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Circular letters from Elias Thomson, Secretary of Congress.

Scope and Contents A list of names who have not yet received a bounty for service in the Continental Army from Captain Moses Martin & Lieut. Ebenezer Hills. It is dated Fort George, Sept. 9 & 11th, 1776. On the back, dated Saratoga, Nov. 21, 1776 is a receipt from Moses Martin, Capt. and Ebenezer Hills, Lieut. that they received a bounty of 31 pounds four shillings from Major Ebenezer Curtis. This appears to be from the New York line, 1st Regiment. Included in the list of names are Cash Africa and...

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A steel engraving of the Declaration of Independence by Charles Tappan, Philadelphia in 1829. Notes and changes in the handwriting of Dr. Franklin and Mr. Adams.

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Statementd of the amounts of internal duties imposed by the United States (excepting those of household furniture, on watches and on stamps), paid by each person during the year 1815 in various districts of Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts.

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A printed circulation signed by Alexander Hamilton with further explanation concerning the Collections Law in regard to the boarding and seizure vessels and their cargoes by the armed vessels of France. Dated Treasury Department, August 23, 1793.

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Letter contained a $3 donation. Signed "A Friend." Posted from Litchfield, Conn.

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A silk campaign ribbon with an image of Martin Van Buren holding a scroll reading "Free soil and freedom of the public lands to actual settlers"

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Two pen and ink drawings of an eagle by Stephen Van Rensselaer, a student at the Cornwall (Conn.) Foreign Mission School. Signed by Stephen Van Rensselaer, native name Wah-che-oh-heh, an Osage Indian.

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United States fractional currency, two 10 cents and one 25 cents.

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Announcement for auction of all items in the mansion, Hillhome, the residence of William Mitchell Van Winkle, Jr. (1913-2004), containing a detailed listing of contents of the mansion, 1939; Anson Dickinson miniatures documentation from the National Portrait Gallery, 1983; Hillhome sales brochures, ads, listing agreement, and related materials, 1984.