RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Among the premier items in this monthly sale are an autograph letter by Albert Einstein on his Unified Field Theory, a scarce signed suite of Salvador Dali’s Divine Comedy woodcuts, and an incredible signed photo of Ty Cobb’s notorious ‘spiking of Baker.’ RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in rare and remarkable documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historical artifacts. Join us as we prepare to make history selling history in October 2016.
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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Gerald Ford151 - Gerald Ford
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Signed book: Portrait of the Assassin. First edition, first printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 508 pages...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gerald Ford152 - Gerald Ford
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Official Rawlings American League (Brown) baseball signed in blue ballpoint on the sweet spot, “Gerald R. Ford.” In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gerald Ford153 - Gerald Ford
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Three items: an official 8 x 6 engraving of the White House, signed in black felt tip, “Gerald R. Ford”; a TLS signed “Jerry,” one page, House of Repr
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gerald Ford154 - Gerald Ford
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TLS signed “Gerald R. Ford,” one page, 6.25 x 8.5, personal letterhead, July 15, 1987. Letter to an admirer, in part: “You were most generous in your
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gerald Ford155 - Gerald Ford
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Collection of four items signed by Ford, including: a TLS, one page, November 23, 1987, expressing thanks for a book; a TLS, one page, November 10, 19
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jimmy Carter156 - Jimmy Carter
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Plains Mercantile Co. business check, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out and signed by Carter, “J. E. Carter, Jr.,” payable to Ed Clark for $513.60, October 29,
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Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter157 - Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the Carter couple, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Bill Breseman, Best Wishes, Rosalynn Carter” and “Ji
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jimmy Carter158 - Jimmy Carter
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Collection of six items signed by Carter, including: an Inauguration Day cover; an FDC honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.; a TLS dated December 8, 1987;
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan159 - Ronald Reagan
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 publicity portrait of Reagan wearing a bow tie, signed and inscribed in black ink, “Good luck Anne, Ronald Reagan.” In very good
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ronald and Nancy Reagan160 - Ronald and Nancy Reagan
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the Reagan couple and their dog, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To William, Best Wishes, Nancy” and “Rona
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan161 - Ronald Reagan
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Signed book: An American Life. Later printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 748 pages. Calligraphically i...
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Nancy Reagan162 - Nancy Reagan
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Reagan in a white outfit, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Bill Breseman, Best Wishes, Nancy Reagan.” In
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George Bush163 - George Bush
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Signed book: George Herbert Walker Bush: A Photographic Profile. First edition, limited issue of 1250 copies. College Station: Texas A&M Univers...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Bush164 - George Bush
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Two photos: a glossy 10 x 8 photo of Bush in front of the United Nations building in New York, signed and inscribed in the lower right in black felt t
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Bush165 - George Bush
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Booklet cover for Bush’s third State of the Union Address, given on January 29, 1991, 6.5 x 10.25, boldly signed below the gold presidential seal in b
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George and Barbara Bush166 - George and Barbara Bush
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Three items: a color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of President Bush, signed and inscribed in the lower border in blue felt tip, “Sean Robbins—Best wishes
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Bush167 - George Bush
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Collection of three items, including: a 1981 Inauguration Day commemorative cover, signed in ink by George Bush and Barbara Bush; a vice president car
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Bush168 - George Bush
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, The Vice President letterhead, May 17, 1982. Letter concerning the economy, in part: “This Administration is fighting for an
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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George Bush169 - George Bush
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TLS signed “George,” one page, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, September 17, 1985. Letter to New York Congressman Guy Molinari, in full: “I am delighted
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Bill and Hillary Clinton170 - Bill and Hillary Clinton
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Official Rawlings Major League (Selig) baseball signed in black ballpoint on the sweet spot, “Bill Clinton, 11/27/07,” and in black felt tip on a side
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Hillary Clinton171 - Hillary Clinton
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Signed book: Hard Choices. Limited autographed collector’s edition, numbered 189/1000. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2014. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Hillary Clinton172 - Hillary Clinton
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Signed book: Living History. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2003. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 562 pages. Signed and inscribed on the title pag...
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Bill Clinton173 - Bill Clinton
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Satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Clinton as a young man meeting John F. Kennedy, signed in black felt tip, signed in black felt tip, “Thanks, Bill Clinton
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Hillary Clinton174 - Hillary Clinton
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Signed book: It Takes a Village. Tenth anniversary edition, first printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2006. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.75 x 9.5, ...
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Barack Obama175 - Barack Obama
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Official Rawlings Midwest League baseball signed in black felt tip on the sweet spot by Obama. In fine condition, with PSA/DNA and JSA authentication
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Barack Obama176 - Barack Obama
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Issue of Rolling Stone from July 2008 featuring a famous image of President Obama on the front cover, 10 x 11.75, 120 pages, signed in black felt tip
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Nixon, Ford, Carter, Bush178 - Nixon, Ford, Carter, Bush
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Collection of four items, each signed by a former president, including: Richard Nixon (program), Gerald Ford (SP), Jimmy Carter (SP), and George Bush
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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First Ladies179 - First Ladies
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of five first ladies together, signed in the lower border in felt tip by Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Josiah Bartlett180 - Josiah Bartlett
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Manuscript DS, one page, 7.25 x 12.25, December 5, 1785. State of New Hampshire Superior Court document with the decision penned at the bottom by Bart
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Carter Braxton181 - Carter Braxton
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Virginia (1736–1797) who was one of the wealthiest and most powerful plantation owners in the colony. R
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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George Clymer182 - George Clymer
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Partly-printed DS, signed “G. Clymer,” one page, 8.5 x 4.5, no date. Tax document certifying that “the duties on one Puncheon of Rum containing one hu
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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George Clymer183 - George Clymer
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Philadelphia Bank check, 5.5 x 2, signed “Geo. Clymer,” filled out and signed by Clymer for $20, January 12, 1807. In fine condition, with light irreg
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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William Floyd184 - William Floyd
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ALS signed “Wm. Floyd,” one page, 7.75 x 12.5, June 2, 1817. Letter to Gilead Hotchkiss, in full: "I have Rec'd your Letter in which you de...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Benjamin Franklin185 - Benjamin Franklin
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Vellum manuscript DS, signed “B. Franklin,” one page, 15 x 12.5, March 14, 1788. As president of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of
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Estimate : 7,500.00 - 8,500.00
 
 
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John Hancock186 - John Hancock
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Revolutionary War–dated LS signed “John Hancock Presid.,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 12.75, September 5, 1777. Letter to Governor William Livingston o
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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John Hancock187 - John Hancock
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 14.5 x 12, May 27, 1793. As governor of Massachusetts, Hancock appoints Benjamin Pope as “Lieutenant of a Company in the
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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John Hancock188 - John Hancock
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Unsigned handwritten endorsement by Hancock, “Capt. St Loe Recd 17 March 1760, 2 box Spr Candles, Garden Seeds,” on the reverse of a letter to his unc
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Hancock189 - John Hancock
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ALS (a retained copy), signed “JH,” one page, 7.25 x 6, May 9, 1782. Hancock, as Governor of Massachusetts, writes to the Massachusetts General Court
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Benjamin Harrison190 - Benjamin Harrison
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Virginia (1726 -1791). Harrison was the father of President William Henry Harrison and great-grandfathe
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Thomas Heyward, Jr191 - Thomas Heyward, Jr
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from South Carolina (1746–1809) who was taken prisoner by the British during the siege of Charleston and hel
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,100.00
 
 
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Stephen Hopkins192 - Stephen Hopkins
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island (1707–1785) who served as the colony’s governor in the 1750s and 1760s. Revolutionary War-
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Francis Hopkinson193 - Francis Hopkinson
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey (1737–1791). Revolutionary War-dated partly-printed DS, signed “F. Hopkinson,” one page, 8.5
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Samuel Huntington194 - Samuel Huntington
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ALS signed “S— H—,” one page, 7.25 x 8.5, September 3, 1793. Letter to John Temple, the British consul-general to the United States, concerning the re
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Richard Henry Lee195 - Richard Henry Lee
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Member of the notable Lee family and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Virginia (1732–1794). Scarce ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7.5, April 13, 1
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Thomas McKean196 - Thomas McKean
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LS as president of the Continental Congress, signed “Tho. M:Kean,” one page, 7.25 x 9, September 21, 1781. Written from Philadelphia, a letter to Rhod
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Robert Treat Paine197 - Robert Treat Paine
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Endorsement signature, “Paine,” at the conclusion of a manuscript legal document, one page, 3.75 x 4.75, dated August 1769. A legal bill in the amount
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Penn198 - John Penn
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Ink endorsement signature, “J. P. atto,” on the reverse of a manuscript legal document, one page, 9 x 4.75, August 1, 1785. Legal document concerning
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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George Read199 - George Read
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Early autograph ink endorsement, one page, 6.5 x 7.75, December 3, 1752. Docket of a leaf which once contained a legal document concerning the case of
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Benjamin Rush200 - Benjamin Rush
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Autograph manuscript DS, signed “Benj’n Rush,” one page, 6.5 x 5.25, October 1800. Pay order directed by Rush to an estate administrator, in full: “Pl
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Edward Rutledge201 - Edward Rutledge
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Revolutionary War–dated ANS signed “Edw’d Rutledge,” one page, 6.25 x 3.25, February 16, 1780. In full: “Be pleased to let my Servant have my Horse—Hb
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,100.00
 
 
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