Archives International Auctions Sale 50 The Milestone Auction U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Autographs and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 50 25 December 3-4,2018 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 124 124 JAMES MADISON. 4th U.S. President. Partly Printed Document Signed “James Madison” as President and “The lowest number of the / same date gives rank. / B.W. Crowninshield” as Secretary of the Navy, 1p, 18.5 by 13 inches. Washington, D.C., December 9, 1814. Patriotic vignettes of an eagle with wings spread at top center and battle flags, cannons, and cannon balls, across the bottom. Paper Seal of the Department of the Navy affixed at lower center. Appointment of George B. McCulloch as “Lieutenant in the Navy.” By 1820, Lieutenant George B. McCulloch was stationed in Philadelphia as a recruiting officer. The Navy reported that on December 31, 1827, Lieutenant George B. McCulloch of the U.S.S. Constitution had died ”of disease” and was buried ashore in Port Mahon, on the Spanish island of Minorca, the next day. Benjamin W. Crowninshield (1772-1851) served as Secretary of the Navy from 1814-1818 in the cabinets of Presidents James Madison and James Monroe. He was elected to represent Massachusetts in Congress as an Adams-Clay Republican in 1822, reelected as an Adams candidate in 1824 and 1826, and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian in 1828, serving in the House of Representatives from March 4, 1823 to March 3, 1831. �����������������������������������������������������������������Est. $2500-3500 125 125 JAMES MADISON. 4th U.S. President. Partly Printed Document Signed “JamesMadison” as President and “W. Jones” as Secretary of the Navy, 1p, 12 by 7 inches. Washington, D.C., July 27, 1813. Appointment of George B. McCulloch as “a sailing Master in the Navy if the United States.” By 1820, Lieutenant George B. McCulloch was stationed in Philadelphia as a recruiting officer. The Navy reported that on December 31, 1827, Lieutenant George B. McCulloch of the U.S.S. Constitution had died ”of disease” and was buried ashore in Port Mahon, on the Spanish island of Minorca, the next day. William Jones (1760-1831) served as Madison’s Secretary of the Navy from January 1813 to December 1814. From April 21, 1813, to February 9, 1814, Jones also served as Madison’s Secretary of Treasury while Secretary Albert Gallatin was in Europe on diplomatic missions. Also included is a letter notarizing a deposition of George B. McColloch, “In Prize Court – Bahama Islands” in 1812, discussing the capture of an unarmed Spanish vessel by the Cutter Caledonia and the results of its capture and the eventual status of its cargo. Historic War of 1812 documents, autographs and interesting story. ����������������������������������������������������Est. $2000-4000 126 126 MARTIN VAN BUREN. 8th U.S. President. Partly Engraved Document Signed “MVan Buren” as President and “J. R. Poinsett” as Secretary of War, 1p, 17 by 14 inches. Washington, D.C., February 5, 1841. Paper Seal of theWar Department at upper left. Patriotic vignettes of an eagle with wings spread at top center and flags, weapons, cannon balls, military accouterments, and a drum across the bottom. Appointment of William Wall “as Assistant Quarter Master with the rank of Captain.” William Wall (1808-1847), West Point Class of 1832, served on the 1832 Black Hawk Expedition. As Second Lieutenant, Wall then served in operations in Creek Nation (1836), in the Florida War (1836-1838), and in the Cherokee Nation (1838) while transferring them to the West. At the time of the appointment here offered, Wall was on quartermaster duty in the Florida War (1841-1842). In the Mexican War, Captain Wall of the 3rd Artillery was engaged in the Battle of Cerro Gordo, April 17-18, 1847. He was only 39 at his death on August 13, 1847, at Puebla, Mexico. Joel R. Poinsett (1779-1851) was sent to South America by President James Madison in 1809 to investigate the prospects of the revolutionists there in their struggle for independence from Spain. He later served as the first U.S. Minister to Mexico (1825- 1829). An accomplished amateur botanist, Poinsett brought a flower back from Mexico that was renamed the “poinsettia” in his honor. �������������������������������������������������� Est. $600-1200 127 127 THEODORE ROOSEVELT. 26th U.S. President. Partly Engraved Document Signed “Theodore Roosevelt” as President and “Charles J. Bonaparte” as Secretary of the Navy, 1p, 20 by 16 inches. Washington, D.C., February 20, 1906. Blue paper Seal of the Department of the Navy at lower center. Patriotic naval vignettes at top center and across the bottom. Appointment of Carlos A. Gardiner “as a Lieutenant, junior grade, in the Navy.” In 1908, Lieutenant Carlos A. Gardiner, while serving on the U.S.S. St. Louis, filed a patent for an improvement in a dress fastener which would be easy to open in areas not readily accessible to the hands of the wearer. Charles J. Bonaparte (1851-1921), grandson of Jérôme, King of Westphalia (brother of Emperor Napoléon), served as President Theodore Roosevelt’s Secretary of the Navy (1905-1906) and Attorney General (1906- 1909). During his tenure as the Attorney General, in 1908, Bonaparte created the Bureau of Investigation which was renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1935. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est. $1000-2000