Henkels: The Proud Paperss (ROBERT PROUD, Historian of Pennsylvania). EMBRACING, The Original Manuscript of Proud's Pennsylvania, The Original Manuscript (unpublished) of Smith's Pennsylvania, The Original Manuscript (unpublished) of Bennett's New England, Valuabl, 893,

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Auction Date: January 01, 1903 - January 01, 1903

Page Size: 1159 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
96	MIFFLIN, THOS. Member of the Old Congress & Governor of Pennsylvania	Letter signed. Folio. Philada., March 1, 1794, to Wm. Irvine, Andrew Ellicot & Albert Gallatin	Philada.	March 1, 1794	USD -	8.00
97	BOOTH, JAMES. Clerk of the Assembly of Delaware	Autograph Document signed		Dec. 20, 1777	USD -	1.00
98	BOOTH, JAMES. Clerk of the Assembly of Delaware	Autograph Document signed		Sept. 2, 1775	USD -	0.75
99	CAREY, MATHEW. Political Economist & Publisher	Autograph Document, signed	Philada.	1826	USD -	1.00
100	PHYSICK, PHILIP SYNG. Eminent Philadelphia Physician	Autograph letter signed	Philada.	Nov. 16, 1831	USD -	3.00
101	PHYSICK, PHILIP SYNG	Autograph letter, signed. 4to. Philada., Nov. 16, 1831. To Thos. F. Betton	Philada.	Nov. 16, 1831	USD -	1.00
102	FRANKLIN, BENJ. Signer of the Declaration of Independence, and one of the "Greatest of Patriots"	Autograph letter, signed. 2 pp., folio. London, March 19, 1759. To Israel Pemberton	London	March 19, 1759	USD -	115.00
103	FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN	Autograph Letter, signed	London	Dec. 20, 1766	USD -	30.00
104	FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN	Two Lines and Signature from the bottom of a receipt	Philada.	Jan. 19, 1763	USD -	5.00
105	FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN	A Bound Volume containing Fifty-Nine pages of Drafts of Letters to his Father and Mother			USD -	390.00
106		WASHINGTON'S INAUGURATION			USD -	48.00
107	WASHINGTON	The Verses of the Music to be performed at the Old-South, on Saturday, February 8, 1800			USD -	25.00
108		BROADSIDE, Remarks on the late Proceedings of some Members of Assembly at Philadelphia, April, 1728	Philadelphia	1728	USD -	15.00
109		BROADSIDE. The Printed Letter of Lieut. Gov. Geo. Thomas, to the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations		Oct. 10, 1740	USD -	2.50
110		BROADSIDE. The Speech Delivered from the Bench in the Court of Common Pleas held for the City and County of Philadelphia, the 11th Day of September, 1727	Philadelphia	1727	USD -	8.00
111		BROADSIDE. A Facetious Poem on the Dispute between Governor Gordon and Sir Wm. Keith			USD -	5.00
112		BROADSIDE. The Governour's Message to the House of Representatives, with the Bill, Entitled, "An Act for Emitting Fifty Thousand Pounds on Bills of Credit." Etc.	Philadelphia	1729	USD -	11.00
113		BROADSIDE. Notice is hereby given to the Surveyor-General, and Deputy Surveyors of the several Districts within the last Indian Purchase	Philadelphia	May 17, 1785	USD -	11.00
114		BROADSIDE. A Letter from a Gentleman in Philadelphia to His Friend in the Country	Philadelphia	September 18, 1742	USD -	3.00
115		BROADSIDE. A Receipt to make a Speech	Philadelphia	about 1766	USD -	1.00
116		BROADSIDE--Advertisement. We do hereby certify, That Mr. Francisco Torres, a Native of France, has brought with him some snake-stones	Rhode-Island in New-England	Oct. 12, 1740	USD -	3.50
117		BROADSIDE, 1777	Baltimore	1777	USD -	19.00
118		BROADSIDE. In Congress, April 14, 1777	Philadelphia	1777	USD -	19.00
119		BROADSIDE. An address of the Congress to the Inhabitants of the United States of America	Philadelphia	May 9, 1778	USD -	40.00
120		BROADSIDE. TO The Freemen, Citizens of Philadelphia. Signed in Philadelphia, June 16, 1773			USD -	2.00
121		BROADSIDE--Conclusion of Dr. Morgan's Remarks on Doctor Shippen's feeble attempts to Vindicate himself	Philada.	Jany 4, 1781	USD -	5.00
122		BROADSIDE.--Supplement to the Pennsylvania Journal No. 694		March 1706	USD -	2.00
123		BROADSIDE--Philadelphia, June 10th, 1773. To My Fellow Citizens and Enemies of Despotism			USD -	1.25
124		BROADSIDE. First Page of the Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan 7, 1764			USD -	0.50
125		BROADSIDE. Fiction Found Out. To my Esteemed Friends, call'd Quakers, on occasion of two copies of Verses Printed and Subscribed W. P. Signed, Wm. Penn. Worminghurst-place			USD -	9.00
126		BROADSIDE. A Vindication of William Penn, Proprietary of Pennsilyania, from the late Aspersions spread abroad on purpose to Defame him	London	1683	USD -	3.00
127		BROADSIDE. Forgery Detected, and Prophane Romancing Reprehended	London	about 1685	USD -	3.50
128		BROADSIDE. The Way to Wealth, and a Plan by which every Man May Pay his Taxes	Philadelphia	N. D.	USD -	10.00
129		BROADSIDE. By the King	London		USD -	1.50
130		BROADSIDE. A Proclamation of the King's Majestie's most Gracious and General Pardon. Given at our Court at Whitehall, March 10, 1685	London	1685	USD -	Not Sold
131		BROADSIDE. Contemporary Manuscript copy of a Proclamation by King Charles I, to Restrain the Spreading of false News and Licentious talkings of Matters of State and Government	Whitehall	June 24, 1672	USD -	0.50
132		BROADSIDE. Letter from M. Lambert, Councellor of State and of the council royal of Finance and Commerce	Paris	1787	USD -	4.50
133		BROADSIDE, A list of names of the Committee for the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, containing 120 names of the most prominent citizens during the Revolutionary War		1778	USD -	3.00
134		BROADSIDE.--Reward for the Detection of the Counterfeiters of Five Dollar and Twenty Dollar Hills of the Bank of the United States	Philadelphia	March 28, N. Y.	USD -	1.00
135		BROADSIDE & CARICATURE. On Andrew Jackson and Governor Wolf. & The Pennsylvania Farmer. Joseph Ritner, with Caricatures, engraved on Wood			USD -	4.50
136		CARICATURE. A Peep into the Anti-Federal Club	New York	Aug. 16, 1793	USD -	10.00
136a		CARICATURE. Labour in Vain; or, An Attempt to Wash a Black-Moor white			USD -	65.00
136b		CARICATURE. Liberty Triumphant; or, the Downfall of Oppression			USD -	30.00
136c		CARICATURE. The Flection, a Medley, Humbly Inscribed to Squire Lilliput, Professor of Scurrility			USD -	30.00
136d		MAP. Plan of the Position which the Army, under Lieut. General Burgoyne took at Saratoga, on 10th Sept., 1777			USD -	2.50
136e		MAP. The Engagement on the White Plains the 28th Oct., 1776, between the American and British Forces			USD -	1.75
136f		MAP. A Plan of the Action at Breed's Hill, on the 17th of June, 1775, erroneously called Bunkers' Hill			USD -	5.50
136g		MAP. Plan of the Siege of Charlestown in South Carolina			USD -	1.50
136h		MAP. Plan of the Siege of Savannah			USD -	1.75
136i		MAP. A Map of the River Mississippi and Territory adjacent to New Orleans			USD -	1.00
136k		PORTRAIT. William Penn, First Proprietor and Founder of Pennsylvania	London	1773	USD -	5.00
137		PORTRAIT. William Penn. J. J. Barralet, Direxit, Lawson, sculp. Drawn from the original in the Loganian Library, Philadelphia, 1 Nov., 1797			USD -	10.50
138		PORTRAIT. Nicholas Waln			USD -	1.20
139		PORTRAIT. Mrs. Elizabeth Ferguson, of Graem Park, Philadelphia			USD -	1.00
140		PORTRAIT. Contemporary Pen Portrait of Robert Proud, The Historian of Pennsylvania			USD -	3.00
141		ORIGINAL PARCHMENT Certificate of John Davidson's Membership in the Society of the Cincinnati			USD -	47.50
142		THE WASHINGTON FAMILY. George Washington, his Lady and her two Grandchildren			USD -	31.00
143		JAMES MADISON			USD -	40.00
144		THIS representation of Peter Francisco's gallant action with nine of Tarleton' Cavalry, in sight of four hundred men, which took place in Amelia County, Virginia, in 1781			USD -	30.00
145	SMITH, SAMUEL	The History of the Province of Pennsylvania...			USD -	290.00
146		THE HISTORY of Pennsylvania in North America			USD -	65.00
147		THE HISTORY of the original Institution and Settlement of the Province of Pennsylvania, in North America			USD -	125.00
148		THE HISTORY of the original Institution and Settlement of the Province of Pennsylvania			USD -	85.00
149		THE HISTORY, Etc., of Pennsylvania. 1680--1707			USD -	21.00
150		A VIEW of the Province of Pennsylvania and of the State in which it flourished, chiefly between 1760 and 1770			USD -	50.00
151		PROUD'S PENNSYLVANIA. The Original Agreement entered into with Robert Proud by Benj R. Morgan...			USD -	17.00
152		PROUD. Autograph Memoranda of Robert Proud's giving the number of copies of his history shipped to England. Philada		1801	USD -	1.50
153		PROUD. Original Map of Pennsylvania. Drawn by Robt. Proud			USD -	21.00
154		PROUD. Original Sketch of the Peninsula between the Bays of Chesapeake & Delaware, with some of the proposed Canals, by Robert Proud			USD -	7.00
155	PROUD, ROBERT	Autograph Manuscripts...			USD -	40.00
156		PROUD. The Original Autograph letter Book of Robert Proud			USD -	260.00
157		PROUD. The Original Autograph Documents in the handwriting of Z. Poulson, in reference to the Publication of Proud's History of Pennsylvania			USD -	2.50
158		PROUD. The Original Memorandum Book, giving the names of 460 Purchasers of Proud's Pennsylvania			USD -	5.00
159		PROUD. Autograph Memoranda of Robert Proud's in reference to his accounts with Z. Poulson, for the Publishing and distribnment of the History of Pennsylvania			USD -	4.50
160	PROUD, ROBT.	Autograph Memorandum Book			USD -	7.00
161	PROUD, ROBT.	Autograph Memorandum Book containing Historical Notes and Memorandums respecting Philadelphia, Proposed Improvements & Regulations in the City 1791-2...			USD -	10.00
162	PROUD, ROBERT	Autograph Observations and Reflections explanatory of the Nature and Design of the History of Pennsylvania & of the manner of its publication by the author			USD -	8.00
163	PROUD, ROBT.	Autograph Memoranda, Headed "Memoranda de Vita R. Proudi, or Short Notes of the Time and Place of R. Proud's Birth, with his changes of situation, both in England and America, etc.			USD -	4.00
164	PROUD, ROBT.	Autograph Manuscript...			USD -	5.00
165	PROUD, ROBERT	Autograph Manuscript			USD -	4.00
166	PROUD, ROBT.	Autograph Manuscript, on the same subject as the preceding lot			USD -	3.00
167	PROUD, ROBT.	Autograph Manuscript, on the same subject as the preceding lot			USD -	4.00
168	PROUD, ROBERT, Autograph Manuscript	The Municipal Rights and Privileges of Philadelphia enquired into...			USD -	3.00
169	PROUD, ROBERT	Autograph Manuscript			USD -	2.50
170	PROUD, ROBT.	Autograph Manuscript, On the Same Subject as the preceding lot			USD -	2.00
171	PROUD, ROBERT	Autograph Memoranda, Observations in Philadelphia, in reference to Yellow Fever in 1799, Etc.			USD -	3.00
172	PROUD, ROBT.	Autograph Manuscript. Philadadelphia's Just Rights with its internal Privileges and Property considered and asserted			USD -	2.00
173	PROUD, ROBERT	Autograph Manuscript. Observations & Memoranda on the Connecticut Claim to Lands in Pennsylvania			USD -	15.00
174	PROUD, ROBERT	Autograph Manuscript, entitled Some short pieces in Verse		1776	USD -	5.00
175	PROUD, ROBERT	Autograph Memoranda...			USD -	15.00
176	PROUD, ROBERT	Autograph Manuscript. Entitled Pestilential Disorders, &c.			USD -	1.50
177	PROUD, ROBERT	Autograph Manuscript. Entitled, Collection of Some fugitive or scattered Pieces In Verse, written at different Times by R. P. both in England and America			USD -	1.00
178	PROUD, ROBERT	Autograph Manuscript. Poems in Latin and English			USD -	2.50
179	PROUD, ROBERT	Autograph Manuscript; On Theatrical Entertainments, being Extracts from Wm Penn, Jeremy Collier, &c., with an Ironical Defense of the Stage in 1767			USD -	3.50
180	PROUD, ROBERT	Autograph Manuscript			USD -	16.00
181	PROUD, ROBERT	Autograph Manuscript. Some "Account of the Method of Education in use by R. Proud in regard to a Religious Institution for the Youth under his Care in Philadelphia"			USD -	2.75
182	PROUD, ROBERT	Autograph Manuscript. A Parody on Milton's Paradise Lost adapted to the present Times in North America, in the Year 1774			USD -	9.00
183	PROUD, ROBERT	Autograph Manuscript. A Poem in imitation of Horace, and in Detestation of Civil Wars, applied to the present time, in British America			USD -	10.00
184	PROUD, ROBERT	Autograph Manuscript, entitled "De Vita R. Proudi observata &c."			USD -	1.00
185	PROUD, ROBERT	Autograph Manuscript, entitled, "Cato's Latin Distichs, or Couplets attempted in English by R.P."			USD -	1.00

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