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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843 - (HALLECK, HENRY W.)Alexander Autographs
(1815 - 1872) Union major general who was Lincoln's General in Chief and advisor. He proved to be an effective administrator during the war. Fu...
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844 - (HAMPTON, WADE)Alexander Autographs
(1819 - 1902) Confederate lieutenant general of cavalry whose daring exploits at Antietam, Gettysburg, and Petersburg won him fame in both North and
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845 - (JACKSON, THOMAS J.)Alexander Autographs
(1824 - 1863) ""Stonewall"", Confederate lieutenant general and a brilliant yet somewhat eccentric tactician, he gained his nic...
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846 - (KILPATRICK, HUGH J.)Alexander Autographs
(1836 - 1881) Union major general called ""Kill Cavalry"" by his men, he fought at Gettysburg, and led several raids on Richmon...
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848 - (MARY LINCOLN IN MOURNING)Alexander Autographs
(1818 - 1882) First Lady, wife of Abraham Lincoln. Following the assassination of her husband and death of Tad, her mental health deteriorated to the
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849 - (MCCLELLAN, GEORGE B.)Alexander Autographs
(1826 - 1885) Union major general and general-in-chief of the army whose hesitation in attacking Confederate forces caused him to be sacked by Lincol
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850 - (PVT. JAMES W. MOTTICE)Alexander Autographs
"A nicely colorized full standing view CDV of Pvt. James W. Mottice 162nd Ohio Volunteers wearing a four button sack coat with his accouterment...
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851 - (SLAVERY)Alexander Autographs
Excellent carte-de-visite photograph of a slave, a bust photo of a young boy with the printed caption: ""Charley A Slave Boy from New Orle...
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852 - (SLAVERY)Alexander Autographs
Excellent carte-de-visite photograph of three slave children identified: ""Rebecca, Charley and Rosa, Slave Children from New Orleans"...
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