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Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Art and Literature

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RR Auction's October Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts a wealth of important literary letters and Revolutionary rarities, highlighted by an autograph letter signed by Edgar Allan Poe, a handwritten poem by Emily Dickinson, an original manuscript by Beatrix Potter, a Charles Dickens draft for 'David Copperfield,' and remarkable letters by John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, Herman Melville, and Louisa May Alcott. Other top items include a letter by Benjamin Franklin regarding the mutinous crew of John Paul Jones's flagship, outstanding letters by John Hancock, and autographs of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson. The sale is rounded out by a fine selection of important antiquarian books, numerous signed photographs, and other historic memorabilia. 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 October 2022.
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 Washington Document Signed as President1 - George Washington Document Signed as President
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Highly desirable partly-printed DS as president, signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 13 x 16, June 9, 1795. Three-language ship's pap
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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John Adams Document Signed as President2 - John Adams Document Signed as President
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 12.25 x 14.75, December 27, 1798. President John Adams, "in consideration of military service ...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Edited by Thomas Jefferson Randolph (1829)3 - The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Edited by Thomas Jefferson Randolph (1829)
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Four-volume set of The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, entitled ‘Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson,
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Document Signed as President and Secretary of State4 - Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Document Signed as President and Secretary of State
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Th: Jefferson" as president and "James Madison" as secretary of state, one page, 12 x 14.75, ...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams Document Signed as President5 - John Quincy Adams Document Signed as President
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 14.5 x 9, April 2, 1828. President Adams grants William Ladd
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams Document Signed as Secretary of State6 - John Quincy Adams Document Signed as Secretary of State
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Partly-printed DS as secretary of state, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 8 x 10, September 3, 1824. Department of State document tha
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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John Tyler Autograph Letter Signed as President7 - John Tyler Autograph Letter Signed as President
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ALS as president, one page, 5 x 8, no date. Handwritten letter to Secretary of War John Bell, in full: “Will you at some moment of leisure gi
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Franklin Pierce Document Signed as President8 - Franklin Pierce Document Signed as President
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15 x 18, October 13, 1855. President Pierce appoints William D. Whiting as a "Lieutenant in th...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President9 - Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President
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Civil War-dated partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.5, February 5, 1862. President Lincoln appoints William S. Ketcham as a
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln, U.S. Grant, George A. Custer, and Civil War Figures Signed Autograph Album10 - Abraham Lincoln, U.S. Grant, George A. Custer, and Civil War Figures Signed Autograph Album
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Spectacular leather-bound autograph album, 5.75 x 8.75, signed inside in ink by 50 Civil War–era figures, highlighted by Abraham Lincoln, And
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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