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Sat, Sep 15, 2018 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1022

North Carolina Gubernatorial Ephemera, 1776-1831

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

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including State Gazette of North Carolina, February 1, 1798, 4-page document, 17-1/4 x 10 in., overall toning, some foxing otherwise very good; Manual Exercise according to the Discipline practiced in 1791, copper plate engraving, dated 1791, 15-1/2 x 9-1/2 in., some foxing otherwise very good; Map of the European Settlements in North America, by Thomas Kitchin, 1776, 14-1/4 x 11 in., one margin is clipped, some toning otherwise very good; a clipped George III signature; land grants, appointments, legal documents, and ephemera from various North Carolina governors, approximately 28 items, total, governors from Richard Caswell to John Branch, all very good to near fine; all housed in custom-made cloth chemises with gilt lettered morocco title labels and three-quarter leather clamshell case, five raised bands, gilt lettered morocco spine labels, chemises are very good, clamshell case is near fine

, Provenance: The Collection of Thomas A. Gray