RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

ALS as president signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 7.5 x 9, October 20, 1792. Letter to "The Rev'd Doct'r Shipley," William Davie...

Extraordinary Revolutionary War–dated manuscript DS, signed "Go: Washingto ," one page, 7.25 x 8.25, April 20, 1775. Draft for an ad to be...

Revolutionary War–dated partly-printed DS, signed “Go: Washington,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 13.75, June 7, 1783. Continental Army military dischar

ALS as president, one page, 8 x 9.75, February 22, 1799. Letter to Dutch radical leader and Mennonite minister Francois Adriaan Van der Kemp in New Yo

ALS signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 6.5 x 3.5, April 18, 1826. Letter written from Monticello, in full: "I received yesterday your favor of t...

Partly-printed DS, signed "Th: Jefferson" as president and "James Madison" as secretary of state, one page, 12.75 x 15, March 28...

Desirable full free frank, measuring 9.75 x 8 unfolded with a center panel of 5 x 3.5, boldly addressed in Jefferson's hand to "George W. E...

Third-person ALS signed “J. Madison,” one page, 7.5 x 4.75, April 5, 1832. In full: "J. Madison with his best respects to Mr. Southard, thanks ...

ALS as president, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, November 1, 1813. Letter to former Secretary of War William Eustis, in full: "Will you permit me to en...

ALS as president, one page, 7.75 x 5.75, October 20, 1819. Boldly penned letter to a gentleman, written from his Oak Hill plantation, in part: "...

Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “James Madison" as president and "Jas. Monroe" as secretary of state, one page, 14.75 x 8.25, Novemb...

ALS signed “Jas. Monroe,” one page, 6.75 x 4, no date. Letter to "citizen Miolin," in full: "I regret that I have none such here or s...

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.25 x 8.5, April 13, 1819. President Monroe grants to Abraham Miller "the South East quarter...

LS as secretary of state, signed “Ja's Monroe,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, July 18, 1812. Letter to Richard R. Jones, in full: "The President of ...

Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “James Monroe” as president and “John Quincy Adams” as secretary of state, one page, 11.25 x 14.5, March 1, 1823. Sca

Ink signature, “John Quincy Adams, Born 11. July 1767., At the foot of Penn’s hill, at Braintree, now Quincy,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1.75 slip. Doubl

Wonderful ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10, September 25, 1846. Letter to Reverend Alvan Lamson of Dedham, in full: "I return h...

ALS as president signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 7.75 x 10, November 29, 1827. Beautifully penned letter to prominent Philadelphia lawyer Horace Binne

Early partly-printed DS, endorsed “J. Q. Adams” on the reverse, one page, 8 x 6.5, June 11, 1793. An order issued to the sheriff of Suffolk County, Ma

ALS as president, one page, 8 x 10, June 23, 1829. Letter to Major Henry Stark, son of the late General John Stark, sent to thank his daughters for a

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 9.5, December 1, 1830. President Jackson grants William S. Fleming a tract of land in "...

ALS as president signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 8 x 9.75, June 15, 1839. Letter to William C. Waddell, in full: "It is my intention to leave ...

ALS as secretary of state, signed "M. Van Buren," one page, 7.75 x 9.75, May 5, 1829. Letter to General Samuel Smith, in part: "I enc...

Partly-printed DS as president, signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 7.5 x 7.25, June 10, 1840. President Van Buren authorizes and directs "the Sec...

Hand-addressed free frank panel, 4.25 x 3.25, addressed by Van Buren to “Thomas N. Carr, Esq, New York,” and franked in the upper right, “Free, M. Van

Extremely rare autograph endorsement signed, presumably as president, "W. H. Harrison, W. H. Henderson, an old soldier of mine, Private drawer,...

ALS as Whig candidate for president, signed “W. H. Harrison,” one page, 7.75 x 10, July 23, 1840. Letter to Rufus Reed, Thomas Sile, and "other...

ALS signed "Willm H. Harrison," one page, 8 x 12.75, October 14, 1811. Letter to General John Gibson, written as Governor of the Indiana T...

Manuscript DS as president, one page, 9.25 x 13.75, July 9, 1844. Document reads, in part: “Whereas…David Babe alias William Brown, was convicted of m

ALS as president, one page, 8 x 10, January 26, 1842. Letter to prominent Philadelphia lawyer Horace Binney, in full: "I took the liberty, on b...

Partly-printed DS as president, signed “J. Tyler,” one page, 21.5 x 16.5, July 24, 1844. Four-language ship's paper issued to "John Swift, ...

ALS as president, one page, 8 x 10, February 9, 1848. Letter "To The Secretary of War," William L. Marcy, in full: "I desire to send ...

Elaborate ink signature, "I Have the Honor to be, Very Respectfully, yr obt & very Hmbl Servt, James K. Polk," clipped from the close ...

Scarce partly-printed DS as president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 21.5 x 16.75, November 28, 1849. Four-language ship's paper issued to "...

ALS as president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 5 x 8, November 27, 1849. Boldly penned letter to Secretary of the Interior Thomas Ewing, in full: &...

Signed books from Millard Fillmore's personal library: History of the Great Reformation of the Sixteenth Century in Germany, Switzerland, &c...

ALS, one page, 5 x 8, March 28, 1857. Letter to Hamilton Fish. In full: “Perceiving that the Senate ordered some extra copies of the Opinions of the S

ALS as vice president, one page, 5 x 7.25, July 9, 1850. Letter to William Rich, in full: "I have your note of the 8th inst. enclosing a sealed...

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10.25, December 20, 1850. President Fillmore authorizes and directs the secretary of state to “affix the

ALS, one page, 5 x 7.75, February 25, 1857. Letter to E. H. Wade, in full: “I have your letter desiring to know whether in my opinion the ‘Missouri Co

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 14.5 x 9.25, August 27, 1850. President Fillmore appoints Moses H. Fitts as "Deputy Postmaster at Lew...

ALS, one page, 7.75 x 8.5, January 28, 1840. In full: “Will you do me the favor to send me immediately the names of 10–15 or 20 of such persons in you

ALS as president signed “Fr. Pierce,” one page both sides, 5.75 x 7, December 7, 1854. Letter to N. H. Osgood in New York. In part: “The Spanish Minis

ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.5, March 27, 1861. Letter to his former private White House secretary Sidney Webster, in full: &qu...

ALS signed “Fr. Pierce,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10, no date but circa 1841. In part: "A few words tonight to be sent out tomor...

Ink signature, "Very respectfully, Yr. Friend & Servt., Franklin Pierce, Concord, N.H., Ap'l 2nd, 1862,” on an off-white 5 x 8 lightly ...

Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Franklin Pierce" as president and "Jeffer. Davis" as secretary of war, one page, 13 x 17, August 14...

ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10, February 23, 1852. Lengthy letter to Virginian statesman Henry A. Wise, in full: "I returned h...

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 21.75 x 16.75, June 20, 1860. Four-language ship's paper issued to "Orrick Smalley, master or com...

Neatly penned ALS as president, one page, 6.5 x 8, August 21, 1857. Letter to H. B. Swarr, in part: "I have written Adam Kendes a kind letter w...

ALS, one page both sides, 8 x 10, January 13, 1842. Letter to John C. Plumer, in part: “I observe by the public papers that my old friend & comp...

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.75 x 16.5, February 25, 1861. President Buchanan appoints Robert F. Bradford as “a Lieutenant in t

Excessively rare partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 16 x 10, January 2, 1863. President Lincoln grants 120 acres of land in St. Cloud, M

Desirable Civil War-dated endorsement as president, signed "A. Lincoln," on an off-white 3.25 x 2 card dated March 9, 1865. The endorsemen...

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 12.5 x 17, June 8, 1863. President Lincoln appoints Byron G. Daniels as a "Captain in the Nine...

Civil War–dated partly-printed DS as president, one page, 18.5 x 15, January 21, 1864. President Lincoln appoints Sebastian S. Marble as "Colle...

Crisply penned ink signature, "A. Lincoln,” on an off-white 3 x 1.75 sheet affixed to a same-size mount. In fine condition, with light soiling,...

Bold ink signature, "Abraham Lincoln,” on an off-white slip matted to 4 x 1, attractively suede-matted with a carte-de-visite portrait to an ov...

Rare pass to the White House funeral for the fallen President Abraham Lincoln, printed on a heavy white 5 x 3.25 card with black mourning border, read

Engraved presidential invitation to the White House, 5.25 x 2.5, reading: "The President and Mrs. Lincoln. At home, Tuesday Evening, March 1, 1...

Autograph endorsement as president, signed "A. Lincoln," on a 6.5 x 3.25 address overleaf attached to a letter written by Thomas Jacks req...

Very desirable ink signature, "Mary Lincoln,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2 slip. In fine condition, with light toning to the right edge, easily matt...

Pencil signature as governor of Tennessee and vice president–elect, "Andrew Johnson, Nov 17th 1864,” on an off-white 3 x 1.5 slip. Matted and f...

ALS signed “A. Johnson,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, June 29, 1852. Written from Washington, D.C., a letter to "Lowry," in part: "Your let...

Civil War-dated partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 19.5, April 20, 1865. President Johnson appoints L. Curtis Brackett of the US

Autograph endorsement in pencil, signed as president, “A. J.,” one page, 3.75 x 8, [October 9, 1865]. President Johnson directs Secretary of War Stant

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 16.5 x 10.5, October 12, 1866. President Johnson appoints C. Hyde Beckwith as "Deputy Postmaster, at ...

ALS as president, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, August 10, 1874. Written from Long Branch, New Jersey, a letter to John Hoey, in part: ...

Lengthy autograph endorsement, signed "U. S. Grant, Lt. Gen.," penned on the reverse of a letter sent to him by Maine Senator Lot M. Morri...

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 22 x 17, June 30, 1874. Four-language ship's paper issued to "George W. Allen, master or commande...

Bold and crisp ink signature, "U. S. Grant, July 28th 1881,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In very fine condition.

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 17.75 x 14, October 20, 1873. President Grant appoints Aaron Bell of California “to be Register of the Land

LS as president signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 4.5 x 6.75, Executive Mansion letterhead, June 3, no year. Letter of recommendation, in full: "...

ALS as president signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page on a 4.5 x 2.75 Executive Mansion card, March 4, 1878. Letter to a gentleman, in full: "Col. Sk...

Extremely rare ALS as president, signed “J. A. Garfield,” two pages, 4.25 x 6.75, Executive Mansion letterhead, June 3, 1881. Letter to influential Ph

Rare partly-printed DS as president, one page, 19 x 15, June 2, 1881. President Garfield appoints John Harries as "Agent for the Indians of the...

Fantastic signature display of the Garfield cabinet, highlighted by a rare full ink signature, “James A. Garfield,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card beari

Patriotic free franked envelope address panel with a "40th Congress / House of Representatives" background design, 8.25 x 3.75, addressed ...

Free-franked mailing envelope, 6.75 x 3.5, addressed in another hand to "Edw. Fitch Esq., Ashtabula, Ohio," and franked in the upper right...

Rare partly-printed DS as president, signed “James A. Garfield,” one page, 17 x 14, June 1, 1881. President Garfield appoints Presley C. Lane as “Post

Scarce ALS as president, two pages, 5 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, December 19, 1883. Letter to Judge Edwards Pierrepont, in full: "My ti...

ALS as president, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, May 21, 1887. Letter to "Dear Doctor," in full...

Excellent ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 6.75, November 26, 1903. Letter to Frank Thorn, in full: "I have received the copies ...

ALS as president, one page, 4.5 x 7, Executive Mansion letterhead, October 19, 1893. Letter to Secretary of War Daniel S. Lamont, in part: "Gov...

ALS as president signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 5 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, March 25, 1889. Letter to Pennsylvania Congressman Samuel J.

ALS as president, one page, 4.75 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, March 18, 1898. Letter to the Diplomatic and Consular Offices of the United States

ALS as president, signed “W. McK.,” one page, 4.25 x 2.75, Executive Mansion stationery card, July 23, 1898. Letter to Adjutant General H. C. Corbin,

Uncommon 4.25 x 5 bookplate photo of McKinley working at his desk, affixed to the original 5.75 x 7.25 cardstock mount, signed and inscribed on the mo

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20 x 15, September 12, 1899. President McKinley appoints Wallace N. Batchelder as "First Lieutenant i...

Signed book: Message of the President of the United States, Fifty-Seventh Congress, First Session. First edition. Washington, DC: Government Printing

ALS as president, one page, White House letterhead, May 14, 1905. Letter to John Murray Brown, in full: "It was a pleasure to hear of you throu...

Printed draft of a speech made by Theodore Roosevelt at an event held in his honor by the Illinois Bar Association (IBA) at Chicago’s Hotel La Salle o

Historic TLS from Roosevelt asserting his readiness to accept the Republican nomination for President of the United States, one page, 7.5 x 9, no date

Amazing archive related to Rough Rider Tilden W. Dawson, one of the first Americans killed in the Spanish-American War, highlighted by a war-dated TLS

TLS, one page, 6.5 x 7.5, Oyster Bay letterhead, August 6, 1915. Letter to famed Deadwood sheriff Seth Bullock, who was one of Roosevelt's life-...

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 26, 1905. Letter to former New York Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. Woodruff, in

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, February 1, 1909. A traveler's letter of credit from Lee, Higginson & Co., in part: "...

Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Theodore Roosevelt” as president and “Wm. H. Taft” as secretary of war, one page, 15.5 x 19.25, March 21, 1908. Roos

Vintage matte-finish 5 x 8 seated 1908 portrait of Taft by I. Benjamin of Cincinnati, Ohio, signed in bold fountain pen as president, "Sincerel...

Original manuscript draft of William H. Taft’s biographical entry for the American Encyclopedia of National Biography by pastor and magazine editor Jo