New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-19
AUTOGRAPHS
Conclusion Of Sale of the Joline
Collection.

The sale Of American autograph let
ters and documents 20 be held at the
Anderson galleries on the afternoon
Of February % and % and on the even
ing of February 25 will bring TO con
clusion the dispersal of the great col
lection of the late Adrian II. Joline, OF
this city.
The catalogue Of this final sale
PIT. TX offers, among its more impor-
tant items. a number of duplicates OF
the Signers Of the Declaration Of In
dependence. either full autograph let
tiers or signed documents. There is,
also. much interesting material from
the Revolutionary period, beginning
with a letter from Washington to
Colonel Shreve. dated at headquarters,
Valley Forge. April Il. 177S. 1t relates
20 the court martial of William Seeds
and Samuel Carter:
| confirm the Sentence of tho
former and desire he may be exc
cuted at such time and place as
YOU NAV think most proper. ! can
rot confirm the Sentence against
Carter until have consulted Gov
error Livingston upon the matter.
Introducing martial law into this
State was intended to remedy the
weakness of the Civil; But in the
State of New Jersey. where there
is a law framed expressly for the
purpose of trying inhabitants TAX
ing arms on the side of the Enemy,
think such persons should be de-
livered to the civil power.
There is another Revolutionary war
document in this sale of real impor-
lance. IL consists of letter written
BY Colonel Alexander Scammell on Oc-
tobcr 10, 1880, TO his discouraged
brother, and breathes the spirit OF the
period:
You seem almost 1ispond, be-
cause this Campaign has not been
decisive. Cheer up. We
have done all in our power TO
provoke the enemy TO come out &
fight us-we have been under the
Guns of their Garrisous We have
laid in a careless position within
Mile or two of their Incamp-
ments. but by no means could
tempt them TO attack us. Our AL
lies being unlucky in having their
second Division blocked up, which
prevented their coming to our as
sistance in sufficient force has pre-
vented our laying Siege TO & TAX
ing New-Y0rk. Every man
must put his hand TO. and deter
mine TO spend the last Farthing,
q die in the last Ditch. before our
Independence shall fall to the
ground.
There are letters from Greene
Hamilton, Knox, Lafayette. Burgoyne
Dearborn, Light Horse Harry and other
commanders, and the diary of John
Laurens, WRshington's aide. which con
tains a complete account Of the mill.
tary movements leading TO the surren-
der Of CORVALLIS at Yorktown.
Among the literary autographs first
place should be given to the letter
written by Poe 10 Mrs Shew on the
day before his wife's death There are
some Irving MSS, consisting Of notes
for the Sketch Book" complete
story, "The Man of Many Invitations"
q letter 10 Miss Van Wart. containing
q description Of Tarrytown and its in.
habitants, all bound together: and. a
separate item, the original of the story
of Abdheraman, from the Crayon Mis-
cellanies. There is also a letter book
Of John Howard Payne. containing
copies Of letters to and from Emelia
Won Harten, interspersed with a few
verses.
There is. further. autograph material
by Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Richard
Henry Stoddard, George William Cur
It's. Louise Imogen Quincy. Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps. Edward Everett Hale
Holmes and others. There are several
autographs by william Dean Howes
one of them q letter TO Osgood: "Next q
writing a 10 600 book. which | shall
never do, is the pleasure of hearing
graduate you both"