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Fine Selection of Autographs and Manuscripts

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction LocationUnited States In Person PreviewBy Appointment Friday, March 1st 11:00am - 5:00pm; Saturday March 2nd 9:00am - 11:00am

Auction Details

We are pleased to announce our latest auction catalog featuring fine autographs and manuscripts in all fields of collecting. The auction will be in two parts and will include a live auction to take place at the Shelburne Murray Hill Hotel, 303 Lexington Ave. (@37th. St.) New York, NY on March 2, 2002 with an absentee auction closing March 6, 2002 at 10:00pm Eastern Time.

Dozens of lots shall include prominent figures and events of the Civil War and the American Revolution, including a proposal in the hand of Signer Arthur Middleton calling for the death penalty for people caught trading with the British; fine Civil War correspondences and images; a letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson detailing the faculty recruitment efforts for the University of Virginia. Of particular interest are documents from the estate of Judge Irving Kaufman who tried and sentenced Ethel and Julius Rosenberg to death for espionage in 1951 including his appointment as District Judge for the Southern District of New York signed by Harry Truman as well as his appointment to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals signed by John and Robert Kennedy. We are also pleased to offer a fine selection of material concerning the assassination of John F. Kennedy including candid snapshots taken on November 22, 1963, suits worn by Jack Ruby, as well as fine content documents and letters of Kennedy, Oswald and Ruby. As usual we will also offer lots sold on an absentee basis, closing Wednesday, March 6, 2002 at 10:00 P.M. Eastern Time.

We will hold a public viewing for lots offered in the live auction on Friday, March 1, 2002 at the Shelburne Hotel from 11 A.M. to 5 P.M. and Saturday, March 2, 2002 from 9 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. Viewings at our offices may be arranged by appointment.
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(CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE CAPTAIN WILLIAM W. GORDON)120 - (CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE CAPTAIN WILLIAM W. GORDON)
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"An interesting correspondence from William W. Gordon, the father of Juliette Gordon Low founder of the Girls Scout of America. Gordon served i...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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(CIVIL WAR SOLDIER`S CORRESPONDENCE)121 - (CIVIL WAR SOLDIER`S CORRESPONDENCE)
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"A fine grouping of 18 war-date letters 68pp. Total in various formats written by two brothers, Melancthon Bowman of the 126th Ohio Volunteers ...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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(SOUTH CAROLINA COCKADE AND SOUTHERN SYMPATHIZER`S LETTER)122 - (SOUTH CAROLINA COCKADE AND SOUTHERN SYMPATHIZER`S LETTER)
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A fine South Carolina secession cockade affixed to the letter of a Confederate sympathizer urging a future Union Brigadier General to side with the So
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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(CONFEDERATE COLONEL'S OATH OF ALLEGIANCE)123 - (CONFEDERATE COLONEL'S OATH OF ALLEGIANCE)
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"Rare A.L.S. ""Van H. Manning"" adding rank, 2pp. 4to., U. S. Military Prison, Fort Delaware, June 17, 1865, to President A...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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(FIRST CONFEDERATE KILLED IN ACTION)124 - (FIRST CONFEDERATE KILLED IN ACTION)
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JOHN QUINCY MARR (d. 1861) The first Confederate soldier (and officer) to be killed in action during the Civil War. A graduate and former faculty memb
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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(CONFEDERATE ARCHIVE)125 - (CONFEDERATE ARCHIVE)
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"A fascinating look at the coastal military career of Confederate Pvt. W. H. H. Vaughn of Bartow's Artillery. Included are eighteen, 8vo., ...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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(FORREST CAVALRY ARCHIVE)126 - (FORREST CAVALRY ARCHIVE)
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"A great archive related to Major John C. Noble a quartermaster who served in Forrest's Cavalry Corp. Includes Noble's service record, ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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(CONFEDERATE GENERALS)127 - (CONFEDERATE GENERALS)
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"An exceptional war-date D.S. 1p. oblong 8vo., Camp Barton, Va., [ca. September 30, 1861], signed by two scarce Confederate generals and fille...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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(SECESSION BADGE AMBROTYPE)128 - (SECESSION BADGE AMBROTYPE)
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"A great 1/9th plate ruby-red ambrotype measuring 2"" x 2 1/2"", showing a young ""Sesech"" recruit in ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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(GETTYSBURG DEAD ALBUMEN)129 - (GETTYSBURG DEAD ALBUMEN)
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"A rather morbid albumen photograph, 8 3/4"" x 6 3/4"", on a larger mount of dead Union artillery soldiers. Alexander Gardn...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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