Henkels: VALUABLE COLLECTION OF Autographs and Historical Documents. BELONGING TO THE LATE JOHN MILLS HALE, ESQ. Of Philipsburg, Center County, Pa. EMBRACING, An Unusual Collection of Letters of Officers in the Revolutlon, and the Continental and the United Stutes, 1078PartI,

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Auction Date: January 01, 1913 - January 01, 1913

Page Size: 1681 items in 17 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1232	Vethake, Henry. Provost of the University of Pennsylvania	A. L. S....			USD -	Unknown
1233	Goodwin, Rev. Daniel R. Provost of the University of Pennsylvania	A. L. S.	Philadelphia	Oct. 11, 1875	USD -	Unknown
1234	Pepper, William. Provost of the University of Pennsylvania	A Series of A. L. S. and L. S.		Various dates	USD -	Unknown
1235		University of Pennsylvania. A. L. S. and L. S.			USD -	Unknown
1236		Documents relating to the University of Pennsylvania			USD -	Unknown
1237	Day, Rev. Jeremiah. President of Yale College	A. L. S.		March 23, 1835	USD -	Unknown
1238	Durbin, Rev. John P. President of Dickinson College	A. L. S.		March 18, 1841	USD -	Unknown
1239	Nisbet, Rev. Chas. President of Dickinson College	A. L. S. 4to. Carlisle, Nov. 29, 1788. To Richard Wister	Carlisle	Nov. 29, 1788	USD -	Unknown
1240	Omsted, Denison. Astronomer	A. L. S.		March 23, 1835	USD -	Unknown
1241	Partridge, Alden President of Northwest University Military Institute	A. L. S.	Charlottesville	April 15, 1835	USD -	Unknown
1242	Patton, Robert B. Professor of Language in the University of New York	A. L. S.	New York	May 2, 1835	USD -	Unknown
1243	Saunders, R. Professor in William and Mary College	A. L. S.		Aug. 17, 1841	USD -	Unknown
1244	Sicard, L'Abbe. Philanthropist. Devoted to the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb	A. L. S.		no year	USD -	Unknown
1245	Presidents of Colleges. Professor, &c.	A series of A. L. S. and L. S.			USD -	Unknown
1246		Yale College. A Ticket for Admission to Lectures on Chemistry		Oct. 26, 1824	USD -	Unknown
1247		Portraits of Scientists, &c.			USD -	Unknown
1248	Canova, Antonio. One of the most Eminent of Italian Sculptors	A. L. S.	Roma	Oct. 26, 1828	USD -	Unknown
1249	Church, Frederic E. Eminent Landscape Painter	A. L. S.	New York	Dec. 2, 1853	USD -	Unknown
1250	Cranch, John. Portrait Painter	A. L. S.		May 16, 1861	USD -	Unknown
1251	Cruikshank, George. Caricaturist and I Humorous Illustrator of Dickens' Works	A. L. S.		Sept. 22, 1865	USD -	Unknown
1252	Dore, Gustave. Eminent French Artist	A. L. S.		June 27, 1873	USD -	Unknown
1254	Herring, J. T. Eminent Painter of Animals	A. L. S.	Doncaster	March 26, 1826	USD -	Unknown
1255	Gerome, J. S. Eminent French Painter	A. L. S.	Londres	May 4, 1871	USD -	Unknown
1256	Meissonier, Jean Louis Earnest. One of the most Eminent of French Painters	A. L. S.		June 9, 1867	USD -	Unknown
1257	Overbeck, Frederick. One of the most Illustrious German Painters of the 19th Century	A. L. S.	Rome	May 15, 1816	USD -	Unknown
1258	Peale, Rubens. Artist	A. L. S.	New York	Aug. 19, 1834	USD -	Unknown
1259	Peale, Rembrandt. Celebrated Portrait Painter. Washington set for him	A. L. S.	New York	May 21, 1832	USD -	Unknown
1260	Peale, Charles Willson. Painted the first Portrait of Washington	A. L. S. small 4to. Jan. 21, 1782. Stained and mounted. To Col. Henry		Jan. 21, 1782	USD -	Unknown
1261	Sully, Thomas. Celebrated Portrait Painter	A. L. S....			USD -	Unknown
1262	Trumbull, John. Distinguished Artist. Aide to Gen. Washington, whose portrait he painted	A. L. S. 4to. New York, Aug. 8, 1834. To Andrews Martin	New York	Aug. 8, 1834	USD -	Unknown
1263	Vernet, Horace. Distinguished French Painter	A. L. S.	Versailles	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
1264	Walter, Thomas U. Eminent Architect. Designed Girard College	A. L. S.	Washington	Jan. 18, 1859	USD -	Unknown
1265	West, Benj. illustrious Painter. President of the Royal Society	A. L. S. 2 pages, 4to. Newman Street, March 25, 1819. To Mr. Ogle	Newman Street	March 25, 1819	USD -	Unknown
1266	Wren, Sir Christopher. Celebrated British Architect	D. S.		1694	USD -	Unknown
1267	Haseltine, William S. Artist	A. L. S.	New York	Feb. 15, 1863	USD -	Unknown
1268		Portraits of Artists			USD -	Unknown
1269	Abbott, John S. C. Historian	A. L. S.	New Haven	March 9, 1863	USD -	Unknown
1270	Adams, Abigail. Wife of President John Adams	A. L S. 4to. Quincy, April 14, 1815. To Mrs. Catherine Smith	Quincy	April 14, 1815	USD -	Unknown
1271	Agassiz, Louis J. R. Eminent Naturalist	A. L. S.		No date	USD -	Unknown
1272	Alford, Rev. Henry. Eminent Biblical Critic and Author	A. L. S.		Sept. 7, 1852	USD -	Unknown
1273	Andros, Sir Edmund	Colonial Governor of New York. Signature			USD -	Unknown
1274	Asbury, Francis. Methodist Episcopal Bishop	A. L. S. 3 pages, folio. Aug. 21, 1802. To Thornton Fleming		Aug. 21, 1802	USD -	Unknown
1275	Asbury, Francis. Methodist Episcopal Bishop	Portrait, after J. Paradise	Stipple	1814	USD -	Unknown
1276	Barbauld, Anne Letitia. Educational Writer	A. L. S.	Stoke Nervington	Nov. 13, n. y.	USD -	Unknown
1277	Barlow, Joel. Diplomatist and Author	A. L. S.	Kalorama	Jan. 24, 1810	USD -	Unknown
1278	Beattie, James. Eminent Scottish Poet	A. L. S. 2 pages, 4to. Feb. 25, 1783. To Win. Strahan		Feb. 25, 1783	USD -	Unknown
1279	Bartholdy, Felix Mendelssohn. Eminent German Composer	A. L. S.	Leipzig	May 22, 1839	USD -	Unknown
1280	Beethoven, Ludwig von. A Celebrated Composer of Dutch extraction	A. L. S.	Baden	Jan. 8, 1823	USD -	Unknown
1281	Belcher, Jonathan. Colonial Governor of Massachusetts and New Jersey	L. S. 2 pages, 4to. Elizabeth Town, May 3, 1764. To Lieut. Gov. De Lancy	Elizabeth Town	May 3, 1764	USD -	Unknown
1282	Berlioz, Hector. Celebrated French Composer	A. L. S.		No date	USD -	Unknown
1283	Blair, Francis P. Brigadier General in the Union Army	A. L. S.	Washington	May 20, 1831	USD -	Unknown
1284	Blair, John. Acting Colonial Governor of Virginia	A. D. S.		Dec. 13, 1738	USD -	Unknown
1285	Boker, George H. Poet and Dramatist	A. L. S.	Philadelphia	Feb. 16, 1863	USD -	Unknown
1286	Bond, Thomas. Early Philadelphia Physician	A. L. S.	Philadelphia	July 2, 1761	USD -	Unknown
1287	Boone, Daniel. The Famous Pioneer Settler of Kentucky	A. D. S.		May 1, 1786	USD -	Unknown
1288	Booth, Edwin. Eminent Actor	A. L. S.	Chicago	Oct. 5, 1886	USD -	Unknown
1289	Bowditch, Nathaniel. Eminent Mathematician and Astronomer	A. L. S.	Salem	July 17, 1823	USD -	Unknown
1290	Bradstreet, John Major General in the Expedition against Louisburg. Served at Ticonderoga. Captured Fort Frontenac	D. S.	Boston	April 18, 1757	USD -	Unknown
1291		Broadside. The Out Postguard	Toluca	Saturday, March 11, 1848	USD -	Unknown
1292	Brown, John. " Old Ossawatamie." Virulent Abolitionist. Well hung by Governor Wise for inciting the Slaves to Murder their Masters	A. L. S.	Springfield	May 24, 1848	USD -	Unknown
1293	Bryant, William Cullen Distinguished Poet	A. L. S.	New York	Jan. 18, 1878	USD -	Unknown
1294	Bull, William. Colonial Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina	D. S.		March 19, 1739	USD -	Unknown
1295	Bulwer, Sir Edward Lytton. Eminent English Novelist and Dramatist	A. L. S.		Oct. 9, 1856	USD -	Unknown
1296	Burnet, William. Colonial Governor of New York and New Jersey	D. S.		April 29, 1721	USD -	Unknown
1297	Burns, Robert. The Great Scottish Poet	A. L. S.		No date	USD -	Unknown
1298	Burns, Robert. The Great Scottish Poet	The last two lines of a letter			USD -	Unknown
1299	Byrd, William. Colonel of a Regiment at Fort Cumberland 1758	A. D. S.		May 12, 1772	USD -	Unknown
1300	Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord. One of the most Eminent of British Poets	A. L. S. 8vo. Sep. 6, 1815. To Mr. Mann		Sep. 6, 1815	USD -	Unknown
1301	Byran, Lady	A. L. S.		Oct. 24, n. d.	USD -	Unknown
1302	Campbell, Thos. Eminent English Poet	A. L. S.		April 14, 1822	USD -	Unknown
1303	Carey, Mathew. Publisher and Political Economist	A. L. S.	Philadelphia	April 23, 1871	USD -	Unknown
1304	Chambers, Benjamin. First Settler in Franklin County, Pa., and Founder of Chambersburg. Pioneer and Patriot	A. L. S. 4to. Cumberland County, Oct. 8, 1750. To Richard Peters	Cumberland County	Oct. 8, 1750	USD -	Unknown
1305	Champollion, Jean Francis. Celebrated Egyptologist	A. L. S.	Paris	Aug. 12, 1823	USD -	Unknown
1306	Cheverus, Jean Anne Louis M. L. First Roman Catholic Bishop of Boston	A. L. S. 8vo. Boston, May 13, 1822. To Rev. Thos. Carlisle	Boston	May 13, 1822	USD -	Unknown
1307	Clarke, Adam. Eminent Methodist Minister and Bible Commentator	A. L. S.		Jan. 16, 1817	USD -	Unknown
1308	Clarke, Willis Gaylord. Miscellaneous Writer	A. L. S.		No date	USD -	Unknown
1309	Clemens, Samuel L. "Mark Twain." Humorous Writer	L. S.	Hartford	Feb. 8, 1877	USD -	Unknown
1310		Clergymen. A series of A. L. S.			USD -	Unknown
1311		Portraits of Eminent Clergymen			USD -	Unknown
1312	Cleveland, Frances Anne. Wife of President Cleve land	A. L. S...			USD -	Unknown
1313	Coke, Thomas. First Bishop of the M. E. Church in North America	A. L. S. 4to. Newry, June 1, 1801. To Rev. Mr. Stephenson	Newry	June 1, 1801	USD -	Unknown
1314	Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. Eminent English Poet and Critic	Autograph Poem			USD -	Unknown
1315	Cotton, John. Clerk of the Massachusetts Court	D. S.		July 4, 1745. And Nov. 18, 1782	USD -	Unknown
1316	Cooper, J. Fenimore. The most Eminent of American Novelists	A. L. S. 8vo. No date. To Mrs. Bowers		No date	USD -	Unknown
1317	Cowper, Wm. Eminent British Poet	A. L. S....			USD -	Unknown
1318	Curtis, George W. Author and Editor	A. L. S.		March 14, 1863	USD -	Unknown
1319	Cotton, Josiah. Early Massachusetts Judge and Preacher to the Indians	D. S.	Plymouth	April 14, 1748	USD -	Unknown
1320	Cushing, Caleb. Attorney General U. S.	A. L. S.	Newburyport	June 21, 1839	USD -	Unknown
1321	Cushman, Charlotte. Eminent Actress	A. L. S.	New York	Nov. 12, 1860	USD -	Unknown
1322	Custis, George Washington Parke. Adopted Son of Gen. Washington	A. L. S.	Arlington	June 16, 1828	USD -	Unknown
1323	Dana, Richard H. Poet and Miscellaneous Writer	A. L. S.	Boston	Nov. 15, 1852	USD -	Unknown
1324	Dandridge, Bartholomew. Washington's Private Sec retary during his Presidency	A. L. S.		No date	USD -	Unknown
1325	Darlington, William. Noted Botanist	A. L. S.	Washington	March 7, 1816	USD -	Unknown
1326	Davy, Sir Humphrey. Celebrated Natural Philosopher and Scientific Writer	A. L. S.		April 14, 1821	USD -	Unknown
1327	Darwin, Charles. The Eminent English Scientist	A. L. S.		No date	USD -	Unknown
1328	D'Aubigne, Jean H. M. Swiss Divine. Wrote the History of the Reformation	A. L. S.		1846	USD -	Unknown
1329	Delany, Sharp. Revenue Officer of Philadelphia	A. L. S. folio. Philadelphia, April 5, 1790. To John Nicholson	Philadelphia	April 5, 1790	USD -	Unknown
1330	Dickens, Charles. One of the most Eminent of Eng lish Novelists	A. L. S. 3 pages. 8vo. Devon Hill Terrace, Thursday, 10 Oct. 1848. To the Countess of Blessington	Devon Hill Terrace	Thursday, 10 Oct. 1848	USD -	Unknown
1331	Dinwiddie, Robert. Colonial Governor of Virginia	L. S. 4to. Williamsburg, March 1, 1755. To Gen. Sharpe, of Maryland	Williamsburg	March 1, 1755	USD -	Unknown
1332	Dinwiddie, Robert. Colonial Governor of Virginia	L. S.	Wednesday	Feb. 20, 1755	USD -	Unknown

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