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

Pensive AQS, signed “Jno. S. Mosby, San Francisco, Aug. 5th/88,” on an off-white 4.25 x 2.75 card. Mosby pens a solemn couplet from Sir Walter Scott’s

War-dated TLS signed “G. S. Patton, Jr,” one page, 7.25 x 8, Headquarters Third United States Army letterhead, September 11, 1944. Brief letter of tha

French soldier and military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars (1769–1815). He was one of the original 18 marshals

American naval officer (1794–1858) who took a leading role in the establishment of international trade with the formerly insular nation of Japan. ALS

Signed book: My Experiences in the World War, ‘Author’s Autographed Edition,’ in two volumes. First edition, limited issue numbered #1295/2100. NY: Fr

French general (1856–1951) who was honored as a national hero for his defense of Verdun during World War I, but who was convicted after World War II o

Kentucky-born Union general (1822–1892) who led the Army of the Mississippi in a campaign that opened the great river nearly to Memphis. His failures

Virginia-born military officer (1825–1875) who fought with distinction during the Mexican-American War, resigning his commission to join the Confedera

Admiral (1813–1891) who helped improve the Navy as the Superintendent of the US Naval Academy after significant service in the American Civil War. Ink

Union general (1831–1869) who served as Grant’s aide-de-camp and later as a brigadier general. A close friend and confidant of Grant, Rawlins was appo