Freeman's | Hindman: Printed and Manuscript Americana, 6465, Philadelphia

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026
Page Size: 153 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 Force, Peter,

Force, Peter, Autograph Letter, signed, etc.

USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 448.00
27

Fourth of July Oration Delivered at Hancock July 4th 1860

USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 2,176.00
28 Will, Johann Martin.

Horatio Gates Esqr. Major General of the American Forces

London May 10, 1778 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,536.00
29 Hancock, John.

Manuscript Document, signed

USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD 563,200.00
30 Will, Johann Martin.

The Honble. John Hancock. of Boston in New-England; President of the American Congress...

London 1775 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
31 Henry, Patrick.

Autograph Letter, signed

Williamsburg, Virginia, November 21, 1776 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,880.00
32

John Paul Jones, Commander of a Squadron in Service of the Thirteen United States of North America, 1779

No place, ca. 1779 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
33 [Lafayette, Marquis de]

Printed Document, signed

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,176.00
34 Lafayette, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de.

Autograph Letter, signed

Washington, August 27, 1825 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 19,200.00
35 Charles Lee, Esqr.

Major General of the Continental-Army in America

London October 31, 1775 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
36

New-York Journal; or, the General Advertiser

New York November 24, 1774 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,160.00
37

Partially-Printed Document

USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 7,040.00
38

The Pennsylvania Chronicle, and Universal Advertiser

Philadelphia Monday July 24-Monday July 31, 1769 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 448.00
39

Pennsylvania Journal; and the Weekly Advertiser

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,320.00
40 Rugendas, Johann Lorenz.

Israel Putnam Esqr. Major General of the Connecticut Forces, and Commander in Chief at the Engagement on Bunckers-Hill near Boston, 17 June 1775

London September 9, 1775 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
41 Revere, Paul.

Manuscript Document, signed

Boston March 12, 1778 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 12,800.00
42 Rittenhouse, David.

Rittenhouse, David. Autograph Letter, signed

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,792.00
43 (Robinson, Matthew, 2nd Baron Rokeby).

Considerations on the Measures Carrying on with Respect to the British Colonies in North-America...

London 1774 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 576.00
44

Junction of the Chicago River

Chicago 1866 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 512.00
45 Jackson, William Henry.

Views Among the Rocky Mountains of Colorado

Colorado 1873 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
46 Bachmann, (John).

New York City Hall, Park and Environs

New York ca.1849 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,280.00
47 Bennett, W(illiam). J(ames).

Troy. Taken from the West bank of the Hudson, in front of the United States Arsenal

New York 1838 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,400.00
48 Bennett, W(illiam). J(ames).

West Point, From Above Washington Valley Looking down the River

New York 1834 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,880.00
49 Garneray, (Ambroise-Louis).

Vue de New York. Prise de Weahawk A View of New-York, taken from Veahawk

Paris Bailly, Ward and Co., ca. 1830 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
50 Knapp, Samuel Lorenzo.

The Picturesque Beauties of the Hudson River and its Vicinity...

New York 1835 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 768.00
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000
  • Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.