Spirit of '76: America's 250th Anniversary Auction

The 30 Minute Rule begins July 8 7:00 PM EDT (Auction Details)

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- RR Auction is proud to present the Spirit of '76: America's 250th Anniversary Auction. Seventy-six lots celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States, in the words of the people who lived it. Washington. Franklin. Hancock. Jefferson. Adams. Madison. Hamilton. Lafayette. Benedict Arnold. King George III. The manuscripts that lit the fuse. The order that sent men to die. The secret codes, the battle plans, the betrayals. The money begged from France to keep the cause alive. The peace, hard won. And the fragile, defiant country that rose from all of it. Heroes and traitors. Kings and rebels. The voices of America and the enemies who tried to break it, gathered together in a remarkable sale celebrating the birth of the United States.

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Lot #8001 James Otis: The Rights of the British

8001. James Otis: The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (Third Edition, 1766)

Starting Bid: $200 (0 bids)

Estimate: $1,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8002 John Dickinson: An Essay on the

8002. John Dickinson: An Essay on the Constitutional Power of Great-Britain over the Colonies in America (First Edition, 1774)

Now At: $300 (1 bid)

Estimate: $4,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8003 [King George III] Baptist Noel Turner

8003. [King George III] Baptist Noel Turner Autograph Draft Proposal for Settling the American Colonies (c. 1775)

Starting Bid: $200 (0 bids)

Estimate: $2,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8004 John Hancock and Samuel Adams Letter

8004. John Hancock and Samuel Adams Letter Signed on American Radicals' Disaffection with British Colonial Policies and "notorious Violations of their Property" (1766)

Now At: $10,000 (1 bid)

Estimate: $150,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8005 John Hancock War-Dated Autograph Letter

8005. John Hancock War-Dated Autograph Letter Signed as Chairman of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, Urgently Summoning a Delegate to a Committee Meeting in Cambridge (1774)

Starting Bid: $1,000 (0 bids)

Estimate: $20,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8006 John Adams Handwritten Letter on the Eve

8006. John Adams Handwritten Letter on the Eve of Revolution, Declaring that "Britain has neither Troops nor Money" to fight America while calling Boston Tories "Enemies of Mankind"

Now At: $10,000 (1 bid)

Estimate: $75,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8007 Joseph Warren Autograph Document Signed

8007. Joseph Warren Autograph Document Signed - Medical Bill to Col. Elisha Doane for Medicines and Attendance, Endorsed by His Brother Dr. John Warren

Starting Bid: $1,000 (0 bids)

Estimate: $20,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8008 Joseph Warren: Manuscript Draft Eulogy

8008. Joseph Warren: Manuscript Draft Eulogy for the Patriot General Killed at Bunker Hill, Published in the Pennsylvania Magazine During Thomas Paine's Editorship (1775)

Now At: $200 (1 bid)

Estimate: $1,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8009 Francis Lewis Revolutionary War-Dated

8009. Francis Lewis Revolutionary War-Dated Autograph Letter Signed on NYC's Reaction to the Battles of Lexington and Concord: "This City in a violent ferment" (April 26, 1775)

Starting Bid: $2,500 (0 bids)

Estimate: $25,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8010 Patrick Henry Autograph Document Signed,

8010. Patrick Henry Autograph Document Signed, Valuing an Enslaved Woman and Child in a Financial Settlement During the Revolutionary Era (1776–1777)

Now At: $666 (4 bids)

Estimate: $6,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8011 William Dawes Revolutionary War-Dated

8011. William Dawes Revolutionary War-Dated Autograph Document Signed, Issuing Rations to Continental Army Recruits Five Years After His Midnight Ride with Paul Revere

Now At: $2,500 (1 bid)

Estimate: $20,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8012 Paul Revere Autograph Document Signed,

8012. Paul Revere Autograph Document Signed, Receiving Payment from a Wealthy Patron of His Silver Shop

Now At: $3,328 (4 bids)

Estimate: $25,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8013 John Hancock Signed 1765 Faneuil Hall

8013. John Hancock Signed 1765 Faneuil Hall Lottery Ticket

Now At: $1,100 (2 bids)

Estimate: $12,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8014 George Washington Signed 1768 Mountain

8014. George Washington Signed 1768 Mountain Road Lottery Ticket - One of About 25 Examples Known

Now At: $1,331 (4 bids)

Estimate: $20,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8015 George Washington Revolutionary War-Era

8015. George Washington Revolutionary War-Era Handwritten Manuscript Fragment on Raising "a large standing army for the defence of the Rights and liberties of America"

Now At: $1,000 (1 bid)

Estimate: $10,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8016 George Washington War-Dated Letter

8016. George Washington War-Dated Letter Signed, Penned in the Hand of Alexander Hamilton Four Days Before the Battle of Germantown, Addressing the Philadelphia Campaign, Burgoyne's Northern Collapse, and the Road to Saratoga (1777)

Starting Bid: $100,000 (0 bids)

Estimate: $750,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8017 George Washington Revolutionary

8017. George Washington Revolutionary War-Dated Letter Signed to Brig. Gen. Potter, Planning a War "to be carried on against the Savages...against the Indians of the Six Nations"

Now At: $20,000 (1 bid)

Estimate: $175,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8018 George Washington War-Dated Letter

8018. George Washington War-Dated Letter Signed to Major Benjamin Tallmadge with Original Franked Address Panel, Directing Culper Ring Intelligence Courier Routes and Referencing Founding Spy Abraham Woodhull (1779)

Now At: $10,000 (1 bid)

Estimate: $80,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8019 Washington Headquarters: Orderly Book of

8019. Washington Headquarters: Orderly Book of the 3rd Massachusetts Regiment with the Newburgh Address and Proclamation of Peace (1782-1783)

Starting Bid: $1,000 (0 bids)

Estimate: $20,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8020 Washington Headquarters: Orderly Book of

8020. Washington Headquarters: Orderly Book of the 4th Massachusetts Regiment with the Proclamation of Peace and Founding Texts of the Society of the Cincinnati (1782-1783)

Starting Bid: $1,000 (0 bids)

Estimate: $20,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8021 George Washington: John Carlile

8021. George Washington: John Carlile Revolutionary War-Dated Autograph Document Signed from Washington's Headquarters, Announcing Congress's Order to Disband the Continental Army

Starting Bid: $1,000 (0 bids)

Estimate: $10,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8022 John Hancock Revolutionary War-Dated

8022. John Hancock Revolutionary War-Dated Letter Signed to Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Chase, and Charles Carroll, Announcing George Washington's Arrival at Philadelphia in 1776 and the Exhaustion of the Congressional Treasury

Now At: $25,000 (1 bid)

Estimate: $300,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8023 Charles Thomson Revolutionary War-Dated

8023. Charles Thomson Revolutionary War-Dated Autograph Document Signed, Appointing Naval Agents for Privateering Prizes (1776)

Starting Bid: $300 (0 bids)

Estimate: $3,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8024 Benjamin Franklin Revolutionary

8024. Benjamin Franklin Revolutionary War-Dated Autograph Letter Signed on Peace Negotiations with Great Britain: "Every thing seems to be rejected by your mad Politicians that would lead to Healing the Breach" (1777)

Now At: $10,000 (1 bid)

Estimate: $125,000+

Ends on 07/08