RR Auction Quality Autograph Auction 369

Full free frank, measuring 9.25 x 7.75 unfolded, with franked panel measuring 4.75 x 3.5, addressed by Adams to the wife of Supreme Court Justice Will

Partly-printed DS as president, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 15 x 9.25, April 2, 1825. President Adams grants James Coleman 80 acres of land in the

Ink endorsement, “J. Q. Adams,” on the reverse of a partly-printed DS, one page both sides, 8.25 x 7, April 14, 1792. An order for the sheriff of Hamp

Lengthy LS, written in the hand of Adams’s granddaughter, Susanna Boylston Adams, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 9.75, August 7, 1820. Adams

Original handwritten poem on a 4.75 x 7.5 off-white sheet, signed “John Quincy Adams,” entitled “Sonnet to a Sun-Dial,” and dated August 26, 1839. The

ALS signed “John Q. Adams,” one page, 6 x 7.75, December 5, 1792. Adams advises a legal client, in part: “I received two days ago your favour requesti

LS signed “C. A. Arthur,” one page, 6 x 9, December 21, 1876. Letter to Isaac Hayes. In part: “I understand that the friends of Dr. Wm. H. Watson of U

Clean, precise, bold ink signature, “James Buchanan,” on an off-white 3.75 x 1 slip. Archivally shadow box framed with a gold-inlaid, sterling silver

Endorsed Corcoran & Riggs bank check, 8 x 3.5, filled out and signed by a Corcoran & Riggs employee, payable to “Hon. James Buchanan” for $1...

Full free frank, measuring 13 x 8, unfolded, with franked panel measuring 6.5 x 3.25, addressed in Buchanan’s hand to “William Welch Esq., Johnstown,

LS as secretary of state, one page both sides, 8 x 10, May 30, 1846. Letter to Benjamin F. Butler, the US District Attorney of New York. In full: “You

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 7.25 x 9, March 7, 1860. Buchanan directs the secretary of state to affix the seal of the United States to a

Three signed color photos: a satin-finish 8 x 10 of Bush in the Oval Office, signed in black felt tip and inscribed in a calligrapher’s hand; a glossy

TLS, one page, 6.25 x 8.5, personal letterhead, November 23, 1999. Letter of thanks for a previous letter. In part: “I must say that this year’s Ryder

Three hardcover copies of My Father My President, each signed in black ink by Bush on a bookplate affixed to the title page, with each title page also

Engraved portrait, 5.75 x 7.75, by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, signed in black felt tip below the image, “George Bush, June 4, 1994.” Shadow

Signed book: Looking Forward: An Autobiography. First edition, first printing. NY: Doubleday, 1987. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 270 pages.

Color satin-finish 9.5 x 7.25 photo of B. B. King presenting President George Bush with a ‘Lucille’ model Gibson guitar, signed and inscribed in black

TLS, one page, 7 x 9, Vice President letterhead, June 2, 1987. Letter of thanks to the Editor-in-Chief of Gannett Books. In full: “Thanks so much for

ALS, one page, 6.5 x 8.25, Vice President Aboard Air Force Two letterhead, March 24, 1987. Letter to John Wright. In full: “Betty Monkman passed along