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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599 - DAHLGREN, JOHN A.Alexander Autographs
(1809 - 1870) Union rear admiral and inventor of the cannon which bore his name. He also commanded the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. A.L.S. &...
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601 - DAVIS, VARINA H.Alexander Autographs
(1826 - 1906) Wife of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America. Mrs. Davis remained a staunch supporter of ""the l...
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602 - DE RUSSY, GUSTAVUS A.Alexander Autographs
(1818 - 1891) Union brigadier general and Hooker's Chief of Artillery, he fought at Seven Pines, Malvern Hill, and Fredericksburg. A.L.S. "...
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603 - DEVENS, CHARLESAlexander Autographs
(1820 - 1891) Union major general who led a brigade crushed by Jackson at Chancellorsville, later attached to the Army of the James. War-date A.L.S.
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604 - DIX, JOHN A.Alexander Autographs
(1798 - 1879) Union major general most remembered for his threat to shoot anyone hauling down the American flag, and his suppression of the bloody New
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605 - DRAYTON, PERCIVALAlexander Autographs
(1812-1865) Union naval officer whose family was Southern, but he remained loyal to the North; his brother was Confederate General Thomas Drayton. He
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606 - DWIGHT, WILLIAMAlexander Autographs
(1831 - 1888) Union brigadier general who was wounded, left for dead, and captured at Williamsburg. He served during the Red River campaign and in the
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607 - DYER, ALEXANDER B.Alexander Autographs
(1815 - 1874) Union brevet major general who invented the ""Dyer"" shell and worked at the Springfield Armory throughout the war...
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608 - EADS, JAMES B.Alexander Autographs
(1820 - 1887) American engineer and inventor responsible for the Union's quickly-built fleet of ironclads, delivering them in 65 days. D.S. &qu...
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