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Sale 206 Lot 1018  

NINE ITEMS 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY U.S. EPHEMERA. Including autograph-signed Montgomery Blair, Postmaster General, document appointing Abram M. Darrow to Postmaster of New London, CT, Dec. 23, 1861; City of New York payment document, Oct. 31, 1867; Massachusetts semi-annual State Lottery ticket autograph-signed by David Cobb, aide-de-camp on staff of Gen. George Washington and President of Massachusetts Senate, 2 1/2 in. x 4 1/2 in.; "Brown Scrip" for Brown estate, stamped and dated April 3, 1867, Monkton, VT, 3 5/8 in. x 6 3/8 in.; U.S. Receipt for Insurrection Taxes, paid by a Sylvia Miles, Charleston, SC, May 5, 1865, 5 in. x 7 3/4 in., Edward Burd (1749-1833). Pennsylvania Revolutionary War officer, autograph document, April 2, 1792, relating to meeting of Supreme Court of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 7 in. x 7 1/4 in.; portion of Provost Marshal's Office Patrols Pass dated April 9, 1865, Petersburg, VA, with autograph signatures, 4 3/8 in. x 5 3/4 in.; State of New Hampshire printed circular "A Proclamation for a Day of Public Thanksgiving and Praise", 16 in. x 10 1/2 in.; and National Theatre advertisement for performance of "School for Scandal", Washington, April 1, 1853, 14 in. x 8 1/4 in.






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Estimate $300-500

Sold for $250


       
 

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