Valuable collection of autograph letters and historical documents ...
Subtitle: to be sold Friday afternoon, January 27th, 1905
By: catalogue compiled and sale conducted by Stan. V. Henkels
Contributors: Henkels, S. V. (Stanislaus Vincent), 1854-1926, auctioneer
Publisher: Davis & Harvey
Published: 1905
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
Notes: 513 lots.

"Catalogue no. 924."

"... including the Dr. W.P.C. Barton papers, Surgeon under Commodore Decatur, the John Francis Mercer papers, aide to Lee and Governor of Maryland, the James Milligan papers, Comptroller of the Continental Treasury. Embracing the earliest signature of E.A. Poe, letters of the Presidents, Signers of the Declaration, Generals on the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, officers in the United States Navy, literary characters, kings and queens, statesmen, etc., etc. Also, an extraordinary collection of Indian deeds for New York property. And, an unique collection of legal papers relating to colonial Pennsylvania."

McKay, 5886

Place of sale: Philadelphia.

Date of sale: January 27, 1905.