RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Bold manuscript DS, signed “G:o Washington,” one page, 7.25 x 5, June 6, 1785. Receipt for supplies shipped to The Potowmack Company. In full: “Bot of

Interesting display featuring three desirable Washington relics, including a handwriting sample, a swatch of his coat, and five strands of his hair. W

Partial manuscript DS, signed “John Adams,” one page, 7 x 5, July 20, 1787. Conclusion of a document crisply signed at the conclusion by Adams at Gros

Memoires de Maximilien de Bethune, duc de Sully, principal ministre de Henri le Grand, Vol. 8. Nouvelle Edition. Londres, 1767. Bound in contemporary

Original painting of Thomas Jefferson by Lawrence Williams, oil on canvas, 15.5 x 19.5, showing the president in a stately bust-length pose, signed in

Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Th: Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 10 x 15, no date but circa 1801–180

ADS, signed “Ja’s Monroe,” one page, 7 x 3.25, May 10, 1790. Interesting autograph legal document submitted to Mr. Campbell, in part: “Mr. Lovell has

Original painting of James Monroe by Lawrence Williams, oil on canvas, 15.5 x 19.5, showing the president in a classic stately pose. Elaborately cloth

Exceedingly rare 3.25 x 4.75 engraved portrait of Adams by Nathaniel Dearborn, signed across the top in black ink using his full name, “John Quincy Ad

ALS signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, September 11, 1826. Letter to Secretary of the Treasury Richard Rush, in full: “I enclose herewith tw

Ink signature, “John Quincy Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts,” on an off-white 5 x 1.75 slip. Nicely double-matted and framed with an engraved portrait to

Original painting of John Quincy Adams by Lawrence Williams, oil on canvas, 15.5 x 19.5, showing the president in a distinguished bust-length pose, si

Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “J. Q. Adams” as president and “H. Clay” as secretary of state, two pages, 11 x 15, August 19, 1826. A patent issued

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 11 x 15, October 14, 1835. A patent issued to “James Haven, a citizen of the United States, hat

Rare partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, January 26, 1837. President Jackson directs the “Secretary of State to affix the seal of the Un

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 9.75, June 1, 1831. President Jackson grants John McCandless of Muskingum County, Ohio, a parc

ADS, signed “Will’m Henry Harrison,” one page, 8 x 4.25, October 18, 1810. Pay order submitted to “the Cashier of the Bank of the United States,” issu

Three items: a black transferware deep plate depicting Harrison’s log cabin, measuring 10? in diameter, marked “Columbian Star” on the bottom and date

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 11.75 x 17.5, September 8, 1843. Interesting land grant concerning territory awarded to the Creek Indians. I

Manuscript DS, signed “Z. Taylor, Col. Comdg.,” one page, 7.75 x 6, January 1834. A military requisition document “for Fuel for Non-Commissioner Staff

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 14.5 x 13, January 14, 1850. President Taylor appoints Charles Noble of Michigan

Partly-printed DS, one page, 14 x 14.5, December 8, 1848. A Hudson & Berkshire Rail-Road Co. bond, no. 151, issued to “release the prior lien of...

Manuscript DS as president, one page, 8 x 9, November 25, 1851. Document issued from the Executive Chamber. In part: “John D, Gallagher Esq. Third Aud

Partly-printed DS, one page, 6.5 x 2.25, March 26, 1860. An interesting library slip, in full: “Received of the Trustees of the New York State Library

Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Franklin Pierce,” one page, 8 x 10.5, July 7, 1853. President Pierce directs the “Secretary of State to affix

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.5 x 16.25, September 2, 1859. President Buchanan appoints William Allen as “a Gunner in the Navy o

Civil War–dated autograph endorsement, signed as president, “A. Lincoln,” dated June 4, 1863, on the reverse of the second integral page of a two-page

Sought-after photograph of Lincoln in near-profile, 7.5 x 9.75, printed by George B. Ayres circa 1881 from the original negative taken by Alexander He

Enormous engraving entitled “The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet,” 36 x 25.5, produced in 1866 by Alexander Hay Ritc

Exquisite unsigned engraved portrait of Abraham Lincoln, 19 x 25, portraying the president in a remarkably lifelike manner. Text in the lower border r

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 17.5 x 11.5, July 27, 1866. President Johnson appoints John A. Dix of New York “to be Minister Resident of t

Partly-printed DS, one page, 13 x 16, September 29, 1856. As governor of Tennessee, Johnson grants Zadock Mattow a “certain Tract or Parcel of Land, c

Ink signature, “Andrew Johnson,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2.5 card. Affixed to an off-white 7.75 x 10.5 sheet bearing an affixed book page engraving of

Civil War–dated ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Lt. Gen.,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, February 26, 1865. Letter to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, written fro

Striking color 13.25 x 16.25 chromolithographic oval portrait of U. S. Grant, showing him in a distinguished head-and-shoulders pose, produced by E. C

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, July 15, 1876. President Grant directs the “Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United

LS, one page, 8 x 10.25, Mexican Southern Railroad Company letterhead, July 24, 1883. Letter to A. D. Shaw. In full: “Not having been at my office for

Ink signature, “U. S. Grant,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1.25 card. Double-matted and framed with an artistic depiction of Grant to an overall size of 15.

Amazing AQS on the reverse of a 5.25 x 5.5 sheet of John Slater Fund stationery, crisply signed in ink with his exceedingly rare full name, “Rutherfor

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 15.5 x 19.5, May 17, 1878. President Hayes appoints Charles E. Fox as “a Master

Partly-printed DS as president, signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 8 x 10, April 5, 1880. President Hayes directs the “Secretary of State to cause the Se

Rare and sought-after partly-printed DS as president, one page, 17 x 14, April 16, 1881. President Garfield appoints William C. Cawley as “Postmaster

ALS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 5 x 8, Mentor, Ohio, letterhead, October 30, 1880. Letter to the former Union cavalry general and governor of t

Crisp ink signature, “J. A. Garfield, Nov. 2, 1880.,” on an off-white 4 x 2.5 card. In fine condition, with collector’s ink notations to reverse. Acco

Two handsome porcelain Parian marble-type busts: a circa 1880–1881 bust of President James A. Garfield, measuring approximately 7.5 x 12 x 4, with “Ga

Early Civil War–dated bank check, 7.25 x 3.75, filled out and signed by Arthur, “C. A. Arthur,” payable to Thomas G. Davis for $125, August 8, 1864. T

Choice partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.25, January 21, 1884. President Arthur appoints Horace E. Frick “to the grade of Pa

Extremely impressive artist’s proof engraved portrait of Cleveland, 13.5 x 17, signed in the lower border in pencil by the president, “Grover Clevelan

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15 x 19.5, February 24, 1897. President Cleveland appoints Alexander T. Ovenshine as “Second Lieutena

Two matching circa 1894 black transferware plates depicting Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison, measuring 9? in diameter, both featuring facsimile