Early American History Auctions, Inc. is proud to announce that after 40 years in SouthernCalifornia, our first major auction catalog written at our new location in Winchester, Virginiais now Online and open for bidding. This first auction from Winchester is truly special; thefocus is on the early history of Virginia from the Colonial, French & Indian War, AmericanRevolution, and Civil War Era. We are proud to offer over 90 lots consigned by Ambassadorand former Secretary of the Navy, J. William Middendorf II, now 99 years young. He wasfirst appointed U.S. Secretary of the Navy by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, serving in thatrole under four presidents. His family heritage extends to the very founding of the ContinentalNavy. Middendorf's collections include such wide-ranging items such as George Washington'swriting desk, a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair, to a large piece of the Berlin Wall. A significantfocus within this current auction is on the Colonial and Revolutionary War American Navy plusitems relating to George Washington. On December 11th, the United States Navy named a newNavy Destroyer in his honor.

Why move to Winchester, Virginia? According to president, Dana Linett, My personal desire was to get back East and be situatedwhere the history I catalog occurred. For instance, George Washington holds significantconnections to Winchester, Virginia. They date back to his early career at age 17 as a LandSurveyor in this area and his military career. In 1755, during the French and Indian War,George Washington, then a young officer in the Virginia militia, played a significant role in andaround Winchester. He was tasked with defending the Virginia frontier against French forcesand their Native American allies. Winchester served as a key military outpost during this time,and in 1756, George Washington oversaw the construction of Fort Loudoun in Winchester, thelargest fort on the frontier, which Washington often used it as his headquarters. Later in life,Washington and his family occasionally visited Winchester, including during his presidency andretirement. During the Civil War, the town of Winchester traded hands between the North andSouth more times than any other! For these reasons, the March 30th Early American Auctionwill feature Colonial paper money notes from Virginia and several of the timeframe types thatGeorge Washington himself would have carried to pay for items he purchased during both theFrench and Indian and Revolutionary War era.

Some Auction Highlights Include:

Lot 207: (A Featured Cover Image): The ORIGINAL TELEGRAM HANDED To GENERALULYSSES S. GRANT at the Philadelphia Railroad Station The Night Of APRIL 14th,1865 - NOTIFYING HIM Of The ASSASSINATION Of PRESIDENT LINCOLN.

Lot 1: President Signed Four Language Ship Papers.

Lot 10: Signed Document for the American Continental Army - Bushnell was the Creator of the First Combat Submarine Attacking Ships by Attaching a Timed Bomb!

Lot 18: General Signed Promissory Note, One of Only Two of these rareChecks known, Signed by Custer.

Lot 20: Jefferson Davis, Choice Autograph Letter Signed as Both CSA President &Confederate States of America President-Elect.

Lot 23: c. 1820 Eleazar Huntington Engraved, the Historic Broadside.

Lot 33: Continental Congress President Signed Official toAuthorize the Immediate Purchase Three Ships to be Outfitted for the ContinentalNavy in 1777.

Lot 43: 1779 Continental Congress President Signed Vellum CommissionAppointing Captain Bartholomew Von Heer as the First Commander of the, Instituting General GeorgeWashington's and America's First Military Police Force.

Lot 50: Patriot Signed Pennsylvania currency note of March 1, 1769, on July 8,1776. John Nixon made the First Public Proclamation Reading of the .

Lot 75: George Washington Signed Three Language Ships Paper, Display Framed togetherwith the Engraving: .

Lot 92: The Hated British with Four Pence Tax Stamp, in Deep RedPrint, Scott RM16P, Gem Crisp Proof.

Lot 102: 1773 Rare Engraved Boston Broadside:

Lot 103: 1774 Boston Newspaper With Paul Revere's Engraved Woodcut in its Masthead.

Lot 106: Extremely Rare, June 21, 1759 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Printed Pennsylvania 50Shillings Note, PMG Choice F-15, Ex: Boyd; Stack's John Ford Jr Collection Part IIIMay 2004.

Lot 108: June 30, 1748, South Carolina TEN POUNDS Deer note, PMG-8, Ex: Stack's John J.Ford, Jr. Collection Part VIII, Jan. 2005.

Lot 122: 1775 Paul Revere Engraved Bond to Captain Boston, aTea Party Participant & Privateer who Signed this First American Revolutionary WarMassachusetts Bond Listed in by Anderson as .

Lot 126: 1777 Massachusetts-Bay Revolutionary War Rare Broadside, Announcing Pay andBounty Money For Enlisting Soldiers, and Specific to .

Lot 144: , being The Earliest Obtainable View of the Battle ofBunker Hill.

Lot 145: One of Three Known, Historic April 1775 EngravingPrinted by and for Charles Reak & Samuel Okey. Newport, Rhode Island.Lot 153: Choice Paul Revere, Jr. Hallmarked , Decorative MonogrammedClamshell Design, Coin Silver Tablespoon.

Lot 158: July 18, 1798 Dated, General Washington's Letter Declaring his ACCEPTANCE of the Command of the ARMIES of the UNITED STATES.

Lot 160: General Washington With His Declaration Of Independence: ,September 7, 1797, by Thompson.

Lot 163: 1853 large, framed Engraving by Paul Girardet,After the original Oil Painting by E. LEUTZ.

Lot 167: c. 1850 Magnificent Wall Size 53 x 42 Framed Berlin Needlepoint, After the Portrait of President George Washington.

Lot 168: Extremely Rare 1819 George Washington Textile Kerchief, Recorded as Number 54page 71 in .

Lot 169: (1789) George Washington Inaugural Button, Type, with its OriginalShank.

Lot 174: 1792 Lt. William Bligh, First Edition Book titled,

Lot 186: Extremely Rare Portrait Textile of a Design Not Listed in Inscription Stating, .

Lot 191: c. April 3rd,1865 Civil War Broadside,

Lot 202: c. April 9, 1865 Unrecorded Civil War Broadside,

Lot 212: Abraham Lincoln Beardless Plaster After Leonard Volk's OriginalCast in 1860 Made Circa 1886.

Lot 217: Abraham Lincoln Photograph Portrait, After Hesler, by George B Ayres, Signed on itsReverse Side .

Lot 228: (Harry S. Truman) November 3rd 1948, The Famous Mistaken Newspaper Headline by .

Lot 229: World War I: Uncle Sam Recruiting Poster By James Montgomery Flagg with theIconic Text: the1917 an Original.

Lot 239: 1836 Gobrecht Silver Dollar Rarity, Judd-60 Die Variety III with Name on Base, Judd-60, Original with Plain Edge, NGC-AU.

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