Item 12 is a most interesting piece. Headed Geographische Beschreibung der Provinz Lousiana... it is a 1720 broadside from Nuremberg in two joined sheets. One is a map of essentially what is today the United States, the other is text. The text promotes investment in John Law's Mississippi Company. This is what later became known as the “Mississippi Bubble,” a stock promotion that rose to great heights, and crashed back down again when reality set in. Law was promoting the wondrous resources of Mississippi and investors piled on through most of 1720. However, by late that year, investors were running for the exits, the stock collapsed, and large sums of money were lost. Anyone who followed the advice in this broadside was doomed. $15,000.
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.
