Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
3 January - 24 January 2023 • New York
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1301 [John Smith] | The first book on the first permanent English settlement in the Americas
1302 (New York) | The establishment of New York under British rule
1303 Continental Congress | First edition, first issue, of the journal of the first Continental Congress
1304 Articles of Confederation | "The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship"
1305 George Washington | The first printing of George Washington's most explicit pronouncement on religious tolerance and one of the great pillars of American religious liberty
1306 Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay | Without question the most important commentary on the Constitution
1307 The Bill of Rights | The rare earliest printings of the final Senate and full Congressional texts of the Bill of Rights
1308 United States Congress | Rare official printing of the Acts of the first Congress, including the first official House printing of the Bill of Rights
1309 [Antoine Soulard] | One of the most significant maps in American history, and an essential source for Lewis & Clark
1310 Thomas Jefferson | An engrossing letter about Jefferson's management of Monticello, including a lament for the death of an enslaved servant
1311 (Thomas Jefferson) | A highly significant volume from Thomas Jefferson's library, closely read and annotated by him
1312 Declaration of Independence | A rare printing on silk of the first facsimile of the Declaration of Independence
1313 John James Audubon | The working manuscript for Audubon's favorite, and the most American, bird
1314 [Alexander Gardner, et al] | The definitive collection of photographs of the American Civil War