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 Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan447 - James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan
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British Army officer (1797–1868) who commanded the Light Brigade during the Crimean War; he led the famous 'Charge of the Light Brigade' at ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Napoleonic Wars448 - Napoleonic Wars
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ALS signed “David Larmond,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.5 x 9.25, October 7, 1810. Interesting letter with content from the Napoleonic War pe
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Horatio Nelson449 - Horatio Nelson
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Exceptional ALS signed “Nelson & Bronte,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 8.75, April 5, 1801. Letter to Sir Thomas Warburton, in fu...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Horatio Nelson450 - Horatio Nelson
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ALS signed “Nelson & Bronte,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 9.25, January 26, 1804. Letter to “H. R. H. Duke de Genevois,” written ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 100,000.00
 
 
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Charles 'Chinese' Gordon451 - Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
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British general (1833–1885) who, in 1860, crushed the Taiping Rebellion in China, earning the nickname 'Chinese.' ALS signed “C. G. Gordon,”...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Silver Mounted American Dirk with Tammany Hall Engraving452 - Silver Mounted American Dirk with Tammany Hall Engraving
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A beautifully made, early 19th-century dagger that measures 8 1/8? overall, with a 4 1/2? straight, double-edged blade without ricasso. The steel has
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Trunk Belonging to Capt. George H. Howe, 57th MA Infantry (Killed at Petersburg)453 - Trunk Belonging to Capt. George H. Howe, 57th MA Infantry (Killed at Petersburg)
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A typical luggage trunk of the Civil War period belonging to Capt. George H. Howe of the 57th Massachusetts Infantry, who was killed at Petersburg. Th
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Lt. Franklin Burnham Civil War Equipment Display454 - Lt. Franklin Burnham Civil War Equipment Display
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Attractive shadowbox-style display featuring Civil War items belonging to Lt. Franklin Burnham of the 9th New Hampshire Infantry, presented in a frame
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Ambrose E. Burnside455 - Ambrose E. Burnside
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Partly-printed DS, signed “A. E. Burnside,” one page, 10 x 5.5, January 8, 1869. Stock certificate for two hundred shares of the Indianapolis & ...
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Enola Gay456 - Enola Gay
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo of the Enola Gay crew posing in front of their plane, signed in ballpoint and felt tip by Paul Tibbets, Richard Nelson, Theodore V
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Enola Gay: Tibbets and Sweeney457 - Enola Gay: Tibbets and Sweeney
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Enola Gay pilot Paul Tibbets and Bockscar pilot Charles Sweeney shaking hands just before Sweeney's flight to Nagasaki, s...
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Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets458 - Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets
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Four items: a glossy 8 x 10 photo of the Hiroshima mushroom cloud, signed in blue felt tip, “Paul W. Tibbets, 11-29-89”; an FDC bearing a cachet honor
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Thomas Foley459 - Thomas Foley
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Royal Navy officer (1757-1833) known for his leadership during the French Revolutionary Wars, especially for his victory at the Battle of the Nile. Ma
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Frazier Patent Cartridge Box460 - Frazier Patent Cartridge Box
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A Frazier Patent, .45-70 cartridge box with blank brass oval plate on the cover flap and a partially legible New York maker marking on the inside fron
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Hagner No. 2 Cartridge Box (Converted to .45 Caliber)461 - Hagner No. 2 Cartridge Box (Converted to .45 Caliber)
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A Hagner Patent, .50-70 cartridge box with blank brass oval plate on the cover flap. The box was converted to hold .45-70 cartridges at some point by
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Winfield Scott Hancock462 - Winfield Scott Hancock
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LS signed “Winf'd S. Hancock,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8.5, July 14, 1882. Written from Governors Island, a letter to Virgie We...
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New York State Militia Cartridge Box463 - New York State Militia Cartridge Box
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A Frazier Patent, .45-70 cartridge box with die-struck “NYNG” (New York National Guard) oval plate on the cover flap and McKenney & Co., New Yor...
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Pennsylvania National Guard McKeever Pattern .30 Caliber Cartridge Box464 - Pennsylvania National Guard McKeever Pattern .30 Caliber Cartridge Box
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A brown leather “NGP” embossed McKeever box that has canvas loops for holding 24 cartridges (.30-40 Krag), with an embossed “Wm. H. Wilson, Maker, Phi
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William Sims465 - William Sims
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Admiral in the US Navy (1858–1936) who helped to modernize the American fleet, and commanded all US naval forces operating in Europe during World War
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Adam J. Slemmer466 - Adam J. Slemmer
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US Army officer (1828–1868) who participated in the Seminole Wars and Civil War, remembered as a hero for defending Fort Pickens from Confederate atta
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