861 lots.

"Catalogue no. 1015."

" ... embracing signers of the Declaration of Independence, generals and officers in the Revolution, members of the Continental Congress, generals in the Union and Confederate armies, P. E. Bishops, presidents of the United States, American naval officers, poets, authors, etc. including Lincoln's letter on Stephen A. Douglas, Washington's letter against the president accepting presents and against duelling, the search warrant for Benedict Arnold's house, manuscript journal of Judge Samuel Bayard, fine letter of General Greene to Washington on the peace, and an extraordinary collection of early American book plates, including many of the rarest."

McKay, 6855

Dates of sale: June 3 and 4, 1910.

Place of sale: Philadelphia.