April 17, 2012
Live Auction104 East 25th Street
New York, NY, 10010 USA
Phone: 212.254.4710
Fax: 212 979 1017
Email: swann@swanngalleries.com
Viewing NotesExhibition & Sale Schedule: Sale 2276 - Autographs * Revolutionary Americana from the Allyn Kellogg Ford Collections - begins at 10:30am in New York on Tues, April 17. All material in Sale 2276 on display at our premises in New York City, 104 East 25th Street, as follows - Sat, April 7: 10am to 4pm - Mon, April 9: 10am to 6pm - Tues, April 10: 10am to 6pm - Wed, April 11: 10am to 6pm - Thurs, April 12: 2pm to 6pm - Fri, April 13: 10am to 6pm - Sat, April 14: 10am to 4pm - Mon, April 16: 10am to 6pm - No exhibition on day of sale.
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Lot 1: ADAMS, SAMUEL. Document Signed, as Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief,
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Description: SIGNER FROM MASSACHUSETTS ADAMS, SAMUEL. Document Signed, as Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief, appointing Josiah Brewer as Ensign in the Eighth Division of the Militia. Signed by Adams below intact paper seal, countersigned by John Avery as secretary, and endorsed on verso by Colonel John Brewer. 1 page, 12 x 13 1/2 inches; skillfully repaired folds. Boston, 21 April 1794
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Lot 2: ALEXANDER, WILLIAM ("LORD STIRLING"). Autograph Letter Signed, "Stirling," as Colonel in the Continental Army,
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Description: ALEXANDER, WILLIAM ("LORD STIRLING"). Autograph Letter Signed, "Stirling," as Colonel in the Continental Army, to Captain [William] Rogers aboard the Blue Mountain Valley, concerning the cargo of the captured British ship. 1 page, 8vo; worn with loss of one word, laid down on paper, with part of address panel laid down on verso. Elizabethtown [NJ], 27 January 1776
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Lot 3: ARNOLD, BENEDICT. Letter Signed, "B Arnold," as Major General in the Continental Army, to Delaware Governor Caesar Rodney,
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Description: "MY CHARACTER HAS BEEN MOST CRUELLY AND UNJUSTLY ASPERSED" ARNOLD, BENEDICT. Letter Signed, "B Arnold," as Major General in the Continental Army, to Delaware Governor Caesar Rodney, hoping to have his recent acquittal proceedings read before the Delaware Legislature to help clear his good name. 1 page, folio, with integral address leaf addressed by Arnold; seal holes repaired with paper, remnants of prior mounting along center vertical fold on terminal page, evenly toned. Philadelphia, 20 March 1780
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Lot 4: ARNOLD, BENEDICT. Autograph Letter Signed, "B Arnold," to Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger,
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Description: FROM THE WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST COLLECTION ARNOLD, BENEDICT. Autograph Letter Signed, "B Arnold," to Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger, retained draft, requesting payment for his claims from the West Indies. 1 page, folio; edges reinforced on verso, early ink note on verso. Gloucester Place [London], [8] August 1800
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Lot 5: BARTLETT, JOSIAH. Letter Signed as Chairman of the Committee of Safety,
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Description: SIGNER FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE BARTLETT, JOSIAH. Letter Signed as Chairman of the Committee of Safety, to Colonel Jonathan Chase, enclosing an order [not present] to raise two companies for defense of the western frontier. 1 page, folio; minor wear at folds. Exeter [NH], 19 April 1781
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