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2 Paul Revere Silver Communion Dishes. Sold for Nearly $70,000.
Here are some Paul Revere items we have sold:
Very scarce debt certificate signed by Paul Revere during the Revolutionary War, issued by the Massachusetts-Bay Colony to raise badly needed funds for the war. Issued 19 February 1777, this note is signed by Revere on the verso, acknowledging annual interest in the amount of 12 shillings, dated 23 February 1778. Beautifully signed ”Paul Revere” with an elegant paraph accentuating his signature.
Revere was known to have invested his own funds in the Revolutionary War via debt certificates, so much so that he suffered financially during the war as a result. Since Revere was a soldier from 1777-78, and not a member of the colonial legislature, the most likely reason he would have signed the note is as lender, acknowledging interest received. Front of note is signed by Henry Gardner as Treasurer and Receiver-general of the colony, and by two of Gardner’s Boston deputies: William Cooper, and Nathaniel Appleton.
Massachusetts-Bay was the first colony in 1776 to issue debt certificates to pay for the war effort, with this note in February 1777 an early example. Note is number 16317, with a double hatch mark over Gardner’s signature indicating that the note was eventually repaid in full. With elaborate letterpress scrollwork along border, reading ”BOUNTY NOTE” along left edge, partly-printed note measures approximately 6.375” x 6.75” on cream laid paper. Intersecting folds, neither affecting signature, with split starting along right horizontal fold. Trimmed along left edge. Overall very good condition. With University Archives COA. A fantastic example of Revere’s signature from the Revolutionary War, with patriotic association to the war effort. Sold for $36,603.
Very scarce receipt signed by Paul Revere regarding one of his famous horseback rides, dated 15 February 1775 just two months before his Midnight Ride warning colonists that ”The British Are Coming” before the Battle of Lexington & Concord. As official courier for the Boston Committee of Public Safety, Revere was tasked with riding from Boston to Philadelphia and New York, with historians documenting 18 such rides from December 1773 to November 1775. This was likely the last of the rides before the Revolutionary War began, and is only one of two receipts for the rides ever to appear at auction, with the other selling at Christie’s for $140,000 in 2002. Composed entirely in the hand of Revere, receipt documents expenses ”from Boston to N. York” in the amount of 4 pounds, 3 shillings, and additional expenses for his Horse, and his time, all totaling 13 pounds, 19 shillings. Dated 15 February 1775 by Revere. Document measures 7.5” x 2.25”, framed with an engraving of Revere on horseback to a size of 15.75” x 18”. Uneven edges, clean vertical separation and light chipping at lower left edge. Overall very good plus condition with legible and strong handwriting. With Profiles in History COA. Sold for $36,603.
Incredibly Scarce Paul Revere Autographed Receipt — From the Patriot Who Called His Countrymen to Arms — 1816
Exceptional 1816 Paul Revere autograph receipt. Handwritten receipt datelined, “Boston, Monday 15th January 1816,” accounts for $91.05 owed to Revere for rent and supplies. Signed in bold black ink, “Received pay, Paul Revere,” just two years before Revere’s death at age 83. Revere’s elusive, highly prized signature is rarely seen earning Revere-signed items a legacy of mythical proportions comparable to the man himself. Document measures approximately 7.75″ x 5.5″. Accompanied by Letters of Authenticity from James Spence & PSA/DNA. Several fold lines lightly touch Revere’s signature. Professional reinforcement at folds to reverse; not visible from front of document. A rare and wonderful Revere relic in overall excellent condition. Extremely dark Paul Revere autograph. Sold for $24,000.
Paul Revere Document Signed 1802
Document signed twice by Paul Revere. Single page bill for a 127 bell made by Revere & Son for Joseph Bliss of Haverhill, New Hampshire. Composed at Boston, Massachusetts on 19 October 1802, document reads in full: “Joseph Bliss / Bot of Paul Revere & son / One Small Bell Weight / 127 to @ 50 Cents $63.50. Receive pay.” Signed “Paul Revere & son” and “Paul Revere/& Son.” Document measures 6.5″ x 3.5″. Matted and displayed in a stunning frame with a half-length portrait image of Revere to a finished size of 20.5″ x 13.5″. Joseph Bliss served as a Captain during the Revolutionary war and held many important offices in Haverhill, New Hampshire including the town’s first postmaster. It is possible that in 1802, Bliss purchased this bell for the Haverhill Academy, chartered in 1794. In 1816, the Academy building burned and a new school was built that same year near the site of the earlier structure. Paul Revere started the bell business in 1792 and was joined by his sons, Paul and Joseph. In 1801, Paul Jr. left the business while Joseph remained, and the company name became Paul Revere & Son, as it’s signed on this receipt. From 1792 to 1828, the Revere foundry cast 959 bells. Document creased at the right edge and shows mild soiling. None of the three light horizontal folds pass through either of Revere’s signatures. Light show-through from docket on verso. Near fine condition. Sold for $20,000.
Paul Revere Autograph on Masonic Document
Calligraphic document on vellum signed by Paul Revere. Single page Masonic document datelined Boston, 1 October 1782 certifies the installation of Lazarus Goodwin as Master Mason in the St. Andrews Masonic Lodge. Signed by Master, Paul Revere and countersigned by Robert McElroy, S. Willis and Benjamin Coolidge, officers of the Lodge, and by Goodwin in the margin. Certification of the Lodge on verso signed by Joseph Webb. Document opens with the traditional Masonic motto, “And the Darkness comprehended it not, in the East a place of Light where reigns silence and Peace” and goes on to “…Certify, that the Bearer hereof our Brother Lazarus Goodwin has been duly received by us and initiated in the Secret Mysteries of the Craft, & after due proficiency therein, we have conferred on him the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason.” Revere was initiated in St. Andrew’s Lodge in 1760 and was a very active member serving as Junior Deacon, Junior Warden, and Secretary before being installed as Worshipful Master in 1770, and finally as Grand Master in 1794. Document measures approximately 13″ x 8.75″. Some soiling at margins and folds. Sans wax seal. Good condition. Slightly light Paul Revere autograph. Sold for $14,500.
Paul Revere Autograph Rare Receipt and Written in His Hand — for a Bell Produced by Paul Revere & Son
Rare Paul Revere autograph receipt fully in his hand, datelined Boston, 31 January 1810. In full, “Receives of the Town of West Boylston two hundred & twenty three dollars 41/100, in full for the Ballance between the Old & new Bell received by the hand of Ezra Beaman Esqr / $223=41 / Paul Revere & Son.” Revere and his sons produced many church and meeting house bells in a nearly forty-year period between 1792 and 1828, and many still hang in buildings throughout New England and beyond. Nothing is known about the fate of this particular bell, but it may lie at the bottom of the Wachusett Reservoir as most of the town of West Boylston was submerged by its construction in 1908. Single page measures approximately 9″ x 5″. Light marginal toning and vertical creasing, and contemporary ink smudge, else fine condition. Bold Paul Revere autograph. Sold for $9,500.
Nicely framed Paul Revere autograph noted signed, dated 11 May 1811. Note runs four lines and reads in full: ”I am Sir with respect / & Estem [sic], your humb / Servt Paul Revere / Boston May 11, 1811”. Note is framed with page 184 of the 1887 tome, ”The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, in which the last portion of Longfellow’s ”Paul Revere’s Ride” poem appears along with an illustration of Revere and his horse, captioned ”He watched with eager search the belfry tower.” Note measures 3.25” x 1.75” and poem measures 6” x 9.5”. Minor toning, else near fine. Sold for $8,908.
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The most influential political cartoon in the history of America, the ”JOIN, or DIE” severed rattlesnake designed by Benjamin Franklin and published in his ”Pennsylvania Gazette” on 9 May 1754. This incredibly scarce newspaper is the very first printing of the ”JOIN, or DIE” cartoon, and the only known copy apart from one other housed in the permanent collection at the Library of Congress.
Frustrated by the colonists’ inability to join forces against westward expansion by the French, Franklin created this cartoon of a rattlesnake, cut into 8 pieces symbolizing the American colonies, to dramatically impart the effective message: join together as one cohesive body, or die. Along with the cartoon, Franklin published an editorial in the newspaper, urging the colonists to work together, reading in part, ”…The Confidence of the French in this Undertaking seems well-grounded on the present disunited State of the British Colonies…while our Enemies have the very great Advantage of being under one Direction, with one Council, and one Purse…”
Little did Franklin know at the time that his symbol of the dis-united rattlesnake would echo over twenty years later to inspire the colonists to unite against the British – Paul Revere added the ”JOIN, or DIE” cartoon to the nameplate of his paper, the ”Massachusetts Spy”, and even later, with the ”Don’t Tread on Me” flag, any individual or group whose personal liberty is threatened. The phrasing has also proved highly enduring, likely influencing John Stark, the Revolutionary War General from New Hampshire whose toast, ”Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils”, inspired New Hampshire’s motto, and again suggests that personal liberty is one of the highest human values, and a founding tenet of the United States.
Franklin’s choice of a rattlesnake is curious for several reasons: as the timber rattlesnake was found throughout the colonies but not England, Franklin argued in an earlier 1751 editorial that the colonists should ship rattlesnakes to England in exchange for the criminals that England was sending to America. Franklin now, however, seems to fully embrace the rattlesnake as metaphor, and would argue, during the American Revolution, its virtues. Using a pseudonym to conceal his identity, he wrote in 1775, ”…she has no eye-lids-She may therefore be esteemed an emblem of vigilance.-She never begins an attack, nor, when once engaged, ever surrenders…to those who are unacquainted with her, she appears to be a most defenseless animal; and even when those weapons are shown and extended for her defense, they appear weak and contemptible; but their wounds however small, are decisive and fatal:-Conscious of this, she never wounds till she has generously given notice, even to her enemy, and cautioned him against the danger of stepping on her.-Was I wrong, Sir, in thinking this a strong picture of the temper and conduct of America?”
While the British loyalists played upon Franklin’s symbolism of the rattlesnake, arguing that the colonists were deceptive and cunning, Franklin turned the characterization on its head, skilled and interested as he was in the art of propaganda. Ultimately, the symbolism would prove highly enduring and compelling: both the idea of uniting to fight a greater, more powerful enemy, and the power of a sudden, deadly attack by an underestimated opponent.
Four page newspaper (without advertising) measures 9.75” x approximately 15”, with an irregularly trimmed top edge. Expert restoration to head of snake, and light uniform toning, consistent with age. Newspaper has been well-preserved, in very good to near fine condition. One of the most important newspapers in America’s colonial history and a cornerstone of her philosophical underpinnings. Sold for $50,000.
Declaration of Independence signer, Thomas Nelson autograph letter signed, “Thos Nelson Jr.” as Governor of Virginia, thus Governor of the state where the Yorktown Surrender and the last fighting of the Revolutionary War happened. In this autograph letter signed, with an additional free frank signed, Nelson asks Brigadier General George Weedon to thwart disaster by taking care of supplying provisions for Washington’s Yorktown-bound army. Nelson personally fought in the Seige of Yorktown. Datelined Richmond, Virginia, 3 September 1781, letter reads: “…After congratulating you on the arrival of 28 French ships of the line, six frigates & 3000 troops, permit me to request your assistance for the support of a considerable army that are now on their march from the northward…Disappointment to so large an army would be attended with the most fatal effects. I think the game is nearly up with Cornwallis…” Large folio document runs one page and measures 8″ x 12.5″. Toning and light staining, with signed address leaf mounted to verso, else near fine. Published in Magazine of History, August 1910, pages 125-6. Provenance: Henkels Joshua I. Cohen sale, 12 November 1907, lot 122; collection of Adrian Joline; sold by Mary Benjamin to Allyn Kellogg Ford. Sold for $23,116.
George Washington Autograph Military Document Signed as Commander of the Continental Army
George Washington autograph document signed, “G Washington” as Commander of the Continental Army. Document discharges the soldier John Martindale, datelined Headquarters (Newburgh, NY), 8 June 1783. Countersigned by Jonathan Trumbull Jr. and H. Savage. Signed by Martindale on verso. Two-page document on a single sheet measures 8″ x 10.75″. Separation to folds and an additional half sheet patched onto verso. Overall in very good condition with a large, excellent signature. Sold for $13,728.
George Washington Autograph Letter Signed as First Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army — 21 April 1781
George Washington autograph letter signed “G. Washington” as first Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, dated 21 April 1781 from headquarters in New Windsor (now New York). During much of the Revolutionary War, New Windsor served as the major depot for the Continental Army and the Army medical department. Letter reads in full: “Sir / You will oblige me by putting the inclosed into the Mail which I think will leave Hartford on Monday next. I am with very good Regard / Dear Sir / Your most Obt. and humble Servt. / G. Washington”. Since New York City was being held by British forces, Washington was forced to use mail routes across Connecticut, Long Island Sound and Long Island to communicate with points south. Shortly before Washington signed this letter, British naval forces attacked Charleston, South Carolina, forcing Washington to send troops to aid Americans, though Charleston would later fall on 12 May 1781 in the heaviest American defeat of the War. Washington remained in the north, collecting intelligence and planning other strategic moves, with limited mail use. Letter is beautifully mounted in a gilt frame with a creme-colored hand-wrapped silk mat. The letter was encapsulated in mylar by Frank Mowery of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C. Small chip of paper is missing at lower right, slightly affecting the “n” and “t” in Washington’s signature, though paper has been expertly filled in. Letter measures 6.5″ x 7.5″ and is in very good condition with nice, large signature at close of letter. Frame also encloses a color portrait of Washington and a biographical plaque. Sold for $12,490.
Gloucester, Across the River From Yorktown, Two Months Before the Surrender Was Made, Lafayette Writes That Cornwallis Is There With His Whole Force as the Aforementioned Readies U.S. Troops
Marquis de Lafayette letter signed “Lafayette” as Major General from “Camp Forks of York River.” He writes to Brigadier General George Weedon in preparation to confront Cornwallis, requesting cavalry stores and ammunition for his Virginia Campaign. Dated 18 August 1781, letter reads in part: “…I received information this morning that such of the enemy as were at York have crossed over to Gloucester, where Lord Cornwallis is with his whole force. I do not wish to give the militia of the northern neck the least unnecessary fatigue, and for this reason, in place of calling them into the field, I would have them to be in a state of readiness to act on the shortest notice…It is said that there is a stock of Continental ammunition in cartridges at Leesburg. We want nothing so much, except arms, as this article…” Three pages on card-style stationery measure 6.5″ x 8.5″. Light foxing and toning, in very good condition overall. Abstracted in “Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution,” IV:509. Sold for $11,400.
Important Revolutionary War document signed by Daniel Boone regarding one of the last battles of the Revolutionary War where Kentucky militiamen were routed by Native American forces allied with the British in the Battle of Blue Licks. Dated 21 December 1782 from Fayette County, Kentucky, where the battle occurred, document reads in full, ”We being first sworn have appraised one Sorrel Mare about fourteen hands high about eight years old branded on the nigh buttock ET to twenty five pounds the property of James Buchanan taken for the Commonwealth and State of Virginia from Buchanans Station to the upper Polen Licks on a scout after the Indians under the command of Capt. John Constant given under the hands this 21st day of Dec’ber 1782.” Document is then signed by ”John Constant, Capt.”, ”Daniel Boone (Lt.”, ”Nicolas Proctor” and ”James Little”.
Congressional records show that a bay horse owned by Buchanan was lost during the infamous raid on the American encampment at Bryan Station, which precipitated the Battle of Blue Licks. On 15 August 1782, Native American forces laid siege to the camp, killing the livestock and destroying crops, which in turn led the Kentucky militiamen, including both Boone and his son Israel Boone who died in the battle, to the battlefield where they were greatly outnumbered by British allied forces; of the 182 Kentucky soldiers fighting, 72 were killed and 11 captured. After the battle, Boone and others submitted claims to recover lost property, which Congress approved.
Document measures approximately 8.25” x 4.5” with uneven edges. Folds, with archival repair to verso, neither affecting Boone’s bold signature. Very good condition. With RR Auction provenance, lot 181 of their 15 October 2014 sale. Sold for $10,625.
Revolutionary War Broadside From Boston in 1775, With Loyalists Bidding Farewell to Colonial Governor Thomas Gage, the First British Commander-in-Chief — “…dark Contrivances of ambitious Men…”
Scarce Revolutionary War broadside, datelined Boston, 6 October 1775, after the commencement of fighting at Lexington & Concord, and Bunker Hill. Broadside consists of three letters by Tories in America, thanking Massachusetts Bay Governor and British Commander-in-Chief Thomas Gage for his service following his resignation. Each letter is answered, in turn, by Gage. As the first British Commander during the Revolutionary War, Gage was perhaps a scapegoat for the heavy losses sustained by the British at Bunker Hill. After the battle, he wrote to the English Secretary of War, “…They are now spirited up by a rage and enthusiasm as great as ever people were possessed of and you must proceed in earnest or give the business up…” Gage was then promptly relieved of his command and replaced by William Howe, although his reputation improved after the war’s end. Sold for $4,600.
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