Parke Bernet: IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS AND DOCUMENTS. WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON, ADAMS, LINCOLN, MADISON, GRANT, HAMILTON, HENRY, WAYNE, SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS. FROM SEVERAL PRIVATE COLLECTORS AND OTHER , 1710,

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 20, 1956 - November 20, 1956

Page Size: 339 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
199	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	A.L.s.	Washington	1864	USD 140.00 - 140.00	Unknown
200	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	A.L.s.	Washington	1864	USD 260.00 - 260.00	Unknown
201	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	A.L.s.	Washington	1864	USD 2,700.00 - 2,700.00	Unknown
202	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Autograph Endorsement, signed A. Lincoln, with ten words in autograph of Lincoln, dated July 15 ...			USD 75.00 - 75.00	Unknown
203	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Autograph Endorsement, signed A. Lincoln, dated Nov. 10, 1861. Approved. Also endorsed by Gen ...			USD 80.00 - 80.00	Unknown
204	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Autograph Endorsement, signed A. Lincoln, dated Sept. 9, 1862, written on the back of an A.L.s. by ...		1862	USD 110.00 - 110.00	Unknown
205	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Autograph Endorsement, signed A. Lincoln. Written on the back of an L.s. by S. T. Glover, and ...		1862	USD 65.00 - 65.00	Unknown
206	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Autograph Endorsement, signed A. Lincoln dated April 27, 1863.			USD 65.00 - 65.00	Unknown
207	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Autograph Endorsement, signed A. Lincoln, dated June 1, 1863.			USD 95.00 - 95.00	Unknown
208	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Autograph Endorsement, signed A. Lincoln dated Jan. 21, 1864.			USD 85.00 - 85.00	Unknown
209	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Autograph Endorsement, signed A. Lincoln. dated March 31, 1864.			USD 60.00 - 60.00	Unknown
210	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Autograph Endorsement, signed A. Lincoln, dated March 31, 1864.			USD 65.00 - 65.00	Unknown
211	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Autograph Endorsement, signed A. Lincoln, dated April 27, 1864.			USD 85.00 - 85.00	Unknown
212	LINCOLN, ABRAHAM	Album containing autograph material, portraits, facsimiles of letters and documents, etc.			USD 160.00 - 160.00	Unknown
213	[LINCOLN, ABRAHAM]	Contemporary Photograph showing the President and Tad Lincoln.	Philadelphia	n.d.	USD 15.00 - 15.00	Unknown
214		LINCOLN'S CABINET A.L.s. by W. H. Seward, E. M. Stanton, Gid. Welles, S. Cameron, S. P. Chase.			USD 55.00 - 55.00	Unknown
215	LINCOLN, BENJAMIN, General in American Revolution	A.L.s.	[Charleston, S. C.]	1780	USD 37.50 - 37.50	Unknown
216		LITERARY AUTOGRAPHS. A.L.s., by Walter Scott, 3 pp., 4to, Edinburgh, March 9, 1816; torn in folds ...	Edinburgh	1816	USD 5.00 - 5.00	Unknown
217	LIVINGSTON, GILBERT, Member of the Secret Committee of New York	A.L.s.	Poughkeepsie	1776	USD 400.00 - 400.00	Unknown
218	LOCKE, JOHN. Author of An Essay concerning Humane Understanding	3 A.L.s., 4 1/2 pp., small 4to and 12mo. Oates and London, 1694-96. To his cousins William and ...			USD 290.00 - 290.00	Unknown
218a	LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH	A.L.s.	Cambridge	1845	USD 75.00 - 75.00	Unknown
219	LONGSTREET, JOHN, Confederate General	A.L.s.	Russeville, Tennessee	1863	USD 45.00 - 45.00	Unknown
220	LOUIS XIV, LOUIS XV, AND LOUIS XVI, Kings of France	D.s. Louis by Louis XIV. 1 p., folio, vellum. Paris, Dec. 23, 1644; L.s. Louis by Louis XV. 1 p ...			USD 12.50 - 12.50	Unknown
221	[LYNCH, THOMAS]	Moses Kirkland, Notorious Tory of South Carolina. Autograph survey with plat, signed by Moses ...			Not Available	Unknown
222	LYON, NATHANIEL, General	A.L.s.	Mexico	1847	USD 35.00 - 35.00	Unknown
223	McCLELLAN, GEORGE B., General	A.L.s.	Chickahominy		USD 120.00 - 120.00	Unknown
224	McHENRY, JAMES, Secretary of War and Aide to Washington	A.L.s.		1778	USD 35.00 - 35.00	Unknown
225	McINTOSH, LACHLAN, General in the Revolution and adversary of Button Gwinnett in a duel	5 A.L.s. by Lachlan McIntosh and a copy of a letter by him, 8 pp., folio and small 4to, V.p., Dec ...	V.p.	1767-1785	USD 150.00 - 150.00	Unknown
226	McKEAN, THOMAS, Signer from Delaware	D. s. Tho M:Kean Speaker of Assembly.	New Castle	1777	USD 45.00 - 45.00	Unknown
227	McKEAN, THOMAS	D. s.	Lancaster	1800	USD 12.50 - 12.50	Unknown
228	McPHERSON, JAMES B., Union General	A. L. s.	Memphis, Tennessee	1863	USD 70.00 - 70.00	Unknown
228a	McPHERSON, JAMES B.	A.L.s.	Vicksburg	1863	USD 60.00 - 60.00	Unknown
229	MADISON, JAMES	L.s. With great esteem & cordial salutations. James Madison.	Montpelier	1833	USD 1,100.00 - 1,100.00	Unknown
230	MAGAW, ROBERT, Colonel in the American Revolution	A.L.s.	Philadelphia	1780	USD 30.00 - 30.00	Unknown
231	MARION, FRANCIS, General in the American Revolution	A. L. s.		1781	USD 140.00 - 140.00	Unknown
232	MARSHALL, CHARLES, Aide-de-camp to Gen. R. E. Lee	A. L. s.			USD 100.00 - 100.00	Unknown
233	MARSHALL, HUMPHREY, Confederate General	A.L.s.	Richmond	1864	USD 95.00 - 95.00	Unknown
234		MARYLAND. Manuscript Account Book kept by Henry Nagle of Baltimore. Entries dated Sept. 25, 1790 to ...			USD 12.00 - 12.00	Unknown
235	MEADE, GEORGE G., General	A. L. s.		1863	USD 225.00 - 225.00	Unknown
236	MEMMINGER, C. G., Secretary of Treasury in the Confederacy	A. L. s.	Richmond	1862	USD 100.00 - 100.00	Unknown
237	MERCER, HUGH, General in American Revolution	A. L. s.	Perth Amboy	1776	USD 220.00 - 220.00	Unknown
238		MEXICAN WAR. Broadside. The Following Tariff of Duties is Decreed and announced for the information ...			USD 110.00 - 110.00	Unknown
239	MEYERBEER, GIACOMO	A.L.S.	N.p.	1837	USD 5.00 - 5.00	Unknown
240	MONROE, JAMES, President	A. L. s.	Virginia, Oak Hill	1828	USD 70.00 - 70.00	Unknown
241	MONTGOMERY, RICHARD, General in American Revolution	A. L. s.	Quebec	1775	USD 600.00 - 600.00	Unknown
242	MONTPENSIER, DUCHESSE DE	D.s. Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans.		1658	USD 75.00 - 75.00	Unknown
243	MORRIS, ROBERT, Signer of the Declaration of Independence	A.L.s.	Pennsylania	1778	USD 90.00 - 90.00	Unknown
244	MORRIS, ROBERT	L.s., 1 p., 4to, Office of Finance, Dec. 3, 1782. To John Nicholson, Comptroller General; Four ...			USD 22.50 - 22.50	Unknown
245	MORSE, SAMUEL F. B., Inventor of the Telegraph	A.L.s.	New York	1843	USD 160.00 - 160.00	Unknown
246	MOULTRIE, WILLIAM, General in the American Revolution	A.L.s.	Beaufort	1779	USD 120.00 - 120.00	Unknown
247	NAPOLEON I. Emperor of France	L.s. Nap.	Paris	1809	USD 165.00 - 165.00	Unknown
248		NAPOLEON I AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES. A collection of 157 autographs of Napoleon I, his wives Josephine ...			USD 875.00 - 875.00	Unknown
249	NICOLA, LEWIS, Colonel of the Invalid Regiment; Brevet Brigadier General in 1783	A.L.s.	Philadelphia	1781	USD 55.00 - 55.00	Unknown
250	OATES, WILLIAM C., Colonel in Confederate Army, Member of U. S. Congress, Gov. of Alabama, Gen. in the Spanish-American War	A.L.s. Wm. C. Oates.	Montgomery	1897	USD 85.00 - 85.00	Unknown
251		[OHIO] Broadside: Hear the Word of the Lord . . . the author Thomas White, a Native of Virginia, a ...			USD 20.00 - 20.00	Unknown
252	PAINE, THOMAS	Autograph Manuscript, entitled To the People of New York, signed Thomas Paine.			USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
253	PARKMAN, EBENEZER, Minister of Westborough, Mass	Ten manuscripts of sermons preached 1737-56.			USD 15.00 - 15.00	Unknown
254	PARSONS, SAMUEL H., General in American Revolution	A.L.s.	[Greenwich, Connecticut]	1777	USD 70.00 - 70.00	Unknown
255	PASTEUR, LOUIS	A.L.s. L. Pasteur, 1 p., 8vo, July 30, 1858; L.s. L. Pasteur, 1 p., 4to, January 26, 1858. Both ...			USD 40.00 - 40.00	Unknown
256	[PENN, WILLIAM]	A copy of a letter by William Penn, London, March 14, 1711, certified by Joseph Galloway.			USD 5.00 - 5.00	Unknown
257	PINCKNEY, CHARLES COTESWORTH, General in American Revolution and Statesman	A.L.s. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.	Fort Moultrie	1780	USD 160.00 - 160.00	Unknown
258	PINCKNEY, CHARLES COTESWORTH	A.L.s.	Pickney Island	1814	USD 12.50 - 12.50	Unknown
259	PLEASANTON, ALFRED, Union General	A.L.s.		1862	USD 27.50 - 27.50	Unknown
260	POLK, LEONIDAS, Confederate General	A.L.s.		1861	USD 80.00 - 80.00	Unknown
261	PORTER, DAVID D., Admiral	A.L.s.		1865	USD 30.00 - 30.00	Unknown
262	PORTER, FITZ-JOHN, Union General	A.L.s.	New York		USD 160.00 - 160.00	Unknown
263	PUTNAM, ISRAEL, General in American Revolution	L.s., Israel Putnam, M. G.		1779	USD 200.00 - 200.00	Unknown
264	REED, JOSEPH, General in the Revolution; aide to Washington	A.L.s. Jos. Reed.	Philadelphia	1779	USD 45.00 - 45.00	Unknown
265	RODNEY, CAESAR, Signer of the Declaration of Independence	A.L.s.	Philadelphia	1776	USD 280.00 - 280.00	Unknown
266	RUGGLES, DANIEL, Confederate General	L.s.	Fredericksburg, Virginia	1861	USD 27.50 - 27.50	Unknown
267		RULERS OF ENGLAND. A.L.s. by William I., 1 p., 4to. St. James, Thursday Night, n.d.; D.s. by George ...		1820	USD 5.00 - 5.00	Unknown
268	RUTLEDGE, EDWARD, Signer from South Carolina	A.L.s.		1782	USD 400.00 - 400.00	Unknown
269	SCAMMEL, ALEXANDER, Colonel in the American Revolution	A.L.s.		1777	USD 260.00 - 260.00	Unknown
270	SCHOFIELD, JOHN M., General	A.L.s.	Springfield	1863	USD 120.00 - 120.00	Unknown
271	SCHUYLER, PETER, General in the American Revolution	A.L.s.	Albany	1779	USD 55.00 - 55.00	Unknown
272	SCOTT, CHARLES	Copy of General Charles Scott's parole, signed by Scott.			USD 12.50 - 12.50	Unknown
273	SEDGWICK, JOHN, Union General	A.L.s.	Connecticut	1862	USD 12.50 - 12.50	Unknown
274	SHERMAN, WILLIAM T., General	A.L.s.		1863	USD 250.00 - 250.00	Unknown
275	SHERMAN, WILLIAM T.	A.L.s.		1864	USD 300.00 - 300.00	Unknown
276		SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.			USD 140.00 - 140.00	Unknown
277	SMITH, E. KIRBY, Confederate General	A.L.s.	Shrevesport	1864	USD 45.00 - 45.00	Unknown
278	SMITH, S. F.	A.M.s. of America.			USD 55.00 - 55.00	Unknown
279	SMITH, S. F.	A.M.s. of America.			USD 55.00 - 55.00	Unknown
280	SMITH, WILLIAM F., Union General	A.L.s. Wm. F. Smith, Commanding Division in the Army of the Potomac.	Yorktown	1862	USD 40.00 - 40.00	Unknown
281		SOUTH SEA COMPANY. D.s., Manchester, Charles Montagu and George Saunders.	N. p.	1730	Not Available	Unknown
282	Gen. Thomas Gage	STAMP ACT. L.s.	New York	1766	USD 55.00 - 55.00	Unknown
283	Philip Livingston	STAMP ACT. L.s.	New York	1771	USD 15.00 - 15.00	Unknown
284		STAMP ACT. A Collection of 20 Documents by Delegates to the Stamp Act Congress, October 7, 1775.			USD 160.00 - 160.00	Unknown
285		STAMP ACT. D.s. by John Cruger and Leonard Lispenard.	New York	1786	USD 10.00 - 10.00	Unknown
286	STARK, JOHN	General in the Revolution. Autograph portion cut from a letter of Governor, franked by john stark.	N.p.	n.d.	USD 10.00 - 10.00	Unknown
287	STEUBEN, BARON VON, General in the American Revolution	A.D.s. Steuben, Maj. Genl.			USD 75.00 - 75.00	Unknown
288	STIRLING, SIR WILLIAM A., LORD, American Major General	A.L.s. Stirling.	New Jersey	1776	USD 475.00 - 475.00	Unknown
289	STONEHAM, GEORGE, General	A.L.s.		1863	USD 80.00 - 80.00	Unknown
290	STORY, JOHN, Major in the American Revolution	A.L.s.	Philadelphia	1781	USD 350.00 - 350.00	Unknown
291	STRAUS, RICHARD	Autograph Musical Quotation from Salome.			USD 25.00 - 25.00	Unknown
292	STUART, J. E. B.	A.L.s. J. E. B. Stuart.		1861	USD 850.00 - 850.00	Unknown
293	SULLIVAN, JOHN, General in American Revolution	A.L.s.		1778	USD 85.00 - 85.00	Unknown
294	SUMNER, JETHRO, General in the American Revolution	A.L.s., Jethro Sumner.	Halifax Town	1780	USD 40.00 - 40.00	Unknown
295	TALLEYRAND, CHARLES MAURICE DE, PRINCE	L.s.		1804	USD 35.00 - 35.00	Unknown
296	TALLMADGE, BENJAMIN, Colonel in the Revolution; Custodian of Major Andre from the time of his arrest to his execution	A.L.s.		1779	USD 40.00 - 40.00	Unknown

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