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
593 STONE (John H., distinguished Officer in Revol'n, Gov'r of Md.) A. L. S.

June 11, 1793

USD - Unknown
594 STORY (Joseph, eminent Jurist) A. L. S.

1844

USD - Unknown
595 STRATTON (Charles S., " Tom Thumb") A. L. S.

1878

USD - Unknown
596 SUCHET, Duc de Albufera (Louis Gabriel, French Marshal) A. L. S.

Apr. 7, 1807

USD - Unknown
597 SUE (Eugene, Novelist) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
599 SULLIVAN (John, Maj.-Gen. in Revol'n, M. Cont. C; Pres. of N. Hampshire) L. S. Providence

Aug. 5, 1778

USD - Unknown
600 SULLY (Maximilian de Bethune, Duc de, Prime Minister to Henry IV. of France) D. S.

Oct. 9, 1610

USD - Unknown
601 SULLY (Thomas, celebrated Artist; portraits, "Washington Crossing the Delaware," &c.) A. L. S. Phila.

1825

USD - Unknown
602 SUMNER (Charles, U. S. Senator). A. L. S....

Nov. 2, 1863

USD - Unknown
603 SWINBURNE (Algernon, Poet) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
604 TAFT (Alphonso, Atty.-Gen.) 1876.-----HOLT (Joseph, Judge Advocate Gen., at Surratt Trial). 1865.----- 2 L. S.

USD - Unknown
605 TAGLIONI (Marie, celebrated danseuse) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
606 TALIAFERRO (John, M. C., 1801, 1811, &C.) A. L. S.

Nov. 6, 1823

USD - Unknown
607 TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD, PRINCE DE BENEVENT. (Charles Maurice, eminent Diplomatist, &c.) L. S. Paris

July 25, 1806

USD - Unknown
608 TATTNALL (Josiah, Gov. of Ga.) D. S.

June 13, 1789

USD - Unknown
609 TAYLOR (Bayard, Author) A. L. S. To Osgood, concerning reviews of a book

Apr. 17, 1871

USD - Unknown
610 TAYLOR A. Poem S.

USD - Unknown
611 THOBRIAND (Brt. Maj.-Gen. Philip Regis de, Div. Com'r Army of Potomac) A. L. S.

Sept. 29, 1865

USD - Unknown
612 THOMSON (Charles, Sec. of Cont. Cong.) L. S. Sept. 6, 1783, to Gov. of N. H.

Sept. 6, 1783

USD - Unknown
613 THORBURN (Grant, Author, "Lawrie Todd") Original A. Poem " Webster"

Oct. 27, 1852

USD - Unknown
614 THORNTON (Matthew, Signer of Decl'n of Ind.) D. S.

Aug. 28, 1789

USD - Unknown
615 THROOP (Enos T., Gov. of N. Y). A. legal L. S....

USD - Unknown
616 TICKNOR (George, Author, History of Spanish Literoture") A. L. S. Paris

May 11, 1817

USD - Unknown
617 TILGHMAN (EDward, eminent American Jurist). A. L. S....

Oct. 8, 1800

USD - Unknown
618 TILLY (JOHANN Taerklas, Count von, famous Imperialist General in Thirty Years War) D. S.

July, 1628

USD - Unknown
619 TIMON (John, R. C. Bishop of Buffalo) 2 A. L. S.

1859 and 1861

USD - Unknown
620 Signatures to D. Wash'n, 1847 Wash'n.

1847

USD - Unknown
621 TROUP (George M., U. S. Senator; Gov. of Ga.) A. L. S.

Mch. 23, 1826

USD - Unknown
622 TRUMBULL (Jonathan, Sec'y and A. V. C. to Washington; U. S. Senator; Gov. of Conn.) D. S.

May 22, 1801

USD - Unknown
623 TUCKERMAN (Henry T., Author) A. L. S.

1865

USD - Unknown
624 TUDOR (Col. William, Judge Adv. Gen. 1775-8; on Washington's Staff A. E. S. Apr. 4, 1793, to Gov. Hancock

Apr. 4, 1793

USD - Unknown
625 TUPPER (Martin Farquhar, Poet) A. L. S.

1868

USD - Unknown
626 TUPPER A. L. S. Phila.

Apr. 9, 1851

USD - Unknown
627 TURNER (George, distinguished officer in Amer. Revol'n; Friend of Washington) A. L. S. Feb'y 26, 1825, to Senator Brown

Feb'y 26, 1825

USD - Unknown
628 TWEED (William M., "Statesman") A. L. S.

Mch. 17, 1869

USD - Unknown
629 TWEED A. L. S.

Aug. 6, 1872

USD - Unknown
630 TYLER (Robert O., Brt. Maj.-Gen. U. S. A.) A. L. S. Hd. Qrs. Division, Fairfax C. H., Va., Feb. 22, 1864. To Gen. A. A. Humphreys Hd. Qrs. Division, Fairfax C. H., Va.

Feb. 22, 1864

USD - Unknown
631 TYNDALL (John, Scientist) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
632 TYNDALL. A. Note S....

USD - Unknown
633 UNION GENERALS. JOHN E. WOOL. A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
634 VAILLANT (Jean Baptiste Philibert, Marshal of France) L. S.

Feby. 12, 1835

USD - Unknown
635 VAN COURTLANDT (Philip, Gen. in Revol'n; M. C. 1791-1809 A. L. S.

Aug. 18, 1812

USD - Unknown
636 VANDERBILT ("Commodore " Cornelius) L. S.

1859

USD - Unknown
637 VANDERLYN (John, American artist) A. L. S.

Dec. 8, 1861

USD - Unknown
638 VAN RENSSELAER (Jeremiah, Revo'y Potriot; Lieut.-Gov. N. Y.) A. L. S.

Apr. 20, 1791

USD - Unknown
639 VAUGHAN (John) A. L. S. Phila.

1840

USD - Unknown
640 VENDOME (LOUIS Joseph, Distinguished French General, born 1657, died 1712) L. S. St. Germain

Jan. 27, 1680

USD - Unknown
641 VENNOR (Henry S., Canadian weather-prophet) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
642 VICE-PRESIDENTS OF THE U. S. T. A. Hendricks A. L. S. (in pencil)...

1877

USD - Unknown
643 VICTOR, Duc de Bellune (Claude Perrin, Marshal of France) A. L. S.

1795

USD - Unknown
644 VICTORIA, Queen of Gt. Britain D. S.

USD - Unknown
645 VOLNEY (Constantin Francois, Comte de, French Philosopher, Author of " the Ruins," &c.) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
646 VOLTAIRE (F. M. Arouet, Philosopher, Poet, &c., &c.) Original A. MS.

USD - Unknown
647 WADSWORTH (Decius, Col., Engineer Corps, 1812). D. S....

Jan. 20, 1794

USD - Unknown
648 WAITE (M. R., Chf-Justice Supreme Court) A. L. S. Wash'n.

Mch. 6, 1877

USD - Unknown
649 WAITE A. L. S.

June 15, 1876

USD - Unknown
650 WALWORTH (Chancellor Reuben H., eminent American Jurist) A. L. S.

June 10, 1850

USD - Unknown
651 WARD (Artemas, First Maj.- Gen. of Revol. Army; Comod'r Muss, forces at Siege of Boston) Military D. S.

July 10, 1776

USD - Unknown
652 WARD (Durbin, Brt. Brig.-Gen.; Army of Cumberland) A. L. S.

Nov. 16, 1872

USD - Unknown
653 WARD (Samuel, " King of the Lobby"; Poet)...

USD - Unknown
654 WARTENSLEBEN (Alexander Hermann, Count von, celebrated Prussian Field-Marshal under Frederick William I., father of Frederick the Gt.) L. S.

USD - Unknown
655 WASHINGTON (Bushrod, Nephew of George, son of John Augustine Washington; Judge) A. L. S. Vernon

June 27, 1811

USD - Unknown
656 WASHINGTON (George, President of the U. S.) A. L. S. Mount Vernon, Oct. 3, 1785. To the Honble M. Dumas Mount Vernon

Oct. 3, 1785

USD - Unknown
657 WASHINGTON L. S.... Phila.

Jan. 12, 1782

USD - Unknown
658 WASHINGTON Monuments of Washington's Patriotism; containing a Fac-Simile of his Public Accounts kept during the Revolutionary War

USD - Unknown
659 WASHINGTON (Lund, Overseer at Mt. Vernon) A. L. S.

MOD. 10, 1814

USD - Unknown
660 WASHINGTON (Gen. William Augustine, Officer in Revol'n) A. Certificates.

Oct. 14, 1783

USD - Unknown
661 WATSON John F., Author of "Annals of Phila.,"&c.) A. L. S....

1816

USD - Unknown
662 WEBSTER (Daniel, Orator and Statesman). A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
663 WEBSTER. A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
664 WEBSTER (John W., Prof, of Chemistry, Author and Murderer). A. L. S....

USD - Unknown
665 WEHLI (James M., celebrated left-hand Pianist) Signature

1866

USD - Unknown
666 WEISER (Col. Conrad) A. L. S. Oct. 27, 1757. To William Peters

Oct. 27, 1757

USD - Unknown
667 WEITZEL (Maj.-Gen. Godfrey, Comdr. 18th Army Corps) A. L. S.

Aug. 26, 1864

USD - Unknown
668 WELLINGTON (Arthur Welleslev, Duke of, the Victor of Waterloo) A. L....

July 7, 1851

USD - Unknown
669 WELLINGTON L. S. Dublin Castle

Dec. 18, 1807

USD - Unknown
670 WELLINGTON A. L. Lond.

Feb. 28, 1829

USD - Unknown
671 WESLEY (Rev. John, Founder of Methodism) L. (6 lines) S. Lond.

July 8, 1780

USD - Unknown
672 WEST (Benjamin, Artist) D. S.

1807

USD - Unknown
673 WHIPPLE (Gen. William, Signer of Decl. of Ind.) D. S.

Mch. 23, 1781

USD - Unknown
674 WHIPPLE (Brt. Maj.-Gen. William D., Chief of Staff Army Cumberland) A. L. S. Hd. Qrs. Army of U. S., Wash'n.

Aug. 22, 1873

USD - Unknown
675 WHITTIER (John G., Poet) A. Poem (6 lines) S.

USD - Unknown
676 WILBERFORCE (William, English Statesman and Philanthropist) L. S.

Dec. 31, 1817

USD - Unknown
677 WILHELM I. (King of Wurtemberg) A. L. S.

1824

USD - Unknown
678 WILLIAM IV. (King of England) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
679 WILLIAM (George H., Atty.-Gen.) A. L. S.

Dec. 27, 1871

USD - Unknown
680 WILLIAMS (John, Col. War, 1812; U. S. Senator) A. L. S.

Feb. 14, 1819

USD - Unknown
681 WILLIAMS (Gen. Jonathan, distinguished in Revol'n) A. L. S. Springfield

May 29, 1784

USD - Unknown
682 WILLIS (Nathaniel P., Poet, Sc.) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
683 WILMOT (David, M. C. and U. S. Senator; Author of the "Wilmot Proviso") A. L. S.

July 19, 1859

USD - Unknown
684 WILSON (James, Signer of Decl'n of Ind.; Judge Supreme Court) A. Promissory Note S.

1795

USD - Unknown
685 WILSON (Maj. Gen. James H., Comdr. Cavalry Army of the Cumberland) A. L. S.

Aug. 30, 1885

USD - Unknown
686 WINTHROP (Theodore, Novelist; killed at Great Bethel) A. MS.

USD - Unknown
687 WIRT (William, eminent American Lawyer and Author) A. L. S. Richmond

Oct. 29, 1816

USD - Unknown
688 WOLCOTT (Oliver, Signer of Decl. of Ind.) A Certificate (11 lines) S. Litchfield

June 30, 1758

USD - Unknown
689 WOODHULL (Victoria C, Writer, &c., &c.) A. L. S.

1876

USD - Unknown
690 WORCESTER (Joseph E., Philologist; author of Dictionary) A. L. S.

Oct. 24, 1835

USD - Unknown
691 WORMSLEY (Ralph, American Loyalist) A. L. S. Rossgill

Apr. 4, 1776

USD - Unknown
692 WORTH (William J., distinguished General in Mexican War) A. L. S.

Sept. 3, 1827

USD - Unknown
693 YOUNG (Brigham, the Mormon) L. S. Salt Lake City

Sept. 17, 1866

USD - Unknown
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