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May 2012 Auction

• Lot #1: Benedict Arnold in 1780 Accused of War Profiteering, Abuse of His Powers and Then Spying for the British Unbelievably Writes: ''...My character has been most cruelly and unjustly aspersed...''

  

  Number Bids: 0

  Minimum Bid: $1,000

  Current Bid: None

  
  

• Lot #2: Revolutionary War General William Barton Petitions the Vermont General Assembly for His Release From Debtor's Prison -- ''...pay attention...to an old man...imprisoned in this place...''

  

  Number Bids: 0

  Minimum Bid: $100

  Current Bid: None

  
  

• Lot #3: Declaration Signer George Clymer Autograph Letter Signed Regarding a Slave Exchange -- ''...Captain Litle proposed...to exchange his black girl registered in Penn'a for Judy...'' -- 1768

  

  Number Bids: 0

  Minimum Bid: $500

  Current Bid: None

  
  

• Lot #4: Exceptionally Beautiful Force 1843 Copper Plate Engraving of the Declaration

  

  Number Bids: 0

  Minimum Bid: $1,000

  Current Bid: None

  
  

• Lot #5: 1876 Centenntial Printing of the Declaration of Independence -- America Turns 100 Years Old

  

  Number Bids: 0

  Minimum Bid: $100

  Current Bid: None

  
  

• Lot #6: Autograph Letter by Declaration of Independence Signer William Ellery

  

  Number Bids: 0

  Minimum Bid: $100

  Current Bid: None

  
  

• Lot #7: 1792 ''Gazette of the United States'' -- Construction in Washington D.C. Begins as the New Nation's Capital

  

  Number Bids: 0

  Minimum Bid: $100

  Current Bid: None

  
  

• Lot #8: Benjamin Franklin 1785 Document Signed as President of Pennsylvania -- Excellent, Bold Signature

  

  Number Bids: 2

  Minimum Bid: $1,000

  Current Bid: $6,134

  
  

• Lot #9: 1765 Announcement of the Stamp Act & Colonists' Outrage -- ''...by virtue of a commission of his majesty, gave the royal assent...for laying a stamp duty in the British colonies in America...''

  

  Number Bids: 0

  Minimum Bid: $500

  Current Bid: None

  
  

• Lot #10: General Nathanael Greene Revolutionary War Autograph Letter Signed Regarding Failed British Leadership -- ''Was there ever a nation who barter'd away her territory in such a foolish maner?''

  

  Number Bids: 0

  Minimum Bid: $1,000

  Current Bid: None

  
  

• Lot #11: Elizabeth Hamilton, Widow of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, 1849 Letter Signed to President Taylor

  

  Number Bids: 0

  Minimum Bid: $100

  Current Bid: None

  
  

• Lot #12: John Hancock Signs a Document in 1793, The Last Year of His Life -- for a Bounty on Hemp

  

  Number Bids: 1

  Minimum Bid: $500

  Current Bid: $733

  
  

• Lot #13: Patrick Henry 1779 Autograph Letter Signed as Governor of Virginia to Benjamin Harrison, Declaration Signer & Speaker of the Virginia House, Regarding the Capture of a Female British Spy

  

  Number Bids: 0

  Minimum Bid: $1,000

  Current Bid: None

  
  

• Lot #14: Enlightenment Philosopher David Hume on Vociferous Debate on the Stamp Act -- ''...the King had said...he was for the repeal of the Stamp Act...The King has since said, that this was a mistake...''

  

  Number Bids: 1

  Minimum Bid: $1,000

  Current Bid: $1,000

  
  

• Lot #15: Written Days After Benedict Arnold Captures and Destroys Richmond Which Makes Thomas Jefferson Flee, the Governor Asks that the Troops Halt Action for 1 Day to Add to Their Numbers & Refresh

  

  Number Bids: 0

  Minimum Bid: $1,000

  Current Bid: None

  
  

• Lot #16: Scared Governor Thomas Jefferson March 1781 Letter Signed Stating the the British Have Arrived in Virginia As He Readies for the Conflict of Lafayette's Troops & Benedict Arnold's Raiders

  

  Number Bids: 1

  Minimum Bid: $1,000

  Current Bid: $2,860

  
  

• Lot #17: Lafayette Letter Signed Just After Arriving in Virginia in Early 1781 Where by the Fall, the British Would Surrender -- He Writes of His Strategy But Notes He Is Hampered by No Ammunition

  

  Number Bids: 0

  Minimum Bid: $1,000

  Current Bid: None

  
  

• Lot #18: Lafayette Writes Re: the Virginia Campaign to Pin Down Cornwallis Just Four Months Before Yorktown's Surrender Noting That the Enemy Has Left Richmond and Was Possibly Headed to Williamsburg

  

  Number Bids: 0

  Minimum Bid: $500

  Current Bid: None

  
  

• Lot #19: Four Months Until the Yorktown Surrender, Lafayette Writes About the Continuing Theme Since the Days of Valley Forge for the American Army -- Lack of Supplies, Especially Ammunition & Shoes

  

  Number Bids: 0

  Minimum Bid: $1,000

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• Lot #20: Lafayette, Acting on an Intercepted Letter to Cornwallis, Asks for Reinforcements ''To Come as Fast as Possible'' as He States ''...We are Near the Enemy...'' -- Just 4 Months Until Surrender

  

  Number Bids: 0

  Minimum Bid: $1,000

  Current Bid: None

  
  

• Lot #21: Lafayette Letter Signed Re: Cornwallis' Final Stand -- ''...The enemy are fortifying at York...vessels are gone to bring some of the troops remaining at Portsmouth. Lord Cornwallis is at York...''

  

  Number Bids: 0

  Minimum Bid: $1,000

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• Lot #22: Lafayette: ''...From the time...the ennemy appear at the mouth of Pottowmack, I can in 4 days be with you...that having been frustrated [entering] Richmond, the ennemy will [go] to Frederisburg...''

  

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• Lot #23: Correctly Ascertaining that the British Are Sailing to Yorktown Just Three Months Before the Surrender There, Lafayette Writes General Weedon Asking for More Intelligence on Future Moves

  

  Number Bids: 0

  Minimum Bid: $1,000

  Current Bid: None

  
  

• Lot #24: Gloucester, Across the River From Yorktown, Two Months Before the Surrender Was Made, Lafayette Writes That Cornwallis Is There With His Whole Force as the Aforementioned Readies U.S. Troops

  

  Number Bids: 0

  Minimum Bid: $1,000

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• Lot #25: With Corwallis' Surrender 2 Months Away, Lafayette Worries That the Enemy Will Attack & Promises ''...every means for the defence of Fredericksburg till I can throw in my assistance...''

  

  Number Bids: 0

  Minimum Bid: $1,000

  Current Bid: None