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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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WINSLOW, JOHN529 - WINSLOW, JOHN
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(1702 - 1774) Massachusetts general of Militia during the French and Indian War who was charged with removing the Acadians in 1755 and later served in
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
 
 
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WOLCOTT, JR., OLIVER530 - WOLCOTT, JR., OLIVER
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(1760 - 1833) American Revolution soldier and patriot, Secretary of the Treasury succeeding Hamilton. Good content A.D.S. 1p. oblong 8vo., [n.p.], Ja
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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(AMERICAN REVOLTUION)531 - (AMERICAN REVOLTUION)
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"Good lot of three manuscript documents including ZEBULON BUTLER (1731 - 1795) D.S. 1p. oblong 4to., Hartford, c. 1781 certifying that "&q...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION DOCUMENTS)532 - (AMERICAN REVOLUTION DOCUMENTS)
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"Group of three documents from Connecticut including an uncut sheet of four receipts for payments for interest on state notes dated Feb. 1789;...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION)533 - (AMERICAN REVOLUTION)
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"Good group of two pieces including ROGER GRISWOLD, A.L.S. 1p. 4to., Norwich, Jan. 27, 1790 to a pair of merchants concerning the collection of...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION)534 - (AMERICAN REVOLUTION)
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"Group of five pieces including OLIVER WOLCOTT, JR (1760 - 1833), L.S. 1p. 4to., , July 13, 1791 concerning treasury matters; JAMES SULL
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION)535 - (AMERICAN REVOLUTION)
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"Good lot of eight pieces including ROGER GRISWOLD, A.L.S. 1p. 4to., Norwich, July 6, 1795 discussing financial matters and mentioning news of ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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(AN AMERICAN IN BRITIAN)536 - (AN AMERICAN IN BRITIAN)
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THOMAS DIGGES (1742 - 1821) A curious and notorious character. As an American studying in Great Britain at the outbreak of the Revolution who took mon
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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(BRITISH PASS TO NEW YORK)537 - (BRITISH PASS TO NEW YORK)
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"Party-printed D.S. 1p. small 4to., New York, Aug. 19, 1780, allowing ""Pursuant to his Excellency Sir WILLIAM HOWE's Proclamatio...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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(BURGOYNE`S CONVENTION ARMY)538 - (BURGOYNE`S CONVENTION ARMY)
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"A fine content manuscript document 3pp. legal folio, [n.p., n.d.] being a copy of the transcript of testimony concerning the death of British ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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