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...

DS as president, two pages, 7.5 x 10.5, April 20, 1939. A document issued “to the Senate of the United States.” In part: “I transmit herewith a conven

Partly-printed DS, one page, 11 x 8.5, April 13, 1932. An extradition document issued from the Executive Chamber of the State of New York. In part: “I

ALS as president signed “HST,” one page, 5 x 8, White House letterhead, no date but presumably circa 1948. Letter to Dr. John Roy Steelman, an economi

Vintage matte-finish 13.5 x 10 Harris and Ewing photo of Truman and members of the Advisory Board of the Office of War Mobilization and Conversion pos

A printed transcript of the address in which Truman established the ‘Truman Doctrine,’ given before a joint session of Congress on March 12, 1947, fiv

Jackson Country Treasurer’s check, 8 x 3.5, filled out in type and signed by Truman, payable to Frank Noonan for $35, April 2, 1934. Three vertical fo

Handsome matte-finish 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders portrait of Eisenhower, signed and inscribed in fountain pen in the lower border, “For Dr. Francis J.

TLS signed “Ike,” one page, 7 x 10.25, personal letterhead, November 14, 1952. Letter to his older brother Edgar Eisenhower, in part: “I have already

TLS as president signed “D. E.,” one page, 7 x 10.25, White House letterhead, November 30, 1957. Letter to his older brother Edgar N. Eisenhower, in p

ALS signed “Jack,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.25 x 8, US Senate letterhead, no date but postmarked December 19, 1955. Letter to John O’Rou

Program for the 74th annual meeting and dinner of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce, Pennsylvania, held on May 12, 1958, eight pages, 6 x 9

Personal check, 8 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Kennedy, “John Kennedy,” payable to World Affairs Bookshop for $10, January 11, 1960.

TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 23, 1962. Letter to Father Albert Pereira, in part: “My thanks for your recent g

Signed book: Profiles in Courage. Later printing. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 266 pages. Signed and inscribed

TLS signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, July 21, 1959. Letter to Vincent L. Falcone at Americans for Democrati

Exceptional original matte-finish 13.75 x 11 photo taken by photojournalist James Atherton, showing a young boy who has broken through the barricades

Superb original matte-finish 13.75 x 11 photo taken by photojournalist James Atherton on June 26, 1963, showing President Kennedy looking across the B

Large original matte-finish 19.75 x 14 photo taken by UPI photographer Stanley Tretick at a campaign event in Niagara Falls, New York, on September 28

Color 10 x 8 photo of the White House with Clark Mills’s equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson in the foreground, signed in blue ballpoint by Jacqueline

Bonwit Teller store receipt, signed “J. Kennedy,” one page, 4.25 x 6.5, March 25, 1960. A receipt for the purchase of a dress totaling $30.42, filled

Two unsigned handwritten notes. The first is along the right edge of a 1969 TLS to Kennedy from American Legion commander Albert Casassa, on letterhea

Signed book: One Special Summer. Limited signed first edition of 500 copies. NY: Delacorte Press, 1974. Hardcover in dust jacket, 11 x 13.25, signed i

Unsigned invitation to the inauguration of Kennedy as president and Johnson as vice president on January 20, 1963, 6 x 9, nicely double-matted and fra

TLS signed “RN,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, January 26, 1990. Letter to Congressman Charles Wilson ‘Bill’ Young. In full: “This is ju

ALS signed “RR,” one page both sides, 5.75 x 8.75, May 5, 1967. Letter to Professor Hine, in part: “Your words about faculty morale or lack of it adde

ALS, one page both sides, 8.5 x 4, Associated Features Inc. letterhead, no date. Lengthy response to a letter from Phil Pepe and Zander Hollander requ

Impressive archive of correspondence from George and Barbara Bush to noted Arkansas philanthropist Jennings Osborne, dating from 1996 to 2001, includi

Exemplary engraved invitation to Nixon’s 1969 inauguration, 8.25 x 10.75, signed at the bottom by Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, George Bush, Sr., Jimmy

Five short strands of Grant’s hair, each approximately 1? long, encapsulated in a small plastic sleeve and matted within a 12 x 16 display, which also

Executive Mansion card prominently signed in bold black ink, “Chester A. Arthur.” In fine condition, with trivial soiling to the front and a tiny stai

TLS signed “T. Roosevelt,” one page, 8 x 10.75, Republican State Committee letterhead, October 5, 1898. Letter to C. H. Cobaugh, in full: “I thank you

TLS signed “Wm H. Taft,” one page, 5.5 x 9, War Department letterhead, March 6, 1907. Letter to Oswald Garrison Villard at The Evening Post, in part:

TLS, one page, 7 x 8.75, personal letterhead, January 3, 1922. Letter to Tom Burgoyne, in part: “My sincerest sympathy goes out to you on account of t

DS signed in pencil, one page, 5.25 x 6, no date but circa 1903. A Princeton University ‘Schedule for Academic Special Students’ for the first term of

TLS as vice president, two pages, 7 x 9, The Vice President’s Chamber letterhead, June 30, 1921. Letter to Francis Edward Clark, in part: “It had been

Signed booklet: American Ideals Versus The New Deal. NY: The Scribner Press, 1936. Softcover, 5.5 x 8.25, 78 pages. Signed on the front cover in fount

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, January 20, 1950. Letter to J. Q. Stewart of Princeton University. In part: “I do not know anyone in

TLS, one page, 5.75 x 7.75, White House letterhead, November 9, 1936. Letter to Mrs. Adolph, in part: “The President and I deeply appreciate your cong

Signed book: This Is My Story. Third edition. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1937. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 365 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-tit...

White House card neatly signed in fountain pen, “Harry S. Truman,” affixed to the bottom of the original 6.25 x 9.25 transmittal letter from the presi

TLS, one page, 6.5 x 9.5, personal letterhead, November 9, 1957. Letter to Harold M. Slater of the St. Joseph News-Press. In part: “I cannot thank you

TLS as president signed “D.E.,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, October 15, 1956. Letter to Samuel F. Pryor, in part: “Saturday evening

Signed book: Crusade in Europe. First edition, later printing. NY: Doubleday, 1948. Hardcover with a book club edition dust jacket, 6.25 x 8.75, 559 p

Official War Department mailing envelope, 11.5 x 5, addressed in type to his wife at the Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, signed on the left side in

Signed book: In the Arena. First edition. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 384 pages. Signed in blue felt tip ...

Blue ink signature, “Richard Nixon,” on a 4 x 5.5 bookplate for his 1980 book, The Real War. In fine condition. Accompanied by a hardcover first editi

Signed book: Leaders. First edition, first printing. NY: Warner Books, Inc., 1982. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 371 pages. Signed and insc

TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, August 14, 1973. Letter to Samuel F. Pryor, in part: “Barnee Breeskin was

TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 9, White House letterhead, February 5, 1974. Letter to Representative C. W. ‘Bill’ Young, in part: “I a

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of the Nixons taking part in the festivities surrounding Eisenhower’s inauguration, signed by both in black ink, “Richard Nixon” a