Benjamin Lincoln Autograph
Benjamin Lincoln (January 24, 1733 (O.S. January 13, 1733) – May 9, 1810) was an American army officer. He served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Lincoln was involved in three major surrenders during the war: his participation in the Battles of Saratoga (sustaining a wound shortly afterward) contributed to John Burgoyne's surrender of a British army, he oversaw the largest American surrender of the war at the 1780 siege of Charleston, and, as George Washington's second in command, he formally accepted the British surrender at Yorktown. More about Benjamin Lincoln
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Lincoln served from 1781 to 1783 as the first United States Secretary of War. While Secretary of War, Lincoln became an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati of the state of Massachusetts and was elected as the first president of the Massachusetts Society on June 9, 1783. After the war, Lincoln was active in politics in his native Massachusetts, running several times for lieutenant governor but only winning one term in that office. In 1787, Lincoln led a militia army (privately funded by Massachusetts merchants) in the suppression of Shays' Rebellion, and was a strong supporter of the new United States Constitution. He was for many of his later years the politically influential customs collector of the Port of Boston. He was the fourth cousin three times removed of Abraham Lincoln through his mother's side.
Benjamin Lincoln was born on January 24, 1733, in Hingham, Province of Massachusetts Bay, the sixth child and first son of Colonel Benjamin Lincoln and his second wife Elizabeth Thaxter Lincoln. Lincoln's ancestors were among those who first settled in Hingham, beginning with Thomas Lincoln 'the cooper,' who was among several Lincolns who settled in Hingham when it was part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Lincoln's father, one of the wealthiest men in Suffolk County, served as a member of the governor's council from 1753 until 1770, and occupied many other civic posts before his death in 1771. Lincoln's maternal grandfather, Col. Samuel Thaxter, one of the most prominent and influential citizens in Hingham, became Colonel in a regiment and one of those commissioned to settle the boundary between Massachusetts and Rhode Island in 1719. Read even more about Benjamin Lincoln at Wikipedia
Benjamin Lincoln was born on January 24, 1733, in Hingham, Province of Massachusetts Bay, the sixth child and first son of Colonel Benjamin Lincoln and his second wife Elizabeth Thaxter Lincoln. Lincoln's ancestors were among those who first settled in Hingham, beginning with Thomas Lincoln 'the cooper,' who was among several Lincolns who settled in Hingham when it was part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Lincoln's father, one of the wealthiest men in Suffolk County, served as a member of the governor's council from 1753 until 1770, and occupied many other civic posts before his death in 1771. Lincoln's maternal grandfather, Col. Samuel Thaxter, one of the most prominent and influential citizens in Hingham, became Colonel in a regiment and one of those commissioned to settle the boundary between Massachusetts and Rhode Island in 1719. Read even more about Benjamin Lincoln at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Benjamin Lincoln
In total, we tracked 63 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Benjamin Lincoln (1781 Rev. War Major General BENJAMIN LINCOLN Autograph Letter Signed, ... Lot 36) was sold in August 2017 for $2800.00 while the cheapest item (Benjamin Lincoln Robinson Signed Letter Harvard University Botanist Curator 1922) found a new owner for $19.99 in November 2021. The month with the most items sold (4) was October 2017 with an average selling price of $88.00 for an autographed item of Benjamin Lincoln. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2017 with $1453.75 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $26.00 was November 2016. In average, an autographed item from Benjamin Lincoln is worth $117.50.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Benjamin Lincoln were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1785 Document Signed by Major General Benjamin Lincoln - First Secretary of War | $255.00 | |
| 1804 Marblehead Massachusetts import document signed Benjamin Lincoln (Rev. War) | $100.00 | |
| 1807, Benjamin Lincoln, Thomas Mellville, Patriots, signed Navy Yard form | $160.27 | |
| 1807, Benjamin Lincoln, Thomas Melville, signed Massachusetts Port Collector | $75.03 | |
| Autograph Of Benjamin Lincoln, Revolutionary War Army General | $36.67 | |
| Benjamin Lincoln - Document Signed - Accepted the British Surrender at Yorktown | $275.00 | |
| Benjamin Lincoln - Document Signed - Accepted the British Surrender at Yorktown | $275.00 | |
| Benjamin Lincoln - Port Doc. Signed - Accepted the British Surrender at Yorktown | $295.00 | |
| Benjamin Lincoln - Revolutionary War General - Autographed 1804 Wine Document | $195.00 | |
| Benjamin Lincoln - Revolutionary War General - Autographed 1805 Wine Document | $92.03 | |
| Benjamin Lincoln - Revolutionary War major general - Signature (105) | $40.00 | |
| Benjamin Lincoln Historic Autograph Revolutionary War Colonial General? 1814 | $98.34 | |
| Benjamin Lincoln Signed 1805 Wine Doc. Revolutionary War General Marblehead MA | $67.66 | |
| Continental Army Major General Benjamin Lincoln Document Signed | $189.95 | |
| THOMAS MELVILL Benjamin Lincoln DOCUMENT SIGNED 1807 COA Boston Imported Claret | $249.99 | |