498 KNYPHAUSEN (BARON WILHELM VON, Commander of the Hessian troops in America during the Revolution). L. s., 1 p., folio. Headquarters, New York, March 26, 1780.

ONE OF THE RAREST AUTOGRAPHS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD, with apparently no record of sale in many years. OF GREAT HISTORICAL VALUE. Being Gen. Kynphausen's agreement to exchange Gen. Silliman, who had been captured by a party sent by Sir Henry Clinton which had surprised him in his own house, for Judge Thomas Jones a loyalist who had been seized when on parole for the special purpose of exchange for Gen. Silliman.

"I now acquaint you, that when Judge Jones is sent to Kingsbridge, General Sullivan will be immediately exchanged, and may return home when he pleases."

499 KOSCIUSKO (THADEUSZ, General in the Revolution). A. L. s., 1 p., 4to. Paris, 18 Fr., an 6. Courteous letter of regret for his inability to attend a meeting. With portrait.

500

A. L. s., 1 p., 4to. March 11, no year. To Colonel Biddle. In reference to his shares in the Bank of Pennsylvania. (Backed with silk.)

SALE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY TWENTIETH, AT 2:30

THIRD SESSION

NUMBERS 501-782

501 LAFAYETTE (ANASTASIE ADRIENNE DE NOAILLES, MME. DE). A. L., 1 p., 8vo. N.p., n.d.

SCARCE.

502 LAFAYETTE (MARQUIS DE). L. s., 2 pp., 4to. W'msburg, 19th Sep., 1781. To Gen. Weedon.

503

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505

In General Washington's absence I have opened your letter His Excellency, being on board the Fleet, will make every necessary arrangement I will not add anything on restraining the enemy within bounds," etc.

A. L. s., 1 p., 4to. La Grange, decembre 20, 1825. To Wm. B. Sprague. Courteous letter of appreciation, in English.

A. L. s., 1 p., 4to. La Grange, April 27, 1831. To Nicholas Biddle of the Bank of the United States. With portraits.

FINE LETTER of business mingled with friendship. He desires to retain the 6000 acres of Florida land (this, indeed, was a far-sighted provision), and to thank the bank for its loan, he had hoped for no greater accomodation than a sale of his stock.

A. L. s., 1 p., 4to. La Grange, 24 juin, 1831. Το M. l'Abbé LaBouderie. Courteous letter of appreciation for LaBouderie's approval of LaFayette's political position. With 3 portraits. Accompanied by a copy of Wm. B. Sprague's "Oration Commemorative of Gen. Lafayette," Albany, 1834. 5 pieces.

506 LAMB (JOHN, Colonel in the Revolution). A. D. s., 2 pp., 4to. New York, Jan. 4, 1788. Respecting the collection of Customs at the port of New York.

507

A. L. s., 1 p., 4to. New York, Apr. 23, 1793. To Mr. John Taylor, Merchant in Albany.

Fine letter in regard to the purchase of the forfeited lands of Col. Daniel Claus, son-in-law of Sir William Johnson and British Indian agent in Canada.

508 LANGHAM (ARTHUR). D. s., 2 pp., folio (repaired). Sept. 20, 1710. Signed also by R. Paxton, Samuel Hatch and Charles Frost. Deed of sale of a prize ship to William Pepperrell, father of Sir William Pepperrell, and his partners.

509 LAURENCE (JOHN, Member of the Continental Congress). L. s., 1 p., folio. Upper Freehold, Sept. 1, 1775. To Mr. Edmond Williams. On the appointment of County delegates.

510 LAURENS (HENRY, President of Continental Congress). A. L. s., 3 pp., 4to. Charles Town, South Carolina, March 9, 1769. To Lachlan McIntosh. A long letter on financial matters in which he speaks of the trouble he is having to secure money. (Several words defective as the result of a small portion of the margin being torn away, slightly stained).

511

A. L. s., 2 pp., 4to. Charles Town, South Carolina, Aug. 13, 1770. To Samuel Johnston. Refers to the long illness and death of his wife. (Slightly stained.) With portrait. 2 pieces.

RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS RESPECTING
GENERAL BURGOYNE AND HIS TROOPS

512 LAURENS (HENRY, President of the Continental Congress). D. s., 6 pp., folio. In Congress, January 6, 1778. Attested by Charles Thomson.

IMPORTANT HISTORICAL DOCUMENT complaining of bad faith on the part of General Burgoyne in not living up to the Articles of the Convention and trying to evade many of its most important stipulations, and Resolving not to allow the embarkation of the convention troops "till a distinct and explicit ratification of the Convention of Saratoga shall be properly notified by the Court of Great Britain."

513 A. L. s., 1 p. folio. York Town, March 12, 1778. To Governor Clinton of New York. Transmitting resolutions of Congress.

514

A. L. s., 2 pp., folio. State House, Philadelphia, September 28, 1779. To William Ellery. With copy of a portion of a letter from Laurens to Gov. Trumbull, regarding d'Estaing. 2 pieces.

"You will have heard of the arrival of Count d'Estaing near Georgia & South Carolina, if the weather favored him we shall in a few days learn the effect of his operations in that quarter," etc. Beneath the signature is written "A circumstance has happened which obliges me to pause before I determine to transmit the intended communication." This communication is referred to as being enclosed, in the first part of the letter.

515 LAURENS (JOHN, Aide to Washington and his Military Secretary). A. L. s., 3 pp., 4to. September 4, 1775. To his father. Second sheet inlaid.

516

"It appears to me
to be the duty of every American who is
absent from home, to return . . . You will be honorably distinguished
by your services in the foremost rank of your Fellow Citizens and I
shall act with no less Ardour in some inferior station," etc.

A. L. s., 3 pp., 4to. Philadelphia, Aug. 28, 1780. To General Lincoln.

Col. Laurens, son of Henry Laurens, was captured at the fall of Charlestown, and at the time of writing this letter a prisoner in Philadelphia. He asks Gen. Lincoln to urge his exchange. "Captivity is such an insupportable evil that I am induced to put in practice every plan for a release that affords the least glimmering of hope .

517 LEAR (TOBIAS, Private Secretary to Washington). A. L. s., 1 p., 4to. [Washington], Dec. 1, 1815. To George Bryan. With franking signature. Respecting payments to Pennsylvania.

518 LEE (ARTHUR, Member of Continental Congress). A. L. s., 4 pp., 4to. Chaillot, Nov. 12, 1778.

In reference to obtaining a loan of a million sterling for the Colonies in Amsterdam. "By this supply we should be enabled to bring G. Britain speedily & surely to acknowledge our independence The City of London furnished a loan to King William for one Revolution, & it is an example well worthy the imitation of Amsterdam,” etc.

519 LEE (CHARLES, Second in command under Washington). A. L. s., 1 p., 4to. Alexandria, September 5, 1771. To Edward Jackson. On surveying matters. 2 pieces.

520

Accompanying this is a contemporary copy of an A. L. s. from Lee to Gov. Cooke of Rhode Island, an important historical letter regarding, the enemy's movements.

A. L. s., 3 pp., 4to, inlaid. Baltimore, Sept. 12, 1782. To Gen. Greene.

VERY FINE AND CHARACTERISTIC LETTER, written after his discharge from the army for his conduct at the battle of Monmouth. He then asks for the return of four horses which he claims had been stolen from him and were now with one of Greene's cavalry regiments.

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I take the opportunity of congratulating you on the honour you have so justly acquired-You have acquired it not by the infatuation of the People or by the little arts of employing puffers in the public papers, or by detaching missionaries into different parts to scoop out the brains of the People and then fill their skulls with mundungas-in short the glory you have obtained is of a more solid nature and I sincerely wish you may live long to enjoy it. I have long

wished to thank you My Dr Sir, likewise for the handsome and generous part you have acted by me. My Friends Edwards and Harry Lee have frequently informed me of the generous indignation you have expressed at the unworthy and scoundrell treatment I have receiv'd.

521

A. L. s., 2 pp., 4to. N.p., n.d. To a Lady.

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VERY RARE. “I am sorry that any blankets (or perhaps as you rightly judge the pains of gout .) should bring on a serious altercating negotiation betwixt you or me,—for God's sake let the affair (if it can be call'd an affair) rest, or go to the Devil. I believe I wrote peevishly, the weather was rainy and the indications of a serious_fit upon me... and... you ought not to have been ruffled. You confess you were, and I am glad of it, as I do not like to stand singly and entirely in the wrong. I have sent you two, the others are full sufficient. I shall not thank you for 'em as it wou'd look formal, but wish you cheerfully a good night . . ."

522 LEE (HENRY, Governor of Virginia). A. L. s., 2 pp., folio. N.p., 26th Dec., 1795. To Patrick Henry.

AN IMPORTANT LETTER URGING HENRY TO ACCEPT WASHINGTON'S
PROFFERED APPOINTMENT AS JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT. ".
The Senate have disagreed to the P.[residential] appointment of Mr.
Rutledge & a vacancy in that important office has taken place. For
your countrys sake for your friends sake for your familys sake tell
me you will obey a call to it

523 LEE (ROBERT E.). A. L. s., 2 pp., 4to. Arlington, 15 Sept., 1859. To William O. Winston. Respecting alterations and repairs of the White House.

524

A FINE LETTER.

A. L. s., 1 p., 4to. H'd. q'rs., Fred's., 21 Feb'y., 1863. To James A. Seddon, Secretary of War. Protesting the transfer of Toombs' brigade to Georgia.

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I do not know what may be the necessity for reinforcing that I think it bad policy to break up divisions and Corps that have served long together. Confidence is destroyed and their efficiency weakened.

525 LEE (WILLIAM, Sheriff of London, Revolutionary Patriot and Agent at Nantes). A. L. s., 2 pp., 4to. Bruxelles, 24 Dec., 1782. To Henry Laurens. Repudiating the authorship of an anonymous letter traducing Adams.

FINE LETTER.

526 LEWIS (GEN. MORGAN, Colonel in the American Revolution, Governor of New York). A. D. s., 1 p., 4to. Skeensborough, Aug. 6, 1776; L. s., 1 p., folio. Albany, Jan. 20, 1777. Ordering logs drawn to Fort Ann, for the defences against Burgoyne. 2 pieces.

527 2 A. L. s., 4to and folio. Cheshire's Oct. 11, 1776. An order to Col. Yates; Albany, Aug. 8, 1778. Ordering Mr. Schuyler to superintend the building of a bridge at Saratoga. 2 pieces.