RR Auction: August 2016 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.5 x 9, April 10, 1829. President Jackson grants Thomas Smith of Butler County, Ohio, a tract of la

ALS signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 8 x 9.5, February 19, 1842. Letter to a gentleman in Cincinnati. In part: “I find upon looking once my papers, pr

Ornate invitation to the William Henry Harrison’s Tippecanoe Inauguration Ball, headed, “Tippecanoe, March 4, 1841, Inauguration Ball,” 4.5 x 7.25, re

American politician (1807–1886) best remembered as the subject of a controversy over whether, as president pro tempore of the Senate, he technically s

Rare partly-printed DS as president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 13.25 x 10.25, August 9, 1849. President Taylor appoints Thomas Turner of New York

ALS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, August 3, 1848. Letter to John Harris, in full: “My official duties have been so pressing that I have not before found tim

Signed book: Universal History from the Earliest Account of Time, Vol. VII. First edition. London, 1747. Cloth rebound hardcover, 5.25 x 8.5, 591 page

ALS as president-elect, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.5 x 8, December 29, 1856. Letter to Hon. Peter D. Vroom. In part: “I think there is a p

ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, December 22, 1855. Letter to Hon. Peter D. Vroom, written while serving as minister to the Unite

Autograph endorsement as president, signed “A. Lincoln,” on a 3.75 x 2 clipped slip, January 31, 1865. In full: “Let these men take oath of Dec. 8, 18