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
112 George Washington

March 10, 1753-Dated Colonial Virginia, Surveyed By Mr. George Washington, an Original Frederick County, Virginia Land Indenture Surveyed by the 17 year-old Teenager For his relative Lord Fairfax and Signed by Fairfax

March 10, 1753 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,150.00
113 Thomas Russell to John Langdon...

May 16, 1789-Dated Inauguration of President George Washington Letter Written and Signed by Thomas Russell to John Langdon...

May 16, 1789 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 520.00
114 SAMUEL FRAUNCES

SAMUEL FRAUNCES (c. 1723-1795) (Fraunces Tavern) 1794-Dated Manuscript Document GEORGE WASHINGTON Related Document boldly Signed, Sam'l Fraunces!

1794 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
115 Richard Varick

July 19, 1790-Dated ALS where New York City Mayor Richard Varick Commissions John Trumbull to Paint his famous Portrait of George Washington for the New York City City Hall

July 19, 1790 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
117

George Washington Portrait Oil and Chalk Pastel Painting, artist Signed by (Henri Leopold Levy) after Gilbert Stuart's Lansdowne (Constable-Hamilton) Portrait the original painted in 1797, Choice Extremely Fine

USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 15,600.00
118

c. 1798 Engraved Print: WASHINGTON, after the Lansdowne Painting by Stuart in 1797

c. 1798 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,690.00
119

c. 1910, George Washington Portrait Chromolithograph on Tin, Advertising Sign for the "Providence Washington Insurance Company

c. 1910 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 260.00
120

October 18th, 1800-Dated George Washington Memorial Period, Newspaper Ad for Martha Washintgon's Servant / Slave "MARCUS" as printed in "The Philadelpia Gazette & Daily Advertiser.

October 18th, 1800 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,820.00
124

c. 1798 Quasi-War with France Period, Manuscript Letter (a secret correspondence believed to be to Commodore Richard Dale), ...

c. 1798 USD 2,400.00 - 2,800.00 USD 1,950.00
125

May 22, 1798 (President John Adams) House of Representatives Imprint, REPORT of the COMMITTEE... PRESIDENT's SPEECH...

May 22, 1798 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
126

1800-Dated Political Presidential Campaign Imprint titled, LETTER From ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John ADAMS, Esq. President Of The United States. for John Lang, by Furman + Loudon, New-York, Fine or better.

1800 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,040.00
127

1800 Complete Year, Bound Volume of the AURORA Newspaper for the Country Edition,

Philadelphia 1800 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 3,120.00
128 Charles Balthazar Julien Fvret de Saint-Mmin

c. 1807, Beautifully framed original Portrait by Charles Balthazar Julien Fvret de Saint-Mmin of John Carlyle Herbert of Alexandria, Virginia.

c. 1807 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 390.00
130

1815 War of 1812, Rare Battle of New Orleans Printed Red on White Cotton Linen Textile,

1815 USD 4,500.00 - 6,500.00 USD 5,850.00
131 Jas Armstrong

June 24, 1842 Rare Content Shipboard Autograph Letter Signed, Jas Armstrong as Navy midshipman serving aboard Sloop USS Cyane,...

June 24, 1842 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
132 Engraved By Illman & Sons

c. 1846-1847 Mexican War Period Engraved Portrait of General Zachary Taylor in his military uniform, beside him a soldier in uniform holding the reins of Taylor's horse,...

c. 1846-1847 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 780.00
134

c. 1785 Historic Textile titled: The Apotheosis of Franklin

c. 1785 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 Not Sold
136

1797 Letter to Major Isaac Hite of Belle Grove Plantation located in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Offering to Sell Large Military Tracts in Tennessee

1797 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 975.00
138

March 26, 1824-Dated, Newburyport, Massachusetts, Manuscript Invoice to the Town for announcements of upcoming events and with health warnings to the residents

March 26, 1824 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 247.00
139 ames Briggs

1827 American Militia Autographed Letter from Captain James Briggs to General Wm. H. Sumner + Governor Levi Lincoln...

1827 USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
140 ANDREW JACKSON.

December 10th, 1832-Dated, Large Proclamation Broadside, The PROCLAMATION of Andrew Jackson, President, To the People of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA.

December 10th, 1832 USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,820.00
143

The United States Conscription Law of 1863. - Rare Original Civil War Booklet

1863 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,080.00
147

December 18th,1865-Dated, Black Pencil Original Drawing of Maj. Gen. Geo. B. McClellan, U.S.A., created in tribute to McClellan just months after President Lincoln's Assassination, Hand-drawn in exquisite detail, Choice Extremely Fine.

December 18th,1865 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
149

(Confederate Spy BELLE BOYD) 1860s Civil War Period, Matthew Brady's Washington, D.C. Gallery, the Original Photographic Wet Glass Negative...

1860s USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 3,900.00
150 Alex Garrett to Colonel James O. Claybrooke

June 1, 1863-Dated Civil War Period Historic Content Confederate Manuscript Letter, Slave, Banking, Crops and contemporary content from Richmond, Virginia

June 1, 1863 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 520.00
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