RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction’s August Fine Autographs & Artifacts sale offers more than 900 lots, headlined by a special World War II section that tells the story of a war that defined a generation. In addition to this historic offering, headlining items include an important letter by King Henry VIII related to a treaty negotiation, a 1919 letter from Einstein to his ex-wife and children, a remarkable pair of letters by John Lennon about his breakup with Cynthia, and a flag fragment from Horatio Nelson's HMS Victory. 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 August 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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WWII 'Give War Bonds' Poster154 - WWII 'Give War Bonds' Poster
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Original color 22 x 28 American WWII US Treasury poster published by the US Government Printing Office in 1943 (1943-O-553896, WFD 856-A), depicting a
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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WWII 'Loose Talk' Poster155 - WWII 'Loose Talk' Poster
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Original color 14 x 20 American World War II propaganda poster from 1942, depicting the hand of Uncle Sam over a man's mouth, reading, "Qui...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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WWII 'Paper' Posters156 - WWII 'Paper' Posters
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Two American WWII propaganda posters: an original color 17.25 x 21.75 poster published by the Division of Information, Office of Emergency Management,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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WWII 'Safety' Posters157 - WWII 'Safety' Posters
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Three original color American WWII posters, including: a vibrant 14.25 x 20 poster published by the US Government Printing Office in 1942 (1942-O-4661
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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WWII 'She Talked' Poster158 - WWII 'She Talked' Poster
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Original color 20 x 30 British WWII poster printed for H. M. Stationery Office by Fosh & Cross, London, showing a split view of a woman in a res...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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WWII 'Till We Meet Again' War Bonds Poster159 - WWII 'Till We Meet Again' War Bonds Poster
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Original color 22 x 28 American WWII poster published by the US Government Printing Office in 1942 (1942-O-491739, WSS-645), depicting a soldier wavin
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WWII 'You Make It Right' Poster160 - WWII 'You Make It Right' Poster
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Original red-and-blue 28.25 x 40 American WWII poster published by the US Government Printing Office in 1942 (1942-O-4485347) for the War Production B
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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WWII 'You Never Know Who's Listening' Poster161 - WWII 'You Never Know Who's Listening' Poster
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Original color 25 x 39.5 British WWII poster featuring artwork by Fougasse, showing cartoon versions of Himmler and Goering seated behind two gossipin
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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WWII Posters162 - WWII Posters
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Three original color American WWII posters, including: a 10 x 14 poster published by the US Government Printing Office in 1943, showing a soldier with
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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WWII Posters163 - WWII Posters
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Two original color American WWII posters: a 39.75 x 28.25 poster published by the US Government Printing Office in 1943 (1943-O-513767) for the War Pr
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WWII War Bonds Posters164 - WWII War Bonds Posters
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Collection of four original color American WWII posters for wartime fundraising efforts, including: a 20 x 26 poster showing a worker holding up a war
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Washington173 - George Washington
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Third-person ADS in Washington’s hand, signed within the text, "George Washington," one page, 6.25 x 3, Philadelphia, June 2, 1773. Handwr...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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George Washington174 - George Washington
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Autograph endorsement signed, "Presented 24th of June 1799 and accepted by G:o Washington,” on the reverse of a manuscript document, one page, ...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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George Washington175 - George Washington
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Three lines written in the hand of George Washington on a 9 x 1 slip clipped from a larger document. Washington writes: “James Keith. At a Court convd
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson176 - Thomas Jefferson
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Scarce third-person ANS as president, signed "Th: J," one page, 6.5 x 6.5, June 17, 1802. In full: "Th: J. incloses the within to Mr....
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Dolley Madison177 - Dolley Madison
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ALS signed “M,” one page, 7.75 x 5, July 17, 1845. Letter to her son John Payne Todd, expressing frustration that her slave Paul Jennings, whom she ha
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Dolley Madison178 - Dolley Madison
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AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 175 slip, in full: "'Mix short follies with wise councils,' D. P. Madison, May 10, 1839." Nicely matted ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James Madison179 - James Madison
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Scarce unissued certificate for a lifetime membership in the American Colonization Society, 9 x 6.5, featuring an attractive engraved vignette with ...
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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James Madison and James Monroe180 - James Madison and James Monroe
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Desirable partly-printed vellum DS, signed twice “James Madison" as president and once "Jas. Monroe" as secretary of state, one page,...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James Monroe181 - James Monroe
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War-dated DS as secretary of state, signed "Jas. Monroe," one page, 7.75 x 7.5, no date but circa 1812. Printed State Department circular ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Monroe182 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.25 x 9.5, October 20, 1824. President Monroe grants John Hickman of Boon County, Missouri, a tract
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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James Monroe and John Quincy Adams183 - James Monroe and John Quincy Adams
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “James Monroe” as president and “John Quincy Adams” as secretary of state, one page, 10.5 x 15, November 29, 1817. Sc
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams184 - John Quincy Adams
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 13.75 x 9, May 26, 1828. President Adams grants "Demas Deming Assignee o...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson185 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, three pages two sheets, 11.5 x 15, April 3, 1835. A patent issued to "Elisha Holton, a citizen of the St...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson186 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20 x 15.75, July 8, 1835. Four-language ship's papers issued to "Isaiah West, master or commander...
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Estimate : 1,400.00 - 1,600.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson187 - Andrew Jackson
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ADS signed “Andrew Jackson, Major Genl Comd'g, D. of the South,” one page, 7.75 x 10, Choctaw Nation, June 14, 1815. Jackson lengthily endorses ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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John Tyler188 - John Tyler
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 11.25, September 13, 1841. President Tyler appoints James D. Doty as "Governor of the T...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James K. Polk189 - James K. Polk
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Signed book: Register of Debates in Congress, Part II of Vol. IX. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1833. Hardcover, 6.75 x 10, approximately 640 pages. B
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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James K. Polk190 - James K. Polk
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ANS as president, signed "J. K. P.," on a 3.5 x 8.5 envelope addressed in another hand to "Hon. Jas. K. Polk Prest. U.S., Washington ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Zachary Taylor191 - Zachary Taylor
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LS as president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 8 x 10, March 27, 1849. Letter to Elias C. Page, in full: "Your friendly letter of the 22'd ...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Millard Fillmore192 - Millard Fillmore
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ALS, one page, 5 x 8, March 28, 1857. Letter to Hamilton Fish. In full: “Perceiving that the Senate ordered some extra copies of the Opinions of the S
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Franklin Pierce193 - Franklin Pierce
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed "Franklin Pierce," one page, 8 x 10.5, July 7, 1853. President Pierce directs the "Secretary o...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln194 - Abraham Lincoln
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Desirable Civil War-dated endorsement as president, signed "A. Lincoln," on an off-white 3.25 x 2 card dated March 9, 1865. The endorsemen...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln195 - Abraham Lincoln
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Rare book: The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln by Frederick Hill Meserve. Limited edition, numbered 21/102. NY: Privately-printed, 1911. Hardcover, 9.2
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln196 - Abraham Lincoln
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Ink signature, "Abraham Lincoln," on a 5 x 5.25 segment of a military appointment on vellum dated August 1, 1864. Matted and framed with a...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Mary Todd Lincoln197 - Mary Todd Lincoln
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Mary Todd Lincoln's personally-owned compact brass candlesticks, consisting of two 3.5? circular bases which can be screwed together for portabi...
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,500.00
 
 
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Rutherford B. Hayes198 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Choice ALS signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, January 16, 1886. Letter marked "Private," concerning his ancestry. In full: "M...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield202 - James A. Garfield
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Two items: a stunning, crystal-clear 3.5 x 5 cabinet portrait of Garfield in a bust-length pose, neatly signed in black ink, "J. A. Garfield,&q...
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Estimate : 3,800.00 - 4,200.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield203 - James A. Garfield
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Signed book: Vingut's Ollendorff's New Method of Learning to Read, Write, and Speak the Spanish Language. Twelfth edition. NY: George Lockwo...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield204 - James A. Garfield
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Signed book: The Works of Charles Lamb. NY: Derby & Jackson, 1856. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 611 pages. Signed on the first free end page in pencil...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield205 - James A. Garfield
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LS as president-elect, signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 5 x 8, Mentor, Ohio letterhead, December 7, 1880. Letter to Marvin Smith of Jamestown, New Y
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield206 - James A. Garfield
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Hand-addressed mailing envelope, 4.75 x 2.75, signed in the upper right in black ink, "from J. A. Garfield," who adds the recipient below,...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Chester A. Arthur207 - Chester A. Arthur
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Ink signature as president, "Chester A. Arthur, Dec. 10, 1881,” on an off-white 7.5 x 4.75 album page. In fine condition, with some scattered l...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Benjamin Harrison208 - Benjamin Harrison
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ALS as president signed “Benj. Harrison,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 6.75, Executive Mansion letterhead, May 8, 1890. Letter to Col. R.
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Estimate : 1,400.00 - 1,600.00
 
 
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Benjamin Harrison209 - Benjamin Harrison
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Signed book: The Seventieth Indiana. Extremely rare, little-known signed edition. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1900. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.2
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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William McKinley210 - William McKinley
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 19.75 x 14.5, February 7, 1898. President McKinley appoints Chalmers Ingersoll as "Postmaster at Belo...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt211 - Theodore Roosevelt
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TLS, three pages, 7.75 x 9.5, The Outlook letterhead, February 14, 1913. Letter to "Mr. Henry M. Wallace, National Committeeman, Progressive Pa...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt212 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Signed book: Theodore Roosevelt: The American. Later printing. London and New York: F. Tennyson Neely, 1899. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8, 218 pages. Signed and
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt213 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20 x 16, May 23, 1908. President Roosevelt appoints Charles Linquist as "Postmaster at Rio, in the Co...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt214 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Hand-cut silhouette portrait of Roosevelt in profile, affixed to an oval 6.5 x 8.5 mount, signed on the mount in black ink, "Good luck! Theodor...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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