RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

ALS signed “A. S. Boyd,” of Virginia, one page, 7.5 x 9.75, October 24, 1865. Letter to John Bennett, of Illinois. In part: “Our friends are all well

American soldier and jurist (1755–1795) who served as the second US attorney general from 1794–95. ADS, signed “Wm Bradford, Ju” one page, 8 x 4.25, S

Politician (1821–1899) who represented Pennsylvania in Congress and was an influential early advocate of proportional representation. Original 2.5 x 4

LS signed “A. Burr,” one page, 5 x 7.75, May 7. Letter to an unidentified gentleman. In full: “I wait with some impatience for the Shares in order to

AQS, signed “John Burroughs,” on an off-white 4.5 x 3.5 card, November 5, 1896. Burroughs pens the first stanza of ‘Waiting,’ one of his best-known po

ALS, one page, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, no date. Letter to Mr. Whitman which accompanied a Christmas gift. In full: “I send you this Xmas present w

Prominent American politician (1782–1850) who served as secretary of war under Monroe and vice president under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, a

Partly-printed DS, signed “J. C. Calhoun,” one page, 8 x 10, July 1, 1822. Calhoun informs Lieutenant Thompson Wheelock “that on the first instant the

British archaeologist and Egyptologist (1874–1939) whose 1922 discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt’s ‘Valley of the Kings’ proved to be one o

Extraordinarily rare ALS, one page, lightly-lined both sides, 8.5 x 13.25, Luxor, Egypt, May 24, 1900. Letter to his mother, “Dear Mater.” In part: “I