RR Auction Quality Autograph Auction 359

TLS signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 8 x 10.5, John F. Kennedy for U. S. Senator letterhead, August 7, 1952. Kennedy thanks Mr. Couturier, a supporter

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Congress of the United States, House of Representatives letterhead, no date. Kennedy sends thanks to a supporter. In part: “S

War-dated partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.25, May 18, 1864. President Lincoln appoints Michael Bradley an “Assistant Surge

Bold ink signature, as president, “Abraham Lincoln,” on an off-white 7.75 x 1.5 slip clipped from a larger document. Countersigned by Secretary of Sta

Partly-printed war-dated DS, one page, 8 x 10, December 12, 1863. Lincoln orders the secretary of state “to affix the seal of the United States to a w

Endorsement, signed as president, “A. Lincoln,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2 slip. The endorsement (penned in the hand of one of Lincoln’s secretaries) re

Partly-printed war-dated DS as president, one page, 16.75 x 12.5, November 1, 1862. Lincoln appoints Charles Eldridge of New York to the position of “

War-dated handwritten endorsement, signed as president, “A. Lincoln,” dated September 5, 1861, on an off-white 4 x 3.5 slip clipped from a larger docu

Scarce and significant printed circular letter signed “A. Lincoln” as a congressman, one page, 7.5 x 9.75, 1848. In part: “The Whig Members of Congres

Private secretary to and, later, biographer of Abraham Lincoln (1838–1905) who later served as secretary of state under McKinley and Roosevelt. Ink si