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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672 - PARKE, JOHN G.Alexander Autographs
(1827 - 1900) Union major general who fought at Antietam, Fredericksburg and Vicksburg. He was the IX Corps chief of staff in 1864 and commanded the
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673 - PATTERSON, ROBERTAlexander Autographs
(1792 - 1881) Union major general of Pennsylvania volunteers sacked for his failure to halt Johnston at Bull Run. A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo., Long Branch, Aug.
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674 - PLEASANTON, ALFREDAlexander Autographs
(1824 - 1897) Union major general who led the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac. Bold signature adding rank ""S. Pleasanton Maj. G...
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675 - PORTER, FITZ JOHNAlexander Autographs
(1822 - 1901) Union major general who fought at Antietam and Second Bull Run. He was later accused by Pope for ""disobedience and disloya...
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676 - POWELL, WILLIAM H.Alexander Autographs
(1825 - 1904) Union brigadier and brevet major general of cavalry who won the MOH as major for leading a raid on Sinking Creek, Virginia. During the l
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677 - PRESTON, WILLIAMAlexander Autographs
(1816 - 1887) Confederate brigadier general who led a brigade at Corinth, Vicksburg and Chicamauga. Signed endorsement removed from a document, in fu
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678 - PRICE, STERLINGAlexander Autographs
(1809 - 1867) Confederate major general who captured Lexington, and fought at Iuka, Corinth and red River as well. The war left him a broken and impo
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679 - PRYOR, ROGER A.Alexander Autographs
(1828 - 1919) Confederate brigadier general supposedly offered the first shot on Fort Sumter, later captured at Petersburg. Ink signature on a slip o
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680 - RANSOM, MATHEW W.Alexander Autographs
(1826 - 1904) Confederate brigadier general who fought in the Seven days, Sharpsburg and Petersburg, wounded three times in the process. A.L.S. on Se
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681 - RANSOM, MATHEW W.Alexander Autographs
(1826 - 1904) Confederate brigadier general who fought in the Seven days, Sharpsburg and Petersburg, wounded three times in the process. A.L.S. 5pp.
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