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The United States Constitution–Signed Official Ratification Copy and Related Documents

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We are pleased to offer for auction the only located privately held Official Signed Ratification Copy of the United States Constitution. Among the most important documents ever offered at auction, this humble looking document is the very cornerstone of our democracy. This nine lot auction also includes an important 1776 first draft of the Articles of Confederation; a Charles Thomson Signed Congressional Ordinance Defining His Own Duties; a period copy of Emanuel Leutze’s iconic Washington Crossing the Delaware; and five other important early American documents.
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Lot 1503

1787 Foreign Affairs Letter and Treaty Draft [John Jay] [John Adams]

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
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Office for Foreign Affairs, April 6th, 1787 : The secretary of the United States for the Department of Foreign Affairs, in pursuance of the order of Congress directing him to report the draft of a letter to the states, to accompany the resolutions in his reports of 13th October last, on a letter of 6th March, 1786, from the honorable John Adams, Esq; reports the following...; along with five printed folio pages Treaty of Amity and Commerce draft, n.d.; largest approximately 14 x 8-3/4 in.

Provenance: A Historic Edenton Family Collection

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A Historic Edenton Family Collection

separations and losses at fold intersections, creasing, toning, staining, numerous annotations and inscriptions