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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Postal History, Autographs and Historical Documents | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 18th July 2014 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Thursday 17 July 2014 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. |
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| Auction Lots - Page 4 | |||
| 3146 | |||
| 1886 (3 November) appointment certificate for a judge in the province of lower Amazon, signed "Andres A Cáreres" and two others. Fine. Photo £200-250 Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray (1836-1923) was three times President of Peru during the 19th century, from 1884 to 1885, then from 1886 to 1890, and again from 1894 to 1895. In Peru, he is considered a national hero for leading the resistance to Chilean occupation during the War of the Pacific (1879-1883), where he fought as a General in the Peruvian Army, earning the nickname, "The Devil of the Andes" United States of AmericaAmerican Infantry Commission |
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| 1798 (10 May) Original Printed Commission, completed in manuscript, signed by Arthur Fenner as Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence-Plantations, and by Samuel Eddy as Secretary, appointing William Tanner to be Lieutenant of the third Company of Infantry in the Town of West Greenwich in the County of Kent. Dated at foot concluding with "in the twenty second years of Independence". 8 x 13 inches, wafer seal affixed upper left, folds, old repairs on verso, minor blemishes and light spotting, otherwise good. Photo £250-300 Arthur Fenner (1745-1805) served as the governor of Rhode Island from 1790 until his death in 1805 and was a prominent Country Party (Anti-Federalist) leader. Arthur was governor of Rhode Island when it became the last of the thirteen states to ratify the Constitution on 29 May 1790 Samuel Eddy (1769-1839) served as clerk of the Rhode Island Supreme Court 1790-1793. He also served as Rhode Island Secretary of State 1798-1819
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| 3148 | |||
| x 1873 (15 February) personal check signed "GA Custer". Blue bank check drawn on the Planters National Bank of Louisville, payable to "John Ranch / Ninety-Two Dollars."; endorsements on the back, and some light bleed through; spindle cancel at the centre, small spindle hole towards the left, otherwise very fine. The entries are in medium brown ink used by General Custer. Photo £3,000-4,000 George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876). A United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars, famous for his defeat at the Battle of Little Bighorn For other U.S.A. items, please see lots 3072 and 3094 THE END OF THE SALE |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Postal History, Autographs and Historical Documents | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 18th July 2014 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Thursday 17 July 2014 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. |
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| Page: | 1 2 3 4 | ||