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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Pennsylvania Colony142 - Pennsylvania Colony
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Partly-printed DS, one page both sides, 8.25 x 12.75, December 27, 1767. Land deed in which John Cowen, "for and in Consideration of the Sum of...
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Timothy Pickering143 - Timothy Pickering
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Important ALS as Secretary of State, one page both sides, 8 x 10, August 30, 1798. Letter to Rufus King, minister plenipotentiary to England, concerni
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Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland144 - Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland
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British Army officer (1742–1817) who fought at the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Long Island during the Revolutionary War; he res
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Timothy Pickering145 - Timothy Pickering
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Postmaster general, secretary of war, and secretary of state under Washington (1745–1829). Third-person ADS, one page, 7.75 x 6, March 6, 1783. Picker
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Timothy Pickering146 - Timothy Pickering
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Postmaster general, secretary of war, and secretary of state under Washington (1745–1829). ALS, one page, 8 x 10, August 31, 1798. Letter to Samuel Ho
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Edmund Randolph147 - Edmund Randolph
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LS signed “I have the honor to be dear sir with great and sincere respect and esteem yr. mo. ob. serv., Edm: Randolph,” four pages on two adjoining sh
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Charles C. Pinckney148 - Charles C. Pinckney
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Signer of the US Constitution from South Carolina and a South Carolina governor, senator, and representative (1746-1825). ALS, signed "Charles ...
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Paul Revere: Edward Proctor149 - Paul Revere: Edward Proctor
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Well-known American patriot, merchant, and military officer from Boston (1733–1811) who commanded the boarding party, which included Paul Revere, that
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Peyton Randolph150 - Peyton Randolph
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Virginia politician, planter, and the first president of the Continental Congress (1721-1775). DS, one page, 7.25 x 3, June 7, 1770. In full: "...
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Peyton Randolph151 - Peyton Randolph
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Virginia jurist who served as the first president of the Continental Congress (1721–1775). Partly-printed DS, one page, 6.25 x 2.75, April 1, 1773. Fi
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Francis Rawdon-Hastings152 - Francis Rawdon-Hastings
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Anglo-Irish British politician and military officer (1754–1826) who fought at the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill durin
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Revolutionary War153 - Revolutionary War
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Revolutionary War-dated ADS, signed "Robert Lanier," one page, 7 x 6.25, July 6, 1783. Financial document from North Carolina. In full: &q...
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Revolutionary War154 - Revolutionary War
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Revolutionary War–dated vellum manuscript DS, one page, 27 x 16, July 4, 1776. Impressive New Jersey deed from Constantine Wilkins to Hannah James, be
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Revolutionary War Pension Petition155 - Revolutionary War Pension Petition
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Manuscript document, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.5 x 11.75, no date but later than 1799. Revolutionary War veteran's pension petition...
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Friedrich Adolf Riedesel156 - Friedrich Adolf Riedesel
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German officer (1738–1800) who served in the Seven Years' War and American War of Independence. He was the commander of the Braunschweiger J...
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Daniel Roberdeau157 - Daniel Roberdeau
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American merchant (1727–1795) who represented Pennsylvania from 1777 to 1779 in the Continental Congress. Roberdeau served as a brigadier general in t
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Beverley Robinson158 - Beverley Robinson
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Wealthy colonist from New York (1721–1792) and the son of the Hon. John Robinson of Virginia, who was the President of that colony. He is mostly remem
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Jean-Baptiste de Rochambeau159 - Jean-Baptiste de Rochambeau
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French military officer (1725–1807) who made a substantial contribution to the American Revolution, including a leading role in the defeat of Lord Cor
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Comfort Sands160 - Comfort Sands
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American merchant, banker, and politician (1748–1834) who served as New York's auditor general during the Revolutionary War. Group of three docu...
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Philip Schuyler161 - Philip Schuyler
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American soldier and statesman (1733–1804) who served as a general in the American Revolution and was a member of the first session of Congress as a S
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