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1780 (29 January) America. West Point Garrison note relating to
General Knox
Single page manuscript note stating “Received. West Point 29th January
a bundle of clothing for general Nox, and two shirts for Captain
Savage". Signed by Samuel Cooper Quartermaster, 3rd Battalion
Artillery. General Knox was the most important military General in
American Revolutionary War outside of General George Washington.
Samuel Cooper was a 1st Lieutenant & Regimental Quartermaster in the
3rd Artillery Battalion of the Continental Army. Scarce item.
3 x 7.50in. (7.62 x 19.05cm)
€100-€150 (£83-£125 approx)
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19th Century: 1782 Club buttons
3 large and 1 small 1782 Club gilt buttons decorated with shamrocks.
The club was founded in 1844 to celebrate the memory of legislative
Irish independence in 1782.
€80-€100 (£67-£83 approx)
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1788 pattern British cavalry sword
1788 pattern light cavalry trooper’s sword. Straight 90cm blade with
narrow back fuller. Stirrup hilt with ribbed leather grip. Complete with
leather and steel mounted scabbard marked 'Woolley & Co.'
€100-€150 (£83-£125 approx)
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1793 (13 February) French Revolution volunteer commission
document
In the name of Citizen Paul Guichard To hold the rank of Lieutenant in
the Militia Battalion of the Somme With signatures and original wax
seal. Framed 13.50 x 9in. (34.29 x 22.86cm)
€150-€200 (£125-£167 approx)
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1794-7: French Revolutionary Wars engravings including Captain
Faulknor storming Fort Royal Martinique
Framed, coloured engravings.
Two large engravings of Captain Faulknor of HMS Zebra storming Fort
Royal Martinique as part of a force of 1200 commanded by General
Rochambeau and Captain Trollope in the Glatton engaging a French
squadron. Both published by James Daniell, London. (2 items) 25 x 30in.
(63.50 x 76.20cm)
€250-€350 (£208-£292 approx)
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1791 (October 19) Henry Grattan handwritten and signed letter 3pp,
manuscript.
Letter in Grattan's hand sent from 9 Lukesmith Square. Written in the
third person and signed numerous times as "Mr. Grattan". Henry Grattan
the famous orator and statesman born in Dublin, was an opponent of
the act of union and the only Irish politician to have a period of
parliamentary history named after him. 9 x 7.50in. (22.86 x 19.05cm)
€200-€300 (£167-£250 approx)
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1798: 'The United Irish Patriots of 1798' print
Lithograph, framed.
Large print depicting the leaders of the United Irishmen including
Wolfe Tone, Emmet, Sheares, Russell, Naper Tandy, MacCracken,
Fitzgerald, Dwyer et al. A good decorative piece. 19 x 24in. (48.26 x
60.96cm)
€100-€150 (£83-£125 approx)
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18th-20th Century: Collection of letters with signatures of Irish
historical figures
Mixed lot of letters handwritten and signed by well known Irish
historical figures including Aubrey Thomas de Vere, Dudley Fitzgerald
de-Ros, Colonel Henry John Clements, Isaac Milles the younger, Admiral
Edward Plunkett, Lord Strangford, General John Thomas de Burgh, Barry
Sullivan, Maurice O'Connell son of Daniel, Lord O'Neill of Shane's Castle
Antrim, Major General Sir Charles Wilson, Richard Lovell Edgeworth,
James Frederick Ferguson and Thomas Crofton Croker. (14 items)
€300-€500 (£250-£417 approx)
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