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Jay T. Snider Collection
Bloomsbury Auctions is proud to announce for sale the collection of Jay T. Snider, featuring the history of Philadelphia and important Americana. This unique collection is comprised of a combination of text and iconography representing the growth and development of the City of Brotherly Love. The sale includes impressive colonial material, important revolutionary and federal period items and a wealth of 19th century graphic representations. Also featured in this collection are the two famous printers, William Bradford and Benjamin Franklin, along with 17th and 18th century important manuscripts relating to the Logan, Norris and Dickinson families.
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![THORNTON, John and William FISHER (after). Virgini: THORNTON, John and William FISHER (after). Virginia, Maryland, Pennsilvania, East & West New Jersey.London: Mount & Page, [c. 1743 or later]. Engraved map (510 x 805 mm). Condition: tissue-backed](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/17444/5912274_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1226588954)

![FRANKLIN, Benjamin (printer). Partly-printed bill: FRANKLIN, Benjamin (printer). Partly-printed bill of lading.Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, [printed c. 1750]. 1 p., broadsheet (263 x 226 mm). The upper half accomplished in manuscript.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/17444/5912276_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1226588954)
![LEVY, Nathan. Manuscript deed on vellum signed by: LEVY, Nathan. Manuscript deed on vellum signed by Nathan Levy, his wife Michal and Thomas Bond, for a plot of land on Second Street near "Paxton Alley" [i.e. Sansom Street].Philadelphia: 25 March](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/17444/5912277_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1226588954)

![FRANKLIN, Benjamin (printer) - [Robert DODSLEY]. T: FRANKLIN, Benjamin (printer) - [Robert DODSLEY]. The Oeconomy of Human Life. Translated from an Indian Manuscript, written by an ancient Bramin. [Part I].Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1751.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/17444/5912279_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1226588954)


![SCULL, Nicholas; and George HEAP. A Map of Philade: SCULL, Nicholas; and George HEAP. A Map of Philadelphia and Parts Adjacent.[London: August 1753]. Engraved folding map (355 x 300 mm). Table of distances below the title. Provenance: Martin P.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/17444/5912282_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1226588954)
![[SMITH, William.] A Brief State of the Province of: [SMITH, William.] A Brief State of the Province of Pennsylvania, in which The Conduct of their Assemblies for several Years past is impartially examined, and the true Cause of the continual](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/17444/5912283_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1226588954)

![[CHAUNCY, Charles.] A Letter To a Friend; Giving a: [CHAUNCY, Charles.] A Letter To a Friend; Giving a concise, but just, Account, according to the Advices hitherto received, of the Ohio-Defeat.Boston: Edes & Gill, 1755. 15 pp., small 4to (205 x 150](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/17444/5912285_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1226588954)



![GARRISON Jr., Nicholas. A View of Bethlehem, on of: GARRISON Jr., Nicholas. A View of Bethlehem, on of the Brethren's Principal Settlements, in Pennsylvania, North America.[London: for Robert Sayer, 1757]. Engraving by J. Noual, hand-colored with](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/17444/5912289_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1226588954)



![[THOMSON, Charles.] An Enquiry into the Causes of: [THOMSON, Charles.] An Enquiry into the Causes of the Alienation of the Delaware and Shawanese Indians from the British Interest, And into the Measures taken for recovering their Friendship.With](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/17444/5912293_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1226588954)


