Early American: History Auction, 92025, Rancho Santa Fe

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Auction Date
September 20, 2025 - September 20, 2025
Page Size: 174 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 BENEDICT ARNOLD (1741-1801)

1772 Autographed Document Signed Nine Times Within the body of the text as either Benedict Arnold, or Arnold

1772 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 11,700.00
2 John Appleton

August 9, 1864 Civil War Autograph Letter Signed, John Appleton from Bangor, Maine,

August 9, 1864 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 617.50
3 Commodore WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE

1833 Letter Signed, Ordering a Purser to Norfolk

1833 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 520.00
4 Francis Bernard

1758 Royal Colonial Governor Sir Francis Bernard Warns Against Unauthorized Printing of Colonial Currency Issues

1758 USD 2,800.00 - 3,400.00 USD 2,860.00
5 ELIAS BOUDINOT

ELIAS BOUDINOT, Continental Congress President Signed, 1790 New Jersey Currency

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 617.50
6 WILLIAM BRADFORD (1719-1791)

1759-Dated Colonial Period, Autograph Receipt Document Signed, Wm. Bradford

USD 350.00 - 450.00 USD 312.00
7 JOHN BRADFORD

June 17, 1776 JOHN BRADFORD Early Continental Navy Report of Successes Mailed to John Hancock as President of the Continental Congress

June 17, 1776 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,150.00
8 James Buchanan + Full Cabinet

1858 Letter Signed by President James Buchanan + Full Cabinet: Sec. of State Cass, Postmaster Gen. Brown, Sec. of the Navy Toucey, Sec. of War John Floyd, Sec. of the Treasury Cobb, Attorney Gen. Jeremiah Black, Sec. of the Interior Jacob Thompson.

1858 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,560.00
9 AARON BURR

1794-Dated, AARON BURR Signed Partially-Printed Legal Document Signed, Aaron Burr

1794 USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
10 Jean de Charpentier

c. 1840 Large Photographic Mezzotint Signed Mezzotint "Jean de Charpentier" Earliest of the Climate Change Scientists

c. 1840 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
11

July 2, 1861-Dated Civil War Period, Official Copy Letter Signed, S.P. Chase as Secretary of the Treasury, 2 pages, from the Treasury Department (Washington, D.C.), a retained copy of a letter to Hiram Barney, Collector of the Port of New York.

July 2, 1861 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 390.00
12 JOHN CHESTER

JOHN CHESTER Signed as Connecticut Collector of the Revenue, Retail License for Selling Foreign Distilled Spirits

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 845.00
13 JOSEPH PLATT COOKE

JOSEPH PLATT COOKE Signed November 5, 1779-Dated Revolutionary War, Partially-Printed Document, a fully executed rare Continental Loan Office form on Connecticut.

November 5, 1779 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 312.00
14 George Clinton

1803-Dated Manuscript Document, New York Governor George Clinton Signed, In Council of Revision, Document Resolution to Pass a Series of New York State Acts

1803 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,105.00
15

June 20th & June 27th, 1864 Civil War Manuscript Letters to Pauline Cushman, Actress and famous Spy for the Union, from two admirers of her exploits as a Union Spy.

June 20th & June 27th, 1864 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,040.00
16 JOHN DAHLGREN

JOHN DAHLGREN ALS New Armaments of His Gun for Ship Niagara, Under Construction

USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,040.00
17 The Baron de Kalb Major General, + Joseph Washburn

June 9th, 1778-Dated at Camp Valley Forge, Oath of Allegience to the United States Revolutionary War Document Signed by The Baron de Kalb Major General, + Joseph Washburn, Ensign, an American Bunker Hill Patriot, witnessing Washburn's Sworn Oath

June 9th, 1778 USD 8,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 10,400.00
18 JEFFERSON DAVIS,

JEFFERSON DAVIS, November 11, 1861 Civil War CSA Political Content Autograph Letter Signed, Jeffn Davis

November 11, 1861 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 7,800.00
19 Designed by William Woodruff,

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, Printed Ornate Broadside

N.Y. USD 5,500.00 - 7,500.00 USD 5,200.00
20

1874 Copyrighted Design Date Broadside, by James D. McBride at Washington D.C. for this ornate facsimile copy of the 1776-1876. / Centennial Memorial. / In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. / The uniaminous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.

1874 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 390.00
21

March 27, 1790-Dated Federal Period, Two Partially-Printed Documents, One Signed, "Sharp Delany" as Custom-House Collector, Port of Philadelphia and a February 25, 1793, Custom-House bill

March 27, 1790; February 25, 1793, USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 585.00
22

c. Mid 1930s Vintage Hollywood, Extensive Autograph Book that belonged to Richard Dickie DeNeut

c. Mid 1930s USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,860.00
23 A. Doubleday

January 24, 1863 Civil War Period, personal and military content Autograph Letter Signed, A. Doubleday as Brigadier General, 3 pages, to the Governor of New York About His Brother Ulysses Heroism in battle.

January 24, 1863 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 3,640.00
24 WILLIAM ELLERY

WILLIAM ELLERY, RI. Family Archive of 16 Early Colonial Documents with 26 Pages

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,950.00
25

July 9, 1762-Dated French and Indian War Period, Colonial American Vellum Manuscript Document Land Grant Signed,

July 9, 1762 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,300.00
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    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
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