RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Chinese political leader (1917–1994) who served as the deputy Vice Premier of the People’s Republic of China from 1983 to 1988. Blue ink signature of

Farmer, businessman, land speculator, philosopher, writer, American Revolutionary War patriot, hero, and politician. ADS, signed “Ethan & Ira Al...

Manuscript DS, signed “Thomas Gross,” one page, 7.5 x 6.25, November 27, 1865. Confederate amnesty oath sworn in Bedford County, Virginia. In part: “I

Rare Civil War–dated DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, March 10, 1865. Confederate furlough document issued as Special Orders 166 by Lt. Gen. R. S. Ewell from t

Partly-printed DS, one page, 16 x 27.5, March 1, 1864. Ornately engraved uncancelled Confederate States of America bond in the amount of $1000, number

ALS signed “G. A. Custer,” one page, lightly-lined, 7.75 x 9.75, March 31, no year but circa 1875. Letter to Major John Carland, written from his post

Hand-addressed mailing envelope, 5 x 3, addressed by Custer to his wife, “Mrs Genl Custer, Monroe, Mich,” bearing an affixed three-cent postage stamp

Exceptionally bold ink signature, “G. A. Custer, US Arm ,” on an off-white 4 x 2 slip affixed to a slightly larger card. A vertical fold trivially p

Union cavalryman (1832–1863) considered the first Union officer killed in the Gettysburg Campaign. Civil War–dated ANS signed “B. F. Davis, Col. 8 N.Y

Uncommon 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Farragut seated in his uniform, signed in black ink on the reverse, “D. G. Farragut, Vice Admiral.” Publi