Henkels: VALUABLE COLLECTION OF Autographs and Historical Documents.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
1453	Motley, John Lothrop. Eminent American Historian	A. N. S.	Vienna	May 28, 1867	USD -	Unknown
1454	Mott, Valentine. Eminent Surgeon	A. D. S.		Aug. 11, 1834	USD -	Unknown
1455	Murray, John. Celebrated English Publisher	A. L. S.		no date	USD -	Unknown
1456	Murray, Lindley. Eminent Grammarian	A. L. S.	Holdgate	Sept. 3, 1822	USD -	Unknown
1457	Neil, John. Author	A. L. S.	Portland	April 3, 1845	USD -	Unknown
1458	Neal, Joseph C. Humorous Writer. Author of "Char coal Sketches"	A. L. S.	Philadelphia	Feb, 6, 1834	USD -	Unknown
1459	Newton, Sir Isaac. The Great English Natural Philosopher	A. D. S.		March 30, 1708	USD -	Unknown
1460	Nixon, Colonel John. Read the Declaration of Inde pendence to the People from the State House	A. L. S.		No date	USD -	Unknown
1461	Norris, Isaac. Colonial Mayor of Philadelphia and Jurist	Autograph Postscript of 3 lines, signed. To an A. L. S.	Newcastle	Sept. 19, 1733	USD -	Unknown
1462	O'Connell, Daniel. Famous Irish Orator and Patriot	D. S.		No date	USD -	Unknown
1463	Ogden, F. B. Inventor of Low Pressure Engines	A. L. S.	Washington	Jan. 25, 1813	USD -	Unknown
1464	Olcott, Mills. Member of the Hartford Convention	D. S.		Nov. 30, 1829	USD -	Unknown
1465	Park, Mungo. Celebrated Traveler and African Ex plorer. Part of	A. L. S....			USD -	Unknown
1466	Parton, James. Historian and Biographer	A. L. S.	New York	May 19, 1868	USD -	Unknown
1467	Paulding, James K. Popular American Novelist	A. L. S.	New York	Aug. 4, 1828	USD -	Unknown
1468	Payne, John Howard. Author of " Home, Sweet Home"	A. L. S. 3 pages, 4to. Tunis, Aug. 17, 1851. To his sister, Mrs. Osborn	Tunis	Aug. 17, 1851	USD -	Unknown
1469	Peale, Charles Willson. Painted the First Portrait of Washington. Officer in the Revolution	D. S.		March 8, 1802	USD -	Unknown
1470		Pennsylvania. A Petition signed by 89 Members of the Pennsylvania Legislature asking that Dr. J. H. Gibbon be appointed to the Navy	Harrisburgh	March 24, 1835	USD -	Unknown
1471	Peters, Richard. Secretary to a Succession of Colo nial Governors of Pennsylvania and Clergyman	A. L. S. 4to. Philadelphia, Feb. 27, 1739. To Nicholas Scull	Philadelphia	Feb. 27, 1739	USD -	Unknown
1472		Philadelphia. A Letter from the Wardens of Philadelphia		June 24, 1784	USD -	Unknown
1473		Physicians. A Series of. A. L. S. or L. S.			USD -	Unknown
1474	Phillips, Wendell. Orator and Lecturer	A. L. S.		No date	USD -	Unknown
1475		Physicians. Portraits of			USD -	Unknown
1476	Pitman Benj. Celebrated Phonographer	A. L. S.		March 27, 1880	USD -	Unknown
1477	Polk, Mrs. James K. Wife of President Polk	A. L. S.	Nashville	Jan. 27, 1865	USD -	Unknown
1478	Poniatowski, J. M. X. F. J., Prince. Musical Com poser	A. L. S.		No date	USD -	Unknown
1479	Porter, Jane. Popular Novelist. Author of " Scottish Chiefs"	A. L. S.		Jan. 24, 1831	USD -	Unknown
1480	Prentiss, George D. American Poet and Journalist	A. L. S.	Hartford	Nov. 20, 1828	USD -	Unknown
1481	Prescott, William H. Eminent Historian	A. L. S.	Boston	May 15, No year	USD -	Unknown
1482	Priestley, Joseph. Eminent English Philosopher, Chem ist, and Theologian	D. S.		Aug. 27, 1792	USD -	Unknown
1483	Quitman, John A. Served with Distinction in the Mexican War, and Politician	A. L. S.	Monmouth	Dec. 28, 1849	USD -	Unknown
1484	Ramage, Adam. Inventor of the Ramage Printing Press,	A. L. S.		April 21, 1808	USD -	Unknown
1485	Reed, T. Buchanan. Eminent Poet and Artist	A. L. S.		Rome April 22, 1868	USD -	Unknown
1486	Reed, Charles. Popular English Novelist	A. L. S.		Dec. 7, No year	USD -	Unknown
1487	Realf, Richard. Poet and Lecturer	A. L. S.		May 25, 1855	USD -	Unknown
1488	Redman, John, M. D. First President of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia	A. D. S.		Dec. 31, 1796	USD -	Unknown
1489	Reid, Captain Mayne. Popular Novelist	A. L. S.		No date	USD -	Unknown
1490	Renaud, Edward. Author of War Hymns	A. L. S.	Washington	April 1, 1870	USD -	Unknown
1491	Richmond, Lee. Clergyman and Author. Wrote the " Dairyman's Daughter"	A. L. S.		July 4, 1826	USD -	Unknown
1492	Robertson, William. Eminent Scottish Historian	A. L. S.		No date	USD -	Unknown
1493	Rogers, Samuel. Eminent English Poet	A. L. S.	London	Feb. 20, 1841	USD -	Unknown
1494	Royall, Anne. Author. Kidnapped by the Indians when a child	A. L. S.	Washington	Jan. 29, 1822	USD -	Unknown
1495	Ruskin, John. Eminent English Artist and Art Critic	A. L. S.		No date	USD -	Unknown
1496	Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich. The Great National Poet of Germany	A. L. S.		Sep. 26, 1788	USD -	Unknown
1497		Scientists. A. L. S.			USD -	Unknown
1498		Scientists. Portraits of			USD -	Unknown
1499	Scott, Sir Walter. Eminent Scottish Poet and Novelist	A. L. S. 4to. Edinburgh, May 20, 1824. To William Laidlaw	Edinburgh	May 20, 1824	USD -	Unknown
1500	Sewell, Elizabeth. Popular Novelist	A. L. S.		Oct. 7, 1860	USD -	Unknown
1501	Shaw, Henry W. "Josh Billings," Celebrated Humorist	A. L. S.		Nov. 27, No year	USD -	Unknown
1502	Sheburne, William Petty. Earl of, and Marquis of Lansdowne. Eminent English Statesman	L. S. folio. Whitehall, July 11, 1767. To the Deputy Governor of Maryland	Whitehall	July 11, 1767	USD -	Unknown
1503	Sheridan, Mrs. Second Wife of Richard Brinsley Sheridan	A. L. S.		No date	USD -	Unknown
1504	Shillaber, Benjamin P. " Mrs. Partington." Humorous Writer	A. L. S.	Chelsea	May 21, 1872	USD -	Unknown
1505	Shippen, William. Director General of the Medical Department of the Continental Army	A. L. S.	Philadelphia	Feb. 14, 1777	USD -	Unknown
1506	Sims, William Gilmore. Popular Southern Poet and Novelist	A. L. S.		July 29, No year	USD -	Unknown
1507	Skinner, John S. Writer on Agriculture	A. L. S.	Baltimore	Dec. 9, 1823	USD -	Unknown
1508	Smith, Rev. Sydney. Celebrated English Divine	A. N. S.		March 30, 1822	USD -	Unknown
1509	Southey, Robert. Eminent English Poet	A. L. S.	Keswick	Nov. 10, 1835	USD -	Unknown
1510	Sparks, Jared. Historian and Biographer	A. L. S.	Cambridge	Feb. 22, 1859	USD -	Unknown
1511	Staunton, George. Chinese Scholar and Traveller	A. L. S.		Dec. 16, 1796	USD -	Unknown
1512	Stephenson, Robert. Eminent English Civil Engineer	A. L. S.		Dec. 1, 182S	USD -	Unknown
1513	Stowe, Harriet Beecher	A. L. S.		Aug. 11, 1883	USD -	Unknown
1514	Strickland, Agnes. English Historian and Biographer	A. L. S.		No date	USD -	Unknown
1515	Taylor, Bayard. Eminent American Poet and Traveller	A. L. S. 3 pages, 8vo. Kennett Square, Dec. 29, 1870. To James R. Osgood	Kennett Square	Dec. 29, 1870	USD -	Unknown
1516	Ten Broeck, Abraham. Brig. Gen. of Militia in the Revolution. Served at Bemis Heights	A. D. S.		Sep. 17, 1781	USD -	Unknown
1517	Thomas, Theodore. Celebrated Musical Composer	A. L. S.		Oct. 22, 1878	USD -	Unknown
1518	Thorburn, Grant. Seedsman and Author	A. L. S.	New Haven	Aug. 2, 1859	USD -	Unknown
1519	Tocqueville, Alexis De. Eminent French Statesman and Political Philosopher	A. L. S.		no date	USD -	Unknown
1520	Toplady, Augustus M. English Calvinistic Divine	A. L. S.		Jan. 3, 1777	USD -	Unknown
1521	Tufts, Cotton. Distinguished Surgeon in the Revolution	D. S.		April 14, 1791	USD -	Unknown
1522	Tupper, Martin F. Popular English Poet and Novelist	A. L. S. 8vo. May 11, 1868. To L. J. Cist		May 11, 1868	USD -	Unknown
1523	Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de. The Most Remarkable Name in the History of French Literature	A. L. S. with initial "V," 4to. Sept. 12, 1760. To Monsieur D'Argental		Sept. 12, 1760	USD -	Unknown
1524	Wallace, Genl. Lew	Author of "Ben Hur." 10 pages of the Original Manuscript of "Ben Hur"			USD -	Unknown
1525	Walton, Geo. Signer of the Declaration of Inde pendence. Part of	D. S.			USD -	Unknown
1526	Warner, Charles Dudley. Eminent Author	A. L. S.	Hartford	Aug. 27, 1874	USD -	Unknown
1527	Washington, Geo. First President of the United States. Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. The Greatest Man of Modern Times	A. L. S. 4to. Mount Vernon, July 17, 1785. To Mr. Hillegas	Mount Vernon	July 17, 1785	USD -	Unknown
1528	Washington, Martha. Wife of Genl. Washington	A. L. S.		No date	USD -	Unknown
1529	Watson, John F. Annalist of Philadelphia and New-York	A. L. S.		May 14, 1830	USD -	Unknown
1530	Watson, Elkanah. Agriculturist	A. L. S.	Pittsfield	Aug. 2, 1812	USD -	Unknown
1531	Watts, Isaac. Eminent English Divine and Hymn Writer	A. L. S. 4to. Newington near London, Aug. 28, 1739. To Rev. Jno. Mitner	Newington near London	Aug. 28, 1739	USD -	Unknown
1532	Wesley, Charles. Eminent Methodist Preacher and Hymn Writer	A. L. S.	Bristol	Nov. 20, 1753	USD -	Unknown
1533	Wesley, John. Founder of the Methodists	A. L. S.	Bristol	Aug. 1, 1783	USD -	Unknown
1534	Wheatley, Richard. Archbishop of Dublin. Eminent English Thinker and Writer	A. L. S.	Turnbridge Wells	Aug. 3, 1835	USD -	Unknown
1535	Whitefield, George. Eminent English Preacher and Founder of the Calvinistic Methodists	A. L. S.	Bristol	Feb. 27, 1738/9	USD -	Unknown
1536	Whittier, John Greenleaf. The Good Old Quaker Poet	Autograph Poem, signed			USD -	Unknown
1537	Wistar, Caspar, Jr. Eminent Physician	A. L. S. folio. July 17, 1805. To P. Muhlenberg		July 17, 1805	USD -	Unknown
1538	Wordsworth, William. Eminent English Poet	L. S.		no date	USD -	Unknown
1539	Zinzendorf, Nicholas Louis, Count. The Restorer of the Moravian Sect.	A. D. S.		1735	USD -	Unknown
1540		Miscellaneous. A. L. S. and L. S.			USD -	Unknown
1541		Portraits of Foreign and American Authors			USD -	Unknown
1542	Carleton, Will. Popular Poet and Writer	A. L. S.	New York	Jan. 24, 1882	USD -	Unknown
1543	Alexandra, Princess of Wales	A. L. S.	Sandringham	Feb. 8, 1879	USD -	Unknown
1544	Anne, Queen of Great Britain	L. S.	St. James	May 30, 1710	USD -	Unknown
1545	Caroline, Queen of Great Britain. Wife of George II. Part of	D. S.			USD -	Unknown
1546		Caroline, Queen of Great Britain. Wife of George II			USD -	Unknown
1547	Charles I, King of England. Beheaded	D. S. folio. Sept. 11, 1645. To Wm. Thomas, High Sheriff of Glamorgan		Sept. 11, 1645	USD -	Unknown
1548		Facsimile of the Death Warrant of Charles I			USD -	Unknown
1549	Charles II, King of England	D. S.	Whitehall	Aug. 9, 1672	USD -	Unknown
1550	Edward VI, King of England. Parchment docu ment of the time of, with curious wax seal	Damaged. And L. S.			USD -	Unknown
1551	Elizabeth. The Great Queen of England	Upper half of a D. S.			USD -	Unknown
1552		Portrait of Queen Elizabeth			USD -	Unknown

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