RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Hand-addressed mailing envelope from New York’s Fifth Avenue Hotel, 5.25 x 3, addressed by Custer to his wife, “Mrs Genl Custer, Monroe, Mich,” bearin

War-dated LS signed “Jeff’n Davis,” one page, lightly-lined, 7.75 x 10, Confederate States of America, Executive Department letterhead, February 9, 18

Intriguing archive of 17 ALSs to Charles Button in Seychelles, most signed “C. G. Gordon,” totaling 33 pages, dated 1881–1882; one is unsigned and lis

Civil War-dated ALS signed “J. B. Hood,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, March 11, 1864. Written from Dalton, Georgia, a letter to a colo

Two items: a Civil War–dated LS signed “R. E. Lee, Genl,” at the conclusion of a letter of recommendation by William Clarke, one page, 7.75 x 7.25, Oc

Neat ink signature, “R. E. Lee,” on an off-white 2.5 x .75 lightly-lined slip affixed to a slightly larger card. Mounted, matted, and framed with a ca

ALS as superintendent of West Point, signed “R. E. Lee,” one page both sides, 8 x 9.75, May 8, 1854. Letter to Cadet W. Eugene Webster, in full: “The

Fantastic hand-addressed free frank, measuring 8.5 x 7 unfolded, addressed in Nelson’s hand to his sister Catherine, “London March Eighteenth, 1803, M

TLS signed “G. S. Patton, Jr.,” one page, 8 x 10.5, January 11, 1919. Letter of recommendation for Sergeant First Class Kenneth O. Harter, detailing h

ALS in German, signed “Erwin,” one page both sides, 8.25 x 11.5, December 10, 1939. A letter to his wife, in part : "Dearest Lu! Thank you