| 501 |
Adams, John |
Establishing an American Army: John Adams introduces a congressional committee charged with meeting with General Washington "concerning various Matters of Importance" |
Philadelphia, |
30 September 1775 |
USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 |
Not Sold |
| 502 |
Adams, John |
A learned disquisition on the common law and natural rights and the roles those concepts played in Adams's own contributions to the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the United States |
Quincy, |
12 March 1802 |
USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 |
Not Sold |
| 503 |
(Gettysburg) |
"Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle": Abner Doubleday's autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen insightful maps and plans |
New York, |
ca. 1875--1885 |
USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 |
Not Sold |
| 504 |
(Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison, and John Jay) |
Bushrod Washington's Federalist, praised by George Washington as a "work [that] will merit the notice of Posterity" |
New York: |
1788 |
USD 120,000.00 - 150,000.00 |
USD 317,500.00 |
| 505 |
Jefferson, Thomas |
In a widely discursive letter, Jefferson announces that he is joining Washington's cabinet and expresses great relief at the recovery of the President from a serious illness |
New York, |
27 May 1790 |
USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 |
Not Sold |
| 506 |
Lincoln, Abraham |
The President's letter to John Key---sent just four days after he issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation |
Washington, D.C., |
26 September 1862 |
USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 |
USD 203,200.00 |
| 507 |
Lincoln, Abraham |
The President refutes rebel press propaganda about the siege of Vicksburg |
Washington, D.C., |
4 June 1863 |
USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 |
Not Sold |
| 508 |
Lincoln, Abraham |
The President thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." |
Washington, D.C., |
6 September 1864 |
USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 |
USD 241,300.00 |
| 509 |
McKenney, Thomas L., and James Hall |
History of the Indian Tribes of North America, a royal subscriber's copy |
Philadelphia: |
1838 [Vol. 1], 1838, 1844 |
USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 |
USD 120,650.00 |
| 510 |
Smith, John |
The General History of Virginia... 1624 |
London: |
1624 |
USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 |
USD 190,500.00 |
| 511 |
Virginia House of Delegates |
The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights |
Williamsburg: |
[1776] |
USD 350,000.00 - 500,000.00 |
USD 406,400.00 |
| 512 |
Washington, George |
An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington's field library, marking the conjunction of three of the most consequential military figures of eighteenth-century America: Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox |
London: |
1765 |
USD 1,200,000.00 - 1,800,000.00 |
Not Sold |
| 513 |
Washington, George |
The commander in chief orders that Redcoat prisoners be treated "with humanity, and Let them have no reason to Complain of our Copying the brutal example of the Brittish Army" |
"Headquarters Morristown," |
8 January 1777 |
USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 |
USD 215,900.00 |
| 514 |
Washington, George |
An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of three of the most consequential figures of the American Revolution: George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin |
Philadelphia, |
28 December 1778 |
USD 1,000,000.00 - 1,500,000.00 |
USD 1,016,000.00 |
| 515 |
[World War II -- 21st Army Group] |
An important archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to the German surrender |
|
1943-1945 |
USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 |
USD 139,700.00 |
