University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books, 61726, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 17, 2026 - June 17, 2026
Page Size: 391 items in 16 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
234 Dobbin James C.

H. Paulding Receives Instructions to Suppress the Illegal Slave Trade Upon Taking Command of the US Navy Home Squadron

Washington, D.C. 1855 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,816.00
235

Accounting for the Estate of Daniel Macintosh Listing the Hire of Slaves

1837 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 150.00
236 Tattnall Josiah

Future Confederate J. Tattnall Predicts that the "slave states [would]...prefer disunion to a palpable violation of their rights..."

Sackets Harbor, New York 1856 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 875.00
237

1835 New Orleans Sale Deed for 4 "Slaves for Life," Both "Mulatto… [&] Negro"

New Orleans, Louisiana 1835 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 750.00
238 McNeill D.

Legal Judgment Including Transfer Ownership of Slaves and Their Hire Fees

Montgomery, Alabama 1852 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
239 Teresa Mother

Mother Teresa Signed Page in Leather Bound Bible, Beautiful Presentation

ca. 2010 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,750.00
240 Brodhead Daniel

Prior to Joining the Fight for Liberty, Gen. Brodhead Signs a Recognizance for a Man Indicted for Abuse of a Woman

Easton, Pennsylvania 1765 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 225.00
241 Burke Aedanus

Printed Writ Signed by Two Rev. War Veterans: A. Burke & D. Stevens

Charleston, South Carolina 1784 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 87.50
242 Burr Aaron

A. Burr ALS Sending Instructions to Make a Petition to the NY Court of Chancery

N/A USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 500.00
243 Burr Aaron

Aaron Burr Receives a Payment of $10,000 From Jer. Wadsworth After Leaving the Continental Army

Philadelphia 1779 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,250.00
244 Clarke Elijah

Col. Elijah Clarke Lot of 5 MDS re: Georgia Land Bounty

Georgia 1785 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,125.00
245 Smith Samuel

Last Words and Dying Speech of Samuel Smith: "I shall in a few hours be beyond the Grave"

Boston 1799 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,125.00
246 Schultz David

Colonial Murder! A Husband's Testimony on the Murder of His Wife by Servant, ca. 1750

Upper Hanover Township, Pennsylvania 1750 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,187.50
247 Ellsworth Oliver

Oliver Ellsworth Writes & Signs Pay Order for Rider, 1778!

Hartford, Connecticut 1778 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,375.00
248

French & Indian War Enlistment Return for a Regiment Under Amherst's Command

Massachusetts Bay c. 1759 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 937.50
249 Gerry Elbridge

Elbridge Gerry Signed Check in 2nd Month as Vice President

Washington, D.C. 1814 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 1,500.00
250 Hamilton Alexander

A. Hamilton ALS Tied to "Federalist Papers", Sinking Fund and in Preparation for His "Defence of the Funding System". Highly important!

Albany 1795 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,875.00
251 Hamilton Alexander

A. Hamilton Re: Nicholson's Concerns Implementation of His Debt Assumption Policy. Related to Fed Papers, Formative Moment of Our Modern Financial System.

Philadelphia 1791 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 20,000.00
252 Hazen Moses

Gen. Moses Hazen ALS to His Business Partner, Col. Bedel Referencing Gen. Bayley

Albany 1783 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 153.60
253 Huntington Samuel (1731-1796)

S. Huntington Signed Military Appointment as Pres. of the Continental Congress

Philadelphia 1779 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,125.00
254 Jay John

John Jay ALS Re: Col. Laurens, In SC to Raise a Regiment of Slaves to Fight Against the British, Memorialized in the Play "Hamilton"

Philadelphia 1779 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,875.00
255 Lafayette Gilbert du Motier

Very Rare Lafayette French Rev. Signed Enrollment Document!

Paris 1791 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,062.50
256 Lee Charles (1732-1782)

Charles Lee Handles a Matter of "piracy and murder on the High Sea"

Philadelphia 1797 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 875.00
257 Mifflin Thomas (1744-1800)

Thomas Mifflin Signed Promissory Note to Philadelphia Wine Merchants

Philadelphia 1786 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 437.50
258 Pickering Timothy (1745-1829)

Timothy Pickering Bold Signed Rev. War Doc After Treaty of Paris!

Newburgh 1783 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,500.00
  • Sotheby’s Geek Week
    14-15 July
    Sotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000