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New York State] ALS 31 March 1797 – Abraham Van Vechten (1762-1837) to Stephen A. Bayard,...

[New York State] ALS 31 March 1797 – Abraham Van Vechten (1762-1837) to Stephen A. Bayard, Schenectady in response to a boundary dispute concerning the Stone Arabia Patent / accompanied by two (2) manuscript maps of the Stone Arabia Patent

Albany, NY: 1797. Letter – small folio, pen & ink on watermarked laid paper, 12.5” x 8”, wax seal broken resulting in small paper loss. Maps – pen, ink and water color on folio sheets laid paper, 17.5” x 21”, one partial fold separation closed.Documents overall very good condition. Van..... More

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Mato-Tope]. after, Karl Bodmer

[Mato-Tope]

likely Paris: Manuscript, c.1836-40. Anon., [Paris?], c.1836 -40. Gouache on laid paper, heavily sized both recto and verso, 17” x 12.25”. Mandan Indian Chief Mato-Tope with headdress, axe and war insignia. Undoubtedly executed in studio with Bodmer’s original watercolor at hand. The most obvious indication of this appears when Bodmer’s..... More

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At A Meeting of the board of Property, March 3rd 1806, On Petition of [Dr.] Robert H. Rose…....
Surveyor of Washington D.C., Andrew Ellicott As Secretary of the Pennsylvania Land Office

At A Meeting of the board of Property, March 3rd 1806, On Petition of [Dr.] Robert H. Rose…

Lancaster, Andrew Ellicott, 1806. Folio, 13” x 8”, 1 page , pen & ink on laid paper exhibiting watermark R G [Gravell 815-816, PM-81], boldly signed by Ellicott. Luzerne Co. District Surveyor George Haines copy, sent to him in the field at Wyalusing. Lightly toned at folds, tissue reinforcements on..... More

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Memorandum – 1792 manuscript account of a 44 day land survey expedition through northern...

Memorandum – 1792 manuscript account of a 44 day land survey expedition through northern Northumberland County Pennsylvania by a land agent likely in the employ of Samuel Wallis & James Wilson

Williamsport PA, Anon, 1792. Folio, 3 pp. pen & ink on laid paper without watermark, 13” x 8”. Two short fold separations with a few small edge chips, unsigned, nearly fine condition. Diarized travelogue of an unidentified land agent, likely in the employ of Samuel Wallis, from 29 July..... More

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Map or Draught of the Land late of Thomas Robinson Esqr Dec'd Situate in the County of Chester...
Spectacular ‘Mad’ Anthony Wayne Signed Pre-War Survey, signed also by John Morton

Map or Draught of the Land late of Thomas Robinson Esqr Dec'd Situate in the County of Chester and Province of Pennsylvania and now Pursuant to the annex’d Writ Divided by his heirs agreeable to the Under written Partition / Survey of 1773 / Anty Wayne

Chester County, PA: Henry Hayes, 1773. Anthony wayne. 1st. Prior to his service in the Revolutionary War, Anthony was a highly respected Chester County, Pennsylvania surveyor. Wayne’s survey expertise attracted the attention of Benjamin Franklin who employed Wayne in 1765 to survey a large tract of land in Nova Scotia..... More

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Original Manuscript Surveys and Valuation of Cicero and Hannibal Military Township Lots. Benjamin...
New York Military Township Lots

Original Manuscript Surveys and Valuation of Cicero and Hannibal Military Township Lots

By an act of the New York State Legislature on 11th of May,1784 granting certain lands promised to be given as bounty lands to Revolutionary War soldiers, initially 25 military townships were created and given classical names. Each township was subdivided into 100 lots of 600 acres each. Additional lots..... More

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EXONERATED From New York State Artillery MILITARY DUTY ~ after seven years faithful service,...
Remarkable War of 1812 Company Roll on Vellum

EXONERATED From New York State Artillery MILITARY DUTY ~ after seven years faithful service, Except An Invasion On Your COUNTRY or a REBELLION of it’s CITIZENS

New York, March 12th, George Thresher, 1810. Pen, ink and woodcut vignette on (4) four joined vellum membranes, 91.5” x 9.7” overall. Affixed with linen thread to a turned and ebonized maple rod, housed in the original gilt stamped roan case. Case exhibits minor rubbing wear and erosion of cover..... More

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CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, ADOPTED in convention at Philadelphia, September 17, 1787. To...

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, ADOPTED in convention at Philadelphia, September 17, 1787. To Which is added the Amendments Since Made.

New Haven: Baldwin & Ellis, 1833. Broadsheet, letterpress and woodcut, 30.7” x 21.5”. Rare letterpress broadside printing of the U.S. Constitution. Tile in six lines continued with the Preamble followed by Articles 1-7 signed in type by Geo. Washington, Pres’t [sic] and William Jackson, Secretary followed by amendments 1-13 arranged..... More

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A PERPETUAL ALMANACK, by which may be found in a few seconds time the DAY of the WEEK or MONTH...

A PERPETUAL ALMANACK, by which may be found in a few seconds time the DAY of the WEEK or MONTH Any YEAR to Come

Portland: G. Goold, January 1st 1805. Engraved broadside printed in blue, 13.7” x 18.5”. Upper and lower left corners expertly restored, backed with Japan tissue, some minor stains, overall about very good. A remarkably pleasant presentation by Akin decorated with architectural & floral elements with the title banner flanked by..... More

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Approaching Solar Eclipse. John Poulson

Approaching Solar Eclipse.

Philadelphia: John Poulson, 1806. Narrow folio broadside, two deckle edges, woodcut and letterpress, 21” x 9.5” overall. Rather rare broadside announcing the coming partial solar eclipse of 16 June, 1806 as predicted to be visible beginning at 9:42 in Philadelphia and ending at 12:35. A wonderful woodcut diagram illustrates the..... More

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IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776. THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION Of The Thirteen UNITED STATES OF AMERICA....

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776. THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION Of The Thirteen UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Boston: Boston Bewick Co., 1835. Stereotyped broadside on linen with hand colored border, 25.7” x 20.7”. Title in four lines consisting of four separate typefaces. The body arrangement is clearly influenced, almost precisely, by Benjamin Tyler’s 1819 printing, primarily using script interspersed with a variety of boldface ornamental types to..... More

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The State of South Carolina / Land Grant & 1000 acre for Survey Christopher Lewis, Orangeburg...

The State of South Carolina / Land Grant & 1000 acre for Survey Christopher Lewis, Orangeburg District

Columbia? Anon, 1793. Folio, letterpress completed in manuscript on laid paper with a smaller manuscript sheet containing a plat map and surveyor general’s certification, leaves bound with linen, docketed on verso, 11” x 16.5” overall. Revolutionary Major General William Moultrie grants 1000 acres adjoining Thomas Thackman’s lands in the Orangeburg..... More

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Map and Indenture Partitioning the Lands of Phillip French in the Province of East Jersey, County...
1722 Map of the First Indian Purchase in Somerset Co, NJ

Map and Indenture Partitioning the Lands of Phillip French in the Province of East Jersey, County of Somersett [sic].

Elizabeth, NJ, William Mackdowell & others, 1722. Pen, ink and gouache on vellum, 3 interleaved membranes two of which are 26” x 31” and one map measuring 15” x 13”. Four wax seals intact, docketed on verso “Secretar [sic] Office / Perth Amboy 1723 / Recorded in Libres D No..... More

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