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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Isaac Doolittle82 - Isaac Doolittle
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American clockmaker, printer, and supplier of gunpowder to the Continental Army (1722-1800). Revolutionary War-dated partly-printed DS, signed "...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Samuel Elbert83 - Samuel Elbert
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American merchant, soldier, and politician (1740–1788) from Savannah, Georgia, who commanded the victorious patriot forces in a naval battle near St.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Oliver Ellsworth84 - Oliver Ellsworth
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Third chief justice of the United States (1745–1807) and delegate to the Constitutional Congress who later submitted the amendments which became the B
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Oliver Ellsworth85 - Oliver Ellsworth
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Third chief justice of the United States (1745–1807) and delegate to the Constitutional Congress who later submitted the amendments which became the B
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William Few86 - William Few
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American politician and a founding father of the United States (1748–1828), who represented the state of Georgia at the Constitutional Convention. Rar
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Fincastle Resolutions: Walter Crockett87 - Fincastle Resolutions: Walter Crockett
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ADS, signed “Walter Crockett,” one page, 7.5 x 1.75, February 1, 1775. Receipt for a wolf-killing bounty, in full: "Fincastle. This day Samuel ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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French Navy88 - French Navy
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Manuscript DS, in French, one page, 9.5 x 14.25, late 1778, early 1779. Untranslated document regarding a "Consommation du elle Armurier [Consu...
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Georgia $30 Continental Note89 - Georgia $30 Continental Note
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Desirable $30 Georgia Continental note, no. 5178, May 4, 1778, signed by Thomas Netherclift, William Few (signer of the US Constitution), William O&...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Jean-Baptiste Gouvion90 - Jean-Baptiste Gouvion
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French general (1747-1792) who participated in the American and French Revolutionary Wars before being killed by a cannon while serving under Lafayett
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Calvin Green91 - Calvin Green
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Four Revolutionary War–dated documents, each one page, related to Calvin Green, a soldier in the first troop of Col. Elisha Sheldon's famous Lig...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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