RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring The Founding Fathers

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Beginning with a selection of fantastic early American history—the Founding Fathers and Revolutionary War—RR Auction’s July Fine Autograph and Artifact sale boasts over 1,000 lots. Top items include a 1776 autograph letter by General George Washington, a document from rare Declaration signer George Taylor, a book from the personal library of Thomas Jefferson, and a manuscript by John Jay, tracking claims by New York’s Loyalists. An additional special highlight of the auction is an exceedingly rare autograph letter by Protestant Reformer Martin Luther, dated 1543. Other lots of significance are letters by Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King, Jr., Horatio Nelson, Lord Byron, and Barack Obama. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in July 2018.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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James Madison202 - James Madison
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20.25 x 16.25, April 25, 1809. A four-language ship's pass issued to "Elijah Crooker, master or c...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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James Madison and James Monroe203 - James Madison and James Monroe
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Partly-printed DS, signed "James Madison" as president and "Jas. Monroe" as secretary of state, one page, 21 x 16.5, November 24...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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James Monroe204 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 16 x 10, November 19, 1822. President Monroe grants a "certain Tract of Land, containing seven...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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James Monroe205 - James Monroe
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War-dated DS as secretary of state, signed "Jas. Monroe," one page, 7.75 x 7.5, no date but circa 1812. Printed State Department circular ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James Monroe and John Quincy Adams206 - James Monroe and John Quincy Adams
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Manuscript DS, signed “James Monroe” as president and “John Quincy Adams” as secretary of state, one page, 9.75 x 15.25, June 25, 1822. President Monr
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams207 - John Quincy Adams
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ALS signed “John Q. Adams,” one page, 7.5 x 9, January 19, 1798. Letter to Sylvanus Bourne, consul general to the United States at Amsterdam, written
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson208 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14 x 11, July 2, 1836. President Jackson appoints Charles K. Gardner as "Auditor of the Treasu...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William Henry Harrison210 - William Henry Harrison
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Excessively rare partial partly-printed DS as president, boldly signed “W. H. Harrison,” one page, 6 x 3.25, April 10, 1841. Dutch segment of a multi-
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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William Henry Harrison211 - William Henry Harrison
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ALS signed “W. H. Harrison,” one page, 8 x 12.5, April 30, 1831. Letter to letter to Messrs. J & S Smith, penned on the reverse of a document re...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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[William Henry Harrison]212 - [William Henry Harrison]
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Letter signed "Robert," one page, 8 x 12.5, June 14, 1840. Letter about meeting Harrison during his presidential campaign. In part: "...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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John Tyler213 - John Tyler
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Remarkable ALS signed “J. Tyler,” with included handwritten manuscript signed thrice within the text in the third-person, "Captain John Tyler&q...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Zachary Taylor214 - Zachary Taylor
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Scarce and sought-after partly-printed DS as president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 21.25 x 16.5, December 20, 1849. A four-language ship's pa...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Millard Fillmore215 - Millard Fillmore
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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
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Millard Fillmore216 - Millard Fillmore
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Signed book: Register of All Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1833. W
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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James Buchanan217 - James Buchanan
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 21.75 x 16.75, June 20, 1860. Four-language ship's paper issued to "Orrick Smalley, master or com...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Buchanan218 - James Buchanan
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ALS, two pages both sides, 4.5 x 7, August 3, 1855. Letter to Dr. Samuel A. Houston of the 6th Auditor's Office in Washington, written from Lond...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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James Buchanan219 - James Buchanan
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Manuscript DS as president, one page, 10.5 x 16.5, November 29, 1859. President Buchanan grants Patrick Mulligan, "held in confinement in the c...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln220 - Abraham Lincoln
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Desirable Civil War-dated endorsement as president, signed "A. Lincoln," on an off-white 3.75 x 2 slip dated August 13, 1864. The endorsem...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln221 - Abraham Lincoln
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Civil War-dated partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.25 x 18.5, July 1, 1864. President Lincoln appoints Robert Lennox as "First...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln222 - Abraham Lincoln
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Remarkable pairing of autograph endorsements signed as president, one page, 7 x 7.5, both dated 1864. The first, in full: "Submitted to Sec. of...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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