June Autographs and Manuscripts Auction Day 2
Catalog Information: 1,285 lots | 1267 with images
Lot 643: HANCOCK JOHN
643. JOHN HANCOCK (1737-1793) American Revolutionary politician and first signer of the Declaration of Independence, President of the Continental Congress and two-time Governor of Massachusetts. Rare war-date A.D.S. "John Hancock President" as Presid [...more]
Lot 644: HANCOCK JOHN
644. JOHN HANCOCK Partly-printed D.S. "John Hancock" as Governor of Massachusetts, 1p. folio, Boston, June 29, 1792, an appointment of Hugh Maxwell Heath as a justice of the peace for Hampshire County. Countersigned by JOHN AVERY. With nice strong si [...more]
Lot 645: HAMILTON ALEXANDER
645. ALEXANDER HAMILTON (1755-1804) American politician who, with Madison and Jay, supported the Constitution through contributions to The Federalist, first Secretary of the Treasury who built the national fiscal system, mortally wounded in a duel wi [...more]
Lot 646: ALEXANDER WILLIAM (LORD STIRLING)
646. WILLIAM ALEXANDER (LORD STIRLING) (1726-1783) Revolutionary War General captured at the Battle of Long Island, later served under Washington at Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth. War date A.L.S. "Sterling MG" 1p. 4to., Saratoga, Nov. 1, 1781 t [...more]
Lot 647: ALEXANDER WILLIAM (LORD STIRLING)
647. WILLIAM ALEXANDER (LORD STIRLING) Rare franked folded postal cover, undoubtedly war-date, addressed to: "Major Quackenbush D[eputy] Q[uarter] M[aster] General Albany" and franked "Stirling" at lower left. Light toiling and soiling, else very goo [...more]
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