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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(CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE CAPTAIN WILLIAM W. GORDON)120 - (CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE CAPTAIN WILLIAM W. GORDON)
Alexander Autographs
"An interesting correspondence from William W. Gordon, the father of Juliette Gordon Low founder of the Girls Scout of America. Gordon served i...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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(CIVIL WAR SOLDIER`S CORRESPONDENCE)121 - (CIVIL WAR SOLDIER`S CORRESPONDENCE)
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"A fine grouping of 18 war-date letters 68pp. Total in various formats written by two brothers, Melancthon Bowman of the 126th Ohio Volunteers ...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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(SOUTH CAROLINA COCKADE AND SOUTHERN SYMPATHIZER`S LETTER)122 - (SOUTH CAROLINA COCKADE AND SOUTHERN SYMPATHIZER`S LETTER)
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A fine South Carolina secession cockade affixed to the letter of a Confederate sympathizer urging a future Union Brigadier General to side with the So
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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(CONFEDERATE COLONEL'S OATH OF ALLEGIANCE)123 - (CONFEDERATE COLONEL'S OATH OF ALLEGIANCE)
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"Rare A.L.S. ""Van H. Manning"" adding rank, 2pp. 4to., U. S. Military Prison, Fort Delaware, June 17, 1865, to President A...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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(FIRST CONFEDERATE KILLED IN ACTION)124 - (FIRST CONFEDERATE KILLED IN ACTION)
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JOHN QUINCY MARR (d. 1861) The first Confederate soldier (and officer) to be killed in action during the Civil War. A graduate and former faculty memb
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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(CONFEDERATE ARCHIVE)125 - (CONFEDERATE ARCHIVE)
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"A fascinating look at the coastal military career of Confederate Pvt. W. H. H. Vaughn of Bartow's Artillery. Included are eighteen, 8vo., ...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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(FORREST CAVALRY ARCHIVE)126 - (FORREST CAVALRY ARCHIVE)
Alexander Autographs
"A great archive related to Major John C. Noble a quartermaster who served in Forrest's Cavalry Corp. Includes Noble's service record, ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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(CONFEDERATE GENERALS)127 - (CONFEDERATE GENERALS)
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"An exceptional war-date D.S. 1p. oblong 8vo., Camp Barton, Va., [ca. September 30, 1861], signed by two scarce Confederate generals and fille...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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(SECESSION BADGE AMBROTYPE)128 - (SECESSION BADGE AMBROTYPE)
Alexander Autographs
"A great 1/9th plate ruby-red ambrotype measuring 2"" x 2 1/2"", showing a young ""Sesech"" recruit in ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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(GETTYSBURG DEAD ALBUMEN)129 - (GETTYSBURG DEAD ALBUMEN)
Alexander Autographs
"A rather morbid albumen photograph, 8 3/4"" x 6 3/4"", on a larger mount of dead Union artillery soldiers. Alexander Gardn...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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(CIVIL WAR TINTYPE OF BLACK SOLDIER)130 - (CIVIL WAR TINTYPE OF BLACK SOLDIER)
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"A very rare 1/6th plate tintype of a young Black Union private with a camp scene backdrop showing a cannon, drum, stack of guns, with nicely t...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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(GARRARD ZOUAVE WALLET AND LETTER)131 - (GARRARD ZOUAVE WALLET AND LETTER)
Alexander Autographs
"An identified wallet and letter from Private Ira Simmons of the 146th New York Zouaves (Garrard's Tigers), killed in action. Simmons enlis...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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(AMBROSE E. BURNSIDE IMPERIAL ALBUMEN)132 - (AMBROSE E. BURNSIDE IMPERIAL ALBUMEN)
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(1824 - 1881) Union major general known for the disastrous charges made at Fredericksburg in 1862, and the nicknaming of distinctive facial hair. A gr
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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(COLONEL ELMER ELLSWORTH RELICS)133 - (COLONEL ELMER ELLSWORTH RELICS)
Alexander Autographs
"Two relics relative to the famous mortal wounding of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth by a rebel hotel keeper at Alexandria, Virginia, comprising a sma...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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(COLONEL ELMER ELLSWORTH FLAG STAFF RELICS)134 - (COLONEL ELMER ELLSWORTH FLAG STAFF RELICS)
Alexander Autographs
"A relic related to the famous mortal wounding of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth by a rebel hotel keeper at Alexandria, Virginia. In late May, 1861. E...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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(WOMAN POSING AS MALE SOLDIER carte-de-visite)135 - (WOMAN POSING AS MALE SOLDIER carte-de-visite)
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"A highly unusual and very rare war-date carte-de-visite by Masury, Boston, showing Frances Clalin who posed as a man in order to serve with th...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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(VIVANDIERE KADY BROWNELL  carte-de-visite)136 - (VIVANDIERE KADY BROWNELL carte-de-visite)
Alexander Autographs
"A very nice war-date carte-de-visite of Kady Brownell who served with the 1st Rhode Island Volunteers and 5th Rhode Island Battalion as a laun...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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(54TH MASS. COLORED INFANTRY OFFICER)137 - (54TH MASS. COLORED INFANTRY OFFICER)
Alexander Autographs
"Very rare carte-de-visite of Lt. Frederick Rogers of the famed 54th Mass. Volunteers, posed full standing with sword. Rogers originally enlist...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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(DRUMMER BOY OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK)138 - (DRUMMER BOY OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK)
Alexander Autographs
"A great war-date carte-de-visite of Robert Hendershot, ""The drummer boy of the Rappahannock"". Hendershot received his fa...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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(CIVIL WAR SOLDIER WITH BOWIE KNIFE)139 - (CIVIL WAR SOLDIER WITH BOWIE KNIFE)
Alexander Autographs
"A great 1/6th plate tintype of a Union private wearing a frock coat and a light grey kepi. On his hat are the insignias ""27"&q...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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