Questions of land and power in the early days of the US

An historically significant document dating from 1785 and a previously unrecorded campaign handbill concerning the election that saw Thomas Jefferson become the third US president were highlights of a February 17 sale at Freeman’s (26/20/12% buyer’s premium).

Bid to a considerably higher than predicted $160,000 (£117,645) in Philadelphia, the earlier docum…

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