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47 . GEORGE WASHINGTON “ MEMORABLE ERA ” 1789 INAUGURAL CLOTHING BUTTON . 1-3 / 8 ” ( 34mm ). Brass . DeWitt GW-1789-4 . Albert WI-1a . Hake # 3007 . Holed at 4 o ’ clock . Missing original shank on verso . Text around rim “ March The Fourth 1789 Memorable Era ” w / colonial eagle and star design at center . Strike is extremely bold . Attractive design retaining its distinct , sharp details . Technically Fine . A nice example of this important design commemorating the date the newly formed government began to operate under the Constitution . Washington ’ s inauguration was scheduled for this day but delays postponed the celebration until April 30th . ( K ) $ 400.00 48 . GEORGE WASHINGTON “ LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT ” 1789 INAUGURAL BUTTON . 1-3 / 8 ” ( 34mm ). Brass w / beveled edge and wide spaced “ GW ”. Albert WI-11c & DeWitt GW-1789-8 . Retains shank on reverse . Smooth surface w / pleasant patina . VF . A nice example of this historic inaugural artifact . John Hillhouse Collection . ( K ) $ 500.00 49 . WASHINGTON “ GW LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT ” 1789 INAUGURAL CLOTHING BUTTON . 1-3 / 8 ” ( 34mm ). Missing original shank on verso . Brass w / narrow spacing of “ GW ” at center . Albert WI-11A . Moderate wear . VG . A historic piece produced for Washington ’ s first inauguration . ( K ) $ 500.00 50 . WASHINGTON “ DEAD MARCH & MONODY ” EXTREMELY RARE C . 1799 SHEET MUSIC . 9x12.5 ”. Portrait of Washington on top center . “ Performed in the Lutheran Church in Philadelphia on Thursday the 26th December 1799 , being part of the music selected for funeral honors to our late illustrious Chief [ sic ]”. Dedicated to the Senate of the United States . Even toning w / scattered age spotting . Moderate edge wear . Fine . Produced just weeks after Washington ’ s passing and one of the few pieces of music published prior to 1800 . Among the rarest pieces of American sheet music . ( K ) $ 500.00 51 . “ ADAMS AND LIBERTY ” IMPORTANT & RARE C . 1799 CAMPAIGN SONG SHEET . 9.75x10.5 ” in 15.25x19.25 ” frame . Song written by Robert Treat Paine Jr . in 1798 and is considered the first significant campaign song in American history . Set to the tune To Anacreon In Heaven the same tune as Francis Scott Key would later set The Star Spangled Banner to . Among the many stirring stanzas touching on the woes of mercantilism , XYZ affair is this gem dealing w / political factionalism- “ The fame of our arms , of our laws the mild sway ,/ Had justly ennobled our nation in story / Till the dark clouds of faction obscur ’ d our young day ,/ An envelop ’ d the sun of American glory ./ Let Traitors be told ,/ Who their country have sold , And barter ’ d the God for his image in gold- / The ne ’ er will the sons of Columbia be slaves ,/ While the earth bears a plant , or the seal roll in / waves .” Paper loss along right affecting text . Good . Archivally mounted for stabilization and housed in a museum quality frame . An impressive document among the earliest artifacts of American Presidential campaigning . Rex & Patti Stark Collection . ( L ) $ 1,000.00 52 . DOLLEY MADISON “ MRS . MADISON ’ S WALTZ ” RARE C . 1810 SHEET MUSIC . 9.5x13 ”. c . 1810 . Printed for G . Willig ( Philadelphia ). Age toning w / moderate edge wear and some faint scattered spotting . Fine . Dolley Madison was First Lady from 1809 until 1817 . She famously saved Gilbert Stuart ’ s iconic painting of George Washington during the British burning of Washington in 1814 as she fled the White House during the War of 1812 . Perhaps the first piece of sheet music for a First Lady . ( J ) $ 300.00 53 . “ JOHN QUINCY ADAMS GRAND MARCH ” EARLY PRESIDENTIAL SHEET MUSIC . 9.75x12.75 ”. Published by G . E . Blake ( Philadelphia ). c . 1829-1833 . Composed and arranged for the piano forte by F . Fest . Features unusual engraving of an angel w / trumpet on cover . Even age toning w / moderate edge wear , most notably along right edge . Small tears and tiny area of loss in bottom right corner . VF . Will frame above grade . Scarce sheet music supporting the sixth President . ( J ) $ 300.00
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