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The January 2013 Collector’s Series Sale 537 French Revolution: Document Collection - A fascinating quartet of Documents Signed, all from the later revolutionary period and the days leading up to Napoleon’s rise to power. Features a partly engraved Document Signed by Voulland, Legendre, and other members of the Committee of General Security, Paris, 30 thermidor, an II (August 17, 1794). The document concerns a petition from the minister of the Republic of Geneva concerning two prisoners that the Committee has arrested who are being held in Luxembourg. Just a month earlier, the Committee had secured the execution of Maximilien Robespierre, bringing an end to the Reign of Terror and establishing its own somewhat more moderate rule. With a beautiful partly engraved DS, 2 pages, 14 germinal, an 5 (April 3 1797), on stationery of the 2nd Division of the Army of the North, from the president of the Council of War. Also with a document from the Municipality of Chaumont, Haute-Marne, 9 pluviose, an III (January 28, 1795); and one from the 7th Military Division, 13 fructidor, an VI (August 30, 1798), requesting a military commander for the department. All in VG condition or better. Est. 300-400 538 Fur Trade: [American Fur Company: Vanderburgh’s Death] Interesting autograph letter signed by John Catron to Robert Campbell in St. Louis. He explains that “Wm. H. Vanderburg the clerk of the American Fur Co. drew a Bill of Exchange on P[ierre] Chouteau Agt for said Company in favour of George Ennis for the sum of $473.50...for furs my Brother [Minatree Catron] sold to the Am. Fur Copy...with the instructions to pay me the money. Mr. Chouteau has refused payment and the Bill is returned protested...Ennis informs me that you had a draft or Bill...drawn by same Vanderburgh as clerk of Am Fur Co on same Chouteau for a large amount” and wants to know if Chouteau protested that, too. Vanderburgh had become one of the AMF’s top men in the Western Department, running its trapping operations with Andrew Drips. They had recently been chasing Tom Fitzpatrick and his men through Blackfoot country. The day after this letter was written, Vanderburgh and a handful of trappers were ambushed by about a hundred Blackfeet. He and one other man were killed. Vanderburgh’s body was never found. (Image) Est. 400-500 539 Fur Trade: [Campbell, Robert] Three very early letters to Campbell in St. Louis, all 1825, from business colleagues. The first, from Cape Girardeau, MO, is from James Keyte on April 30, sending goods up the Mississippi on the Phoenix. Keyte writes again on May 9, this time from Wheeling, (now WV), during a trip East. Because of low water, he will skip Pittsburgh, and will take the mail stage to Baltimore. Keyte’s instructions to Campbell about their stores suggests that he is in the position of authority. Eventually Campbell would become one of the richest men in St. Louis.The third, from Philadelphia, is from Robert Wiley on May 25, while he is apparently being visited by Keyte, who carried the letter back to St. Louis. He reports that business is slow, and “nearly every species of merchandise has advanced in Value in consequence of which country dealers have curtailed their orders.. A few years like the present would convert the whole of you southern & western folks into nabobs...Your time is coming.” All letters suffer from condition problems.In 1832, Keyte would found the town that still bears his name, Keytesville, Missouri. The year 1825 would later see Campbell’s first expedition to the Rocky Mountains, in the company of Jedediah Smith of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. Est. 200-300 540 Fur Trade: Mountain Men Series of Books, “The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West,” LeRoy R. Hafen. Glendale, CA, Arthur H. Clark, 1965-72. 11 vols. 8vo, brown cloth with gilt spine. All with Risvold label on front pastedown. These are in fine condition, almost as-new. [11] Est. 500-750 541 George IV King of the United Kingdom (1762-1830, reigned from 1820); his father’s illness required his regency from 1811 until George III’s death; though clever and talented, his excesses, his outdated political stances, and his often cruel treatment of his estranged wife severely damaged his popular reputation. Grand Manuscript Document Signed “George R” as King, 1 page, on vellum, large oblong folio, Windsor, September 20, 1825. Also signed by Foreign Secretary “George Canning.” George appoints Peter Lacroix “to be Our Consul at Nice, hereby giving and granting unto him full Power and Authority by all lawful means to aid and protect Our Merchants and other Our Subjects...that has trade to or reside at Nice.” Large wax and paper royal seal at upper left. With 1,15 revenue stamp at left. Some stiffness and toning at folds, otherwise VG. George IV would make Canning Prime Minister in 1827, but he would soon die in office, serving just 119 days, shorter than any other Prime Minister. (photo - page 60) Est. 250-350 www.<strong>Spink</strong>.com
January 15-16, 2013 - New York, NY 542 Griswold, Roger Governor of Connecticut (1762-1812); earlier, a US Representative noted as the first to engage in brawl with another congressman in the House! Pair of Autograph Letters Signed “R: Griswold” as Governor, 1 page, New Haven, CT, October 25, 1811, and Lyme, April 3, 1812. He writes to Maj Nathaniel Terry, commanding the governor’s foot-guards of the state militia, asking in the first “that you will be so good as to give me your opinion in detail respecting a uniform for the Infantry...” In the second, he responds to Terry’s letter about a new state act authorizing “the Commandants of the companies of guards to recruit from Infantry companies...I have no doubt of the expediency of authorising the guards to recruit from any Regiment of Infantry, you have my approbation to enlist the right men...” Both clean and VG. Terry would resign his post in 1813 and be named a brigadier general in charge of all the state’s militia. [2] Est. 200-300 543 Harding, Warren G. Twenty-ninth President of the United States (1865-1923, served 1921-23), died in office. Choice partly-engraved Document Signed “Warren G. Harding” as President, 1 page, folio, Washington, April 25, 1922. He appoints “Jesse D. Moore...Marshall... eastern district of New York...” Countersigned by Attorney General “Harry Daugherty.” Age-toned from lamination on the verso. Coolidge, Calvin Thirtieth President of the United States (1872-1933, served 1923-29), succeeding to the presidency upon the death of Harding. Choice partly-engraved Document Signed “Calvin Coolidge” as President, 1 page, folio, Washington, May 5, 1926. He appoints “Jesse D. Moore...Marshall... eastern district of New York...” Countersigned by Attorney General “Jno. G. Sargent.” Age-toned and laminated on the verso. [2] Est. 200-400 B I D D I N G A S S I S T A N C E A number of our most successful bidders telephone us prior to our auctions to ask for bidding advice, opening bids and for pre-sale estimates on selected lots. We welcome your call to answer any questions you have or to help you in preparing your bids. Please ask for Stephen Goldsmith for currency; Matt Orsini for coins; autographs and stocks & bonds. 212-262-8400 or 800-556-7826. Page 69
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