University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Photographs, 72826, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Date
July 28, 2026 - July 28, 2026
Page Size: 387 items in 16 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
231 Hill Richard (1698-1762)

Madeira Wine Merchant Distributes Slaves in Will

Madeira 1761 USD 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
232

Hiring Out Slaves for 1843 from a South Carolina Estate

McCormick County, South Carolina 1843 USD 350.00 - 500.00 Unknown
233 Barraud Otway B.;Lewis David William

Family Seeks Information on Compensation for Slaves Lost in Revolutionary War at Ft. Morris - They Were Owned by Morris!

1839 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
234 Ritchie Moses;Rowell Alexander H.

Slaveowners Sell Individual & Groups of Slaves Across the Antebellum South

1833;1848;1849 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
235 Conrad G. W.;Moore A. B.;Avery J. C.

Individuals & Railroads Hire Slaves; Slaveowner Faces Legal Trouble for Allowing Slave to Hire Himself

1852;1857;1861 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
236 Oliver Egbert O.

Texas Slaveholder Seizes Slaves from Fellow Slaveholders to Prevent Their Being Sold Out of the State

1851 USD 350.00 - 500.00 Unknown
237 McCann Joshua;Anderson Henry

Commissioners Divide Slaves Among Heirs in Southern Georgia

1843 USD 350.00 - 500.00 Unknown
238 Jones Edward

Treasury Department Official Seeks Runaway Slave in Philadelphia

1810 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
239 Slone Joshua

Guardian Accounts for Hire of Slaves to Support Minor Ward

1835 USD 350.00 - 500.00 Unknown
240 Goldthwaite George

Contested Slaves - Alabama Judge Decides Possession

1850 USD 350.00 - 500.00 Unknown
241 Spanheim Friedrich

Friedrich Spanheim the Younger ALS In French, Greek & Latin: "I lost several moments chastising the ignorance, and the calumny, of my defamer"

Leiden 1684 USD 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
242 Stone Lucy;Blackwell Henry

Lucy Stone Archive of Letters and Ephemera w/ Suffrage Content

Boston 1870-1887;1889 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
243

Revolutionary War Pay Order to Samuel Pillsbury, Said to Have Rowed B. Arnold to the HMS Vulture

Newburyport, Massachusetts 1780 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
244 Thomas Isaiah

Early Printing of Articles of Confederation by Isaiah Thomas, 1782

Worcester, MA 1782 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
246 Scott Joseph

Boston Massacre, Just Days After: “As to the Party that fired on our people they remain in Jail for there tryall” - Virtually Unique on the Market!

Boston, Massachusetts 1770 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
247 Burr Aaron

Aaron Burr PSA Slabbed Certified 2x Signed 1788 Bank Check

New York, New York 1788 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
248 Burr Aaron

Aaron Burr Signed Manhattan Company Check

New York, NY 1800 USD 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
249 Clinton George

G. Clinton Signed Rev. War Appointment Plus 2 Docs. Listing Prisoners and Court Martials

Poughkeepsie, New York; New London, Connecticut 1779; 1780 USD 700.00 - 900.00 Unknown
250 Clymer George

George Clymer, Dec. & Constitution Signer, PSA Slabbed NM-MT 8 Signed Check A Few Months After Becoming Bank President!

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1803 USD 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
251 Colden Cadwallader

Citation Issued in the Last Weeks Before the NY Provincial Congress Convenes in 1775

City of New York 1775 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
252 Ellery William

William Ellery Collects Customs On Slave Ship in Newport, Oct. 1793

Newport 1793 USD 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
253 Franklin Benjamin

Ben Franklin Free Frank Signature to William Greene, PSA Slabbed

N/A USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
254 Hamilton Alexander

Alex. Hamilton LS: "very important objects in the business," Just After Having Passed His Bill For Fed. Assumption of All State Debts, He Continues His Work to Strengthen Union!

Philadelphia 1790 USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 Unknown
255 Hancock John

J. Hancock Re: Nathaniel Gorham and Fellow Declaration Signer Elbridge Gerry, Winning Election

Boston 1789 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
256 Hooper William

William Hooper Boldest Signature on Nice Document: "Damage...against...our Lord the King"

Salisbury 1768 USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown