Lot 118

[Colonial America] Group of 7 Items Related to Colonial America, Queen Anne's War, The Crown Point Expedition, the French and Indian War, and more, ca. 1703-59

Lot 118

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Estimate: $600 - $900

Estimate$600 - $900

Status

Open

[Colonial America] Group of 7 Items Related to Colonial America, Queen Anne's War, The Crown Point Expedition, the French and Indian War, and more, ca. 1703-59

1. The Present State of Europe, or the Historical and Political Monthly Mercury...
London: Printed for Henry Rhodes, and Elizabeth Harris, 1703. Vol. XIV. 12mo. (ii), 419-456. Disbound.

Reporting news on the ongoing Queen Anne's War, including mention of Massachusetts-Bay and relations with the Native Americans of the region.

2. Acts and Laws, Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of Her Majesties Province of Massachusetts-Bay...Held at Boston upon Wednesday the Thirty-first of May, 1704
(Boston: B. Green), 1704. Folio. pp. 263-266. Disbound; lightly worn and soiled. ESTC W8052; Evans 1167

With two acts related to Queen Anne's War, including an "Act in further Addition to the Act for Levying Souldiers" and "An Act directing, That the Militia of the Frontiers be provided with Snow Shoes".

3. The Post Boy, With the Freshest Advices, Foreign and Domestick
London: Printed for B. Beardwell, May 27-29, 1707. Numb. 1878. Printed broadsheet newspaper. Scattered soiling.

Reporting news on the ongoing Queen Anne's War.

4. The Kentish Post: or Canterbury News-Letter
Canterbury: Printed and Sold by J. Abree, June 10-14, 1727. Numb. 945. Printed newspaper. Folio. 4 pp. Tax stamp in bottom right corner of front-page. Disbound; separating along central vertical fold.

With a report on the last page on the death of Samuel Mills (abt. 1632-1727) of Jamaica, Long Island, aged 95 years.

5. Unaccomplished Printed Massachusetts-Bay Indenture
Massachusetts-Bay, no date (after 1720). Printed unaccomplished indenture, "for the Purchasing Houses, and Lands for the Perpetuating the Charity of the Honourable Edwad (sic) Hopkins..." Folio. Two sheets. Disbound, light spotting.

6. Manuscript Receipt
Province New Hampshire, no date (ca. 1756 or after). Single oblong sheet, 3 x 3 5/8 in. (76 x 92 mm). Manuscript receipt, for £111, "Rec'd of the province for my service in the Expedition against Crown pointe." Creased from old folds. In frame.

The Crown Point Expedition was a failed 1756 English siege of the French stronghold of Fort Saint-Frédéric on Lake Champlain during the French and Indian War.

7. A View of Niagara Fort, taken by Sir William Johnson, on the 25th of July 1759. Drawn on the Spot in 1758.
(London), September 1759. Engraving. Excised from the Royal Magazine.

View of the highly strategic fort at the juncture of Lake Ontario and the Niagara River, taken by the British during the French and Indian War on July 25, 1759 under the leadership of William Johnson.

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Estimate$8,000 - $12,000

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Estimate$8,000 - $12,000

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Estimate$6,000 - $9,000

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Status

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[Colonial America] Group of 7 Items Related to Colonial America, Queen Anne's War, The Crown Point Expedition, the French and Indian War, and more, ca. 1703-59

This lot is located in Philadelphia.

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