Henkels: Valuable Collection OF Autograph Letters OF Generals in the Revolution. Signers of the Declaration, Presidents of the United States, Statesmen, Authors, Poets, Crowned Heads and other Noted Personages. GATHERED BY HON. BELMONT PERRY, OF WOODBURY, N. J. TO, 821PartIV,

Auction Details

Auction Date
January 01, 1899 - January 01, 1899
Page Size: 387 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2330 Tuckerman, Henry T. Poet and Essayist a. l. s. New York

May 21, 1866

USD - Unknown
2331 Tuckerman, Henry T. a. l. s. New York

March 15, 1851

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2332 Taylor, Benj. F. Author and Editor of the Chicago Evening Journal Autograph Poem, "The Northern Lights," signed

May 20, 1894

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2333 Tupper, Martin F. Poet a. d. s.

Jan. 17, 1877

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2334 Vincent, Frank, Jr. Author a. l. s. Tarrytown

May 5, 1876

USD - Unknown
2335 Watson, Elkanah. Agriculturist and Writer a. l. s.

No date

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2336 Whipple Edwin P. Essayist a. l. s. Boston

Nov. 16, 1871

USD - Unknown
2337 Warner Chas. D. Popular Author a. l. s. Hartford

April 11, 1874

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2338 Waterbury, Jared B. Clergyman and Poet a. l. s.

Dec. 18, 1860

USD - Unknown
2339 Williams, Sam'l W. Orientalist Autograph Poem, signed with initials, entitled "The Return" Utica

March 9, 1833

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2340 Wordsworth, Wm. Eminent English Poet a. l. s.

No date

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2341 Willis. N. P. Popular Poet and Miscellaneons Writer a. l. s. Philad.

Dec. 25, no year

USD - Unknown
2342 Whittier, Jno. G. Popular Poet and Abolitionist Autograph Poem of two verses, signed

May 5, 1865

USD - Unknown
2343 Carey, Henry C. Political Economist and Author a. l. s. Pottsville

Feb'y 4, 1852

USD - Unknown
2344 Amherst, Jeffrey, Baron. Celebrated British General l. s.

Feb. 9, 1795

USD - Unknown
2345 Allen, James. Officer in the Revolution. Brother-in-law to Gov. Jno. Perm a. l. s. 4 pp. 4to. Philad., Jan. 28, 1772. To Gov. Jno. Penn Philad.

Jan. 28, 1772

USD - Unknown
2346 Bonaparte, Joseph. Eldest Brother of Napoleon I. King of Spain a. l. s.

Dec. 26, 1828

USD - Unknown
2347 Burr, Aaron. Vice President of the U. S. Killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel a. l. s.

Aug. 17, 1802

USD - Unknown
2348 Barnum, Phineas T. Philanthropist and Humbug a. l. s.

No date

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2349 Bernadotte, Johan. King of Sweden and Norway. Marshal of France l. s.

No date

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2350 Buchanan, James. President of the U. S. a. l. s. Washington

July 18, 1840

USD - Unknown
2351 Boudinot, Elias. President of the Continental Congress a. l. s. Burlington

July 7, 1807

USD - Unknown
2352 Bowler, Metcalf. Member of the Stamp Act Congress. The first to announce, in a public way, resistance to the Royal authority d. s.

Jan. 18, 1776

USD - Unknown
2353 Boscawen, Edward. British Admiral. With Amherst, he captured Louisburg d. s.

May 28, 1741

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2354 Bladen, Thos. Colonial Gov. of Maryland d. s.

Nov. 26, 1741

USD - Unknown
2355 Boyle, Jno. Eminent Jurist a. l. s.

March 29, 1838

USD - Unknown
2356 Burch, Jos. Early Maryland Merchant a. l. s. 2 pp. Folio. Annapolis, July 29, 1748. To Thos. Hancock Annapolis

July 29, 1748

USD - Unknown
2357 Cobb, Howell. Sec. of War. Maj.-Gen. in the Confederate Army l. s. Milledgeville

Jan. 5, 1852

USD - Unknown
2358 Chandler, Jno. Member of the Albany Convention a. d. s.

May 13, 1717

USD - Unknown
2359 Clinton, De Witt. Statesman a. l. s. Albany

April 21, 1821PartIV

USD - Unknown
2360 Dearborn, Henry. One of Washington's Staff. Sec. of War. Maj.-Gen. in U. S. Army a. l. s. Lisbon

Aug. 5, 1822

USD - Unknown
2361 Davis, Jefferson. Eminent Statesman. President of the Southern Confederacy a. l. s. Beauvoir

Jan. 5, 1883

USD - Unknown
2362 Du Barry, Comtesse. Mistress of Louis XV. Executed as a Royalist a. n. s.

Sep. 9, 1790

USD - Unknown
2363 Early, Jubal E. Maj.-Gen. in the Confederate States Army The un-reconstructed l. s.

Dec. 4, 1863

USD - Unknown
2364 Ericsson, John. Inventor of the Iron Clad "Monitor" a. l. s.

June 27, 1857

USD - Unknown
2365 Eldon, John Scott, Earl of. Lord Chancellor of England a. l. s.

USD - Unknown
2366 Frederick the Great. King of Prussia l. s.

June 20, 1773

USD - Unknown
2367 Franklin, Sir Wm. Son of Benj Franklin. Governor of New Jersey a. l. s. 2 pp. 4to. Elizabethtown, April 7, 1759. To his "Dearest Betsy" Elizabethtown

April 7, 1759

USD - Unknown
2367a George III, King of Great Britain d. s.

April 23, 1803

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2368 Greeley, Horace. Journalist and Author a. l. s. New York

Aug. 28, 1864

USD - Unknown
2369 Hayes, Dr. J. J. Famous Arctic Explorer a. l. s. New York

May 5, 1874

USD - Unknown
2370 Hayne, Robert Y. Celebrated Orator. Statesman and Nullifier a. l. s. Washington

Jan. 28, 1825

USD - Unknown
2371 Logan, James. Wm. Penn's Secretary; Governed Pa. as President of Council a. l. s. Trenton

Jan 11, 1736

USD - Unknown
2372 Louis XVI. King of France and Friend of America d. s.

May 22, 1792

USD - Unknown
2373 Louis XIII. King of France Parchment d. s.

Sept. 1, 1641

USD - Unknown
2374 Louis Philippe. King of France a. n. s.

March 15, 1836

USD - Unknown
2375 Louis XIV. King of France. "The Great" d. s. Versailles

1682

USD - Unknown
2376 Magruder, Jno. B. Maj.-Gen'l in the Confederate States Army l. s. 3 pp. 4to. Head Quarters, Yorktown, Oct. 1861. To Gov. Letcher Head Quarters, Yorktown

Oct. 1861

USD - Unknown
2377 Martin, Alex. Officer in the Revolution. Member of the Federal Convention. Governor of N. C. a. l. s.

Jan. 30, 1783

USD - Unknown
2378 Napoleon Buonaparte. The Great Emperor of the French, and greatest of European Generals d. s.

USD - Unknown
2379 Price Sterling. Maj. Gen'l Confederate States Army l. s. Camden, Ark.

June 19, 1864

USD - Unknown
2380 Peters, Richard. Pastor of Christ Church, Phila., and Secretary to the Proprietors of Penna d. s.

Sep. 24, 1771

USD - Unknown
2381 Peters Richd. a. l. s. 2 pp. 4to. Phila., July 6, 1771. To Jno. Penn Phila.

July 6, 1771

USD - Unknown
2382 Pickering, Timothy. Quartermaster-Gen'l of the Revolutionary Army, P. M. General a. l. s.

May 26, 1794

USD - Unknown
2383 Phillips, Wendell. Abolitionist and Orator a. l. s.

July 4, 1873

USD - Unknown
2384 Seward, Wm. H. Secretary of State a. l. s.

March 26, 1845

USD - Unknown
2385 Sumner, Chas. Eminent Statesman a. l. s. Boston

Oct. 9, 1864

USD - Unknown
2386 Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de. Prince of Benevento. Celebrated Diplomatist l. s. Paris

1803

USD - Unknown
2387 Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de l. s. Paris

1800

USD - Unknown
2388 Tasker, Benj. Member of the Albany Convention a. l. s. Annapolis

May 26, 1767

USD - Unknown
2389 Vauban, Antoine Le Prestre, Comte de. Famous General under Louis XIV d. s.

1719

USD - Unknown
2390 Vestris, Mlle. Marie Rose. A Celebrated French Actress a. l. 4to. To Marquis de Marigny

USD - Unknown
2391 Varnuin, Jos. B. General in the Revolutionary War. Speaker of the House and President of the Senate a. d. s. Boston

March 6, 1790

USD - Unknown
2392 Wraxall, Sir Nathaniel W. English Statesman and Historical Writer a. l. s.

Jan. 19, 1807

USD - Unknown
2393 West, Benj. Eminent Painter. President of the Royal Academy a. l. s.

Dec. 9, 1800

USD - Unknown
2394 Worthington, Jno. Member of the Albany Convention a. l. s. Springfield

March 5, 1787

USD - Unknown
2395 Brice, James. Governor of Maryland a. l. s....

USD - Unknown
2396 Miscellaneous. a. l. s....

USD - Unknown
2397 Authors and other Eminent Men. a. l. s. or l. s....

USD - Unknown
2398 Judges, etc. a. l. s. or l. s....

USD - Unknown
2399 Clergymen. a. l. s., l. s. or d. s. of Chas. H. Hall. Sam'l G. Ball, H.Clay Trumbull, Jas. Abercrombie, J. O. B. Hodges, R. B. Fairbatrn, E. Thomson, D. R. Goodwin, B. Sears, etc.

USD - Unknown
2400 Lot of Signatures of Eminent Americans

USD - Unknown
2401 Adams, John Quincy. Sixth President of the U. S. a. l. s. Hague

Feb'y 3, 1795

USD - Unknown
2402 Buchanan, James. Fifteenth President of the U. S. a. l. s.

No date

USD - Unknown
2403 Buchanan, James d. s. (commission) Washington

June 4, 1858

USD - Unknown
2404 Fillmore, Millard. Thirteenth President of the U. S. a. l. s. Buffalo

Oct. 29, 1856

USD - Unknown
2405 Grant, U. S. Eighteenth President of the U. S., and One of the Greatest Generals of Modern Times a. l. s. Galena

Sep 11, 1880

USD - Unknown
2406 Grant, U. S. d. s. Washington

March 26, 1869

USD - Unknown
2407 Harrison, Wm. Henry. Ninth President of the U. S. a. l. s. Cincinnati

Nov. 28, 1821PartIV

USD - Unknown
2408 Johnson, Andrew. Sixteenth President of the U. S. a. d. s.

USD - Unknown
2409 Lincoln, Abraham. Sixteenth President of the U. S. d. s. Washington

March 27, 1861

USD - Unknown
2410 Polk, James K. Eleventh President of the U. S. a. l. s. Columbia, Tenn.

Sep. 11, 1837

USD - Unknown
2411 Pierce, Franklin. Fourteenth President of the U. S. d. s. Washington

Oct. 25, 1856

USD - Unknown
2412 Van Buren, Martin. Eighth President of the U. S. a. l. s. Washington

Dec. 10, 1834

USD - Unknown
2413 Spinner, Francis B. Treasurer of the U. S. a. l. s. Washington

June 4, 1866

USD - Unknown
2414 Johnson, Reverdy. Atty-Gen'l of the U. S. a. l. s....

Jan'y 22, 1867

USD - Unknown
2415 Wilson, Henry. Vice President of the U. S. a. l. s.

March 28, 1861

USD - Unknown
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