Sale 2483 - Revolutionary & Presidential Americana, June 21, 2018

84 c   (AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) L’Anglais corrigé comme un Enfant. Hand- colored engraving, 9x11 1 / 4 inches; minimal wear. [France, circa 1781-82] [800/1,200] In the wake of the English defeat by the American alliance, this French print celebrates “the English chastised like a baby.” A bare-armed American prepares to deliver a thrashing to an Englishman, while a Spaniard helpfully holds up the victim’s shirt-tails to expose his bare bottom. A Frenchman holds his belly and laughs to the left, while a Dutchman seated on a pile of his merchandise offers the Englishman the “horns”—the two-fingered salute of the devil. Cresswell 841; none others traced at auction. 85 c   (AMERICAN REVOLUTION—AMERICAN SOLDIERS.) Group of 8 items Signed, or Signed and Inscribed. Format and condition vary. Vp, 1774-1805 [1,500/2,500] Henry Knox. Document Signed, “HKnox,” selling his sloop Quick Lime to Edward Thillman. 2 pages, tall 4to, with integral blank. Np, 24 May 1805 * John Chester (2). Two Autograph Letters Signed, as Supervisor of the Revenue, to Collector White, sending [revenue] stamps and home distillery certificates [not present]. Each 1 / 2 page, 4to. [New Haven], 9 October 1798; 25 March 1801 * Amos Kellogg. Partly-printed Document Signed, as Justice of the Peace, warrant to apprehend Dan Welton. 6 3 / 4 x9 inches. Pittsford, 5 August 1797 * Jonathan Heart. Partly-printed Document Signed, “Jona. Heart,” ordering the CT treasurer to pay £32.18.11 to the estate of J. Hurlbert. 6x8 1 / 4 inches. Hartford, 17 May 1784 * Benjamin Lincoln. Clipped Signature, “BLincoln,” as Collector, on a slip of paper removed from a document. 1 1 / 4 x4 1 / 2 inches. Np, 1789–1809 * Thomas Eaton. Document Signed, a warrant for bastardy against James Basford. 1 1 / 2 pages, oblong 8vo, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet. Np, 3 October 1801 * Jethro E. Sumner. Document Signed, “J Sumner Shr,” as Sheriff of Bute County, warrant to apprehend William Abbott. Signed on verso. Square 8vo. Np, 8 November 1774. 84