Henkels: VALUABLE COLLECTION OF Autographs and Historical Documents.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,

Auction Details

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
1553	George I. King of England	D. S.	St. James	May 31, 1725	USD -	Unknown
1554		Portrait of George I			USD -	Unknown
1555	George II. King of England	Parchment D. S.	Kensington	Aug. 26, 1739	USD -	Unknown
1556		George II. Duplicate of the Order for Proclaiming King George II....	Whitehall	June 24, 1727	USD -	Unknown
1557	George III. King of England	D. S.	St. James	July 1, 1762	USD -	Unknown
1558	George III. King of England	D. S.	St. James	June 9, 1779	USD -	Unknown
1559	George III. King of England	D. S.	St. James	Feb. 24, 1809	USD -	Unknown
1560	George the Fourth. King of England	A. L. S. 2 pages, 4to. Brighton, Jan. 23, 1804. To Count de Starkemberg	Brighton	Jan. 23, 1804	USD -	Unknown
1561		George the Fourth			USD -	Unknown
1562	Henry VII. King of England	Parchment D. S.	Tower of London	Jan. 11, 1496	USD -	Unknown
1563	Henry VIII. King of England	Parchment D. S.		1540	USD -	Unknown
1564	James I. King of England	D. S.	Hampton	Sept. 15, 1606	USD -	Unknown
1565	James II. King of England	D. S.	Whitehall	April 29, 1687	USD -	Unknown
1566		John, King of England			USD -	Unknown
1567	Victoria, Queen of England	D. S.	St. James	June 3, 1847	USD -	Unknown
1568	William III, King of England Prince of Orange	D. S.	Kensington	March 19, 1700	USD -	Unknown
1569	William and Mary, King and Queen of England	Original Manuscript Tower Records of 1681			USD -	Unknown
1570	William IV, King of England	A. L. S.		no date	USD -	Unknown
1571	Abercromby, Sir Ralph. Distinguished British General	D. S.	St. Vincent	July 9, 1797	USD -	Unknown
1572	Albermarle, George Monk, Duke of. A Successful English General	D. S.		Dec. 5, 1668	USD -	Unknown
1573	Amherst, Jeffrey, Lord. Eminent English General and Colonial Governor of Virginia	D. S.	New York	Sept. 22, 1763	USD -	Unknown
1574	Bacon, Sir Nicholas, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England and the first to rank as Lord Chancellor. Father of Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam	D. S.		June 8, 1577	USD -	Unknown
1575	Blackstone, Sir William. Celebrated English Jurist. Author of " Blackstone's Commentaries"	A. L. S.	Buckingham	July 13, 1779	USD -	Unknown
1576	Bright, John. Celebrated English Orator and States man	A. L. S.		June 1, 1867	USD -	Unknown
1577	Byng, George. English Admiral. Served in the Ex pedition to Good Hope	A. L. S.	Northampton	Jan. 14, 1791	USD -	Unknown
1578	Canterbury, John Whitgift. Archbishop and Chap lain to Queen Elizabeth	D. S.	White hall	Feb. 4, 1601	USD -	Unknown
1579	Cardegan, James Thomas Brudenell. Earl of. Cele brated English General. Noted for his charge at Balaklava	A. L. S.		March 12, 1843	USD -	Unknown
1580	Cathcart, Wm. Shaw, Earl. British Soldier and Diplomatist. Served in America at the Storming of Forts Montgomery and Clinton. Wounded at Brandywine	A. L. S. 4to. The Emperor of Russias Head Quarters, Sept. 24, 1813. To Gen. Jackson	The Emperor of Russias Head Quarters	Sept. 24, 1813	USD -	Unknown
1581	Christie, G. English General	A. L. S. 4 pages, folio. Barbados, Oct. 18, 1782. To Alex. Adair	Barbados	Oct. 18, 1782	USD -	Unknown
1582	Cockburn, Sir George. Celebrated British Admiral. Conveyed Napoleon to St. Helena. Took part in the cap ture of Washington in 1814	A. L. S.		June 9, 1810	USD -	Unknown
1583	Coke, Sir Edward. Lord Chief Justice of England. Author of " Coke upon Littleton"	D. S.		Jan. 30, 1611	USD -	Unknown
1584	Disraeli, Benjamin. Earl of Beaconsfield. English Prime Minister and Eminent Novelis	A. L. S.		July 11, 1847	USD -	Unknown
1585	Elgin, Thomas Bruce, Earl of. English General. Formed the collection known as the " Elgin Marbles," owned by the British Government	A. L. S.		Jan. 5, 1806	USD -	Unknown
1586		Queen Elizabeth's Privy Council....			USD -	Unknown
1587	Ellenborough, Edward Law. Lord Chief Justice of England	D. S....			USD -	Unknown
1588	Elphinstone, Geo. Keith. Viscount Keith. Distin guished British Admiral. Served in America	D. S.			USD -	Unknown
1589	Erskine, Thomas, Lord. An Illustrious British States man and Orator. Lord Chancellor	A. L. S.		June 25, 1824	USD -	Unknown
1590	Erskine, Thomas, Lord. An Illustrious British States man and Orator. Lord Chancellor	A. L. S.		No date	USD -	Unknown
1591	Erskine, Thomas, Lord. An Illustrious British States man and Orator. Lord Chancellor	A. L. S....			USD -	Unknown
1592	Fox, Charles James. Eminent English Statesmen. The Great Opponent of Wm. Pitt and Friend of America	D. S.	St. James	June 5, 1783	USD -	Unknown
1593	Gladstone, Wm. E. The Great Prime Minister of Great Britain	A. L. S. 2 pages, 8vo. Whitehall, Jan. 25, 1845. To G. P. R. James	Whitehall	Jan. 25, 1845	USD -	Unknown
1594	Grenville, William Wynoham Grenville, Lord. Eminent English Statesman and Orator	D. S.	Whitehall	April 23, 1791	USD -	Unknown
1595	Grey, Charles Earl. English Statesman	A. L. S.		Nov. 8, 1856	USD -	Unknown
1596	Hale, Sir Mathew. Lord Chief Justice. Author of " Pleas of the Crown"	D. S.		Nov. 7, 1667	USD -	Unknown
1597	Halifax, George. Earl of. British Statesman	D. S.		June 4, 1725	USD -	Unknown
1598	Harcourt, Simon	Viscount Harcourt. Lord Keeper of the Seal and Lord Chancellor		Aug. 25, 1711	USD -	Unknown
1599	Harcourt, William. English General	D. S.		July 14, 1802	USD -	Unknown
1600	Heath, Sir Robert. Lord Chief Justice of King's Bench	D. S.		July 20, 1632	USD -	Unknown
1601	Holt, Sir John. Lord Chief Justice of King's Bench	D. S.		Feb. 20, 1707	USD -	Unknown
1602	Juxon, William. Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord High Treasurer. Received the dying injunctions of King Charles at the scaffold	D. S.		March 2, 1636	USD -	Unknown
1603	Lowe, Sir Hudson. Celebrated British General. Napoleon's Jailor at St. Helena	D. S.	Marseilles	Aug. 1, 1815	USD -	Unknown
1604	Lyttleton, William Henry. Captain General and Governor of the Province of South Carolina	D. S.		July 6, 1756	USD -	Unknown
1605	Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of. The Great English General	D. S.	Bouchain	Oct. 2, 1711	USD -	Unknown
1606	Moore, Sir John. Celebrated English General, whose death was commemorated by the Poet Wolfe	A. D. S.	Canterbury	Aug. 6, 1799	USD -	Unknown
1607	Nelson, Horatio	Viscount Nelson and Duke of Bronte. Celebrated British Admiral			USD -	Unknown
1608	North, Frederick. Lord and Earl of Guilford. Prime Minister. England's Evil Genius during the American Revolution	A. L. S.		Nov. 30, 1786	USD -	Unknown
1609	Palmerston, Henry John Temple. Viscount. Emi nent English Prime Minister	A. L. S.	Broadlands	Jan. 7, 1851	USD -	Unknown
1610	Peel, Sir Robert. Celebrated English Statesman	A. L. S.	Whitehall	March 3d, No year	USD -	Unknown
1611	Pepys, Samuel. Secretary of the Admiralty. Author of the immortal " Diary"	D. S.		Feb. 6, 1666	USD -	Unknown
1612	Pitt, William. Earl of Chatham. Illustrious Eng lish Statesman and Orator	Opposed the Stamp Act A. L. S.		May 15 (1790)	USD -	Unknown
1613	Russell, Lord John. Earl Russell. Eminent English Whig Statesman	A. L. S.		May 4, 1840	USD -	Unknown
1614	Salisbury, Marquis of. Eminent English Statesman	A. L. S.		April 29, 1870	USD -	Unknown
1615	Selkirk, Earl of. Attempted to Establish a Settle ment on the Red River	A. L. S.	London	July 5, 1806	USD -	Unknown
1616	Sterling, William Maxwell. English Statesman and Eminent Author	A. L. S.		no date	USD -	Unknown
1617	Walpole, Horace, Earl of Orford. Famous Literary Gossip, Amateur and Wit	D. S.		May 20, 1796	USD -	Unknown
1618	Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of. Cele brated English General and Statesman	A. L. S. 3 pages, 4to. Paris, March 6, 1817. To Mrs. Caton	Paris	March 6, 1817	USD -	Unknown
1619	Wilmington, Spencer Compton, Earl of. English Statesman	D. S.		May 24, 1729	USD -	Unknown
1620		Signatures and Documents			USD -	Unknown
1621		Portraits of English Kings and Queens			USD -	Unknown
1622		Portraits of English Statesmen			USD -	Unknown
1623		Portraits of English Generals			USD -	Unknown
1624		Portraits of English Generals. Portraits of English Queens			USD -	Unknown
1628	Alexis, Founder of the House of Romanoff	D. S.			USD -	Unknown
1629	Alexander I, Emperor of Russia	D. S.	St. Petersbourg	June 14, 1816	USD -	Unknown
1630	Alexandra Feodorowna, Empress of Russia. Wife of Nicholas I.	L. S.		May 3, 1821	USD -	Unknown
1631	Bovise Godounove, Czar of Russia	D. S.			USD -	Unknown
1632	Catherine I, Empress of Russia	D. S.		1726	USD -	Unknown
1633	Catherine II, The Great Empress of Russia	L. S.		Sep. 24, 1781	USD -	Unknown
1634	Ivan IV, Czar of Russia. Called "Ivan the Terrible." Established the first printing press in Russia	D. S.		1551	USD -	Unknown
1635	Maria Feodorowna, Empress of Russia. Wife of Paul	L. S.	St. Petersburg	Oct. 31, 1815	USD -	Unknown
1636	Michael Fedorowitz, Czar of Russia	D. S.		1628	USD -	Unknown
1637	Nicolas 1st, Emperor of Russia	D. S.		June 17, 1835	USD -	Unknown
1638	Nicolas 1st, Emperor of Russia	Signature, and Signature of the Empress Alexandra			USD -	Unknown
1639	Paul I, Emperor of Russia. Assassinated	A. L. S.	St. Petersburg	Dec. 27, 1777	USD -	Unknown
1640	Peter Alexiowitz I, called Peter the Great, Czar of Russia	D. S.	Lembergh	March 17, 1707	USD -	Unknown
1641	Theodore I, Czar of Russia	D. S.		1590	USD -	Unknown
1642	Beketoff, Prince, Vera. Eminent Russian Statesman	A. L. S.		No date	USD -	Unknown
1643	Gortchakoff, Alexander, Prince. Russian Statesman	A. L. S.		April 26, 1831	USD -	Unknown
1644	Menzikoff, Alexander, Prince. Celebrated Russian Statesman of the Reign of Peter II	L. S.		Feb. 9, 1707	USD -	Unknown
1645	Meyendorff, Peter von. A Russian Diplomat	A. L. S.		Dec. 29, 1855	USD -	Unknown
1646	Nesselrode, Charles Robert, Count von. Eminent Russian Diplomatist	A. L. S.		Sept. 21 (1840)	USD -	Unknown
1647	Orlof, Alexis, Count. Famous Russian Diplomatist and General	A. L. S.		Oct. 25, No year	USD -	Unknown
1648	Adolphus Frederick, King of Sweden	D. S.		Oct. 27, 1767	USD -	Unknown
1649		Portrait of Adolphus Frederick			USD -	Unknown
1650	Charles IX, King of Sweden	D. S.		June 27, 1596	USD -	Unknown
1651	Charles X (Charles Gustavus), King of Sweden	A. L. S.		Aug. 20, 1658	USD -	Unknown
1652	Charles XI, King of Sweden	D. S.		June 21, 1684	USD -	Unknown
1653		Portrait of Charles XI. Line			USD -	Unknown
1654	Charles XII. King of Sweden. The Celebrated Conqueror	D. S.		Jan. 31, 1717	USD -	Unknown
1655	Charles XIII. King of Sweden	D. S.		May 22, 1810	USD -	Unknown

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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