Potter and Potter Auctions: How History Unfolds on Paper: Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part IX, 1180, Chicago

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Auction Date
April 18, 2024 - April 18, 2024
Page Size: 554 items in 23 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
100 PAINE, Thomas (1737-1809), editor.

The Pennsylvania Magazine: or, American Monthly Museum for June 1776.

Philadelphia 1776 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,800.00
102 BEAUREGARD, Pierre Gustave Toutant (1818-1893).

Autograph telegram signed on Beauregard's behalf by a clerk ("G.T. Beauregard") to the Confederate States Secretary of War L.P. Walker, announcing the beginning of the Civil War and the firing on Fort Sumter, Charleston, 13 April 1861.

1861 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
103 [FORT WILLIAM AUGUSTUS].

Manuscript document, 1 February 1770.

1770 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 120.00
104 [FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790) and David HALL (1714-1772), printers].

The Pennsylvania Gazette.

Philadelphia 1748 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,200.00
105

Autograph letter signed, London, 28 October 1755.

London 1755 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 180.00
106 SHIPPEN III, Edward (1703-1781).

Autograph letter signed ("Edw. Shippen") to his son, Col. Joseph Shippen, Lancaster, 2 March 1758.

Lancaster 1758 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 360.00
107 HARRISON, Benjamin (1726-1791).

Document signed ("Benj Harrison") as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier, Council Chamber, Richmond, 20 June 1783.

Richmond 1783 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 10,800.00
108

Supplement to the Providence Gazette. Attempt to cut down a liberty pole.

Providence 1770 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,080.00
109

Carriers' Address to the Patrons of the Native Eagle and American Advocate for the Year 1847.

Philadelphia 1847 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 120.00
110

The Humble Address of the House of Commons to the Queen. No. 23

London 1703 USD 250.00 - 450.00 USD 150.00
111

The Present State of Europe; or, The Historical and Political Monthly Mercury.

London 1713 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 360.00
112 [REVERE, Paul (1735-1818)].

The Independent Chronicle, and the Universal Advertiser.

Boston 1781 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 270.00
113 SMITH, James (1737-1813).

Autograph document signed ("James Smith"), 5 February 1777.

1777 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,020.00
114

At a Meeting of the Governor and Council of Safety, holden at Hartford, 30th June, A.D.

1780 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 420.00
115

The Edinburgh Advertiser. Anthony Wayne and the storming of Stony Point.

Edinburgh 1779 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
116 GEORGE, Daniel.

George's Cambridge Almanack; or, The Essex Calendar, for the Year of Redemption, 1776.

Salem 1775 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 600.00
117 [HOWARD, William Col. (c. 1748-1822), his copy].

State of Massachusetts-Bay. 25 January 1777. Broadside

1777 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
118

King George III Declares War Against their American Colonies in The Town and Country Magazine; or Universal Repository... [London: Printed for A.

1775 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 180.00
119 SCHUYLER, Major General Philip (1733-1804).

Manuscript Invoice Sent to General Schuyler for Supplies for the Invasion of Quebec.

Philadelphia 1776 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 600.00
120

Two Documents Related to the Pay of the Widow of Nicolas Manvil, a Soldier Killed at the Wyoming Massacre During the American Revolution. Including: Autograph Document.

Wyoming Pennsylvania 1783 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 300.00
121

The London Evening-Post. The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union.

London 1777 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 480.00
122

The New Jersey Gazette. Maryland's opposition to the Articles of Confederation.

Trenton 1779 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 330.00
123

The Salem Gazette. Nearing the end of the Revolutionary War and Benjamin Franklin in Paris.

Salem 1782 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
124

Supplement to the Boston-Gazette, &c. of (No. 790).

Boston 1770 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
125

A Silk Broadside Elegy for the Death of Captain Samuel Treat of the Continental Artillery who Died at the Siege of Fort Mifflin, 11 November 1777.

1777 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,920.00
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