RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring The Founding Fathers

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Beginning with a selection of fantastic early American history—the Founding Fathers and Revolutionary War—RR Auction’s July Fine Autograph and Artifact sale boasts over 1,000 lots. Top items include a 1776 autograph letter by General George Washington, a document from rare Declaration signer George Taylor, a book from the personal library of Thomas Jefferson, and a manuscript by John Jay, tracking claims by New York’s Loyalists. An additional special highlight of the auction is an exceedingly rare autograph letter by Protestant Reformer Martin Luther, dated 1543. Other lots of significance are letters by Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King, Jr., Horatio Nelson, Lord Byron, and Barack Obama. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in July 2018.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Benjamin Lincoln122 - Benjamin Lincoln
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Major general in the Continental Army (1733–1810) during the Revolutionary War, known as the officer who formally accepted the British surrender at Yo
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John Livingston123 - John Livingston
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Brother (1750–1822) of Robert R. Livingston, chancellor of New York. ALS signed “John R. Livingston,” one page, 7.25 x 11.75, June 6, 1785. Letter to
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Robert R. Livingston124 - Robert R. Livingston
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Lawyer, politician, and diplomat from New York (1746–1813) known as 'The Chancellor,' who was one of the five original drafters of the Decla...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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William Livingston125 - William Livingston
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Signer of the US Constitution from New Jersey (1723-1790) who also served as governor of that state. Manuscript DS, signed “Wil: Livingston, Pres...
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John Marshall126 - John Marshall
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Influential American statesman and jurist (1755-1835) who served as the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Superb ALS signed “J. Marshall,” on
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Archibald Lochry127 - Archibald Lochry
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American military officer (1733–1781) whose command ended in disaster when he and nearly every member of his force were killed or captured by Mohawk f
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Massachusetts Constitution128 - Massachusetts Constitution
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Revolutionary War–dated official broadside notice of the ratification of the Massachusetts State Constitution, one page, 10 x 15.5, June 16, 1780. Hea
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Massachusetts Militia129 - Massachusetts Militia
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Revolutionary War–dated partly-printed DS, one page, 16 x 13, June 1, 1776. The Council of the Massachusetts-Bay appoints Aaron Fenny as "first...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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John Mathews130 - John Mathews
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Lawyer (1744–1802) from Charleston, South Carolina, who served in the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1781, where he endorsed the Articles of Confed
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Thomas Mifflin131 - Thomas Mifflin
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Signer of the US Constitution from Pennsylvania (1744-1800) and first governor of that state. Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Tho. Mifflin,” one pag
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Lachlan McIntosh132 - Lachlan McIntosh
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General in the Continental Army (1725–1806) who served throughout Georgia, North Carolina, and at Fort Pitt, but is best remembered for killing Declar
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Minuteman: William Winchester133 - Minuteman: William Winchester
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Manuscript DS signed by William Winchester, a minuteman from Southborough, Massachusetts, one page, 7.5 x 12, February 21, 1763. Legal document from W
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Daniel Morgan134 - Daniel Morgan
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American pioneer, soldier, and congressman from Virginia (1736-1802) who is considered one of the most gifted battlefield tacticians of the Revolution
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Gouverneur Morris135 - Gouverneur Morris
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American statesman (1752–1816) and signer of the Constitution from Pennsylvania who authored several sections of that document, including the well-kno
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Jonathan Moulton136 - Jonathan Moulton
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Important New Hampshire land speculator and militiaman (1726–1787) who served during King George's War, the French and Indian War, and the Ameri...
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Newgate Prison137 - Newgate Prison
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Revolutionary War–dated manuscript DS, signed “George Wyllys,” one page, 6.25 x 7.75, May 11, 1775. In part: "At a General Assembly…at Hartford...
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Frederick, Lord North138 - Frederick, Lord North
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Prime minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782, who led the nation through most of the American Revolution (1732–1792). Manuscript DS, signed “Nort
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Olive Branch Petition139 - Olive Branch Petition
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Group of four items signed by signers of the Olive Branch Petition, adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 in an attempt to avoid war with
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Robert Treat Paine140 - Robert Treat Paine
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ADS, signed “R. T. Paine,” one page, 6.5 x 8.25, March 1782. As the first Massachusetts attorney general, Paine prosecutes his close friend Samuel Pra
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Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth141 - Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth
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Britsh naval officer (1757–1833) who fought during the American Revolution, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars. Large free franked
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