RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Mozart composes his “Serenade in D Major.” Thomas Paine defends the “Age of Reason.” “Norma Jeane” begins her modeling career. Steve Jobs leaves Apple. History converges in RR Auction’s March 2017 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction, which features over 800 lots spanning history, popular culture, science, and the arts. 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 March 2017
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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George Washington1 - George Washington
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ALS signed “Go: Washington,” one page both sides, 8 x 9.5, May 12, 1799. Seven months before his death, Washington writes from Mount Vernon to John Ma
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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George Washington and Thomas Jefferson3 - George Washington and Thomas Jefferson
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Highly desirable partly-printed DS, signed “G:o Washington” as president and "Th: Jefferson" as secretary of state, one page, 12.75 x 15.7...
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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John Adams4 - John Adams
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Exceptional LS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, February 20, 1818. Letter addressed to "Le Ray de chaumont Esquire," James Donatien le Ray de Chaum...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Abigail Adams5 - Abigail Adams
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Scarce ALS signed “A. A.,” one page, 7.25 x 5.75, no date. Letter to the wife of her son Thomas B. Adams, addressed, "Dear Daughter," in p...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson6 - Thomas Jefferson
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Exceptional partly-printed DS, signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 9 x 15, July 16, 1790. Broadside publishing an act passed by the Congress of the Unit
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson7 - Thomas Jefferson
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Third-person ALS as president, one page, 7.75 x 9.5, July 13, 1805. In full: "Th: Jefferson presents his compliments & his thanks to Mr. Bu...
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Estimate : 7,500.00 - 8,500.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson8 - Thomas Jefferson
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Post-presidential ink franking signature, "free, Thomas Jefferson," on an off-white 2.25 x 1 slip clipped from a free-franked address pane...
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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James Madison9 - James Madison
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Free frank panel, 4.75 x 3, addressed in Madison's hand to "D'Alembert Thornton, Philadelphia," and franked in the upper right, &q...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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James Madison10 - James Madison
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Portion of a vellum partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8.5 x 8.75, November 28, 1814. President Madison grants a plot of one hundred acres to J
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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James Monroe11 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 16 x 9.5, February 6, 1822. President Monroe grants Lawrence and Joseph Thompson a parcel of land &...
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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James Monroe and John Quincy Adams12 - James Monroe and John Quincy Adams
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Scarce partly-printed DS, signed “James Monroe" as president and "John Quincy Adams" as secretary of state, one page, 20.75 x 16.5, S...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams13 - John Quincy Adams
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ALS as president signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 6.75 x 4.5, June 1, 1828. Letter to "James Monroe Esq'r," in full: "Learning fro...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams14 - John Quincy Adams
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ALS, one page, 7.75 x 7.25, September 20, 1820. Letter to E. J. Coale, in full: "I pray you and Mrs. Coale to accept my very grateful acknowled...
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams15 - John Quincy Adams
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Free franked mailing cover with the address panel measuring 6.25 x 3.5, addressed in another hand to "Th. G. Thornton Esquire, Marshal U.S., Sa...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Presidents and Notables16 - Presidents and Notables
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Pair of early leather-bound subscription ledgers for "Portraits of the Presidents," each 4.25 x 6.75, used by publisher Charles A. Wakefie...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson17 - Andrew Jackson
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ALS, one page, 7.5 x 8.25, January 2, 1845. Letter to Thomas Dawson, expressing his condolences over the loss of his father, Moses Dawson, in full: ...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson18 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20.5 x 16.25, November 13, 1833. Four-language ship’s paper issued to “Joseph Spooner master or commander of
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren19 - Martin Van Buren
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ALS as president signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 7.75 x 9.25, September 8, 1837. Letter to Thomas W. Olcott, the president of the Mechanics and Farme
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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William Henry Harrison20 - William Henry Harrison
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Excessively rare partial partly-printed DS as president, boldly signed “W. H. Harrison,” one page, 6 x 3.25, April 10, 1841. Dutch segment of a multi-
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Estimate : 17,000.00 - 19,000.00
 
 
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John Tyler21 - John Tyler
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ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.25 x 10, April 2, 1832. Letter to Governor James Iredell, Jr., of North Carolina. In part: “Your letter co
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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