Early American: History Auction, 72625, Rancho Santa Fe

Auction Details

Auction Date
July 26, 2025 - July 26, 2025
Page Size: 143 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
27

1790 Extensive Letter to 1st United States Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert at Georgetown, Maryland

1790 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
28 ALLEN TRIMBLE

ALLEN TRIMBLE, Ohio Governor's Response to the South Carolina "Nullification" Threat

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
29 Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed to Obert, Natrona County Democratic Central Committee July 29th, 1964 "Presidents are responsible to themselves and to history for their decisions..."

1964 USD 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
30 John Wilcocks

1787 John Wilcocks in Philadelphia Financial Letter to Nicholas Low in New York City Regarding a Prior Debt

1787 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
31 Pownal

"A View of the City of Boston the Capital of NEW ENGLAND, in North America - Drawn on the Spot by his Excellency Governor Pownal. 1757." Later Engraved Print

1757. Print c. 1830 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
33

Large Group Lot of Early American Made Useful Items

c. 1600-1860 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
34

Choice Circulated Eighty Dollars January 14th, 1779 Note

1779 USD 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
35

Scarce "Thick Paper" Virginia Note of May 4, 1778 Issue

1778 USD 550.00 - 750.00 Unknown
36

Museum Quality Revolutionary War Soldier's Camp Barrel Powder Keg / Canteen Use with Two Metal Pour Spouts

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
37

1779 Continental Army "Regimental Court Martial" Signed "Hercules Mooney" Rhode Island Unit Soldiers' Infractions

1779 USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 Unknown
38

"Ralph Farnham" Signature the Last Bunker Hill Survivor

USD 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
39

Scarce Steel Engraving of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney after an original Painting by Alonzo Chappel

USD 180.00 - 240.00 Unknown
40

c.1800 George Washington Engraved Portrait on Illustrated Sheet Music for "The Battle of Prague" Boston Price 1 Doll.

1800 USD 1,000.00 - 1,400.00 Unknown
41

Group Lot Prints and Related Items to George Washington

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
44

c. 1808 Political Circular Democratic Republicans Warn Against a Federalist Resurgence in Wake of the Embargo Act

1808 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
45

Partially-Printed Document Signed by Eight Litchfield, Connecticut Men Each Signing in "Support the War 1812"

c.1812 USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
46

"My Dog and Gun." Satyrical War of 1812 Era Broadside Printed & Sold No. 25 High Street, Providence Rhode Island

1812 USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
47

1847 Mexican-American War War Letter From Robert Klotz Lt. in 2nd PA. Volunteers to Adjutant General Roger Jones

1847 USD 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
48

1792 Book "The Foresters, An American Tale: a Sequel to the History of John Bull the Clothier" Isaiah Thomas Boston

1792 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
49

1797 Tennessee Document - Molly Hance's Bond of $4,000

1797 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
50

1798 Original Federal "Naturalization Act" Considered Part of the "Alien and Sedition Acts" passed by John Adams

1798 USD 2,800.00 - 3,600.00 Unknown
51

1801 Methodist Minister Puts Up a $1,500 Current Money Bond to State of Virginia Governor James Monroe (Future President) to Officially and Legally be Allowed to Perform "Acts of Marriage" and Not to Perform Unlawful Marriages such as are Incestuous, Forc

1801 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
52

"THE VIRGINIA ADDRESS." Presidents James Madison and James Monroe Both Oppose the Election of Andrew Jackson Imprint

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
53

1837 U.S. Army Document to Andrew Kenton Believed to be the Grandson of famed Frontiersman Simon Kenton

1837 USD 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
54

1844 New York City Rawdon, Wright & Hatch Banknote Printer's Affidavit of 1,000 Impressions Having Been Made

1844 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
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    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
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