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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #8034 Benedict Arnold Revolutionary War–Dated

8034. Benedict Arnold Revolutionary War–Dated Handwritten Letter (Copy of Henry Clinton's Letter to Oliver De Lancey)

Now At: $300 (1 bid)

Estimate: $4,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8035 Lord Jeffrey Amherst Revolutionary

8035. Lord Jeffrey Amherst Revolutionary War–Dated Document Signed, Issuing Arms to the First Hessian Troops Sent to America (1776)

Now At: $200 (1 bid)

Estimate: $1,200+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8036 Revolutionary War (4) Hand-Drawn Maps

8036. Revolutionary War (4) Hand-Drawn Maps

Now At: $200 (1 bid)

Estimate: $1,500+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8037 King George III Signed Royal Military

8037. King George III Signed Royal Military Commission, Countersigned by Lord George Germain, Appointing Sir Henry Clinton "General in America only" (April 1, 1776)

Now At: $2,500 (1 bid)

Estimate: $35,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8038 Esek Hopkins War-Dated Letter Signed

8038. Esek Hopkins War-Dated Letter Signed from 'Onboard the Alfred,' Requesting Cannon for the Defense of New England Ports

Starting Bid: $1,000 (0 bids)

Estimate: $10,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8039 Benedict Arnold War-Dated Letter Signed

8039. Benedict Arnold War-Dated Letter Signed with Handwritten Loyalist Confession Warning of Enemy Infiltration - Written Three Years Before His Own Defection to the British

Starting Bid: $2,500 (0 bids)

Estimate: $25,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8040 Captured Hessian Muster Roll (1778)

8040. Captured Hessian Muster Roll (1778)

Now At: $200 (1 bid)

Estimate: $1,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8043 Haym Salomon and Robert Morris Signed

8043. Haym Salomon and Robert Morris Signed Bill of Exchange for Financing the Revolutionary War (October 22, 1782)

Starting Bid: $2,500 (0 bids)

Estimate: $25,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8044 John Lawrence War-Dated Signed

8044. John Lawrence War-Dated Signed Connecticut Pay Order, Issued to a Free Black Soldier and Veteran of Germantown, Monmouth, and Valley Forge (1782)

Starting Bid: $200 (0 bids)

Estimate: $1,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8046 David Hartley the Younger (7)

8046. David Hartley the Younger (7) Revolutionary War-Era Handwritten Manuscripts on Peace Negotiations by Britain's Sole Signatory to the Treaty of Paris

Starting Bid: $1,000 (0 bids)

Estimate: $20,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8047 John Paul Jones Autograph Letter Signed

8047. John Paul Jones Autograph Letter Signed to Thomas Jefferson, Pressing for "Prize-Money" Claims Attached to His Revolutionary War Naval Victories

Starting Bid: $5,000 (0 bids)

Estimate: $65,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8049 Colonial Currency of the Thirteen

8049. Colonial Currency of the Thirteen Colonies (1776)

Now At: $500 (1 bid)

Estimate: $15,000+

Ends on 07/08

Lot #8076 Marquis de Lafayette Autograph Letter

8076. Marquis de Lafayette Autograph Letter Signed, Corresponding with Jefferson, Monroe, and the President

Now At: $242 (3 bids)

Estimate: $800+

Ends on 07/08