RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Science and Technology

Uncommon partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.5 x 17, December 18, 1846. President Polk appoints George M. Lauman as "Assistant ...

Ink signature as governor of Tennessee, "James K. Polk,” on an off-white 3.25 x .5 slip clipped from a document, circa 1839–1841. Affixed to a ...

Partly-printed vellum DS, signed "James K. Polk" as president and "James Buchanan" as secretary of state, one page, 16.5 x 13.5,...

Scarce partly-printed DS as president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 21 x 16.5, December 20, 1849. Four-language ship's papers issued to "E...

ALS signed “Z. Taylor,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10, July 2, 1843. Letter to Surgeon R. C. Wood of the US Army. Taylor begins by thanki

Signed book: Patent Office Report 1860. Hardcover, 6 x 9.25, 504 pages. Signed on the front pastedown in black ink, most likely an ownership signature

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.75 x 17.75, February 26, 1852. President Fillmore appoints C. F. M. Spotswood as a "Lieuten...

ALS as president, three pages, 4.5 x 7, no date but likely circa May 1855. Letter to Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, in full: "I have just re...

ALS, one page, 8.5 x 13, April 1, 1833. Letter to Alpheus Bigelow, in part: "The inclosed affidavit of John J. Roberts has been forwarded to th...

Manuscript DS as president, one page both sides, 10.75 x 15.5, no date. President Pierce issues a pardon. In part: “Whereas…John Mullen was convicted

Attractive manuscript DS as president, one page both sides, 11 x 16.5, July 5, 1854. President Pierce appoints James A. Peden as the "Minister ...

Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Franklin Pierce" as president and "Jeffer. Davis" as secretary of war, one page, 13.5 x 17.75, July...

Quill pen, 5.5? long, made by Abraham Lincoln’s cousin and tutor, Dennis F. Hanks. Pen is tied with green ribbon to a 4.5 x 2 card, with a handwritten

Section of wood recovered from Abraham Lincoln's home in Springfield, Illinois, 1 x 3.25, affixed to the first page of a pamphlet entitled "...

ANS as president signed “A. J.,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2.5 card, no date but 1865. Brief note to Colonel William G. Moore, in full: "Let Nicho...

Autograph manuscript, unsigned, one page both sides, 7 x 8.25, June and July 1832. A sheet from the ledger of Johnson's tailor shop, in part: “H...

Partly-printed DS, one page, 8.5 x 10.75, January 5, 1867. President Johnson authorizes and directs the secretary of state to "affix the Seal o...

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, both sides, 10.5 x 15.5, April 9, 1875. President Grant authorizes James M. Leary to take “Charles Claremont

Civil War-dated ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Brig. Gen. Com.,” one page, 8 x 9.75, September 10, 1861. Letter to Major Hatch, in full: "You will pl...

Third-person ALS, signed within the text, “Genl. & Mrs. Grant,” one page, 5 x 8, no date but postmarked August 4, 1884. Letter to General James ...