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SIGNER

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BARTLETT, JOSIAH. Group of 5 Documents Signed, “Bartlett” or in full, twelve

times together, in the third person within the text, including 4 Autograph Documents and

a partly-printed Document accomplished in holograph. Format and condition vary.

Vp, 1774-92

[1,000/2,000]

Partly-printed DS, transferring a plot in Hillsborough County, NH, known as “Perrys Town,”

from Joseph Little to Bartlett for £11. 1 page, folio. 1 December 1773 * ADS, transferring a

plot (“Perrys Town”) from Bartlett to Thomas Woodly for £200. 1 page, folio. 25 February

1774 * AMS, entitled “A List of the Lands I now own, March 1784.” 3

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pages, 8vo.

1784-94. With holograph additions dating through 1794 * ADS, transferring 30 acres in

Kingstown from Nathan Sweat to Bartlett for £105. 1 page, folio. 21 May 1792 * AMS,

recording the boundaries of two plots in Kingstown. 1 page, square 8vo. [After 1756].

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(CIVIL WAR.) SICKLES, DANIEL E. Autograph Letter Signed, “DESickles /

BrigGe’l,” to Colonel [George B.] Hall, advising him to put aside disagreements for the

sake of theWar. 1

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pages, 4to, with integral blank; folds. (MRS)

NewYork, 28 December 1861

[300/400]

Lt. Col. [Henry L.] Potter has been detained unavoidably, first by illness & second by the

destruction of his House by fire, leaving his family nothing besides what they stood in.

By all means, Colonel, let me advise that you & Lt. Col. P. bury all past animosities and

promote harmony in the Regiment. Let us avoid all quarrels, in this way we can best promote

the interests of the service & the Cause. . . .”

Daniel Edgar Sickles (1819-1914) served as U.S. Representative from NY, and later became

a Union general in the CivilWar, losing a leg at the Battle of Gettysburg.