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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
51

December 9th, 1778-Dated Revolutionary War, Manuscript Payment Warrant Issued by the Pay-Table Committee at Hartford, Connecticut, Signed by Fenn Wadsworth and John Lawrence plus Treasurer and Jedediah Huntington (1743-1818)

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 364.00
52

1779 Revolutionary War Regimental Court Martial to Hear Signed Hercules Mooney

USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,560.00
53

1783 British Military Forage Receipt, Three Months Prior to NYC EVACUATION DAY !

USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,300.00
54

c. 1794 Federal Period, Manuscript Legal Testimony Document, 2 pages (front & back of a single sheet), measuring 6-7/8" x 8" with the first 1-1/2 pages written in the hand of Benjamin Huntington, as Judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut

USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 520.00
55

c. 1785 Colonial to Federal Period, Rare Engraved Bookplate of Samuel Jordan Cabell of VA, Officer in the Revolutionary War and in U.S. Congress from Virginia, Extremely Fine.

USD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
56

JOHN ADAMS 18th century Revolutionary War Era Engraving by Reinier Vinkeles (1741-1816), Decoratively Matted and Framed, Amsterdam, Date: 1790, Framed, Choice Extremely Fine

USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 USD 650.00
57

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Steel Engraving after an original painting by Alonzo Chappel, with Pinckney's facsimile signature below, by publishers, Johnson, Fry & Company, New York, 1862, Very Fine.

USD 180.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
58

1790-1791 Dated, Lot of 3 Partially-Printed Certificates Signed, Ralph Pomeroy as Comptroller, Payments of Lawful Money, out of any Funds appropriated for the Payment of Interest on the Liquidated Debt of the State of Connecticut, Choice Very Fine+.

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 312.00
59

c. 1790 Late 18th Century, Likely American made Naval Cutlass, measuring 34" overall, featuring a Straight Single-Edged Blade, Disk Guard with Rolled Quillions, Wooden Hilt and Iron Pommel, Fine.

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 780.00
60

January 14th, 1791-Dated Connecticut Treasury Office Partially-Printed Document Signed by 3 Members of the General Assembly, Acknowledging their Receipt of Payment for Attending the General Assembly, Choice Crisp Extremely Fine or better.

USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 455.00
61

c. 1800 IN GOD IS OUR TRUST, Historic Liverpool Creamware Mug theme with black transfers and The Farmer's Arms legends, Choice Extremely Fine or better.

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 780.00
62

1768 Principio Company, First Ironworks in Maryland, Rare First Bill of Exchange

USD 2,400.00 - 3,200.00 USD 3,120.00
63

1793-Dated Federal Period, Rare Engraving of (George) WASHINGTON. A Loosjes Pz Excudit, Portrait engraved by H. Roosing, Sculpt., Rotterdam., After Joseph Wright, Framed, Choice Extremely Fine or better

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 650.00
64

c. 1789-1800 American Hand-Colored Wax Portrait of President George Washington, Circular Wood Framed, Extremely Fine

USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,040.00
65

c. 1800 President George Washington Hand-Crafted Folk Art Style Bust Profile Silhouette, Original Oval Period Frame,

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 780.00
66

c. 1850 Original Oil Painting, Canvas on Board, Portrait of American General George Washington, Very Fine

USD 2,400.00 - 3,200.00 Not Sold
67

Oration of the late Major General Alexander Hamilton, 1805 Gentlemans Magazine

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 650.00
68

c. 1812 Rare Early Federal to War of 1812 Period, Partially-Printed Document, Privateer Ship's Commission Paper (Private Armed Naval Vessel of War), Official Printed Form Unissued, Choice Very Fine.

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
69

c. 1813 War of 1812 Partially-Printed Document Signed, Asa Prime, Benjamin Stone, John J. Orton, and Elijah Couch who originate in Litchfield County, Connecticut, others hailing from towns such as New Milford, Reading, and Kent in Litchfield Count

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,040.00
70

May 22, 1815-Dated, BOSTON, MA. War of 1812 Era, Partially-Printed Letter to CASTINE, ME. regarding Ownership of a Ship Signed, H(enry) A.S. Dearborn as Port Collector, with Stampless Integral Postal Cover

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
71

1847-Dated Book, Doniphan's Expedition; Containing an Account of the Conquest of New Mexico; General Kearney's Overland Expedition to California..., with its 13.25 x 10 inch Folding Map, by John T. Hughes

USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 487.50
72

June 11, 1847 Mexican-American War Manuscript Letter with Integral Postal Cover from Robert Klotz, Lt. in the 2nd Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteers to Roger Jones, Adjutant General of the Army at Washington, D.C., with Integral FREE Cover, Choice VF.

USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 455.00
73

1899-Dated Spanish-American War Era, Printed Broadside Handbill For The Reunion of Mexican War Veterans, measuring 8.5" x 5.5", Choice Extremely Fine.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 143.00
74

1805-Dated Federal Period, Rare First Edition American Hymnal Titled, The Christian Harmony or Songster's Companion, by (Minister) Jeremiah Ingalls, Exeter, New Hampshire

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 845.00
75

Lot of Thirteen Early American Almanacs: THE FREDERICK ALMANAC, FARMERS + MECHANICS ALMANACK, (2) German Language American Almanacks Dated 1821 + 1823, Germantown, Pennsylvania, Very Good to Fine.

USD 240.00 - 320.00 USD 156.00
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