RR Auction: January Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

ALS in French, signed “L. G. Suchet,” one page, 7.25 x 6, no date. Brief untranslated letter. In very good condition, with intersecting horizontal and

ALS, one page, 4.75 x 7.75, April 3, 1861. Letter to C. B. Smith. In full: “I hope that you will at least delay action on the case of Isaac O. Barnes,

Evangelist (1862–1935) and former baseball player who preached a fundamentalist theology in a highly flamboyant style. Vintage ink signature, “W. A. S

Early Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1732–1810). Bank check, 6 x 2.25, filled out in another hand and signed by Cushing, “Wm. C

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1841–1935) from 1902 to 1932. ALS signed “O. W. Holmes,” one page, 5.5 x 8.25, March 21, 1930. Letter to Harla

Air mail cover, 6.5 x 3.5, postmarked June 4, 1930, Cincinnati, Ohio, and signed in fountain pen by all nine Justices of the Hughes Court: Louis D. Br

Ink signature, “John Jay,” on an off-white 2.5 x .5 slip. Paper loss along top edge affecting the top of first letter of signature, several vertical f

Ink signature, “J Marshall,” on an off-white 2 x .75 slip. Slip is affixed to a 5 x 2 off-white card. In very good condition, with a vertical fold thr

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, College of William and Mary letterhead, October 3, 1996. Letter to Dr. Waverly Cole. In part: “I am delighted to welcome y

Highly skilled and influential diplomat (1754–1838) who served the French government from the reign of Louis XVI through that of Louis-Philippe, the l

Only colonial governor to side with the Americans during the Revolutionary War (1710–1785). Partly-printed DS, signed “Jon’th Trumbull,” one page, 12.

TLS, two pages, 8.25 x 11.5, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town letterhead, August 7, 1995. Letter to a teacher about the formation of a South African c

Politician (1823–1878) most notable for being the ‘boss’ of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in the polit

Son of Louis Pasteur (1853–1933) who published his first biography in 1884. ALS in French, signed “R. Vallery-Radot,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, In

Politician (1860–1947) who introduced the Volstead Act, passed in 1919 to establish Prohibition. AQS on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card with a clipped Oct

LS, one page, 6 x 8.25, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute letterhead, October 27, 1903. In part: “I send you herewith a copy of my last report

For six months in the early 1930s—April 1 to October 1, 1932—the Waterman fountain pen company ran a contest for boys and girls. Each entrant was to f

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute letterhead, January 6, 1905. Letter to Gertrude C. Kirkham. In part: “It will not be

Waterman’s autograph album, 5 x 7.25, belonging to a young woman named Margaret L. Everett of Malden, Massachusetts, with 99 clipped ink and pencil si

Ink signature, “Danl Webster,” on an off-white 3 x .5 slip affixed to an original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Webster. In fine condition, with some tr