RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Artifact Auction featuring Founding Fathers

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Headlined by a robust Revolutionary War section in celebration of Independence Day, RR Auction’s July 2017 Fine Autographs & Artifacts sale boasts over 800 lots of collectibles from an array of genres. Opening with a pair of remarkable Revolutionary War amputation kits used by Dr. John Warren, the first section traces the history of the founding of America from William Penn to George Washington. Key items from other categories include a set of Donald Trump’s personally-owned and -used golf clubs, a rare portrait of Thomas Edison with an inscription about the “electric vehicle,” a chair from Rick’s Cafe in Casablanca, and an incredible autograph letter by Ernest Hemingway. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in July 2017.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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James Madison82 - James Madison
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ALS, one page, 8 x 13, January 15, 1806. Letter to James Lovell in Boston, who was a member of the Continental Congress and signer of the Articles of
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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James Madison83 - James Madison
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 12.5 x 8.25, April 18, 1815. Land grant issued to Franz Germand for a quarter lot of land under "'...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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James Madison and James Monroe84 - James Madison and James Monroe
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Partly-printed DS signed “James Madison" as president and "Jas Monroe" as secretary of state, one page, 14.5 x 9, March 3, 1815. Pres...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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James Monroe85 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS, one page, 15.5 x 9.5, October 20, 1824. President Madison grants William Windsor a tract of land "in the District of ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams86 - John Quincy Adams
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 13.25 x 8.75, March 30, 1825. President Adams grants William Rankin, "as...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson87 - Andrew Jackson
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ALS, one page, 7.5 x 8.25, January 2, 1845. Letter to Thomas Dawson, expressing his condolences over the loss of his father, Moses Dawson, in full: ...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren88 - Martin Van Buren
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ALS signed "M. Van Buren," one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, June 20, 1829. Letter to the secretary of war. In part: "Major Sproult o...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren89 - Martin Van Buren
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ALS signed “M. Van Buren,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, September 7, 1858. Letter to Judge John Law of Vincennes, Indiana, in part: &...
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William Henry Harrison90 - William Henry Harrison
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War-dated ALS signed “Will'm Henry Harrison,” one page, 7.5 x 9, December 22, 1813. Written during the War of 1812, a letter to John Armstrong, ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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John Tyler91 - John Tyler
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ALS, one page both sides, 8.25 x 13.5, November 11, 1845. Just eight months after leaving the White House, Tyler writes to his nephew Boswell from his
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James K. Polk92 - James K. Polk
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.5 x 18.5, March 3, 1849. President Polk appoints Theodore Talbot as "First Lieutenant in th...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Millard Fillmore93 - Millard Fillmore
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Signed book: History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent by George Bancroft. Volume III. Later printing. Boston: Little
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Franklin Pierce94 - Franklin Pierce
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, November 21, 1854. President Pierce directs the secretary of state to "affix the Seal of the ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln95 - Abraham Lincoln
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Uncommon color 24.5 x 17.75 lithograph of the Lincoln family gathered around a table, the dome of the Capitol building visible in the background, and
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson96 - Andrew Johnson
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ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 7.75 x 9.75, May 22, 1850. Written from the House of Representatives, a letter to William M. Lowry, in full: "Sin...
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Estimate : 1,300.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson97 - Andrew Johnson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, December 12, 1868. President Johnson authorizes and directs the secretary of state to “affix the Sea
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson98 - Andrew Johnson
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Original 4.75 x 3 purple gallery ticket to the US Senate Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson on May 18, 1868. In fine condition. Two days earlier,
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson99 - Andrew Johnson
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Uncommon Civil War-dated partly-printed DS, one page, 9.5 x 13.5, September 25, 1863. President Johnson appoints Robert S. Ballow as "Judge or ...
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Julia D. Grant100 - Julia D. Grant
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Uncommon ALS in pencil, one page, 5 x 7.75, blindstamped monogram letterhead, May 26, 1876. Letter to "Dear Senator," written from the &qu...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant101 - U. S. Grant
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Scarce hand-addressed and free-franked Executive Mansion envelope, 6 x 3.5, addressed by Grant to “John Hoey, Esq., Adams Ex. Co., New York City,” and
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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