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Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Autograph document, dividing the land of a deceased father between his two sons, Josiah Adams and Stephen Adams View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Adams, Josiah)Author**HeadlineMSS doc dividing land btwn 2 heirs 1785 USADate PublishedJune 25, 1785 Lot #7 Quarter share ticket in the Grand State Lottery of Maryland, c.1818 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(American Judaica)AuthorCohen, J[acob] I.Headlinequarter share lottery ticket Maryland, c1818Date Published[c.1818] Lot #10 Autograph note listing officers at Winter Hill in 1778 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorTitcomb, Oliver (1729-1795)HeadlineAutograph note listing officers Winter Hill 1878Date PublishedJanuary 27, 1778 Lot #15 Nine report cards from Betts Military Academy for the school year of 1883-1884 for a student named Palmer H. Lewis View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Betts Military Academy)Author**Headline9 report cards from Betts Military Academy 1883PublisherBetts Military AcademyDate Published1883-1884 Lot #18 Autograph Letter Signed with her initial, from the first woman doctor in America, about buying a black baby for dissection View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorBlackwell, ElizabethHeadlineALs from 1st Amer Woman Dr. black baby dissectionDate PublishedAugust 5, 1847 Lot #20 Hand-drawn plan for hydraulic elevators at Boston's Charles River piers View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Boston)AuthorHoosac Tunnel Dock & Elevator Co.Headlineplan for hydraulic elevators in Boston c.1880Date Published[c.1880] Lot #39 Confederate States of American Loan Certificate View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(Civil War)Author**HeadlineConfederate States of American Loan CertificateDate Published1863 Lot #40 Two Virginia treasury warrants from 1780, made out to George Rogers Clark View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Clark, George Rogers)Author**HeadlineTwo Virginia treasury warrants 1780Date Published1780 Lot #45 Typed Letter, signed, from Vice President Charles Curtis View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCurtis, CharlesHeadlineTLs from Vice President Charles CurtisDate PublishedSeptember 12, 1931 Lot #47 Typed Letter, signed from Vice President Charles G. Dawes View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDawes, Charles G.HeadlineTLs from Vice President Charles DawesDate PublishedDecember 11, 1928 Lot #48 Reconciliation! Baltimore Convention. Speeches of Mr. Belmont and Mr. Doolittle. Platform, Mr. Greeley's Letters. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Democratic Campaign Literature 1872)Author**HeadlineDemocratic Campaign Literature 1872PublisherNational Democratic Executive Resident CommitteeDate Published[1872] Lot #58 Original portrait drawing of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, signed by Eisenhower View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Eisenhower, Dwight D.)AuthorDavis, HerndonHeadlineorig drawing of Eisenhower by Herndon DavisDate Published[c.1960] Lot #59 Patriotic envelopes designed by Charles Magnus View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Envelopes)AuthorMagnus, CharlesHeadline5 patriotic envelopes, designed by Charles MagnusDate Publishedc.1850s Lot #61 Fourth of July Fireworks - Massachusetts broadside View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Fourth of July Broadside)AuthorBoston Fireworks Co., Inc.HeadlineFourth of July Fireworks - Massachusetts broadsidPublisherPrinted by the Chase PressDate Published[1910] Lot #62 Autograph mailing label, signed by James Gambier View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorGambier, [James]HeadlineAutograph mailing label, signed by James GambierDate Published1816 Lot #66 Autograph Letter, Signed by U.S. Grant, to departing Mexican envoy Matias Romero View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlineAutograph Letter, Signed by U.S. GrantDate PublishedOct. 31, 1867 Lot #67 Document, signed, Appointing Thomas Coggeshall as Deputy Postmaster at Newport, Rhode Island View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorGrant, U[lysses] S.HeadlineU.S. Grant Presidential AppointmentDate Published1870 Lot #70 Harvard commencement program, 1834 View details Estimate$150 - $200Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Harvard University)Author**HeadlineHarvard commencement program 1834Date PublishedAugust 27, 1834 Lot #80 Letter signed by the woman who suggested Abraham Lincoln should grow a beard View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)AuthorBillings, Grace BedellHeadlineGirl who suggested Lincoln grow a beardDate Published1930 Lot #81 Anti-Slavery Sermon that inspired Lincoln's words at Gettysburg View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)AuthorParker, TheodoreHeadlineSpeech that inspired Abraham LincolnPublisherCrosby, Nichols, & CompanyDate Published1853 Lot #88 Typed Letter Signed by Warren G. Harding, to William R. Day, accepting the latter's resignation as Umpire of the Mixed Claims Commission to Adjudicate War Claims against Germany View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(McKinley-Day Archve)AuthorHarding, Warren G.HeadlineLetter from Warren G. Harding to Justice DayDate PublishedMay 21, 1925 Lot #91 Small archive of letters by or to Ida Saxton McKinley, both before and after the assassination of her husband President William McKinley, plus a few other family letters View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)Author(McKinley, Ida Saxton)HeadlineLetters to Ida Saxton McKinleyDate Publishedc.1885-1904 Lot #92 Five autograph letters signed by William McKinley, to his wife Ida View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorMcKinley, WilliamHeadline5 letters from William McKinley, to his wife IdaDate PublishedMarch 16-March 21, 1880 Lot #93 Autograph letter signed by William McKinley, to his wife Ida View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)AuthorMcKinley, WilliamHeadlineLetter from William McKinley to his wife IdaDate PublishedDec. 13, 1896 Lot #94 Five autograph letters signed by William McKinley, to his wife Ida View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)AuthorMcKinley, WilliamHeadline5 letters from William McKinley, to his wife IdaDate PublishedNov. 30-Dec. 3, 1900 Lot #95 Four Autograph Letters Signed, and three Letters Signed by William McKinley, to William R. Day, regarding his electoral defeat in 1882 and his legal efforts to maintain his seat View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorMcKinley, WilliamHeadlineMcKinley contests election of 1882Date PublishedDec. 7, 1882 to March 26, 1884 Lot #96 Six autograph Letters Signed by William McKinley, to William R. Day, regarding financial difficulties, loans, etc. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorMcKinley, WilliamHeadlineWilliam McKinley faces financial difficultiesDate PublishedFebruary 25, 1893 to February 12, 1894 Lot #97 Archive relating the McKinley National Memorial at Canton, Ohio, and other tributes to McKinley, including books, booklets, letters, subscription forms, etc. View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(McKinley, William)Author**HeadlineMcKinley Memorial at Canton, OhioDate Publishedc.1901-1915 Lot #99 Autograph Letter Signed by Theodore Roosevelt, to Mary Elizabeth Day, expressing concern over the health of her husband, newly appointed Supreme Court Justice William R. Day View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreHeadlineLetter from T. Roosevelt to wife of SC JusticeDate PublishedMarch 15th, 1903 Lot #103 Typed Letter Signed by William Howard Taft, advising William R. Day to accept the post of Solicitor-General being offered him by President McKinley View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)AuthorTaft, William HowardHeadlineLetter from William Howard Taft to William R. DayDate PublishedApril 22, 1897 Lot #105 Collection of engraved invitations, calling cards, etc. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)Author**HeadlineCollection of engraved invitations, calling cardsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #121 Group of twelve newspapers, all but one from the United States, recording current events from 1769-1945 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Newspapers)Author**Headline12 newspapers 1769-1945Date Published1769-1945 Lot #122 The Nixon Family Wishes You a Safe and Happy Halloween! - signed greeting card View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineRichard Nixon signed Halloween greeting card Lot #125 Letter to Osborn Oldroyd communicating John Bright's declining to write a piece on President Lincoln - plus, a pamphlet on Osborn H. Oldroyd, the founder of Lincoln Mementos View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Oldroyd, Osborn H.)Author**HeadlineAL about John Bright plus pamphlet on Os. OldroydDate PublishedAug 20, 1880 Lot #127 Application for a patent from the US Patent Office for an "Improved Governor; or Self-Acting Break for Horse Power &c." View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Patent Application)AuthorAllen, Samuel S.Headlinepatent application for a break device 1858Date PublishedNovember 10-13, 1858 Lot #129 Four letters from the 1830s with postal markings View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Philatelic)Author**HeadlineFour letters from the 1830s with postal markingsDate Published1830s Lot #130 "The Vanguard" - original photographic print of the painting View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Philatelic)AuthorMacWhirter, J.A.Headline"The Vanguard" - original photographic print Lot #132 Large collection of stock certificates from the Plume and Atwood Manufacturing Co. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Plume & Atwood Manufacturing Co.)Author**HeadlinePlume & Atwood Stock CertificatesDate Published1870s-1900s Lot #133 Archive of letters and other material relating to David Dixon Porter and his family View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorPorter, David D. and Mouina G. PorterHeadlinearchive of David Dixon PorterDate Published1860s-1880s Lot #134 Presidential ephemera View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Presidential)Author**HeadlinePresidential ephemera Lot #137 Small archive of checks from The Grocers and Producers Bank of Providence, Rhode Island View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Rhode Island)Author**HeadlineThe Grocers and Producers Bank Providence RIDate Published1877 Lot #138 Three letters from Franklin D. Roosevelt, written before he was President View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D.Headline3 TLs from FDR before he was President to a DRDate Published1928-1929 Lot #146 Survey of land in South Carolina for James Cantey, 1784 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(South Carolina)AuthorMitchell, EphraimHeadlineSurvey of land in South Carolina 1784Date PublishedDecember 9th, 1784 Lot #159 Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane. This Evening. Thursday, May 4, 1820...King Lear...The Lady and the Devil... View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Theater Broadsides)Author(Drury Lane)HeadlineDrury Lane theater broadside 1820PublisherDrury LaneDate Published1820 Lot #168 Clipped signature View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorWilson, WoodrowHeadlineWoodrow Wilson autographDate Published1911 Lot #173 Archive relating to Claude Edward Duncan, an aviator with the U.S. Signal Corps in World War I, who rose to general and saw service in World War II and the Korean War View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(World War I Aviator Archive)Author**HeadlineWorld War I Aviator ArchiveDate Published1917-1971 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next