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Sale 107
The Manuscript & Collectibles Auction
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Lot 175 |
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The Conduct of The Late Administration Examined; from July 1765, to March, 1766. With an Appendix, Containing Original and Authentic Documents, 1767. London: Printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington-House, in Piccadilly, MDCCLXVII. Hard cover, octavo, buckram and half morocco. Pages with gilt edges; four raised bands on spine with gilt decorations and titles: "Conduct of the Late Ministry Examined" and "Stamp Act 1765". Old rebacking; front hinge loose, tips bumped and worn; old book plate on paste down. Pages are tight with no markings, only light toning. Discussion of the Stamp Act within the British government, with extracts of letters from America supporting the British position. Estimate Value $400 - UP
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Lot 176 |
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Revolutionary War Land Grants -- Group of 48 Pennsylvania Deeds of 400 Acres Each. Group of forty-eight partly-printed documents, each selling 400 acres in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania to George Eddy of Philadelphia for five shillings each, each one dated March 17, 1795. Each Revolutionary War veteran received the land on Sept. 22, 1794 and is selling it not quite five months later. Each signature has a witness. The documents were printed on laid paper and, aside from some light toning and an occasional pinhole, are in fine condition. In one day, George Eddy purchased 19,200 acres--quite a coup. Estimate Value $300 - UP
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$600 |
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Lot 177 |
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Revolutionary War Date Document -- A Duplicate of the Tax or Duty on Servants for 1777 for the Borough and Parish of Boston. Vellum document, 9½ x 12½", Boston, Aug. 25, 1778, being a contemporary duplicate of "all and every Sum and Sums of Money assessed upon the Borugh and Parish of Boston in the County of Lincoln…by virtue…of an Act of Parliament made in the Seventeenth year of the Reign of his present Majesty."The assessors are named as Edward Stevens, West Wheldale the Younger, Thomas Yerburgh, and George Moore. The collectors are named as Thomas Yerburgh and George Moore. The Commissioners of the Tax are in the left margin: J: Ayre Mayor, West Wheldale, and Thos: Cheyney. The amount collected was £35.5.0. Some age darkening to vellum and a few small holes to folds. An interesting document showing a British tax being collected, even in the midst of the Revolution. Estimate Value $300 - UP
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$180 |
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Lot 178 |
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[Franklin, Benjamin] Engraving by Juste Chevillet After a Painting by Joseph Duplessis, Paris, 1778. " Benjamin Franklin. Né à Boston, dans la Nouvelle Angleterre, le 17 Janv. 1706. " Copper-plate engraving, 12 x 8¼" on 14 x 9¾" sheet. An inscription in French translates: "Honor of the New World and of Humanity, This lovable and true sage guides and enlightens them; Like another mentor, he conceals from the common eye, Under the features of a mortal, a divinity." The original oil portrait, upon which this engraving of Franklin was based, was a prized possession of Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont, Franklin's host in the Paris suburb of Passy, where he lived from 1777-1785. The French adored Franklin and he adored them; many French households had an engraving of Franklin on the mantelpiece. Without his service and influence, the French would not have been forthcoming with the aid which was instrumental in winning the American Revolution. Upon his death in 1790, the French National Assembly declared a month of mourning for the man they called "the genius who freed America and shed torrents of light upon Europe." Estimate Value $350 - UP
Goodspeed's, 1975.
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$750 |
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