RUFUS KING Free frank folded letter sheet, addr to LeRoy & Bayard in NYC (largest merchant company at the time), docketed Nov 1794 when he was a Senator from New York, Philadelphia Franklin mark, "FREE" hs & ms "Free R King" at UR, King was also a signer of the Constitution & unsuccessful candidate for president in 1816 (Image)

Est. US$140-180 LE

RUFUS KING 1793 One-page letter signed at bottom by the Founding Father who at this time was a Senator from New York; written from the capital of Philadelphia Jan 15, 1793, mentioning an appointment to a bank; VF (Image)

Est. US$150-200 LE

BENJAMIN LINCOLN 1796 Part-printed customs document, signed at bottom "B Lincoln" as Collector at the Port of Boston; he was a general in the Revolutionary War, participating in Saratoga, Charleston and Yorktown; document levies tariffs on nine barrels of coffee arriving from Guadeloupe; also signed by James Lovell, Naval officer at the port who also fought in the Revolution & was a member of the Continental Congress; print of Lincoln included; VF (Image)

Est. US$200-300 LE

TIMOTHY PICKERING Secretary of State under George Washington, Nov. 1797 free frank folded letter sheet to New York, Franklin mark, black "FREE" hs & ms "Free / T. Pickering" at UR; weak along folds w/ some separation (Image)

Est. US$140-180 SE

Interesting Document, 1833 War Department ~ Revolutionary Claim part-printed form, stating Henry Lewis of Ohio was a private in the "Army of the Revolution" & is entitled to receive $26.66 per year until death; signed by acting Secretary of War John Robb; flattened folds, F-VF (Image)

Est. US$140-180 LE

Pennsylvania Land Grant 1806 parchment signed by Founding Father & Governor Thomas McKean, selling a 1,099 acre parcel of land in Tioga County to Thomas Willing; part-printed, handwritten info includes land boundaries (incl a hickory and chestnut oak trees) and cost of $23.67 lawful money; large fancy star shaped state seal by signature w/ two additional seals on verso; also signed by James Trimble and Timothy Matlack (whose good penmanship led him to be chosen to inscribe the original Declaration of Independence on vellum); Gov McKean was also previously governor of Delaware, signed the Declaration & was in the Continental Congress; folded, VF (Image)

Est. US$140-180 LE

December 1777 State of the Massachusetts Bay Treasury Cert, floreate borders, soldier & sword at UL & scroll "Independence," surrounded by an ouroboros; Francis Bowman lent 50 pounds 1 shilling, for 6% interest until March 1781, signed by treasurer Henry Gardner & three others; previously folded (one area separation), some typical foxing, F-VF (Image)

Est. US$140-180 LE

1738 Indenture for a farm in Scituate, Colony of Rhode Island, signed twice at bottom by Stephen Hopkins, a future pre-revolutionary RI governor & signer of the Declaration of Independence; folded in quarters, evidence of moisture & foxing, but both signatures strong (Image)

Est. US$150-250 LE

New York City 1796 liquor license, actually a license to operate "an Inn or Tavern for retailing strong or spirituous Liquors," printed form filled out for Matthew Howell, signed at bottom by Mayor Richard Varick; document states that no cock-fighting, billiard tables or card playing shall take place on the premises; folded, faint foxing, F-VF (Image)

Est. US$150-250 LE

Pennsylvania Land Grant 1796 document signed by first Governor Thomas Mifflin, selling a parcel of land in Luzerne County to Henry Drinker, a well-known family name in the Philadelphia region; part-printed, handwritten info includes land boundaries & cost of "four pounds five shillings lawful money" even though the Pennsylvania pound was replaced by the U.S. dollar in 1793; large fancy star shaped state seal & additional smaller seal (Image)

Est. US$150-200 LE

(3) State of Connecticut Pay Table Office pay orders, each to diff person dated 1783-85, each signed by Founding Father and future CT governor Oliver Wolcott among others; Wolcott signed the Declaration of Independence & Articles of Confederation and served under George Washington in the War; previously folded w/ some separations at folds, F+ (Image)

Est. US$150-250 LE

Collection 1840s-80s documents & corresp from or to various Pennsylvania politicians, incl governors, legislators & judges; many are IDed & there is much content; letterhead incl government offices, railroad, lawyer; governors incl Curtin, Beaver, Hartranft & Geary; gen F-VF (Image)

Est. US$250-350 B

Part-printed 1824 Treasury Dept mailed document signed by Thomas Tudor Tucker, 3rd Treasurer of the U.S., a Revolutionary War surgeon & politician from South Carolina; Tucker also signed front of folded letter for a free frank, black "FREE" & "Washn City" postal markings; addr to Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story at Salem, Mass., sending him $1,125; flattened for display, only minor wear, VF (Image)

Est. US$300-400 LE

1799 Handwritten Promissory Note, written & signed by Founding Father & Philadelphia merchant George Clymer, one of only six men who signed both the Declaration & the Constitution; $2360 was borrowed from Samuel Meredith, the 2nd Treasurer of the US (1789-1801), who signed this document twice; the two men were also brothers-in-law; on revenue stamped paper (Pennsylvania 30¢ Scott RM179), light stains at L don't affect signatures; F-VF (Image)

Est. US$400-500 LE

Huge Collection Signatures of men connected to the Revolutionary War, military or political; abt (155) items incl documents & letters pre-Revolution, during, and after when many went on to other positions in American life; selected signatures w/ date if known: Richard Varick 1789, Benedict Arnold (1777 cut, not certified), Isaac Shelby, Robert van Rensselaer, Oliver Prescott, Zebulon Pike (damaged 1813 procurement order), David Ogden 1763 (Loyalist), Benjamin Lincoln, Thomas Mifflin 1784, Tobias Lear 1816 (private secretary to GW), James Wilson (signer of Declaration), Experience Storrs, James Irvine 1785 payment note, William Pinkney, Charles Carroll, signor of Declaration, 1830 check, DeWitt Clinton 1804 letter, Ezra l'Hommedieu, Guy Johnson, William Moultrie 1793 land grant; noted seals, many financial docs, free frank letters, a few are just cuts; prolific collector incl annotations, bios & receipts of purchase; interesting content & window into turbulent times; F++ (Image)

Est. US$1,500-2,000 HWC-L

AVIATION Luminaries' signatures; B&W photo of aviator Victor Carlstrom in plane; notations date the photo to Nov 2, 1916 New York Times experimental airmail flight from Chicago to New York; photo is signed by Vic, G. H. Curtiss, Henry Woodhouse (secretary of the Aero Club of America) and A.S. Burleson, Postmaster; German RPC of Dornier Do-X on water, signed by prolific passenger Clara Adams; 1947 25¢ airmail stamp cacheted FDC signed by Chuck Yeager; 1916 photo affixed to paper backing, all VF (Image)

Est. US$350-450 LE

SIMON BOLIVAR Undated short letter to "my dear friend," expressing his love for Colombians, signed "Bolivar" at bottom, previously folded, still VF; bonus 1992 Ecuador 100 sucre banknote w/ his portrait (Image)

Est. US$400-500 LE

JOHN H BRADLEY, signed 3¢ Iwo Jima plate block #929, Bradley was Navy Corpsman with the patrol that captured the top of Mount Suribachi & raised the 1st US flag on Feb 23, 1945 (Image)

Est. US$150-200 LE

KIT CARSON Strong signature on small paper slip, appears to have characteristics of genuine autographs, VF (Image)

Est. US$150-200 LE

NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN 1935 typed letter by his secretary, on letterhead, replying to an American autograph collector, stating no photograph was available but that Chamberlain would sign below, which he did; he was Chancellor of the Exchequer & would soon be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; previously folded, VF (Image)

Est. US$200-300 LE

CONGRESS (2) Free Frank envs for famous congressmen, both addr to Bank of Commerce in NYC; undated w/ blue Baltimore cds, ms "Free H. Clay" at UR; 1848 US Express Mail Boston red cds, red "FREE" & ms "Danl Webster / U.S. Senate" at UR; collector has included engraved portraits of Henry Clay & Daniel Webster (Image)

Est. US$150-250 LE

SUPREME COURT (4) Covers franked w/ 1964 Red Cross stamp, signed by Justices Hugo Black, Potter Stewart, Byron White & William Douglas; some foxing to envs, F-VF (Image)

Est. US$150-200 LE

SUPREME COURT & similar autographs, incl Sandra Day O'Connor signed card; Thurgood Marshall signed cover; Learned Hand letter; Abe Fortas, R.B. Taney (2), John Sirica, others; also several secretarial, autopen or questionable incl 1882 letter signed "Warren & Brandeis" (Louis Brandeis), RFK, Lodge; a few BEP engravings as well; gen F-VF (Image)

Est. US$300-400 LE

EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES Undated official envelope sent "By King's Messenger" to Sir Sidney Greville at Buckingham Palace who served as Comptroller to the Prince of Wales (1915-20); addressed & signed in his own hand as "Edward P"; some margin wear & folds, one through "P"; Edward became King Edward VIII for less than a year in 1936 before abdicating over his relationship with an American divorcee; incl 2009 RR Auction COA, a FDC for the stamps issued while king (Scott #230, 232-33) & a couple of booklet panes; own a piece of royal drama (Image)

Est. US$400-500 LE

JOHN FREMONT "The Pathfinder," explorer, Senator, candidate for president, Civil War figure & many other roles; handwritten one-page letter declining a speaking engagement in Northampton, Mass. due to a busy schedule, dated Jan 7, 1856, at NYC, by June he was selected as the newly-formed Republican Party's first ever presidential candidate; VF (Image)

Est. US$300-400 LE