RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document and Autograph Auction

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Headquartered in Amherst, NH, RR Auction is globally recognized as the trusted source for authentic autographed memorabilia and rare signed documents. Since its inception in 1976, the firm has published over 360 consecutive monthly autograph catalogs, which are distributed internationally. The firm recently auctioned the autographed photo of Albert Einstein with his tongue wagging for a record $74,340 and the check astronaut Neil Armstrong signed the day he left for the moon for $27,350.
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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Lyndon B. Johnson1717 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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TLS signed “L. B. J.,” one page, 7 x 10.25, personal letterhead, April 5, 1971. Letter to editorial cartoonist Jack Knox at the Nashville Banner short
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Edith Bolling Wilson1718 - Edith Bolling Wilson
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Free franked black-bordered mailing envelope, 6 x 3.25, addressed in another hand to “Mr. R. W. Woolley,” and franked in the upper right, “Edith Bolli
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Susan B. Anthony1719 - Susan B. Anthony
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Ink signature, “As ever sincerely, Susan B. Anthony,” on an off-white 8.5 x 2.5 slip clipped from a longer letter. Reverse bears several partial lines
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George S. Boutwell1720 - George S. Boutwell
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Governor of Massachusetts who went on to serve as secretary of the treasury under U. S. Grant (1818–1905). Original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo by C. M.
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Howard Coit1721 - Howard Coit
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Eminent San Francisco stockbroker (1863–1885) and husband of Lillie Hitchcock Coit, benefactor of the famous Coit Tower. Original 4.25 x 6.25 cabinet
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John A. Dahlgren1722 - John A. Dahlgren
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Naval leader (1809–1870) who headed the Union Navy's ordnance department during the Civil War and developed a number of guns and cannons. Civil ...
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Juan DeMiralles1723 - Juan DeMiralles
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Merchant (1713–1780) and first unofficial Spanish observer of the Continental Congress during the Revolution; friend of George Washington, John Jay, a
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Otto Hahn1724 - Otto Hahn
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German chemist (1879–1968) who won the 1944 Nobel Prize for the discovery of nuclear fission. ALS in German, one page, lightly-lined, 5.75 x 8.25, Sep
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Isaac Israel Hayes1725 - Isaac Israel Hayes
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Arctic explorer (1832–1881) who commanded Satterlee Hospital in Philadelphia during the Civil War. Civil War–dated partly-printed DS, signed “I. I. Ha
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Paul von Hindenburg1726 - Paul von Hindenburg
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LS in German, signed “von Hindenburg,” one page, 8.5 x 11, May 3, 1923. Letter of recommendation to a journalist, translated in part: “In memory of th
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Francis D. Inch1727 - Francis D. Inch
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Captain of the ill-fated ocean liner S. S. Volturno, which sank in the North Atlantic in October 1913. Vintage 3.5 x 5.25 postcard photo of Inch, in h
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Jacques Etienne Joseph Macdonald1728 - Jacques Etienne Joseph Macdonald
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Marshal of France and military leader during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1765–1840). LS in French, signed “Mal. Macdonald,” one page
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Mary of Teck, Queen of England1729 - Mary of Teck, Queen of England
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Unsigned autograph memo, one page, 7 x 4.5, Queen’s memorandum letterhead, February 18, 1928. Brief memo. In part: “You may like to have these…article
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Edwards Pierrepont1730 - Edwards Pierrepont
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American statesman and lawyer (1817–1892). Vintage 2.25 x 3.5 carte-de-visite photo, affixed to a 4 x 5 album mount, signed on the mount in black ink.
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Aaron Augustus Sargent1731 - Aaron Augustus Sargent
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Journalist and senator from California who authored the first Pacific Railroad Act (1827–1887). Original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo by Bradley and Rulof
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Albert Schweitzer1732 - Albert Schweitzer
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TNS, one page on the reverse of a 5.75 x 4 paperstock photo of Lambarene, January 1965. Note to a well-wisher. In full: “Thank you warmly for your goo
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Supreme Court: Tom C. Clark1733 - Supreme Court: Tom C. Clark
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Vintage matte-finish 6 x 9 photo, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “To Henry Capelle with my best wishes, Tom C. Clark.” In fine condition, wit
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Edward Teller1734 - Edward Teller
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Glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of Teller, signed in the lower border in blue ink. In fine condition.
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Selman Waksman1735 - Selman Waksman
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Inventor, biochemist, and microbiologist (1888–1973) who discovered streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis; for this he was
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Daniel Webster1736 - Daniel Webster
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Free franked mailing envelope, 5.5 x 3.25, addressed to “Messrs. Washburn & Woodman, Mineral Point, Wisconsin Territory,” and franked in the upp...
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