Freeman's | Hindman: Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana, 6539, Philadelphia

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
August 20, 2026 - August 20, 2026
Page Size: 201 items in 9 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Bacon Benjamin C.

To the friends of the colored race in the U. States

Boston 1833 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 7,680.00
2 Bacon Benjamin C.

Millions of human beings are degraded and held down to the condition of property

Boston 1835 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,880.00
3 Birney James G.

An Appeal to Abolitionists

New York 1837 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 7,040.00
4 Chapman Maria W.

Address of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society to the Women of New England

Boston 1837 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 19,200.00
5 Colin Paul

Le Tumulte noir

Paris 1927 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 21,760.00
6 Cuffe Paul

Autograph Letter, signed

Westport 1815 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 96,000.00
7

Frederick Douglass' Paper

1860-1862 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 11,520.00
8 Tappan Arthur; Jay William; Rankin John; Cox Abraham L.; Tappan Lewis

Protest of the American Anti-Slavery Society

New York 1835 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,320.00
9

Obsequies of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Atlanta 1968 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 15,360.00
10 May Samuel J.; Benson George; Greene Rowland

Circular calling for the formation of a national anti-slavery organization

Philadelphia 1833 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 11,520.00
11 May Samuel J.; Chapman Henry G.; Benson Henry E.

The Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society Requests Accommodation for an Annual Meeting of Members

Boston 1835 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,560.00
12 May Samuel J.

Convention of the New England Anti-Slavery Society

Boston 1836 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,280.00
13 Phelps Amos A.

The Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society Denounces Rumors of Disunity Among the Abolition Movement

Boston 1837 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,408.00
14 Stanton Henry B.

On Pioneering Black Engraver Patrick Henry Reason's Iconic Letterhead

New York 1836 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,480.00
15 Tappan Arthur; Leavitt Joshua; Wright Elizur Jr.

Samuel J. May's Personal Invitation to the Founding of the American Anti-Slavery Society

New York 1833 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,040.00
16 Tappan Arthur; Rankin John; Wright Elizur Jr.; Tappan Lewis

The American Anti-Slavery Society Defends the Actions of Their Great Postal Campaign of 1835 in its Aftermath

New York 1835 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,040.00
17 Tappan Arthur; Stanton Henry B.

The American Anti-Slavery Society Requests the Continued Support and Services of Rev. Samuel J. May

New York 1837 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,088.00
18 Wright Elizur Jr.

The Shields of American Slavery

New York 1834 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,400.00
19 Wright Elizur Jr.; Tappan Arthur

American Anti-Slavery Society Executive Committee Commission for Rev. Samuel J. May

New York 1834 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
20 Wright Elizur Jr.

To the friends of humanity throughout the United States, who are opposed to the continuance of slavery in the District of Columbia

New York 1835 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,240.00
21 Wright Elizur Jr.; Tappan Arthur

Anti-Slavery Society Executive Committee commission

New York 1836 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
22 Janis John A.

A Tour to the South

Salem 1835 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 20,480.00
23 Franklin Benjamin

Promissory note for 816,000 livres

Passy 1781 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 USD 352,000.00
24 Iznardy Miguel Lorenzo de

Nota de los certificados pagaderos por los Estados unidos de la America

Philadelphia 1783 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,160.00
25 Lafayette Gilbert du Motier

Autograph letter, signed

1826 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,304.00
  • Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000.