Swann Galleries Revolutionary & Presidential Americana
from the Collection of William Wheeler III
JUNE 21
Preview: June 16, 12-5; June 18 to 20, 10-6; June 21, 10-12
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Paul Revere, Autograph Document Signed, certifying the discharge of a captain from his regiment, 1779. Estimate $12,000 to $18,000.
Harry S. Truman, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, “Too bad!,” showing the false newspaper headline announcing the winner of the 1944 presidential election. Estimate $12,000 to $18,000.
Pay order to express rider Jonathan Park for riding from Massachusetts to Philadelphia to warn Congress of the imminent arrival of British warships, May 1776. Estimate $20,000 to $30,000.
Thomas Jefferson, Autograph Letter Signed to MD Governor Thomas Sim Lee, stating that the government is not authorized to intervene during the Citizen Genêt a_ air, 1793. Estimate $20,000 to $30,000.
Andrew Jackson, Autograph Letter Signed to Senator John H. Eaton, on the legitimacy of the Seminole Wars and Spain’s duplicity, 1819. Estimate $12,000 to $18,000.
Thomas Paine, Autograph Letter Signed to Ethan Allen’s brother Ira, concerning a rendezvous at the
Boston a café for political exiles in Paris, 1790s. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000.
George Washington, Letter Signed to Major General Nathanael Greene, suggesting a way to obtain money to save the cash-strapped Continental Army, 1780. Estimate $15,000 to $25,000.
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