RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “B. Franklin,” one page, 15.5 x 12.5, February 6, 1787. As President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania

Revolutionary War–dated partly-printed DS, one page, 9 x 14.25, September 20, 1781. As governor of Massachusetts, Hancock appoints “Joseph Newhall, Ge

Manuscript DS, signed “Sam’l Huntington,” one page, 7.75 x 12.5, August 21, 1777. State of Connecticut expense report totaling £14.1.1 for “Att...

Massachusetts lawyer (1731–1814) who served as one of the prosecutors of British soldiers during the Boston Massacre trial; he later signed the Declar

Physician and surgeon general of the Continental Army who signed the Declaration of Independence (1746–1813). ALS signed “Benj’n Rush,” one page, 7.25

Rare printed document signed in type,“Thomas Stocks” as President of the Senate, “David Adams” as Speaker of the House, and “G.M. Troup” as Governor o

Early settler of Massachusetts (c. 1606–1681) who established residence in Salem beginning in 1636. Manuscript DS, signed “Wm. Hathorne,” one page, 5

Very early circa 1920s matte-finish 7 x 9 formal portrait of Hoover by the important Washington photographers Harris & Ewing, presented in its o...

Civil War–dated LS, one page, 5 x 8, December 26, 1864. Letter to General J. W. Phelps in Brattleboro, Vermont. In full: “I feel most profoundly the d

Remarkable AQS on an off-white 5 x 4.25 sheet, boldly signed at the conclusion in black ink, “Fred: Douglass, 1866.” Douglass pens a thoughtful quote,