University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 100825, Wilton

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Auction Report
Auction Date
October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025
Page Size: 421 items in 17 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
244

Colonial Massachusetts Couple Seeks Legal Forgiveness for Premarital Sex; Part of Abraham Lincoln's Family

May 14, 1723 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 562.50
245

Correspondence from 1700s Long Island, 30 Letters and Receipts

ca. 1700s USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 275.00
246 Willem Blaeu (1571-1638)

1640 Nova Virginiae Tabula by Blaeu- Early Map After John Smith's Virginia

ca. 1640 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,062.50
247 Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807)

Oliver Ellsworth Signed Pay Order for Battle of Long Island Veteran for "sundry Services... in apprizing arms, procuring Expresses..."

May 12, 1777 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 468.75
248 Thomas Flucker (1719-1783)

British Loyalist Thomas Flucker ALS Regarding Finances Nine Years Before Fleeing Boston in 1776

July 25, 1767 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 500.00
249 Benjamin Franklin (1707-1790)

Benjamin Franklin Signed 1787 Land Grant as President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania

September 30, 1787 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 15,000.00
250 Elbridge Gerry

Elbridge Gerry 1810 Commission for MA Militia

September 12, 1810 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 1,125.00
252 Patrick Henry (1736-1799

Founding Father Patrick Henry Signed 1785 Land Grant as Governor

May 23, 1785 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,000.00
253

Funeral of John Paul Jones 1792 Boston Newspaper

October 10, 1792 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 175.00
254 Rufus King (1755-1827)

Rufus King ALS Almost Certainly Mentioning 1st U.S. Bank: "the Bank is doing well and will probably do much more business than they have done"

January 15, 1793 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,625.00
255 Henry "Lighthorse" Lee

Henry "Lighthorse" Lee ALS Re: Failed Great Falls Canal Scheme

October 12, 1788 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 1,125.00
256 Francis Lewis

DOI Signer Francis Lewis Cut ADS with Full Signature, PSA Encapsulated

ca. 1773 USD 2,400.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,375.00
257 Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810)

Benjamin Lincoln Signed Ship's Importation Papers, 57 Gallons of Wine from Bordeaux

October 20, 1804 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 250.00
258 Robert Morris & John Nicholson

Robert Morris & John Nicholson DS Naming Shareholders in Land Speculation Venture, On Brink of Bankruptcy!

May 18, 1797 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,062.50
259 Thomas Paine (1737--1809) 1791

Thomas Paine, Rights of Man "Common Sense", 1791 Second Edition Pamphlet

ca. 1791 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,500.00
260 Major General Samuel Parsons

Maj. Gen. Samuel Parsons & Oliver Ellsworth Dual Signed Receipt Three Weeks Before Bunker Hill

May 26, 1775 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 937.50
261 Timothy Pickering (1745-1849)

Timothy Pickering Signed Revolutionary War Era Receipt for Transport of Goods

May 28, 1783 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 175.00
262

Democratic-Republican Party Viewpoints as Published in 21+ Issues of the Independent Chronicle with Sentiments Championing Thomas Paine and the French, Criticizing Federalist Foreign Policy, and Including Publications of Newly Passed State and Federal Law

ca. 1791-1795 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 375.00
263 James Watson Capt,"

Revolutionary War 1777 Encouragement Pay for Enlistment in Continental Army

March 7, 1777 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 832.00
264

Revolutionary War Ledger Page, 1776 Entries For Rum, Wine & Coffee Belonging to Female Customer!

ca. May 1, 1775 - August 31,1785 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 480.00
265

Roster of Boston Soldiers' Ammunition Early in the American Revolution

December 31, 1775 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 2,500.00
266 Hennery Gardner

Revolutionary War-Dated ALS Attesting to Qualities of Master of Continental Navy Sloop Ranger Once Commanded by John Paul Jones

June 5, 1783 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 325.00
267

Treaty of Amity & Commerce: Incredible Archive, 1778-1783, Nearly 200 Pages!

Paris ca. 1778-1783 USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,500.00
268 Richard Platt (1754-1830)

Rev. War Major Platt Sends Letter to Lt. Col. Aaron Burr on Troop Movements, Possibly Contains Code!

February 1, 1779 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 750.00
269

Dunlap 1775 Philadelphia Newspaper tensions Build to Lex-Concord 6 Weeks Away! Plus Slave Sales

February 27, 1775 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 875.00
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
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    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
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    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.