American History Auction -Spring 2025 Day 2 2025-04-02 Auction - 768 Price Results - Alexander Historical Auctions LLC in MD
KEITH HARING 'RADIANT BABY" AND 'SNAKE' SUBWAY SIGNCHARLES MANSON ORIGINAL PAINTINGWILLIAM SHATNER
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Elkton, MD, United States
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American History Auction -Spring 2025 Day 2

Over 1,400 lots of historical autographs & ephemera, from the Revolutionary War, U.S. Civil War, and Twentieth Century celebrities and criminals.
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‘LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON’: Rare edition of ‘Life of George Washington’ (Bridgeport: Lambert Lockwood), 1815. 108pp. 12mo. in full leather with gilt title to spine, ownership signature to front flyleaf, contents
0677: ‘LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON’Est. $800-$1,200
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RICHARD STOCKTON: (1730 - 1781) Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey and member of the Continental Congress. A very rare book from Stockton's library with his bookplate and signed by him on the
0678: RICHARD STOCKTONEst. $4,000-$6,000
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ABRAHAM WHIPPLE: (1733 - 1819) American Revolutionary War commander in the Continental Navy. In the French and Indian War period, he commanded the privateer 'Game Cock' and in one six-month cruise, captured 23 French
0679: ABRAHAM WHIPPLEEst. $800-$1,200
JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH PRIVATEER 'BETSEY': Historical British privateer's journal, 34pp. of text, legal folio, commencing August 17, 1805 and ending on November 6, 1805. The front flyleaf read: 'Edward Matthews Journall Books / Of the Betsey
0681: JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH PRIVATEER 'BETSEY'Est. $3,000-$5,000Lot Passed
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PEYTON RANDOLPH AND JOHN BLAIR: Colonial Virginia James River twenty shilling bank note signed by PEYTON RANDOLPH (1721-1775) First President of the Continental Congress and a member of the Virginia Committee of Correspondence,
0684: PEYTON RANDOLPH AND JOHN BLAIREst. $1,000-$1,500
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JOHN LEVERETT: (1616 – 1679) English colonial magistrate, merchant, soldier and the penultimate governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Born in England, he migrated to Massachusetts as a teenager. He was a
0685: JOHN LEVERETTEst. $1,500-$2,500
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(NEW ENGLAND WITCHCRAFT) ELIZABETH MORSE: ELIZABETH MORSE (1617-1690) British-born American accused and convicted of witchcraft almost 20 years before the Salem witchcraft trials. Exceeding rare manuscript D.S., 1p. legal folio, Newburyport,
0687: (NEW ENGLAND WITCHCRAFT) ELIZABETH MORSEEst. $1,500-$2,500
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EARLY DIPTYCH SUNDIAL: A very early portable sundial, 3 x 1.75 x .5 in., made of wood with two hinges for stabilization. The top lid has a printed sheet affixed to it indicating the latitude of many American and European
0688: EARLY DIPTYCH SUNDIALEst. $750-$1,000
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'FORNICATION' IN 1698: Most unusual manuscript D.S., 1p. oblong 8vo., Bristol. Ma., May 18, 1698, acknowledgement of a bond paid by Nathaniel Smith to the courts in the amount of ten pounds as bail against a charge '...for
0691: 'FORNICATION' IN 1698Est. $300-$400
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'GOD SAVE THE KING': Original ink drawing ca. late 1700s-early 1800s, 9 x 7.5 in. on laid paper, titled at bottom: 'God Save the King'. The image portrays a well-dressed young lady standing before an apeish figure
0692: 'GOD SAVE THE KING'Est. $300-$400
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'THE ROYAL MAGAZINE...' 1759-60 COMPILATION: Bound compilations of 'The Royal Magazine: or Gentleman's Monthly Companion', Vols. I and II (J. Coote: London), for the years 1759 and 1760, 372pp. and 373pp. ea., 8vo. Bound. A periodical news and
0695: 'THE ROYAL MAGAZINE...' 1759-60 COMPILATIONEst. $500-$700
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(BUNKER HILL) JAMES WINTHROP: (1752 - 1821) American soldier, librarian and jurist. An ardent patriot, he took part in the Battle of Bunker Hill, where he received a wound in the neck. Manuscript D.S., 2pp. legal folio,
0696: (BUNKER HILL) JAMES WINTHROPEst. $200-$300
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(CONTINENTAL NAVY BRIG LEXINGTON) HENRY JOHNSON: HENRY JOHNSON Revolutionary War Continental Navy ship's master, commander of the American privateer Lexington when it was captured by the HMS Alert on September 19, 1777 while his vessel was bound
0697: (CONTINENTAL NAVY BRIG LEXINGTON) HENRY JOHNSONEst. $800-$1,200
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(FOUNDING OF HARTFORD) JOHN STEEL: JOHN STEEL (1591-1665) British settler in the American colonies, appointed Massachusetts Bay Commissioner for new settlements on the Connecticut River 3 March 1635/6. Steel was the leader of the
0698: (FOUNDING OF HARTFORD) JOHN STEELEst. $400-$600
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(FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR) FORT EDWARD, N.Y.: Fort Edward, New York provisioning document, 1p. 12mo., June 17, 1757, in which officer John Burk asks merchant Josiah Brown to 'Let the bearer Samuel Elmor a Soldier in my Company have out of your
0699: (FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR) FORT EDWARD, N.Y.Est. $200-$300
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(KING WILLIAM’S WAR) JOHN WALLEY: JOHN WALLEY (1644-1712) Second-in-command of the New England forces under Sir William Phips. He led the 1,200-strong landing forces in an unsuccessful attempt to take the French shore positions under
0700: (KING WILLIAM’S WAR) JOHN WALLEYEst. $200-$300