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Raynors' HCA September 17th & 18th Auction
8:00 AM PT - Sep 17th, 2008

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1687 West Buck Hill Rd
Burlington, NC 27215
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492 Items

Lot Description Estimates
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1 Lot 1

1716 Swearing Complaint
Autograph Document Signed, "E. Brenton" (1687-1766) who ser...

200
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300
2 Lot 2

An Ancestor of Ralph Waldo Emerson and a Known Slave
Ledger sheet, 2p. folio, headlined Boston, New England, Nove...

300
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500
3 Lot 3

Letter to Boston describing King George III receptio
Autograph Letter Signed, "David Merick" 2p. folio, London, D...

1,000
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1,500
4 Lot 4

French Indian War Receipt for Future Major General S
Manuscript Document Signed, 1p. oblong octavo, March 29, 176...

200
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300
4 Bids
5 Lot 5

1762 - The Charters and Acts of Assembly of the Prov
Book, "The Charters and Acts of Assembly of The Province of ...

1,000
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1,500
6 Lot 6

Interesting Three Piece Colonial Group
Includes, Newspaper Pennsylvania Chronicle, March 9, 1767, 4...

100
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200
7 Bids
7 Lot 7

Three Revolutionary War Mnauscripts
Group of three Revolutionary War manuscripts, includes: Rece...

300
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500
8 Lot 8

Protesting the Townshend Acts
Newspaper, "The Pennsylvania Gazette," November 9, 1769, 4pp...

100
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3 Bids
9 Lot 9

Revolutionary War British General's Letter
AUGUSTINE PREVOST (1725-1786) British general who fought and...

500
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750
3 Bids
10 Lot 10

He Accompanied Lyttleton on his Disasterous Cheroke
BULL, William II (1710-1791) Son of William Bull, who had al...

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2 Bids
11 Lot 11

Lexington Minutemen Signed This Book
A fine grouping of at least twenty documents signed by vario...

3,000
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5,000
18 Bids
12 Lot 12

A Very Rare Flintlock Gun Terminology Document & Re
A fine pair of early American gun documents, includes: A two...

750
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1,000
1 Bid
13 Lot 13

Petition of Samuel Hodgkinson to a Position in the
War-date Manuscript Document Signed, "Jona. Jones Capt."; "W...

750
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1,000
14 Lot 14

A TORY Publisher Buys Land in Philadelphia - 1776
Colonial land deed, July 1, 1776, 1pp., folio, vellum, scoll...

200
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300
1 Bid
15 Lot 15

Only Two Days After Independence, A Captured Tory W
Autograph letter signed, "William Jackson" an imprisoned loy...

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2,000
1 Bid
16 Lot 16

Washington, Franklin, Hancock all Appear in the Jul
'The Pennsylvania Evening Post" 4p. quarto, July 18, 1776, w...

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19 Bids
17 Lot 17

Connecticut Soldiers Receive their Pay
ELLSWORTH, Oliver (1745-1807) Supreme Court chief justice; A...

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18 Lot 18

The Colonel Says these Men are Border Line Mutinous
Autograph Letter Signed, 1p. quarto, Dorchester, February 3,...

500
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750
19 Lot 19

Robert Treat Paine Legal Document about Fornication
PAINE, Robert Treat (1731-1814) Signer of the Declaration of...

300
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500
3 Bids
20 Lot 20

Washington at West Point
BURNET, William, (1730–91), political leader in the American...

750
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1,000
3 Bids
21 Lot 21

Nicklous Leatch is Brougth to Court for his "treaso
Autograph Document Signed, "Moses Reed" 1p. quarto, Bedford ...

200
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300
5 Bids
22 Lot 22

Certainly a Unique Revolutionary War Period Canteen
large conical shape, 7" diameter at top expands to 8" diamet...

750
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1,000
3 Bids
23 Lot 23

Loyalists Attack a Pennsylvania Woman in her Home
Manuscript Document Signed, 1p. folio, Bedford County, Penns...

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200
9 Bids
24 Lot 24

VERMONT AIDS ENEMY PRISONERS
CAPT. DANIEL CLAP, ALS, 3pp, 8¼"x12¾", Rutland, Aug 4, 1781,...

200
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300
8 Bids
25 Lot 25

The Colonel Needs to Pay the Soldiers
Colonel William Malcolm War-Date Autograph letter signed, "C...

200
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300
26 Lot 26

Thomas Pinckney Signed Land Grant
PINCKNEY, Thomas (1750-1828) was an early American statesman...

200
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300
2 Bids
27 Lot 27

Signer George Wythe Autograph Letter Signed
WYTHE, George (1726 – June 8, 1806), was a lawyer, a judge, ...

1,500
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2,000
7 Bids
28 Lot 28

'Light Horse Harry' Lee Signed Document
LEE III, Henry 'Light Horse Harry' (1756-1818)was a cavalry ...

750
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1,000
1 Bid
29 Lot 29

Revolutionary War General Edward Hand Signed Docume
Edward Hand (1744 - 1802) Continental general in the America...

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500
1 Bid
30 Lot 30

Revolutionary War Claim Bill
A printed 4pp. folio [Washington], Feb. 21, 1856 being Senat...

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1 Bid
31 Lot 31

MINIATURE PORTRAIT ON IVORY OF THE FIRST AMERICAN B
A direct descendant of a prominent Colonial New York Jewish ...

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75,000
1 Bid
32 Lot 32

PROMINENT COLONIAL AMERICAN SHIP OWNERS AND MERCHAN
Although undated, this is quite definitely circa 1750-1760. ...

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3 Bids
33 Lot 33

THE JEWISH BOXING CHAMPION IN 1788!
Original, very rare, "1788" dated, color tinted print publis...

750
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1,000
4 Bids
34 Lot 34

JEWISH LADS' BRIGADE
bold heading on all three special printed (and ink completed...

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15 Bids
35 Lot 35

Antique silver "TORAH POINTER" (Yad).
Entirely handcrafted in a most delicate manner; and a genuin...

300
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500
7 Bids
36 Lot 36

Extremely rare presentation, American silver mounte
The "David's,"(father and son) were among the most prominent...

30,000
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50,000
5 Bids
37 Lot 37

ZALMA REHINE (1757-1843) the uncle of ISAAC LEESER;
Single page letter entirely penned by Rehine from "Baltimore...

100
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200
14 Bids
38 Lot 38

At the OUTBREAK of the War of 1812 enlisted under G
BENJAMIN GRATZ (1792-1884) son of Michael Gratz and nephew o...

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2 Bids
39 Lot 39

Document Issued to the Trustees of the Congregation
Partly-printed Document Signed, 1p. 8"x3-1/4", New York, 1st...

200
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300
1 Bid
40 Lot 40

Publisher and an original founder of the "NATIVE AM
LEWIS C. LEVIN (1808-1860), Prominent Jewish attorney born C...

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41 Lot 41

EARLIEST KNOWN PHOTOGRAPH AND ONLY KNOWN DAGUERREOT
Cased sixth plate daguerreotype, ca. late 1840s, artist and ...

50,000
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75,000
5 Bids
42 Lot 42

I am growing old, feeble and don't know when the Lo
writes S. Meylert from Harrisburg, Pa Jan. 14, 1848 to his n...

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34 Bids
43 Lot 43

She belonged to a very important early American Jew
Original 1848 dated fine quality, detailed, professional, pr...

500
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750
1 Bid
44 Lot 44

He spoke to God who told him the "RESTORATION IS AT
Lengthy 6 page neatly penned letter (8 x 10) addressed: "To...

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200
27 Bids
45 Lot 45

GROUP OF SEVEN LETTERS TO ISAAC LEESER.
(1) "I have been luxuriating in two unpublished reviews of s...

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200
3 Bids
46 Lot 46

LARGE COLLECTION OF 37 ALL DIFFERENT invoices, bill
Includes one dated 1843; 5 dated 1850's; 5 1870's; 17 1890's...

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14 Bids
47 Lot 47

MUTUALLY DESTRUCTIVE CONTROVERSY AND QUARRELING BET
Unusual group of three original neatly penned and easily rea...

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500
31 Bids
48 Lot 48

ABRAHAM HART (1810-1885) an outstanding, influentia
and among the most well-known publishers of general literatu...

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200
10 Bids
49 Lot 49

It was the first…and among the most famous of all A
Original 1854 dated, fancy printed stock certificate for the...

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2 Bids
50 Lot 50

His public statement on Jan. 4, 1861, at the peak o
RABBI MORRIS JACOB RAPHALL (1798-1868) served as rabbi in Ne...

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1 Bid
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