Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 71

The Manuscripts, Collectibles & Space Auction

U.S. Revolutionary War

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 131		Amherst, Jeffery, 1st Lord Amherst (1717-1797) Commander-in-Chief of the British army during the Revolutionary War; he is remembered for having tried to exterminate Native Americans during the French and Indian War by giving them blankets infected with smallpox. Autograph Letter Signed ("J.A."), one page, 9 x 7½", Ghent (Belgium), Dec. 11, 1742. Written to his brother, Jack, during the War of the Austrian Succession. "…We have a cornet just coming over & if you will be so good to get my Irish Gunn put in good order & send it by him I shall be very much obliged to you, for I shal not only have occasion for it in a sporting way but in a military one. cornet Holmes will bring it for me if you will put it secure in a wooden case & have it for him at Capt. Greenway's next door…." Very good; a few edge chips and tears (tape repairs on verso), toning and foxing. Boldly penned and signed. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $246
Lot 132		Dyer, Eliphalet (1721-1807) Lawyer and statesman; member of the Continental Congress. As Lt. Col. in the French and Indian War, he was part of the expedition that captured Crown Point from the French in 1755. He represented Connecticut at the Stamp Act Congress and in 1766 was elected a justice of the state's superior court, serving as Chief Justice from 1789-93. Autograph Document Signed ("Eliph Dyer") twice as Judge of the Superior Court, 1¼pp, Windham, Dec. 11, 1788. An order to arrest a Rhode Island man, Caleb Church, for assaulting and gravely injuring a Connecticut man named Wheeler. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $92
Lot 133		[Franklin, Benjamin] France. Franklin/Montyon Medal, 1833. Bronze, 42mm, 30.2 grams, plain edge, signed Barre below the busts. Greenslet-GM52 with characteristic die break along the truncation (rarity 4 with 76-149 known, the same as all four varieties cataloged, thus the several hundred extant). Conjoined busts left; Reverse: inscription in wreath, legend around. A few tiny light spots, otherwise attractive Extremely Fine, contained in an unrelated circular red leather case for a British medal, ca, late 19th century. Estimated Value $80 - 120. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $60
Lot 134		[Franklin, Benjamin] USA. B. Franklin of Philadelphia Medal, 1777. Bronze, 47.3mm, 48.2 grams, plain edge, unsigned. Betts-547; Greenslet-GM40 (at 45mm). Rarity 7 with 11-15 known.Three quarter bust facing left wearing a turbaned stocking or "Liberty" cap; Reverse: Lightning striking a tree, date in exergue. Considering the diameter variance, possibly a slightly later strike. Several edge nicks and contact marks on obv. and rev. with an edge bump or two and holed at aprox. 12 o'clock, otherwise Very Fine. Contained in a handsome, but not original to this medal, fancy red leather, gold ornamented, fitted case of late 19th or early 20th century vintage. Among the rarest and most desirable medals in the Franklin series, these garner collector attention even in far less than the usually minimum acceptable condition for medals, i.e., in the Stacks January 2012 Americana auction a considerably abused specimen, lot 6030, realized $1495 with BP. And in the Jan. 2005 auction of the same firm, a specimen described as EF with a conspicuous dig above the cap, quite possibly an attempted holing for suspension as with the present specimen, realized $3450 with buyer's premium. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 135		Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810) Major general in the Continental Army; it was he who formally accepted the British surrender at Yorktown. Partly-printed Document Signed ("B. Lincoln") as Collector of the Port of Marblehead, Massachusetts, one page, on laid, watermarked paper, 5 x 9½", April 30, 1806. Lincoln acknowledges that the American vessel Ann Francis imported one cask of claret from Bordeaux. Countersigned by J(oshua) Prentiss, Inspector of the Port, who had been a Revolutionary War officer (Lieut.) in Capt. John Merritt's company from Marblehead. A nice clean document signed by two Revolutionary War officers. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 136		Steuben, Friedrich von (1730-94) Prussian officer; successfully reorganized and trained the Continental Army. Partly-printed Check Signed "Steuben," and accomplished in Steuben's hand, 3 x 6½", New York, April 16, 1792. Very good; large cancellation affects part of the text and the signature, which is bold. Ordering the Cashier of the Bank to pay AB (possibly Aaron Burr) or bearer one hundred twenty-five dollars. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $517
Lot 137		Walker, Benjamin (1753-1818) Revolutionary War officer; aide-de-camp to George Washington and von Steuben. He was naval officer of customs of the Port of New York City (1791-1798), a Federalist and a U. S. Congressman (1801-1803). Autograph Document Signed ("Ben Walker Capt"), 2½ x 7¼", Aug. 26, 1777, while Captain in Col. Henry B. Livingston's 4th NY Regt. of the Line. To Archibald Currie (of Hopewell, Dutchess County), who supplied flour and sugar to the Continental Army. "Recvd of Mr. Currie - Nineteen pounds & half of Sugar, Twenty four pound of chocolate & half a Gallon of Rum - for Col. Livingstons Regt." Written at the beginning of the Saratoga Campaign, probably from somewhere in the Mohawk Valley. Boldly penned and signed. Matted and framed to an overall size of 12 x 15". Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $344
Lot 138		[The Boston Massacre ] Engraving after Paul Revere, 1832. A nineteenth-century colored reproduction of Revere's famous engraving of the Boston Massacre scene. The engraver of the facsimile print is unidentified but attributed by Clarence Brigham to William F. Straton. The text at the top reads "The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt." Beneath the image is a poem, and the last engraved line is the text "Boston (Fac-Simile) Republished at 15 Water St. March 5, 1832." "Copy Right Secured" is between the poem and the text at the bottom. Plate size: 10¼ x 8½"; matted to 18¼ x 16½". Fine condition. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $480