Historic Documents & Manuscripts - Day 1
Catalog Information: 751 lots | 743 with images
Lot 1: TAYLOR, GEORGE
1. GEORGE TAYLOR (1716-1781) Pennsylvania Signer of the Declaration of Independence, appointed a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1775 to replace a member of the Pennsylvania delegation who refused to support independence. He arrived too late [...more]
Lot 2: PETER FORCE PRINTING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
2. PETER FORCE PRINTING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE A rare nine volume complete set of historian Peter Force's American Archives, published in Washington from 1837 to 1853, with raised leather spines and green marbled boards. The volumes are d [...more]
Lot 3: HOOPER, WILLIAM
3. WILLIAM HOOPER (1742-1790) American Revolutionary leader, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a member of the Continental Congress (1774-77). Rare A.D.S. "Will Hooper", 2pp. legal folio, "Salisbury District", NC, Mar. 6, 1768, setting [...more]
Lot 4: BLOUNT, WILLIAM
4. WILLIAM BLOUNT (1749-1800) Signer of the Constitution, appointed Governor of the "Territory South of the River Ohio" by Washington 1790. Later he became a Senator from Tennessee but was expelled because of his part in conspiracy to seize Spanish t [...more]
Lot 5: BARTLETT, JOSIAH
5. JOSIAH BARTLETT (1729-1795) Signer of the Declaration of Independence, physician and Revolutionary War officer. Bartlett was also the first "President" and Governor of New Hampshire. A.D.S. "Josiah Bartlett" penned at the bottom of the will of one [...more]
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