Freemans: Books and Manuscripts, 1767, Philadelphia

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
05/03/2023 - 05/03/2023
Page Size: 170 items in 7 pages

Lot NumberAuthor NameBook TitlePlace PrintedYear PublishedEstimateActual Price
1[Arnold, Benedict]

Group of 2 Newspapers on the Treason of Benedict Arnold

Hartford1780USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00Not Sold
2(Dundas, David)

Plan of Defence for Ireland

No place1778USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00Not Sold
3[Cornwallis, Charles]

The Pennsylvania Gazette, and Weekly Advertiser

Philadelphia1781USD 800.00 - 1,200.00USD 1,008.00
4Faden, William

The British Colonies in North America

(London)1777USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00USD 6,300.00
5Faden, William

A Plan of the City and Environs of Philadelphia...

London1777USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00USD 5,355.00
6[Gage, Thomas]

Dunlap's Pennsylvania Packet Or, The General Advertiser

Philadelphia1775USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00Not Sold
7Greene, Nathanael

Manuscript Document, signed

Middle-Brook1779USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00USD 8,820.00
8[Hancock, John]

Dunlap's Pennsylvania Packet Or The General Advertiser

Philadelphia1776USD 700.00 - 1,000.00USD 882.00
9

Group of 2 Official Publications of the Society of the Cincinnati

Philadelphia1887USD 800.00 - 1,200.00USD 1,260.00
10

The London Chronicle

London1779USD 500.00 - 800.00Not Sold
11

The Independent Gazetteer Or, the Chronicle of Freedom

Philadelphia1783USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00USD 1,260.00
12[Washington, George]

Manuscript Document

No place1776USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00USD 7,560.00
13Adams, Abigail

Autograph Letter, signed

Quincy (Massachusetts)1813USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00Not Sold
14Barnum, P.T.

Group of 2 Autograph Letters, signed

Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1852USD 600.00 - 900.00USD 630.00
15Biddle, Charles, and David Rittenhouse

Manuscript Document, signed

Philadelphia1785USD 500.00 - 800.00Not Sold
16Biddle, Clement, and Owen Biddle, and Charles Thomson

Group of 5 Documents, signed

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00USD 2,772.00
17Biddle, Nicholas, and Charles Biddle

Group of 3 Signed Documents

Philadelphia1787USD 600.00 - 900.00USD 1,386.00
18[Biddle Family]

Archive of Letters and Documents Related to the Biddle Family

Locations vary18th and 19th centuries.USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00USD 5,670.00
19(Bingham, William H.)

A Letter from an American, Now resident in London, to a Member of Parliament, on the Subject of the Restraining Proclamation...on Lord Sheffield's Pamphlet on the Commerce of the American States

London1784USD 500.00 - 800.00USD 535.00
20

Collection of War Department General Orders, Nos. 1-235

Washington (D.C.)1863USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00USD 5,985.00
21

Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization, 1861-65

New York1861-1865USD 800.00 - 1,200.00USD 2,772.00
22

Journals of Congress. Containing the Proceedings From January 1, 1776, to January 1, 1777

York-Town [Pennsylvania]1778USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00USD 8,190.00
23Biddle, Owen

Manuscript Document, Signed and Inscribed

(Philadelphia)1776USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00USD 32,760.00
24Read, George

Autograph Document

No place (likely New Castle, Delaware)after 1758USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00USD 1,134.00
25Rodney, Caesar

Manuscript Document, signed

Delaware1783USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00USD 3,528.00
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