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Silver Mounted Hunting Sword and Wallet
Embroidered in wallet-Baron Herbert-Rathkeal
who was the unofficial Austrian envoy to Constantinople
Dated 1773
The 27.5-inch sword has an ebonized wood handle with carved decoration and inset silver crescents, five-pointed stars as well as portrait busts of two men, one to a side, in oriental headdress. The approximately 21-inch slightly curved blade has a false edge and an etched Damascus pattern and the ricasso is gilded with "CONSTANTIOPLE / 1773" on one side along with a profile portrait of a man with a large mustache and wearing Ottoman garb. There are stars and crescents and what appears to be an "S" and a "C." The quillon is crescent shaped with embossed decoration.
With the sword is a black leather man's purse or wallet that has a green silk lining and silver bullion floral decoration. "Constantinople / 1780" is embroidered in bullion on one side and "Herbert-Rathkeal" is embroidered under the flap. Baron Herbert-Rathkeal was the unofficial Austrian envoy to Constantinople.
The blade with some patches of light pitting; hilt fine...the grip with tight hairline crack to one side. The wallet shows wear and scuffing with some losses of silver wire.
Price: $4,950
DKL80
Rev War Document 1777: Government and People of Massachusetts Bay in New England
Still has a Massachusetts Bay Colony Seal/ On Laid Paper w/ Large Rampart Lion with Sword and Scepter watermark
"TO The Government and People of Massachusetts Bay in N.England To The Sheriff
You are Hereby Required in The Name to make Diligent Search within your Precinct for The Body of Job Smith Esq.of Taunton and Him Apprehending you are to have before one of The Justices of the Peace for The County that he may become Bound by the act of Recognizance with two sufficient Sureties for His Personal Appearance at The next Court of The General Sessions of The Peace to be Holden at Taunton on The Second Tuesday of June next Then & There in sd Court to Answer A PRESENTMENT OF THE GRAND JURY for The Body of The County of Bristol FOR THAT THE sd JOB AT TAUNTON NOT REGARDING THE LAWS AND ACTS OF THIS STATE NOR FEARING THE PAINS AND PENALTIES CONTAINED THEREIN AFTER THE 28th DAY OF JANUARY 1777 TO WIT ON THE 22nd DAY OF FEBRUARY LAST PAST AT sd TAUNTON DID SELL TO ONE RICHARD GODFREY Jr ONE QUART OF NEW ENGLAND RUM AT A GREATER PRICE THAT IN PROPORTION OF 4 SHILLINGS 6 PENCE BY THE GALLON ALLOWING FOR TRANSPORTATION TO WIT sd QUART AT THE PRICE OF 2 SHILLINGS FOR sd QUART OF NEW ENGLAND RUM AGAINST THE PEACE OF THE GOVERNMENT & PEOPLE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY IN NEW ENGLAND IN EVIL EXAMPLE TO OTHERS and Against The Form of The Act in that Case Made & Provided and to do and receive what by sd Court he shall be ordered and not Depart without License and you are alike Required to Summon Richard Godfrey of Taunton to appear at sd Court to give Evidence of what he knows relating to the Premises Failnot and make Return hereof with your doings herein unto sd Court Dated at Taunton The Fifteenth Day of April 1777 Signed By Samuel Fales Clerk of the Court." On Verso A Warrant Job Smith Taunton. Deputy Sheriff Signs and States Taunton May 26th 1777 I then Apprehended the body of the within Mentioned Job Smith and had Him before Benjamin Williams Esq one of The Justices Of The Peace for The County and at the same Job became Bound by way of Recognizance according to the within writ. I also on The 5th Day of June 1777 Summoned the within Named Richard Godfrey Jr to give Evidence as within Commanded. Signed Josiah Crocker. At this Great Transitional Period in our Early American People were trying all The Blue Laws and even Weights and Measure Laws to see what they could get away with. Measures 7.75-inches by 12.25-inches.
Price: $325
ACD
FIVE Charles Stadden American Colonial lead figures
All hand made and painted by Stadder in England, sometime in the 1960's
Marked Britain on the base, these figures rarely are found on the secondary market, and often bring strong prices. The Five figures represent. 5 different figures of the American side of the Revolutionary war. Hessian Soldier is listing/leaning to the right, but can be bent back (too much rum?) Otherwise excellent condition, with no issues.
Price: $400 each
Or all 5 for $1,250
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Fourteen pieces of American Colonial Currency and Three pieces of State of Mass-Bay Currency
All dated in the 1774-1780 range. Varying conditions, and sold as a lot.
Price: $1,400
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An Answer to the Declaration of the American Congress, 5th Edition
Printed for T. Cadell
London, 1775
Written by John Lind with Jeremy Bentham. John Lind, a Tory jurist, was London agent for the King of Poland and a backroom propagandist for the North administration. 132 pages, rebound in gray cloth covers, dark blue spine with gold lettering.
Price: $300
XJT51
Massachusetts Bay Bounty Note Dated 1777
This 7 ½-inch by 6 ¼-inch bounty note is printed and handwritten on laid paper. It has been folded in half vertically and horizontally and there is a small tear on the right of the horizontal fold. The document is dated January 15, 1777 and promises to pay the "...Possessor of this Note the Sum of TEN POUNDS, on the 6th Day of December 1780, with Interest at Six per Cent, per Annum..." It is signed H. Gardner, Treasurer and by William Cooper and N. Appleton.
Price: $350
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1773 Summons
A printed and handwritten summons from New London, CT regarding a case about an unpaid debt. The reverse has note by the Sheriff’s Deputy that the document was left at the “...usual abode of the within Named Defendant...” Also has the written opinion of the court in favor of the defendant. Approximately 6-inches by 4.5-inches. Chapman, Barkey, Huntington, named in document. Docketed on Verso.
Price: $125
XJT59
Pay Voucher for Pennsylvania Assembly, 1783
Made out to John Steinmetz, a Philadelphia wholesale merchant, ship owner and importer, this printed and handwritten document is signed by Frederick A. Muhlenberg (1750 - 1801) the Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly. Muhlenberg was a former Lutheran Minister turned businessman who served as a member of the Continental Congress, became first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and President of the Pennsylvania Convention. The reverse acknowledges payment and is signed twice by Steinmetz. The document has been folded into thirds vertically and a portion has torn away and been taped back into place. There is another piece of tape on the remaining fold as well as a small hole. 7 ¾-inches by 6 ¼-inches.
Price: $350
XJT2
Group of Historic Currency
Pennsylvania October 1775 Two Shilling Note - The Penn family coat of arms with the motto "Mercy Justice" appears in the right center. There are three signatures, two in brown or red ink and one in black. The numbers are also in black. Pennsylvania appears as "Pensylvania". The reverse features a skeletonized leaf and "To Counterfeit is DEATH." The paper contains blue threads and mica chips.
Price: $95
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Pennsylvania April 1777 Four Pence Note - The four border cuts on the front contain the denomination. The arms of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are printed on the left center, flanked on the left by two dots denoting the denomination. The back reads, "To Counterfeit is DEATH! / Four Pence / PHILADELPHIA / Printed By / JOHN DUNLAP / 1777 / Four Pence." The left corner is torn away.
XJT25 - SOLD
The Address of the People of Great Britain to the Inhabitants of America
By Sir John Dalrymple, printed for T. Cadell
London 1775
Rebound in brown cloth covers. Pencil marks and notes throughout, some foxing and toning.
Price: $300
XJT50
Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents by Edmund Burke
5th Edition
Printed for J. Dodsley
London, 1775
A discourse on the travails England was experiencing in the late 18th century, including problems with the American colonies by one of the foremost political thinkers in England. 118 pages, rebound with marbled covers and leather corners and spine.
Price: $300
XJT53
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