Historic Documents & Manuscripts- Day 2
Catalog Information: 1,291 lots | 1232 with images
Lot 696: THOMSON, CHARLES
CHARLES THOMSON (1729-1824) Irish born American patriot, unanimously elected first Secretary of the Continental Congress in 1774 and held the post until 1789, chosen to notify Washington of his election to the Presidency. Important manuscript D.S. as [...more]
Lot 697: THOMSON, CHARLES
CHARLES THOMSON Manuscript D.S. as Secretary of Congress, 1p. legal folio, [New York], Oct. 25, 1785, addressed to the Governor of Georgia. Thomson transmits: "...Copies of the continuation of the Journal of Congress....also a list of the states repr [...more]
Lot 698: (ACTS PASSED BY THE FIRST CONGRESS)
FIRST UNITED STATES CONGRESS Fine and rare printing, Acts Passed at the First Congress of the United States of America: Begun and Held at the City of New York, printed by Francis Childs "Printer of the Laws of the United States", 434pp. with 47pp. in [...more]
Lot 699: BOWLER, METCALFE
METCALFE BOWLER (c. 1726-1789) Delegate from Rhode Island to the Stamp Act Congress of 1765, and a Speaker of the Rhode Island Assembly, Bowler later became a spy for the British, corresponding regularly with Sir Henry Clinton under the pseudonyms "R [...more]
Lot 700: FRANKLIN, WILLIAM
WILLIAM FRANKLIN (1731-1813) Loyalist illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin, the last Royal Governor of New Jersey. Scarce manuscript D.S. "Wm Franklin" as Governor of New Jersey, 1p. folio, [Burlington], October 27, 1770, approving an act of the New [...more]
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