Printed and Manuscript Americana

Freeman’s | Hindman’s Philadelphia Books and Manuscripts department is proud to start off 2025 with its inaugural sale during New York’s Americana Week. Printed and Manuscript Americana will be exhibited at our 67th Street gallery from January 18-24, with the sale taking place in Philadelphia on January 29. Top lots include a first edition of The Federalist, ($60,000-$90,000), a hand-colored first edition of William Birch’s The City of Philadelphia, ($40,000-$60,000), Puritan John Eliot’s early description of Massachusetts, New Englands First Fruits ($40,000-$60,000), and an autograph letter signed by President Thomas Jefferson, discussing the first federally constructed highway ($25,000-$35,000) The tightly...