[REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. Autographs from Revolutionary War-era military and political figures.
Sale 1345 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography Online
Lots Open
Jun 19, 2024
Lots Close
Jul 2, 2024
Timed Online / Cincinnati
Estimate
$500 -
$700
Sold for $953
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. Autographs from Revolutionary War-era military and political figures.
Approx. 25+ items, in various formats such as documents signed, autograph letters signed, and more, including:
MARSHALL, John (1755-1835). Partial autograph letter to one of his sons. Richmond [VA], 25 April 1835. 2pp plus fragment of third page, 8 x 6 in. (creasing at folds, light soil, torn integral leaf affecting text). Written three months before his own death, Marshall writes to his son, in small part: "Your determination to remove your negroes to the Southwest came upon me entirely by surprise....There is said to be much fine cotton land in Mississippi Alabama Florida (the Talahassie [sic] country) and on the west of the Mississippi."
The Papers of John Marshall include a transcription of this letter made by a Marshall descendant which is also incomplete. The transcript indicates the letter was addressed to James K. Marshall at Leeds Manor, Faquier County, Virginia.
DEARBORN, Henry (1751-1829). Letter signed ("H. Dearborn") as Secretary of War to Rufus King, Esquire. "War Department," 19 February 1802. 1p, 8 x 10 in. (creasing, spotting, light soil). Dearborn writes to King regarding an "Invoice of military books selected under your direction for the department of war....The books have arrived in good order, and from a cursory examination they appear to me to be selected with great judgement."
KING, Rufus (1755-1827). Autograph letter signed ("R. King") as United States Senator from New York to Cyrus King. N.p. "Sunday" 1 April 1792. 2pp, 8 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (creasing, toning, chipping). King writes encouraging Cyrus King to take a journey home to see the family.
CLINTON, George. Document signed ("Geo. Clinton") as Governor of New York. 5 April 1802. 1p, 15 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (creasing, toning, chipping). Appointment for George Allen as "Captain of a Company of Artillery in the Brigade of Militia...."
Additional autographs include: Benjamin LINCOLN, Jeremiah VAN RENSSELEAR, James CAROTHERS, Pierce BUTLER, Sylvanus BOURNE, Benjamin STODDERT, Robert L. HOOPER, and more.
[With:] A group of 2 Connecticut Pay Table documents, both signed by Oliver Wolcott Jr. -- Ten Shilling Pennsylvania currency.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Property from the Augustana Collection
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