Fine Selection of Autographs and Manuscripts

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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MEADE, GEORGE G.50A - MEADE, GEORGE G.
Alexander Autographs
(1815 - 1872) Union major general who commanded brilliantly at Gettysburg, leading to a Union victory and the turning point of the Civil War. Superb
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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TOOMBS, ROBERT51 - TOOMBS, ROBERT
Alexander Autographs
(1810 - 1885) Confederate Secretary of State and Brigadier General whose brigade held the stone bridge at Antietam. Exceptionally rare S.P., a carte-
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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VAN DORN, EARL52 - VAN DORN, EARL
Alexander Autographs
(1820 - 1863) Confederate major general whose raid on Holly Springs destroyed Grant's supply depot only later to be killed by a jealous husband...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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VICKSBURG WALLPAPER NEWSPAPER53 - VICKSBURG WALLPAPER NEWSPAPER
Alexander Autographs
"A rare edition, 1p. folio, July 2, 1863, printed two days after the siege by Union troops on the only available paper in Vicksburg available: ...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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(TEXAS SECESSION BROADSIDE)54 - (TEXAS SECESSION BROADSIDE)
Alexander Autographs
Rare broadside concerning the secession of the State of Texas, 1p. 5 1/4"" x 13 1/4"", [Austin, Feb. 4, 1861], headed: "&qu...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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EDWARDS, CLARK SWETT55 - EDWARDS, CLARK SWETT
Alexander Autographs
(1824 - 1903) Union colonel in the Army of the Potomac who led the legendary 5th Maine at Gettysburg. A superb, historically important correspondence
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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(BERDAN SHARPSHOOTER'S CORRESPONDENCE)56 - (BERDAN SHARPSHOOTER'S CORRESPONDENCE)
Alexander Autographs
"A truly great correspondence of Pvt. Edwin Aldritt, 2nd United States Sharpshooters, Co. A, who enlisted at Fort Snelling in 1861 to serve thr...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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(CIVIL WAR CORRESPONDENCE OF SURGEON WILLIAM H. GITHENS)58 - (CIVIL WAR CORRESPONDENCE OF SURGEON WILLIAM H. GITHENS)
Alexander Autographs
Extraordinary war-date correspondence of 98 letters covering his entire service by Dr. William H. Githens (1827-1904) of the 16th Illinois Infantry an
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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(CIVIL WAR SOLDIER CHARLES MANSON)59 - (CIVIL WAR SOLDIER CHARLES MANSON)
Alexander Autographs
"A great correspondence of 76 letters, mostly 8vo. and in pencil, totaling 266pp., written from Dec. 1862 to July 1865 by Union Private Charles...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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(CONFEDERATE VICKSBURG DIARY)60 - (CONFEDERATE VICKSBURG DIARY)
Alexander Autographs
"A superb diary from Confederate Capt. George H. Hynds, 31st Tennessee, written in pencil for his mother and discussing the siege of Vicksburg....
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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