RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Over 1,100 lots are up for auction on RR's revolutionary new website! With a section featuring America's patriot leaders to honor Independence Day, this July auction boasts a wealth of historic documents and manuscripts. Highlights include a handwritten letter by Thomas Jefferson to war hero John Stark; documents signed by Paul Revere, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Benedict Arnold; and a huge selection of rare Declaration signers, including George Taylor, John Rutledge, John Hancock, Samuel Chase, and Lyman Hall. Other top lots include significant letters by Paul Gauguin and Henry David Thoreau, remarkable Albert Einstein autographs, and important music memorabilia. 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 2021.
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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Eleanor Roosevelt Signed White House Card202 - Eleanor Roosevelt Signed White House Card
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White House card, 4 x 2.5, signed neatly in black ink by Eleanor Roosevelt. Double-matted and framed with a photo to an overall size of 13 x 16. In fi
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Book203 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Book
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Signed book: The Democratic Book, 1936. Limited edition, numbered 2257 of an unspecified limitation. Gilt-stamped leatherbound hardcover, 11.5 x 14.5,
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President204 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, December 1, 1939. Letter to Maud Smith Rundall, district superintendent in Amenia, New York
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President205 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President
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TLS signed “Royally Yours, Franklin D. Roosevelt,” one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, Apri
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President206 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, March 11, 1942. Letter to his former son-in-law, Curtis Bean Dall, in part: "I ca...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Autograph Letter Signed207 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, one page, 7 x 9.25, The Assistant Secretary of the Navy letterhead, no date [1913-1920]. Brief handwritten letter to John G. Scopes & Co., ...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President208 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President
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TLS as president signed “F.D.R.,” one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 12, 1942.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Signature209 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Signature
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Vintage fountain pen signature, "Franklin D. Roosevelt,” on a light green 4 x 1.25 slip, ostensibly clipped from a letter o
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed210 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed
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TLS signed “F.D.R.,” one page, 8 x 10.5, Navy Department letterhead, September 11, 1917. Memo to
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Document Signed as President211 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Document Signed as President
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 18 x 13, August 3, 1939. President Roosevelt appoints Howard L. Doyle of Illinois an "Attorney of the...
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Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed212 - Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 7.75 x 10.25, Police Department of the City of New York letterhead, January 30, 1896. Letter to Winthrop Chandler, in full: "You...
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William H. Taft Typed Letter Signed213 - William H. Taft Typed Letter Signed
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 7 x 9.25, personal letterhead, March 12, 1917. Letter to Rev
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William H. Taft Signed Photograph214 - William H. Taft Signed Photograph
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Imposing vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 12.75 three-quarter-length portrait by Pach Bros. of New York, affixed to its original 11.25 x 14 mount, signed an
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William H. Taft Document Signed as President215 - William H. Taft Document Signed as President
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 15.5 x 19.25, April 13, 1
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William H. Taft Typed Letter Signed216 - William H. Taft Typed Letter Signed
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 8.25 x 10, League to Enforce Peace letterhead, September 9,
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William H. Taft Autograph Letter Signed217 - William H. Taft Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 5 x 7.5, personal letterhead, June 27, 1917. Handwritten let
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William H. Taft Document Signed as President218 - William H. Taft Document Signed as President
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 20.5 x 15.5, November 5, 1912. P
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Harry and Bess Truman Signed Photograph219 - Harry and Bess Truman Signed Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 6.75 x 9.25 photo of the Trumans waving from the steps of their private plane, the 'Sacred Cow,' signed neatly in fount...
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Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed220 - Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, June 4, 1959. Letter to F. Ryan Duffy, who served as a Democratic senator from Wisconsin from 1933[x=
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Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed221 - Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed
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TLS as president signed “H.S.T.,” one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, February 16, 1949.
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Harry S. Truman Inaugural Ephemera222 - Harry S. Truman Inaugural Ephemera
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Ephemera from President Harry S. Truman's 1949 inauguration, including: a ticket for Section A-1 of the Inaugural Platform; an official engraved...
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Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed223 - Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, September 3, 1959. A typed letter to the wife of actor and singer Phil Reagan, in full: "Pleas...
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Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed224 - Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, July 24, 1958. Letter to Colonel Richard Gimbel, curator of aeronautical literature at Yale Universit
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Harry S. Truman, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford Typed Letter Signed225 - Harry S. Truman, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford Typed Letter Signed
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TLS signed “Harry S. Truman,” one page, 6.5 x 6.25, personal letterhead, December 8, 1967. Lette
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John Tyler Free Frank226 - John Tyler Free Frank
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Free franked mailing envelope , 5 x 3, addressed in another hand to "Alexander Pardenir Esquire, 43 Lafayette Place, New York," and franke...
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John Tyler Autograph Letter Signed as President227 - John Tyler Autograph Letter Signed as President
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ALS as president, signed “J. Tyler,” one page, 5 x 8, October 11, 1841. Curious communications t
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Martin Van Buren Document Signed as President228 - Martin Van Buren Document Signed as President
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Partly-printed DS, signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 10 x 7, April 30, 1864. President Van Buren
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Martin Van Buren Autograph Letter Signed229 - Martin Van Buren Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 8 x 10, April 29, 1836. Handwritten letter to the president
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White House 1927 Wood Candlesticks230 - White House 1927 Wood Candlesticks
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Pair of candlesticks crafted from wood removed from the White House during its 1927 renovation, measuring 7.5˝ tall with base diamete
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Woodrow Wilson Typed Letter Signed as President231 - Woodrow Wilson Typed Letter Signed as President
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, August 2, 1915. Letter to F. A. Duneka of Harper & Brothers, responding to "t...
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Woodrow Wilson Typed Letter Signed as President232 - Woodrow Wilson Typed Letter Signed as President
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TLS as president, two pages, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 27, 1920. Letter to architect Charles Z. Klauder, best known for his 'Ca...
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Woodrow Wilson Typed Letter Signed as President233 - Woodrow Wilson Typed Letter Signed as President
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World War I-dated TLS, one page, 6.25 x 8.25, White House letterhead, January 11, 1915. Letter to Marion J. Verdery, in full: "I am heartily so...
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Woodrow Wilson Document Signed as President234 - Woodrow Wilson Document Signed as President
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World War I-dated partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.75, June 30, 1917. President Wilson appoints Henry D. Stailey as an &q...
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Samuel Adams Document Signed235 - Samuel Adams Document Signed
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Sought-after partly-printed DS, one page, 15.25 x 9.5, August 31, 1795. Governor Adams appoints Josiah Hall as "Captain of a Company in the fif...
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Samuel Adams and Thomas Stone Signatures236 - Samuel Adams and Thomas Stone Signatures
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Rare Revolutionary War-era signatures of Declaration signers Thomas Stone ("T. Stone") and Samuel Adams ("Sam'l Adams") on a...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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American Archives: Peter Force Print of the 'Continental Congress Agreement of Secrecy of November 9237 - American Archives: Peter Force Print of the 'Continental Congress Agreement of Secrecy of November 9
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Rare book: American Archives: Fourth Series, Vol. III. Washington: Published by M. St. Clair Clarke and Peter Force, 1840. Hardcover, 9.5 x 14.25, hig
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Charles Carroll of Carrollton Autograph Letter Signed238 - Charles Carroll of Carrollton Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “Ch. Carroll of Carrollton,” one page, 7.25 x 9, March 30, 1786. Letter the Hon. Robe
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Charles Carroll of Carrollton Autograph Letter Signed239 - Charles Carroll of Carrollton Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “Ch. Carroll of Carrollton,” one page, 8 x 9.75, May 6, 1829. Letter to a gentleman,
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Samuel Chase Document Signed240 - Samuel Chase Document Signed
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Manuscript DS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 9.5 x 15, May 16, 1793. Chase signs a manuscript endorsement at the conclusion of a land indenture
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Samuel Chase Autograph Document Signed241 - Samuel Chase Autograph Document Signed
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Revolutionary War–dated partial ADS signed "Sam'l Chase," one page, 6 x 1, August 17, 1779, in full: "Received...
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Abraham Clark Document Signed242 - Abraham Clark Document Signed
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Manuscript DS, signed “Abra: Clark,” one page both sides, 8 x 13, December 29, 1773. Indenture m
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William Ellery Signed Currency243 - William Ellery Signed Currency
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Revolutionary War-dated Rhode Island engraved bank note for "Five Shillings," signed “Wm. Ellery,â€
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Benjamin Franklin Document Signed244 - Benjamin Franklin Document Signed
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Vellum manuscript DS, signed “B. Franklin,” one page, 15.25 x 13, July 14, 1788. As president of
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Benjamin Franklin: Francis Hopkinson and Charles Thomson Document Signed245 - Benjamin Franklin: Francis Hopkinson and Charles Thomson Document Signed
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Unique vellum manuscript DS, signed twice, "Fra's Hopkinson" and "Cha. Thomson," one page, 16.75 x 14.25, January 1, 1763. D...
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Lyman Hall Autograph Document Signed246 - Lyman Hall Autograph Document Signed
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Revolutionary War–dated ADS, one page, 7.5 x 2.5, May 4, 1779. Handwritten receipt of payment, in full: "1779, Rec'd 4th M
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John Hancock Autograph Letter Signed247 - John Hancock Autograph Letter Signed
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Revolutionary War-dated ALS, signed “J. H.,” one page, 8 x 9.75, February 10, 1783. Official han
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John Hancock Hand-Docketed Letter248 - John Hancock Hand-Docketed Letter
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Letter sent to Hancock by Peter Thacher, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 9, April 29, 1787, docketed on the address panel in Hancock'...
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John Hart Document Signed249 - John Hart Document Signed
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Revolutionary War-dated manuscript DS, one page, 8 x 12.5, August 29, 1777. Legal document that determines that Benjamin Barton and Richard Edsal are
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Joseph Hewes Document Signed250 - Joseph Hewes Document Signed
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Rare Revolutionary war-dated manuscript DS, one page, 8.25 x 8.75, April 10, 1778. Legal document concerning a bail payment, in part: "Know all...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Thomas Heyward, Jr. Document Signed251 - Thomas Heyward, Jr. Document Signed
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Tho's Heyward Jun'r,” one page, 13 x 8.25, January 4, 1785. Order iss
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