RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Artifact Auction

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction’s nearly four decades of business continue to grow, achieving record prices for clients around the world.
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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William H. T. Walker410 - William H. T. Walker
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Career United States Army officer (1816–1864) who went on to serve as a Confederate general. He was severely wounded many times in combat, and was kil
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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P. G. T. Beauregard411 - P. G. T. Beauregard
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ALS signed “G. T. Beauregard,” one page, lightly-lined both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, September 12, 1872. Letter to William Hand Browne, editor of Southern
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Jubal A. Early412 - Jubal A. Early
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Choice ALS signed “J. A. Early,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, September 8, 1890. Letter to Ernest S. Park. In part: “General L L. Lomax was command
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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John B. Gordon413 - John B. Gordon
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Confederate general (1832–1904) who surrendered Lee’s army to Union General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain at Appomattox Courthouse. After the war, he se
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Wade Hampton414 - Wade Hampton
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Confederate military officer and politician (1818–1902) who replaced J. E. B. Stuart as Lee’s Chief of Cavalry following Stuart’s death on the battlef
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Wade Hampton415 - Wade Hampton
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ALS, two pages, lightly-lined on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, December 7, 1901. Letter to General Bradley Tyler Johnson. In part: “What has become of
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Joseph E. Johnston416 - Joseph E. Johnston
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ALS signed “J. E. Johnston,” two pages, lightly-lined, 5 x 8, March 18, 1889. Letter to the son of a “Mr. Halsey,” presumably fellow Confederate soldi
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Joseph E. Johnston417 - Joseph E. Johnston
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ALS signed “J. E. Johnston,” three pages on two sheets, 4.5 x 6.75, December 16, 1884. Letter to Julius L. Brown. In part: “I am very far from being i
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Stephen D. Lee418 - Stephen D. Lee
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Soldier, planter, and legislator (1833-1908) who became the youngest lieutenant general in the Confederate Army upon his promotion in June of 1864. TL
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Stephen D. Lee419 - Stephen D. Lee
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Soldier, planter, and legislator (1833-1908) who became the youngest lieutenant general in the Confederate Army upon his promotion in June of 1864. AL
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William R. Cox421 - William R. Cox
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Confederate general (1832–1919) who suffered at least eleven combat wounds and was a three-term member of the House of Representatives. DS, signed “Wm
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Jubal A. Early422 - Jubal A. Early
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ALS signed “J. A. Early,” eight lightly-lined pages on two sets of adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, March 7, 1872. Letter to a colonel interested in his histo
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Samuel W. Ferguson423 - Samuel W. Ferguson
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ALS signed “S. W. Ferguson,” three pages, lightly-lined, 8.25 x 13.75, April 24, 1885. Letter to P. G. T. Beauregard, who had sent a manuscript to his
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Charles W. Field424 - Charles W. Field
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Career military officer (1828–1892) who recovered from being severely wounded in the leg at the Second Battle of Bull Run, barely escaping amputation.
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John Horace Forney425 - John Horace Forney
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Confederate officer (1829–1902) who participated in the First Battle of Manassas and Battle of Vicksburg. ALS signed “John H. Forney,” one page, 8.5 x
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Samuel Gibbs French426 - Samuel Gibbs French
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Solider and wealthy plantation owner (1818-1910) who served as a major general in the Confederate army, commanding a division in the Army of Tennessee
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Samuel Gibbs French427 - Samuel Gibbs French
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Solider and wealthy plantation owner (1818-1910) who served as a major general in the Confederate army, commanding a division in the Army of Tennessee
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Bradley Tyler Johnson428 - Bradley Tyler Johnson
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Maryland lawyer and soldier (1829-1903) who bucked his state’s allegiance to the Union to serve as a general in the Confederate Army, commanding the 1
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Lafayette McLaws429 - Lafayette McLaws
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Confederate general (1821–1897) praised by General Lee for his service early in the war, but later court-martialed for inefficiency by James Longstree
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John S. Mosby430 - John S. Mosby
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ALS signed “Jno. S. Mosby,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 10, October 13, 1900. Letter to Samuel Houston Letcher, son of the former governor of Virginia
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Thomas T. Munford431 - Thomas T. Munford
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Farmer and soldier from Virginia (1831-1918), he became a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the war, serving most notably at the Battle
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Thomas T. Munford432 - Thomas T. Munford
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Handwritten copy of a letter sent to him by Jefferson Davis, one page both sides, 8 x 10.5, Grand Camp Confederate Veterans letterhead, May 2, 1889. M
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Thomas T. Munford433 - Thomas T. Munford
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ALS, one page, lightly-lined both sides, 8.5 x 11, February 22, 1911. Letter to Elizabeth Fairfax Ayers. In part: “I am sure he was in full dress unif
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Thomas T. Munford434 - Thomas T. Munford
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ALS, two pages, lightly-lined both sides, 8.25 x 10.75, personal letterhead, September 4, 1910. Letter to Captain John S. Wise. In part: “It does seem
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Thomas T. Munford435 - Thomas T. Munford
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Farmer and soldier from Virginia (1831-1918), he became a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the war, serving most notably at the Battle
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Gustavus W. Smith436 - Gustavus W. Smith
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Confederate general from Kentucky (1821–1896) who took command of the Army of Northern Virginia for one day in 1862 before being replaced by Robert E.
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Felix H. Robertson437 - Felix H. Robertson
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The only native-born Texan to serve as a general in the CSA (1839–1928) involved in the ‘Saltville Massacre’ of wounded Union soldiers. Neatly penned
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Isaac M. St. John438 - Isaac M. St. John
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Engineer and Confederate officer (1827–1880). LS signed “I. M. St. John, late Com. Genl. C. S. A.,” two pages, lightly-lined, 8.25 x 13.75, February 9
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G. Moxley Sorrel439 - G. Moxley Sorrel
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Confederate officer and historian of the Confederacy (1838–1901). ALS signed “G. M. Sorrel,” one page, 5 x 8, July 15, 1881. Letter to General Marcus
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Marcus Wright440 - Marcus Wright
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Confederate general (1831–1922) who was wounded at Shiloh and fought at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. He was instrumental in the publication of th
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George Washington Custis Lee441 - George Washington Custis Lee
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Eldest son of Robert E. Lee, who served as a Confederate general and aide-de-camp to Jefferson Davis (1832–1913). ALS signed “G. W. C. Lee,” three pag
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Joseph Wheeler442 - Joseph Wheeler
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Confederate major general (1836–1906), known as ‘Fightin’ Joe,’ who served as the senior cavalry general in the Army of Tennessee, fighting most of it
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John D. Imboden443 - John D. Imboden
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Lawyer, teacher, and Confederate officer (1823–1895) most active in the Virginia area. Boldly penned ALS signed “J. D. Imboden, ex-Brig. Genl Cavalry,
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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William Henry Fitzhugh ‘Rooney’ Lee444 - William Henry Fitzhugh ‘Rooney’ Lee
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Second son of Robert E. Lee who served as a Confederate cavalry general during the Civil War (1837–1891). ALS signed “W. H. F. Lee,” two pages on two
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Dabney H. Maury445 - Dabney H. Maury
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Confederate general and military author and historian (1822–1900) who fought at Corinth, Vicksburg, and Mobile. ALS, three pages, lightly-lined on two
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Philip St. George Cocke446 - Philip St. George Cocke
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Confederate officer (1809–1861) best known for organizing the defense of Virginia along the Potomac River after the state's secession, and brief...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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John S. Mosby447 - John S. Mosby
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Carbon TLS signed “Jno. S. Mosby,” three pages, 8 x 12.5, August 13, [1904]. Letter to Captain S. F. Chapman in support of Theodore Roosevelt’s 1904 p
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Fitzhugh Lee448 - Fitzhugh Lee
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American soldier and politician (1835–1905), and nephew of Robert E. Lee. He notably served as a Confederate cavalry general during the Civil War, the
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Robert Toombs449 - Robert Toombs
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First secretary of state for the Confederacy, Toombs was a bitter rival of Jefferson Davis’s, and ran against him in the presidential election; he was
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Thomas L. Rosser450 - Thomas L. Rosser
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Confederate major general (1836–1910) who commanded New Orleans Washington Artillery at 1st Manassas and later Early’s Cavalry in the Shenandoah Valle
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Alexander Stephens451 - Alexander Stephens
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Vice president of the Confederacy (1812–1883) under Jefferson Davis. ALS signed “Alexander H. Stephens,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9
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Edward Porter Alexander452 - Edward Porter Alexander
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Military engineer (1835–1910) who rose to the rank of brigadier general in the Confederate army. ALS signed “E. P. Alexander,” two pages, lightly-line
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Jedediah Hotchkiss453 - Jedediah Hotchkiss
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The most famous cartographer of the Civil War (1828–1899) whose detailed maps of the Shenandoah Valley are often credited as principal factors in Ston
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Eppa Hunton and John Wainwright454 - Eppa Hunton and John Wainwright
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ALS signed “John Wainwright, late Col. 97th Pa. Vols.,” three lightly-lined pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8.5, March 15, 1879, with the respons
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William and Asher Harman455 - William and Asher Harman
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Confederate brothers, Asher (1830–1895) a Staunton railroad executive, and William (1828–1865) a soldier killed in action near Gallagher’s Mill in Way
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Elisha F. Paxton456 - Elisha F. Paxton
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Confederate general (1828–1863) killed in action while leading the famed Stonewall Brigade during the Battle of Chancellorsville. Very rare ink signat
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Channing Smith457 - Channing Smith
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Scout for J. E. B. Stuart who served under John Mosby. ALS signed “Channing M. Smith,” one page both sides, 6.5 x 9, [1922]. Letter recalling his expe
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William Smith458 - William Smith
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Confederate general who served as the governor of Virginia from January 1864 until the end of the Civil War (1797–1887). ALS signed “Wm. Smith,” one p
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Joseph Wheeler459 - Joseph Wheeler
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Confederate major general (1836–1906), known as ‘Fightin’ Joe,’ who served as the senior cavalry general in the Army of Tennessee, fighting most of it
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Simon Bolivar Buckner460 - Simon Bolivar Buckner
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Confederate general (1823–1914) best remembered for submitting to Grant’s famous demand for unconditional surrender at the Battle of Fort Donelson. AL
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