Early American: History Auction, 112225, Rancho Santa Fe

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 22, 2025 - November 22, 2025
Page Size: 199 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26

ROBERT L. RIPLEY Signature, of Believe It Or Not! fame, Framed for Display

USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 520.00
27

1954 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Typed Letter Signed, with her Thanks for Campobello Island Berries, Choice Very Fine.

USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 422.50
28

Nathan Mayer Rothschild famous Jewish Banker Signed 1822 Russian Financial 5% Bond Loan for 720 Roubles

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 650.00
29

c. 1861 Winfield Scott Civil War Free Frank Front Panel of a Posted Envelope

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 780.00
30

April 23, 1802 Robert Smith 2nd United States Secretary of the United States Navy (1801-1809) Signed Statement of the First Costs of the Six Official United States Navy Yards Totaling $135,846.92

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,300.00
31

December 23, 1790-Dated, Manuscript Letter Signed, "William Murdoch", 1 1/2 pages, measuring 7.25" x 8.75", a business letter written at London, England from his partner William Murdoch, to Benjamin Stoddert at Georgetown, Maryland, Very Good.

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 208.00
32

1828 Ohio Governor ALLEN TRIMBLE's (1783-1870) Response to South Carolina's Nullification Threat

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 780.00
33

Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed to Obert, Natrona County Democratic Central Committee July 29th, 1964, ...Presidents are responsible to themselves and to history for their decisions...

USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 487.50
34

1781 American Revolutionary War Patriot Chaplain Benjamin Trumbull (1735-1820) who published "Twelve Discourses on the Divine Origin of the Holy Scriptures" and other Civil & Ecclesiastical, Writings, Signed Special Bolton, Connecticut Tax Abatement

USD 450.00 - 650.00 USD 520.00
35

July 23, 1787-Dated Manuscript Letter Signed John Wilcocks (with a short postscript in Wilcocks' hand), Philadelphia, sent to Nicholas Low (1739-1826), a prominent New York City merchant and land developer who remained a supporter of the Revolution.

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 208.00
36

1693, Rare 17th century London newspaper with a question and answer format, with fascinating early ads and notices on the verso including one for a new and now very rare Boston pamphlet: "A Further Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches".

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,040.00
37

1745 Stephen Martin-Leake, Author, Reference titled: An Historical Account of English Money, From the Conquest to the Present Time; Including Those of Scotland, From the Accession of James I to the Union of the Two Kingdoms.

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
38

July 19, 1755-Dated French + Indian War Era Colonial America, Manuscript Document, being an Order to Pay the Salary due the Schoolmaster of the Town of Sandwich, Massachusetts, Choice Fine.

USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 286.00
39

c. 1756 French + Indian War, Document Signed, Col. E.(stes) Hatch (1689-1759), who commanded the Troop of Cavalry in Boston, was Captain of the 10th Company 3rd Massachusetts Regiment at the Battle of Louisburg in 1745, later a Brigadier General.

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,430.00
40

1758 Rare French + Indian War CT Fiscal Document Signed Joseph Talcott Treasurer

USD 2,800.00 - 3,200.00 USD 2,600.00
41

c. 1760-1780 French + Indian to Revolutionary War Use, Singular Handmade Colonial Era Sword, measures 34.5" overall with a 28.5" blade, cylindrical wooden grip, Fine.

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 650.00
42

c. 1591, Theodore de Bry depiction of Industrious Florida Native Americans Depositing Crops at the Public Granary

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
43

1781 Revolutionary War Period, Engraving titled: Dress of the Inhabitants of California with their manner of Rafts for Fishing, &c... Engraved by Thornton, for Millar's New, Complete & Universal System of Geography, Very Fine.

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 286.00
44

(AMOS DOOLITTLE) (1754-1832) American Revolutionary War Patriot, Colonial Artist and Engraver, from New Haven, Connecticut, also known as The Paul Revere of Connecticut. Original Copper-Plate Portrait Engraving of "The Honorable JOHN WINTHROP, Esq.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,235.00
45

(61st Anniversary) 1836 First Edition Booklet titled: An Address Delivered at Charlestown, Mass., On The 17th of June, 1836, At The Request Of The Young Men, Without Distinction of Party, In Commemoration Of The Battle Of Bunker Hill, by A H Everett.

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
46

c. 1920, Lot of 15 Classic Infomational Historical Booklets on American History Revolutionary War and Patriots Heros and Later Noteable Figures and places with Front Cover Color Images, Fine to Very Fine.

USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 195.00
47

c. 1782 Revolutionary War, 66th (Berkshire) British Regiment of Foot Soldier's Pewter Cuff Button, .5" diameter, with Original Shank, Choice Very Fine

USD 350.00 - 400.00 USD 364.00
48

May 6, 1776-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Autographed Letter Signed, "Lieut. William Allen" regarding trying to exchange her Thirteen Pounds of Rhode Island Currency into smaller Bills

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 390.00
49

June 6, 1777-Dated Revolutionary War Period Autograph Document, Hartford, CT, Signed, O(liver) Ellsworth, Also Signed by Revolutionary War General J(edediah) Huntington, as Auditor, Choice Very Fine.

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 585.00
50

February 3, 1777-Dated Revolutionary War Period Manuscript Document, a Pay Order for a Sick Soldier in Colonel Chester's Regiment Sent Out of Camp by Order of the Colonel, Very Fine.

USD 350.00 - 450.00 USD 390.00
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