Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Civil War

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With over 1,000 lots up for bidding, our May Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is the biggest thus far in 2020. Highlights include a book boldly signed by Mao Tse-Toung, a rare handwritten letter by Sun Yat-sen, a letter by Karl Marx concerning the publication of Das Kapital in translation, a letter by Claude Monet about Queen Victoria's state funeral, and a battlefield message from the Revolutionary War's 'Swamp Fox,' Francis Marion. A special Civil War section boasts the thoroughbred racing saddle of George Custer, and autographs of Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson, William T. Sherman, Robert E. Lee, and more. 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 May 2020.
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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U. S. Grant31 - U. S. Grant
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 8 x 10.25, November 20, 1867. As Secretary of War ad interim, Grant informs John A. Campbell "that the President o...
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U. S. Grant32 - U. S. Grant
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Crisp ink signature, "U. S. Grant, June 20th, 1884,” on an off-white 4 x 2 sheet. Handsomely cloth-matted and framed with a glossy portra...
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Rutherford B. Hayes33 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Signed booklet entitled "Proceedings of the Trustees of the John F. Slater Fund for the Education of Freedmen, 1887," in original paper wr...
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Rutherford B. Hayes34 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Splendid sepia-toned 7.5 x 9 portrait of First Lady Lucy Hayes, affixed to the original, slightly larger studio mount, signed and dated on the lower m
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Rutherford B. Hayes35 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 15.75 x 19.5, July 2, 1879. President Hayes appoints Horatio
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Chester A. Arthur and Robert Lincoln36 - Chester A. Arthur and Robert Lincoln
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Chester A. Arthur” as president and “Robert T. Lincoln” as secretary of war, one
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Grover Cleveland37 - Grover Cleveland
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 19.5, June 6, 1896. President Cleveland appoints Thomas Wilson as an "Assistant Commissary Gen...
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Grover Cleveland38 - Grover Cleveland
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15 x 19, November 11, 1885. President Cleveland appoints John J. Hunker as “Lieutenant Comma
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Benjamin Harrison39 - Benjamin Harrison
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed "Benj. Harrison," one page, 15.75 x 19.5, January 7, 1892. President Harrison appoints Willi...
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William McKinley40 - William McKinley
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 19.5, September 29, 1899. President McKinley appoints Oscar W. Farenholz as a “Captai
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