254 - John HancockRR Auction
Revolutionary War–dated partly-printed DS, one page, 10.25 x 12.75, July 1, 1781. As governor of Massachusetts, Hancock appoints Solomon Lovell as &...
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255 - John HancockRR Auction
ALS signed “J. H.,” one page, 7.25 x 6, May 2, 1782. Letter to the General Court asking the assembly to appoint a naval officer to a vacancy at Nantuc
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256 - Benjamin HarrisonRR Auction
Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Virginia (1726–1791) who was the father of President William Henry Harrison and great-grandfather of Pr
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257 - Stephen HopkinsRR Auction
Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island (1707–1785) who served as the colony's governor in the 1750s and 1760s. ALS signed “...
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258 - Samuel HuntingtonRR Auction
Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut (1731–1796) and seventh president of the Continental Congress. Autograph endorsement, &qu...
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259 - Samuel HuntingtonRR Auction
Revolutionary War-dated DS, signed “Sam'l Huntington,” one page, 8.25 x 13, no date, but circa 1779–1780. Congressional broadside originally iss...
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 7,000.00 - 9,000.00
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260 - William WhippleRR Auction
Rare Revolutionary War–dated manuscript DS, signed “Wm. Whipple,” "Gouv. Morris," and "Nath'l Scudder," one page both sides,...
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
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261 - Robert MorrisRR Auction
Partly-printed DS, signed “Rob't Morris,” one page, 12 x 8.5, April 18, 1795. Document certifying that "William Temple Franklin is entitled...
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262 - George WaltonRR Auction
Signer of the Declaration of Independence who, following the Revolution, devoted himself almost entirely to Georgia state politics (1749–1804). Manusc
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263 - John Albion AndrewRR Auction
Massachusetts lawyer and politician (1818–1867) who served as the 25th Governor of Massachusetts between 1861 and 1866, and led the state's cont...
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264 - David Rice AtchisonRR Auction
American politician (1807–1886) best remembered as the subject of a controversy over whether, as president pro tempore of the Senate, he technically s
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265 - Aaron BurrRR Auction
ALS signed “A. Burr,” one page both sides, 6 x 8.25, March 1791. Letter to New York Senator Samuel Jones, in part: "Several gentlemen have call...
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266 - Henry ClayRR Auction
ALS signed “H. Clay,” one page, 7.5 x 8, July 25, 1832. Letter to P. R. Fendall, in part: "The mail that has the charge of this letter ought to...
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267 - Patrick HenryRR Auction
Partly-printed DS, signed “P. Henry,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 9.75, December 10, 1785. Document by which Richard Claiborne of Richmond, Virginia,
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268 - Clarence DarrowRR Auction
Defense attorney (1857–1938) noted for his role in the Scopes 'Monkey' Trial and the Leopold-Loeb thrill-killing case. ALS, one page, 5.75 x...
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269 - Robert Todd LincolnRR Auction
Eight checks, personal and bank, ranging in size from 8 x 2.5 to 8.75 x 3, dated between 1917 and 1921, all filled out and signed by Lincoln, “Robert
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270 - William L. MarcyRR Auction
DS, signed “W. L. Marcy,” one page, 6.5 x 6.75, June 6, 1836. Circular letter issued by the State of New York to the governor of Mississippi, in full:
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271 - Timothy PickeringRR Auction
Postmaster general, secretary of war, and secretary of state under Washington (1745–1829). DS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 13.5, June 1, 1
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272 - Meshech WeareRR Auction
American statesman (1713–1786) who served as the first governor of New Hampshire. LS signed “M. Weare,” one page, 6 x 7.75, January 18, 1782. Letter t
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273 - John BrownRR Auction
ALS signed “Your Affectionate Unworthy Father, John Brown,” one page, 8 x 12.5, July 27, 1853. Written from Akron, Ohio, a letter to his daughter Ruth
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274 - Nelson MandelaRR Auction
Color glossy 9.5 x 7 half-length photo of Mandela shaking hands with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl during Mandela's trip to Germany in late May ...
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275 - Bill WilsonRR Auction
Co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (1895–1971), the treatment program which has helped millions of people recover from a disease long stigmatized and
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276 - John JayRR Auction
Manuscript DS, one page, 7.75 x 5.75, March 7, 1800. In full: "Resolved that it does not appear improper to the Council that the bill entitled ...
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277 - Supreme CourtRR Auction
Ink and ballpoint signatures of Warren Burger, William Douglas, William Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart, Thurgood Marshall, Byron White, Harry Blackman,
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278 - Lyman BloomingdaleRR Auction
Businessman (1841–1905) who, along with his brother Joseph, founded Bloomingdale’s Department Store. TLS, signed “Lyman G. Bloomingdale,” one page, 7.
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279 - Andrew CarnegieRR Auction
TLS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, personal letterhead, January 28, 1896. Letter to John Caldwell, in full: "Yours of the 26th instant received. I am ...
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280 - Howard Banking CompanyRR Auction
Extremely rare five-dollar bank note from The Howard Banking Company of Boston, Massachusetts, 6.75 x 2.75, issued on August 23, 1858, which features
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281 - GimbelsRR Auction
Lengthy partly-printed DS, signed “Jacob Gimbel,” “Isaac Gimbel,” “Charles Gimbel,” “Daniel Gimbel,” “Ellis A. Gimbel,” “Louis S. Gimbel,” and “Nathan
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 4,500.00 - 5,500.00
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282 - Helena RubinsteinRR Auction
Polish-born businesswoman (1870–1965) who launched a multimillion-dollar cosmetics empire. Vintage pearl-finish 8 x 10 photo of Rubinstein by Irving
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283 - Thomas EdisonRR Auction
ANS in pencil, quickly signed “Edison,” one page, 5 x 8, 1921. Handwritten note to Jaffray P. Buchanan, who was employed as manager of the Edison Reco
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284 - Alexander FlemingRR Auction
Scottish bacteriologist (1881–1955) who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his role in the discovery and isolation of penicillin. Wonderful v
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285 - Joseph GuillotinRR Auction
French physician and politician (1738–1814) whose name became synonymous with the 'humane' instrument of execution whose use he proposed to ...
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286 - John F. W. HerschelRR Auction
British mathematician, astronomer, and inventor (1792-1871) known for his discoveries related to the moons of Saturn and Uranus and for his pioneering
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287 - Auguste LumiereRR Auction
Inventor of photographic equipment (1862–1954) who, with his brother Louis, patented the cinematograph and produced the first-ever motion picture in 1
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288 - Wilhelm WienRR Auction
German physicist (1864-1928) who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1911 for his discoveries related to his displacement law concerning the radiat
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289 - Dmitri MendeleevRR Auction
Russian chemist and inventor (1834–1907) who formulated the Periodic Law and created a predictive version of the periodic table of elements. Remarkabl
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290 - Martin HeideggerRR Auction
Important German philosopher (1889–1976) whose Being and Time was a fundamental text in the development of existentialism. Signed book in French: De l
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291 - Wilhelm von HumboldtRR Auction
Prussian philosopher, linguist, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin (1767–1835), who was the older brother of naturalist Alexan
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292 - Carl JungRR Auction
TLS in German, signed “C. G. Jung,” one page, 8 x 11.5, personal letterhead, October 27, 1941. Letter to H. Stussi, in full (translated): "Your...
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293 - Friedrich ListRR Auction
Leading 19th-century economist considered the original European unity theorist, best known for developing the ‘National System’ (1789–1846). ALS in Ge
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294 - Adam SmithRR Auction
Scottish moral professor and a respected pioneer of political economy (1723-1790) whose magnum opus, The Wealth of Nations, is considered the first mo
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295 - Pope Gregory XVIRR Auction
Born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari (1765-1846), he served as pope from 1831 to 1846. Strongly conservative and traditionalist, he opposed democratic a
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296 - Pope Innocent XIRR Auction
Born Benedetto Odescalchi in 1611, he served as Pope from 1676 until his death 1689, and was known in Budapest as the 'Savior of Hungary.' M...
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297 - Pope John Paul IIRR Auction
Born Karol Wojtyla in 1920, John Paul II served as the 264th Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church from 1978 until his death in 2005. Attractive color
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298 - Pope John Paul IIRR Auction
Wonderful color glossy 8 x 9.25 photo of Mother Teresa and John Paul II walking hand-in-hand on May 25, 1983, signed in black felt tip, "Joanne...
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299 - Pope John Paul IIRR Auction
Desirable woodblock-print diploma from the 1975 Polish Festival of Sacrosong, 9 x 13, signed in the center in bold ink, "Karol card. Wojtyla,&q...
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300 - Pope John Paul IIRR Auction
Untranslated LS in Polish, signed “Karol W.,” one page on the reverse of a 4 x 5.75 postcard depicting an image of the Black Madonna, dated to late Ap
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301 - Pope Leo XIIRR Auction
Chalice from the time of Pope Leo XII, composed of a silver cup with a gilded bronze sleeve, knop, and base, impressed in the upper lip with the maker
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
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302 - Pope John Paul IIRR Auction
TLS in Polish, signed “Karol Wojtyla,” one page, 5.75 x 4, illustrated "Alleluia" letterhead, Easter 1961. Letter to a doctor, in full (tr...
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304 - Pope Pius XRR Auction
Born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto in 1835, Pius X served as pope from 1903 until his death in 1914. Known for his conservative, anti-modernist philosophi
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