RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

ALS signed “G:o Washin ,” one page, 7.5 x 8.75, January 20, 1784. Letter to General Williams in Baltimore. In full: “I have received, & thank you

Full hand-addressed free frank, measuring 9.75 x 8.25 unfolded, with panel measuring 5.25 x 3.5, addressed in another hand to “Colo. Ephraim Kirby, Li

Partly-printed DS, signed “Th: Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 22 x 17, July 9, 1805. Four-language ship’

Bank of Columbia check, 6.25 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Madison as president, “James Madison,” payable to Cudden Davis for $3000, September 28, 1

Partly-printed scallop-top vellum DS, signed “James Madison” as president and “Jas. Monroe” as secretary of state, one page, 10.5 x 15, October 3, 181

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.5 x 9.5, October 6, 1817. President Monroe grants “Henry Sperry, late a private in Pelham’s compan

Partly-printed vellum DS, one page, 11 x 15, November 18, 1818. A patent issued to Abraham Taylor who “has invented a new and useful improvement being

Desirable full free frank, measuring 9.75 x 7.75 unfolded with a 5 x 3.25 center panel, addressed by Adams to “William Russell Esq’r, Corresponding Se

Unsigned docketing notation on the reverse of an invitation to Adams, 8.5 x 7.5, in French, from the Chancellor of Russia inviting Adams to dinner. Ad

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.25 x 9.25, April 2, 1829. President Jackson grants Edward Thomas of Ohio a parcel of land in “Craw

Third-person ALS as president, signed within the body as “The President of the United States” and “The President,” one page, 8 x 10, April 29, 1835. L

Partly-printed DS as president, signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 20.25 x 16, November 21, 1838. Four-language ship’s papers issued to “Timothy Leary,

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 17.5 x 12.5, July 22, 1840. President Van Buren appoints Ramon Leon Sanchez as

ALS as president, unsigned, one page, 7.25 x 9, no date but circa October 1839. In full: “Say to Mr Butler Most of it would be more agreeable to him t

Full free frank as secretary of state, measuring 13 x 8 unfolded, with center panel measuring 8.25 x 3.5, addressed in another hand to “His Excellency

Rare partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 16 x 10, November 1, 1844. President Tyler grants Matthew Allen of Florida a parcel of land “as

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 10.5 x 8.25, June 14, 1842. President Tyler appoints James Lawrence Blair as “a Midshipman in the Nav

Partly-printed DS, signed “Z. Taylor Col. Comdg.,” one page, 7.75 x 6.5, April 1834. A requisition document “for fuel for Colonel Z. Taylor in the ser

Desirable full free frank as congressman, measuring 10 x 7.75 unfolded, with center panel measuring 5.25 x 3.25, addressed by Fillmore to “S. G Haven

Civil War–dated ALS, one page both sides, 5 x 7.75, September 21, 1861. Letter to Dr. Cyrus Powers, nephew of his late wife Abigail. In part: “I have

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 21.25 x 16.75, November 16, 1853. Four-language ship’s papers issued to “Joseph K. Green master or commander

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 16 x 19.5, April 16, 1860. President Buchanan appoints Samuel Franklin Mills as “Brevet Second Lieute

ALS, one page both sides, 6.25 x 8, November 8, 1864. Letter to Jeremiah S. Black, who had served in Buchanan’s cabinet as both attorney general and s

Crisp hand-addressed free frank panel, 5 x 3, addressed by Buchanan to “Roberts Vaux Esquire, Philadelphia,” and franked in the upper right, “Free, Ja

Civil War–dated handwritten endorsement, signed as president, “A. Lincoln,” dated September 9, 1861, on the reverse of the second integral page of a l

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.25 x 18.25, August 1, 1864. President Lincoln appoints George F. Browning as “First Lieutenant in

An engraved broadside memorial of Lincoln, 9 x 12.5, designed using the text of the Emancipation Proclamation in a calligraphic manner in the form of

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 16.75 x 11, August 12, 1865. President Johnson appoints Moses F. Odell a “Naval Officer for the District of

Eye-catching DS, one page, 14 x 17, August 28, 1865. Document bears several vignettes including Abraham Lincoln surrounded by clouds, rays of light, U

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 7.5 x 10, February 6, 1871. President Grant orders the secretary of state to “affix the Seal of the United S

Choice ink signature, “U. S. Grant, General,” on an off-white 3 x 1.5 card. Beautifully double-cloth-matted and framed with a portrait of Grant and a

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 18 x 14, March 21, 1870. President Grant appoints Wickham S. Havens as “Collector of Customs for the Distric

Two 2.25 x 5 carte-de-visite photos of Grant, one featuring a bust portrait and the other showing him seated outdoors in an ornately carved chair. Sca

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 15.5 x 19, March 7, 1879. President Hayes appoints Robert C. Walker as “Paymast

Boldly penned AQS on an off-white 5 x 7.75 lightly lined sheet, signed at the conclusion, “Rutherford B. Hayes.” Hayes quotes from Hamlet, Act III, Sc

Civil War–dated ALS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, December 22, 1862. Letter to a colonel, in part: “Allow me, though late to o

Partial free frank, measuring 5.5 x 7.75 unfolded, with center panel measuring 5.5 x 3, addressed in another hand to “H. T. Gaylor, Esq., Whitehall, N

LS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 8 x 10, July 19, 1880. Letter to John A. Bingham, the US minister to Japan. In full: “I have just received your

ALS in pencil as president, one page, 9 x 5.5, October 27, 1887. Handwritten draft for a telegram to Hon. W. Barclay McMerrick of Haverford College. I

ALS, one page, 5.25 x 6.5, personal Westland letterhead, January 28, 1898. Letter to the Arbitration Committee in Philadelphia. In full: “I must be pe

Incredible, supremely sharp matte-finish 13.5 x 10.5 photo by Eugene Pirou of 28 members of the Anglo-Venezuelan Arbitration Tribunal affixed to the o

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.5, July 18, 1899. President McKinley appoints Fidelio S. Carter as “a Lieutenant Commander

Fascinating archive from the papers of Frederick W. Whitridge, president of the Third Avenue Railway and Roosevelt’s appointed ambassador to Spain for

Oval matte-finish 6 x 8 portrait of the president taken in 1904 by George Prince, affixed to a 10.25 x 13.25 mount, signed and inscribed as president

Choice 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Taft in a bust-length pose, signed on the mount in black ink as president, “Sincerely yours, Wm. H. Taft, March 12,

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 19.5 x 15, June 8, 1927. President Coolidge appoints Leland B. Morris, as “a Foreign Service Officer of Clas

Unusual matte-finish 10.5 x 13.5 photo of a charcoal drawing of Hoover, signed and inscribed in fountain pen to an associate justice of the Supreme Co

Handsome 7.5 x 10.5 cardstock print of a bust-length illustration of Roosevelt, signed in fountain pen. Matted and framed to an overall size of 10.75

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, December 7, 1928. Letter to Mr. Daniel, at the Warm Springs Foundation, in part: “O’Connor has told m

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 1, Roosevelt & O’Connor letterhead, March 17, 1927. Letter to Rear Admiral F. R. Harris, in full: “My congratulations to yo...