Note Number 15,597 for £7.0.8 issued to Solomon Soutice. The note bears his mark, “X,” on verso. Solomon Soutice, a black Revolutionary War soldier who served from Wilton & Norwalk, Connecticut from 1778 – 1782. Some separation at folds. Circular punch cancellation does not affect signature. Overall Fine.

JOSEPH WHIPPLE III. DS. 1 page. 7 ½” x 12 ½”. June 25, 1752. Partly-printed bond in which “Joseph Whipple of Newport in the County of Newport in the Colony of Rhode Island am held and firmly bound to Joseph Clark of James Town within the County & Colony aforesaid in the full and just sum of nine hundred forty nine pounds currenc money of the Colony aforesaid Old Tenor…” Some dampstaining. A rare colonial Rhode Island autograph signed while serving as Deputy Governor.

William Greene (1731 – 1809) Second Governor of Rhode Island from 1778 – 1786 after it became a state. His father William Greene was Governor of Rhode Island when it was still a British Colony. 7 ¼” x 3 ½”. Manuscript Document Signed by William Greene as Governor of Rhode Island. “State of Rhode Island In Council of War June 25, 1778. Ordered that Wm. Coddington be paid out of the Genl Treasury the Sum of three pounds Twelve shillings Lawfull Money for three days attendance our Council of War. W. Greene Govr.” Age toning, overall fine.

Partially Printed Indenture. One page, 13” x 16”. Rhode Island Colony. September 22, 1731. The document serves as an indenture in the sum of One hundred and fifty Pounds for “ … A dwelling House and piece of land lying Newport aforesaid containing about eighty feet in Front and about fifty feet in rear and is bounded Northerly on aa High Way Easterly upon John Brown’s Land Southerly upon High Way and Westerly upon John Chapman’s Land …” The document is Signed by JOHN WANTON (1672-1740) Colonial governor of Rhode Island.Usual folds. Some splits and paper loss at center fold. Some discoloration. Overall Very Good.

ROBERT FROST (1874-1963) American poet. 5" x 2 1/2" card Signed "Robert Frost Ann Arbor November 1925." Mounted below an image of Frost seated in a chair with his dog. Both items framed to an overall size of 16" x 20 1/2". Frost traveled to Ann Arbor in 1921 after accepting a $5,000 fellowship at University of Michigan. While there, he did not teach, but advised students and gave talks.

(1833-1899). Lawyer and agnostic; noted lecturer attacking popular Christian beliefs. ALS Full page measuring approximately 10” x 7 ¾”. Washington DC October 24, 1879. To Hon O.P.G. Clarke, Commissioner of Pension, re obtaining a pension for a fried’s sister. Boldly penned, and a superb example.

ROBERT SCHENCK (1809 - 1890). Union general during the Civil War, politician. ALS. 1 page. 8” x 9 ¾”. New York, Jan. 8, 1857. To H. H. Devendorf Esq. Your letter & telegraphic dispatch, addressed to me, respectively, at Boston & here, have been duly received. The note of the Western Air Line R. R. Co. for $5,000 due at the American Exchange Bank in this city on the 8/11 inst. will be paid. It is provided for. The ten bonds of Marshall Co., Ill. which you hold as collateral, I shall find, I presume, with the note. If not, let them be forwarded immediately. Your offer of an extension by renewal, for ten days is declined. It is not worth the trouble to us. I have not claimed that Mr. S. Remington had power” to make a binding engagement of himself for your bank. But I did think that the opinion expressed by him, a director, & himself one of the endorsing parties, & through whom the loan was obtained, that the note would probably be renewed on the same term for another 90 days might be in some degree counted on. However it is not like the case of the $9000, I admit, in which I had communicated to me the positive promise of the offices of the bank to discount & therefore, in this instance, I have no complaint to make. Respectfully yours, Robert C Scheuck.” Excellent.

John Rockefeller (1839-1937). Rockefeller, the founder and one of the original partners of Standard Oil, was reputedly the world’s richest man.TLS. 1 page. 5 ¾” x 7 ¾”. On his personal imprinted letterhead at Ormand Beach, Florida. December 25, 1923 to a Mr. Charles Flint; “I thank you for your work entitle “Memories of an Active Life”, which it will give me pleasure to read. Be assured of my appreciation. With kind regards and every best wish.” Signed with a very large signature at the conclusion. Fine.

ROGER SHERMAN (1721-1793) American lawyer, politician, and Founding Father. Sherman served as first mayor of New Haven, U.S. Senator from Connecticut, and also served on the Committee of Five that draft the Declaration of Independence. He is the only person to have signed all four great state papers of the U.S.: the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution. Autograph Document Signed. 8 ¾” x 4”. One page. New Haven. October 10, 1764. The document reads: “Mr. Enos Alling Dr. to Roger Sherman Sundries for the Court House viz 82 ll Nails delivered at sundry gimes @ 9d ₤.-1-6 3C 4d Brads @ 7d 1-9. 3-3-3 New Haven Oct. 10th 1764 Errors Excepted Roger Sherman. Slight chip at upper edge. Professional repair affect date and end of “excepted.” Signature remains unaffected, overall Good.