite of Peter the Great and Catherine L, Regent to Peter II) D. S. Russian

1707

USD - Unknown
430 MERCER (Hugh, Son of Gen. Hugh Mercer of the Revl'n; educated by Congress). A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
431 MEREDITH (Samuel, Maj. in Revl'n, M. O. C, U. S. Treas.). A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
432 MICHELET (Jules, eminent French Historian, &c.) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
433 MIDDLESEX (Earl of, Lord High Treasurer) A. L. S.

Mch. 10, 1622

USD - Unknown
434 MIFFLIN (Thomas, Gen in Rerl'n, M. O. C., Gov'r of Pa.) D. S.

May 15, 1798

USD - Unknown
435 MILLAIS (John Everett, eminent Artist) A. L. S.

July 5, 1872

USD - Unknown
436 MONCEY, Due. de Conegliano (B. A. Jeannet, Marshal of France) L. S. Paris

Jan. 19, 1807

USD - Unknown
437 MONROE (James, Pres. of U. S.) A. L. S.

Oct. 6, 1819

USD - Unknown
438 MONROE A. legal opinion S.

June 12, 1822

USD - Unknown
439 MONROE D. S.

Nov. 5, 1817

USD - Unknown
440 MONTECUCCULI (Raimondo, Count, one of the greatest generals of modern times; Imperial Generalissimo; born 1608, died 1680) L. S.

Mch. 8, 1636

USD - Unknown
441 MOODY (D. L., Revivalist). 3 A. lines S....

1874

USD - Unknown
442 MOODY (Granville, " the Fighting Parson"; Brt. Brig.Gen. U. S. V.) A. L. S.

1863

USD - Unknown
443 MOORE (Sir John, celebrated English General; killed at Corunna; the subject of Wolfe's well-known ode) A. L. S. Messina

June 11, 1808

USD - Unknown
445 MOORE (Thomas, Post) A. L. S. To " My dear Sheridan "

July 23, 1829

USD - Unknown
446 MOORE A. MS. Song (Words and Notes).

USD - Unknown
447 MOREAU (Jean Victor, distinguished French General) A. L. S.

1795

USD - Unknown
448 MORGAN (Edwin D., Gov of N. Y.) A. L. S. to Mrs. Fish, respecting the Metropolitan Fair

USD - Unknown
449 MORGAN A. L. S.

Jan. 7, 1839

USD - Unknown
450 MORRIS (Gouveneur, M. O. C.; Minister to France; U.S. Senator) A. L. S. Paris

Mch. 24, 1793

USD - Unknown
451 MORRIS (Robert, Signer of Decl. of Ind.) A. L. S.

Dec. 2, 1797

USD - Unknown
452 MORRIS A. Note S....

July 13, 1798

USD - Unknown
453 MORRIS. D. S....

USD - Unknown
454 MORRISSEY (JOHN, Prize-Fighter, &c; M. C.) Part of 4 pp. A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
455 MORTON (JOHN. Signer of Decl'n of Ind.) Signature on Pa. Colonial Note for half a crown, 1772

1772

USD - Unknown
455a MUHLENBERG (Rev. W. A., Divine and Poet) A. Hymn S.

1865

USD - Unknown
455b MULOCK [-CRAIK] (Dinah Maria, Novelist, &c.) A. L. S.

Mch. 2, 1849

USD - Unknown
455c MUSSET (Paul de, Novelist)., A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
456 NICHOLAS FISH, Inspector; JAMES CLINTON, Brig. Gen.; SAME TALLMADGE, Ensign MUSTER ROLL of Capt. Walker's Company

July 5, 1780

USD - Unknown
456a NAPOLEON III., Emperor of France Part of D. S.

Apr. 27, 1853

USD - Unknown
457 NASSAU (Maurice of, Son of William of Orange, Stadtholder of Netherlands) L. S. Gravenhage

May 24, 1619

USD - Unknown
458 NAST (Thomas, Caricaturist). L. S....

USD - Unknown
459 NECKER (Jacques, French Financier and Prime Minister) A. L. S.

Apr. 19, 1802

USD - Unknown
460 NICHOLS (George Ward, on Sherman's Staff through Ga.). A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
461 NICOLA (Lewis, Col. in Revol'n) Pay Order S.

1783

USD - Unknown
462 NORTH (Frederick, Lord, Prime Minister of Geo. III) Treasury D. S.

July 26, 1773

USD - Unknown
463 NOURSE (Joseph, Sec. to Gen. Ch. Lee and Auditor Bd. Of War in Revol'n; Register U. S. Treas.). A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
464 O'CONNELL(Daniel, Irish Statesman) A. L. S. Limerick

Nov. 17, 1838

USD - Unknown
465 OLD DEEDS; County of York, Penna....

1785, '92, 1800

USD - Unknown
466 ORANGE (Frederick Henry, Frince of. Son of William of Orange; succeeded Maurice as Stadtholder in 1625) D. S.

1645

USD - Unknown
467 ORLEANS (Philippe, Due d', Regent of France, 1715-23) L. S. Paris

Sept. 29, 1715

USD - Unknown
468 ORR (James L., M. C., Gov. S. C., &c.) A. L. S. as Speaker H. of R.

Dec. 27, 1858

USD - Unknown
469 OUDINOT, Duc de Reggio (Nicholas Charles, Marshal of France) A. L. S. Montargis

July 2, 1814

USD - Unknown
470 OWEN (Robert Dale, Author and Reformer) A. L. S.

Mcn. 7, 1842

USD - Unknown
471 PACA (WILLIAM, Signer of Decl'n of Lnd., GOV of Md.) D. S.

Apr. 24, 1783

USD - Unknown
472 PAINE (Thomas, Political and Deistical Writer, &c.) A. L. S.

July 11, 1788

USD - Unknown
473 PALFREY (Rev. John G., Historian, &c.) A. L. S.

Mch. 20, 1841

USD - Unknown
474 PALMERSTON (Henry John Temple, Viscount, English Prime Minister) A. L.

July 19, 1849

USD - Unknown
475 PALMERSTON A. L.

May 6, 1828

USD - Unknown
476 PARR (Dr. Samuel, Eminent Scholar). L. S....

USD - Unknown
477 PATMORE (Coventry, Poet) A. L. S.

May 23, 1757

USD - Unknown
478 PAYN (James, Novelist). A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
479 PAYNE (John Howard, Author of "Home, Sweet Home!" &c.) A. L. S.

Oct. 30, 1843

USD - Unknown
480 PEDRO II. DE ALCANTARA, Emperor of Brazil L. S.

Mch. 20, 1843

USD - Unknown
481 PEEL (Sir Robert, English Prime Minister) A. L. S....

1847

USD - Unknown
482 PEEL A. L.

Feby. 10, 1825

USD - Unknown
483 PEYTON (Balie, M. C.) A. L. S. New Orleans

Dec. 16, 1847

USD - Unknown
484 PHILLIPS (Wendell, Orator, &c.). A. L....

USD - Unknown
485 PHILLIPS (William, British General in Revol'n) A. L. S.

May 12, 1779

USD - Unknown
486 PICCOLOMINI (Octavio, distinguished Austrian General in Thirty Years' War) L. S.

Jan. 27, 1046

USD - Unknown
487 PICKERING (Timothy, Col. in Revol'n, Secy, of War and of State) A. L. S.

Oct. 16, 1792

USD - Unknown
488 PIERPONT (Rev. John, Poet, &c.) A. L. S. Boston

Nov. 9, 1832

USD - Unknown
489 PIKE (Albert, Gen. C. S. A.) A. L. S.

Sept. 29, 1870

USD - Unknown
490 PINCKNEY (Thomas, distinguished officer in Revol'n; Gov. of S. C; Min. to England' Maj.-Gen., 1812) L. S.

July 3, 1813

USD - Unknown
491 PINCKNEY Passport S.

1795

USD - Unknown
492 PIRON (Alexis, French Dramatist and Poet) D. S. Lyon

Apr. 14, 1758

USD - Unknown
493 PIUS VII. (Pope, Signed the Concordat with Napoleon) D. S. Rome

Dec. 17, 1819

USD - Unknown
493a POE (Edgar A.) A. L. S. New York

Feby. 29, 1848

USD - Unknown
494 POLK (James K., Pres. of the U. S.) A. L. S. Columbia, Dec. 15, 1842. To Col. H. Laughlin Columbia

Dec. 15, 1842

USD - Unknown
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