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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713 - 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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714 - SUMNER, EDWIN VOSEAlexander Autographs
(1797 - 1863) Union major general who commanded a Corps at South Mountain and Antietam and the Right Grand Division at Fredericksburg. Signature &q...
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715 - SWAYNE, WAGERAlexander Autographs
(1834 - 1902) Union brevet major general who won the Medal of Honor at Corinth and commanded a corps at Atlanta and in the March to the Sea, losing a
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716 - TERRY, ALFRED H.Alexander Autographs
(1827 - 1890) Union brigadier general at First Bull Run, Petersburg and Richmond, he was also commander of the expedition leading to George Custer&...
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717 - THOMAS, LORENZOAlexander Autographs
(1804 - 1875) Union brigadier general and Chief of Staff to Winfield Scott. Thomas also organized Colored regiments in Mississippi. Scarce S.P., a ca
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718 - THOMPSON, M. JEFFAlexander Autographs
(1826 - 1876) Confederate raider who commanded a brigade in Missouri and threatened to retake New Orleans from Union forces. Fine A.Q.S. on a 24mo.
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719 - TOOMBS, ROBERTAlexander Autographs
(1810 - 1885) Confederate Secretary of State and Brigadier General whose brigade held the stone bridge at Antietam. Fine signature on a small card ...
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720 - TURNER, JOHN W.Alexander Autographs
(1833 - 1899) Union major general with ""Baldy"" Smith at Petersburg and in the chase of Lee's army to Appomattox. L.S. &qu...
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721 - TWIGGS, DAVID E.Alexander Autographs
(1790 - 1862) Confederate major general who turned over his Federal forces to Ben McCulloch at the start of the war, and was later given command of t
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722 - WADSWORTH, JAMES S.Alexander Autographs
(1807 - 1864) Union brigadier general who commanded a division at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, mortally wounded at the Wilderness. A.L.S. "...
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