The Historical Manuscripts and Autographs sale is on the 13th and continues on the 14th. It is 599 lots of letters, documents, newspapers and broadsides with a strong focus on Americana. Some appealing English material is also included.
Some interesting lots:
General Henry Burbeck Archive - Lot 35050
Rev War orderly book of General Grey - Lot 35028
Dwight Eisenhower Signed and inscribed photo - lot 35165
William Howard Taft Archive - Lot 35159
Thomas Jefferson ALS - lot 35128
Edgar Rice Burroughs Archive - Lot 35197
Benjamin Franklin - Join or die - Lot 35097
Poor Richards and Poor Rogers 1756 - Lot 35098
The Rare Books Auction is on the afternoon of Tuesday the 13th. Continuing on the 14th. As with prior sales the material offered is a sophisticated combination of books, broadsides, images and artwork. More than one hundred consignors have contributed material.
Some interesting lots:
37001 [The Aitken Bible]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Newly translated out of the Original Tongues... Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by R. Aitken, 1782. First edition, and the first printing in America of the complete Bible in English.
http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=6058&lotNo=37001
37006 Alexander Hamilton. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury to the House of Representatives Relative to a Provision for the Support of the Public Credit of the United States...Presented to the House on Thursday, the 14th Day of January 1790. New York: Francis Childs and John Swaine, 1790.
http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=6058&lotNo=37006
37009 Thomas Jefferson. Notes on the State of Virginia. Illustrated with a Map, including the States of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania. London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1787. First edition in English.
http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=6058&lotNo=37009
37014 [Claude R. Wickard]. Franklin D. Roosevelt. D-Day Prayer by President Franklin D. Roosevelt from the White House, June 6, 1944, Here Printed for His Friends at Christmastide 1944.Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, December 1944. Edition limited to 100 copies, of which this is number 9. Presentation copy, inscribed by the President to his Secretary of Agriculture: "For Claude R. Wickard / Christmastide 1944 / from Franklin D. Roosevelt."
