RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring The Founding Fathers

ALS, four pages both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, February 9, 1851. Letter to his close friend and confidant Sam Milligan, marked "Confidential," c...

ALS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, May 15, 1851. Boldly penned letter to John H. Keyser, in part: "Your letter of the 6th ult. was received...

Civil War–dated ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Lt. Gen.,” 7.75 x 9.75, March 14, 1864. Written from Louisville, a letter to Major General Frederick Steele,

Civil War-dated ALS signed "U. S. Grant, Lt. Gen. U.S.A.," one page both sides, 5 x 8, Head Quarters Armies of the United States letterhea...

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20.75 x 16.5, February 23, 1872. President Grant appoints William Brisbane of Pennsylvania as "Consul...

Civil War–dated manuscript DS as president, signed "Andrew Johnson," one page, 8.25 x 13.5, April 24, 1865; with cover letter by U. S. Gra...

Extremely rare partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.75, May 14, 1881. President Garfield appoints Lorenzo Lorain a “Major in th

Spectacular ALS, signed three times, “James,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.5 x 8.75, July 17, 1854. The 23-year-old Garfield writes from Will

LS signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, February 20, 1874. Letter to Dr. John Peter Robison in Cleveland. In full: "Yours of the 17t...

Uncommon ALS as president signed "Chester A. Arthur," two pages on two adjoining sheets, 3.75 x 6.25, Executive Mansion letterhead, March ...