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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703 - SMITH, WILLIAMAlexander Autographs
(1796 - 1887) ""Extra Billy"" Confederate major general who led at Bull Run, on the Peninsula and at Antietam, and as Governor-...
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704 - SMITH, WILLIAM F.Alexander Autographs
(1824 - 1903) Union major general who led at First Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg, and was instrumental in the ""Cracker Line&quo...
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705 - SMITH, WILLIAM F.Alexander Autographs
(1824 - 1903) Union major general who led at First Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and was instrumental in the ""Cracker Line"&q...
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706 - SPECIAL ORDER BOOKLETAlexander Autographs
"An unusual booklet kept by Capt. Robe an assistant quartermaster in the Veteran Reserve Corps while serving at New Orleans and Ft. Ward, Va. E...
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707 - STAHEL, JULIUSAlexander Autographs
(1825 - 1912) Union major general who commanded cavalry in West Virginia, awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry at Piedmont. War-date A.L.S. &qu...
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708 - STANTON, EDWIN M.Alexander Autographs
(1814 - 1869) Secretary of War in Abraham Lincoln's cabinet whose dismissal by Andrew Johnson led to impeachment hearings for the president. L....
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709 - STANTON, EDWIN M.Alexander Autographs
(1814 - 1869) Secretary of War in Abraham Lincoln's cabinet whose dismissal by Andrew Johnson led to impeachment hearings for the president. Pa...
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710 - STEPHENS, ALEXANDER H.Alexander Autographs
(1812 - 1883) Vice President of the Confederacy who urged moderation and negotiation with the Union. L.S. ""Alexander Stephens""...
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711 - STEWART, ALEXANDER P.Alexander Autographs
(1821 - 1908) Confederate major general who commanded at Shiloh, Chickamauga, and Atlanta, and replaced Polk after that general's death. A.L.S....
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712 - STONEMAN, GEORGEAlexander Autographs
(1822 - 1894) Union major general who led a corps at Fredericksburg, and later commanded cavalry raids at Chancellorsville, Macon, and in the Carolin
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