Fine Selection of Autographs and Manuscripts

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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(NAVAL SALT PRINT)151 - (NAVAL SALT PRINT)
Alexander Autographs
"A nice salt print measuring 5 3/4"" x 7 1/2"" on paper mount, showing a naval officer wearing a regulation July 1862-July ...
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(STEREOVIEW OF GENERAL GRANT)152 - (STEREOVIEW OF GENERAL GRANT)
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"A great outdoor stereoview card bearing a double 6"" x 3"" photograph showing General Grant sitting in a homemade chair at...
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(1ST MASS. HEAVY ARTILLERY carte-de-visite)153 - (1ST MASS. HEAVY ARTILLERY carte-de-visite)
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"A great outdoor carte-de-visite of a 1st Mass. Heavy Artillery color guard with field officers present, showing seventeen men near a single ch...
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(TINTYPE CIVIL WAR SAILOR)154 - (TINTYPE CIVIL WAR SAILOR)
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"A good war-date 1/6th plate tintype of a sailor with rank insignia on sleeve, showing him in regulation shirt with scarf with lightly tinted c...
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(YOUNG, BRIGHAM)155 - (YOUNG, BRIGHAM)
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(1801 - 1877) Leader of the Mormon church who succeeded Joseph Smith as head of the church and led the mass migration to Salt Lake Valley. Young was
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(RUNAWAY SLAVE BROADSIDE)156 - (RUNAWAY SLAVE BROADSIDE)
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"A fine broadside, measuring approximately 9"" x 12"", Liberty, [Mo.], Mar. 7, 1860, in which John S. Majors offers "&...
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(SLAVE AUCTION BROADSIDE)157 - (SLAVE AUCTION BROADSIDE)
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Exceedingly rare broadside advertising the sale in New Orleans of 28 named slaves, 1p. 5 1/4"" x 13"", ""Gravier Stre...
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(SLAVE AUCTION POSTER)158 - (SLAVE AUCTION POSTER)
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Uncommon poster advertising the auction of the estate of a Lincoln Co., Kentucky man, to include land, a mill, and his slave, 1p. 11 1/2""...
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(RUNAWAY SLAVE REWARD POSTER)159 - (RUNAWAY SLAVE REWARD POSTER)
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Excellent, rare poster advertising a reward for the capture of a runaway slave, 1p. 9"" x 12 1/4"". The boldly-printed poster re...
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(GRAPHIC SLAVE ARREST WARRANT)160 - (GRAPHIC SLAVE ARREST WARRANT)
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A rather graphic early slave arrest warrant, 1p. sm. folio, Warren Co., NC, Dec. 22, 1798, a proclamation in which Justices of the Peace William Johns
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CARSON, CHRISTOPHER ""KIT""161 - CARSON, CHRISTOPHER ""KIT""
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(1809 - 1868) American frontier scout, trapper and soldier, served as a guide for John C. Fremont, led forces which put the Pico guerillas in Los Ang
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BOONE, DANIEL162 - BOONE, DANIEL
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(1734 - 1820) American pioneer who explored the Kentucky region and guided settlers into the area, constructed a fort at what is now Boonesboro, Thre
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SMITH, SAMUEL FRANCIS163 - SMITH, SAMUEL FRANCIS
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(1808 - 1895) American clergyman and poet, author of our nation hymn ""America"" (1832), otherwise known as ""My Coun...
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KEY, FRANCIS SCOTT164 - KEY, FRANCIS SCOTT
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(1779 - 1843) American lawyer and poet who , inspired by Americans' tenacity during the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, wrote they lyrics ...
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CODY, WILLIAM F.165 - CODY, WILLIAM F.
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(1846 - 1917) ""Buffalo Bill"", American scout and showman, he started his career as a rider with the Pony Express, and in late...
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BARNUM, PHINEAS T.166 - BARNUM, PHINEAS T.
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(1810 - 1891) American showman who opened his circus, ""The Greatest Show On Earth"", merged with James Bailey to form Barnum a...
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(WHO`S WHO OF NEW YORK IN 1868)167 - (WHO`S WHO OF NEW YORK IN 1868)
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"A fine and very interesting D.S., a scroll measuring 8 1/2"" x 132"" (11 feet!), New York, Dec. 17, 1868, a petition requ...
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(TATE FAMILY SLAVE ARCHIVE)168 - (TATE FAMILY SLAVE ARCHIVE)
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"A great 31 letter correspondence totaling 75pp. mostly 4to. covering the period 1852 through 1856, written between Susan M. Tate, her son Samu...
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(SLAVE MURDER TRIAL)169 - (SLAVE MURDER TRIAL)
Alexander Autographs
"A great archive of five Georgia Supreme Court documents mostly in folio format, related to the murder of a Mrs. Peggy Saddler by a slave named...
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(SLAVE MURDER ARCHIVE)170 - (SLAVE MURDER ARCHIVE)
Alexander Autographs
"A fascinating archive concerning the murder of slave Moses by slave Surry, both from Lincoln County, Kentucky in 1808, consisting of ten foli...
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(SLAVE DEALERS BUSINESS CARD)171 - (SLAVE DEALERS BUSINESS CARD)
Alexander Autographs
"An exceedingly rare slave dealer's business card, roughly 2 3/4"" x 3 1/2"", advertising the services of ""...
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(TRAIL OF TEARS EXPENSE ACCOUNT)172 - (TRAIL OF TEARS EXPENSE ACCOUNT)
Alexander Autographs
"A great manuscript document 4pp. 4to., July 1, 1837 to Mar. 7, 1838, concerning the expense account of Assistant Superintendent and Conducto...
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(LITTLE BIG HORN SURVIVOR TESTIMONY)173 - (LITTLE BIG HORN SURVIVOR TESTIMONY)
Alexander Autographs
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(REPUBLIC OF TEXAS)174 - (REPUBLIC OF TEXAS)
Alexander Autographs
"A scarce Republic of Texas related piece, a calling card for Memucan Hunt, described on the card as the ""Envoy Extraordinary and Mi...
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(NAACP ARCHIVE)175 - (NAACP ARCHIVE)
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"A most intriguing and important historical archive, a collection of over 275 pps. of letters and statements compiled in honor of WALTER F. WHI...
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WASHINGTON, GEORGE176 - WASHINGTON, GEORGE
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(1732 - 1799) First President of the United States and commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Partly-printed D.S. "&q...
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WASHINGTON, GEORGE177 - WASHINGTON, GEORGE
Alexander Autographs
(1732 - 1799) First President of the United States and commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. His franking signature "...
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WASHINGTON, GEORGE178 - WASHINGTON, GEORGE
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(1732 - 1799) First President of the United States and commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. His signature ""Go...
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WASHINGTON, GEORGE179 - WASHINGTON, GEORGE
Alexander Autographs
(1732 - 1799) First President of the United States and commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. An fine and unusual Washington
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(WASHINGTON, GEORGE)180 - (WASHINGTON, GEORGE)
Alexander Autographs
"An interesting Washington-related document, a D.S. 1p. irregular legal folio, [n.p., c. 1786] being an assessment of Virginia estate which inc...
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(A LOCK OF GEORGE WASHINGTON`S HAIR)181 - (A LOCK OF GEORGE WASHINGTON`S HAIR)
Alexander Autographs
An excessively rare and important association item, a small lock of George Washington's hair clipped as Washington lay on his deathbed and sent ...
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ADAMS, JOHN182 - ADAMS, JOHN
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(1735 - 1826) Second President of the United States and a drafter of the Declaration of Independence, which he also signed. He later joined Franklin
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ADAMS, JOHN183 - ADAMS, JOHN
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(1735 - 1826) Second President of the United States and a drafter of the Declaration of Independence, which he also signed. He later joined Franklin
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JEFFERSON, THOMAS185 - JEFFERSON, THOMAS
Alexander Autographs
(1743 - 1826) Third President of the United States, author and signer of the Declaration of Independence, ceased the importation of slaves to America
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JEFFERSON, THOMAS186 - JEFFERSON, THOMAS
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(1743 - 1826) Third President of the United States, author and signer of the Declaration of Independence, ceased the importation of slaves to America
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JEFFERSON, THOMAS187 - JEFFERSON, THOMAS
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(1743 - 1826) Third President of the United States, author and signer of the Declaration of Independence, ceased the importation of slaves to America
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MADISON, JAMES188 - MADISON, JAMES
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(1751 - 1836) Fourth President of the United States considered the ""Father of the Constitution"", he authored the Federalist p...
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MADISON, JAMES189 - MADISON, JAMES
Alexander Autographs
(1751 - 1836) Fourth President of the United States considered the ""Father of the Constitution"", he authored the Federalist p...
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MADISON, JAMES190 - MADISON, JAMES
Alexander Autographs
(1751 - 1836) Fourth President of the United States considered the ""Father of the Constitution"", he authored the Federalist p...
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MONROE, JAMES191 - MONROE, JAMES
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(1758 - 1831) Fifth President of the United States who negotiated the Louisiana Purchase and promulgated the Monroe Doctrine. Fine and important cont
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MONROE, JAMES192 - MONROE, JAMES
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(1758 - 1831) Fifth President of the United States who negotiated the Louisiana Purchase and promulgated the Monroe Doctrine. Uncommon A.L.S. "...
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ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY193 - ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY
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(1767 - 1848) Sixth President of the United States, Secretary of State under Monroe who principally formulated the Monroe Doctrine. Early A.L.S. &q...
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ADAMS, LOUISA CATHERINE194 - ADAMS, LOUISA CATHERINE
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(1775 - 1852) First Lady, wife of John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States. Eight lines of poetry in Adams' hand, signed "&...
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JACKSON, ANDREW195 - JACKSON, ANDREW
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(1767 - 1845) Seventh President of the United States, ""Old Hickory"" became a national hero in his defense of New Orleans and ...
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JACKSON, ANDREW196 - JACKSON, ANDREW
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(1767 - 1845) Seventh President of the United States, ""Old Hickory"" became a national hero in his defense of New Orleans and ...
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JACKSON, ANDREW197 - JACKSON, ANDREW
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(1767 - 1845) Seventh President of the United States, ""Old Hickory"" became a national hero in his defense of New Orleans and ...
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VAN BUREN, MARTIN198 - VAN BUREN, MARTIN
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(1782 - 1862) Eighth President of the United States, Secretary of State and a close ally of Andrew Jackson. A.L.S. as President ""M. Van ...
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HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY199 - HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY
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(1773 - 1841) Ninth President of the United States, military hero at Tippecanoe Creek and against Tecumseh, died after one month in office. Rare A.L.
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HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY200 - HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY
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(1773 - 1841) Ninth President of the United States, military hero at Tippecanoe Creek and against Tecumseh, died after one month in office. A.L.S. as
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HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY201 - HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY
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(1773 - 1841) Ninth President of the United States, military hero at Tippecanoe Creek and against Tecumseh, died after one month in office. Partly-pr
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