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Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
Sotheby’s Books and Manuscripts is pleased to join our colleagues across other departments in “Visions of America.” Our sale offers a focused and carefully curated selection of highly important Americana, both printed and manuscript, bringing to market material central to the nation’s founding and development. Highlights include an important letter from President Lincoln to General Halleck regarding military strategy, another from John Quincy Adams to fellow politician Ambrose Spencer, and a host of other property that underscores the spirit of American independence and possibility.
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0001: Adams, John | Adams congratulates John Trumbull on his monumental paintings for the Capitol rotundaEst. US$200,000-US$300,000Lot Closed
0002: Adams, John Quincy | A powerful lesson in the historical and legal "origin and character of theEst. US$150,000-US$200,000Lot Closed
![Bates, Katharine Lee | Complete autograph transcript of "America the Beautiful": Bates, Katharine Lee Autograph transcript signed ("Katherine Lee Bates") of America the Beautiful, [after 1911] One page (234 x 142mm), mounted and framed; rectangular panel stain to center of](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/246/316313/169664591_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1705500479)
0003: Bates, Katharine Lee | Complete autograph transcript of "America the Beautiful"Est. US$30,000-US$50,000Lot Closed
0004: Benzoni, Girolamo | First edition of this scarce history of Central and South AmericaEst. US$25,000-US$30,000Lot Closed
0005: Braddock's Expedition | Perhaps the Most Important Cartographical Witness to the Braddock ExpeditionEst. US$300,000-US$500,000Lot Closed
0006: Braddock's Expedition | The Orme Maps; a rare series of maps and battle plans from the BraddockEst. US$50,000-US$70,000Lot Closed
![Bry, Theodor de | The most famed of all the collections of voyages: Bry, Theodor de, Johann Theodor de, and Johann Israel de [The Great and Small Voyages]. Frankfurt and Oppenheim: Theodor de Bry and his heirs, 1590-1624](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/246/316313/169664595_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1705500479)
0007: Bry, Theodor de | The most famed of all the collections of voyagesEst. US$280,000-US$350,000Lot Closed
0008: Egerton, Daniel Thomas | Views in Mexico, the scarce collection of lithographsEst. US$25,000-US$35,000Lot Closed
0009: Gazette of the United States | A remarkable comprehensive run of a foundational periodical, withEst. US$250,000-US$350,000Lot Closed
0011: Jefferson, Thomas | The "Batture Case": Edward Livingston v. Thomas JeffersonEst. US$40,000-US$60,000Lot Closed
0012: Lincoln, Abraham | Lincoln apologizes for interfering with military matters in MissouriEst. US$100,000-US$150,000Lot Closed
0013: Lincoln, Abraham | President Lincoln works to prevent anti-Union agents from infiltrating the HouseEst. US$75,000-US$100,000Lot Closed
0014: Lincoln, Abraham | A contingency stay of execution for a fellow KentuckianEst. US$35,000-US$50,000Lot Closed
0015: Washington, George | The President defends the ratification of Jay's TreatyEst. US$30,000-US$40,000Lot Closed
0016: Captain James Duncan | Autograph manuscript journal signed from the Siege of YorktownEst. US$300,000-US$500,000Lot Closed
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