Archives International Auctions Sale 60 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Coins, Historic Ephemera, Security Printing Ephemera, Stamps & Postal History July 7 & 8, 2020

Archives International Auctions - Sale 60 222 July 7-8,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Ephemera - Civil War Pennsylvania 1420 1420Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1873 War Damages Certificate Signed by Medal of Honor Recipient Pennsylvania, 1873. $1000 I/U Certificate of Adjudicated Claim for War Damages during the Civil War, Black text with black border, vignette at top Pennsylvania state seal. Fine condition with staining and splitting along marginal fold lines, some damage at bottom margins. Signed by Pennsylvania Governor John F. Hartranft, who was the United States military officer who read the death warrant to the individuals who were executed on July 7, 1865 for conspiring to assassinate American President Abraham Lincoln. He was also awarded the U.S. Medal of Honor for his actions during the First Battle of Bull Run. �������� Est. $130-260 Ephemera - Colonial New York 1421 14211772 Promissory Note from Haverstraw, NY, Payable in “New York Currency”. New York, 1772. Promissory note for £3, by possibly William Secaur or Secarer for payment owed to Edward William Riers written in Haverstraw, New York with signed witnesses. Riers was a Haverstraw merchant active in the late 1700s. During the American Revolution, Haverstraw served as an important lookout for British activities on the Hudson due to its location along the river. The village was home to a number of skirmishes between the British Army and the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Today it is a part of Rockland County in New York State. This piece provides a rare glimpse into pre-Revolutionary New York financial accounting.�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $150-300 1422 1422Abraham Relan 1785 Promissory Note “NewYork Currency”, New York, 1785. Promissory note for £3-0-0 New York Currency, by Abraham Relan for payment owned to James L. Bogert written in New York State with signed witnesses. Written not long after the American Revolution, this document is a unique piece of early New York State history and a rare glimpse into financial accounting of the time. Est. $130-260 1423 1423 Jacob Kniffin 1770 Promissory Note from Haverstraw, NY, Payable in “NewYork Currency”. New York, 1770. Promissory note for £12- 0-0, by Jacob Kniffin for payment owed to Edward William Riers written in Haverstraw, New York, with John Allison serving as witness. Riers was a Haverstraw merchant who was supplied the Continental Army with gunpowder during the American Revolution. During the American Revolution, Haverstraw served as an important lookout for British activities on the Hudson. Unique and rare piece of early New York State history just a few years prior to the American Revolution.���������������������������������������������������������� Est. $150-300 1424 1424JohnGreen 1797 Promissory Note New York, 1797. Promissory note by John Green for payment owed to James L Bogert written in New York State with Abraham Lines serving as witness. Unique glimpse into New York State history at the turn of the 18th century.�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $90-180 1425 1425 JosephWard 1771 Promissory Note “Lawful Money of NewYork”. New York, 1771. Promissory note for Five pounds Fifteen Shillings by Joseph Ward for payment owed to Edward William Riers written in New York State, with Samuel Spencer serving as witness. Riers was a Haverstraw, New York merchant who would later supply Colonel Ann Hawkes Hay’s regiment “one half pound of Powder per man” in the early efforts of the American Revolution in 1776. Hay was a colonel in the 2nd regiment of the Orange County, New York militia and observed enemy operations in the Haverstraw Bay of the Hudson River. From July 15 to July 18, 1778, Hay’s temporary residence, that of his brother-in-law William Smith in what is now West Haverstraw, served as headquarters for Washington.����������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $150-300